The Golden Dozen: Twelve Secrets For The Perfect Baby Birthday - Part One
As each very significant event the baby birthday also requires prior planning and preparation, with little difference that now is particularly important for you this day to be the most beautiful, to be happy little child. Here are some useful ideas that can make the organization more easily, and the birthday - more interesting.Secret 1: Make it memorable: create your own PARTY THEME
All of us have been at children party that there are sandwiches, cake, music and of course a lot of games. Naturally it is fun but you can make the experience really never-to-be-forgotten as you set an own party theme. Do not forget that all the same the kids have to be enough grown to understand that this party is quite special. Of course the theme has to be chosen corresponding with the age of the children. There are really a lot of opportunities ג€“ a pirate party, a Barbie doll party, football party etc. Practically every motif of a fairy-tale, comics or a cartoon movie could be used as idea for the party theme. Do not make too many expenses ג€“ you do not organize the ball of the queen of England. Believe, the kids will appraise the original, motley decoration and the subject games. Simply use more your imagination.
Secret 2: Prepare original INVITATIONS
Be sure that you will give yourself enough time to invite the guests - do not postpone for the last minute, if you do not want the child to have only 2-3 little guests at its party. Even if you have not decide what will be the exact place for the party, send invitations to children with the exact day with the proviso that will report the place further. If you already know where to run the baby's birthday, can add its place together with the time of commencement. You can invite only verbally, but is much more pleasant for children and their mothers, if there are written invitations. It may be a simple card or folded peace of cardboard. If your child is over 2 years, you can make the invitations together ג€“ it will gives a child the proud that he/she also participates in the preparation of their holiday. There is no need to make something complicated - you can cut from colored paper, small items (draw hearts, fish, stars) and help the child paste them on the cardboard, or you can use ready stickers with cartoons or other interesting drawings (You can find in the bigger shops or bookstores). Inside write down the reason, the place and time of commencement. If you invite close relatives (grandmothers, do not forget the grandmothers!) you can outline the baby's hand on the card ant to put the text into the outlines. For the relatives it could be a sweet memory. If your baby is almost a child and already paints (usually strange people with large heads and three of four long feet), you can give it to draw a picture on the invitations. If you would like to be really original, you can form an unusual invitation - strictly official.
"At 7 of July Mr. Gregory Smith invites on the occasion of its third anniversary Miss Jessica Brawn. Feast will be held in the back garden of the Smiths estate at 18 o'clock. Formal wear: for gentlemen - smoking with cylinders for Misses - cocktail dresses. RSVP". In this case it is not a bad idea to tell the mothers that this is a joke in order to not raise a panic.
Secret 3: Carefully choose the GUESTS!
At the beginning write a list of guests who plan to invite. Decide whether to invite whole families or just mothers with children and try to keep the rule for most of the guests (of course, it is normal to invite close friends and relatives in couples). At least two weeks before the date invite them by phone, and confirm again a week before the holiday, as specify just by the way 'for mothers with children' or 'do not forget the daddy'. Think about whom you want to invite - only friends of the child or grandmothers and aunts - in the first case will probably want to make additional family lunch or dinner for the nearest, in the second - the number of visitors increased. But more Grannies = More adults to keep an eye on the children.
Invite all children who invited your child before. If your little guests are different age groups, be at pains to have at least two or three of your baby age so to be able to play with coevals. Friends who have little baby may also be invited - the baby will not understand anything of this day, but it is another guest that will give joy to your child.
Clever Device: invite some elder girls. This one 'chance' means comfortable baby-sitters to play with the children and think fun games, giving you the opportunity to care for the other guests. Most children aged 7-12 years with pleasure play with the smaller of them, but most often smaller kids adore bigger girls and boys around ג€¦ isn't that a crafty plan?
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