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Top 10 tea party games

Pinkies up! Looking to take your child's tea party to the next level? These sweet tea party games tick all the boxes.

Top 10 tea party games

When planning a tea party for a birthday, sleepover or just for fun, you’ll want to include some games to keep the guests busy and entertained. Need some extra help organizing or setting up the party? Hire a babysitter or housekeeper to help out for a few hours. 

These 10 active, fun tea party games will ensure the party is a success for you and the kids. 

1. Teacup Treasure Hunt

Paper teacups make great decorations for a tea party, but they can also be used for games. A game of Teacup Treasure Hunt will get the kids up and moving. Hide the paper cups around the yard or house, as Red Ted Art suggests. You can give some basic clues or run it like an Easter egg hunt. An added bonus: You can send a paper teacup home with each child as a souvenir.

2. Tea Bag Toss

You’ll need some inexpensive tea on hand and some old teapots for Tea Bag Toss. As Party Games Plus directs, give a point value for the teapots based on the size of the opening, making the smaller higher in value. Place a line to stand behind, and have the kids toss the tea bags aiming for the pots. A tip: Pick up some old china teapots at a thrift store so your good ones don’t break.

3. Tea Leaf Pictionary

Playing some rounds of Tea Leaf Pictionary is a great way to use those tea bags that were tossed. Write some items to “draw” on small papers and place them in one of the teapots. The children pick a slip and use tea leaves from opened bags to create the pictures while others guess. Find full directions on Tea Party Circle.

4. Guess How Much (tea party style)

Fill a teacup or teapot with candy or sugar cubes for a guess how much game. Have everyone write down their guess on how many pieces are in the cup or pot. Let all the players share the candy and the winner receives a prize.

5. Sugar Cube Stack

You’ll need at least a box (maybe more depending on the size of the tea party) to play Sugar Cube Stack. Divide the children in teams of two, as Almost Unschoolers does, and see who can create the tallest stack of sugar cubes in 30 seconds.

6. Pinko

Every good tea party needs a snack, right? Print out boards for a cupcake-themed bingo game called Pinkalicious, or Pinko for short. It’s played using printed calling cards and the winner yells out “Pinko” when they get a full row of items marked off on the board. Find the game at Curb Alert.

7. Tea Tray Memory Game

Adapt this tray memory game from Activity Village to fit a tea party theme. Place numerous tea-related objects on a tray and give the kids a specific amount of time to memorize it. Then, they each have to write down everything they can remember on the tray. The one with the most correct answers wins.

8. Hot Teacup

Birthday Party Ideas has a great game for a thrift store teacup or one from an old set of dishes. Similar to hot potato, the teacup is passed until the music stops. The last player wins the teacup as the prize.

9. Pin the Lid on the Teapot

Played like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Pin the Lid on the Teapot uses a large poster board with a teapot drawn or painted on. Each player gets a cutout of the teapot lid. Wearing a blindfold, the person who gets their lid closest to the pot wins. Find printables at Party Fun Box.

10. Teapot Relay Race

Use two plastic or unbreakable teacups, a bucket of water and two smaller buckets — or teapots to stick with the theme — to play a Teapot Relay Race. Following the directions from Fun Party Pop, two teams and have the children relay water from the bucket to the pot using the cups. The first team to fill their teapot wins.

Don’t forget the prizes

Make sure you have some small prizes for the winners of the tea party games, but keep them simple so no one feels left out. A couple of individually wrapped tea bags tied together with a pretty ribbon, a handmade bookmark, a teacup, some sample-size nail polish or a stuff-filled goody bag are all great options.