Mad Hatter Tea Party ... Part 4 Caterpillars

We end our Mad Hatter Tea Party with the caterpillars I made.  I found these really cute Caterpillar Grape Kabobs on Six in the Suburbs.  Her's came out so much cuter, note to self next time need to search for a small pipping tip and not just use a knife to dab on ... lol.  Oh well the kids didn't care and I still think they are kind of cute.

What you Need:

Grapes
Long wooden skewers
Mini Chocolate chips
Vanilla Frosting 

Instructions:

I first washed the grapes then dried them off.  Then Cole & I took grapes and stabbed them onto the skewers.  I found it was easiest to poke where the stem was that way you had a long caterpillar and it was already a hole.  NOW next time I will use a small pipping tip to add the frosting to the back of the mini chocolate chips.  Then place them on where eyes would go.  The blunt end of the skewer almost looks like a mouth.  EASY, Cole and I did this with in minutes.

Well I hope you enjoyed our trip down the Rabbit Hole to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.  I think this was the coolest party we've been to and the boys even got to spend the night.  VERY cool kids night out idea.

Mad Hatter Tea Party ... Part 3 Edible Tea Cups

Well I've shown you the Hat's made and the clock along with the final look.  Now on to the food that was made.  I started with these Edible Tea Cups I found on Kitchen Round Table.  I made a few adjustments and tada they came out pretty darn cute if I must say so myself.

Ingredients:

1 Cup-style wafer ice cream cone

1 Round sugar or shortbread cookie

Decorating icing (frosting)

1/2 Gummy Ring Candy (you can do 2 if you want see picture below the difference)

Assorted Candies

Instructions:

Take a serrate knife to cut off the bottom of the ice cream cone.  I left some of the bottom of the cone to make the cups deeper (they cut off the the top lip).  You can add a candy ring between the cookie and the ice cream cone.  I didn't like the look so I took some frosting and used it like glue to glue the cone to the cookie.  I then cut a gummy ring candy in half and added a little frosting as glue to make the handle.  I added some candy and done!  You may want to wait in between to let frosting dry to become hard almost like a real glue!

Stay tuned we have one more Mad Hatter Party goodie I made for the party.

Mad Hatter Tea Party ... Part 2 the Clock for the Rabbit

And if you really want to get creative, mom my made the boys these really cool clocks on lunch pail that the boys can use to carry lego's around after this party.

We hit up Ben Franklin, but you could find these at most craft stores.

Cool looking Pail / Box - We found these white lunch boxes

Clock Arms

Clock Numbers

Charm - We used a key with hearts

Hot Glue Gun

Mom took the arms and hot glued them on.  She then hot glued a charm in the center of the arms (we started to use a button but then found the charms) ours was a key with hearts  (like the Queen of Hearts).  Then the numbers she found (in the clock section) were sticky on back so she placed them in kind of a fun weird way to finish up the look to them (reminds me of that painting where the clock looks like it's melting and the numbers and in odd places).  And tada done!  Cost less then $10 and they can use the pails to hail their toys around.  My mom rocks and coming up with this idea, so much better then the paper clocks I found at the dollar tree I was going to use.

Hope you enjoy our Mad Hatter Tea Party Looks.  Here is what we looked like when all was said in done.  I picked up some glasses from the dollar store and added a little pink lipstick on their noses and of course the bow ties found in the clown section.

Up next is the goodies we brought in the theme for the party!

Mad Hatter Tea Party ... Part 1 Bring on the Hat

The boys were invited to a Mad Hatter Tea Party, part of the requirement was you must dress up.  Well I didn't want to go out and spend a ton of money on a costume we'd only wear once.  So I hit up pinterest I found this photo as inspiration it was made for a dog.  BUT I knew I could make something like it for the boys.  I hit up the dollar tree being almost Easter it was the perfect time!  They had out everything I could need.  I saw the Easter Basket and it made me think I can use that as a base for the hat.  Then I saw the cupcake stand and thought HMMM I could make those cupcake rings cut out the centers to make a rim of the hat.  YUP the idea was born!

What I used:
Easter Basket ($1)
Black Poster Board (2/$1)
Baby Bow Headband ($1)
Cake Stand ($1)
Easter Headband Ears ($1) 
Hot Glue Gun (had it here)

I took a Easter Basket cut the handle off.  I then I took the black poster board and wrapped it around the basket and cut it to fit.  I took the hot glue gun and glued the poster board down to the basket.  I cut a circle for the top of the hat (which would be the bottom of the basket).  I then took the cake stand circle and cut a circle in the middle to make the rim of the hat.  I took black poster board and cut rings to cover the cake stand circle to complete the rim of the hat.  I took the hot glue gun and glued the circle to the top of the basket to form a hat.  Take the baby Bow head band and slide it down the hat to have the bow at the front of your hat.  Cut the Ears of the headband and hot glue them behind the bow.  You can Add some playing cards on the side if you would like!  I'm thinking of add a clock for the boys to hold and maybe some glasses to complete the look.

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I made a step by step collage to help if you want to make.

Hope you give this fun project a whirl.

Here are the boys all done up!