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#1 ·
I've been inspired by the witch's parties on the forum and decided to have a small (8-10 guests) witch's tea party this year. I've looked through all the witch party threads but can't find anything pertaining to a tea party. Can anyone offer any suggestions?
So far, I have planned:
food - definitely a kitty litter cake and witch finger cookies, assorted hors'doeuvres, and alcoholic punch, served in teacups of course ;),

decor - lots of black, purple, and green, black lace, dead roses and I'm going to use my creepy doll collection and set up a small table for a dead doll's tea party, seasons of a witch (jars with seasonal items labeled Samhain, Beltane, etc, and I already have plenty of potion jars and bottles,

activities - actual tea leaf readings with either one master book of interpretations or small individual books they can take with them,

invitations - would like to use the Welsh witches tea party picture but that's all I got,

bathroom - witch pinup pictures, Halloween soaps, potion bottles and assorted witch clothing hanging over the shower rod, then I draw a blank.

favors - don't know yet, maybe "poisoned" apples.
So, all you veteran witches, err...ladies, of witch parties what works for this type of party and what doesn't work. TIA
 
#8 ·
kallie, there are some great witch party threads posted on the forum by some fabulous ladies. Typically a witch party is for female guests only, dressed in witch attire.

My idea of a witch would be natural and woodsy but I guess I need to add a little glam for a tea party. Not too much glitter tho and not too cutesy. More like black lace, spider web doileys, purple vases with black roses and creepy cloth everywhere :rolleyes: ...
 
#3 ·
I love all of your ideas, Tanna. I would just suggest having some cauldrons here and there. If you could find a real one and have it simmering on the stove with some 'brew' that would be wicked (no pun intended). And ya gotta have a black cat laying around somewhere! Rats and other rodents lurking around would be a good idea too. For the bathroom, well first let me just say I love the idea of witch clothes hanging around (it would be histerics if you could find some kinda Halloween bra & panties to hang over the shower curtain). On the counter in the bathroom, make some bottles of 'remedies'. Instead of wart remover, have instant wart lol. You could have a bottle of 'gray hair dye', rotten teethpaste, boil cream, black widow perfume, black lipstick. Gosh, the possibilities are endless! For favors, you could get those little plastic cauldron pails (like the pumpkin ones) and fill them with homemade candy or fudge. Tie some raffia around the handle for decoration and call it a day! Oh yeah...for appetizers, you could also make some tea sandWITCHES. Either cut them into witch shapes with a cookie cutter, or if you were going to use like say ham salad, you could add some food coloring and make it nasty looking. I've seen some cool recipes for witch treats. Let me know if you're interested in them and I'll post the links for ya :)
 
#4 ·
I did a witch theme a few years ago and had a 'witches' altar set up, complete with athame, candles, chalice, pendulum etc. and some tarot cards laid out, but I guess mine was more of the 'Wiccan' persuasion rather than the cackling witches of tradition. I have a cauldron that is a fog mister, so I used that and the kids were dressed up as;-girls;witches and boys;-devils/imps. I printed out some verses/poems with a spell theme and aged the paper with tea and ripped the edges and had a fairy trapped in a jar. I also had a cd of real wiccan chants going in the background.
 
#6 ·
The fairy in a jar was actually bought at Burley in the New Forest here in the Uk. Its a series called 'Freshly Caught Fairies', can't think who the manufacturer is. Its packed at the moment as I'm moving house this week, but If you had a little fairy ornament, you could just clean an empty jar and put it inside. The bought one, looks like it was made from Fimo or some other modelling clay and then some bits of grass and plant seeds stuck in the bottom.
 
#9 ·
Miss Mandy, a big *mwaah* to you! Exactly the type of ideas I wanted; I knew the bathroom needed something more and the twist on beauty and makeup labels is fantastic! "Gray hair dye" (die?) "instant wart" LMAO

I knew I needed some type of tea sandwiches and thought of using pumpernickel bread but never thought of using cookie cutter shapes - perfect.

Gawd, I love this site!!:D

<note to self: need witchy bra & panties>
 
#40 ·
<note to self: need witchy bra & panties>
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I thought of this, lol. Maybe dress the cone part up like a witch hat.

