Article by Czarina Alma T. Sevilla
For many parents, the prospect of having to come up with kiddie party themes and ideas for children’s party is an anxiety-provoking experience. Will the kids get bored? What if you run out of activities? You don’t have to follow a theme, but sometimes picking one makes it easier to focus on the colors, decorations and other party details.
Fear not. Here are some great and fun themes and ideas to consider for your child’s first party. No matter what your budget or time constraint, you’ll be sure to pull off a successful party with one of these themes and ideas for your one year old. Consider these kiddie party Theme and Ideas• Old MacDonald Had a Farm Kiddie Party Theme and Ideas. Set up hay as seating, dress your child in overalls, serve a farm-themed cake give party favors in metal buckets. The metal buckets can resemble milking pails. The children’s party can include activities such as play Duck Goose with the older kids. This party will surely reminisce fun farm moments to your children’s party.
• Over the Rainbow Kiddie Party Themes and Ideas. Young children are drawn to colors. Why not celebrate them all with a rainbow-themed children’s party. Set out red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple party supplies and decorations. Make a cake with different layers having each color of the rainbow. Do send everyone home with a CD mix of children’s party music starting with your favorite rendition of “Somewhere over the Rainbow” and “Rainbow Connection.” This kiddie party theme and ideas will surely put the your child in awe of the many wondrous colors of the rainbow. This party is a hit to many “young explorers”!
• Seasonal Kiddie Party Themes and Ideas. Choose a kiddie party based on the time of year when your baby was born such as a Snowflake Party for winter babies, Sprinkles and Sunshine for a spring baby, Flower Power for a summer baby and Fall for Fall for an autumn baby. You can hang handmade paper snowflakes for the winter party and serve snowman mashed potatoes and a snowman cake. The kiddie party can be decorated by suspending decorative umbrellas from your ceiling at the spring children’s party and cover cupcakes with blue sprinkles to mimic rain. For the summer party, give Hawaiian leis as favors and set out a flower-shaped birthday cake. You may serve owl cupcakes and foods made from pumpkin at the fall party. This kiddie party theme and ideas will be both exciting for the kids and adults alike present in the children’s party.
• Cupcakes and Cocktails Kiddie Party Themes and Ideas. Yes, real cocktails for a children’s party. The baby will never know! You may throw the children’s party in the evening, serve swanky hors d’oeuvres and offer grownups a cocktail that matches the party’s color scheme. The kids get mocktails. To conform to this kiddie party theme, you may set up a cupcake-shaped piñata or make a pin-the-candle-on-the-cupcake game. Lastly, you children’s party will not be complete unless you serve cupcakes that are more classy than cutesy.
Almost any kiddie party themes and ideas will work for a baby’s first birthday. Consider how you could adapt these for your children’s party.
Invitations and Gifts based on your chosen Kiddie Party Themes and Ideas
Send out invitations at least two to three weeks before the children’s party. The wording could read “one is fun”, “one little baby”, “one little cake”, “one whole year to celebrate.” Some parents might feel as though family and friends have given them a lot of presents over the prior year especially if baby showers were held or if gifts were given after the child’s birth. If you want guests to know you don’t expect any more presents, you could write something on the invitations to indicate that, such as “your presence is gift enough.”
The invitations also could be a place where you set a kiddie party themes and ideas for the gifts during the children’s party. For instance, you could say that you’re working on building your child’s library and you’re hoping guests can give a used book that their own children no longer read as the present or gift.
The Cake based on your chosen Kiddie Party Themes and IdeasSome parents can’t wait to see the look of delight when their child takes their first bite of cake–their first taste of sugar!–at their first children’s party. Others worry what too much sugar will do to a tiny tummy that was only introduced to carrots and peas a few months before.
If you’re in the latter camp, consider serving carrot cake made with less sugar than normal and topped with a low-sugar cream cheese frosting. You can decorate the cake based on your chosen kiddie party themes and ideas.
Another fun tradition is to watch a child blow out her first birthday candle. Be careful, though. One year olds tend to wave their hands especially when they’re excited seeing a room full of people singing at them at their own children’s party. Keep the candle far enough away during the Happy Birthday song that they can’t reach it, then pull it in close when it’s time to blow.
Finally, relax and enjoy the party as well with your child and all the guests. You’ve worked hard this year to come up with a great and fun kiddie party themes and ideas for your child and you deserve to have enjoy the children’s party too.
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