Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Make Your Child's 1st Birthday Memorable With First Birthday Party Invitations



If your child's first birthday is coming up it is likely you plan to have a big celebration with lots of pictures. If you are going to be inviting some of your child's playmates then you may want to consider 1st birthday party invitations. These can be sent to the parents of your child's playmates, or to friends of yours that have children the same age, and you can all celebrate your child's first birthday together.

You, as well as all the other parents who are attending with their children, will want to remember this birthday for a long time and that's why you first birthday party invitations should be special, and allow everyone to have a memento to keep. This is the reason for specially picking your 1st birthday party invites.

This special time for you and your child will need to be remembered throughout the ages and shared with future family members later on. You'll want to have keepsakes from the party as well as video and photographs so that you can share how special this time was. Also, you'll want long term 1st birthday party invitations that are still good years later.

To organize a first birthday party the key is to plan early. If you send out your first birthday invitations several weeks in advance your guests will have plenty of time to mark their calendars and to remember to do things like buy new party clothes or a gift for the child having the birthday. Make sure you include the date, time and place as well as a phone number to call for any questions.

If you don't have a lot of time there are many different types of 1st birthday party invitations online in such a wide variety of colors, themes and shapes that you'll have a hard time not finding some that would work perfectly. Whether your first birthday kid is a boy or a girl, you'll find lots of invitations that will spark the imagination and be fun to mail out.

If you want to have some fun then go with an animal theme for your 1st birthday party invitations because everyone loves animals. There are so many different breeds of animals available in these type of 1st birthday party invitations and you're sure to find some you'll love.

Animals may not be your cup of tea, or you may be worried that they will scare some children so you could go with a different theme that features lots of vivid colors and fun shapes to allow children to have fun with. You could try a polka dots theme, which always have many different primary colors to brighten your party and make it fun for all the kids.

You could go with the number one theme, either as a reminder that your child is number one, or of course, which birthday it is. This is a perfect theme because you'll instantly remember which birthday you were celebrating by looking at the invitations and party supplies. Numbers themes are a popular choice for 1st birthday party invitations and celebrations and allow the fun of numbers in bright colors.