Fabulous First Birthday Party Ideas

What an exciting time! Your little one is about to celebrate their first birthday, and you are on the search for a unique, but fun theme that will make their first birthday special and memorable. Well, here are some great ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

1. Mommies and Babies Birthday Tea Party. This is a great theme for your baby girl, because its feminine and charming, but still a great way for mommies and babies to interact and have a great time. You can choose from several types of tea parties such as a garden tea party, and traditional teddy bear tea party, or an Alice in Wonderland tea party. By choosing one of those types of themes you can choose your color and decorations that go with that theme. Maybe you could encourage everyone to wear big sun hats or host in outside if the weather allows. You could also serve tea party type foods such as finger sandwiches, cookies, and different flavors of tea.


2. Steppin' Out Birthday Party. This is a great party centered on your little ones first steps! You should decorate in any color you choose maybe pinks for a girl or blues for a boy, and maybe you could play games that have to do with walking like maybe a cupcake walk. The real thing that ties the birthday all together is to have all your guests bring your child a new pair of shoes or socks as a birthday gift. You can give your child's size out on the invitations, and maybe decorate the cake with your favorite pair of newborn shoes that your little one wore.


3. Going To The Zoo Birthday Party. This is a great birthday party idea for boys or girls; it is even better if you can arrange to have it start out at a local zoo, and then move it back to your house or a nearby restaurant for cake and presents. You might also check with your local zoo to see if they do home appearances where they will bring some of the animals to your home and let the kids interact with them.


4. Baby Shower Birthday. Another great birthday party idea is to re-enact your baby shower for your now year old baby! This is a great way to get some use out of those baby shower decorations and you can have the pictures from your baby shower on display. Instruct guests to bring one baby shower type gift with their birthday gift. The nice thing about it is that you will probably still be using a lot of the stuff you got from your baby shower (baby wash, baby lotion, diapers, diaper rash cream, baby wipes, etc.) and you are probably running low. You may even consider constructing a baby registry specifically for your little ones birthday. This birthday party idea is destined to be a hit and allow you to make some more great memories.


5. Storybook Birthday Party. You may consider using a theme that centers on your child's favorite storybook. Does your child like Winnie the Pooh? How about an old fashion Winnie the Pooh party. What about Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes or Thomas the Train? There are lots of great books out there that you can use to draw your inspiration from and some of these themes are actually pretty popular right now, so you may even be able to get tableware and other decorations that are already available in your chosen theme. If not, don't be afraid to get creative and really bring your guests into the center of your child's favorite story.