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\u201cDear dear, how queer everything is today. And yesterday things went on just as usual!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Celebrate reading with an Alice-inspired party | Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Have you ever had a Mad Tea Party? To do so, one has to be warned, is to abdicate any sense of rules or decorum. It is to embrace nonsense as the guiding principle: pure, anarchic nonsense of the kind that leads to sloshed tea cups and wild, wordy toasts, circumlocutions that never quite make a circle. It\u2019s bonkers, of course, and you\u2019ll be bonkers for joining in. But the best people are. <\/span><\/p>\n

The worlds created by Lewis Carroll in <\/span>Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Alice Through the Looking Glass<\/span><\/i> are celebrations of many things. They\u2019re mathematical metaphors. They\u2019re lovely and adventurous excursions into the gleeful jungles of language. Most of all, they\u2019re an ode to imagination, wonder, and the persistent logic of children in a world that grownups make upside down and absurd with rules and customs. It\u2019s why Alice, sweet and wonderful, stubborn and brave Alice, has persisted for over a hundred years. And it\u2019s why we celebrate her, and Carroll, on National Read Across America Day. <\/span><\/p>\n

Today, March 2nd, the National Education Association is proud to celebrate <\/span>Read Across America Day<\/span>, when educators, parents, librarians\u2014anyone who loves the gift of books\u2014shares that magic with children. One of the authors celebrated this year is Lewis Carroll, which is why we think that it\u2019s the perfect time to have an <\/span>Alice in Wonderland<\/span><\/i>-themed party. Send out fanciful <\/span>Wonderland-themed invitations<\/span><\/a> to friends, and make sure the children are there. Have your amazing <\/span>Alice in Wonderland<\/span><\/i>-inspired bookmarks from Elfster<\/span><\/a> for party favors. And, don\u2019t be late, for the Duchess will be savage.<\/span><\/p>\n

EAT ME and DRINK ME: Refreshments for the Party<\/h4>\n

\u201cFirst, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any farther. She felt a little nervous about this. \u2018For it might end, you know,\u2019 said Alice to herself, \u2018in my going out altogether. I wonder what I should be like then?\u2019 And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle looks like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Let your drink slosh about | Image courtesy Etsy seller ArtsyPumpkin<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first thing you\u2019ll need, of course, is tea. You can\u2019t have a Mad Tea Party without it. At the very least, you\u2019ll want to have <\/span>some unexpectedly delightful teacups<\/span> (preferably with a saucer to catch the sloshings). Not every kid likes tea, though, and depending on the ages of your party guests you might not want to have hot liquids, but you can fill a teapot with anything. Just remember that if you\u2019re in the spirit of things, it\u2019ll get messy. After all, they\u2019ll be toasting with the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, and the Dormouse. <\/span><\/p>\n

For nibbles to eat, they mostly had cakes and crackers, and little English sweet things. You might not be able to get the exact kind, so cupcakes and cookies will do. Make sure, though, that you have <\/span>EAT ME signs<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>DRINK ME tags<\/span><\/a> on all the sweets and beverages.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re having a party just for adults, consider serving <\/span>Mock Turtle Soup<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s an English dish that was cheaper than actual turtle soup, using sirloin, eggs, chicken broth, and a lot of seasoning. It\u2019s pretty delicious, and simple to make. It\u2019s themed, of course, because Alice meets an actual Mock Turtle, who tries to regale her with his tale of woe, although he\u2019s constantly interrupted by a Griffin, much to sweet Alice\u2019s intemperate annoyance. <\/span><\/p>\n

You might feel bad about eating Mock Turtle Soup, but Alice herself said that she\u2019s seen it \u201cat Dinn\u2026,\u201d to which the Turtle responds that he doesn\u2019t know where Dinn may be. All the better, perhaps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Playtime for the Imagination: Lunatic Croquet and the Lobster Quadrille<\/h4>\n

\u201cThe chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

With all the madness and the fun (and the tea and cupcakes), the kids at the party should be pretty revved up. Here are a few activities for them:<\/p>\n

