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Tea with Father Christmas at Jack’s Patch

Tea with Father Christmas

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The Christmas trees have gone up, the decorations are out, we’ve gone into full blown Christmas mode in our house this weekend. 

This Saturday I took the kiddies to have tea with Father Christmas at our local garden centre called Jack’s Patch. The centre is part of the Wyevale Garden Centres they are at various locations all over the country. The other Devon ones are Endsleigh in Ivybridge, Sidmouth and Ashford Barnstaple.

Last year we did the Breakfast with Father Christmas and the kiddies had such a lovely time we thought we try the tea this year. As it was a special occasion we even dug out the Christmas jumpers.

Christmas Jumpers

Tea with Father Christmas

When we arrived we were shown to our table by a very helpful elf. The table had been decorated with crackers, Christmas colouring and a card for the family.

christmas-cracker

Child’s Hot Tea

For my two I opted for the child’s hot tea which was a choice of sausages, chicken nuggets or jacket potatoes. My two chose the sausages with chips and vegetables.

There is also the option of a child’s cold tea which consists of any 5 items from their My Picnic range.

When you are eating Father Christmas comes round to have a chat with the kiddies which they thought was great. The children also got to use the small soft play area while they waited for their food.

Tea with Father Christmas at Jacks Patch in Devon

Adults Afternoon Tea

My Mother in Law and I opted for the adults afternoon tea which was a high tea and includes sandwiches, cinnamon scones and a selection of sweet treats. The cinnamon scones were amazing!

Cinnamon Christmas scones at Jacks Patch in Teignmouth

Tea with Father Father Christmas at Jacks Patch in Teignmouth Devon

High Tea in Devon

High tea with Santa

Biscuit Decorating

When we had finished eating the elf came back with biscuit for the kiddies to decorate. Last year we had Christmas trees and this year we had snowmen.

If your children want to they can take their biscuits home in a box and eat them later. There was no chance of that happening with my two!

Decorating Christmas biscuits at Jack's Patch

christmas biscuit decorating

Christmas biscuit decorating at Jacks Patch in Devon

Visit to Santa’s Grotto

Last year Santa’s grotto was next to the restaurant area in a cabin outside but this year they had created a larger grotto in the store area complete with dancing polar bears and penguins. Check out my video below to see them in action.

As this is a pre booked only grotto there wasn’t any rush when we were in there. The kids spent quite a bit of time chatting to Father Christmas and we managed to get quite a few photos too.

Some of the grottos we have been to in the past at other places have been a bit of a rush as they have to get through a lot of children at once. This is why we like coming here as it’s much more relaxed.

Father Christmas Grotto at Jack's Patch in Teignmouth Devon

Tea with Father Christmas at Jack's Patch garden centre

Tea with Santa at Jack's Patch in Teignmouth

Once the kiddies had chatted Father Christmas’s ear off they were able to choose any present they wanted from the selection on the shelves. This process took several minutes as there was a lot to choose from.

Lowenna opted for a sand art kit and Henry chose a racing car.

Father Christmas grotto at Jack's Patch

How Much Does it Cost

Tickets are £9.99 per child which includes food, a visit to Santa’s grotto, a present and biscuit decorating. The Adults afternoon tea is £7.99 or you can have the mini tea for £3.99. We had the afternoon tea.

How to Book

Tickets can be booked on the Wyevale website and as I said they have centres all over the country so check out their website to find your nearest store. 

Check out our Video

Both of mine really enjoyed their tea with Father Christmas and hopefully they’ve made some more happy memories.

Tea with Father Christmas in Devon

Gina

 

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7 thoughts on “Tea with Father Christmas at Jack’s Patch”

    1. We were invited to go to the Sidmouth one next weekend but we’ve already got stuff on so can’t make it 🙁
      Was it good Lynsey? The Wyevale grottos normally are 🙂

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