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1st birthday son ideas. So where should you start? This is an old and quite fun entertainment, so it is quite possible to invite guests to guess the fairy-tale characters and the names of the most famous fairy tales that suffered from semantic changes: Changelings

It’s a stretch to call a child’s first birthday a children’s holiday – most often it’s just a sincere family feast, which makes sense to be filled with all sorts of touching moments.

I looked through hundreds of articles describing 1 year birthdays, and I can conclude that there are well-established traditions for this occasion. All the scenarios are too similar...

Universal scenario I won’t be able to write for such an occasion, so I’ll sketch, as usual, some interesting ideas, and you choose for yourself.

How to decorate a room for a 1 year old child's birthday

Firstly, start by browsing my collection of ideas "We decorate a children's party". It is quite possible that you will learn something useful there.

Secondly, a baby’s first birthday cannot be complete without balloons, so get inspired in my article “20 ideas for decorating a room with balloons”.

My children have already grown up, but I suddenly thought that at one year old I would have decorated the room something like this: the sun (a large yellow ball), clouds from bunches of blue and white balls, grass and flowers from long sausage balls and inflatable animals in this colorful forest... You can also have fun riding a horse (this is a jumping toy), pushing off with your feet.

Young parents usually take a lot of photographs of their child under one year old. We use these photos to decorate the holiday and entertain guests. Photo madness

When I was preparing to write an article, I looked great amount hand-made wall newspapers that mothers designed for their one-year-old children. Amazing imagination and golden hands, you can easily find the pictures.

Here are ideas for wall newspapers:

a train and 12 carriages with a photograph of each month of a child's life
palm tree showing height and weight
the carriage in which the birthday girl rides
starry sky (naturally, all photos are cut out in the shape of stars and the birthday boy is in the rocket)
a balloon on which the hero of the day flies
photo in the center of the flower, in the egg (instead of the chicken)
12 photos of a child on a watch dial
film with frames
calendar (photo and name of the month, and below, instead of numbers, the child’s achievements)

For me personally, designing a wall newspaper takes too much time, so I do computer photo presentations.

Themes:

“Everyone is 1 year old!” (find photos of yourself, photos of your parents with only one-year-old children). Firstly, it's fun, and secondly, it's easy to find out who looks like whom. For example, here’s how my husband’s nephew looks like his uncle (40 years between photo sessions).

"How I grew up"(here collect the best shots from the maternity hospital to today)

Another option to impress your guests!

I’ll say right away that it took me a LOT of time to create such a tree, but not only I, but also everyone who was directly involved in the birth of my Katyusha, was happy with the result. I found a photo of great-great-great... who were born in the 19th century seven generations ago.

Just imagine, two families (from mom and dad’s side) united in one branchy tree thanks to little man…

The last, slightly more expensive option. With a picture of a baby souvenirs are ordered(some of it goes towards gifts and prizes for guests): keychains, cups, T-shirts, plates and pillows, calendars and notepads.

Decorating dishes

Again, I don’t know how relevant it is for a one-year-old child to decorate adult dishes with bees and bunnies, but the article “Decoration of children's dishes in pictures” anyway, take a look. It will definitely come in handy in the future!

Birthday scenario 1 year

You can start with the “official part”. It's always interesting to know who famous people born on this day. For example, on September 2, in addition to my son, Valentin Gaft, Proklova, composer Andrei Petrov and the brilliant Leonov were born. And Keanu Reeves is also nice. This information can be played up: “Vova probably has a great acting future...”

And Galileo Galilei, Savva Morozov and Mikhail Naryshkin were born on the same day with their daughter Katya. This already smacks of ingenuity and entrepreneurship...

All interesting information You can find out about the day your child was born at http://www.calend.ru/. (Just find the desired day in the calendar on the left. By the way, guests will be interested in knowing about themselves, entertain them too).

The most solemn part

As you can imagine, a long feast is tiring for a baby, and taking pictures of toast looks quite tedious. My suggestions: so that the memory of the event is preserved on long years, wait until the child is happy and full, pick him up and stand in the center of the room. We will place all the guests around with a beautiful candle in their hands (symbolizes 1 year of the child’s life and is simply heartwarming). Point the camera at the first guest, he says a laconic congratulation and blows out the candle. Move the camera to the next congratulatory person.

This is a chance to shoot a beautiful family video and listen to all the wishes in a condensed version. Let some famous melody played in the background, arranged for kids (bells). In my opinion, any song from “Beatles for Babies” – Yesterday is very suitable, for example:

The child will look at the candles and the moment of blowing out with interest. By the way, later, when you need to blow on the candle on the cake, he doesn’t need to explain anything.

The only thing left to do is help, since you still won’t have enough strength to extinguish it on your own.

Choir and orchestra

I offer a soulful rendition of the song “Sleep, my joy, sleep.” Turn on karaoke, hand out to all guests " musical instruments": spoons, rattles, bottles, rustling baby food packaging, and so on. What the child used all year. The main thing is that objects can produce a muffled sound.

During the performance of this song, people begin to imitate the famous moment from the movie "Garage", giving out charming echoes and breaks. The baby, naturally, also needs some kind of “rattler”.

Folk dance

For some reason, it seems to me very important on such a day to emphasize the connection with our ancestors, and guests of all generations immediately perk up and leave their place at the festive table for the fiery national dance.

