
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 1st Birthday Party for a Girl
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Last Sunday, we did it. We hosted our third daughter’s 1st birthday party. That’s right. Her 1st birthday party is in the books.
AND, two daughters went before her.
This time around I kept it sweet + simple. (I might have gone a little teeny-tiny bit overboard with the first two. Don’t judge me.)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 1st Birthday Invitations

For 1st birthdays I always do a real, tangible invitation on card stock. They’re personalized + customized. Generally, I order them from a designer that also prints them + then ships them to me — envelopes included!
After their 1st birthdays, evite, Punchbowl + Paperless Post invitations it is!
This time, however, I took too long to figure out the theme so I ran out of time to order invitations to be printed + shipped my way.
Instead, I bought a template/file from an Etsy seller. I downloaded it + customized it + then uploaded it to print at a local printer.
Venue
We also did things a little bit different when it came to location. We had the first two 1st birthdays in our home. This time, we opted to rent the Art Room at a beautiful local community center.
The rental fee was reasonable, unlike some of the other locations I considered. It was also sort of a blank canvas where we could decorate as much or as little as we wanted.
Bonus is they included chairs + tables in the cost of the rental. I did have to pay for the linens that covered the tables. Again, it was a minor cost.
Food + Drinks
We catered the food this time as opposed to buying + making the food ourselves or ordering pizza. We catered it from our favorite local gourmet Mexican place — Coyote Grille.
The food was amazing + it included them delivering + setting up the food.
We bought our own drinks, cups, plates, forks, etc.
Cakes

Simply Desserts did our first two girls’ 1st birthday cakes + smash cakes also did Emmy’s cakes. They are ah-mazing + delicious!
I paid a little extra to have the main cake + the smash cake delivered. It is the best money I could ever spend to ensure nothing happens to the cakes.
Plus, they set the cakes up for me + add the cake topper.
Decorations

This is another area where I toned it waaaaaaay down π
We decorated her high chair with a skirt + ONE banner. My sister-in-law was going to make it but something came up so I ordered it + a ONE banner from Amazon.
We added an entire roll of tulle to it to make it fuller + to get it to reach around her high chair tray.

I also ordered a star mylar balloon, latex balloons filled with star confetti + we added a Princess mylar + some white latex balloons to fill out the balloon bouquet that we attached to the back of her high chair.
I also ordered + hung two star banners (pink, gold + white). My sister-in-law usually makes the banner too but something came up.

She had a plastic mat under her high chair (requisite Twinkle Twinkle Little Star theme), along with cups, plates, dessert plates + napkins.
I added gold plastic forks + spoons.

Like her sisters, she also had a chalkboard sign (by Grace Notes Lettering on Etsy) listing her stats as a one-year-old.
Voila. Decorations complete.
It might be tough to be the third child π
Birthday Girl Outfit

She had to have a themed outfit for the occasion — of course! I bought gold sequin pants (which were a huge hit). Everyone commented on her pants as they arrived at the party.

I ordered a Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 1 Onesie from an Etsy (Noelle by Design) seller + gold sequin shoes from Amazon. We topped it off with a little sequin crown with a 1 on it.

Music + Entertainment
We brought in our Bluetooth speakers + played kids’ music from my husband’s iPhone. We also hired a facepainter from our neighborhood to paint the kids faces.
I bought a star craft for the kids + had oversized coloring sheets + mini crayon packs on the two kids’ tables to entertain the kids that came to the party.
Most of the kids at the party have moves so they danced to the music on the “dance floor” space in between the kids’ tables + the cocktail tables that were set up for the adults.
All in all, everyone had a lot of fun. It was a fun + sparkly theme + totally different from the 1st birthday parties we threw for the first two girls.


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3 Comments
lorena
What a fun time! The cake looked gorgeous and yummy!
Sarah @ Sweet Miles
This too cute!! Her outfit is precious!
Megan
Beautiful cake! This looked like such a fun birthday party!
-megs