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Preparation Ideas For A First Birthday: Tableware, Invitation, Treats, Etc.

Birthdays are special events that you look forward to celebrate with your friends and families. There may be times though where we wish we could postpone the celebration for the next year especially if we can’t afford for the birthday party we have in mind. However, there are many ways to celebrate birthdays with a blast even if sky is not always the limit.

Remember that at one year old, your child still can’t appreciate the birthday celebration you are holding for him or her. So, you can celebrate birthday but you don’t have to make it so grand that it would really hurt your budget. Here are some birthday preparation ideas if you are celebrating a child’s first birthday:

Check out your tableware and see if they’re still good enough to use for the first birthday party. However, chances are that you would want to buy disposable birthday tableware so you don’t need to take care of the dishes later.

You can have a really nice themed birthday tableware complete with all birthday plates sets, table covers, table napkins, etc. In fact, you can create any theme you like for the party. The children would surely look forward to come to the party wearing their costumes.

Plan out what you want to serve during the birthday celebration. You can definitely have some easy to prepare ones such as pastas, hotdogs, etc. You can add in some sandwiches, cake, kebabs, marshmallows, finger foods, drinks, etc. If you’re going to serve dinner or lunch, you can cook two or three dishes to go with a few of those treats mentioned earlier. This means that you would need a few good plates that will serve as birthday party dinner plates or birthday party lunch plates. 

Invite only a few close relatives, friends, neighbors and their children . For a more personal touch, not to mention that it’s also cheaper, you may want to create the invitation yourself.

Prepare some party activities where the children can join and have fun. Make sure that it will be a children’s party to remember afterwards.

Lastly, you have to remember that even though your child may not be able to appreciate the birthday celebration you have set up for him or her this year but in a few years from now, he or she will have the idea when he or she sees the birthday pictures . So you have to make sure that the camera and the batteries are ready so you can have pictures of the birthday celebration taken. If you can take videos with your camera, it’s also a good idea to capture those birthday happy moments.

Surely, you can’t wait to get started on that birthday preparation.