Let the child in the arms of an adult be inspired by “Barynya”, “Lezginka”, “Hava Nagila” or “Gopak”, whichever is closer to you. Both the adults have fun, and the little ones stomp a couple of times to time-tested folk hits.

And if you are not too lazy to do folk costume in the size of a one-year-old dancer… it will be unforgettable!

Artist

For this moment festive outfit It is better to remove it from the child.

Prepare beautiful frame for a future masterpiece. For 3-4 saucers ( disposable plates will also work) spread a thin layer Finger paint in different colors to create high-quality prints of a child’s hand. Help dip a pen in paint and make an imprint on a piece of paper. Once dry, invite guests to write their names.

This is an old and quite fun entertainment, so it is quite possible to invite guests to guess the fairy-tale characters and the names of the most famous fairy tales that suffered from semantic inversions: Changelings

"Green Socks" - "Little Red Riding Hood"
“Penza Artists” – “Bremen Town Musicians”
“The Calm of Pierrot” – “The Adventures of Pinocchio”
“Big” – “Thumbelina”
“Light berry” – “ The Scarlet Flower»
"Penguins-Ostriches" - "Geese-Swans"
“Soup into a saw” – “Porridge from an ax”
"Vanya and the Hare" - "Masha and the Bear"
“Girl with a leg” – “Boy with a toe”
“One-color fish” – “Ryaba Hen”
"Sun King" - " The Snow Queen»
“Dog Shelter” – “Cat House”
"Mouse in the Hat" - "Puss in Boots"
“Copper Bird” – “Goldfish”

Fortune telling and predictions

First, I propose to hold a competition among the guests “What will the birthday boy become” (meaning profession). We write down all the assumptions. But now, according to the old tradition, lay out household items in front of the child that symbolize their occupation. For example, what was my imagination enough for?:

Money (you can have a photocopy of a banknote) – financier, economist, accountant
Brush - famous artist
Book (notebook) - famous writer, poet, journalist
Photo frame – fashion photographer
Jar of vitamins – doctor
Comb – make-up artist, hair stylist
Beautiful thing(mirror, figurine) – interior designer
Keys – builder, designer
Machine – automobile business
Sweetie – pastry chef, cook
Spoon – restaurant business
Seal (children's stamp) – lawyer, judge, notary
Lighter (preferably empty) – fireman
Flashlight - policeman
Glasses – scientist, researcher, teacher
PC mouse- programmer
Toy dog – veterinarian, trainer
Telephone (toy, naturally) – businessman, leader
Doll dress– fashion designer
Pistol (toy tank, shoulder strap) – military

The guest who is closest to the correct answer wins. Prize for him!

You can also give it away comic tasks. Print out pictures of cars, houses, vacuum cleaners, televisions and sets of pots. Invite each guest to draw one card with the words: “ I will give him (her) a wedding gift…. car"!

Vase for memory

It's time to leave a memorable collective souvenir for the baby. Buy a plain white ceramic vase with no design and markers for porcelain and ceramics. Pass the vase around the circle right at the festive table. Let guests leave their wishes, signatures and small drawings. The vase can be replaced with a separate white cup, plate or tray.

Any holiday is a pleasant event, and if this is the baby’s first birthday, then it is doubly pleasant. Such an important event should be celebrated in a special way, having thought through each stage of the organization thoroughly and making a list of necessary items. Not the last place in this list is occupied by the question of how to arrange a child’s birthday, 1 year is enough young age, but such a kid will undoubtedly like colorful garlands, balls and posters.

This is the first sign notifying those invited of the upcoming holiday. And the mood with which the guests will come depends to some extent on the design of the invitations. After all, beautifully and originally made cards can give you a festive mood even before the holiday begins.

Don't let it be standard paper rectangle or square. Design them in the form of a dress, a bodysuit, a crown, a car, or a one-piece. Invitations can be cut out of colored cardboard, and decoration is limited only by the imagination of the creator. Here you can use multi-colored pens, felt-tip pens, glitter, or you can add lace, satin ribbons, beads, crocheted small details. Such an invitation is a real work of art, and it will make it clear to the guest that they are really welcome and will be happy to see him at the holiday.

Birthday chair

An interesting design idea for a child's first birthday that came to us with Western countries. A one-year-old baby cannot sit at the same table with adults, since ordinary chairs are too big for him. But he feels comfortable in a high chair. So why not decorate the baby's high chair so that it is immediately clear what it is? place of honor birthday boy The simplest and most common decor option is to glue a paper garland around the perimeter of the table. You can add a few balls to make it more elegant.

Garlands and streamers

The simplest and most common option is a banner with the inscription “Happy Birthday!” Such a stretcher is easy to find in a store, and it is inexpensive, but how much pleasure will it bring if you made it yourself, not like everyone else, special! And to do it is as simple as cutting out triangles, drawing letters and attaching them to a rope. Don't want to draw? There are a lot of ready-made templates, all that remains is to print and cut. And instead of traditional triangles, you can make stretching elements in the shape of bottles, pacifiers, the number one, a dress or a flower.

In addition to the standard banner, you can make a banner with the name of the hero of the occasion, with the inscription “1 year”, etc. Thematic banners look very nice and complement the overall picture. For example, if your holiday is in the style of princesses, then choose a banner with princesses.

