I'm sure this gets posted about 1,000 times a day, but does anyone have any ideas for a 1 year olds birthday party theme? I've thought of Sesame Street, The Hungry Caterpillar but am having trouble with creativity! Any ideas are appreciated in advance.
[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]
Re: 1 year old birthday theme?
Hard to say. I don't know what kinds of things you and your child like. Personally I don't think you really need a specific theme when they are so young. I'm saving all the really themey things for when she's older and can choose what kind of party she wants for herself.
You could just choose something that is pretty broad (jungle, music, nautical, balloons, etc) and have a color scheme to go with it. That way you won't drive yourself completely insane with a ton of little details.
I think you nailed it when you said "I don't know what types of things your child likes". I don't either, he's too young to really "like" anything. I think I'll stick to a broad theme and save something specific for another year. Thanks!
[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]
Cute idea!
[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]
For my son's first we did "Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails" playing up on the fact he was a boy and we were outside at a park.
However, someone on my BMB had a party that was "Ball themed" which my son would have adored. He's been really into balls since he was 6 months old.
Someone else on this board is doing a balloon themed first birthday party, and my son would have been really happy with that too. His favorite things at that age where balls, balloons, bubbles, and books.
We're doing a barnyard/farm theme for DS's party. I had considered a sock monkey theme since I love sock monkeys, but the food DH wanted to serve (pulled pork sandwiches) seemed more fitting with a farm theme.
Pinterest is great for theme ideas, though many are way over the top for a one year old.
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We did baby dinosaurs ("The big One" partyware) since DS's favorite bath toys were little dinos
I found a lot of ideas online
We did a vintage circus theme, just because I wanted to and it was cute.
My DD wasn't really into a lot of things at one, so we did more of a "color" theme, pink and red.
Link to pro pics here: https://www.hautemommyblog.com/2012/07/first-birthday-party-pink-red-low.html
I love this! Wish I had thought of this for DS's first birthday because we're big baseball fans! So cute!
OP - we didn't have a theme really, per se. I just got some 'I'm One!" plates and napkins at Party City that had stars on them, and then decorated around the same colors, happened upon a coordinating star cake at Target, and got a bunch of mylar star-shaped balloons. Um, so I guess our theme was "stars." :-)
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Us too! Pinterest is awesome for ideas
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[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]
[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]