Comments on: Think Ahead Thursday: Birthday Parties

By: My Story: 1st Birthday Party | OAMC from Once A Month Mom

My Story: 1st Birthday Party | OAMC from Once A Month Mom — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:25:24 +0000

[...] weeks ago I asked you about birthday parties. I asked, among many reasons, because I had a first birthday party coming up and this is a whole [...]

By: Barb

Barb — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:14:17 +0000

Hello……my daughter is 10 now and she still brings up her purple party which happened to be her first. I really don’t believe she remembers it but what made it special is it was a color themed party. It was only our small extended family there but everyone participated in the wearing of the color theme and it made for some really cute family pictures….the purple balloons in every shade added to the punch of color in the photos. Some of the uncles didn’t own a purple shirt…so white was okay too…If you have little ones…it helps to use only pastel colored frosting on the cake as we learned that deep purple frosting isn’t fun to clean up!!} It also helps to have a time frame for the party on the invitations. I have learned at that young age… an all day party can be too much. Have a wonderful time!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:41:11 +0000

I was just talking to the hubs about sous chef #1′s fourth birthday party…they seem to get bigger as they get older!\n\nFor a first birthday we always kept it really simple. Just family, food, cupcakes of course, and fun. The most important thing is to read your child. Try planning around naps so they don’t get cranky. And ALWAYS let them have a cake to destroy all on their own…and get lots of pics!\n\nI have seen on the web a lot of BIG parties for the first birthday and it just seems a little much to me.\n\nFor our daughter who will be 4, we are planning on doing what we did last year. Rent a shelter at a park, get bubbles, sidewalk chalk and let kids go to town. Little goodie bags are great for this age, this year I am thinking of making crayon roll-ups for everyone…but I may be in over my head!\n\nWhew, this is a long comment!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:45:08 +0000

Here is what we do as far as who to invite…if you are 1 then 1 friend (or family), 2 then 2 friends, etc. We did that until this year when my son is in school and we needed to invite all the boys in his class to be nice. We have always done our parties at our house or at a park. And I do always give some sort of goody bag. I usually pick a theme and have everything match…like polka-dots, firetrucks, farm, carnival, etc. And I always make my own invitations to save money. I pray that is goes well. Love you blog!