Paper garlands also look elegant. They can be made from circles, hearts, small crowns, cupcakes, dresses, stars and other elements that match the birthday theme. Garlands are made as simply as streamers - individual elements cut it out and attach it to a thread or rope.

Since we are celebrating a first birthday, we can make a garland of cute little ones.

Balloons: latex and foil

An integral attribute in holiday decoration. May there be many of them on your first birthday. Kids, even small ones, love balloons. It is better for a child not to play with a garland - he may get entangled in it. But tinkering with the ball will be interesting and fun for him. So this decorative element can easily be turned into a means of entertaining the birthday boy and his little guests.

If we still talk about decor, then for the first birthday you can make the number 1 from balloons. It will look great in holiday photos and decorate the interior of the room. You can also order the first letter of the child's name from balloons or even full name, if it is not long and the area of the hall allows you to fit such a design element.

Inflate some of the balloons with helium and let them simply fly under the ceiling, creating a festive mood for your guests.

Foil balloons look very elegant. They are various forms and sizes. You can choose a balloon that matches the birthday theme, for example, a balloon in the shape of a mermaid or a car. In addition, foil balloons do not deflate for a long time and can be re-inflated, which means they can bring joy to the baby for a long time.

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 the one from inflatable balloons, can be made of 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. Decorate volumetric figure usually 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. Such balls come in different colors, so choosing the right one is not 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 photographs 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.

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 get a kit disposable tableware. Nowadays you can find in store windows various options sets for different themed holidays. These sets include plates, glasses, napkins, and cocktail straws. In addition, you can purchase party hats with relevant topics.

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. Perfect option- if you bake cupcakes for the candy bar yourself, then you will definitely be confident in their quality and safety.

Collages and posters

Guests will probably be interested to see how the child has changed during his first year, because during this period children change literally every month, grow very rapidly, and the difference between a newborn and a one-year-old is simply amazing. Therefore, it is worth creating a poster or collage with photographs of each stage of the baby’s development and decorating the room with it.

An interesting idea is to photograph a child every month in the same conditions or with the same toy. Then the difference between the photos will be clearly visible. Such photographs can be designed in the form of a train, where each carriage is a separate photo, or in the form of a clock. A flower in which photos are placed on the petals also looks original.

Metric and achievement poster

An original attribute for decorating a room is a metric with the date of birth, height and weight of the baby, and his photograph. Such a metric can be easily created electronically and printed. It will certainly complement the decor of the room and will be interesting for guests. The metric can be hung in the baby’s room as a keepsake. After the holiday, numerous decorations for the child’s birthday will no longer be needed, one year will be celebrated and they will gather dust in a box, and such a metric will be able to remind of a fun holiday for a long time.

Another one for decoration is a poster of achievements. This is a colorfully designed board or poster that tells about all the knowledge and skills the birthday person has acquired over the past year.

Letters

Often parents decorate their baby’s room with three-dimensional pillow letters that spell out the child’s name. If you don’t have such letters yet, it’s time to order them or make them yourself to decorate the room or photo zone. Such pillows are sewn from felt or other thick fabric, decorated with beads, bows and other decor. After the letters play the role of decoration at the birthday party, they can be used in the baby’s room.

Letters can be made not only from fabric; a name carved from wood looks interesting. This name can also be used as decor, an attribute for a photo shoot, or in the future it can be supplemented with a photo frame and decorate a wall in the child’s room.

From the letters you can make up not only the name of the birthday person, but also any other words that fit the theme of the holiday.

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Often, the first birthday can hardly be called a children's celebration, since it is more like a family feast, which you can try to diversify accordingly. Therefore, many young parents ask questions about how to celebrate their baby’s first year, as well as how to properly decorate his room.

You understand that a birthday happens every year, but a child’s first year is only once in his life, so you need to try to ensure that this particular day remains in your memory for a long time; here, simply setting the table and inviting guests will not be enough.

The room should be decorated in a festive way. The same applies to the area near the house. Of course, a child who is only one year old is unlikely to remember anything about this day, but it is still recommended to make preparations in secret so as not to spoil the surprise. Some ideas can be taken as a basis, some can be changed, in general, everything depends on you, and then the holiday will be a success.

Where to begin?

So, the first thing you should do is buy balloons, without which not a single holiday can be held, including the birthday of a baby who turns exactly one year old. After this you will need to make or buy a larger one decorative number“1”, as well as the first letter of the name of the little hero of the occasion, which will emphasize the importance of this day and will become an excellent prop for future photographs.

The same goes for inflatable toys. Believe me, they will be a reason for joy for any child. These can be characters from books, comics, cartoons, animals, plants, etc.

What are the requirements for jewelry?

In order for your baby’s first birthday to be remembered for a long time and not cost you a pretty penny, you should follow a number of simple tips:

The decorations should be of considerable size so that guests can immediately appreciate how much the child’s room has been transformed.
If you want to hang electric garland, then it should hang high so that neither children nor animals can reach it.

Nursery design options

Now let's take a closer look at the options for how to decorate a room in honor of children's day birth.

You can make decorations with your own hands and use them to decorate the room, while spending the money saved on sweets and gifts for the child.

You can use various improvised or purchased materials:

artificial or hand-made flowers;
colored paper;
paints;
stickers;
air balloons(both regular and filled with helium);
glue;
paper or several sheets of whatman paper;
homemade or purchased garland;
toys and holiday decorative items.

