1st birthday!!!
@histechnoangel (356)
United States
March 20, 2008 11:43pm CST
My son Dadoren's 1st birthday is coming up in April (the 10th). I'm so excited!! I am about to buy his party supplies and make the invitations. My theme is a Prince/knight theme. The cake is custom ordered from Publix to look like a long castle. The invitations are going to be on tan-brown paper with kinda burnt-ish edges and rolled up and tied with ribbon to become a scroll. We're going to have bread (torn up that way it seems like there's more lol), cheese, grapes, and chicken drumsticks. I'm also going to set out ginger ale & sprite with fruit punch ice cubes (dragon's breath punch)....we'll have a dragon pinata so guests can "slay" the dragon.. and for fun I'm thinking of getting plastic wine glasses and letting everyone decorate them and take them home + ring pops.. not sure what else to give away in a goodie bag...
Anyway- what do you think? I can't wait!!!!!
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13 responses
@manya_pearl (1901)
• Singapore
22 Mar 08
wah... happy birthday! eheh... its fun to see children around with cute clothes and props, costumes, etc...
nice plan. Hehe..
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
21 Mar 08
congratulations on your son's first b'day... sounds like lots of fun and i really like your theme... it is really very creative and exciting... have fun on that day... it must be really exciting...
@onewickedsoul (540)
• Philippines
21 Mar 08
That's my friend's birthday, too! She's turning 25 this year. Anyway, the party preparations sounds really good. I bet it would be memorable for everyone. Remember to take lots of pictures so your son will be able to see what happened during his birthday. I hope it would be a happy one and a success on your part!
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
That's awesome! I know people that do this kind of theme for weddings :P. I have a 1 gig memory card on my camera, which is like almost 600 pics, and I will probably use all of them!! lol
thanks for the response!
@jamorjuice (9)
• United States
21 Mar 08
What a great idea for his birthday party! I know that you can buy crowns that you can embellish, which might be fun if there are other older kids who will be there. You can always get a large box (like from a washing machine or tv), and make a "castle" out of it that the kids can play in. Also, you can make a draw bridge at the entrance so it looks and feels like you're entering a castle...How fun!
My son will be turning 1 in April, also. But, we are having the hardest time coming up with a theme for his party (he's the third, so I feel terrible since it was no problem coming up with something for the first two!).
Anyway, good luck, and have a great time!
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
Thank you! I do like the castle idea, I thought about doing the drawbridge...we have a long narrow hallway that opens into our living room and I was thinking that the guests will have to have the drawbridge lowered to enter hehehe ... I know there are many themes out there.. I went to a place in my city called Party City and they had like Sesame Street,winnie the pooh, Cars, spongebob... curious george.... If I didn't do a knights theme for my son, I would have done Superman since I am a major Superman fan!!!
Good luck with your son's bday, and thanks for the response!!
@kezabelle (2974)
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21 Mar 08
I think it all sounds fantastic, im sure he will have a lovely time. Birthdays are special but the first one is such a big milestone its nice to celebrate it especially in such a fun way!
My little girl is 2 in a week and we are having a party its barbie themed though as she loves barbie!
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
Thanks! Oh yeah Barbie is great for little girls! I loved Barbies when I was little and I still do... only when I buy them I but special ones and they never come out of the box, they go on display!!! :)
Thanks for he response!
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
21 Mar 08
happy happy happy happy birthday. your theme is cool. i can imagine it while reading your discussion. it sounds like it is fun, and i wish on that day everyone will have a great time. happy birthday again to your child, may all your wishes come true.
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
thank you very much! The theme was a natural choice.. both my husband and I love medieval type things.. our son plays with foam swords and is quite good at wielding them lol!
@Gabrielle1609 (278)
• Singapore
21 Mar 08
Congrats on baby's first birthday... i know you are really excited, but my advice is not to overwhelm him. some kids get cranky and easily tired when there's too many people around making too much noise. My daughter got really cranky on her first birthday when all the guests arrived. and she got tired an hour into the party. she only got better after 3/4 of the 50 guests left. Overall, the party was enjoyable for guests, but not for my daughter.
For your party goodie bag(for the kids), some snacks and sweets would do. or you could buy some little colouring books and crayons/water colours.
Good luck for the party. And a Very Happy Birthday to little Dadoren.
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
oh wow sorry to hear that! I think we'll have like 20 people, 25 tops... I'm sure he'll get bored of it after awhile but it'll be fun for the older people :) The coloring book idea is great, thanks!!!
thanks for the response!
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
thanks I am so very excited!! It's such a milestone!!
@definitelyarun (210)
• India
21 Mar 08
That is a great birthday party theme you have set up. you are pretty imaginative. i cant think of anything more that could help you , anyway all the good luck for you.
Let the God shower blessings upon you and your family. wishing your little angel a very happy birthday and a long and prosperous life.
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
Oh thank you very much! :) choosing this theme was a no-brainer. My husband and I love knights and castles and that sort of thing, and my son has a ton of foam swords that he plays with all the time hehe:P
thanks for the response!
@Sillychick (3275)
• United States
21 Mar 08
Happy birthday! The first birthday is so exciting. We did our son's first birthday a little more casual than that. We did an zoo animal theme and made chocolate pops with candy molds in the shape of the animals, a favor with my son's name and the date on it. I decided against goodie bags because we had all of our family and friends there and that would have gotten very expensive- a lot of kids. I decided at this next birthday we'll just have a few kids and focus it more on them, and then I'll do goodie bags. I think a couple of small toys, some stickers and maybe a bit of candy is plenty. Maybe a small bottle of bubbles.
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
we ended up buying some red plastic goblets for our guests to take home :).Your son's theme sounds really cute... i like the candy animal idea!!
thanks for the response!
@janecajuguiran (43)
• Philippines
21 Mar 08
why not bake some cookies in the shapes of crowns and swords? that way you can decorate these with icings and bejewel them with candies so they'd be colorful. You can also make some small boxes and make them look like treasure chests. Then you can fill them up with candies that look like jewels and chocolate coins. Oh, and by the way, you can tell them a fairy tale and make them want to do some clay modelling. I don't recall what the brand is but there's this clay that you can actually bake and turn into an eraser afterwards. That would be nice.
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
the cookie idea is wonderful! you have given me some great ideas! thank you very much!
@superpidge (78)
• Australia
21 Mar 08
Definitely chocolate or candy frogs in the goodie bags.... you know like frogs turning into princes?
Also candy snakes.
Sounds like fun!
@histechnoangel (356)
• United States
23 Mar 08
ooh the frog idea is very cute! thank you very much!
