1st bday party ideas??? please help!

bosoxinny

DD is turning one on the 19th. I'm trying to decide if I want to have a theme or not for her party. She has many boy cousins coming so I didn' want to make it too girly.  Any ideas on the following would be helpful:

what will DD wear for her big day?

what will be in goody bags?

will party hats/blowouts etc. be girly or neutral?

should I have activities for children attending? (mostly cousins...all from ages 2-8)

It's a noon party and we are having a bbq, but do I still need to serve coffee after?

if you can think of anything else please don't hesitate to add your comments....

Thanks!!!

techsanbride

I think if you are having a bbq, this ladybug theme would be cute.   https://pisforparty.blogspot.com/2010/06/real-parties-ladybug-soiree.html

 The green and red is fun but not too girly.  Also, my DD will be wearing a tutu with a 1 appliqued on her shirt. 

 I would try to have activities if there will be several older children. At a minimum you could have coloring pages with ladybugs, etc or have them paint their own ladybug or just bug (for boys). 

As for goody bags, I think bubbles are fun no matter what age the kids are.

Here are a few more blogs to check out:

https://karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/2010/04/ladybug-birthday-party.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+KarasPartyIdeas+%28kara%27s+party+ideas%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

https://www.polkadotbirthday.com/2010/03/cute-ladybug-party-kids-activity.html

https://www.hostessblog.com/2010/01/modern-ladybug-or-lovebug-party/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HostessBlog+%28Hostess+with+the+Mostess%3F%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

 

*Caress*

You can have a ladybug theme or even a bug/insect theme with not too girly colors. Maybe like a caterpillar, butterflies & lady bugs. If you look on Etsy.com and search for birthday themes or ideas you'll find plenty.  Or if you don't want a girly theme, you can do and barnyard theme. I had a table with activites for the kids to do. I bought coloring books, crayons, bubbles, balls, hula hoops and some other toys. In the goodie bags I put a few candy, bubbles, stickers, bouncy balls, hello kitty pencils and stamps.  Most of the kids were 5-10 yrs old.  I did seperate goodie bags for the boys. There were only like 4 boys.

aelyngstad

DD is the only girl thus far so everything was very neutral. She wore a pink dress though.

The theme was Mod Monkey. I got the goodie bags from 1stwishes.com, they came with a little coloring activity book and crayons, a stuffed monkey, a monkey sticker, and I put bubbles and snacks in them as well.

I just had balls, chalk, and other yard games for the adults and kids to play with. It seemed to work well.