Flowers are suitable for those who are already tired of birthday balloons. A room can be significantly transformed by decorating it with bouquets made of paper. Can be done big flower or a seven-flowered flower, on the petals of which there will be inscriptions and wishes. You can also use flowers to create a name, date, year of birth, or a figurative composition.

Balloons have long become an attribute of any holiday, including birthdays. This is perhaps the brightest and most memorable holiday decoration for both children and adults. Balls can be hung individually, or collected in a bunch, and hung on different sides. With proper skill, you can create from balls various figures, animals, name or heart, as well as door arches and columns.

Don't forget about competitions. So you can put sweets or a piece of paper with wishes in the ball. Another good idea is to fill balloons with helium and attach photos of your baby to a string. Even though he is only a year old, you will clearly have something to show your guests.

Another good idea would be a fantasy tree. To do this, find a long, dry branch in the park or garden, peel it off and varnish it, and you can choose any color. Then mix a cement mortar and plant your tree in a pot. You can decorate it with photographs, containers with notes inside, ribbons, small toys and other things, in general, everything your heart desires.

It’s even easier if you have your own house and there are trees in the yard. Decorate one of them with bright pinwheels that will start spinning in the wind, lifting the mood of your guests. And before they start leaving, give everyone a pinwheel, paper flower or ball, which will become a memory of the child’s last birthday, who turned one year old.

In no case should the decorations harm the child; the balls must be of high quality, since their sudden bursting can be seriously frightening.

You can make a garland with your own hands from available materials: fabric, plastic bags, colored paper, or candies attached to wire. Little guests will be delighted with the last option. If you don’t have anything at hand, then you can find special creativity kits on sale that contain glossy paper with patterns. Then make a single template of a flower, cloud or bird and attach them with tape to a thick thread at intervals of 10-15 cm. After that, hang your homemade garlands on a chandelier or furniture, and let guests admire this beauty.

You can do the same and at the same time realize your artistic ability cut out of cardboard bright figures height of child height, while making them as stable as possible. But if you don’t know how to draw, then the way out of this situation is to buy self-adhesive stickers with cartoon characters, which extra effort They are mounted on cardboard and look just great.

If the walls in the room are not covered with wallpaper, then you can not cut anything out at all, but simply stick the appliqués on the wall and remove them at the end of the celebration. In addition to walls, you can also decorate windows, doors and cabinets.

How to create a festive atmosphere

There is one more no less interesting idea– celebrate the birthday of a child who turns 1 year old in some color. To do this, one of the colors of the rainbow is chosen every year and the entire holiday is designed according to it. By the way, guests should also be warned about this in advance. To celebrate the first year white will do or pale blue for boys and pink for girls.

If your guests bring their children with them, then set up a small play area for them, laying out a rug and putting toys there. If someone has older children, then the zone should be divided, placing toys only for toddlers in one zone, and for older ones in the other. So ask your family and friends in advance if they will be bringing children with them, so you don’t have to do everything last.

Play with your little one about choosing an outfit. If you have a girl who is one year old, then lay out several dresses in front of her, and one of them should be bought specifically for this celebration. With a 99% probability, she will be drawn to him, so praise her and kiss her on the head. With a boy, everything is simpler - put him in a formal suit, let him look at himself in the mirror and tell him how handsome he is. But if the child does not want to dress up under any persuasion, then calm down and don’t be nervous, but just dress him as usual.

Don't forget to purchase a kit to create a baby's hand and foot print that will a great occasion to preserve the memory of what that first birthday was like. If you don't want to bother with this, then take plain paint and a sheet of paper. Offer to do the same for other children so that they can make prints for themselves as souvenirs. But it is worth considering that, most likely, this action will develop into real drawing, and therefore buy a large Whatman paper in advance.

Do you want to organize an unforgettable celebration of your child's First Birthday? In this article we will tell you how to decorate and celebrate your First Birthday.

How to throw a First Birthday

If you are looking thematic ideas how to celebrate the First Birthday, then you can find them. If you are interested in something simpler, but no less original holiday, we suggest considering the main points of preparation.

First Birthday Invitation. Invitations can be ordered or made by yourself. This could be a regular postcard card decorated with sparkles or monograms. Or you can create something unusual, something that your friends haven’t had before.

But this invitation design is truly original and unusual.

Also, invitations to the First Birthday can be made in the form of a photo collage. This is a fresh idea and, believe me, after using it, many parents at your party will take note of it :).

First Birthday Decoration

Of course, a 1st birthday requires home decoration. Don't know how to decorate your first birthday? We will show you how to celebrate your child's First Birthday.

Stick to simple checkboxes and congratulatory posters. This will immediately create an atmosphere of fun and joy, because even the most simple stretching will delight not only your guests, but also yourself.

No First Birthday celebration would be complete without balloons. At this age, kids will be delighted with bright colors and inscriptions, and you will get a lot of pleasure from contemplating your joyful child.

You can buy beautiful balloons here:

Celebrating a 1st birthday wouldn’t be complete without. Therefore, come up with a corner where each of those present can take a photo with the birthday boy as a souvenir or just fool around like in childhood :).

If there are children at the party, take care of their entertainment - order a magician or clown, or a caricature artist, who at the end of the evening will give everyone present a comic portrait.

