1st bday! Because someone had to...

kmurdock925

Yes...yes...it seems early...but I got my first delivery of goodies!  Let's hear and brainstorm the party ideas!!!  I'm going with "it's fun to be one"!  

And......go!

LDSJM123

So excited for this thread! 

BostonBaby1

That's adorable and I am so impressed with your initiative.

I am so not ready for this thread. DS just turned 7 months yesterday. I definitely do not need 5 months to plan a birthday. My wedding was planned in six weeks and I was out of the country for four of them.

i probably will check back in 3-4 months.

TiffRox81

So cute!!! Are those your photo booth props??

kmurdock925

Sure are!  I got one of the fuji film insta pix cameras and am going to have a little book for people to put pics in and write a little note.  I have a tri fold poster  (think science fair) and am going to decorate it as a backdrop

LDSJM123

The trifold is clever! Since I'm most likely going with red, white, and blue, I think I'm going to recreate this backdrop for our selfie station.  I'm in no rush for my baby to be 1, but I sure enjoy planning parties. 

kmurdock925

So cute!  Love that idea.  I know how busy I'll get once the weather gets nice and my hubs gets back so the more I can get done now the better! 

holly142

For DD1's first birthday I hung her monthly pictures with little clothespins with gold glittery numbers. I think I might do this for DD2 but use red and blue numbers! 

holly142

This was from DD1's Winter Onederland 1st birthday. The background is 3 Dollar Store tablecloths which are cut and braided. I think I'll do this again but red, white and blue! It was very easy to do. Pinterest has tutorials on it

LDSJM123

I've seen those ^^^ tutorials! So stinking cute. Glad to know they actually work. I'll have to remember that. It looks great. 

setosh

I'm glad y'all are so crafty. Pinterest just overwhelms me half the time!! I'm thinking about a space theme? Not really sure yet! 

kmurdock925

OOh love the table cloth backgrounds!

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Am I the only one not doing a 1st bday party...?

kmurdock925

I heard something on the radio the other day about 1st bdays...the mom was getting criticized for having booze at the "kid's party"...she said no...this party is just as much for me for surviving the first year as it is for the kid...i loved it. There will be sangria at our party

FTM53

@kmurdock925 there definitely will be booze at DS's birthday. 

LDSJM123

schaze said:

Am I the only one not doing a 1st bday party...?

This is the only birthday we do a party for. 

There will be booze at M's party too. We have alcohol at everything.

holly142

We did a big 1st birthday for DD1. Only immediate family came to her 2nd birthday and then immediate family plus 3 friends for her 3rd. I'll probably do the same for DD2. 

We will have alcohol at the party.

TiffRox81

Uh, no booze?!? That's crazy talk. Some of our best friends had their kid's party at a local brewery. We all had a great time! And it was all about everyone surviving the first year, haha!!! 

kmurdock925

@TiffRox81 that is fantastic!
@holly142 i like that idea

mgotay15

loving everyone's ideas. esp its fun to be 1! we will prob do a bigger 1st bday celebration and then keep it smaller going forward. alcohol is a definite lol. theme thoughts-are either little man theme or cookie monster but im still debating.

LDSJM123

A friend of mine makes the most gorgeous royal icing sugar cookies as a side gig. She's been getting so popular I just reserved a slot for M's party. People are starting to book her out 6 months. But how stinking cute?! Not sure what I'll have her do yet, but I've got time to decide. Hahaha 

kmurdock925

LDSJM123 - Love those!!!  I was actually recently thinking I want to play around with royal icing and try to get decent at it before the big ONE

LDSJM123

At $20 a dozen, I'm beyond ok letting her make them for me! I don't even want to think how much time she invests into each one. 

arhodes6

Now I want a cookie 

babycakesday

@LDSJM123 $20/dozen is a freaking steal. We just threw my godson his baptism/birthday party and the cookies were $36/dozen. She did a rock star theme. 

HoneyBear40

I'm with @arhodes6 ... I want a cookie, or 2.
I've got the date picked out (truck pulling schedule kind of already set it) but still working on the theme...thinking Disney of some sort with "It's Fun to Be One" but that's all I've got so far.

Jodi1980

damn it, it's a day later & i want a cookie now too  

Jodi1980

I saw this and pinned it! Love this idea for LO first bday!
https://swoodsonsays.com/first-birthday-party-prep-a-cheap-photo-display/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=email_this&utm_source=email

MamaBish

Loving these photo ideas!! I've pinned some of them so thanks for the ideas! I would like a theme, thinking maybe flowers (spring flowers since she was born in May) or maybe woodland animals. DH says he wants to help plan it but every time I talk to him about it he says, "we have plenty of time!" ... it's 2 months away and I am a planner, I need to get started!

shaylalr

We are going with a cat theme! We have two cats and Elise likes to follow them around the house and pet them. Also, I love cats. So why not. 

babycakesday

@shaylalr DO IT!!!!! I had a cat themed baby shower. I have a bad cat rescueing problem. Everyone thought it was the cutest. Plus I have a lot of pinterest projects and ideas you can look through! 

holly142

@babycakesday- I remember the pictures from your shower. It was cute! 

We went to a cat themed birthday party for a 2 year old. All the kids were given cat ears (diy felt glued onto a black headband), a tail (on a clothespin to clip onto your clothes) and adopted a stuffed cat. It was cute! 

kmurdock925

shaylalr those balloons are the cutest!

@MamaBish - 2 months is not sufficient if you're a planner!  You can't plan in man time...it just doesn't translate. 

LDSJM123

That cat theme gets all the heart eyes! How stinking cute @shaylalr

john5111

We call our Lo beluga..hes so plump hahaah is it mean for me to do a whale/sea themed 1st party bc of his nickname?  There are so many cute things I just dont want him to hate me when hes older hahaha

kmurdock925

@john5111 - not at all!!  You don't have to advertise that is why you're doing that theme unless you want to.  You can make it the little inside info for those closest to you.  There is so much adorable nautical themed stuff out there right now I doubt anyone would blink an eye.  I think it is adorable!

FTM53

@john5111 I LOVE the idea

TiffRox81

Went pin-crazy yesterday for this event. And wanted to cry!! It's going to be so bittersweet putting together all the pics throughout this last year. Hopefully the party planner in me is more excited than the sad momma in me! lol

i think I'm going to go with gold, coral and ivory and make things kinda floral. LOVE "One is Fun" for the invites, etc. I'm also obsessed with those oversized gold letter/number balloons! We're going to use our backyard, mid June. We had a dessert bar for our wedding with some fun single serving desserts. I want to do something similar for the party. Those personalized cookies are too cute!

kmurdock925

@TiffRox81 love that plan!!

TiffRox81

Um did you know there's an Etsy vendor you can send a favorite newborn or infant onesie or blankie to and she will make a stuffed bear out of it?! I am doing this as a first birthday gift! 

jjtruffles

@TiffRox81 can you pm me the name of the vendor? what a cute idea & I had actually set aside my favorite newborn onesie of C's when I packed the rest away because I loved it so much.

I'm starting to pin ideas for his first birthday party now. I'm planning a red, white, & blue theme since he was born on the 4th. I HAVE to!

I'm also the maid of honor in my best friend's wedding in August, so I'm starting to plan her bridal shower now too, which will be the last weekend in June. Never planned a party before in my life and now I've got two big ones within a couple weeks of each other haha!