| As your baby grows up, Halloween will quickly | | | | the invitation; then you can find just the right balance |
| become one of his or her favorite times of year - this | | | | between birthday invitations and Halloween party |
| is doubly so with a baby born on or near Halloween. | | | | invitations. |
| Start the tradition off right with a blow-out Halloween | | | | Beyond Orange & Black |
| birthday party for year number one! | | | | Yes, you'll have orange and black streamers, possibly |
| Go For Spooky Instead of Scary | | | | cobwebs and goofy rubber spiders, and some bowls |
| Of course Halloween is the time for witches and | | | | of water with dry ice in them, but when baby's first |
| werewolves, ghosts, ghouls and goblins, but it's also a | | | | Halloween is combined with baby's first birthday, your |
| fun time, with trick-or-treating and dressing up. Focus | | | | options are limited only by your imagination. You'll want |
| on the fun and cartoonish aspects of the holiday when | | | | to stay away from candles if there are a lot of little |
| planning your baby's first Halloween birthday party. | | | | guests, but a blacklight in the bathroom or bright green |
| Later on, your child can grow into the scarier aspects | | | | or orange lights set the tone for very little money. |
| of the holiday. | | | | Candy loaded up in plastic pumpkins is a given, but |
| Your first step will be selecting Halloween birthday | | | | remember you'll have two different groups you'll be |
| party invitations. Make sure to choose a company that | | | | feeding: small children as well as adults. Decorate your |
| uses top quality, 80lb. white linen paper, and if recycled | | | | table with orange carrot sticks or mandarin slices |
| paper is a priority for you, ask if they can make | | | | tossed with blackberries. Talk to your local deli, and |
| substitutions. Find out turnaround time and what the | | | | see if they can make a fruit or jellied mold in the shape |
| procedure is for providing you proofs, so you can | | | | of a pumpkin. Everyone loves a cake for baby's first |
| check accuracy. | | | | birthday, but small children are probably better at |
| As for design, you'll need to decide if you want the | | | | handling cookies than a fork and plate. |
| emphasis to be more on the Halloween aspects of the | | | | A delightful combination of your child's first birthday |
| party, or if the focus is on baby's first birthday party | | | | party with all the fun of their first Halloween gives you |
| with a Halloween theme. That will help you narrow | | | | lots of leeway in planning and decorating a fantastic |
| down your design choices. Your best bet is to find a | | | | party. |
| company or printer that lets you customize much of | | | | |