Birthday are special, but first birthdays mark a significant event in your baby's lives. You might be wondering that how soon your little boy or girl grew up. It seems like yesterday you were holding them in your arms and within a month they are going to be tuning one. Many of us do not realize the importance of celebrating this milestone. If you plan on making your baby's first birthday a grand success then you might want to make the necessary arrangements with great care and consideration. Right from the guest lists to the party favors must be perfect for the guests to enjoy themselves.

Planning and organizing for the birthday party requires a lot of work on the part of the parents. If your baby's birthday is just in few weeks, you might need to make the guest list and the first birthday photo invitations well in advance. Preparing the 1st birthday photo invitations can be fun. First you need to choose a favorite photo of your baby. These can either be clicked fresh or you can even use recent snapshots of them for the invitations.

You can even make use of a background theme and create unique and funny 1st birthday photo invitations. A lot of themes can be selected from a number of online websites. You can make used of different patterns and designs or use the pictures of stuffed animals for the first birthday photo invitation. The wordings can be in the form of popular phrases ad sayings or simple words inviting the guests to the party.

Many of the parents go in for themed birthday parties since they can easily get a lot of information from many online resources and get the party organized. Your baby's first birthday party theme can range from stuffed toys, building blocks, princesses, dolls or even famous cartoon shows like Sesame Street. These choices can be made by you on behalf of your baby since they are too young to have favorites.

Coming to the decorations, streamers and posters seem to be a more ideal choice for the occasion. You can even make use of balloons of different colors and have them place way out of the reach of both younger and older children. In addition to this, you can make use of cut outs of famous cartoon characters like Mickey, Minnie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and many more and use them to decorate the floors and entrances of the venue.

Food and beverages can be simple since many of the babies are still in the nursing stage. You can order sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs or even create your own unique dishes. Lemonades can be served along with wines and other beverages for the adults. Cake can either be cupcakes or a full cake decorated or baked as per the theme.

Older kids love to play interesting and exciting games at parties. This can easily be arranged for by having light music and nursery rhymes played in the background so that the kids can sing and dance. Make sure your one year old is present at these games so that they too can clap or jump around on their high chairs. Other fun games that can be included could be Passing the parcel, musical chairs, Simon says and many more.

Last but not the least the party favors for the baby's first birthday can include a variety of candies, chocolates, cup cakes for the kids. Adults can be given thank you notes along with a cute snapshot of your baby. You can even save some beautiful photos for your baby so that they can cherish these memories when they grow up.