Everything once happens for the first time. So your baby has come to celebrate his birthday for the first time. And, of course, this should be a special day - one that will be preserved in your memory and in photographs in the most joyful colors. The question of how to celebrate the first birthday of the baby, many parents get up long before the event. You will not immediately figure out how to organize this peculiar holiday: what to cook, who to invite, what time to celebrate and what to give the baby in 1 year?
Whom to call on 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 year-olds. It will be quite reasonable if you decide to celebrate the child’s birthday at home, in a small family circle, with those people who sincerely love the baby and took part in his upbringing throughout the year. Yes, and a child in a year of more joy will communicate with those to whom he has long been accustomed.
Relatives do not always live near us, so you can invite the first friends of the baby. You should not call everyone with whom you play together in the sandbox, even if your baby is very sociable. Not the 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 do not have the same regimes, and one 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 at the same time for all kids.
What time to arrange a holiday?
If you sleep twice during the day, it will be more convenient to celebrate between daytime dreams, from approximately 12.00 to 16.00. If you are going to celebrate with loved ones, the second dream of the child does not prevent you from quietly continuing the holiday while the baby is resting. If the child sleeps once, then it is necessary to celebrate also after sleep.
what to cook?
As for dishes for adults, there are no restrictions for your imagination: add children's themes to the design of the table, to the decoration of salads and sweets. For children, stock up with fruit puree and curds. You can make a buffet for babies: cut fruit into small pieces, put baby cookies and berries in a dish, put juices in bags with tubes.
It is better to make a cake for the birthday girl herself, so you will not doubt that it is harmless to the child. It is very simple to prepare it: take any biscuit dough recipe (only with natural ingredients, without baking powder) and bake the cake. Then cut it lengthwise into two halves and smear it with cream of baby curd with berries or fruits.On your birthday, of course, you can add sugar to the cream, from once nothing bad will happen to the child. Decorate with fruits and berries on top. In principle, such a cake can be made great for everyone: for sure it will appeal to ladies on a diet or to those who do not like very sweet. And you can make it in miniature, only for the birthday person. Do not forget to put one candle in it.
How to create a festive atmosphere?
- The day before the celebration, decorate the room with balls, an inscription with a congratulation on the wall. You can pick up decorations and accessories for your first birthday. Let your baby look around in new surroundings and get used to the beauty. Explain to the child why all this has been done, tell him that he will have a birthday and guests will come to him and will congratulate him.
- There is an interesting idea to have a custom to celebrate every child’s birthday in some color. That is, every year you choose the color of the rainbow and arrange the whole holiday in its shades. You warn guests in advance to dress up in clothes of this color. On the first birthday, everything will look very cute in white or in pale blue, if the boy has a birthday and in pink - if the girl has a birthday. Imagine dad, grandfather, or your close friend in a pink robe, for sure this will cheer everyone up.
- If there will be many children, create a special corner for games. Spread the carpet there and choose interesting toys. If there are children of different ages, then this zone is also better divided: let only toys for babies in one part and older children in the other.
- Play with the baby in the choice of outfit for him. Put a couple of dresses in front of the girl, one of which you bought specifically for the celebration. Most likely, the baby will reach for the most beautiful and lace, praise for the good choice. You shouldn’t play rags with the boy, just dress him in a “smart” suit, stand in front of the mirror and tell him that he is a handsome man. If the child does not want to dress up in any way, do not persevere and do not get annoyed, dress like usual - this is not the most important thing.
- Buy a kit for creating the imprint of the palm and foot of a child - a great way to preserve the memory of how your baby was a year old. Or you can do the same with paints on paper. Stock up with colored cardboard and paints and invite all children to make handprints and legs for themselves. All this can smoothly turn into finger painting, so save up a large whatman paper.
Be sure to prepare your camera or camera. It will be a shame to be left without a photo shoot for such a day.
What to give for 1 year?
Do not buy a gift at the last moment. Now there are so many things in stores that you can make an impulse purchase and purchase something completely different from what you need. Think about what can make a baby happy. Do not give him clothes or things that will come in handy only after a while. Let such gifts be bought by relatives or friends.
Buy something that your child can use right away. Here is a list of some toys that are interesting to a 1 year old baby: a rocking horse, a home puppet theater, lorry toys that ring and glow, a tent house, developmental dolls.
Competition Scripts
1. “What will the birthday person become in the future?”:competition based on the ancient Vedic ritual, which was held to determine the innate tendencies of children. Different objects are laid out in front of the child and, in accordance with their purpose, they determine the future profession or fate of the baby. For example:
- money is wealth, will be a banker or financier;
- clew - long life;
- brush - will become an artist;
- the book - by a scientist, teacher;
- a flower is happiness;
- comb - by a hairdresser;
- little ring - a happy marriage;
- keys are welfare.
It is important to place objects at some distance, and not in a heap. It is believed that children intuitively choose the thing that is closer to them in spirit and are drawn to it. Therefore, the competition is not only entertaining, but some fateful value.
2. "Present for the wedding": make some wedding gift cards.Invite all relatives to take out a card in turn, which determines that they will give the baby at his wedding when he grows up.
3. If your family likes to sing, then you can organize a karaoke contest: guests need to split into two groups and compete who knows more than children's songs or performs them better.
4. “Who does our baby look like?”: make a list of parts of the face and body. Guests will have to check the similarities between the baby and dad and mom. Then they calculate the points - whoever scored the most looks like a child.
5. “Guess the puree”: someone who guesses is blindfolded and offered to try baby purees. It is more interesting if girls without children, men, in general, those people who have a vague idea of infant food, will take part in the competition. You can not blindfold, and tear off or stick labels on the jars and invite all guests to guess mashed potatoes.
6. "Who will spit further": for the competition you will need two dummies that will need to spit at a distance - who is next. On the floor there is a place where the nipples fall, which after that every time you need to rinse.
7. "Flower-seven-flower":make a flower with different petals or a camomile, on each petal write questions regarding the first year of the baby’s life:
- What body weight is the baby born with?
- How tall?
- What time was it born?
- When did the first tooth grow?
- When he sat down, crawled, went?
- Who is the zodiac sign child?
- What is your favorite toy?
- What is the first word?
- What is the number of christening?
Guests take off the petals in turn and answer questions. A prize is awarded for every correct answer.
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8. "Taunt the baby": there are children who are not particularly smiling. If you have such a baby - this is exactly what you need for this contest. Let the guests take turns trying to make a serious little one laugh.
9. "Who will drink from the bottle faster": for the competition you will need two baby bottles with a pacifier. It is not at all easy to quickly suck out the contents of them. Pour something tasty into them: juice, lemonade or champagne and arrange a competition between the two comers.
10. "Portrait": put one of the relatives on a chair, and give the baby a brush or felt-tip pen and offer to draw on a large sheet. Anyone who poses on must see what the kid is drawing. Only after the “portrait” is ready, you can show it to everyone and put a signature on it with the crumbs finger.
For the child on this day, of course, your love and attention will be most dear. It is important not to overwork the baby on this day, do not forget to walk with him and periodically carry away from guests. Everything else depends on your mood and imagination.
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Thank you so much, everything is simple and without superfluous, our little son Rafaelka is about a year old and we are already preparing for this event, your article will help to organize his holiday well, although not all of the readings will work, but we will take a lot to have fun))). thanks again
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The little son gathered to celebrate the first year of life, They called the closest: parents and godmothers, so as not to scare the child, But they tried to put all the best on the table, At the prompting of the mothers, they took three delicacies and a couple of chopsticks of ramen pro-va so that the holiday was not only in soul, but also in the stomach,
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