Boy does time fly! In less than three weeks, our Boogie will be a whole YEAR old! We want to do something special for his birthday, but we’re having a little trouble deciding on how we should celebrate it. We don’t want to go all out because he’ll only be 1, he won’t know what’s going on.
We were thinking about having a Super Mario Themed party with a few Super Mario themed decorations. Maybe family members would be encouraged to wear shirts featuring their favorite Super Mario characters. Maybe Jayden could dress up like Mario. He could wear a red shirt and denim overalls! Too much?
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We choose what color our kids love when they’re too small and also what character they love to choose when they’re big in birthday express to make thier birthday pleasurable one!
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We love to have games for all the little kiddies. One year we did “stations” where they could travel and earn tickets to trade in for prizes.
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THe Birthday Express has so many cute First birthday themes for boys. I especially like the Happy 1st Birthday Prince Theme. We choose the Mickey Mouse 1st Birthday Theme. The red, black and blue are so vibrant. ANd Mickey mouse is timeless. THe Mickey mouse club house is one of my 1 yr old’s favorite shows. His party is next Sunday.
Happy 1st Birthday to your little man.
We always make sure we have a smash cake for baby’s 1st. Playing little games like catch or just silly dancing are perfect party fun time for a 1 year old.
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Mario sounds cute. Be sure to take alot of pictures, and let him dig into the cake.
For my daughters first birthday I’m planning a cupcake party (she’s only 7 months old right now). I found these really cute cupcake pops (http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/04/make-your-cupcakes-pop.html) and I love the cupcake theme decorations from Birthday Express. We’re just gonna take tons of pictures and have fun together with friends and family. I can’t believe my little one is 7 months old already. I wish I could turn back time, they grow so fast.
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awww cute idea dressing Him up. Just a little gathering with friends and family and the usual cake ice cream and games is nice. kyxsky27(at)gmail.com
We like to get the kids involved. Make a bunch of cupcakes and offer all kinds of toppings for the kids (or adults depending on how old the bday kid is) so they can make their own. I also do this with mini pizzas
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We did a Vey Hungry Catepillar theme for our son last year for his 1st birthday.We made the cake out of cupcalkes(very colorful) and got decoration to match all the different colors.We also had everyone bring a book as a gift for him.He loved all the colors and the books.Thanks!
I think a Dr. Suesses Theme party would be awesome!
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You could take Jayden to a petting zoo.
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We had an Elmo birthday party for my daughter’s first birthday. They sell these huge “scenes” that you stick on your wall or door that are life sized scenes of the characters playing. It was one of the biggest hits at the party! I also had bought some very cheap little coloring books and stamps, etc for the older kids to play with so that they weren’t bored
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You could have special family members dress up as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Bowza! We are doing something similar for a b-day party here, only with LazyTown characters! Then Jayden can be Little Mario, you know before he eats the mushrooms? Then you could have mushroom decorated cupcakes. Also, Yoshi eats these wierd little apple things, so you could make green rice krispie treats and roll them into balls for a neat treat!
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I think you should have the family over for a nice get together with food and a BIG cake. Invite the kids too, especially the ones around Jayden’s age. Then take lots and lots of pictures. Be sure to include yourselves and family but always with Jayden the center of attention. My daughter’s favorite picture is one of her at her 1st Birthday. She is trying to get at the cake with her FOOT. She doesn’t remember of course but she can she the glee on her own face.
For my nieces first bday we did an underwater theme because she didnt eat much there was blue jell-o with palstic aniamls everyone wore their bathingsuits etcx, the grown ups had seafood. it was great fun!
For my daughters 1st birthday we had a nice party in the yard.. Lots of family and friends. We had a nice time!
For my daughter’s first birthday we had a BBQ for family and friends. We supplied the different meats, potato salad, cake and ice cream. Everyone brought a covered dish. It was very casual and everyone had a great time. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
I think that sounds cute. We did a farm animal theme for our’s first.
We blew up balloons and put them all over the room-on lights, floor, table and she loved them!
clowns and gift bags!!
For my son’s first birthday, we had the family over for a cookout I bought my son a cute little Clifford the big red dog pool that had ring toss, basketball net and sprinkler built in.
He is going to be 9 this summer. My advice go small and simple. From kindgergarten-Second grade, the kids know what they want for a party and still invite the whole class which is expensive. Since my son is a summer bday he ended up having 3 birthday parties one year, a school party in May/June before school let out, a kiddies party and then cake with the family on his birthday. Crazy…
Atleast now in 3rd grade , its smaller just a few close friends.
