Too early? I think not!

MinnesotaMomma91 · April 2014

@Katykatmeowz id share but im mobile and mobile wont let me link to my pinterest boo! If you want to be pinterest buddies pm and ill tell you my name

kwrecks · April 2014

YAY! I started a pinterest board a month or two ago. We are doing a Mickey/Minnie theme. We are going to be having it up at the campground that us and MIL camp at all summer. We can get a big pavilion for free, plus after the party we can go out on the pontoon boat, or have a bonfire. We are going to keep it small, just aunts and uncles and close friends, so maybe 20 people. Her birthday is going to be on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, so we may even see if anyone wants to make it a weekend and camp with us that weekend.
Here's my pinterest board:
https://www.pinterest.com/kwrecks/elliots-1st-birthday/

And this is the picture that is my main inspiration!

vulpini · April 2014

No big bash here - he won't remember/care, I'm not that into party planning, we don't have the space for a huge party, and I'd rather put money in his college fund than rent a place. I know MIL will probably plan to come out here for it. We'll probably just do a BBQ with close family and a few close friends and I'll get some themed paper plates and hit the dollar store for supplies to make a few decorations.

Not sure on the theme. He's not really into anything yet, other than trying to catch our cats.

KatyKatMeowz · April 2014

@minnesotamomma91 PM sent!

PB102012 · April 2014

We are planning to rent a cabin in the Lake Tahoe (California) area, my parents will come up for the weekend, but other than that we don't have anything big planned!

ashleyamberRN · April 2014

I'm thinking a minnie and Mickey Mouse theme since LO goes nuts when that's on tv and I think it will be pretty easy. I plan to rent a pavilion at a park and just do a cook out. I have a few friends with kids in the 2-3 year range so it will be nice to have a playground they can play on. I haven't made a guest list but I'm ball parking like 30 people. Maybe 5-10 kids the rest adults.

I've seen some great ideas that seem pretty simple on Pinterest, I really want to have a lot of balloons, that will make a big impact and be cute. The one "splurge" I plan on is getting a minnie theme shirt made on etsy.

CaliforniaDream87 · April 2014

PB102012 said:

We are planning to rent a cabin in the Lake Tahoe (California) area, my parents will come up for the weekend, but other than that we don't have anything big planned!

Sounds fun! Lake+August+California would make an amazing party. We're also not doing a big bash for his first. As mentioned before, we're doing Disney and we will save all the big parties for when he's older and can participate more. I don't think "themes" or big parties are for show at all. To each their own!

MitsB707 · April 2014

catskitch said:

MitsB707 said:
Little man is having a ninja themed first birthday. I'm still building a Pinterest board, but I know everything will be red, black, and white.
Oh, I've actually shown dh ninja themed stuff. I feel like the party would be for him if we did ninjas or ninja turtles

For dh? We always called DS our little ninja, so I'm super excited! There are tons of ideas on Pinterest for both ninjas and ninja turtles.

MitsB707 · April 2014

V&G101808 said:

Revez said:
When I was a kid I didn't get birthday parties... Just got sung happy birthday and got 1 or 2 gifts. I feel like I might go all out because of that. I'm sure some people will judge me - say that I'm just doing it to show off, she won't even remember it, etc. but I honestly feel like I would have an absolute blast planning the parties that I never had.

I haven't quite decided on a theme, there are just waaaay too many to choose from. But we will be hosting it at our house. Now thanks to you ladies I'll be on Pinterest for the rest of the day .

Are most of you just inviting family? Or friends too? (Not to thread jack!)
It's a big mix. A lot of my friends had babies around the time I had N so we'll have about 10 "littles" plus their parents (so about 30 friends, including kids). My family is huge so I'm struggling to keep things in check. My list was in the 70s last time I checked
:-??

I'm with @v&g101808. We're having a party for family and a party for friends because the guest list got too big for our clubhouse. Family alone was over 50! We're one and done, so why not go all out for his first.

danadane75 · April 2014

Strawberry Shortcake themed!

We are having it at my parents house. We will probably just do a bbq and they have a pool. I figure a big tent with seating in the backyard would work out well.

