Birthday Themes?!?

What about a 'theater / acting' theme? My daughter is in acting and loves to do plays and whatnot. She has a plethera of dress up costumes we purchased from THE THRIFT STORE! We have hats, gloves, purses, shoes, etc. to make up any role she wants to be.
I have gone so far as to purchase bridesmaid dresses and cocktail dresses that she wears when she's accepting her Academy Award for Best Actress (it's really hysterical).
Hope this helps...have fun!!!

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My daughter's was Winnie The Pooh and my sons was a Zoo theme. Also Party Galaxy has specific decor for 1st birthdays,

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For my daughter's First Birthday I did a Coca-Cola Birthday. I did colors of red and white and we served coke floats. It was so cute a different. 2nd Birthday was Crayola. We did a crayola box cake and gave out coloring books and colors and did all the primary colors. 3rd birthday we did a luau with Hawaiian decorations. 4th birthday we did a Princess party. And 5th birthday we did a scooby doo birthday with the mystery van cake.

Have a great day!!

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My daughter turned 1 in March and we did a polka dot party. I found some cute invites on vistaprint.com and we kind of went along with that using the color scheme. It was really easy - we used solid colored plates, had a cake made with polka dots on it, made a cute little banner from ribbon and fabric. It's cute and different for little girls. If you'd like to see some pics, I'd be glad to send them. Just send me a message on her!

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I ordered a kit from birthday in a box for my son's birthday back in January. I just did a polka dot them and had all the decorations in the same colors as the printed design. I had a couple of friends come over and we blew up almost 300 balloons. The kids (all ages) had fun playing in the balloons. It was like a giant ball pit. We didn't do games or anything, just let the little one play and have fun.

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We did a Jungle Animals theme.
I have twin boys and we invited only our very close friends & their kids for their 1st birthday. It was more like a thank you to our friends for all their help and support.
The cake was a jungle with wild animals and so were all the table decorations. We had animals as window and room decorations.
Did small individual cakes for each of my twins, they dug in their fingers and had cake all over their faces --- great photo op!! We had a separate big theme cake for the guests. Lots of food and drinks.
We also did a game where we put about 8 items on a tray and let the birthday kid pick or touch one, thereby predicting his future career! Each item depicted a career focus (toy airplane for pilot, toy stethoscope for doctor, small calculator for accountant, dollar bill for businessman, paint brush for artist, etc)
We spent a lot of time & money on party favors ... they were more like 'thank-you-for-being-special-friends' gifts .... different items for all 50 guests, based on their age & individual interests, ranging anywhere from $15-80. They all also got chocolates with a customized wrapper .... I designed wrappers that had pics of both boys + all the info about weight, height on 1st birthday, and the story about their first year. All in all, it was the most memorable birthday, exciting time with our best friends. And I had a blast planning it for over 2 months!

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We did a Hippo/tutu theme. I bought a big hippo and put a tutu on it. My daughter had a matching tutu. We had a hippo cake, and hippo cookies. I chose this theme because my daughter loved hippos. Try to choose something she likes. I think princess themes are great and you can do so much with them. I wanted to wait until my daughter understood dressing up like a princess, putting on make-up, ect..

Check out these two blogs they have tons of cute ideas. I love the ladybug party!

http://www.karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/

http://tomkatstudio.blogspot.com

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For my daughters second birthday, I did polka dots, flowers and cupcake theme. On the invites we said "Our little cupcake is turning 2!". For her cake I made a giant cupcake with the wilton mold, and decorated it with some necco candys for polka dots, and some cute silk flowers. Also made regular cupcakes and mini cupcakes for the guests. Turned out really cute. Would be glad to send some pics if interested.

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Well, I have boys, so our first party theme was Thomas the Tank Engine. My husband wanted to make his first birthday cake. I found a cake tin shaped like a train engine, and my husband put his artistic magic together to make it look like Thomas. Maybe you could do that if you could find a cake tin that somehow resembles a princess!

I happened to see something on one of the Mamasource threads yesterday when I was searching something totally unrelated. You might find it helpful. This lady who evidently is a very good cook and baker gave a recipe for ice cream cone cupcakes. So if you are interested in that, here's the website link she provided:
http://tipnut.com/cupcake-ice-cream-cones-how-to-recipe/

Enjoy your party!
D.

I did a cupcake theme. For her third birthday we did scooby doo and her second was a Play-doh theme (which I HIGHLY recommend). Good luck and just enjoy!

We didn't have a theme for either kids' first birthday parties.

Our first child's was WAY too big and sadly used as an excuse to see old friends. Wouldn't do that again in 100 years. Our daughter's 1st birthday was smaller with a few friends and kids around the same age.

The important thin is the photo opportuntiies, the cake on the face, having people important to you being a part of it. As far as themes, I think that's a personal thing - we're pretty low-key generally, so we tend not to get too involved in those areas.

Good luck!

Since your daughter will probably not remember no matter what the theme I would say go with a certain color. How about pink? You could use all shades along with white then add a shape you like for your invitations and decorations. Throw in some balloons and flowers and it is a wonderful "pretty" day!
Have fun!

We did a "Glamour Party" for my daughter this past March and it was a blast. We went to the party store and found a bag of cheap sunglasses and the big gaudy fake rings and necklaces. Also had Boa's (those feather things) for the girls to play with and then hat black plastic fedora hats or top hats for the boys. For decorations we had nail polishes lined up everywhere and pink and purple baloons and streamers. Her cake was also shaped in the bottle of a nailpolish and was absolutely adorable. My MIL and SIL made the cake so it is doable at home. I barely spent much $ b/c we were just able to take every day "glamour" stuff around the house and use as decorations. As the party favors we let the kids take home sunglass and the rings and necklaces (for the age appropriate kids).

Have fun and enjoy the 1st bday!!!

For my boys, I did letter blocks and rubber duckies.

Well I have all boys, BUT I did do a little prince party for my oldest's 1st and it was soooooooo cute. He had a little blue crown and a big crown cake and pinata. It was fun and adorable. He was so little, he really just wanted his crown and his cake and lots of hugs! So I think the princess party sounds so great! My SIL is having a baby in May and I am doing a ladybug baby shower and I also think a ladybug party would be super cute for a first birthday. Good luck!

I recently came across a cute idea: A Milk & Cookies party, these sites have some great examples.

http://designdazzle.blogspot.com/2009/05/milk-cookies-par...
http://creativepartyplace.com/2009/11/04/cookies-milk-bab... (this site actually has a ton of cute 1st birthday ideas)
http://passthecereal.blogspot.com/2010/04/milk-cookies-bi...
http://celebrationsathome.blogspot.com/2010/02/fantastic-...

Also, a cheerios party is a cute idea. See this site for inspiration: http://celebrationsathome.blogspot.com/2010/04/cheerios-t...

Good Luck, Have Fun!!