It is my daughters 3rd birthday in November; I had a large party for her 1st B-day, and a small family gathering for her 2nd. I was trying to plan something special for her this year. Do you think that you need to have a party every year? Does anyone have any ideas on things that I can do for her? Thank You.
2006-10-13 09:17:16 · 14 answers · asked by NeNe 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I think a party every year is fine, if you're up to it. When she gets to be school-aged, though, is when they'll become important to her.
Also, a rule of thumb I have heard for kids' parties is have the same number of guests as years of the child's age -- so in your case, 3 other kids besides your daughter. I've also heard the same thing, but the number of years plus one.
2006-10-13 09:26:15 · answer #1 · answered by Lauren L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you don't need to have a party every year. The 1st birthday is a milestone but until they are 5 or 6 years old and in kindergarden you don't need to go too crazy. A quiet family party is nice. If you do want to do a big party for her though and you don't want to be bothered with the mess in your home, you could have it at a party place somewhere local. A cute idea is at a Chucky Cheeses. I don't know where you live so you may want to check in your phone book or local paper for advertisements for such places as well. There is a place near where I live, I believe they are nationwide called "The Little Gym" they offer party packages as well. There are also some places that do tea parties for little girls and they provide costumes for the little girls to put on like fancy hats, gloves,beads and boas. If you don't have any places like that near by, you can easily have a cute little tea party in your home and provide dress up materials as well and you can have each child bring their favorite teddy bear or doll to join in! One of my favorite parties for which I held for my daughter when she was about 6 or 7 was at a horse farm that gave pony rides. For an activity I had the kids decorate picture frames and they each had their picture taken on a pony with a poloroid camera and were able to have an instant photo for their frame to take home with them. This birthday was at the end of November too. We actually had it in a heated barn that the owners rent out for parties. It worked out real well. The kids all loved the horses and there were other animals for them to see there as well. Again, I don't know what you have available in your area so check around. Sometimes there are people that will come to your home and bring animals to show and talk about with children. You may want to talk with a local school or preschool to see if they have any information on such people. Good Luck, Have a lot of fun and Happy Birthday!
2006-10-13 09:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by having fun yet? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A birthday is the only day you get to celebrate you. Personally, I think their should be some sort of party every year. For my kids, I take them to the party store, let them pick a theme w/ plates and stuff, and try to do some fun activities. We bought that little "elefun" game for my son's 3rd b-day and the kids loved it! It doesn't have to be elaborate, especially at 3, but just something fun. We usually have a small party the week-end of the b-day, but do something fun just for them on the b-day, ie go the zoo or children's museum or something w/ just the family.
2006-10-13 09:30:23 · answer #3 · answered by melonamc 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A party every year definately. I did the same.. big birthday 1st year... small 2nd and 3rd was the biggest. We went to Chuck E Cheese.. It was funnn. Think of a theme.. throw the party either somewhere entertaining of have a pinta with a pull string and play games at home!
2006-10-13 09:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by Christa Joy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter will be 3 in December. She already has her party planned! She is having a princess tea party. There are 2 crafts to make, then cake and tea. The week before I will teach her to pour tea for her friends. She is allowed to invite 3 friends. I have a 5 year old as well and when he was younger I would have him pick out a cake then we would build a party around it. Good luck and have fun!
2006-10-13 09:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by PLDFK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would buy her the general items for her Birthday and invite a few people. Maybe a few with other 3 or 4 year olds. Only buy a couple gifts or stuff that she needs. If people want to bring her something and she doesn't really need things ask them to bring their favorite childhood stroy book. My kids always get such nice, hard cover story books and have a full library. Children should have a celebration with cake and such but don't need a huge party.
Good Luck
2006-10-13 10:57:52 · answer #6 · answered by erinjl123456 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have parties until through the fifth birthday. After that only on the big birthdays, like 10, 13, and so on. We did parties when they were little but when they got to be about 6 we started having a day all about them. We would go do some special things and on my daughters 10th birthday we all went to an Amuesment Park for the whole day. For example we took are daughters to Libby Lu on one of their birthdays, we took our son to the zoo once and craig cruisers, we plan on going skiing on our 2nd daughters 10th birthday. We also let them pick the meals for the day, and we usually take them out for lunch to the restaurant of their choice. My 2nd daughter requested to have an apple pie for her birthday cake, now it seems to bit of a competition. My son choose brownies on his last birthday, and our oldest daughter didn't want cake she wanted to get cotton candy and dippin dots at the amusement park. Friends and family usually just pop in and out in the week surrounding their birthday, so its almost like getting a birthday everyday, at least thats what my son says. For the first few birthdays we made them huge, centered around their favorite thing at the time. Once it was a princess party, once it was dinosaurs, I think are two soon to be three year old son will be having a car party this year. We invite all of our family and friends, make lots of food, and have fun. People have critised me for doing all this but they are more likely to remember a party or our special days together than they are a toy or game. My children love it, and are constantly suprising me with their ideas of how to spend their next birthday. Enjoy each and every birthday!! Before long they wont want to spend them with us, but with their friends.
2006-10-13 09:57:21 · answer #7 · answered by Irish lady 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For my girl we took her to chuck e cheese,and invited people to come along, but we did not get the birthday party packages which is like 10 per child, you can bring your own cake. We ate before we went because the food is gross and just bought a couple of pizza's for the kids.
2006-10-13 10:26:46 · answer #8 · answered by Jennifer Dalpe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did not have an organized party for my 3 yr old. We just invited some of our closest friends and family to meet us at chuckie cheese. It was inexpensive, it gave the kids a chance to play and the adults a little bit of time to talk.
2006-10-13 09:26:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter loves princesses and tea parties. You could do a tea party, go to a petting zoo ,or even do a Mcdonald's party. But there are people who do not have parties for their kids every year. My sister only strarts at around kindegarten.
2006-10-13 09:21:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