My Daughters 1St Birthday

Hi A., depending on the age of the kids at the party you could have them decorate picture frames with paint, glitter, etc...and then take some poloroid pictures of the kids with the birthday girl to put in their frame. you can get the wooden frames at Michael's for $1. If you need someone to make tutu's for you, please let me know, I have a small arts and crafts business and I sell tutu's. Thanks! And good luck! J. :)

It would be REAL cute to get one of the older girls from a local dance school to "teach" a balet class at the party.

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A. J

Have them make their own tiaras. You can get great foam ones which are wonderful for the age at Michaels or JoAnns. Moms would have fun making them too- you decorate them with foam stikcers that ususally come in this box with the tiaras. Also, familyfun.com is a wealth of fun for parties to activities.
Have fun!

Get creative with the bounce house! Play games with it! See who can crawl the fastest, walk the further without falling. Maybe have a treasure hunt inside the bounce house!

Ask someone to dress in a ballet or princess costume and come in and lead them in some ballet dance. You could even just do free dance time when everyone does their best show. It would make a great video tape.

bubbles! it doesn't take much to entertain one year olds.

I second Missy's advice. Best birthday ever for my toddlers was a "splashy" party. A little wading pool, a slip-n-slide for older kids, some squirty-toys. However, since you've already decided on tutus - - - hmmm, maybe the little ones could wear tutus over their swim-suits. Only word of caution, there might be dangerous slip problems if water gets in the bounce house.

When my daughter was 5, we did a ballet party. The girls took a beginner's lesson, then we spent a little time choreographing a dance of flowers and one bee. When the parents returned for pick-up, they were rewarded with a cute show!! But since your daughter is only 1, you might wait on the choreography for awhile - - maybe just put on child-appropriate music - - hand all the little ballerinas a scarf or sparkly-wind-ribbon and let them FREE-dance!

Hello A.,

For my son's first birthday we did a swimming pool full of little balls for a ball pit and the little kids loved it. You could also buy a cheap slip and slide for the older kids. We put up one this weekend and all the kids loved it. It was the best spent $10.00.

I just seen this posting on craigslist and thought they were really cute. You can use them for the party favors...

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/bab/1189196024.html

Good luck and have lots of fun

My husband and I are professional clowns living in Anna,TX. We offer facepainting and balloons along with fun interaction and games. We've entertained at birthday parties and large events like the Plano Balloon Festival.

Your one year old may enjoy clowns and having her face or arm painted. We find that the older kids love us.

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Hope to hear from you,

K. Schmidt
Bubbles the Clown
Bubbles and Wowza, LLC

IMHO bounce houses are not great for that age (mine couldn't even walk until 15mo) but if you've got older kids coming that would be great!
We did a tub full of bubble juice and had a bunch of things to blow bubbles with. It was fun.
Pinatas are good too-and you can probably find one with a princess theme.