Welcome to Wonderland Part 3 – The Queen’ Royal Garden! If you missed Part 1 or Part 2, you may want to check them out, because today we are focusing on the third area of my daughter’s birthday in Wonderland was the Queen’s Royal Garden and Croquet Court. It was fun creating and designing the details for this little part of the party. I really wanted to create the experience of going to the Royal Croquet Grounds through the Royal Garden, passing the Cardmen painting the roses red.
One of our favorite moments of song from the Disney version of Alice of Wonderland is “painting the roses red”. We dance around the house singing this song regularly, so I was really excited to create this area of the party and design the printables to go along with the theme.
At the same time, I didn’t want it to be over the top intimidating. I wanted the crafting to be accessible to mama’s out there who might want to create this experience for their little girls. I understand not everyone will want to create the rose bushes, but I will still say yes you can make them! They were a test to my piping abilities, yes, but they weren’t impossible, they were a fun challenge. One that I will do again!
So party details. After a game of The Queen of Hearts Says (a modified Simon Says where those who miss the cue get a loud “Cut off her head!”), the girls were led through the Royal Garden on the way to the Royal Croquet Court.
Rose bushes were waiting for the girls.
Some of the cupcakes were white, some were mostly painted red with a little white peeking through the paint, but most of them were painted red just in time for the Queen’s arrival. Oh the Queen of Hearts was not happy about those white roses!
Aren’t these rose bushes lovely?
Believe it, these roses were REALLY easy to create, it’s all in the tip!
Once the Cardmen heard the Queen was coming, they threw themselves on the ground between the rose bushes.
Even though they hadn’t quite finished painting the roses red.
The Cardmen were sandwiches wrapped in custom printables – they were a mix of my daughter’s favorite sandwiches. I really loved these and am so pleased with how they turned out!
Hot water and tea in custom envelopes were set out for the adults to enjoy while the girls explored Wonderland.
As the girls passed through the Royal Garden, they were encouraged to make up a plate with a sandwich and a cup of tea for a light snack before a final game of croquet.
It really was a such a joy to design this part of the party. I only designed these few pieces for the Wonderland party, but just in case there are mama’s out there who only want to host a Queen of Hearts tea, I created a luncheon printable party collection which is now available in my Etsy shop! It’s 50% OFF for the next week.
Interested in how I made those rose cupcake bushes? Next week I will post a quick walk through of the process. Sadly, I don’t think I have any pictures of me decorating the cupcakes, but I can point you to the blogs that I used as resources. It’s too bad really, I’m sure I looked crazy piping those roses.
So what do you think about the Queen’s Royal Garden? Want to try your hand at making those rose bushes? Seriously, they were easier than they look and so, so much fun to craft! As always, I would love to hear from you. If you have a moment, please leave me a message in the comments! It always makes my day when you pop by.
