I’m in the process of thinking about Pebble’s first birthday party. We have a BIG family so it’s going to be big no matter how small we try and keep the guest list. I’m think it will either be at our place, or at a local community hall. January is a hot month and our back pergola gets stinking hot if it’s over 27 degrees outside, so outsourcing the venue might be a good idea for everyone’s sake.
Pebble loves her bath time and rubber ducks, they never fail to make her smile. I am thinking about a theme around the idea of rubber ducks, nothing too over the top, just something for me to focus on. I’m now searching the net for ideas and I can’t find any of my old favourite links! There were a few really cool kids party blogs out there but I’m lost in a sea of Google. If anyone knows any great party sites please leave me a comment and let me know :)
So far some ideas I have are:
- a rubber ducky bath time photo of Pebble for the invitations
- blue table clothes topped with clear bubble wrap to make it look all bubbly
- clear and blue balloons for more bubbles
- bubble blowing and yellow ducky play dough making for activities for the older littlies
- novice cake decorator!)
- duck shaped finger food
Whether any of this actually happens is another idea, but it’s nice to have ideas :)
What did you do for your child’s first birthday party?
Flynn is turning 1 in 45 days and i'm not really doing a theme - he's too young to remember it and i want the focus of his first birthday to be on family and how much love he is surrounded by. As his birthday is 2 days after Xmas, we're going to have a bbq at my parents place and i'm going to make the cake. I'm 95% decided on making a caterpillar with 6 parts - one for the face and 5 to spell out his name on!
ReplyDeleteBubble machines are fun and cheap! Also, we had a blow up pool filled with balls at Amber's birthday and it's very popular with the kids - not sure if it fits with the theme but easy and keeps em entertained. Ernie singing 'Rubber Ducky, you're the one'?
ReplyDeletecheck this out
ReplyDeletehttp://bubbymakesthree.blogspot.com/2010/01/ferns-1st-rubber-ducky-birthday-party.html
The lovely Virginia of mum/toddler/babe fame has a new store called Lovely Little Parties.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if you remember but we did a Max/Where the Wild Things are them for Bebito's 1st bday but it was very low key in reality - coffee and cake at our local (and large!) cafe at Semaphore. I think it's a good idea to go elsewhere - less mess to worry about and less cleaning to fret over before you host the party. :)
Looking forward to hearing more about what you get up to in planning x
Some of my favourite party/host blogs are:
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http://www.hostesswiththemostess.com/
http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/kids-party-crafts#slide_7
Hope you find some inspiration!!
My baby just turned two and we had a duckie party, well Puddle Duck anyway you can check out the post about it if you like.
ReplyDeletehttp://peapillybean.com.au/2010/11/little-bean-turns-two/