Tea Party Kids’ Puzzle — Kate Greenaway 1887 Girl’s Own Annual Victorian Garden

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 and unhurried in soft Regency muslins, showed the Victorians a version of childhood they wanted to believe in. This puzzle reproduces her Girls Taking Afternoon Tea in the Garden (c. 1887), an original colour lithograph for The Girl’s Own Annual: 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.

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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 colour 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