Tips for young parents on how to decorate a nursery for their baby's birthday

How to organize a 1 year old child's birthday?

Parents want to celebrate their first birthday in a special way. To organize a great fun holiday, you need to prepare for a long time and not miss anything:

• Determine the venue: home, cafe, nature. Be sure to consider the child's needs. If it’s summer outside, then you can safely organize a holiday in nature. The child will walk outdoors with other children. And after the holiday, tired and full of emotions, go into a deep sleep
• Determine the approximate time. With a small child this is quite a difficult task, because the schedule of a child under 1 year of age changes very often
• Determine your guest list. You should not invite people to the holiday that the child does not know at all. Children react differently to strangers. Let only the people closest to the child be on the guest list. It will be very good if you invite children
• Determine for yourself how you see the upcoming holiday: a fun holiday exclusively for children, or you want to have fun for adults as well; At the celebration, every little detail will be thought out or decide to make do with a beautiful cake and balloons; Will there be a holiday theme? By answering these questions, you will know, you can create a clear preparation plan
• Choose an outfit for the birthday boy

• Make or order invitations (optional)
• Make or order a book of wishes (not required, but will remain as a keepsake)
• Think about accessories for the holiday
• Decide how you will decorate the room
• Choose suitable competitions
• Think about what the holiday table will look like
• Order a beautiful cake in advance
• Print out the best photos of the first year of life

IMPORTANT: Since the young mother has little free time, it is better to start all preparation 2 months before the event in order to gradually carry out each stage of preparation

Happy Birthday, how to choose a theme for a one year old girl

Imagine for a second if you had the opportunity to choose the theme for your 1st birthday. Difficult?

Likewise, your daughter cannot tell you what she would like her holiday to look like. But believe me, she will be able to appreciate the efforts of her parents when she grows up. And what will she see in the holiday photos? Satisfied relatives, a luxurious feast with some incredible types of alcohol and tables laden with snacks?

Or a real children's holiday with your favorite butterflies, fairies, bees, cheerful guests whose eyes glow with joy and emotions, a festive atmosphere where the main character is she - the little birthday girl, the little princess and beauty?

Yes, a girl’s first birthday should be a real children’s holiday, organized taking into account the interests of the baby.

But what priorities can a one-year-old child have? They can. Take a closer look, because your child already knows how to distinguish colors, loves to look at pictures and even watch cartoons. She has favorite toys and heroes, and maybe even pets. And certain events always cause an explosion of emotions and delight.

Maybe your daughter can't go a day without her favorite butterfly pillow? Or she just loves playing with her mother’s tablet and looking at little fairies in the app. Or maybe her domestic cat Milka became her best friend? Or the daughter sits down at the table or goes for a walk exclusively with her favorite toy, Maya the bee.

Why search and invent something further? The child himself has already suggested which direction to move.

Scenarios for a 1 year old child's birthday

A child's first birthday is a holiday that can tire a baby. Therefore, the script should not be too intense for the child. Let the guests participate, but the baby does not need to be dragged to every competition. He will quickly get tired of this. You can create a general outline of the scenario. And the mother, based on the list of guests, the character of the child, the venue and the budget, will clarify and supplement it.

General scheme:

• Meeting with guests. Guests can be greeted in poetic form and formally. But, given that all the guests do not arrive at the same time, you can simply greet all the arriving guests with the birthday boy in your arms and receive gifts. The baby will be happy with such an abundance of new things

• Invite the waiting guests to look at the photos of the birthday boy that you have hung on the walls or photo posters
• When all the guests have arrived, you can invite everyone to the table for the first toast to the birthday person. After the toast, you can sing the classic song “Happy Birthday to You” to the birthday boy. Toasts during the evening can be made in a funny way. It's a children's party. A talking toast can sing a toast, can dance or speak while standing on a chair
• Competitions. In order not to tire guests, it is better to present competitions in parts. Alternating between children and adults, active and table games (read more about competitions in the article Preparing a birthday party for a preschooler. Top simple and fun games for guests)
• Arrange a photo session while your baby is not yet tired of everyone's attention

• In the interval between competitions and toasts, together with the guests, compose a memorial telegram for the child. Print out the form. And ask guests to take turns naming adjectives. Fill out the telegram. Then read the result

• Birthday cake
• After the cake, you can turn on a film about the first year of the birthday boy’s life.
• After the film, invite guests to fill out a wish book.

