Be it the first birthday party or a retirement party or even a wedding, a theme is an important thing because of the fact that these themes actually can convey a lot of things.

Themes can present everything in a very coherent fashion as opposed to doing all the things in a non coherent or an adhoc manner.

First birthdays are no different as they are important milestone in the journey of a new born baby and in fact it is the first birthday which is usually celebrated with much pomp and show as opposed to other birthdays because later on in life kids want to have their birthdays in a very different manner as can be seen especially with themes like the Hanna Montana birthday parties or Spiderman birthday parties.

Plan your child’s birthday party very carefully as that can be a very important and an momentous occasion for everyone connected with the child. So plan well in advance especially since each small thing takes time to arrange and procure.

You will need to have a good cake and some amount of activities and fun games for the other kids which needs more planning

 Having a theme is a must because of the fact that each theme actually represents coordination between invitations, birthday favors, games, dresses and so on and so forth. This is similar to having a wedding being planned (Another important milestone) though at a little less larger scale than the wedding.

Get a specialist..

In fact in today’s world you can get a specialist who can work with you to plan a birthday party and that planner will have all the special ideas and tips and tricks which will help you plan the party better, In fact planners take all the headache about planning and you just need to tell then  your ideas and opinions about the theme and the décor.

 As far as the themes go there can be so many themes that you can opt for a little girl or a boy , but make sure that you have selected only those for which all the things are available because you just cannot have a mismatch of the birthday themes and that can look very downtrodden and ugly.

As an example you can have a Winnie the Pooh birthday theme and if it is a girl you can have birthday princess birthday theme. Then there are all those toy characters which can be a good theme since even in the first child’s birthday party there will be all the kids and they will love the little Elmo birthday theme. Little Tikes party can be a a very good theme.

Cars & Tricks or the care bears theme can be a very good thing but the fact is that since the child really cannot say anything it is really up to you to decide.

You can decide wither by taking into account ten opinion of the grand parents as well as close uncles and aunts or based on what kind of toy you kid likes the most. Then your birthday planner can suggest a few things which are very much the essence of the current tends which means he will know the latest themes doing the rounds.

Animals and zoos are the kid’s favorite so that can be a good theme or a very special theme can be the alphabets and numerals. As far as the birthday greetings are concerned make sure that you have everything color and theme coordinated.

The duration of any of these birthday parties should be no longer than 2 hours. In fact two hours is pretty much the maximum try to keep it to 1 or 1.5 hours.

Involve everyone when you are getting the games to be played. Do not assume that only the little kids will play the games. Make sure that the parents of the kids invited are also playing the games as that will help you get them involved and be part of the celebrations.