Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party?

RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By CHRYSTAL (Guest Post) (07/15/2008) I just need cheap ways to make some cute food! Just any ideas on how to make food cute for a little girls 1st b-day party is all I want, i'm keeping it simply no theme just fun! Pool; food; presents; & cake! Any ideas how to make food "cute"? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By shannon (Guest Post) (05/19/2008) My daughters first birthday party is in 2 weeks. I am doing a cute 1st birthday theme with pink blocks. we are having the party at our public park which has a nice big pavilion just in case it rains. I invited all close family and friends. Which brings it almost to 30 adults and maybe 20 kids. I am not really doing any games since it is a the park and the kids will have plenty to do there. For food we are having bbq and hot dogs pasta salad and I am making ham turkey and cheese hoagies. I also always get 2 or 3 boxes of square pizza from a local bakery the little little ones love it and it is excellent cold. Also for take home gifts I got cute beach balls since it is summer time. Do your little ones first birthday the way you want it to. It is your child and if you want to go all out or do something small it will be special no matter what! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Lisa (Guest Post) (05/07/2008) As for my daughter's first birthday which is in 2 days, we are going to keep it low key on the actual day. Just our little family with streamers, balloons, cupcakes, etc. Sunday is Mother's Day and we will celebrate her birthday with extended family that day. I like the time capsule idea along with the book that will be at every party...we'll probably use one or both of those. I like stuff that's meaningful. Someday I would like to use the balloon flowers and the teddy bear theme (separately of course!). Thanks for those! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By carolyn (Guest Post) (01/09/2008) I love the pink flower idea. I'm going to use it for my grandbabies lst birthday. That with butterflies. thank you Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Joice (Guest Post) (11/18/2007) I like the beautiful idea with the flower balloons. Love it! I know my daughter won't remember her first birthday party, but there will be photos to show her in the future how much I cared. Plus, I am sure she will have a fantastic time. She loves balloons and the function room will be covered with them. I will have a toddlers' corner with lots of different & colorful toys. I bought a plastic pool and I will fill it with 600 small plastic & soft balls (not too expensive and you get to keep them after the party) you can have up to 4 babies sitting inside and playing with the colorful balls. I will have a clown that will paint the children's faces and he will also make balloon sculptures for the kids. For the food I got a catering company to do 3 kiosks (like street vendors) offering mini hot-dogs, mini-pizzas, mini-crepes, pop-corn & fairy-floss. There will be other types of served finger food as well. The theme of the party is butterflies, but there will be other little creatures as well (my daughter loves ducks "qua-qua"). I bought her a very beautiful dress with some butterflies on it (very subtle) and I bought butterfly wings I tried them on her and she seemed to be ok wearing them. Let's see how it goes on the day. I'm very excited! ah... for the give-away gifts I will have little bag with candies, a children's songs CD with her little face printed on the cover (more butterflies, the date, name of the CD etc) I made them myself (burning the CD and printing the label) and there will also be a personalized hand-tower (like the photo). Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Laura (Guest Post) (10/01/2007) My daughter Grace is turning 1 this month. I wanted something that I could give her when she was older from her 1st B-day to show how many people cared & loved her. At her 1st birthday I had cards made up saying a 1st birthday wish for her - and not to be opened until October of 2024. Our guests will write wishes in the cards and on her 18th birthday I will give her the cards that were sealed with love 17 years before! Cute right!:) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Cali (Guest Post) (08/28/2007) Well, I've always heard to go all out for your child's first birthday, and those are my intentions. My son turns 1 in a month, and I'm doing a safari theme. But besides the basics like decorations and food, I'm getting a clown to entertain, because oddly enough that really grabs his attention. He might not remember it, but I know he will enjoy it. And pictures are always the best memories anyway... Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Suzy (Guest Post) (07/31/2007) He is going to be 1 year old, not 5! Think back to when you were young, do you remember when you were 1? ..No, however you do like looking at the pictures your parents took of you, and thinking wasn't I cute? That's the most that can happen with your child. However since it's his or her first birthday make it memorable, for yourself, you'll always regret it later when he says mom, what did you do for my first b-day. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Amanda (Guest Post) (05/24/2007) My daughter is turning one in a couple weeks. My "theme" will be my daughter! My husband insists on everything being pink ;) I am on a very tight budget (family of four on one income - a highschool teachers income at that!). So I will get some poster board and make hats (stapler and elastic from fabric store) and print my daughter's pictures out on everything that I took with my digital camera in herbirthday hat. Solid pink plates, napkins, cups and pink streamers and balloons. I will spend money on a fancy cake (I havea friend who makes them) and I will bring her photo album for everyone to look through and if I have time, try and edit her video down to 20min or so. I still don't know what to do for food. Anymore ideas would be GREATLY appreciated!!! thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Nicole (Guest Post) (04/18/2007) I think that maybe I shouldn't go overboard on the first b-day although it is so very tempting. There is so much cute stuff out there. I really like the idea of the time capsule. That is very appropriate and meaningful. Does anyone have any other ideas of something to do for the first b-day and keep it scaled down at the same time? Report Spam or Abuse Re. Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party. Post By N.T. (Guest Post) (01/14/2007) I actually had a question. I need a song to play for a slideshow that we're presenting at my nephew's first birthday party. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions. Thanks! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Kayla (Guest Post) (10/27/2006) I am getting ready for my daughter's first bday. It is in a Princess theme. The invitiaions say that there will be a royal gala and we wish for them to attend. There's more to it, but that is the main part of it. For the cake, I am using a large stainless steel bowl and baking a cake in it. When you flip it over, you ice it with pretty colors and then stick a CLEAN Barbie in the top and it looks like a dress. It is adorable, I tested it out and it is really cute. One word of advice thought, if it says bake at 350 degrees F, bake at 325 degrees F, the edges get done fast! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By ANNE (Guest Post) (04/04/2006) Ale.. Loved your birthday balloons they are adorable jessica i agree with you. Do you really think a child is going to look back later in life and think they weren't loved because an exorberant amount wasn't spent on them ? All a child needs is to know they are loved. My kids always knew how much I loved them without giving knock down blow out birthday parties. And I "did" take them out on their birthday only we went to hardees and ya know what they didn't mind at all. Actually quite the opposite they looked forward to it each year and remember not everyone can afford to spend a lot and even if they could it's not the point. Teach our children that money isn't everything in life. Being happy is.. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ann's comment Post By Jessica (Guest Post) (04/03/2006) No offense to you, but I think that children remember much more than what we give them credit for and your son is not going to have much to talk about when he is older. You are depriving him of his childhood memories. Remember that it's not about you, it's about him. There is more to life than money. There are ways of making your child's birthday special and unique without spending an arm and a leg. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Catie (Guest Post) (01/25/2006) My son's first birthday is going to be Thomas the Tank Engine themed. We picked this theme because my son's name is Thomas and the cups and plates say Thomas all over. :-) He doesn't really have any favorites to pick as his party theme so I figured what ever I liked best is good. We are only going to do cake and icecream. My husband is making a train cake from a Wilton mold with box cars cut from a regular sheet cake. I printed Thomas the Tank Engine coloring pages for free online for the kids to color. I ordered individual 4packs of crayons and wooden train whistles as goodie bag favors for the kids. For the adults, I made individual candy bar wrappers (minis) with my son's picture and the date on them. We saved by not offering lunch or dinner. All the kids were under 3, so they didn't need a long party to sap all their energy and interfear with nap times. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Ale (Guest Post) (08/06/2005) My niece just had a 1st birthday party, it was mostly adults, but she had great fun! It was themed abour butterflies and we did "flower garden" with ballons, it was cheap and looked gourgeous! simple, put 4medium size pink(or any color) balloons together and one small yellow in the middle. In the back attach a green long balloon(one of those use for making balloon animals ;) Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By STACY (Guest Post) (06/11/2005) ANIMALS IS OUR THEME FOR MY DAUGHTER ANDIM DECORATING THE CUPCAKES AS ANIMALS A DUCK LION MONKEY ETC JUST THER FACE THE I THOUGHT ID HAVE A GAME FOR THEM IN THE BABY POOL WITH PLASTIC DUCKS AND FROGS MY DAUGHTER WILL BE ONE AND SHE HAS TWO OLDER SISTERS MAYBE SOME BALLON ANIMALS AND MY ? IS WHAT OTHER FOODS CAN I MAKE Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Susan (Guest Post) (05/05/2005) My son will be 1 in 3 weeks. We are doing a construction theme. I found great decorations that look like caution tape but it actually says PARTY Zone on it. My husband does road construction and he is going to be bringing home road signs from work to decorate the outside. My daughter has Tonka trucks that we are going to set around. My mother in law found a pack of construction themed cups, plates, napkins, and tableclothes at the dollar store. I am going to decorate with black and yellow balloons and crepe paper. I made his invitation myself off of an invititation that I found on the computer. As party favors I am going to buy construction hats at the dollar store and put the kids names on it. As party favors I am going to get brown bags and put snacks in it like cheese and crackers, chips and fruit snacks. I usually do candy but my son can't eat candy yet so I want to get stuff he can eat as well. The only thing I am stuck on is the food. I'm not sure what I want to have yet we think hamb. and hot dogs but am not sure yet. Any good ideas? