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Planning the Big 1st Birthday Party
Posted: 07-29-07 19:48pm
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I'm starting to plan Ava's 1st birthday.
We've decided to have it at my mom's
house, she has tons of parking and a huge
space for the party. They have a 2 story
house, they live at the top and the bottom
is a garage. It's huge! It's a 4 car
garage, but they recently closed one side
and put a French door. So there's only
one garage door. Anyway, hopefully it's
not that cold or cold at all. When I had
her it was hot outside and a week later it
was freezing. We have crazy weather here.
Anyway, back to the party.
We'll have it there and it'll be halloween
themed. We'll have pumpkin painting, grab
bags of candy, and all the kids will get
to dress up in their costume. We'll have
a space walk too. I don't like those, but
Jesse insisted on getting one for the big
kids. WHATEVER!
So, what else is there to do besides
pumpkin painting??
I bought all the plates, cups, and napkins
last year after Halloween on sale. It's
not too halloweeny, it's more fall. It's
blue and orange plates with a scarecrow
holding a sign that reads, "Pumpkins 25
cents". It's cute! I'll get a pumpkin
cake made. We'll have hot dogs and chili
to eat. I'll buy a bunch of pumpkins and
fall leaves to decorate.
Any ideas are appreciated!
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-29-07 20:01pm
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wow, you're going all out!
how old are the kids going to be? i was
going to suggest bobbing for apples, but
that's obviously not for little kids. what
about that game where you tie donuts to
strings and the kids have to eat them off?
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-29-07 20:07pm
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| BridgetHeartsFinn
wrote: | wow, you're going all out!
how old are the kids going to be? i was
going to suggest bobbing for apples, but
that's obviously not for little kids. what
about that game where you tie donuts to
strings and the kids have to eat them
off? |
Well all of my friends have babies. I
have 13 neices and nephews and lots of
little cousins ranging from 2 months to 15
years old. Most of them are between 4-10.
A spacewalk will be worth it to keep them
occupied. We'll have lots of babies
around 1-2 years though, at least 8 or 9
of them.
I'm getting excited, I need to make a
guest list.
We have a big family on both sides and
tons of kids.
I've never heard of the donut thing.
I think being that it's her 1st b-day,
I'll stick to the spacewalk for the older
kids, pumpkin painting for the younger
ones, bubbles for the babies to watch.
I'll do grab bags for all of the kids. My
mom's friend makes awesome candy and
caramel apples too. She makes a lot of
cool things for parties, she'll be a big
help.
I'll be awesome! I can't wait.
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young Girl
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Posted: 07-29-07 20:20pm
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a cake walk for halloween cookies?
i dunno just an idea
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-29-07 20:23pm
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for the donuts, you just tie them to
strings and hang them from somewhere (a
beam or a tree branch or something) and
the kids have to eat them off the string
using just their mouth. it's funny to
watch them try to catch it.
we're just doing a family thing for finn,
we'll go to my parents' for dinner and my
brothers and sister-in-law will be there.
i'm going to make a tradition of making
his cake each year, even though i've never
decorated a cake before. this year i'm
going to try something easy, like elmo's
face. i already have all his presents
because i bargain shop throughout the
year.
do you know what you're going to get her
for gifts?
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 07-29-07 20:43pm
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i love that idea of a halloween themed
party! i think i need to have a halloween
party... 
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Bridget
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Posted: 07-29-07 20:53pm
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| the_girlfreind
wrote: | a cake walk for halloween
cookies?
i dunno just an
idea |
what's a cake walk? i've heard the term
many times but i don't know what it is.
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young Girl
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Posted: 07-29-07 21:17pm
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| BridgetHeartsFinn
wrote: | | the_girlfreind
wrote: | a cake walk for halloween
cookies?
i dunno just an
idea |
what's a cake walk? i've heard the term
many times but i don't know what it
is. |
ok its like...how do i explain it
you have 10 spaces (like 10 chairs or
something) set up in a circle
each chair or whatever you use has a
number on it
you play music for however long you want
and the kids walk around a circle until
the music stops. when you stop the music
you draw a number from a bucket or
something (so if you have 10 chairs then #
1-10 in the bucket)
and whoever is sitting at the number you
pick wins a cake or cookies or whatever
other goodies you want!!!
did i explain that good LOL
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Posted: 07-29-07 21:46pm
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Oh, sounds like a lot of fun! in my
opinion fall is a great time to have a
party. I love halloween. My next born
child WILL be a fall baby 
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-29-07 22:03pm
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Thanks for the idea Suzy.
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Posted: 07-30-07 04:10am
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strange you should mention halloween
parties cause i was just chatting to my
mum yesterday saying i would like to do
one
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Posted: 07-30-07 05:52am
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that sounds like a fun party, she is a
lucky baby. how about face painting?
even the little ones might like that.
maybe having someone dressed up in a
costume too, as long as it's not too scary
for them, lol. maybe the person who is
blowing bubbles for them and painting
their faces. maybe they could blow up
balloons for the kids too. or, they could
get a cd with kids songs and lead the kids
in some songs with actions. or you could
just hire a clown because that's basically
what i just described, lol.
decorating cookies with icing is a fun one
that little ones can do too. you can even
put the orange icing on for them and just
let them put on sprinkles and chocolate
chips or gummi bears maybe. if those are
safe for 1 year olds. i dont know if
there are any candies that are safe for
babies to eat. those tiny marshmallows
maybe? or their moms or dads can help
them use squeeze bottles to decorate the
cookie with coloured icing and just skip
the candy. you can just get those slice
and bake cookie things that come premixed
and bake them for the party.
that's all i can think of.
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Posted: 07-30-07 06:06am
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what about getting a clown?
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Posted: 07-30-07 07:53am
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I love your idea for a halloween party.
The face painting is a good idea. My
friend did that at her baby's 1st b-day
for the big kids and it was a hit. she
did a really good job to.
I also like the donut idea. I hate to say
it, but since you are having it in a
garage, how about a finger painting area
for the little ones. Let them go to town
and then hose em down! My niece has loved
finger paint since she was about a year
old.
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-30-07 10:15am
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| BridgetHeartsFinn
wrote: | for the donuts, you just tie
them to strings and hang them from
somewhere (a beam or a tree branch or
something) and the kids have to eat them
off the string using just their mouth.
it's funny to watch them try to catch it.
we're just doing a family thing for finn,
we'll go to my parents' for dinner and my
brothers and sister-in-law will be there.
i'm going to make a tradition of making
his cake each year, even though i've never
decorated a cake before. this year i'm
going to try something easy, like elmo's
face. i already have all his presents
because i bargain shop throughout the
year.
do you know what you're going to get her
for gifts? |
Not sure about gifts yet. I may get her
that baby v-smile thing. I haven't looked
into it yet. She also needs winter
clothes and some new toys. I'm not sure
yet.
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 07-30-07 10:16am
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I may rent a costume and have the one that
wears it blow bubbles. Great ideas girls!
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