| What an exciting time! Your little one is about to | | | | then move it back to your house or a nearby |
| celebrate their first birthday, and you are on the search | | | | restaurant for cake and presents. You might also |
| for a unique, but fun theme that will make their first | | | | check with your local zoo to see if they do home |
| birthday special and memorable. Well, here are some | | | | appearances where they will bring some of the |
| great ideas to get your creative juices flowing! | | | | animals to your home and let the kids interact with |
| | | | them. |
| 1. Mommies and Babies Birthday Tea Party. This is a | | | | 4. Baby Shower Birthday. Another great birthday party |
| great theme for your baby girl, because its feminine | | | | idea is to re-enact your baby shower for your now |
| and charming, but still a great way for mommies and | | | | year old baby! This is a great way to get some use |
| babies to interact and have a great time. You can | | | | out of those baby shower decorations and you can |
| choose from several types of tea parties such as a | | | | have the pictures from your baby shower on display. |
| garden tea party, and traditional teddy bear tea party, | | | | Instruct guests to bring one baby shower type gift with |
| or an Alice in Wonderland tea party. By choosing one | | | | their birthday gift. The nice thing about it is that you will |
| of those types of themes you can choose your color | | | | probably still be using a lot of the stuff you got from |
| and decorations that go with that theme. Maybe you | | | | your baby shower (baby wash, baby lotion, diapers, |
| could encourage everyone to wear big sun hats or | | | | diaper rash cream, baby wipes, etc.) and you are |
| host in outside if the weather allows. You could also | | | | probably running low. You may even consider |
| serve tea party type foods such as finger | | | | constructing a baby registry specifically for your little |
| sandwiches, cookies, and different flavors of tea. | | | | ones birthday. This birthday party idea is destined to be |
| 2. Steppin' Out Birthday Party. This is a great party | | | | a hit and allow you to make some more great |
| centered on your little ones first steps! You should | | | | memories. |
| decorate in any color you choose maybe pinks for a | | | | 5. Storybook Birthday Party. You may consider using a |
| girl or blues for a boy, and maybe you could play | | | | theme that centers on your child's favorite storybook. |
| games that have to do with walking like maybe a | | | | Does your child like Winnie the Pooh? How about an |
| cupcake walk. The real thing that ties the birthday all | | | | old fashion Winnie the Pooh party. What about Mother |
| together is to have all your guests bring your child a | | | | Goose Nursery Rhymes or Thomas the Train? There |
| new pair of shoes or socks as a birthday gift. You can | | | | are lots of great books out there that you can use to |
| give your child's size out on the invitations, and maybe | | | | draw your inspiration from and some of these themes |
| decorate the cake with your favorite pair of newborn | | | | are actually pretty popular right now, so you may even |
| shoes that your little one wore. | | | | be able to get tableware and other decorations that |
| 3. Going To The Zoo Birthday Party. This is a great | | | | are already available in your chosen theme. If not, don't |
| birthday party idea for boys or girls; it is even better if | | | | be afraid to get creative and really bring your guests |
| you can arrange to have it start out at a local zoo, and | | | | into the center of your child's favorite story. |