Alice in Wonderland Decorations
Set a large table with mismatched teacups and saucers, teapots,
chandeliers and mismatched chairs - so that the
chair heights are different. Use a white table cloth and scatter decks of
cards on the top. Use odd shaped serving
dishes with bright colors. Attach small labels (like old fashioned price
tags with string) to all of the food and drinks
that say “Eat me” and “Drink me”. Place several clocks that are stopped
on the table (pocket watches too).
Paint signs that say “This Way” and “That Way” and hang them
throughout the party room. Decorate the walls with playing cards. Make a
chessboard design on the floor and scatter chess pieces on tables.
On the branch of a tree (real or fake) place a Cheshire cat - or use
just his grin.
Hang Chinese paper lanterns above the table for a festive look.
Tie blue and white balloons to the mailbox.
Fun Ideas
Buy a child’s tunnel from the toystore and place it in front of the
front door. Place a sign that says “Enter through
the rabbit hole”. Guests have to crawl through the rabbit hole to enter
the party.
Icebreaker
When birthday party guests arrive for the Alice in Wonderland party let
them make a nametag for themselves. Spell their name backwards on
the nametag and them let them decorate it. Have the guests use
their backwards names for the rest of the party. For
example: Mary would be spelled Yram. See our other fun
party icebreakers.
Alice in Wonderland Party Games
Croquet
Great game for an outdoor party. Set up the croquet game according
to the instructions and play a round or two.
Chess
Chess is relatively easy to learn ... and kids love it. Teach them
the basics and let them play during the meal.
Pin the smile on the Cheshire Cat
Played like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, except kids will pin a smile on
the Cheshire cat face. Trace or draw a large Cheshire Cat onto
poster board. Cut out big smiles (matching the one on the poster
you drew) and cut them out. Number them on the back. Place
double sided tape on the back of each smile. Blindfold the guests
one at a time and let them see who can place their smile closest to the
real one on the poster.
Timed Scavenger Hunt
This is fun when you make sure the kids have to hurry through it.
Continually tell them ... "you're late, you're late!
See our Scavenger hunt page for free lists and lots of fun ideas for
neighborhood, mall and nature scavenger
hunts.
Musical Chairs
Place the chairs in a circle and start the music. When ever the
music stops everyone must find a
chair to sit in. The person who does not have a seat is out and one
chair is taken away. (You may want to give a small prize to those who
get out so they will have something to keep them occupied while the game
is going on.). Continue until there are only 2 children and 1 chair …
the guest who sits in the chair in the last round wins a prize.
You can also play a version on musical chairs that is crazy and fun
to watch. It is played the same as regular musical chairs, except the
person who doesn’t have a seat must sit on a chair with someone else.
The next round a chair is taken away and 2 people must sit with others
in the circle. It goes on until all the children are trying to fit on
one chair.
Teacup Toss
Throw ping pong balls into teacups. Set 5 teacups on the floor in
a line 1 foot apart. Have the guests stand on one side of the
teacups and try to throw a ping pong ball into each one of them in order
- #1 being the closest - #5 the furthest away.
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Activities
Decorate cupcakes with different colored
icing, sprinkles, candies
and writing gel.
Decorate photo frames with designs from Alice
in Wonderland. Have a mad hatter's tea party.
Food
Small sandwiches cut in shapes of hearts,
clubs, diamonds or spades with cookie cutters. Small petite
fours or chocolates. Pink lemonade (don’t add sugar - let them
add it themselves from the sugar bowl). Pepperidge farm
shortbread cookies - the ones with the card imprints on them.
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Alice in Wonderland Party Favors
Top hats or rabbit ears to wear at the party
Small chess sets
Small decks of cards
Necklaces with small bottles of bubbles attached
Beanie Baby white rabbits
Goody Bags
Decorate light blue paper bags with Alice in Wonderland stickers -
attach a white helium balloon
Teacups filled with goodies