In addition to invitations, decorating the house and ordering entertainment, it comes down to the question of what to feed and drink the guests. Of course, the choice is yours: arrange a magnificent feast with a change of dishes or arrange a birthday on a note of fun, joy and... sweets!

In any case, remember that this holiday is yours and your baby’s. Therefore, it will be better if you do not tire yourself too much with the question of how to organize your first birthday with a luxurious table. Therefore, it’s better to buy interesting desserts, pies and marshmallows. And also arrange a buffet with light meat and cheese snacks,

How to spend your first birthday in style?

In order to make a stylish holiday, it is enough to perform the entire holiday in one style. It could be a themed First Birthday or just a celebration of thoughtful little things.

When setting the table, think about something pleasant for you. color scheme and organize everything so that your home is decorated with taste. Simple colored napkins and holiday caps, a candy bar and other pleasant little things will create the effect of full preparation for the holiday.

You can take a closer look at the details of a birthday in Mishutka’s style.

We also note that celebrating a 1st birthday is not complete without a birthday cake. You can order an original and unique cake for your baby, which will become a real decoration for the holiday!

Looking for even more 1st birthday cake ideas? You can find them. We have selected for you not only tender and touching pies, but also creative ideas, which will not leave anyone indifferent.

We hope that we have told you how to celebrate your child’s First Birthday so that you remember it for a long time. Remember that Birthday is a holiday that should bring happiness and joy to parents as well. Try to leave this day in your memory.

This solemn event is associated with troubles, bustle and, of course, impressions that last a lifetime.

It would seem that a year is quite a bit. However, this crucial period contained so much! How to celebrate your baby’s first birthday, remembering everything that happened during this time? Moreover, I want all the guests to have an interesting and fun experience!

Child's birthday. 1 year - a long-awaited holiday for the whole family

So, the date is approaching... The whole family is happily waiting for it, thinking about how the child will be 1 year old. This is a holiday not only for the baby, but also for his parents, so everything should be carefully thought out.

Don't forget that one year old child cannot appreciate the significance of his first birthday. He does not understand that it is he who is the hero of the occasion. Therefore, as a rule, the first year of life is celebrated together with their relatives and friends. The baby’s peers still won’t understand the efforts of adults, and they may also not even get pleasure from communication.

We prepare in advance - we make invitations

The child’s birthday (1 year old) “starts” a few days before the immediate date - when the parents start studying invitation cards. Of course, this is not at all necessary, but many will want to organize this holiday, so to speak, “to the highest standard.” Bright invitations made with your own hands will definitely please all guests.

In addition, you can also prepare diplomas and certificates for your beloved grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc. By the way, you can also place a photograph of the birthday person on all these “works of art.” Well, everyone can choose the words at their own discretion.

Place for a celebration

Despite the fact that mostly adults celebrate the birthday of a child (one year old), it is necessary to remember that these are not the most ordinary “get-togethers”.

First of all, you need to decide on the place of celebration. At home, for example, it is very easy to accommodate all the guests. At the same time, the child will definitely receive attention.

If you want to stay at any establishment, you need to choose the most convenient place for the baby. The best thing is one of the children's clubs, where you can, in principle, invite guests with kids. In an ordinary restaurant, a child, of course, will be bored. Parents will have to constantly run after him. But in a children's room with toys and ladders it will be at least a little more interesting for the baby.

Well, if it’s warm outside, you can come up with a birthday scenario for a celebration in nature. It is very fun for a baby to celebrate his 1st birthday somewhere in the forest or on the shore of a lake. But here, too, you will need to organize everything properly. The area should be chosen to be clean and safe. In addition, you should not forget about such things as mosquito repellent cream, a first aid kit, water, etc. Naturally, the chosen place needs to be decorated somehow - inflate balloons, hang garlands, attach a poster, but all this is taken with you at the end of the celebration put away.

The holiday has arrived! Where to begin?

Child's birthday... 1 year is a very important date. The baby must be made to understand from the very early morning that something special is happening today. Kiss him, smile, wish him good morning. This will provide him good mood for all day.

It is necessary to calculate all your actions so that the baby does not have to deviate from his usual routine. Otherwise, the baby may become capricious in the midst of the celebration. This is why guests should be invited after or before naptime. The child will be very happy and cheerful, and the impressions from the birthday party will remain only positive.

The baby needs to be introduced to home decoration

Of course, the house also needs to be made bright and colorful before the holiday. The birthday scenario (1 year) will require not only mom and dad's ideas. The holiday involves balloons, candles, and paper lanterns. Some of this is necessary not only for decoration, but also for some competitions for adults, because they also want to have fun.

In any case, from the very morning the child will have to take a so-called “tour”, showing him all the magic that you have prepared for him. Let the baby touch all the decorations and play with them. The corner for future gifts also needs to be shown to the baby in advance.

By the way, you can come up with more interesting decorations - family photos The apartment can be beautifully transformed. They can be inserted into frames, arranging a photo exhibition, or you can make an entire photo newspaper by pasting a wide variety of photographs onto whatman paper.

How to prepare a festive table?

A child? 1 year is a very exciting event for parents. What not to forget? What to do? A holiday is a holiday, and you shouldn’t forget about the banquet. A banal feast is wrong, because it is, after all, a children's holiday.