Lunatic Croquet<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

This is probably the most famous scene in the book: the game of croquet with the Queen of Hearts. The mallets are flamingos and the balls are hedgehogs and the arches are the Queen\u2019s playing cards, and they all scramble around to help the demented and distorted old head-chopper win the game. Alice thinks this is dreadfully unfair, but the lawless nature of it makes it perfect for kids.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t use actual flamingos and hedgehogs | Image courtesy Etsy seller TinyRed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Get a good <\/span>children\u2019s deluxe croquet set<\/span><\/a>, set it up in the yard, and let them go nuts (employing proper mallet safety, of course). There doesn\u2019t need to be any rules. They should take delight in the thwacking. There are just too many rules everywhere for kids. They can\u2019t go here and they shouldn\u2019t see this and they certainly can\u2019t watch that. Before they become adults, with our imaginations limited by customs and shoved into these costumes of grown-ups, let them play. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lobster Quadrille<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

If that\u2019s not enough, maybe it\u2019s time to dance the Lobster Quadrille. That\u2019s a dance the Mock Turtle teaches Alice, and it involves throwing lobsters in the sea, doing somersaults, and running around. There are also snails involved. You\u2019re not really going to be able to do it. And that\u2019s ok. The whole point is for the kids to just…join the dance. Have them make it up. <\/span><\/p>\n

Let each kid create a short dance to teach to the other kids. It could be to the tune of the Lobster Quadrille (the <\/span>Franz Ferdinand<\/span><\/a> version or the <\/span>classic<\/span><\/a> one), or whatever tune pops into their wild and unfettered heads when you read them the lyrics. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWill you walk a little faster,\u201d said the whiting to the snail<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a porpoise close behind us, and he\u2019s treading on my tail\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

They are waiting on the shingle- will you come and join the dance<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Will you, won\u2019t you, will you, won\u2019t you, will you come and join the dance?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Will you, won\u2019t you, will you, won\u2019t you, will you come and join the dance?<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reading Keeps Childhood Alive<\/h4>\n

\u201cA cat may look at a king,\u201d Alice said. \u201cI read that in a book somewhere, but I don\u2019t remember where.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Will you, won\u2019t you? Won\u2019t you join? That\u2019s what National Read Across America Day is all about. It\u2019s about having kids join a magical club, one where the only limit is imagination, and in the mind of a beautiful genius like Lewis Carroll, that means there are no limitations.<\/p>\n

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Vintage Carroll | Image courtesy Etsy seller PrettyHappyVintage<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So make sure that you have everyone gather round, and <\/span>read from the book<\/span><\/a>. Maybe the kids have seen the movies. Maybe even in your head, the ideas are dominated by the Tim Burton renditions or, more likely, the <\/span>classic cartoon<\/span><\/a>. And that\u2019s fine. Those are both wonderful.<\/span><\/p>\n

But something magical happens when you start reading, and it happens to young and old alike. His words, and her thoughts and feelings, create their own images in your head. You see Alice as every child, as your children, or as someone close to you. Or maybe you reach back and put your own childhood in there. Because that\u2019s what it is. Alice is who we are when we allow ourselves to be children, and she\u2019s who children are at their most ferociously curious, when asking why is less a question than a driving need. It\u2019s a time when exploring the next room means finding the entire universe. Alice chased a rabbit, and found a new world. Every day should be like that for children. <\/span><\/p>\n

Reading allows them to do that, which is why after all the running and sloshing, the heart of the party should be the book. You give them that impossible galaxy of childhood. And that\u2019s something they\u2019ll keep\u2014forever. By sparking imagination with Carroll\u2019s words, you can help make sure that the sweet longings of childhood are never fully extinguished, and carry with them throughout their long and lovely lives. Lewis Carroll says it best, as Alice\u2019s sister reflects on the dream her younger sister told her:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of childhood; and how she would gather about her other little children, and make <\/span><\/i>their <\/span>eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago; and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget your Alice-themed bookmarks<\/a> or our Wonderland Gift Guide<\/a>! How are you celebrating Read Across America Day? What\u2019s your favorite book? Tell us on our <\/i><\/b>Facebook page<\/i><\/b>,<\/i><\/b><\/a> on Twitter @Elfster, or on Instagram @Elfstergram. And, for inspired gifting ideas, browse our <\/i><\/b>Lewis Carroll gift guide<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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