First birthday-any activities/games to entertain the kiddos?

cynthia2007 · January 2014

Anyone planning on doing any games, activities etc for the kids at LO first birthday? We are debating on two places right now. 1 is a location that has a big playroom with all kinds of toys, jungle gyms etc to entertain kids of all ages. Nice place but the food room is a little small and playroom likes like LO daycare she sees everyday. Other place is just a big open room which is nice but I feel like we'd need to set up toys, games, activities for the kids age range1.5yrs to 6-8.

megandchase · January 2014

We are doing a sock monkey them and I am going to have a station for kids to make sock monkey hand puppets. Other than that, probably just lots of playing outside!

momofcatan · January 2014

I was just at a first birthday for a cousin and I thought she did a good job. She had it at a condo party room, so she had to provide all the entertainment. She had a large quilt on a floor at one end of the room where there were couches and chairs and had toys there for the little kids. Then for older kids she has markers and coloring books at table. It was simple and worked. That being said I'm not the type of person to worry about a place being too much like LO's daycare. I think you might be over thinking it there.

jlml2008 · January 2014

We haven't decided if we're going to do it at our house or the park. A lot of our friends have kids DD's age so the park might be more entertaining for them. The park next to our house has foam ground so LO would be able to walk/crawl around. If we do it at our house I will have toys out for the little ones and a game/craft set up outside for the older ones

needanustart · January 2014

I think you are overthinking things. If there are other kids there they will all just play with each other and they will come up with something whether you structure it or not. All the older kids played destroy my house last time and I think that would have been the game whether I set up a Pinterest activity or not! Could also be the influx of little boys in my life though!

ASmallWonder · January 2014

Are the other kids 1 as well? If they're 1 year olds, don't do squat, believe me lol You'll Pinterest the shit out of the place and they will chow a cupcake and run around and think it's the best day ever. For Aiden's second birthday we did a little more but it was in our backyard so it was easier. We set up the kiddie pool with squirty toys, the water/sand table and had an Oscar's Trash Toss game and Pin the Nose on the Elmo. Even still - cupcake chowing and running around and they were done

LBeez13 · January 2014

I must be the only selfish one because my plans for K's party are more geared towards the adults attending. So far I am thinking about the drinks for the adults, bbq for adults and maybe one small cake for K. I guess that is probably because most of our friends don't have kids and the few that do are around the same age as our son. I don't imagine a bunch of 1 year olds needing a ton of activities. So I figure my hubs and I can celebrate surviving one year as parents with our friends and family. K will get bigger and more fun parties as he gets older. It probably also has to do that my husband's birthday is the day before LO so it will be kind of a joint thing.

flerlgirl · January 2014

For Josh's party I am not really planning a lot of entertainment. There will be a few other babies there but they'll be happy on a playmat or with a set of plastic keys. And the adults get free cake so they'll be fine

LaBellaVida · January 2014

Nope. 1 year Olds don't play games. They won't even open their own gifts.

I certainly haven't even thought of his birthday yet, i just know it will be with family, and there will be cake. That's as far as i know.

We've still got months before they turn one!!

Mufflerlove · January 2014

I am doing it at a picnic shelter at the park. There will only be a few kids so they can play at the playground which is directly beside the shelter.

Beaslejl · January 2014

I have a friend with three children and whenever she has anything at her place she has some sort of activities for the kids to do. She says you should always have something planned so as to help keep the kids focused and not COMPLETELY destroy your house. I have not hosted a kid event yet, so I'm probably going to over plan so that I can enjoy my daughter's first birthday more. Afterall, my child will only be one. I would primarily plan activities for everyone else's kids to assist in keeping the event a pleasant one. Kids with nothing to do can be bad news. Plan and over think away. I understand. I unfortunately have no clue what I'm going to do yet.

needanustart · January 2014

@beasleji just don't get your expectations too high! I have tried to initiate arts and crafts and I literally got a tray of supplies chucked across the room one time. And no one seemed to appreciate my adorable cupcake train last year as much as I did. I have lowered my expectations for kids parties and learned to let go because I drive myself nuts with adorable things and then no one cares. The idea of using the word "focused" and "kids" in the same sentence is totally off my radar for our group of friends. All of the kids are under 4 so that may be the issue!

ColieAnn31 · January 2014

We are having LO's first birthday at the park so the other kids can go play on the playground. We are going to grill out and provide food, drinks, and cake. We have a lot of family so outdoors is less mess for me to deal with.

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