I bought her 2 really cute outfits that she could wear either a white dress with balloons on it or a tank and pants with strawberries on them

peteyrisha · April 2014

KatyKatMeowz said:

I've got an entire Pinterest board going for his awesome dinosaur party. It'll be in our yard, with a pinata and a "fossil dig." I haven't finalized the cake design, since I can't decide on stacked rounds or a round plus cupcakes, but I've got a general idea of colors/theme. I'm also thinking catered BBQ for food, that would save me so much work. My big problem is there's a cancer fundraiser I want to do that falls on his first birthday, so I need to figure out how I'm going to execute all my ideas while being away for a big chunk of the morning.

I am wanting to do a dinosaur theme as well. DH thinks I am crazy

Just let me plan okay DH?

We are thinking of probably doing it at a park since I have a large family. That is about all I have figured out so far. I need to get planning!

Texasmomma13 · April 2014

@Natalie2167‌ , my friend did a hungry caterpillar for her sons first bday. Check out her party blog. It was awesome! Greygreydesigns.com

lkobriant · April 2014

Pinterest board has started! We're going with Curious George, complete with banana split bar. I'm so excited!

WildRumpus · April 2014

Changed my mind after playing on Pinterest; we're going with Oh The Places You'll Go

MinnesotaMomma91 · April 2014

@Katykatmeowz pm responded too

MommyBolty · April 2014

I love this thread!! Such great ideas! We are planning to do a pink lemonade themed party. Color scheme will be yellows and pinks. DH is going to make a mini lemonade stand for photo ops, and then for LO to play with after. One of the party favors will be lemonade powder with marshmallows in the cone shaped plastic bags. Not sure of the rest. But I'm real excited to plan!

peteyrisha · April 2014

You guise!!! I was searching Pinterest and showing DH all of these awesome dino ideas I found and he looks at me and says "we agreed on a $50 budget right?!" Ummmm no DH, we never had that discussion! You realize we have to feed our guests right?! #-o

V&G101808 · April 2014

peteyrisha said:
You guise!!! I was searching Pinterest and showing DH all of these awesome dino ideas I found and he looks at me and says "we agreed on a $50 budget right?!" Ummmm no DH, we never had that discussion! You realize we have to feed our guests right?! #-o

Tell him he's a Scrooge!!

:P

PB102012 · April 2014

CaliforniaDream87 said:

PB102012 said:

We are planning to rent a cabin in the Lake Tahoe (California) area, my parents will come up for the weekend, but other than that we don't have anything big planned!

Sounds fun! Lake+August+California would make an amazing party. We're also not doing a big bash for his first. As mentioned before, we're doing Disney and we will save all the big parties for when he's older and can participate more. I don't think "themes" or big parties are for show at all. To each their own!

The only thing I need to do is book the cabin! Since it's right before Labor Day it might be super busy, which means it might be more expensive.

PB102012 · April 2014

@MitsB707‌ I am OAD also! :-h

PB102012 · April 2014

peteyrisha said:
You guise!!! I was searching Pinterest and showing DH all of these awesome dino ideas I found and he looks at me and says "we agreed on a $50 budget right?!" Ummmm no DH, we never had that discussion! You realize we have to feed our guests right?! #-o

I think your DH and my DH are very similar when it comes to budgets!

Snowbird7 · April 2014

I've got the perfect plan for LO's first birthday party.... I'm hiring @VG101808 and @MrsLaurenAsh to plan and execute the whole thing.

magdalina.h · April 2014

I think we're going to do owls or maybe minnie mouse
Now that I've "pinterested" her theme is going to be watermelon. It's perfect since I craved watermelon so badly with her. We'll have a BBQ in my backyard

TrueBeliever925 · April 2014

We found an amazing family farm in Western MA that has a petting zoo, a toddler and big kid zero depth sprayground. I'm suppper excited for them to open so we can go check it out.

We were thinking Mickey themed, but I'm not so sure. I'll have to play around on Pinterest.

And seriously.. anyone visiting the area Labor Day weekend, let me know! We could use more little ones!

