Tea Party Dolls for Little Girls

Did you ever hold a tea party and there was nobody there to drink the tea? That's how your little girl might feel if she has a tea party with her miniature tea set. Most companies like Addison and Madison, which make porcelain tea sets, also make porcelain dolls for sitting around with and drinking tea. These guests are usually quite big and well appointed in every way. They tend to be between fourteen and twenty inches tall, have long styled hair and are made out of porcelain.

Madison makes porcelain tea dolls that look like they are visitors from the Victorian era. They boast long velvet coats, plush satin and chiffon skirts with lots of ruffles, lacy parasols and lots of curls. Many of them also wear hats with feathers sprouting from the cap.

They are, like many collectibles of this nature, sold by name. For instance, Addison's sweet Marjorie doll is fourteen inches tall, has blonde curls and an overcoat that is olive green. Her dress is made of white lace ecru and her hat is piled high with snowy white feathers.

The Isabella porcelain doll is a song in a pink and green velvet ensemble. Her rose colored sun hat boasts roses and she carries a pot of roses. She has a cascade of coiled auburn curls and an air about her that is definitely a bit spirited and Irish.

The Chloe porcelain doll has a mauve velvet overcoat, a cream colored satin and lace dress and carries a heart shaped satin purse. She has a hat that sprouts a cascade of feather and small white birds.

Needless to say all three of these characters would be interesting company at a tea party. However porcelain dolls can be quite pricey and they can break. Most mothers buying porcelain dolls like this (like me) are more buying them for themselves. If your child is the kind that likes to throw things, then maybe a tea doll made out of delicate china is not the best idea.

If your little girl is short on guests for her tea party she can always enlist the aid of her stuffed animal collection. Simply take all of her favorite friends and seat them around a little table so they can enjoy their pretend party. To make it a little more real pour juice in the teapots (grape juice looks like tea) and let her eat fruit, cakes and cookies with her friends.

Tiaras for Little Girls

Do you have a little girl who has the honor of being a flower girl at a wedding? If this is a case it means that she might have to wear a tiara. There might be other reasons why she might need to wear a tiara as well. For instance, many children that model in beauty pageants need to wear not one but several tiaras.

Believe it or not, they make tiaras for children as young as one year old. However a tiara that is made out of crystals, pearls or jewels can actually hurt a baby's head. For the most part a tiara goes best on the head of a kid that has a lush full head of hair and on kids that can wear their hair stacked up on top of their head in a bun style. Without this in place the child's tiara can fall off his or her head.

You do not need to go to a specialty store to buy a tiara for a child. Many bridal and tiara specialty places sell them for children. Furthermore most tiaras can be adjusted to fit any head-size including a child's. Usually all it takes is bringing your kid to the tiara store so she can try one on to see if it fits. If you are ordering it online measure your child's head to make sure that it is not going to be so big that it falls off of her skull.
Tiaras for little flower girls can be the sweetest little pieces of hair jewelry you have ever seen in your life. Many have a heart shape design in the center that fans out on the sides and are constructed of pearls and rhinestones. Usually a much larger diamond or pearl dangles in the center of the tiara.

You can get tall pointed styles that look like crowns or you can get flatter shapes that are more like headbands and a bit gentler on the head. You can also get them with centers that are in the shape of monograms or the first letter of your child's name in the center. Common tiaras that are replicated are the Princess Grace, Shirley Temple, America Pageant, Princess Diaries, Audrey Hepburn, Princess Kate and Princess Diana.

One fun thing to do is throw a tiara party for all of the princesses in your neighborhood. There is nothing that little princesses love more than wearing their delightful crowns.