Just curious what everyone did for their LO's first birthday party. We kept our daughter's small, but we're hosting 45 people (8 kids) for my niece's & I'm wondering if we should have something to give the adult guests too, besides food. Maybe the memories of planning our wedding a few years ago are making me over think this party.....?
Thanks!
Re: Party favors for 1st birthday party?
Thank you!!
I know it sounds over the top but we're making it a big celebration because we've had 4 funerals in our family this year, AND, my brother-in-law's family believed it was bad luck to have a shower before the baby was born so they didn't have one. We want to celebrate this cute little one, but she's definitely not spoiled at all.
Thank you for giving me the advice. I seriously was starting to worry about getting favors!
I think favors are always optional, and are much more for the kids than the parents. Last year, we didn't do them. This year, I made these for the kids:
The grown-ups are likely getting nothing, though.
Our theme was rock n' roll (we had a music teacher come) and the colors for all the decorations, invites, etc were black, white and hot pink. So I ordered black and white and hot pink and white cookies for everyone including the adults to take home. And the kids also each got bubbles that were shaped like microphones as well.
We had treat bag for the kids and that was it.
In all honesty, I find favors to be a complete waste of money. One never knows what to do with them afterwards.
We had a Valentine's Day themed party last weekend. I made hearts with wax paper, put hersey's kisses and hugs inside and sewed them closed with red yarn. The dogs that attended (my parents and brothers) got a gourmet dog treat. It was a small party just family and like 2 or 3 family friends.
We did an Elmo themed birthday party for my DD's 1st. For favors, I got a few big boxes of goldfish crackers and made little snack bags for the kids and threw in a small cheap box of crayons. For the babies/toddlers, I also added a cheap sippy cup and for the older kids, bubbles or squirt guns.
Yes, I went overboard. But it really didn't cost that much extra. I found most of it on summer clearance at Walmart.
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I just did gift bags for the kids. We have four nephews ages 6 - 9, so they got bags with some Sponge Bob candy, a Sponge Bob crazy straw (all from Party City), and a wood 3-D puzzle and decorate a mug from Michael's. They were very inexpensive (less than $5 each total) and the puzzle kept the kids AND adults busy for a couple of hours! We had one 12 month old guest, and she got a lift the flap book ($5 at Babies R Us) and a pack of Gerber dried fruit snacks. Nothing for adults.
I did do some centerpieces that were square glass vases filled with Sixlets in the party colors, and stuck rock candy sticks in the party colors in there too. They were a big hit. All of the candy was from Party City.