Undies I imagine short bloomers or vintage style panties.
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free pattern to make them here--> http://www.colettepatterns.com/blog...blog/colette-patterns-news/free-pattern-to-download-the-madeleine-mini-bloomers

I really like the idea of hanging stockings as if they are hand washed and drying on a line, but make it a spider thread line attached to a web in the corner or something. Have a spider up there and put a name plaque for it close by so it looks like a pet spider.
 
#10 ·
I planned on making some fairy skellys for the garden using the Dollar Tree skeleton garland so I like the idea of trapping one in a jar. lol I thought about a witch's altar but last year at our Voodoo party I guess I was a little too realistic, it actually freaked some people out. My friends are wimps so even though I think authenticity is cool, I have to keep things more on the fictional side. Cauldrons, frogs, black cats, spell book, etc...
 
#11 ·
Glad I was of some assistance :) I forgot to mention something I came up with for our costume party last year. I called it, witch's caviar and served it with garlic pita 'bone' chips. It's pretty much like a bruschetta mix, but I made it with diced tomatoes (seeds removed), chopped black olives, diced red onion, chopped cilantro and feta cheese. So delish with the garlic pita chips! Here's a pic of it (it's in the square bowl)

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#12 ·
Yeah I understand that, most of my friends are quite open to the whole Pagan/Wiccan thing luckily so I don't have to worry about scaring them or offending them. I happened to already have the stuff so I used it on that occasion, but most of my 'Haunts' tend to be towards the whole fun side and my passion for the Gothic horror/romance fiction genre.
 
#13 ·
Hallow Tannasgach! What a wonderful party you are planning! Can we all come!????! ;)

I have hosted a witches "Babble and Brew" tea party in the past.

Seems you have all the elements of a fun event already! Along with the other fantastic suggestions and the great ideas here on the Forum - I would also recommend you have a "witches hat" decorating table with a variety of flowers, spiders, bugs, tulle and veil fabric, and beads, buttons, small glistening (dare I say "sparkly - or will that invoke Spookilicious Mama?! :rolleyes::p adornments that can be applied via glue gun, safety pin and/or needle and thread or iron-on tape. ONe time, I even had some little velcro fasteners that made decorating the the hats a breeze.

You can get some inexpensive basic black witches hats from Michael's Crafts or the party and dollar stores often carry them.

After the hat creations are finished - photo time commences so that all the witches leave with a photo of themselves in their new hats! The pics can be e-mailed or - if you are feeling generous with your color ink cartridges - you can print them out onto photo paper from your own printer, and insert in to those empty photo frame cards that you find in bulk at Target.

No matter how simple or elaborate your party - just remember the point is to have fun! Have some music playing in the background - and a few short stories to read aloud. No matter the ages of your guests, everyone likes to indulge in a little fantasy now and then! Take lots of pics and let us know how it all turns out! :DBOO
 
#14 ·
As far as printing invitations, Office Depot (in my area at least) has 50% off color copies for about .30/copy. Unless you use printer refills, this is probably cheaper than doing it at home. Just print one very good copy on photo paper (matte if you have it, so the colors don't change from the glare of gloss when the scanner light hits it) and a ream of white card stock from Walmart (it costs a lot to have them use their own).
 
#15 ·
I helped to throw a witches tea party a few years ago - it was a small gathering so we were able to plan more detailed decorations and invitations - here are a few of the things we had that I can remember.

Everyone had to show up dressed as a theme witch - some of the guests we had a "kitchy" witch, a "kitchen witch", the witch from hansel and gretel, glinda the good witch, an ice cream sand-"witch" etc. Guests had to announce themselves and tell everyone what their special powers were.

we had witch trivia - questions about famous witches in literature, movies and history

Menu was witch themed snacks, dinner - pumpkin soup served in mini cauldrons - toppings for the soup were displayed on a lazy susan in the middle of the table and each guest had to say what they were "adding" to their soup "eye of newt, frog gizzard etc" - but really it was spice mix, green onions, chopped pimentos, pine nuts, sour cream and grated cheese etc.

the decorations were victorian parlor gone halloween - lots of candles etc.

tea was served with a witches cake and chocolates- and we had a "tea reading" done by one of the guests.

the invitations were made by hand - and had several elements to them - the cutest element was a tea bag that was filled with tea and glitter and tiny sequence starts - with a custom tag attached to it that read "witches brew" - you could incorporate that into your invite!

favors were spider paper mache containers by cathy nash - filled with witch themed goodies

Martha Stewart has had instructions for making "broom stick" favor bags I think the details are on her site.

you could also have a witch movie playing in the background.

food - witches fingers, and other
 
#20 ·
Thank You for all the wonderful suggestions everyone. I want to incorporate them all, lol, great ideas! Glitter tea bags, hat decorating, witches caviar, cheap photo copies..... Those cauldron pots are so cool, I could think of a million uses for them and Johnny you're labels are superb, I used quite a few of them last year.
 
