1st birthday ideas

Help - I need ideas on what to do for my daughter's 1st Birthday party. We know 1 other baby that's her age, then her cousins are aged between 4-9 years. I imagine there will be 10ish kids total but we'd have lots of family and friends there, so mostly adults.

I don't want to have it at home because of the hassle.

What are you all doing for your LOs 1st bdays? If you're hiring somewhere what's the place like? I'm stuck for ideas!

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We have hired a church hall out, and are having a small bouncy castle and some soft play bits to keep the kiddies entertained x

Exactly like Abbie has said most kids birthdays we’ve been to with my kids have been in halls, bouncy castle, football goal for bigger kids, maybe some ring toss or something like that. Another option is soft play, I’ve been to a couple of those too. For one year old’s you’re mainly doing it for the guests because at that age they are entertained by a half full water bottle 😂 x

We are going to a small soft play that we visit quite frequently. It has an area for young children and babies and then the soft play itself is a good size for older ones. We also have a 2.5 year old and I have 7 other mum friends whose children are the same age (one of them has a 7 month old too) so we wanted something that would be suitable for them and also for family like nieces and nephews who are 4,5 and 6. I know my son won’t really care about the party itself or have any understanding and I’m sure he’ll be getting passed round family members lol so we’re doing something a bit more suitable on his actual birthday and taking him to sea life aquarium ☺️

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