sorry Ive been posting like crazy about birthday parties but I've never thrown a party before.. just want to make sure I get it right.
did you have party favors for adults?
did you have party favors for the kiddos?
we only have like 3 other little ones attending DDs first birthday and the rest of the guest are adults.
pear / 1728 posts
for Livs first bday next week (GAH!) I did little mason jars with homemade brownie mis inside, a cute label. and the recipe on the tag. So it looks layered like flour, then cocoa, then chocolate chips, marshmallows, etc. We dont have any kiddos coming, but for them you could do a thing of mini bubbles and something from teh dollar bins at target.
pear / 1728 posts
oh we also did the individual little pink cans of Sofia champagne for the adults
kiwi / 537 posts
For LO's first Bday party, I am doing Cake Pops in the shape of Barnyard animals for the kiddies. No adult favors.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
nothing for adults. for kids the place we had the party (kidville.... like gymboree) provided the favors. they were really great melissa and doug toys that so many parents asked me where we got them. i also created an extra gift bag that had some cleanwell hand sanitizer, boogie wipes, and snacks.
for charlie's birthday at daycare, i made gift bags with some toys - animal mask, bath cups,, sidewalk chalk, gummis, freeze-dried pear, and a couple more things i don't remember. but the absolute best part of the favor was i gave everyone a mylar balloon. that was the biggest hit ever, and the balloon lasted a week!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@LivsMama: I thinking of doing something similar for M's 1st but in Gerber baby food jars! Only favors for the kiddos.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
@lovelife: we had 3 kiddies at our LO's 1st too. a 5, 2 and 1 year old.
I bought the 5 year old a funny plate, 2 year old the string a farm activity, and the 1 year old the wooden car with her name burned into the bottom.
adults got a mini cupcake 
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I will only do gifts for the kids, a little goody bag full of fun cheap treats and toys. Nothing crazy!
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I made sugar cookies for adults (I think edibles are always good) and bought the kids little goodies in the theme for the party. We only have 3 kids too I got them a cute little flower purse (all girls) and put a grow your own flower pot kid (it's a garden party), bubbles, flower shaped sun glasses, etc. in them.
kiwi / 658 posts
we had a candy bar and various desserts for adults and for the kids i made bowties/hairpins and also made chocolate mustaches.
grapefruit / 4110 posts
We gave every family a book (Peter Pan) and a 1 year old picture of the baby. It worked out much cheaper than actual goody bags and it is something they can keep and use. I don't know what we will do for next year.
My friend made Dora coloring books and gave us all crayons for her daughters 3 year old birthday party.
apricot / 370 posts
i'm in the middle of planning for my daughter's 2 year birthday party. Just favors for the kids--shopped at Michael's and they have a whole bunch of $1 or $2 toys, coloring books, little toys, that we picked up. Also bought some squirt water guns and neon necklaces from amazon. will also throw in some kids clif bars that i picked up from costco. i also looked at oriental trading, but found most of the things i needed at michael's.
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
@kokobee: your LO's party looked amazing!!! Ummm can you come plan my LO's birthday?!?!
My plan is to raid the target $1.00 section to make favor bags for the kids
kiwi / 658 posts
@sandy: haha, thank you! it was a lot of work but i enjoyed doing it for my LO 
there's a lot of cute stuff in the target $1.00 section! if it wasn't for the theme i went for i would've probably done the same
persimmon / 1150 posts
@kokobee: LOVE your party stuff! wow that awesome. thats definitely pinterest material.
pomelo / 5866 posts
We sponge painted flowerpots with lettuce or flowers in them for adults without kids. We made theme tshirt irons for 2-3 yr olds. Gigantic swirl lollipops for older kids with a themed name sticker on it. And theme board books for the babies.
Also We served mini cupcake pops as part of our dessert. Some kids pulled off our helium balloons off the fence and took them home as unintended favors.
Love those hairpins and bowties!
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
@kokobee: You should do a guest post about your LO's birthday party. I would love to hear all about the details and see more photos
coconut / 8299 posts
We gave the kiddies Skip Hop lunch bags. They were on sale at Barnes and Noble so I couldn't resist!
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