You have your first birthday party idea - the perfect theme. You have the cake, the presents, the parents going gaga. Everything is going great for about 20 minutes. But now what? You start getting the distinct impression that as cute and lovable as everyone thinks your darling is, you're memorable stories are running out of gas.
You need an activity to carry your first birthday party in for a smooth landing. Well you're in luck because I've done a little digging for you and have found a pretty cool site with some great party game ideas specifically for your first birthday extravaganza. Basically, I discovered that since the games are really for the adults and older kids, they are pretty easy to through together. Here are a couple, courtesy of Amazingmoms.com:
"Baby Bottle Bowling, Also a good baby shower game! Fill ten baby bottles with water or rice to make them more stable. Arrange the bottles on the floor like bowling pins. Mark an "X" a reasonable distance from the "pins". Players will take turns trying to get a strike using a ball.
"You Are So Special Place a current photo of your baby in a cardboard mat frame with a wide edge. Place the photo with acid-free markers or gel pens on a table. Throughout the party invite guests to write a message to the birthday child. You are special because...Happy birthday, Why we love you etc....After the party place this special keepsake in a glass frame and hang it in baby's room!"
I liked these two especially. First birthday party ideas can be a little challenging. But with just a little creativity, you can easily plan activities that are not only fun, but memorable as well.
Here's a link to the rest of the article.
I'd love to hear what you think.
Chris
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For my son's first birthday - we invited his playgroup of 6 other one year olds for a "bug" party. We laid out a big picnic blanket on the kitchen floor and set out a bunch of bowls full of age appropriate finger foods. Then we all stuck those little antennaes on them, (those headbands with a spring and something on the end) called the kids ants and let them invade the picnic! It was so much fun watching them with those silly headbands on and they had a great time exploring. We decorated with little plastic watering cans for favors with flower pattern helium balloons to make flowers high overhead, and of course, a caterpillar cake made of cupcakes.
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