How to host a High Tea Party

Linda

Here are some ideas

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You can’t have a party about anything really holidays special events a particular person a flower party Favorite food party the beginning of the month or end of the month a season

Really the possibilities are endless just do what your residents like serve food they like sing songs they like

Let us know what you decide to do or if you have any more questions about a specific type of party

Hello, we are having a tea party for our dementia residents. Does anyone have any suggestions about which activities we can do? Most of our residents can follow directions easily and some need a little more direction with help. Thank you

At the parties we’ve had we do a lot of singing

Depending on the occasion I always try to say something good about every resident attending

Valentine’s Day is coming up so it is a great opportunity to say something good about each person attending

It makes them feel so good to know that they are good in someway

Do any of you do any events during your tea? We serve tea and sandwiches and cookies but do you play games?

Thanks so much for the photos Kim, they look amazing!

St Patrick's day themed "Special morning tea". We used cut out shamrocks using sparkly paper, twinkle lights and gold coins scattered over the table, green plastic tablecloth and green serviettes. Some residents chose to wear an Irish hat. A very fun day was had by all.

We hold what we call a "Special morning tea" every Friday morning for our Residents. Once a month we host a larger one that includes our residents and also the Retirement village residents which is huge. We use vintage china and make a runner up the middle of the table using doilies. Place-mats are laminated images of beautiful vintage china found online. On these days we have up to 3 volunteers assist with pouring of teapots and assisting with the hand washing of all the china. I have scoured the local op shops and most of our decorations have come from donations, charity shops and garage sales and now have enough for 70 people. These days are becoming very popular for visiting families and friends as the residents are very proud to show off our beautifully set tables. We also do these with themed days such as Easter, st Patricks day, Christmas, Mad Hatters tea party.

can someone please give some ideas with the room decoration ideas for the High tea party.We are about to host one soon .....

I've planed a high tea for Mother's Day @ the QVB location: Grand Ballroom...and send a invite to the ladies...I'll set the room to suit the theme hope will go ok.

Maria

Try the second hand shops for cups and saucers....they are quite cheap and the residents love them. Nowadays you can buy the tiered cake stands quite cheaply. I also got some sandwich plates from kmart and sourced some doilies from ebay....the residents love the effort we go to.

We had alovely high tea for Mothers day, we invited Daughters grandaughter and Friends to come and enjoy afternoon tea with are residents, this was enjoyed so much we plan to put it on the calander Monthly.

We also have advertised in are newsletter if anyone have donation of items we could use at are High teas to make it a little more nicer.

Yes, Urszula, the Ladies High Tea Club is very popular. I can vouch for the one you host, having attended one myself. Beautiful!

We do have Ladies\' High Tea Social Club as a regular activity every two weeks. We do send a specially designs invitation to our ladies\'.

We do have wonderful china cups,saucers, plates, tea pots and all the fancy things including lacy table cloth, beautiful flowers and more. Our ladies\' love the special tea time organise for them in the most gorgeous garden situated in our nursing home.We do read poems, talk about gardens, fashion, our weddings days, love for beautiful things, we bring interesting objects to talk about, invite guests. It takes a lot of work to organise such an event, the organiser must be well prepared in advance so the ladies\' will have a great time.I do buy cakes from my good local bakeries and also use delicatessen shops.We always have three variety of teas to enjoy. Ladies often receive small presents to take back to their rooms, which are very welcome. They include chocolates, leftover cakes or biscuits always wrap up in nice, fancy napkins. We do love our Ladies\' High Tea events and looking forward to many more.

We are actually doing this for our Residents to celebrate the Royal Wedding of William and Katherine.

Staff are bringing their own beautiful china, lace cloths etc to make this a wonderful day for all.

We love having High Teas...we have managed to get some of the tiered cake holders to make it even more special...we are having a special high tea for the residents when the next Royal wedding is on this year...they love it. The residents love it even more when we sit down and join them...of course with a Royal theme we would all need to dress up to the nines...

I agree with you Jean, if the residents have nice china cups and saucers, freshly brewed tea and fancy napkins they feel special.

We often have a fancy a/noon tea with all the trimmings and eat what we have cooked ie scones biscuits or slices. The residents love to chat around the table when we have the nice china and napkins.

I quite agree with that, there is more satisfaction in participating actively instead of being waited upon all the time.However in a High Care facility it is almost impossible. An alternative would be to have those few who can do it plus volunteers and staff making the sandwiches on a double table surrounded by those who no longer can manage doing it.

We often run high teas and make it an all day event, the residents bake the scones and make the sandwiches in the morning, then sit down to enjoy the high tea in the afternoon.

Some residents have commented that they think it's nicer when they make the food for the tea rather than us buying them small cupcakes.