Tap your drums and toot your horn!
Celebrate your baby's first birthday with a music party theme.
MUSIC PARTY INVITATIONS
Send invitations 2-3 weeks before the party date.
Create invitations with cardstock paper and gel pens.
Cut drums, horns or musical notes and decorate with
gel pens, stickers etc.
On the front write...
Strike up the band ______'s is One!
Please come and celebrate with us.
TIP: You local scrap book center will have a die cut machine
to use for a small fee. Use this to cut your instrument shapes.
BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY DECORATIONS - MUSIC THEME
Hang plenty of red, yellow, blue or green streamers and balloons.
Keep
the balloons out of the reach of baby.
Cut bright colored musical notes from poster board or construction paper.
Mount them on the walls and hang them from the ceiling. Make a table centerpiece using a baby's toy drum or Xylophone. Tie a
bouquet of balloons to the drum.
Kit's Tip: Save time by ordering your solid colored party items
on-line from our favorite supplier, Birthday In a Box.
You Are So Special
Place a current photo of your baby in a cardboard mat frame with a wide edge. Place the photo with acid-free markers or gel pens on a table. Throughout the party invite guests to write a message to the birthday child. "You are special because...Happy birthday, Why we love you"
etc... After the party place this special keepsake in a
glass frame and hang it in baby's room!
Personalize It!
Add a special touch to your baby's party with personalized party items
from Birthday In a Box; banners, invitations, stickers and more...
personalize it here >>
BABY'S 1st BIRTHDAY PARTY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Games for older kids
& grown-ups.
Put On a Show
Ask some creative friends to coordinate a puppet
show using fun animal puppets.
Have a Parade
Give the guests a toddler music instrument or real ones if possible.
Play some favorite baby music and have a parade.
Bubbles Bubbles and More Bubbles
Provide plenty of bubbles for adults and kids to blow.
The babies at the party will love it!
Musical Mix-Up
Before the party make
several cards with one instrument
name or picture on each card. To play
each player id given a card. Then pairs of players are selected so that, for example,
a Tuba and Piccolo are together. Each pair creates a name for their
new instrument. For example: "Piccoluba" or "Ticcolo"
The group gathers again.
Pairs take turns showing their cards. the other players try to guess the
new instrument name that was created.
If you have young children at the party pair them up with adults.
Click here for more Baby's 1st Birthday Games for
Grown-ups & Baby's 1st Birthday Party Tips
PARTY FAVORS
If you have toddlers and older children attending your
baby's party, say
"thanks for coming" with a party favor bag.
Exclusive Birthday in a Box favor sets are a fun and unique
way to give your guests a special treat!
The distinctive
favor sets are designed to coordinate perfectly with your
party theme.
Grown-up guests will enjoy a framed photo of your little one
or our favorite "See How I've Grown" party favor...
To Make:
Using your computer, create small (1"x1") photos of your child
with the heading "See How I've Grown! ". Print on adhesive sticker
paper (name tags or mailing labels labels work well)
Cut and attach the sticker to a piece of card stock paper.
Then attach the card stock paper to a bamboo skewer,
or cupcake pick. Insert the photo pick into a small potted house plant.
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