1st Birthday Party Ideas: Fun and Creative Ways to Celebrate
Congratulations on your child’s 1st year! What an amazing year, right?
Here are some fun and creative 1st birthday party ideas to help you celebrate this important milestone.
Request a Presidential Greeting
Did you know you can request a Baby’s Birth greeting from the President and First Lady?
I requested a greeting after my son was born, and within a couple of weeks a letter signed by the President and Michelle Obama arrived in the mail. Pretty cool, right?
In order to receive your Baby’s Birthday Greeting, you need to make the request within a year after he or she is born. Click here to request your Baby’s Birth Greeting.
Bake Smitten Kitchen’s Monkey Smash Cake
Suppressing a smile is impossible when I imagine my son tearing into his own mini monkey cake. I cannot wait to take pictures of him smiling from ear to ear, his face covered in frosting!
I understand that the logistics of baking a homemade cake may feel overwhelming – but trust me – Smitten Kitchen has thought through all of the details. Check out her Monkey Cake recipe, and enjoy the photo ops that ensue!
Create a Slideshow: Watch Baby Grow Up Before Your Eyes!
Remember the first smiles? Teething, rolling over and crawling? Yes, the days may feel long, but baby’s first year flies by…
Chances are that taking photos of your child’s first year won’t be very hard, but I recommend taking 1 photo of baby in the same spot every week.
For example, there’s a wicker chair in our living room, and every Friday, my wife and I get our son dressed and take a picture of him in the same chair (before he manages to spit-up over everything…).
By baby’s 1st birthday, you’ll have 52 photos to include in a slideshow. Play the slideshow and enjoy watching your bundle of love grow up before your eyes.
Throw a Circus Themed Birthday Party
Here are some ideas for throwing a 1st birthday party with a circus theme. Use Paperless Post or Evite to create and e-mail Circus Themed Invitations.
For food, you can serve hot dogs, pizza, popcorn, and cotton candy.
A ring toss, bean bag toss, photo booth, and/or a children’s entertainer are great ways to keep the kids engaged while the parents relax and enjoy the party.
Animal crackers or magic goodie bags make great party favors. And for an extra adorable factor, why not dress up your little one as a ringmaster? :-)
I hope these ideas help you plan a truly fun and memorable first birthday party celebration.
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Here’s to making your child’s 1st birthday party fun and memorable for the entire family!