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By (Guest Post) (05/01/2005) Enjoy it. Of course the baby's first birthday is more for adults than anything, but have fun with it. Don't fret the little things but make it exciting and take lots of pictures. WHen he's older he'll be able to look back at the pictures and say, "wow, you did that for me?!?! You really do love me!" Don't just take them to "wendy's" This is your child. Make every birthday a big deal! It's there day to be lavished! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By jennifer (Guest Post) (02/18/2005) I did a teddy bear picnic for my son's first birthday in December. All of the guests were asked to bring their teddy bear for a contest (cutest, softest, biggest, etc.) We had checkered table clothes and picnic food. (teddywiches, poteddy salad, poteddy chips, Honeybear juice, etc.) I printed teddy bear coloring pages from my clipart disks for the kids to color and had a jar full of gummy bears for the adults to guess how many - the winner took the jar full of gummy bears home. I decorated with red and white streamers and balloons and molded chocolate ants. We downloaded the teddybear picnic song and played it while the guests arrived. I made a cake using a wilton molded bear cake pan. The base was a sheet cake decorated in red and white checkers. I made the small teddybear cake and placed it on top with toy food around and a line of chocolate ants (wilton mold) I would have used plastic ants, but I was unable to find any in December. For party favors I put a few chocolate ants in a bag with teddygrams and bubbles ( I printed out new labels on the computer that read "bearbles" and "thank you for celebrating Hunter's 1st birthday with us" and glued them over the original bubble labels.) I took a picture of everyone who brought a bear to send to them with a thank you note for their gift. It was a lot of work, but well worth it. My son had a blast! He won't remember it other than from the pictures - but turning one is a big step for both him and you. It's a big deal - celebrate it! He will only turn one once. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By jennifer (Guest Post) (01/14/2005) My son is going to turn 1 son and his theme is going to be sesame street 1st b-day, because he love the characters. I'm doing the hole party red,blue,& yellow down to the plate sets. I have a clown and a person dressing up as elmo coming. IM also going to have a DJ for the older people. for favors i 'm making coloring books with the sesame street characters. I'm also getting personalized bubble labels made with my son picture on it. for the adults I'm making labels with my son's picture on gluing it to old baby food jar and filling some up with candy, marbles, color sand. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Trix (Guest Post) (11/02/2004) I knew that my son wouldn't remember his first birthday party, so I didn't bother with a child's theme. Instead I decided to help the guests remember my son's past year and to remember their own childhood. For decorations I put up pictures to form a banner (one picture from each month) of my son so everyone could see how much he had changed throughout the year. This is the only year you'll see such a huge difference form one month to the next! I also had asked everyone ahead of time to tell me their favourite toy, book, and their childhood nickname and I made up posters where everyone had to try to match the items to the people at the party. As a gift for my son I also made up a time capsule and made forms for everyone to fill out so that they could share any special memories, predictions, and words of wisdom with my son - he'll open it on his 20th birthday. The food and snacks for the party were also a hit: I had asked everyone what their favourite childhood foods and treats were and then made them up for everyone. It seemed werid to be serving grilled cheese and spagettios to a group of adults, but everyone loved it! One other idea i had but didn't ahve enough time for was to collect some pictures of the famiyl members when they were babies so that I could post them up and have everyone guess who was in each picture. In the end everyone kept busy with the activites and the food was easy and cheap for me to prepare and my son just lvoe dhaving all his favourite people around. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By chalet (Guest Post) (08/21/2004) When my son turned one, I asked everyone coming to the party to bring a favorite quote/verse/saying of theirs. I had a blank book that the people could then write their quote into. Some people just elected to write their best wishes which was fine too. I try to do this at every birthday. I will give him the book when he is older, like when he gets married or goes to college. People really liked this idea and it helped me get to know my family and friends on a more personal level. Good luck and happy birthday little one! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By (Guest Post) (08/20/2004) They won't remember but if you want to throw a party keep it basic. Don't knock your self out with food other than the cupcakes and some ice cream and punch. I love both your ideas for the cupcakes! Even if you don't use the red M & M's red icing to make the threads will work good too. If you use the cars they can be taken home as a small favor! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Ideas for Baby's 1st Birthday Party? Post By Ann (Guest Post) (08/20/2004) no offense meant, but this is THRIFTY Fun, so my recommendation is, your son is not going to realize what's really going on at his first birthday, save your money and don't make a big fuss. my son is 5 and we have yet to do anything more than take him to Wendy's for his birthday, and he's very happy with that . Report Spam or Abuse