Party Ideas for Your Lil' One

Liz Sloan

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Katie Fogerty, Envy Events... Decorate the beverage or food tables with personalized water bottles and hang strands of photos of the birthday girl or boy, held on by colored clothes pins.

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Tim Melton, Gateway Photobooth... Kids love photo booths, no matter what age. They enjoy climbing in the booth and making silly faces while they get their photos taken. With digital copies given to the hosts, parents could make a birthday memory book of all of the photos afterward.

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Richard Nix, Butler�s Pantry... Go over-the-top with desserts. Make a dessert bar with an abundance of cookies, cupcakes, candy and other bite-sized treats. There are lots of ways to be creative beyond the traditional half-sheet cake, but don�t forget to take children�s allergies into consideration and separate any items that aren�t nut-free.

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Richard Nix, Butler�s Pantry... Go over-the-top with desserts. Make a dessert bar with an abundance of cookies, cupcakes, candy and other bite-sized treats. There are lots of ways to be creative beyond the traditional half-sheet cake, but don�t forget to take children�s allergies into consideration and separate any items that aren�t nut-free.

Liz Sloan

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Katie Fogerty, Envy Events... Make both children and adult favors. For the Up party, we had balloon pumps and bags of balloons for kids��I�m pumped you were able to come��and gumballs for adults��Thanks for popping by.�

Liz Sloan

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Katie Fogerty, Envy Events... A birthday centered around the Disney movie Up works for little boys and girls with its rainbow of colors. We built a seven-foot tall painted house with windows cut out and balloons strung from the top for photo ops.