{"id":1572,"date":"2012-03-12T21:37:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T11:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=1572"},"modified":"2016-10-27T11:07:34","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T01:07:34","slug":"my-babies-first-birthday-the-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/my-babies-first-birthday-the-party\/","title":{"rendered":"My Baby’s First Birthday – The Party"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What theme do you have for a first birthday?<\/h4>\n

\u00a0I chose to use his favourite toys like sock monkey, owlie, little teddy and the fabric that my sons nursery is decorated with.<\/p>\n

Before he was born I bought fabrics that I liked for his nanny to make him a cot quilt, as is tradition in our family. \u00a0I used the spare fabrics to make some boxes, owlie and nappy stacker for his room so that everything matched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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On the party table I wrapped some board game boxes in the same fabric. \u00a0I didn’t have enough of the fabric to use it for bunting so I colour photocopied it, cut it out using a exacto knife and glued it onto some fabric tape. \u00a0You could use wrapping paper that matches your theme instead.<\/p>\n

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I covered lemonade bottles using the scraps of paper from making the bunting and cut circles with 1 printed from the computer. \u00a0In hindsight squares would have been much quicker to cut out, but my 9 year old helped me – What a champion!<\/p>\n

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\nFor the party food I liked the look of dessert \u00a0and candy buffets but I did not want it to be all sweet so I mixed it up with some savoury finger foods.
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On each side of the table we had cardboard cupcake stands (a few dollars each from woolworths) with fairy bread, veggie dip cups – using disposable shot glasses and toothpicks with cabanossi, mozzarella and a cherry tomato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In the centre of the table were raspberry sphericals<\/a> with white chocolate mousse and nut crunch. \u00a0They were a big hit with adults and the older kids alike with one guest commenting, “I have no idea how you did that but they were awesome” and another, “they are unbelievable!”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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And of course we had cake pops<\/a>. \u00a0These ones actually popped – I sprinkled them with popping sugar and then redipped them in chocolate.<\/p>\n

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\nOn the table with the drinks I had watermelon with grapes.<\/p>\n

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\n  The table centre piece was the birthday cake… for instructions on how to make the cake see this post. <\/a> To see what was inside the cake see this one.<\/a><\/p>\n

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I only had the one game for the mixed aged kids that were there, which was a treasure hunt for sock monkeys – which they gave to me and I swapped for lolly pops.<\/p>\n

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If you are planning a first birthday then HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your little one and a big CONGRATULATIONS to you as parents. You made it through the first year! \u00a0Check out this page for lots of first birthday party ideas from around the web.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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