IMPORTANT: For a one-year-old child’s birthday, this scenario is sufficient. Don't overdo it with competitions. Remember that your child is still a toddler. Don't let him become emotionally overloaded

Favorite cartoons

Your favorite cartoon characters will help you decorate your room for your child’s birthday.

Minions. Yellow and blue garlands, decorations, dishes and favorite characters on balloons, posters, serving skewers. Add to this the themed caps – children are guaranteed a lot of fun and positivity.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Flags with images of your favorite characters and green balls are the main elements of the turtle style.

Cars. The main tone is red, diluted with black and white checkered patterns and blue details. Don't forget about the other friends of the main character McQueen.

Peppa Pig. Pink, purple balls and a big Peppa Pig. Add some bright details and themed table settings.

Birthday theme for 1 year old child

Of course, the main requirement for choosing a holiday theme is that the theme should be for children.

a boy ’s birthday , then you can support the following topics:

• Football. Make the entire holiday decoration with an emphasis on the famous football team. Dress your baby in a football jersey with the appropriate logo and shorts. For the photo zone, traditionally use a ball, whistle, boots (nothing like adults)

• Gentleman. Dress your child in a shirt and bow tie. For a photo shoot, use photo props: mustache, glasses. Make skewers with tailcoats at the ends for a candy bar

• Sea. Use blue tones in your holiday decorations. Dress your child in a vest-like sweater and tie a scarf. A blue beret will also come in handy. Seashells, stars, fish are obligatory elements of the holiday in any form.

a girl ’s birthday , then you can support the following topics:

• Princess. The most popular topic. Everything is soft pink, beautiful and lush. A cute pink dress on the baby, a headband with a flower, a lot of pink balls. In general, everything is cute and pink

• Masha and the Bear. You can make invitations, a photo poster, a wish book, or a cake in the “Masha and the Bear” style. It will be difficult to dress a child in this style, since a scarf and floor-length dress will obviously be uncomfortable for the child

• Owls. Use owl figures wherever possible for you

IMPORTANT: Do not forget that the child should be comfortable, even if this means you have to remove his uncomfortable shirt or bandage

Organization of the first birthday

As you already understand, you should not invite many people to your first birthday, since even the most balanced children can become overexcited from such a prolonged celebration. You need to do everything in such a way that your girl, having been with people, can retire to her room from the unnecessary noise, and after the guests have left, go with you into the fresh air. Believe me, an excess of impressions is a serious stress for any child, and out of habit, the baby may even begin to be capricious and cry. And you will have nowhere to go, because your daughter is a living and active person who, due to her age, cannot express her desires.

Think carefully about gifts before you buy anything, so that both you and your daughter will enjoy it.

Parents often make a huge mistake by buying a huge number of gifts for their child’s birthday. Try not to rush, buying everything gradually every year, since a large pile of gifts can only make a negative impression on any child, son or daughter. Think carefully before buying anything so that both you and your child will enjoy it. It is better to discuss gift ideas with your family and friends to avoid unpleasant situations.

Accessories for a child's birthday

Accessories are the little things that make a birthday party elegant and themed:

• Invitations
• Book for recommendations
• Caps

• Accessories for table decoration
• Balls
• Stretch marks

• Paper pompoms, balls

• Digit 1
• Photos decorated in various versions
• Photo album of the first year of life

Wall newspapers and collages

Several wall newspapers with wishes and congratulations in honor of the birthday boy, with interesting facts from his life and photographs will be a wonderful decoration and will be able to occupy the guests waiting for the start of the holiday.

Book of wishes for a child's birthday

• A wish book is something that you will keep for many years. Your child, when he grows up, will be able to read a book and experience the most pleasant emotions
• You can order a book of wishes from craftsmen, you can buy it in a store, or you can make it yourself. It’s quite possible to make it yourself and it will be very pleasant to understand that all your efforts are for your beloved child.
• This could be a softcover book (the most beautiful option), a hardcover book, or a simply decorated purchased notebook for writing notes.
• The book can be made exclusively for the first birthday and contain 10-15 thick sheets, or it can contain many sheets with the expectation that every year, according to tradition, the best words for the child will be written into it

Who to invite to your first birthday?

There are two options for choosing guests: the first is close relatives and friends, and the second is mothers with the same one-year-olds. It would be quite reasonable if you decide to celebrate your child’s birthday at home, in a small family circle, with those people who sincerely love the baby and have taken part in his upbringing throughout the year. And a one-year-old child will find more joy in communicating with those to whom he has long been accustomed.