V&G101808 · April 2014

ayanahazel1 said:

I've got the perfect plan for LO's first birthday party.... I'm hiring @VG101808 and @MrsLaurenAsh to plan and execute the whole thing.

hahahaha!! Deal!!

@MrsLaurenAsh I'm pretty sure you're my sister from another mister. I can only imagine the crafting damage we could do if put together in the same room with a glue gun, glitter & scissors. hahahaha.

girlmama83 · April 2014

Hannah's first birthday will be pink puppy theme at our house/backyard.

To go along with the dog theme the main food will be hotdogs on the grill and we are going to create a menu of speciality hotdogs like in the pic below. So one will be the Australian cattle dog since that's what our dog is. Another will probably be the Hannah Dog.

The invitations will be similar to this. I love the come sit stay wording!

girlmama83 · April 2014

Also this will be happening as part of dessert

lkobriant · April 2014

lindsey61811 said:
Hannah's first birthday will be pink puppy theme at our house/backyard.

To go along with the dog theme the main food will be hotdogs on the grill and we are going to create a menu of speciality hotdogs like in the pic below. So one will be the Australian cattle dog since that's what our dog is. Another will probably be the Hannah Dog.

The invitations will be similar to this. I love the come sit stay wording!

A friend of ours just did this for her daughter's 2nd birthday and they made this photo prop...it was a hit!

MrsLaurenAsh · April 2014

@V&G101808 We could be partners on that show Craft Wars! EPICNESS!

ludali · April 2014

So you ladies got me thinking of a theme...if DD is on board, Strawberry Shortcake it is!!

Edit: oops, was supposed to say "if DH is on board". Still keeping it small though.

BlondieBia21 · April 2014

Yes, to each their own. I wasn't meaning to ruffle any feathers but they're just not big in my social group I guess. I have never once been to a big 1st birthday party so to me, the only ones I see are on Pinterest and over the top IMO. I don't see a point in spending a crap ton of money for a memory that LO won't even remember. When she's old enough, we will have cool parties but not until she starts remembering things and they're important to her. (I'm not bashing anyone just so that's clear, I'm just stating my opinion of why we won't be having anything huge.)

girlmama83 · April 2014

LO may not remember but there will pictures for her to look back at and enjoy.

BelhurstBride · April 2014

Who said anything about the party being for LO? That shit's for me!

Curious George people- DD1 had a CG party last year! I'll dig up some pics. And by that I mean I'll totally AW what I did for her party.

@magdalina.h- doing watermelon, too! If I knew how to share my Pinterest board I would.

magdalina.h · April 2014

This is a party to celebrate us surviving the first year! The birthdays after that are for the kids. lol

BelhurstBride · April 2014

@revez, we do friends and family. It ends up being around 50 people.

BelhurstBride · April 2014

@minnesotamomma91 @ikobriant

The decorations were a bit lazy for how I usually roll. I was pregnant, tired and grumpy.

We did a pasta bar. Three different types of pasta, three different sauces, a bunch of add ons. I also served a side salad and garlic bread.

Pretty much just stuck with red and yellow for decorations.

I also do a book related to the theme for guests to leave a note in.

And a banana sundae bar for dessert

MissyCee · April 2014

Thinking shabby chic country theme. Informal but still pretty, feminine but not over the top princessy.

I found this on Pinterest and liked it, though I'm not going in the western direction. I like the fabric garland and the treat display.

peteyrisha · April 2014

PB102012 said:

peteyrisha said:
You guise!!! I was searching Pinterest and showing DH all of these awesome dino ideas I found and he looks at me and says "we agreed on a $50 budget right?!" Ummmm no DH, we never had that discussion! You realize we have to feed our guests right?! #-o
I think your DH and my DH are very similar when it comes to budgets!

Glad you can sympathize with me @PB102012‌!

@V&G101808 I told him to be quite and let me handle it. :P

V&G101808 · April 2014

MrsLaurenAsh said:

@V&G101808 We could be partners on that show Craft Wars! EPICNESS!

@mrslaurenash In all seriousness - LET'S DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MrsLaurenAsh · April 2014

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