No, of course, no one has canceled the traditional lunch or dinner, but cake, pastries and tea must be present. In no case should you forget about the candle that your baby will blow out with you.

Parents also need to prepare for the fact that the baby’s outfit will definitely be soiled with all sorts of prepared delicacies, and two small hands will be stuck into the birthday cake. You will have to take this calmly, because these are the first baby steps. Let the baby not fully perceive everything that is happening, but many positive emotions, the feeling of delight and happiness will still be remembered by him, without a doubt!

Best entertainment

For a child's (1 year old) birthday, parents can come up with any scenario. You can entertain your guests interesting competitions, presentations with photographs of a pregnant mother, a newborn and all important points that happened to him from the moment he was born.

However, from time to time you will need to leave the guests, taking the birthday person with you. Literally 15 minutes every couple of hours in another room to communicate with the baby will allow everyone to avoid any whims, fatigue, or excessive impressions. If guests need to spend a lot of time, you should think about a nanny in advance.

Good old traditions

Parents should, of course, discuss the child’s birthday (1 year) in advance. The holiday script must include some rituals. For example, godparents should cut off strands of hair in the shape of a cross from the baby.

After this, the baby is usually cut to zero. For the first curl, you need to prepare a special box or envelope.

You can also make foot and hand prints one year old child. It will be very interesting to compare them with the prints made upon discharge from the hospital.

There is another wonderful tradition. Before the birthday boy they give their best various items, for example, money, notepad, thread, book. It is generally accepted that these things can predict the future of the baby. If the baby reaches for a book, he will love to read; if there is money, he will be rich; if there are threads, his profession will be related to sewing.

Musical background

Funny children's songs play an important role on a child's birthday. One year old is an age that requires the baby’s favorite and most familiar music. Parents will need to make a special selection so that the baby doesn’t get bored. Dancing, for example, will take place to rhythmic songs of different genres. In addition, it is also necessary to prepare ceremonial music that will be played when blowing out candles or presenting gifts.

What to gift?

Let’s say the script for a child’s birthday is already ready. One year is a small age. Therefore, you need to think carefully about what to give your baby. It is advisable to agree on gift ideas with the parents of the little ones, because they know better what the birthday boy this moment necessary.

At this age, a child will benefit from bright books with fairy tales, a variety of educational toys, cubes, etc. No child will remain indifferent to special tumbling ottomans and rocking animals. In a word, there are a lot of options. The main thing is to choose exactly what you need.

Guests, by the way, should also take care of a gift for their parents. Great present- this is for photographs. Today, there are many different models available on the modern market. Albums with a family tree, pages for photographs of relatives and lines allocated for brief description their biographies, envelopes for the first drawings... All this will cause real delight not only among parents, but also among all family members.

Naturally, a one-year-old child will not immediately appreciate this. He will understand the value of such a gift only after he has matured a little. However, how interesting it will be for him to look at his photographs a few years later!

Games need to be thought through

And yet, how to celebrate a child’s birthday? 1 year is a great time to make sure everyone has fun. Games for guests are of great importance.

If friends and relatives come with children, they need to be entertained somehow. For five-year-old children, for example, the “Who’s in the Bag?” competition is ideal. To do this, take several small toys, which parents put in a gift bag. The guys take turns feeling them and trying to guess what they are. The birthday boy can also try to play such a game (the only problem is that he can’t speak everything yet). Moreover, many adults also join this competition, because it is actually a lot of fun.

If the holiday is held outdoors, you can also play catch-up. Or you can arrange “skydiving battles”, in which dads will compete to see who can throw their child the highest.

The puppet theater is another opportunity to entertain the kids. Any fairy tale shown by parents will bring a lot of pleasure to the little ones.

The walk is the culmination of the holiday

It is best to end the event on fresh air. You can go out for a walk and at the same time see off your guests. If the holiday ends early, you can go to the carousel with the guys. Of course, at one year of age you won’t be able to ride everywhere, but a trip to children's train or waterfowl duck boats are quite suitable for a baby. In any case, the walk depends only on the wishes of the children and parents, on their imagination, capabilities and appropriate mood.

The most interesting things are just beginning!

Well, in general, everyone decides for themselves how to celebrate their child’s first birthday. 1 year is just the beginning of a baby's life. At the same time, one of the most difficult stages in life has been passed. Left behind were crying for no reason, the first teething, and colic.

At this age, the child already becomes a person. He can point out what he likes and what he doesn’t like. The baby has his own preferences and desires.

Time flies very quickly. It would seem that recently a small lump was just brought from the maternity hospital. And now, on his first birthday, he can already eat, walk and say something on his own. Children develop at an amazing speed, learn everything and grow up very quickly. Therefore this an important event, as the first name day, you need to celebrate it very cheerfully and brightly. The baby will not be able to remember everything, but somewhere in the subconscious the memories of this holiday will remain with him for the rest of his life. He will be very grateful to his parents, looking at photographs, videos in the future, holding his gifts in his hands, looking at postcards. It's his day! Organize it correctly! Make your baby happy!

Feeling children's party will make adults happy too. Balls, colorful noses and hats, bubble...Bright and fun party will delight everyone. Each guest will be able to feel the joy of childhood, to be a little child, blowing into a pipe, playing various games, dancing to children's songs. Let this celebration be remembered by all those present as a cheerful and unusual day, magical and fabulous, kind and bright!

