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I have no idea, but not that much! It will be all DIY.

Holy crap! We definitely didnt spend that much!

Eta: we spent under $50 on the whole thing.

first birthday parties are huge in korean culture because it was a big milestone back in the day when babies often died before reaching their first birthday. so first birthdays are often as big as weddings with over 100 guests! ours was pretty low key and a chance for a lot of people to meet charlie. we also didn't have a 100 day party (another big thing in korean culture), and didn't plan on having any more birthday parties... perhaps ever? so it was a one time thing.

We don't have a budget set, but I'm expecting it to cost somewhere between $500-$1,000. We are going to have a pretty big party and around 100 guests (mostly family).

I figure it won't hurt too bad since we'll buy stuff here and there over the next couple of months to start preparing.

I refused to buy into the expensive NYC first birthday thing. At my friends and husbands horror we had a small cake and clown party at our home for about 30 people. You would have thought I shot someone's dog.

Yikes! We spent around that on our wedding! We don't have any first birthday traditions so we'll probably have my parents over and have cake and ice cream. Easy peasy.

Including presents, food and party supplies (favors, plates, balloons, decor, invites, etc.) I'd say we spent about $200, on a 15-20 person party. Oh, and I made LO's cake, so the cost of ingredients for that was probably less than buying one.

We had a big formal to-do at a local sit-down chinese restaurant. We rented part of their dining room. I think our total budget was $1k. We really wanted to throw a big celebration and do all the traditional Korean things, and the grandparents loved it. I think we had about 50 people and the food was awesome. We also got a huge 2-tiered cake, fondant-covered cake from our favorite bakery. We knew we wanted to do a big party for his dol (1 year) so we started saving and preparing when he was 6 months old.

I think we did it smartly... spent most of the money on food and the cake. We borrowed the han bok, all the decorations were DIY or from a really great vendor on etsy, we did balloon centerpieces and I DIYed the favors.

We spent about $600 for 22 kids and 27 adults. We rented a play gym ($300) and DIY'd everything else except for the main courses (Pizza & Chicken fingers).

This first one was mostly my and my husband's friends and family but I expect her subsequent ones to be just a few of her toddler friends and therefore smaller and much more affordable.

I can't say for sure, but i'm guessing we will spend $100-200, we have a large family and will probably invite everyone. but it will be very DIY