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you have to cook food by yourself and your husband, and if either of you don't know how, just look for your relatives or even your mother to cook for the menu. buy give aways for the children which you know that children will love, like lollipops and candies wrapped in a party cellophane that would cost you less. decorate your house with disney or cartoon characters. and instead of renting clowns and packages from party provider, you just have to create it by your self with the help of your friends and relatives,i'm sure they'll be happy too. and invite less.

Although it is true that your daughter will not remember the party, I know how I felt about my precious ones turning 1. Your are lucky that your daughters birthday is in the summer so you can have the party outside and that keeps from messing up your house too much. We did the same as our daughter's birthdays are in August. (we have twins). We served something simple like bar-b-q sandwiches or meatballs that you can throw in a crockpot and pour sauce over in the morning and have them ready themselves by lunch. Chips and pretzels to go with or have family bring a dish like a picnic. Check with some of your local grocery stores to see if they give free first birthday cakes. Hear in the U.S. we have some stores that do. They are small, but depending on how many people you are having, it may be enough, or allow you to spend less on a smaller cake. You don't need alot of decorations, maybe just some balloons. Maybe a goody bag for little guests with a piece of candy and some small party favors. You don't even need games as your little one can not play anyway. The only problem with an outside party is the threat of bad weather.

You have come to the right place firstly no disrepect meant but will your daughter even remember her first party but if you decide to go ahead have a great day. 1 Work out how many guest you are having/send out invites early 2 See if you can have it at home in the back garden July will be nice weather 3 shop around at different stores for the food Drinks etc/ get some £1 disposable cameras from pound shop or equivalant then everyone can take photos. 4 On my son's 5th birthday I did all the food, drinks, decorations hiring of the place, and goodey bags for £150.00 none of friends could be believe it they always spend more. And there was plenty to go around. Plus separate food for the parents Ps you could always bake some stuff to reduce costs mgraham 126

Seeing that your daughter is only turning one, more than likely you'll be entertaining the parents. You can bake or purchase a beautiful cake, have some birthday hats on hand and maybe a mommy and me activity. I wouldn't go overboard though, just take lots of pictures and enjoy her birthday. Budget and things come into play when the child is turning 3 or 4 - so have a good time now. Your daughter will be all smiles regardless to whether the party is elegant or not - good luck

do not have a party, she is turning one, the party is more for you and your dh than anything If you do not have the money then do not do it. She is not going to have a clue. Have your close family and friends over to the house for cake and ice cream. party done with. Why get all worked up over a first birthday party, she will have no clue it is going on and chances are she will sleep through it anyway.

A one-year old birthday party need not be expensive because the one year old child couldn't appreciate it yet! It's just the parents who enjoy and spend much because they wanted to present their child to their circle of friends! I will post this question- What is the purpose of the party? To collect gifts for the child? To show to them you are proud parents of having such a child? Suggestions: serve simple snacks and have games for the visiting kids w/ simple prizes. Solicit these prizes from your brod/sis/relatives/godparents of your child so that they can feel their participation for the party. As a grandma, I ask my children to help one another whenever there's a birthday celebration of my my grandchildren, either a food menu or prizes. What do you think?

Hi, I can give you a few suggesstions. If you can bake a nice cake at home. Plan for a simple theme party and invite kids and elders and have a single party for both family and friends. Also arrange for some games for the elders. Gift a small toy for all the kids. Infact now a days you get lots of toys at a very reasonable price.

On my daughter's first birthday, we organized the party by ourselves. I and my husband personally arranged everything. We've done it at home. But I suggest you to host the party in a restaurant because you will not feel tired too much in preparing and you can entertain your visitors well. With our assessment after the party, we spent too much in celebrating the party at home compared to a restaurant. Hopefully, the 2nd birthday would probably done outside.

When I had my son's first birthday party I just had the family over and had cake and coffee, you could also have sandwichs or snacks. I always thought that the chid is so young that they are only going to remember this party by pictures, so save the money for when they get older and they can participate in them more. I have several friends that go all out for their childrens party's and I think what is this child going to expect when they get older, or what if money problems arrive and you can no longer afford the big pary's.You don't have to go all out to have a great party.