First Birthday Party Ideas

The first birthday party is one of the most significant ones ~ mostly for the parents and others who come together to celebrate, but your child will know he is special too, even if he can’t remember years later.

Some birthday party themes that you may want to consider for this BIG party are:

• Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice
• Little Boy Blue
• Cute as a Button
• Puppy
• Barnyard Animal
• Baby Einstein
• Blue’s Clues
• Winnie the Pooh
• Musical Day
• Sesame Street
• An initial party, using child’s initials or Alphabet
• A Number “1″ theme
• Rubber Ducky
• Trip to the Zoo or Park
• Color Party
• Polka Dot Party
• Mother Goose Party

The list of themes are endless. When deciding on a theme for your one year old, look around and see what your child is interested in. Although they can’t exactly tell you what type of party he wants, he can definitely give you clues.

If it is going to be mostly adults, then the planning of games/activities are minimal, but usually older children do attend these parties with their parents and so it will be helpful to build a party around your theme complete with a few games, crafts, activities, some of which the adults can become involved with as well. The kids should also have goody bags to take home as well.

Given that a first birthday party is often the first time parents are really planning a party, it is hard to come up with a theme and execute all of the details. Check out Forums to post specific questions for even more ideas and help!

• Forums -Managing a BIG one year old party
• Forums -Blues clues food
• Forums -Different ages