Who hasn't heard about the Twilight series of vampire romance novels? Many San Jose readers are avid fans of the books and the recent movie adaptations. The San Jose Library system even has a Vampires Reading List for teenagers. While Edward and the other vampires in the book don't eat food, Jacob, Bella and the other characters do, and a Twilight tea party, with vampire-themed food, would be a really fun event to give for your friends!
In the books, Edward and his family are very discreet about their vampire identities, so rather than making everything covered in gore like a slasher movie, why not be a bit more subtle in your menu and decorations? Go with the more Victorian Gothic look, mysterious and spooky, but still elegant. Have candles on the table and white twinkle lights above it. Serve your tea in goblets, if you have them, and drape the table in luxurious tablecloths. Keep the colors of the decorations and food within the black/gray, and blue/purple range, with red and white as the only bright colors. Make sure to have at least one bright red apple on the table!
Twilight tea from Serendipitea Teas or SBS Teas
Pomegranite tea punch or Mexican non-alcoholic Sangria
Cream Scones
Animal crackers (the Cullens only drink animal blood)
Blood orange marmalade
Slightly spooky savory black olive vampire scones
Mushroom ravioli with red sauce
Roast beef and roasted red pepper sandwiches
Salad of jicama, purple and red tomatoes and pomegranite seeds
Chocolate dipped strawberries (served with a sign labeled "Bite me"!)
Baked apples
Red velvet “vampire bite” cupcakes
Vampire sugar cookies
Red velvet cake cookies decorated with cream cheese or dark chocolate frosting and gummy fangs
Team Jacob Werewolf cupcakes
Werewolf kibble
There is a Twilight cooking blog, and even a cookbook, to give you more food ideas. Watching the movie provides the perfect occasion for a Twilight tea party, or rather high tea, because you'll want to start the party at twilight, of course! Twilight, otherwise known as dusk, or sundown, happens at different times depending on the season. You could have your party just before heading out to the theater to see the movie, or you could read out loud from the books and see the movie at home. It will be an event that Bella, Jacob and even Edward would want to attend! For more tea party ideas, click here.
Copyright 2010, Elizabeth Urbach.
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For more info: “Twilight Tea” painting, by Mari Takabayashi
"A Gothic Tea at Twilight."
“Everything Stops for Twilight Tea: Evening Tea at the Fairmont Empress” by Nancy Fox
“Blood-curdling Halloween drink recipes of the undead”
“Vampire’s Elixir cocktail”
"Throw a Twilight release party to die for!"
Twilight Cooking blog
Love At First Bite: the Unofficial Twilight Cookbook
How to make a spider web tablecloth
How to make a bat mobile
How to make blood-spattered white candles
How to make Martha Stewart's "Glampire" costume
Gothic Martha Stewart website
How to Host a Gothic Tea Party
Licensed replica of Bella’s birthday party dress -- Hot Topic
Tips on making vampire bookmarks as tea favors
Other Twilight themed teas:
I Love Twilight, Oh My Edward! Vampire Brew, Bitten by a Vampire from Adagio Teas
New Moon Red from Dazzled by Twilight
Twilight gourmet teas from LUXE teas
Comments
Lovely work Elizabeth. I'm going to check out some of your links for my own Twilight tea party.
Thanks for the compliment, Margaret. I'm still working on putting together and photographing a table setting for this tea, so I'll be updating the photo illustration in a week or so. This has been an interesting theme to research, but I can see a lot of people having a ton of fun with it. It would be the perfect thing to do just before seeing the movie, with everyone dressed up to resemble the movie's characters.
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