Baby Ada First Birthday (Planning for party)

The initial plan was to hold separate celebrations with our closer group of family and friends but we still decided to organize a party for Ada's birthday celebration as there are too many of you that we really love to have you around for our little girl's birthday.

Venue

The usual venue hunting game starts while we were still thinking to have private gatherings or a celebration! Not an easy task to begin with as I've already been through those list that is available in the market for so many times. Reviewing them again is going through the same thought processes almost 1 year back when I'm trying to hold Ada's baby shower.

If you are in the lookout for a venue for any celebrations, maybe the following links that I have shortlisted during my planning might help. 

• http://sgvenues.weebly.com/kids-party-venues.html
• http://sg.theasianparent.com/10-unique-singapore-birthday-venues-for-a-kids-party/
• http://www.kidsandparenting.com/kidsandp/activities/birthday/indoor-playgrounds-birthday-party-packages

Personal preferences for places that can cater for kids party. 

• EatPlayLove cafe
• Peek-A-Boo PlayClub
• PlainVanilla
• Food for Thought

Went for a few viewing at a few places and selected NOM cafe at Macpherson CC!

Food

Decision for food and venue usually comes hand in hand since most of the venues only allow us to order food from their in-house caterer nowadays, same for NOM. Hence, no caterer this time, just some really good cafe food straight from their Kitchen!

I've spent so much time searching for a venue that can allow us to bring in outside caterer, but none allowed. This also shows that competition for F&B is really intensive, everyone's trying to make a living yah. Anyways, I've done Ada's full month celebration at my house multi-purpose hall and this is one of the best venue to use outside caterer; you may also choose to hold your party at Community Centres or Condominium's function rooms.

Theme

Party theme is next headache and I've decided not to be overly stressed over it since baby is really young to have preference for any characters etc. The only few interesting things that can catch Ada's attention are ducks, stars, balls and balloons. So I planned in that direction and was hesitating between ducks or stars! 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars Theme' was decided to compliment all other planning details and color theme!

eInvitation

Thank you gifts

We've decided to DIY some yummy star shaped cookies for everyone. It is also, by far, the only thing that I can think of to compliment the 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars' theme.

Thank you Sis for providing the baking venue and equipment! Need recipe for the cookies? Drop me a message in the comment box :)

The final product, yums~

With these, we're all ready for the party!

Planning for yours? 

Remember the few key decisions and planning should be a breeze~ 

I chose to start on venue as it was the toughest among all. 

1. Venue

Note: Keep a lookout for kids friendly environment if RSVP list has more than 10 kids. 

2. Food (In-house/ Caterers)

Note: Always factor in your RSVP list if anyone else needs special dietary needs such as vegetarian, HALAL for muslims friends, no beef, allergens etc.

3. Invitation cards

Note: eInvite works best with whatsapp. Reminder to include the following details in your invite card. 

- Date of event

- Time / Party duration

- Cake cutting time (if you need)

- Venue address

- RSVP contact details

4. Party theme

Note: Do not be too ambitious to DIY too many things if you do not have the time to prepare.

5. Thank you gifts

Note: It's good to have but not necessary if your budget is limited.