Daughter's First Birthday?

Question

She turns 1 in april. Any ideas on what to do for a party? I know she wont remember it, so how do I go about planning and preserving the day?

My parents and I are taking her to the circus the week before her birthday, so would just a family get together be better for her?

Answer 1

Invite your closest friends & family to celebrate the occasion.

This is a day to celebrate the birth of your child. Keep the party simple so you can do just that. Plan some special quiet time at the end of the day just for Mom, Dad, and baby.

Place a current photo of your baby in a cardboard mat
frame with a wide edge. Place the photo with acid-free
markers or gel pens on a table. Throughout the party
invite guests to write a message to the birthday child.
"You are special because..." Why we love you etc....After the party place this special keepsake in a glass frame and hang it in baby's room!

Answer 2

Well if I had to plan a 1 year old girls party I would first pick a theme...maybe go w/ 1 yr theme, in pink obviously, b/c there are many more birthdays where you can pick a character theme that she enjoys.
As for games and activities....well since its in April, depending when it is, I think coloring easter eggs would be fun for everyone and maybe having a little scavenger hunt w/ the eggs.
Even though she may not remember it or care about some activities I would make sure there are little things to do to keep the older kids entertained, pinata, painting, pin the tail on the donkey (maybe something cuter than a donkey though). Sand art is always fun too.
Make sure you take lots of pictures and if you have a video camera use it, or borrow one. She'll enjoy it when she's older to watch it =)
goodluck w/ the party.

Answer 3

We had 80 people at my daughter's first birthday. We made a full summer meal and some people brought stuff too. I know she won't remember any of it but I took TONS of pictues. She can always look back on those pictures later on and see who all cared for her and showed up at her party. There are a few people in the pictures that are dead now like her great grandparents and she will be able to see pics of them even though she doesn't remember them. I'm all about taking pictures all the time. Memories are what you have in the future to look back on. We also got her a little cake of her own so she could smash it all up. She is going to be 6 soon and she loves looking at her scrapbook at every years party and seeing how much she has changed and all the people who were there. Good Luck!!

Answer 4

The beauty is you can do whatever you would like and she will be ok with it! Invite people that are close to your family- and take many photos. It would great if you could get a photo of her with each guest...
Think of how many you want to invite, then think of a place that would be suitable for the number of guests. Then think of what kind of food you would like to have. You may want to invite 4 or 5 children and have it in your home. Or maybe turn it into a family thing. I had my sons first birthday in my grandmothers backyard. We had fried chicken and the fixings and he opened heaps of presents while on a blanket while the older kids played badmitten. It was a lot of fun and I took loads of photos. I saved the mylar first b-day balloon and the plastic decore from the cake. Silly me- what am I gonna do with it??? But it was special and the days was beautiful. Have fun!

Answer 5

Absolutely, a first birthday is something she is not going to remember. But your love for this precious babe makes you want to shout it to the world. I've been there and I understand. Have a small family affair. Get a GREAT cake put it infront of her, sing Happy Birthday, and then blow the candle out for her. Then let her take those two curious hands and dig into it. Ofcourse don't let her eat it all :) But make sure you get that picture of her digging in. When she is 6, 9, and even 12 years old she will love that picture. Have Fun.

Answer 6

Ok first you don't want to make it two festive as your child may not like it and cry the whole time. That was the mistake we made. Instead just do something simple have a theme such as sesame street Thomas the train what ever it is she likes. Or in this case what ever you like. Do a cake some punch a little ice cream and just invite family and a couple friends. Children that age love balloons. if you invite older children you can play a gave with the older children, if you invite children that are her age, don't bother with games as they have no clue what is going on. It is stressful to them. Another mistake I made, I thought I was being cute, but mys son was miserable. Age appropriate toys of course for presents. No one wants cloths for their B-Day lol of course she will probably like the wrapper or box better anyway.

Well these of course are just suggestions you can pretty much do what you want you are the mother.

Answer 7

Really don't make a big fuss. I took my daughter to Chucky Cheese for her first birthday and had a big party there and I was ready to pull my hair out. She would have been fine if I had stayed home, stuck her in her high chair and given her a peice of cake. Just take some pictures and invite some family over.

Answer 8

Keep it low key. A lot of "falderall" is only going to stress her out and make her cranky. Have very few people there, grand ma and grand pa (both sides) and everyone else can stop by at their leisure for cake and coffe drop off gift (if they have one) maybe a photo with the birthday child and then go home. Babies don't understand the concept of birthdays, probably won't be much interested in the "presents"...my daughter played with the ribbons ...

Answer 9

When I was having my son's first birthday party everyone told me it had to be a big one because it was his first. Anyone what I opted to do was to have all the people who were close to him over for a house party. We had baloons and pin the tail on the donkey for the older children. It could be a barbeque depending on the weather or even a pizza party. We actually got party tray of our favorite chinease foods. Make sure that you make him his own little cake... or even a cupcake which is what we did for my son and let him eat it on his own. Get everything on videotape and take lots of pictures so she can go back and watch it when she is older.
Have fun!!!

Answer 10

Invite family and close friends. Nothing to big because she won't remember it, she'll see the pics when she is older of course, but bigger is better when children are older. I just went through the b-day thing with my 8 & 6 year old. They both said it was the best birthday ever.