Relatives don’t always live next to us, so you can invite the baby’s first friends. You should not call everyone with whom you play in the sandbox, even if your baby is very sociable. It is not a fact that other children are the same. Therefore, for the first time it will be enough to invite 1-2 mothers with children. But you need to be prepared for the fact that the children’s schedules will not match, and some of them will not be able to come at a time convenient for you. In addition, you will have to carefully consider the children's menu so that it is festive and hypoallergenic for all kids at the same time.

Decorating a child's room for his 1st birthday

It is better to decorate the room late in the evening, when the child is already asleep.

So, when your baby wakes up in the morning, he will be delighted with how his room has been transformed.

How to decorate a room:

• Balls
• Posters
• Stretch marks
• Paper pom poms
• Digit 1
• Paper flowers

What are the customs for a first birthday?

Where would we be without customs? If you baptized your child, then on his first birthday you should definitely invite his godparents. There are also many customs that godparents must adhere to, but the final vote is entirely yours. They must cut their hair in the area of ​​the crown with a cross, as the priest does in church. It is customary to cut at the back of the head, forehead and near the ears. Next, the strands are given to the real parents as a souvenir, after which the baby’s hair can be cut in the future.

There is also a custom with which you can predict the future of a baby on his birthday. To do this, you need to lay out a casing with the fur facing out or a fur coat, then bring several things for the child to choose from on a large platter. There are no rules as such about what to put there, so put what is symbolic:

• bread (prosperity);
• chocolates (a sign of a fun and sweet life);
• ring (symbolizes a successful marriage);
• book (symbol of knowledge);
• garlic (health);
• a ball of wool (means long life);
• key (independence).

Table for a 1 year old child's birthday

The table can be decorated with :

• A beautiful tablecloth. In stores you can find options for disposable tablecloths with a children's theme. The tablecloth will immediately give the table a festive look and the appropriate mood
• Disposable colored plates. Plates can be chosen in the same theme as the tablecloth. They come in different sizes
• Disposable colored cups. Similarly, the theme can be matched to the tablecloth and plates

• You can purchase or make your own food toppers

• A bottle of champagne can be covered with appropriate stickers
• You can tie small bows on the forks
• You can place a beautifully decorated napkin on each guest’s plate, and a beautifully packaged chocolate bar next to it. This will serve as a bonbonniere for the guest.

of the children's candy bar deserves special attention

• Buy a lot of different sweets: gelatins, marmalade, candies, dragees
• Bake or order beautiful cupcakes. If you bake yourself, bake in beautiful disposable paper muffin tins.
• Prepare a lot of themed toppers
• Make a banner over the candy bar with the words "Happy Birthday, Elizabeth" for example
• Place a lot of juice jars
• Place a lot of fruit on beautiful dishes

IMPORTANT: The design of a candy bar largely depends on your budget, since making beautiful sweets to order is not cheap

Table decoration for the first birthday

Since the table at the first birthday is unlikely to interest the birthday boy, its decoration can be made not entirely thematic. But if you still want to keep the theme throughout, then the serving should be appropriate. Toppers, stickers, and themed dishes will come to the rescue here. If the budget is not too limited, you can look for a set in some children's theme. But such an acquisition will be useful only once, and then it will gather dust on the shelves. Therefore, it is more advisable to acquire a set of disposable tableware. Now on store windows you can find various options for sets for different themed holidays. These sets include plates, glasses, napkins, and cocktail straws. In addition, you can purchase holiday caps with a corresponding theme.

But you can easily make toppers and labels for drinks yourself. To do this, just create your own unique template or print ready-made ones.

Special attention should be paid to the candy bar. Since it is created for little guests, it must be decorated accordingly. Choose baskets for cupcakes with themed designs or simply matching colors, complement the design with boxes for sweets and toppers. Replace the factory labels on juice cans with fun and original ones, and let a few balloons fly near the candy bar and complement the overall picture with a couple of paper garlands. Then the kids will definitely pay attention to the table with sweets and appreciate the treat.

And don’t forget that the birthday boy is only a year old, so the sweets should be something that a baby can taste, that is, without dyes, flavors and other artificial additives. The ideal option is if you bake cupcakes for the candy bar yourself, then you will definitely be confident in their quality and safety.

