Kid’s Party Guides

Can’t decide on a theme for your boy’s first birthday party? We’ve got some cool ideas!

1. Superhero

Who doesn’t dream of having the ability to fly or lift heavy objects with minimal effort? Both parents and kids will surely enjoy attending a party with this extraordinary theme. Involve the young attendees as soon as they step into the party by giving them their own masks and capes (that way, everyone can be a hero!) and set up a photo booth where people can pretend to fly (this can be easily done with a green screen and an electric fan for a cool, windblown effect!). As for your stage backdrop, you can recreate the city skyline and even throw in a unique superhero logo for the birthday celebrant!

2. Pirate

Ahoy, matey! Sail the seven seas to look for hidden treasure in lost lands. Start off with a vintage map invitation that leads all the guests to the venue. At the party, prepare felt eye patches, buccaneer hats, and temporary tattoos for everyone to wear. Play a treasure hunt game by hiding random trinkets throughout the venue or place them in a sandbox that the kids will need to dig through! Give your food a swashbuckling edge by sticking pirate flags with skull and crossbones patterns. For a cool DIY station idea, make guests decorate a plain treasure chest that they could bring home and fill with their own treasures. Chocolate coins would be a great prize to give away during games too!

3. Astronaut

Fly your little child to the moon and let him play among the stars. This interstellar party will be an amusing theme for anyone who dreams of traveling to outer space. Fill your venue with tons of twinkling Christmas lights (it’s best if you can have the party in a dark venue or with a black backdrop to make the “stars” shine brightly!), and assign constellation names for the party stations. Hand out rock candy sugar sticks as meteorite treats, and decorate cake pops to look like the moon, sun, and other planets. This event will be truly out of this world!

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4. Automobile Lover

Trains, cars, trucks, planes—anything that moves definitely holds your little boy’s attention! Let your little transportation enthusiast enjoy a celebration surrounded by the things he loves. Fold paper airplanes and string them as hanging decorations, place wooden cars and trains as table centerpieces, or go ahead and hire an actual choo-choo train if your venue is big enough! Get inspired by the stoplight’s red, yellow, and green hues for your party palette, and print out random street signs to decorate the venue or use as handheld photo booth props. For dessert, use chocolate donuts as car tires or cover ice cream cones with orange icing to make them look like construction cones.

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5. Safari Explorer

Take your one-year-old on an instant adventure by throwing him a safari-themed birthday bash! Your celebrant can go as an intrepid, khaki-clad explorer or as a lion in a cute animal onesie. To help set the mood, make your guests come in fun animal prints or costumes. Accessorize the tables with stuffed toys of tigers, zebras, and elephants (which people can take home by the end of the event), and prepare animal headbands or masks to use at the photo booth. For treats, make animal-printed cake pops that can be easily munched on. Everyone will surely have a roarin’ good time!

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