1st birthday ideas?

Question

My baby girl is going to be one in August, I want to get some cool ideas for the party because I know that most who attend are going to be adults. I want to base the fun around the adults, but still have the 1st birthday theme. I don't want them to just show up for cake and ice cream. I need games, activities, etc.

Answer 1

keep it "kid friendly"! It can be a throw back to the birthday parties you used to attend as a kid, and a great nostalgic thing for all you adults! Hire a clown, play pin the tail on the donkey, get a pinata. The kids will be too young to participate in some of the activities, but the adults will have a blast being kids again themselves!!

Answer 2

When my daughter turned one, we invited over the family - mostly adults. We had cake and ice cream, served in a tea cup style holder I'd made. I shaped cups for the ice cream with fudge striped cookies for the bottom, and ice cream cone bowls for the cup, (holding them together with melted chocolate) and piped melted chocolate for the handles that were first cooled in the fridge then attached with more melted chocolate. I just did it for cutesie sake, but the adults went nuts over them. People who were offered ice cream and cake turned it down, but came back asking for it when they saw what it was served in.

I also made a little card for each guest showing the progression of my daughter of the last 12 months. I had taken pictures from the hospital to 3 days before the party and picked the best one for each month. Then shrunk them down to size and made 2 columns of 6 months, labeling each month with her age and printed it on cardstock. It said, thanks for helping to celebrate my birthday. Another hit of the party, especially for those who were constantly asking for new pictures.

Since it rained for my daughter's party, we just had cake and ice cream. For yours, maybe a bbq or hawaiian theme? Have everyone come dressed accordingly, including your little girl. Do the limbo, even she could get in on it, and she'll probably be the winner. ;)

Best of luck!

Answer 3

Have a cook out, play stuff outside like volleyball, basketball, etc.. Then have a bon-fire with smores.

Make it like a family reunion. Make a cool looking cake, take pictures of everyone. Do that each year to see how everyone changes.

Have a great time

Answer 4

Cupcakes & Kid party stuff
(make sure it's not able to choke on it!!!)
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This birthday really more for you than them.
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Yes, they will look at those picture when they are older to see what there life was like. So if you think this is important stepping stone take a lot of pictures.
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From Wikipedia:
A party is a social gathering intended primarily for celebration and recreation. While having some things in common with religious and seasonal festivals, the term "party" usually denotes a smaller gathering for a personal, rather than cultural, occasion even when the occasion is simply that of enjoyment.

Parties provide numerous opportunities for social interaction of various kinds, depending on the participants and their understanding of the accepted behavior for a given occasion. As a result, they tend to reinforce cultural and/or counter-cultural standards, though sometimes this is simply by providing a semi-acceptable social context for violating some of those standards.

Answer 5

I went crazy for my son's 1st b'day.

I had a puppet show, a gorilla (man inside) who did balloon animals, cake, ice cream, face painting, pizza, and a photographer!

Those are a few ideas!

Answer 6

Maybe you could show some home videos of your baby girl, such as learning to walk, etc.

Answer 7

a slide show of the picture of the baby
nice memory

Answer 8

Recall some of your birthdays and use the tactics here.

Answer 9

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