It seemed like not so long ago you brought a small bundle with a squeaking lump from the maternity hospital - and now the time is coming when your little man turns whole year. Left behind are many sleepless nights and days filled with endless troubles and worries. The first year is a very serious date for you and your child, symbolizing the first stage of a long life journey.

The first birthday is an extremely kind and bright holiday not only for parents, grandparents and numerous relatives. This is an event that can be turned into a real holiday for your child and his peers - one that everyone would remember forever. How can you conduct it in such a way that when your child grows up, he can view unforgettable family video footage or look at pictures from a photo album with great interest? Many parents, whose children are approaching the milestone date of -1 year, ponder this question for a long time.

How to properly organize a birthday?

The issue of preparation for this event is raised in advance. As a rule, adults - your relatives and friends - are considered as invitees. Godparents must also be present. In addition, a birthday can be arranged for one-year-old babies together with their mothers.

Those with whom your child plays in the sandbox, friends and comrades at the children's clinic, children of acquaintances - they may well accompany the birthday boy on his holiday. There is no need to gather many guests, because the children’s daily routine may not always coincide - invite those who will be convenient to visit you at the appointed time.

The intensity of the celebration must be systematically distributed over time, alternating active phases of relaxation with calmer ones. At the same time, the holiday itself should last no more than 3 - 4 hours - this time is quite enough for one-year-old children. Eliminate from the program excessively loud music, noisy special effects, and other things that may frighten children.

What is the best time for a children's family celebration?

Of course, you need to carefully think through and determine the timing of this holiday. The most suitable period of the day will be after about 12 o'clock, when the kids have slept and are in a good and friendly mood.

Be sure to inform the adults who will be accompanying your little guests in advance about the set date and time of the visit. This way you can avoid many misunderstandings associated with organizing a holiday.

Thinking through the menu

As for dishes for adult guests, the hosts should not have any difficulties in choosing a menu - here you can serve everything they like. And here 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 bright table decoration.

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.

Some parents try to give their child a beautiful cake decorated with a candle or an edible piece as a gift. In this case, it is advisable not to buy it, but to try to make it yourself, since then you will be completely confident in the safety of this dessert. Making such a cake is not very difficult. To do this, you need to coat the biscuit cakes with cream from natural ingredients- milk, cottage cheese, sour cream with a minimum amount of sugar. You can use the same fruits as decoration.

1st birthday invitations

Blank for invitation

You can also make invitations for your 1st birthday with your own hands. How to do it - see the video below:

Guests will always be pleased if they are invited with an invitation that is also made with “soul.”

Create a festive atmosphere

Even though you are planning to celebrate your birthday on home environment, to add greater solemnity, it is advisable to think in advance about decorative design rooms. Visually divide it into two zones. In one there will be a table with treats, and in the second, spread a soft carpet on the floor. This is where the main games and competitions will take place. Therefore, take care of the toys - place them on the carpet in advance.

Buy large sheets of cardboard or whatman paper and attach them to the walls near the carpet. Perhaps in the company of your guests there will be young artists, so colored crayons, felt-tip pens and pencils will also come in handy. And if you have special set for handprints - you can all together create a brilliant picture from hand or foot prints.

Hang colorful balloons around the perimeter of the room. In addition to the fact that they will create an atmosphere of joy and high spirits, at the end of the holiday they can be distributed to guests as small gift as a keepsake. Cool caps, funny wigs with horns, which come in a set with ponytails, soft hoops with flowers, pom-poms and other bright and original things, purchased in advance not only for children, but also for adults, will create an additional effect of the festive atmosphere.

Options for decorating a room with balloons for 1st birthday

If you have the desire and opportunity, you can invite specially trained presenters for the holiday. But, given the nature of the event and the age of the birthday person, it may be better to refuse to attend strangers. On this day, only those whom he knows well should be around your baby.

And don't forget about a video camera or photo camera. The photographs taken on this day will forever go down in the history of your family as a memory of the very first anniversary of your heir.

You can rent a number and decoration to celebrate your baby's 1st birthday. But if time allows and there is a desire, then you can create a three-dimensional figure yourself. How to do this with regular cardboard box from the TV, see the video below:

Birthday outfit

It is quite natural that on the first birthday of their child, every parent tries to dress the birthday boy in all the best. With girls this issue is easily resolved - young ladies with great pleasure they try on lace dresses and bright shoes. Boys do not always take into account the opinions of their parents, and very often new clothes cause them a feeling of rejection.

Options for 1st birthday outfits for girls

Outfit options for a boy's 1st birthday

Try to talk to the child, tell him that today is his holiday, and the birthday boy should be the most beautiful on it. If persuasion does not work, and the baby categorically refuses new clothes, do not insist, dress him in casual clothes. The most important thing is that your child feels comfortable in any situation.

What to give to a child?

The tradition of receiving gifts on a birthday is certainly pleasant for both the birthday person and the giver. In this case, as a rule, there are no problems with choosing a gift.

However, when purchasing something interesting for your baby, you should avoid things that are not recommended for this age, namely:

large Stuffed Toys;
toys-sets, where there is a lot small parts;
products made from suspicious materials that pose a potential danger to children;
toys with sharp sounds.

