Tea Party Treat Bags

The treat bags made for this Princess Tea Party were inspired by one from the FamilyFun.com website. For this white paper sacks, brown twine, small tag shape form houseofstirfry.com, colored permanent marker, a stapler and of course the treats. The treat bags will end up looking like teabags.

The Treats

For this Princess Tea Party dress-up items and treats were used to fill the teabag treat bags. These items included candy necklaces, ring pops, princess wands, dress-up shoes, and some chocolate candy. These treats could be varied of course and other good items would be candy bracelets, candy rings, candy make-up, glow necklaces, plastic beaded jewelry, sunglasses, and the like.

For a reduced sugar version all plastic beaded jewelry could be used and single serving packs of cheese crackers, nuts, or dried fruit could replace the candy. For younger girls where the high-heeled dress-up shoes could be dangerous, lacy gloves and a fur or feather boa would be just as fun.

Teabag Tags

Begin by printing the teabag shaped tags from the houseofstirfry.com website on white card stock. Before printing the names of each child attending the party can be printed on the tag using the paint programs text feature.

To print the names on the tags complete the following: begin by selecting a small tag that will suit the purpose, use the cropping tool to Cut (Ctrl+X) the tag off of that page. Open a new pain window and use the Paste tool (or Crtl+V) to drop the image onto the new paint surface.

From this point use the Image, Flip/Rotate (Crtl+R) command to Rotate the tag by 270°. Then use the Copy (Crtl+C) command to copy this tag (as it is now ready to work with) and Paste (Crtl+V) it as many times as needed for the treat bags (one for each bag). When the tags are pasted, they will stack on top of one another and need to be moved about the page, try to set them as close as possible to assure all tags will fit on one page.

At this point it is good to check the printing options. Under File select Page Setup. Remove the check mark from the Centering options. Then select Print Preview to be sure the tags will all print on one page.

The text option can be used to write the names on the tags, use the Text Toolbar to change the font style and size, and the paint pallet to change the text color. The name will look best if it takes up as much of the tag as possible. These tags should be printed on white or very pale pastel card stock.
Assembling The Treat Bags

To assemble the treat bags cut out all of the tags, fill each white sack with treats, fold the top to be slightly angled on the top like a teabag. Cut a piece of brown twine to approximately six inches, secure the twine to the folded part of the white sack (on the back of the fold) with a staple, then secure the twine to the name tag with another staple(as near the black dot as possible).