Invitations for a 1 year old child's birthday

• Invitations, like other accessories, you can make yourself, you can buy ready-made ones, or you can order them from a master
• Invitations must match the theme of the holiday
• In the invitations, indicate the date of the holiday and the approximate time

IMPORTANT: If possible, indicate in a separate line that a more exact time will be communicated 3 days before the event. This clarification of time is connected with the constantly changing regime of a one-year-old child.

How to make birthday invitations?

It is always a pleasure to receive invitations to a holiday. So, firstly, your guests will definitely remember the appointed time and place. And secondly, they will happily keep this invitation as a keepsake, especially if it is made with their own hands.

The invitation should include:

• date and time;
• place;
• the name of the person to whom the invitation is intended.

Send the invitation in advance, at least a week before the holiday, so that both you and your guests can plan this day in advance.

Birthday cake for a 1 year old child

The child is unlikely to appreciate the beauty of the cake, but as a keepsake and for photos, you can order a beautiful cake that matches the theme of the event, the gender of the child, and the interests of the child.

Depending on the hobbies of your child’s loved ones, the cake can be made:

• With figures of Masha and the Bear
• With a crown
• With a ball
• With bodysuits and booties
• With bears

IMPORTANT: Cakes with mastic are popular, as they allow you to choose almost any design for the future cake.

Birthday ideas

Decorate your holiday in a certain style, it looks very impressive both in photographs and in life. Your little one will be delighted to see his favorite characters on his first birthday.

Design ideas for boys :

• Football theme . You can decorate the rooms by covering them with posters of different football teams or individual players. We dress the birthday boy himself in a football uniform. You can also make sweet treats in the form of balls and decorate the table with football paraphernalia.

Cakes for future football players

Football theme for a boy. Photo: dhgate.com

• Gentlemen's Club . Dress your baby in an elegant shirt and pants, or you can also attach a bowtie to it. You can complement the outfit with a black top hat and tuxedo. Decorations can be made in the form of black mustaches, ties and butterflies.

Cakes for 1 year old boys

Kid in a tuxedo. Photo: dhgate.com

Pirate scenarios and competitions for children

• Pirate ship . Pirates are associated with treasure, maps, skulls and crossbones, ships with black banners and other mysterious symbols. Use all this for your holiday. Party invitations can be made in the same style, with specific pirate jargon.

Cakes for little pirates

Little pirate. Photo: pxhere.com

Design ideas for girls :

• Princess . This is the most popular theme, since most girls dream of becoming princesses in childhood. Dress up your baby in a lush pink dress, put a crown on her, and she will delight all guests with her appearance. Photos from the holiday will turn out very bright and beautiful. In the decor, use lush pompoms in pastel shades, balls, bows, flowers, and sparkles.

Cakes for young princesses

Princess holiday. Photo: pixabay.com

• Cartoon characters . The most popular characters are Masha and the Bear, Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty, Peppa Pig. They can also be fairies or sorceresses. Add pictures of your favorite cartoon characters to posters and invitations and your girl will be delighted.

Cakes for beginner sorceresses

Fairy style decoration. Photo: letthemeatpops.wordpress.com

• Animals . You can place toys of different animals (bunnies, bear cubs, etc.) around the house. You can prepare special bunny ears for guests.

Cakes for little bunnies

Girl in a bunny costume. Photo: pxhere.com

Don't forget to capture this bright holiday. After all, a photo is the best memory. And years later, your baby will grow up, and you will be able to joyfully watch these wonderful moments of his life together.

Posters for a child's first birthday

It will be interesting to use posters containing photographs of the child in the design. The poster can depict anything in a children's theme:

• A locomotive, in the carriages of which photos will be located
• A clock with a photo of a child instead of time numbers.
• Just a beautifully designed poster without any theme, with photographs in frames

You can decorate your child’s room or hallway with posters if there is a holiday at home. If the holiday is on the street, then hang it between the trees or on a prepared stand.

IMPORTANT: Place the best photographs of the baby’s first year of life on the poster.

What to cook for your first birthday

Despite the fact that the child will not appreciate the mother's culinary skills, this is not a reason to leave holiday dishes boring. Salads, appetizers, meat and other dishes can be decorated in the form of insects, animals and other things.

As for dishes for adult guests, the hosts should not have any difficulties in choosing a menu - here you can serve everything they like. But the festive table for one-year-old babies has its own specifics, since at this age their diet is not yet so wide, so the main emphasis should be on the bright decoration of the table.