Everything else depends only on your imagination and desire to please your baby. The following purchases can be used as a gift:

trains, cars, tractors, etc.;
dolls or various animals;
painting sets, easels;
sports equipment - balls, jump ropes, skittles, gurneys;
building sets, cubes, pyramids;
original books with thick pages;
swings, sleds, pieces of children's furniture - chairs, tables, chests of drawers;
cloth.

Scenarios for holiday competitions

The child’s well-being and mood depend on a properly prepared program, the purpose of which is to amuse the guests and give them the opportunity to have a pleasant time while visiting you. There shouldn’t be a lot of competitions themselves - 4-5 exciting activities are quite enough. At the same time, be sure to think in advance about how to reward the winners and participants of the games, stock up interesting souvenirs for children and adults.

What competition ideas are most suitable for such a day? Of course, your child and his peers-guests are still small enough to fully take part in the festive game program. Therefore, it should be designed primarily for adults. We offer a lot of options from which you can choose the most optimal ones for your case.

"Accurate shooter"

"One-year-old water bread"

All children are given bottles of drinking water, equipped with nipples with small holes. The winner's task is to drink as much liquid as possible in one minute. The action can be accompanied by lively music.

"As two drops of water"

This competition is open to adults. An envelope is prepared in advance in which notes with instructions are placed different parts bodies and faces. Each of the guests, in turn, takes out one note, and they say which relative the birthday boy resembles in terms of body part. All data is recorded by the organizer, after which the results are summed up and the result is announced.

For example, a child can be three times like his mother, five times like his father, and several times like his grandparents.

"A true gourmet"

For this competition you need to stock up on a few jars of baby food. Labels must be sealed in advance with paper tags with the inscription - the container number. Each of the adults present should take turns tasting the contents of the jar and try to guess what the puree is made from. Once everyone has completed the “sampling”, you need to peel off the numbered labels to see who knows best about baby food. The winner here is the one who guesses the names of the purees in all the jars.

"Mr. or Mrs. Accuracy"

If the hero of the occasion does not particularly object, then he will be the main participant in this competition. Each of the adult guests takes turns lifting the baby in his arms and offhand calling his approximate weight. The one who turns out to be the most accurate in his guesses is awarded some kind of comic prize.

"Guess fate"

This entertainment involves the participation first of the birthday boy, and then, if desired, of all the other kids who came to visit him. Some items are placed in a chaotic order on a large tray placed on a chair or children's table. Your child must choose one of them, and this choice will symbolize him future fate or preferences in life. The following can be used as attributes for an action:

a book - symbolizing intelligence and the desire for knowledge;
keys - good welfare;
ring - love and quick marriage;
coin - prosperity and wealth;
skein of thread - long and happy life;
bottle - a penchant for having fun;
screwdriver - technical ability;
chocolate - sweet life.

Of course, you shouldn’t take such “predictions” particularly seriously, but children’s interest in the competition and general fun in this case are guaranteed. It is especially funny when the baby is not content with one object, but grabs almost everything with his hands.

"Letters from the Future"

This task must be assigned to adult guests. The organizer of the holiday invites everyone to write congratulations to the birthday boy, which he can read seventeen years later, on his 18th birthday. Participants are given envelopes with a message indicating when the letter was written and when it should be opened.

"Who is the most attentive"

This competition in the form of a quiz will be of interest to those who were directly involved in raising the birthday boy in the first year of his life. Mom, dad, grandmothers, grandfathers, aunts, uncles, godparents - all those who, undoubtedly, will compete with each other with great pleasure for the title of the most attentive relative.

You can make the attributes for the quiz yourself. It could be big paper daisy with question petals. How is its alternative considered? small box, where folded sheets of paper with written questions are placed. Participants take turns tearing off the petals, or taking a piece of paper out of the box, and answering the questions there.

There can be a lot of them, for example:

What was the birthday boy's weight at birth?
How tall was he born?
What does he like to eat?
What food does your baby refuse?
Give the name of the doctor who delivered the child.
When did your baby's first tooth come out?
When was the first time he walked on his own?
How many teeth does the baby have today?
Name the day of the week when the baby was born
What are the names godparents?
When did the baby undergo the Baptism ceremony?
State the time of birth of the child.
How long does he drive now?
What zodiac sign does he belong to?
Name the birthday boy's eye color
What toy does he like the most?

"Music band"

If your child has musical toys, they will be very useful for this entertainment. If there are few or none at all, they are replaced with ordinary everyday items. Bottles, spoons, rattles, combs, rustling gift wrappers, and baby food jars can all be used.

These “musical instruments” are distributed to all participants in the competition, and the birthday person must choose what he likes. Offer to the newlywed musical group sing some children's song. As an arrangement, you can include this work in parallel on a karaoke system or any other device.

"Fun Battle"

Both a team of adults and kids can take part in this entertainment. To have a fun battle, everyone needs to be well armed. To do this, you need to worry about having thin balloons for modeling. Having built “swords” of the most varied shapes and shades from it, the team of superheroes begins a festive battle, accompanied by rhythmic, cheerful music.

If you want to leave good memories of your son or daughter’s first anniversary for a long time, try to make sure that the long-awaited holiday takes place in a real way. high level. And now we are not talking about its cost at all. Creating an atmosphere family happiness and spiritual traditions will be a good foundation for the future family happiness of your growing children.