We just had a big family bbq. It really worked out well and our daughter just got to run around outside having fun. Good luck and thank you!!
Don’t forget to plan the party around nap time – this is very important!!
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I think a jungle animal theme is fun. You can use stuffed animals and animal cutouts as decorations and leafy palm trees. Who doesn’t like wild animals?!?
For my sons first birthday we had a circus theme. We had a clown come out and do face painting, balloons and a magic show. It was lots of fun.
I really love the idea of Mario! Get him his very own special cake and he will have a blast!
You could make a lego cake and put a ? on it like the little blocks in the game
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We did a rubber ducky bubble theme for my daughter’s first birthday. The take home home gifts were bottled bubbles with her picture on them!
I don’t think the ideas are too much at all; that’s what birthdays are all about. I’d even add a stuffed Mario for a present, and theme the cake Mario, as well. Whatever you do, I’m sure the party will be a blast!
For our son’s first birthday we just had close family over to our house. I did not want to overwhelm him! Thanks for the chance!
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have kids dress up as their favorite character
My son is having a Mario party too, and we painted blocks with ? marks!
I think dressing him as Mario is a cute idea. If you have a Publix in your area, get the cake there! They’ll give you a free little smash cake as long as the big cake says “Happy 1st Birthday” on it, and their cakes are delicious!
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I HAVE 4 KIDS AND 9 GRANDCHILDREN. AND FOR ALL THE 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTIES WE DID NOT GO WITH A THEME. WE HAD CAKE AND ICE CREAM AND BALLOONS. THE LITTLE ONES ARE SO OVERWHELMED BY SO MANY PEOPLE AND SITES AND SOUNDS. BESIDES DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL BE THE MOST DELIGHTFUL SIGHT, THE MOST DELIGHTFUL SOUND? THE WRAPPING PAPER! HAVE FUN WITH YOUR LITTLE ONE. RELAX AND DON’T STRESS! LADYHIGHTOWER@LIVE.COM
For my son’s birthday we’re planning a superhero party. Lots of primary colors, but nothing too character oriented. As favors for other kids that come, we’re going to make capes (and if we’re really ambitious we’ll put their initial on the back). Good luck!
Bring him to the park !
Make sure you have a little birthday cake so he can play in it! They have so much fun with it and it is fun to watch too!
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For my first babies first birthday we just had family and friends over to celebrate with dinner and cake and ice cream. The one special thing we did to remember is we collected one dollar from everyone at the party and I donated the money in my daughters name to the childrens hospital. Thank you so much!
For my son’s birthday we rented out a local children’s museum and had a cowboy/cowgirl theme. The kids all had a blast.
I would love to win!! We did an Under the Sea theme one year. We did pin the tail on the fish, Hung seaweed all over etc. It was fun. Thanks for the chance.
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For our little ones’ first birthdays we just had the family together for a little cookout and cake and ice cream. I didn’t do anything fancy because they wouldn’t really remember and they didn’t care. (I wanted to though, because themed b-days are so much fun! I just figured we could save our money and wait to do the themed b-days for when they are older.)
When my son turned one we had a day at the animal farm birthday. We spent the day at the animal farm. Everyone had to go dressed as a animal or farmer. we had a such fun
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I say dress up like the different characters. This is always fun. We have done it for a couple of parties. decorate like the Koopa Castle…or have an obsticle course for people to do.
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We just had fun with family and friends. No need to go all out as they wont remember. just make sure to get some good pics of them diggin in that cake!
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We really didn’t do a theme! We went to The party Store and Found a cute Theme that would be cute. We didn’t go all out, The plates and cups were this and then I had the cake made to match the theme, It was just a flower and butterfly theme… However she was only 1 last year, Now come May 9th she’ll be 2 and LOVES DORA. We’re doing a Dora theme in fact we were looking at the one on Birthdayexpress.com!! But other than that, It’ll just be Plates, napkins, Cups, a couple balloons and a cake that are Dora. We don’t go all out, besides they’re still young and don’t really know any better!! Hope I helped a little bit! Thanks
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my son’s birthday is in July, he likes having a pool party
There are lots of great ideas so far, and I know you’ll find something great. It’s always fun to have favors for the guests, even if they’re just one! Lots of cool ideas out there for baby gifts.
