5 First Birthday Party Ideas

Olivia turned 1 September 13, 2015. It seems like yesterday she literally came out of me. The first 4 months were pure hell but now that she turned one I have totally forgotten what it was like being pregnant, giving birth and going through the first months of having a new born. For the occasion of her first birthday we had a party in Italy. This was very special as Olivia met many of her cousins, uncles, etc. I wanted to have an american first birthday party with a theme, cute decorations and awesome pretty food. This is how I managed to organize her first birthday party. 

First Birthday Party Ideas:

1. I bought a party kit at Marshalls containing cupcake wraps, balloons, decoration for the table, straws, and name tags. For the price of $14. The theme was glittery and pink. 

2. I made vanilla cupcakes with a prune butter cream icing, wrapped them in cute paper and embellished with glittery gold tags.

3. Drinks were served in glass jars and we decided to have grapefruit (pink), pineapple (yellow) and just water. We then served coffee with desserts which we had in a thermo.

4. To make it simple but impressive we bought from a local farmer some pecorino and served it on a big fig leaf. It was gone by the end of the party.

5. The easy way to decorate with food and fill a table is to use long toothpicks filled with cherry tomatoes, small mozzarella or feta. Then cut a watermelon in half and place it upside down on a cake stand. Insert all the toothpicks in the watermelon as seen in the picture.

Five easy ways to glamor up your baby first birthday party. We had tons of food and took one week to plan it, but it was all worth it. The cakes were ordered in this local pastry shops that specialized in chocolate (Caniparoli) and everything else my mom cook. It was much easier to divide core. I set up the tables and room, my mom cooked, and we bought desserts and few other things in local places. That way we actually enjoyed the party.