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Way too much! x2!

With food, probably like $200-250. Most of that being on food and a some decorations. I didn't go crazy making most stuff at home, but it was perfect. This is my plan for #2 too. At home with me doing the food and décor.

$420 totally for 35 guests. It was at home, I DIYed everything, baked the cakes and we cooked a full meal. But we always have a TON of food and beer. Staying in that range for DD2's first as well.

definitely more than $100 due to cake and decor, but definitely less than $500 since we did it at home in our then apartment with a small number of guests (less than 10 adults and a few toddlers), so food and drinks did not cost much. even with his gifts and the helium balloons i splurged on, i would say we were still under $500. I never added it up though.

Just over $100 for DD1 - we didn't send out invites or splurge on crazy decorations. Everyone was invited by word of mouth, I made the decorations myself, made the cake, and we just did a BBQ, plus appetisers and snacks, for the food. The only reason the cost went over $100 is because Australia is ridiculously expensive (ie $8 for one little punnet of raspberries or blueberries, etc, which makes fruit kebabs a little bit pricey!)

For DD2, we spent under $100 - once again, I made the decorations and cake myself, and we made all the food.

As a disclaimer though, we are living overseas so both parties were fairly small - less than 20 people at each party.

Too much. Cake was about $125 and bounce house is $150 or so. Then add food, drinks, favors, outfit, etc. I voted over $500 but maybe it was close? And for food that means a lot of food not just apps. It was maybe 30 adults and 15 kids?

I didnt keep close track but for 30ish guests I prob spend $250ish...with $75 being diy decor and the rest food and beverages. I made all the food myself.

hmmm. Probably between $50 - $75.

Cheap/DIY decorations, made the food/cake, used my own camera, dollar store party bags. It was a fantastic day!

ETA: approx. 30 peeps.

Too much both times! We had about 50 people at each party and this is a rough breakdown of the costs.

$ 90 - Bouncy house for the older kids (all day)
$100 - Wine/Beer/other non-alcoholic beverages
$100 - chili bar and other snacks that went with the theme $ 30 - cake/cupcakes
$125 - decorations and other party supplies
$ 50 - favors

It was $1000 just for food. She's a winter baby so we rented a private room in a moderately priced restaurant. This was for $25 people. It included an appetizer, main course and desert. I only did a smash cake for DD. I probably spent another $500 for decor, favors, invitations, her outfit, etc. I tried to use stuff I had at home where I could like frames and prints from her nursery that matched the theme.
Sadly,it fell on the day we had our one and only storm so some people couldn't make it and I just worried about everyone else traveling to and from the rest of the time! It was still worth it though !

We had a party at home, about 30 people. My biggest expense was the cake, at $175. I think all in, we probably spent about $500.

We had it at our house with around 40 guests, but we had to rent a bunch of stuff (canopy, tables, chairs, bounce house) and we did a full meal for everyone. Plus cake (local grocery store), booze for the adults, pinata, invites/postage/thank you cards, etc. I think we were between $501-$600.

For C, I hired a new photographer to take candids during the party so I wouldn't have to worry about it. My good friend took photos for H's party, so we spent that extra $50 on a face painter for an hour for the kids.

To be honest, I didn't set or stick to any kind of budget but it was a fairly simple party. We got most of the food from Wegmans so it was good and simple. We rented a space so that was an expense but a necessary one. We decorated but nothing crazy. We invited about 100 people so that was kind of crazy. I think 70 came. I just wanted to make sure everyone was well-fed and I think they were. His next party will be much smaller but I'll probably do something. His birthday is around Thanksgiving so we usually have family in town.

LO's 1st birthday is coming up in a few weeks and since our families are unable to come and celebrate, we are keeping it simple and celebrating at a local donut shop - his first cake will be a donut. We've gotten him a few gifts but we're keeping the celebration simple. Our pediatrician actually told us not to throw a party and just go out to celebrate making it through the first year.

If you count in the cost of invitations, I'd say about $200. We had it at our house with us picking up catering at Wegman's, so it wasn't outrageous. The food was the most expensive part, but it was worth it for me to not have to worry about cooking...especially since I had surgery earlier in the week.

I think around $200-250 for 50 people? I don't remember exactly but we ordered large party trays from a Chinese restaurant which kept our lunch costs pretty low. I also picked up tons of snacks/appetizers from Costco. I didn't spend much on decorations and we didn't hire any entertainment.

My LO is still about 5 months old, but I don't plan on having a huge party. It'll probably just be a small family gathering. I love baking, so I will always make my son's bday cakes, and my husband loves cooking so he'll probably make something. Once my LO is older we'll have bigger parties, since he'll have friends, but for now it'll be just a small family gathering.

Way too much for my DD1's first birthday, so I learned my lesson and knew how to cut corners when it came to budget for my DD2's first birthday. Both were equally nice, but I feel like I had a better idea of what I was doing the second time around, and what was really needed in terms of food and decor. I busted my ass and stressed myself out way too much for DD1's birthday (like putting fresh floral bouquet centerpieces on every single guest table), and I wasn't going to do that again! DD1's party cost was probably in the third category, and DD2's party cost was probably in the second category.