I have a friend whose son went as Mario for Halloween, and it was adorable (especially the big mustache!). Too much? No way! It’s a way more creative idea than anything I could’ve come up with. My son’s 1st birthday was the standard cookout with boy colors, so nothing too unique!
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I would keep it very simple for the first birthday party! Mommy, Daddy, and a few family members. At this age, less is more. LOVE the idea of the themed part too
I think a Super Mario party sounds great, it would be easy to dress your child as Mario, and it would be easy for the other kids/adults to dress up also!
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Mario sounds like a great idea! Maybe you could locate an old Nintendo and let the older guests have a contest with the old Mario game.
“Pooh’s Happy Day or Hooray for Elmo” party pack would be cute for a boy’s first bday party.
Tell him I said happy bday!!
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The Mario theme is a really good idea. That is one of my favorite games. It would be so cool if you could have it set up at the party where you could play the original game on an old school nintendo. That will definitely bring back some memories. If I lived closer I would let you borrow mine
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For my daughter’s 1st birthday we had a family get together with lots of food fun & cake
i did this,i enlarged a good picture of my grandson’s face and made about 40 fans,everyone put a fan in front of their face with my grandson in the middle and it was so funny.i plan on doing this yearly.
I keep a first birthday pretty simple. Cake and a few presents is all that’s needed.
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we had a baseball theme for one of ours and everyone wore their favorite in team hat or shirt…it is his first- have a bbq and have some fun- don’t overstress it and just enjoy he is only one becuase they grow way too fast
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I have four kids, so I have plenty of parties under my belt. Simplicity is fine at Age 1, but for older kids, we like to have an activity for them. One of the most popular, we’ve found, is stringing Cheerios and Fruit Loops onto red string licorice, and making necklaces. The boys and girls both enjoy this. Have an activity or two for the odler kids at Jayden’s party.
Just make everything easy, you have plenty of years to go over the top, when Jayden will be able to fully appreciate your efforts!
Personally I LOVE the theme you chose and if I had a boy instead of a girl I would choose it myself. I also LOVE the idea of dressing him up in a red shirt and overalls….so cute! For the adults I would just let them dress up the way the wanted to though. Mario bros is and always will be my favorite video game. I am smiling now as I write this thinking about when I would play for hours on end. Back to the question. Definitely keep it simple and maybe have a small cake just for him to put his hands into. It could be a mushroom or some other thing from the game. AS mom you could dress up as Princess Peach (which is also my dog’s name). THanks for the giveway, I could use this for my daughter’s first birthday.
Keep it simple! They get really overwhelmed at that age!
simple family and friends you don’t need a themw at that age necessarily
Go on Etsy.com, and have a custom Tee shirt made for your son with the characters, his name, and a BIG #1 on it
Take LOTS of pictures, and some tuck away for him to never see until he turns 18 — they will be all the more special for all of you when they haven’t been seen for so long — like a time capsule.
I <3 party planning!!!! (i cant wait for my son’s 1st b-day!) I love the idea!!! I’d like to expand upon it with personal cupcakes featuring a star, a mushroom, and the characters. also a sheet cake depicting snap shots from a mario level would be really cool!
instead of a goody bag, you can giveaway gold boxes with question marks on them, filled wit chocolate gold coins. and you can also give red and green hats to guests (glue or sew on a white circle and either a M or an L to each)
you can get a star pinata, and draw eyes on it (like the star in the game)
Rather than your son dressing up, i think you should have someone (Adult) dress up for the party and stay in character for an hour or two (my father was a red power ranger one year for my b-day and a ninja turtle the next we all loved it!)
also download the music from the game levels and play it during the party!
Hope this helps! and i hope jayden has a great b-day!!!
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Im horrible at planning anything lol, but at my daughters first birthday we let go of a bunch of balloons, she loved it. For some reason it was the coolest thing ever to her!
Well, this isn’t really party related, but you could have your baby stand against the inside of his closet and mark how tall he is every birthday. He can look back and see how much he grew every year.
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Well, I don’t think I had a theme for my 1st birthday. However… I remember I had 101 Dalmatians, Barney, and Winnie the Pooh all before 5. I think the mario theme is adorable and something he will look back upon and smile at. I wonder though if any family members truly have a Super Mario shirt? No one I know does! lol!
Either way, make sure you take tons of photos, because remembering how happy he is is what truly matters.
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