Tea Party Kids' Puzzle — Kate Greenaway 1887 The Girl's Own Annual, 30 Pieces

In 1879, Kate Greenaway published a small book of verses and pictures that sold 70,000 copies in its first edition. Her children — self-possessed, unhurried, dressed in soft Regency muslins — showed the Victorians a version of childhood they wanted to believe in. This puzzle brings one of her most beloved garden scenes home, one piece at a time.

The puzzle reproduces Kate Greenaway's Girls Taking Afternoon Tea in the Garden (c. 1887), an original color lithograph created for The Girl's Own Annual, London — three young women in white Regency-inspired dresses and wide straw hats gathered around a garden table set with teacups, a large fruit cake, and a teapot, a lush English cottage garden in full bloom behind them, rendered in Greenaway's characteristic soft earth tones, warm ochres, and sage greens with her signature attention to dress and botanical detail.

Product Details

• Pieces: 30 large, easy-to-handle pieces with rounded corners
• Finished size: 14 × 11 in (35.6 × 28 cm)
• Construction: Durable laminated chipboard
• Print: Full-colour reproduction of Greenaway's 1887 color lithograph
• Includes: Box with full-colour reference image for easy assembly and storage
• Recommended age: 3–7 years

Perfect For

• Children ages 3–7 who love imaginative and role-play themes
• Young fans of tea parties, gardens, and vintage illustration
• Parents and educators who value art history in everyday play
• Thoughtful birthday, holiday, or baby shower gifts
• Montessori and nature-inspired playrooms
• Collectors of Victorian art and children's illustration history

Read more: Kate Greenaway and the Victorian World of Childhood