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Anne of Green Gables Book Club Party

We just celebrated finishing our latest read aloud with our little homeschool co-op group- Anne of Green Gables. And I have to say, this has been my most favorite book club celebration yet. The weather was perfect, the costumes were great, the spread was delicious… and I felt like Anne Shirley would have really appreciated the little details I added in here and there. It was easy with this book club to go overboard, and I had to restrain myself from spending a small fortune on this party. I adore tea parties (even my bridal shower was tea party themed) and I dream of weekly garden parties with lace tablecloths, petite fours, full skirts, and bottomless cups of tea. So hosting May’s book club was an obvious choice for me.

If you’d like to know how to start your own homeschool kids book club, check out this post here.

Like all of our book club celebrations, I created a sign-up sheet for our co-op members to bring a dish to share. Our menu was delicious and heavy on the sweets. There are so many dishes and treats mentioned in the book, it’s easy to choose themed food. There is even an Anne of Green Gables Cookbook!

Menu:

  • fresh strawberries
  • watermelon
  • biscuits with butter and my homemade strawberry jam
  • tea cookies
  • tea sandwiches
  • ice cream
  • raspberry cordial
  • lemonade
  • sweet tea
  • hot tea

I didn’t have an activity planned for this book club, because I figured the kids would just play in the backyard on the swing set and in the playhouse. I tried to print out these adorable Anne of Green Gables paper dolls for the kids to play with, but had some issues. So we just enjoyed a picnic in the front yard and then the kids played in the backyard. We ended the party with cups of ice cream and I sent each child home with a piece of taffy, like Anne and Diana made in the book.

I so wish I took more photos of the kids enjoying the picnic and playing, but I was busy hosting and socializing. I always wish I could have a photographer at these things to worry about the photos while I enjoy myself. But I did get plenty of shots of the food table to share with you.

anne of green gables book club party food
anne of green gables book club party
these cute floral napkins are from Target and these plastic plates were actually leftovers from our wedding!

that decorated straw hat hanging up was thrifted for a couple dollars. I thought it was a fun touch.
The raspberry cordial turned out SO good! Absolutely delicious and my friend that made it left some with us that we are still sipping on.
I had hot water in the carafe but no one was drinking hot tea when there was lemonade and raspberry cordial!

The decor

All the decorations I already had in my home. The only thing I picked up from the thrift store were a couple of doilies and a funny straw hat. The tablecloths, platters, cake stands, tea cups etc. I love that grandma aesthetic, what can I say?

anne of green gables book club party wood sign
I used chalk on a scrap piece of wood at the bottom of our property to direct guests to our home
I collect tea cups and tea pots, so I put out the ones that weren’t sentimental to me as decor. I used a stand from the Dollar Tree to prop up our book. This version is so beautiful! I love the cover art.
anne of green gables book club party decor
This was a fun little piece that only cost a buck! I thrifted this tri-fold frame and printed out photos of the Anne With An E tv show characters (in black and white of course). Marilla, Anne and Matthew, and Anne and Diana.
These flowers were leftover from a bouquet my husband got me from Mother’s Day. In the jar I had those taffy candies that I gave out to each child as a favor.
I got these chalkboards off Amazon and whatever I didn’t use as decor I gave to the kids to play with. The glass oil lamp I already had- my parents gave me a set a few years ago and I believe they were my Grandmother’s.
I had this dried lavendar on top of my china hutch as decoration and thought it was pretty for the table.
I made this banner on Canva and then printed it off, used a hole punch and some ribbon I already had to make a large statement banner.
I quickly made this sign in front of our duck pond. (this is what Anne named the lake) and I thought it was kind of funny because this little pond is far from shining.
Where we had our picnic in the front yard
In the playhouse I wrote “Idlewild” because that’s what Anne named her and Diana’s clubhouse. If you are interested in seeing a little tour of our kid’s playhouse that we fixed up, click here.
my boys helping themselves to their first round of food
baby Benny looked so dapper in his little overalls. He ended up staining his entire outfit with strawberries.

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