The Golden Dozen: Twelve Secrets For The Perfect Baby Birthday - Part Four
Secret 10: The queen of the feast ג€“ THE CAKE!
You can buy it or to prepare it by yourself. In any case the child will be very happily, if a cake has some favorite hero or cartoon on it. If your baby like dogs or cats, for example, you can pick or make a simple kind of cake, on top of it put small plastic toys with the favorite animals (much easier than to try to make a cake that looks like Scooby Doo) . If you do not have suitable plastic figurines, you can find pictures from the Internet, to print it on a color printer and paste it on little sticks. After that arrange the cake with it (then it is ready for a Puppet Theater with favorite characters). Whether the cake will be from the shop or you will prepare it, choose simple ingredients, in order to avoid surprises (if any of the invited children have allergies or does not eat some foods yet).
Secret 11: Make it really FUNNY!
You can call a professional artist or a clown who against medium-sized amount to entertain children. If there is enough place for kids to run. Be sure that you have the appropriate toys and games - - a pop balloons, plastic bows, Ball games, drawing (be sure to have enough sheets for all). If you are in big yard and time allows, you can set an average large pool - certainly the children will spend much time in it. In this case, be sure to alert parents to wear clothes to dress their children at the end of the party.
At the end of the holiday can invite the little guests to leave memories for the day of your child. You can choose a special note book (or make yourself a couple of colorful sheets A4), or to purchase cardboard 50/70 cm, which every child to write or painting something for memory. The babies can make a stamp of their palms (use a water paint that is easy to wash out).
Secret 12: Enjoy the MUSIC!
Remember the music! Record 1-2 disc with children's songs to play during the party, as one of them must be for birthday, to play with the cake. Have in mind that both the parents and the children will not listen to the music. The children are here to play and the moms will prefer to entertain with talk. Avoid too loud music. In fact you can play the music only with the cake and some special games.
After the celebration. If you celebrate at home, a yard or place for rent, you may want to set plastic utensils, cups and plates ג€“ it will save a lot of washing. If you are had not time to see the gifts when the child received it now is the time to unpack them all - parents usually have the same enthusiasm for opening the gifts as the children!
See also:
- The Golden Dozen: Twelve Secrets For The Perfect Baby Birthday - Part One
- The Golden Dozen: Twelve Secrets For The Perfect Baby Birthday - Part Two
- The Golden Dozen: Twelve Secrets For The Perfect Baby Birthday - Part Three
- The Golden Dozen: Twelve Secrets For The Perfect Baby Birthday - Part Four
- Five Cool Gifts For Your Baby First Birthday