For children, you need to set a separate table of appropriate sizes so that the kids can feel comfortable and free. Dishes must be served in original design. For example, sliced ​​fruit can be placed on a beautiful plate in the form of a funny face or a bright ornament. Cookies with pieces of fruit would also be appropriate. Moreover, they can be offered in the form of healthy “sweets”, wrapped in bright pieces of paper.

Various curds are also recommended for the children's table, which most children love very much. And, of course, there must be various juices to quench your thirst.

Balloons for a 1 year old child's birthday

• Balloons at a children's party are a must. They create a festive atmosphere and make it clear that the main birthday person is the child.
• By the time your child wakes up, launch a lot of helium balloons into the ceiling and throw colorful balloons on the floor. The child will be very happy with such a gift
• You can order a figure made from balloons: a hare, a bear, a car. Or you can choose a ball in the shape of the number 1
• For a 1-year-old child, you can buy the simplest balloons without pictures, but in different colors

One for birthday

This is the main character in the entire holiday decor, because the one signifies that everyone has gathered to celebrate the child’s first birthday.

In addition to a unit made from inflatable balloons, you can make a unit with your own hands from cardboard or polystyrene foam, decorating it with corrugated paper or ordinary napkins.

A simplified version is a unit cut out of a piece of cardboard and decorated with paper flowers, or simply wrapped in foil or painted with paint.

If you want something special, you should make a volumetric unit. There are two options here - order a foam form from an organization that makes signs, or make a number from cardboard. The three-dimensional figure is usually decorated with paper flowers. But you can decorate it using the trimming technique or cover it with fringe made of corrugated paper.

Another option for one is a foil ball in the shape of the number 1. These balls come in different colors, so choosing the right one won’t be difficult. In addition, such a unit has the advantage of being able to float in the air, unlike its cardboard or foam counterparts.

Number one of the photos of the birthday boy looks original and unusual. This figure can be mounted on the wall, or you can make it an element of a festive photo zone.

DIY number 1 for birthday

Number 1 is a symbol of the holiday. You can easily do it yourself if you start preparing in advance.

There can be many variants of the number, but the meaning is the same: a number of the desired size is cut out of cardboard, flowers are made, and glued onto the cardboard.

A simplified option would be to wrap the number completely with satin ribbon. You can attach a bow on top, for example.

Making a flower.

Buy the simplest napkins. Select your desired color. It is better if the napkins are soft, then the flower will be more magnificent.

Fold the napkin in half. Place two more on top as well. Start rolling from one edge to the other.

Next, tie the middle tightly with thread and cut off those edges where the paper has folded.

Next, fan out the resulting package. And carefully lift the napkin up one layer at a time. So until the end of the flower.

Cover the cut out number with these flowers.

IMPORTANT: This is a lightweight version of making numbers. To be more precise, this is the basis of technology.

You can make a three-dimensional figure, combine colors, make flowers from plain paper or corrugated paper.

Have you ordered an airy mood?

For some reason, everyone considers balloons to be a banal decorative element. Like, it’s quite affordable and familiar. We agree with the first statement: indeed, using your imagination, you can inexpensively decorate a room with your own hands for a child’s birthday with bright balloons. But as for banality, one can (and should!) argue about this. The main thing is not to create voluminous compositions, but to limit yourself to a laconic design.

• Balloons can be sent straight to the sky! The advantage of this option is that the baby walks, pulls strings, and attracts first one ball or another. Entertainment for several hours - no less.

• Scatter randomly across the floor. The little one will be able to play football with them, throw them and catch them.
• Form a garland from multi-colored balls. Anyone can handle this. The basic rule is to use at least two color combinations.

• If you want to decorate a room for a child’s birthday in an original but inexpensive way, order a balloon in the shape of the number 1. Or you can make a composition of balloons in the shape of this number with your own hands for a one-year-old child.

Tasty and practical - who said that food can’t serve as a decorative element?

Undoubtedly, you will have the best, most beautiful cake at your birthday. It is likely that there will be themed cupcakes and gingerbread cookies covered with icing. It’s just a pity that the birthday boy, due to his gastronomic limitations, won’t be able to try all this... If you don’t want to upset the little one, organize edible decorations for him.

You can decorate a room with your own hands for the birthday of a child who is one year old using sweets. Hang bagels and apples, pears and bananas on strings. In response to the surprised looks of your invited guests, invite them to try delicious dishes. The advantage of this “hanging buffet” is the opportunity to choose.