Today's the Day the Teddy Bears Have Their Picnic

As I've mentioned before, I often choose birthday party themes an unreasonably long time in advance. Sometimes years. As was the case for this party. (I will probably stop doing that now that the kids are more opinionated about what themes they would like for their parties. ;) ) I have seen some pretty cute picnic-themed parties and really wanted to get on that train, so I thought I could convince Rachel to have a picnic-themed party if I included Pooh Bear. These were the invites:

I thought bringing in the Pooh Bear/ Teddy Bear Picnic aspect was a cute way to tie it all together. I also anticipated us possibly having our house on the market at this time, so I was keen to have the party somewhere else, and what better setting for a picnic than the park?

I wanted the party to have a vintage-y, classic, old school kind of vibe to it, so we decided on games and activities like sack races, egg & spoon races, etc. We also took lines from the song about the Teddy Bear's Picnic to include in the details, and, of course, included lots of honey and references to honey for good ol' Pooh Bear.

See them gaily gad about.
They love to play and shout,
they never have any cares!

The little Teddy Bears are having
A lovely time today.

Beneath the trees where nobody sees
They'll hide and seek as long as they please

Favours were hand-stitched teddy bears holding a jar of local honey in little picnic baskets