Yes! It’s party time! Your baby is one and it’s time to celebrate it. You got through the trying year, staying awake all night with your child, carrying him around when he was howling and other such times. The first is now a celebration for you and your child.
So, now you have to plan a party – choose a good theme, invite your guests, arrange for the food and there’s so much to do. The first thing to do is take a deep breath and release the stress. Now, cut down that huge guest list so that your baby is not overwhelmed and finally, ask your friends or family to help you. Now that you have the basics clear, read the tips given below and organize a great party.
- Select The Theme – Choose the theme of the party. You can have a plane and automobile party theme or a storybook theme. The decoration should befit the theme. These types of theme spark kids’ imagination and transport them to a different world. After you select the theme, you have to select the activity that will go with the theme.
- Print the Invitations – For the plane and automobile theme, download invitations with airplane tickets or parking tickets and print them. And for the storybook theme, you can download bookmarks or book covers and use them for inviting the little guests. Make sure that you use sturdy paper for a real look.
- Decide on the Activity – When you have kids around you for a party, you need to keep them busy or you will go berserk. Read the activities given below for the two kinds of themes mentioned above.
a) Activity For Plane And Automobile Party – Set up cardboard aeroplanes and automobiles. Keep smocks ready and get your tiny guests to finger paint.
b) Activity for Story Book Party – Ask a friend to read stories aloud and keep the children enthralled. You can also sing nursery rhymes and watch each child act it.
- Get the Décor Ready – For the automobile and airplane theme, make airplanes from colored paper and hang them. You can also print out pictures of different cars from the Internet on colored paper and cut them out. Hang them for a fun look. Use colored yarns to hang them from the ceiling. For storybook theme, choose characters, or printed glossy paper with pictures and hang them.
- Make Hats at home – Make conical hats and paste pictures of different cars, planes, fairy tales and other stories so that the hats also match the theme. Give the hats a colorful look by topping them with multicolored pom-poms.
- Get The Cake Ready – What’s a first birthday party without a cake! You can have a single cake shaped like a car, plane, a story book character or scene or alternatively, you can have cupcakes with the theme toppings.
- Favors for the Tiny Guests – There are so many ideas for favors. Choose something that will develop the tiny tots’ creative genius. You can get them car-shaped crayons or books with a lot of pictures.
These are the essentials for a party. You can do more if you have the time and a babysitter to look after your baby while you organize the party. Follow the tips given above and have a great stress free and economical party.
