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Claire's 7th Birthday Party was on Saturday. 

She wanted a Tea Party, but more specifically, an American Girl Tea Party.

Claire wanted roses & wanted the colors to be pink, red & aqua and have all her friends bring their American Girl Doll.

Here is the invite that I made for her party:

I decided to have the tea party in our front yard because it was a nice setting for a "garden" Tea Party. 

2 years ago, I had her Tangled Birthday Party in our front yard & it worked out really well!

 We have some hydragena bushes & rose bushes in the front yard, so it is a perfect setting for a tea party!

 I kept the decorations simple...put up some tissue puffs in our Japenesse Maple:

 I hung a bunting above the cake table (which is a bunting I used at Claire's Cowgirl Party)

My favorite part was setting the table for the Tea Party.

 I used the same table cloth as ones I used for Claire's Cowgirl Party...gotta love re-using party decor!

 I had tea cups & saucers for each girl:

 I made name tags for each tea cup:

I loved how they turned out!

I used my vintage blue mason jars for the flowers:

And, I found these cute napkins at a local party store:

It was definitely a "shabby chic" themed Tea Party

 For the food, I kept it simple since it was a Tea Party & it was from 2-3:30.

 Chocolate Chip Banana Recipe {HERE}

We had a variety of "tea" sandwiches:

 I got these & these cookie cutters to cut out the sandwiches.

 These girls had so much fun :)

 Dessert Table:

 I kept it pretty simple:

 

 Claire was VERY specific on what she wanted her cake to look like.

She wanted an aqua rectangle cake with a pink tea cup on it with flowers.

Can't believe she is 7!

Other desserts I had were: 

 For drinks I had Raspberry Lemonade, Pink Lemondade & Sweet Tea:

 The week & day of her party was 100 degreees, so that is why we had lemonade/sweet tea for her party instead of hot tea :)

 For activities, I set up 3 craft stations:

 I got these cool tea cup planters

 This is what they looked like after they were painted:

Inside I set up a necklace station:

 

 I also set up a coloring station:

 And, of course all the American Girl Dolls that Claire's friends brought so they could play with their dolls. They are all obsessed with AG Dolls!

 For favors, the girls got cookies:

 Singing happy birthday to Claire:

 This was such a fun party & Claire had a blast, so that is all that matters!

Hope you enjoyed Claire's Shabby Chic American Girl Birthday Tea Party as much as we did!