Your baby is one, the first birthday is an occasion to celebrate. He just turned one and his 1st birthday party has to be unique; choosing the right birthday party themes is a great place to start. Although your baby won’t remember it you can always take pictures to show him when he grows up.
Here are some popular themes for a first birthday
- Alphabet – For example, the alphabet ‘C’ can be ‘cookies’. For this theme think lots of colours and alphabets everywhere.
- Aeroplane – You can get some aeroplanes cut-outs and hang these from the ceiling. You can have aeroplane-related activity for the toddlers. Create an aeroplane scene with seats like the inside of a plane, a cockpit. You can even have a baggage area.
- Circus Theme – This is something all kids love. Have a fancy dress birthday party where the little guests can come dressed as different animals.
- Around The World – This is a world traveller theme. Put up a world map on the wall and use globes, compasses, camp tents and others for the décor. Print invitations in the form of air-tickets for a destination.
- Tea Party – To be honest, little girls love this kind of party, even if they are only one year old. You should celebrate your little girl’s first birthday with a tea party theme. Have little cups and saucers, tiny buttered scones, beautifully decorated small cupcakes and plenty of flowers.
- Lemonade Stand – Recycle old wood to make a lemonade stand or you can even use an old table. Decorate it with cupcakes, lemonade, jars of candy sticks and other things that babies love.
- Time Capsule – Time flies so fast. Your baby will soon be a teen and you will be left wondering, where the cute baby went. Capture these joyful moments with your baby by celebrating his first birthday with a time capsule theme. Take lots of photographs. Have photo sessions with your little guests. Print out invitations that look like negatives of photographs. Decorate the walls with your baby’s photographs and film strips. Store these moments in a time capsule that you can take out after 10 or maybe 15 years.
- Book Character – You have been reading to your baby so long that you know what his favourite book is. Have the kids dress up as characters from the storybook and ask an adult to read out the book to the children. You can encourage some children to enact the characters or even have a small play.
These are some of the popular birthday party themes as ideas for you to celebrate your child’s first birthday. You will find more themes if you look around yourself or observe the baby’s likes and dislikes. The theme can revolve around his favourite food, toy, time of the day and many others.
Once you have the birthday theme sorted, you will want to check for places to do birthday parties near you or kids fun places. Be sure you have a budget and keep it affordable. It is more important your child has an enjoyable day rather than spend tons of money. I am big on cakes and have been ordering cakes from cakes and cream for many years because they do a great job when it comes to recreating any design we come up with. Other things to consider are your party packs, as this is a highlight for many children. In addition, you would want a good photographer, videographer and perhaps an MC to entertain the children. For child entertainment; bouncy castles are always popular. This would depend on whether your party is indoors or outdoors and has enough space.