Christmas Tea

I know Christmas can be a really busy time of year, but I hope you will take some time to make memories and plan some special times for spending together. A simple Christmas Tea time together or a lil Christmas Luncheon with your daughters… or you could do this with your Mom and sisters. Surprise someone with a fun and simple Christmas Tea! The goal and what I’m going to share is “SUPER SIMPLE” thats the key word for this delightful Christmas Idea!

Let me share how you can ….Keep it super simple. You’re not trying to add more things to your To-Do list, no instead you’re taking time to visit, rest and encourage one another for a couple hours, one afternoon and enjoy this time of year together!

Your daughters would love and enjoy the this time with you. If you don’t have daughters then invite a sister or a couple sweet friends, but do stop and take time to have tea and encourage one another.

For this Christmas Tea I kept it really really simple. Because red is very festive this time of year, I served fresh red strawberries on a pretty little tea plate and I used a little carton of raspberry flavored yogurt for the fruit dip (super easy!).

Then I made simple little sandwiches and cut them out using a large mitten cookie cutter! How easy is that! Next I made a pot of cranberry apple tea and on the table I hung a mini-candy cane on each tea cup. I added some Christmas cookies on a small pretty plate, then I got out my fun Christmas tea pot and invited all 3 of my young daughters (still at home at the time) and

That’s it…… that’s how very simple it can be!

I happened to have some cute little sugar cubes that had snowmen on them that a dear sweet sister gave me as gift and I decided this was the perfect time to pull them out and use them.

So Look around, look in your pantry, see what might you have on hand to create a special Tea time and make some memories together.

Now You could even decorate cookies together afterwards…………..Again keep it simple. Like cutting out all round cookies and just decorate them as snowman faces, think simple!

……..You could make gift tags together (using up all the small odd pieces of pretty scrap paper we ALL have left over from scrap-booking, card making and crafting, that we can’t justify throwing away so we save it up!) There’s so many really easy things you could add to your afternoon if you wanted to extend the time and make a craft together, I could go on and on with ideas……Buuuut keep it easy!

Remember the goal is to HAVE FUN together for a few moments from the busy week!

If you need a few more ideas, or to get you thinking simple, and thinking about what you might have on hand to use, I’ll share a few more fun ideas you could use….

Ginger bread men made
from a simple store mix

Maybe you don’t even have time to bake, I know sometimes ….me too! So these were made using a pkg of white dipped oreos and I added the faces with frosting and sprinkles. There small in size and perfect for the season!

The snowman cookies below we made by just cutting out plain circles from sugar cookie dough and decorating them into cute snowmen faces, each one different, just by using sprinkles I had on hand.

You could make some Cookie mixes in a jar as craft by just using your favorite cookie recipe and layering it in a jar . You could use red & green M&Ms for a festive look instead of chocolate chips!

Cookie Cutter Fudge - It's A Delight.com

How about my Cookie Cutter Fudge, so fun to make! Go here to see full recipe and instructions.

How about some pretty Christmas bark made with red and green m&ms. There are festive recipes allllll over pinterest.

You could make a card together! My daughter made this one simply by just using words cut from my cricut, some scraps of paper that were cut in strips and a tiny green flower eyelet, although its not winter looking, she had fun making it and its perfect to send to someone special.

You could make Christmas gift tags just using stamps or some leftover embellishments you have on hand.