#21 ·
Thanks to Miss Mandy's suggestions, I'm up and running on the witches bath. These are the pinup pics I'll be using:
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Love this one:
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For the witches beauty bottles (small travel size bottles placed in cauldrons or baskets) I've come up with:

Wolves Pelt Grey Hair Die
Mister Toad's Instant Wart
Embalming lip gloss
Moonscreen Protector spf 13
Green Face Cream (need a name)
Dr Dementia's Teeth Blacking Paste (cake icing gel)
Oil of Boil Mouthwash
Soul Sister's Scent (?) I have a small purple perfume bottle I want to use
Scare Spray - ultra hold at high altitudes
Dead Sea Salts (add mini skull)
Lizard Lotion for scaly skin
Midnight Mist Body Spray
Waxing Moon Hair Removal

I also found some black plastic hair rollers at Dollar Tree, I'll put them out with fake fingernails, black lipstick, nail polish, etc,,,

Any improvements or suggestions is greatly appreciated.
 
#22 ·
I absolutely love this! And those pix are awesome! Girl, you better be taking lots of pix so we can all see :D Maybe for the green face cream you can call it Deadly Night Shade...or Bile concealer. Oh and I just thought of Gargoyle Gurgle (mouthwash). I like the perfume name you came up with. Maybe you can add another bottle and call it Poison #9.
 
#26 ·
I googled "pinup witch", there's others but I chose those three. I'll print them out and put them in black frames for hanging. I'm not sure who but I remember last year one of the forum members had professional portraits made of herself as a witch in pinup poses - they came out great!
 
#29 ·
*sniff, sniff*... no more suggestions for witches bath and beauty products? I suppose I have enough and I came up with one more - "Pumpkin Squash Body Wash". I'm going to get a glittered skull and glue false eyelashes on it and place it on a tarnished, silver candlestick pedestal. Add some spiders, rats, a snake coming out of the toilet tank, cobwebs, candles and Poof one room done. (well, done planning at least)

I also figured out the party favors. Playing off the witch bath theme, I'm giving out Pampered Witch gift bags. I found orange and lime green pedicure kits at good 'ol Dollar Tree, and purple/green facial scrubs. I also found purple emery boards with green poka dots. Add a pumpkin spice tea bag (I have to get tea somewhere in this party:rolleyes:), an autumn votive candle, some chocolate, a big hairy spider or a slimy green frog and maybe some Halloween lotion or lip gloss. Not sure what else.
 
#305 ·
I also figured out the party favors. Playing off the witch bath theme, I'm giving out Pampered Witch gift bags. I found orange and lime green pedicure kits at good 'ol Dollar Tree, and purple/green facial scrubs. I also found purple emery boards with green poka dots. Add a pumpkin spice tea bag (I have to get tea somewhere in this party:rolleyes:), an autumn votive candle, some chocolate, a big hairy spider or a slimy green frog and maybe some Halloween lotion or lip gloss. Not sure what else.
Was reading back through this thread at all the great ideas! Definitely want to make a witch bathroom next year!
(this year will be pirate stuff in the bathroom)

Anyhoo...just a tip on your gift bag, if you add a candle don't make it a scented one, it will "flavor" the chocolate and tea!
Bless her heart, but one year when our kids were little, my mom sent down some fudge at Easter time for them, she included some pretty bunny soaps from Avon and knowing I love candles, some scented ones for me. By the time that box got from MI to FL we had soap and candle flavored fudge!
:eek:
Just happened to catch that and wanted to give you the heads up!
:D Sounds like so much fun!
 
#30 ·
Those are great ideas, Tanna! If you could find some plastic cauldrons (more on the smaller side) maybe you could those instead of gift bags? I think it would be the perfect touch! Fill them with some spanish moss and then all of the goodies :D