Strawberry Themed Berry First Birthday Party

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Planning a berry first birthday party for your little one? This sweet and simple birthday theme is perfect for celebrating the 1st birthday milestone. It can be a strawberry birthday party or a blueberry birthday party, both are great options for a cute birthday celebration for your little ones. From classic berry sweet 1st birthday to modern strawberry themed birthday, these ideas will help you with birthday decorations to party food, games, and much more.

Berry First” Birthday Celebration

Berry first theme is a popular first birthday theme, and why not? It’s so cute and a sweet way to celebrate. This theme is all about fresh, fun, and fruity vibes with strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries as the stars. The overall ambience for this birthday is bright and full of berry colors, and with a fruity smell.
The ease of decoration and colorful decor make it perfect for little ones who are just exploring different tastes and textures. If you want a simple but adorable first birthday for your kid, this theme is perfect for you.

Sweet Berry-Themed Party Decoration Ideas

The first thing to consider about a birthday party theme is the decor, which just sets the mood for the party.  For a berry first birthday party, go for a decor that looks that is a blend of farm picnic and whimsical garden party. You can either go for a strawberry theme with pink and strawberry decor if it’s a girl’s birthday, or a blueberry theme with blue and blueberry decor if it’s a boy’s birthday, or a blend of both with a farm-style picnic touch if you want to keep it gender neutral. Start by choosing this to make the further process of birthday planning easy.

Go for colors like bright reds, pinks, blues, and greens for a joyful atmosphere.

• You can hang garlands made of paper strawberries or mini pom-pom berries along tables and walls.
• Fill a small basket with real or faux berries to decorate the table and the corners of the house.
• The classic red-and-white gingham tablecloth goes well with this theme, to set the cake table or party food table to get that fresh, farm-style look.
• Add oversized strawberry and blueberry balloons, kids love them, and it just brings the complete party decor cohesive with the theme.
• If you are hosting the party at night, add some string lights around the party area for a cozy and whimsical look.
• Add strawberry lanterns or pink and or blue lanterns to make the space look magical.

Berry Cute Balloon Decor for First Birthdays

Balloons make every party better, and for this theme, they can be extra fun. Here are some ways to decorate with balloons

• Berry Balloon Arch: Create an arch using red, pink, and blue balloons to resemble a giant berry patch.
• Berry-Shaped Balloons: Use specialty balloons shaped like strawberries and mix them into balloon clusters.
• Floating Berry Bunches: Tie smaller balloons together in groups of three to resemble blueberries.
• Number One Berry Balloon: Get a large number one balloon, either silver or gold, that matches the color theme you are choosing, and add 1 -3 small paper cut strawberry or other berry as you like.

Berry-Themed Photo Booth for Memorable Clicks

To save the birthday memories, don’t forget to click loads of photos. Set up a photo booth or just decorate a corner to create cute memories.

Here are some ideas for you:

• Make a berry patch backdrop with green faux grass wall and strawberry cutouts or strawberry balloons.
• Set up a fruit stand in the corner with a little wooden stand decorated with berry baskets, some balloons, or pom poms
• Make an arch with balloons, a place some cute props like berry hats, fruit-shaped sunglasses, and farmer hats to pose.
• Use a chalkboard and write a fun “Berry First Birthday” message for guests to hold up in photos.

DIY Decor for a Berry First Birthday Bash

If you want to keep things budget-friendly? Try these simple DIY decorations, they are very easy to make and go well with the birthday decor.

• Make handmade paper strawberries. Cut out paper strawberries and fix them to a ribbon to make a banner or table decorations.
• Make a berry wreath using faux berries and a grapevine wreath base for a cute entrance piece.
• Paste some paper cut-out berries on the balloon garland or bunch to match it with the vibe.
• Make berry-themed party hats, add felt berries and leaves to plain paper hats for a fun, customized touch.
• You can also make pom poms in pink, red, and green or blue and green and hand them around the cake table for a cute farm-style vibe.
• Make a bunch of small pink or blue balloons and add paper leaves to them to make them look like a bunch of berries.

Tasty Food Ideas for a Berry First Birthday

Every party is incomplete without party food. Here are some food ideas that pair well with a berry-themed birthday party.

Bite-Sized Berry First Themed Appetizers

• Berry Yogurt Parfaits: Mini cups layered with yogurt, granola, and fresh berries.
• Strawberry Caprese Skewers:  Make caprese skewers with mozzarella, basil, and strawberry or blueberry instead of tomato on toothpicks and drizzle with balsamic.
• Berry Toast Bites: Make small toast squares with cream cheese and assorted berries.
• Fruit Kabobs: Make skewers with a mix of strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries, or make a Strawberry Tanghulu
• You can also make a cute charcuterie board with berries, cheese, and some crackers.

Berry First Themed Desserts

• Cherry dump cake: Easiest cake that anyone can make, you can replace cherries with strawberries too.
• Cute Pink Cake Pops: Vanilla or strawberry flavored cake pops with pink chocolate; easy, delicious, bite-sized.
• Strawberry Shortcake Shooters: Mini layered shortcakes in small cups. Add cute cake toppers to make them look cute
• Berry-Shaped Sugar Cookies: Cookies in the shape of strawberries with red and green icing.

Berry First Themed Beverages

• Berry Lemonade: Fresh lemonade mixed with crushed berries.
• Strawberry Milk: Cold milk blended with fresh strawberries for a pretty pink drink.
• Berry Punch: A mix of sparkling water, fruit juice, and floating berries.
• Berry Smoothies: Simple smoothies with bananas, strawberries, and yogurt.

Setting a Birthday Food Table

Make the food table the highlight of the party with a creative setup. Here are some ideas to help you set up a beautiful party table.

• Use berry baskets to hold treats and snacks instead of regular serving bowls.
• Add cute farm-style tags with berry illustrations.
• Use a gingham and lace runner for a rustic-chic look, and hang some pom poms around.
• Place the cake on a stand surrounded by fresh berries for a dramatic effect.
• Add berry-shaped balloons around the corner of the table and a themed banner in the center to bring everything together.
• Use berry-themed supplies like plates, spoons, and napkins.

Berry Fun Games

Make playtime berry fun with these cute themed activities.

1. Berry Picking Game: Hide faux berries all around and give kids a small basket. They need to search for them and collect them in the basket.

2. Strawberry Ball Toss: Make a big strawberry shape with a hole in the middle. Kids will take turns tossing the ball through the hole.

3. Berry Balance Race: Each kid gets a spoon and a berry, and they need to walk or run to the finish line while balancing the berry on the spoon.

4. Pin the Leaf on the Strawberry: This is a twist to “Pin the Tail on the Donkey.” Blindfold the kids and give them a paper leaf to stick onto a big picture of a strawberry.

Berry Sweet Favors to Send Home

For return gifts, based on your budget, you can give either of the below or make a hamper with these ideas:

• Tiny jars of strawberry jam with a cute thank-you tag.
• Fun and cute Berry-shaped squeeze toys
• Cute berry hair clips or bow ties
• A pack of a few berry cute berry designs stickers
• Some berry treats

You can place all the return gifts in a cute basket with a tag saying, “Thanks for making this birthday special”.

Cute Invite Ideas

To invite guests, you can try these invitation ideas.

If you want to give a physical invite, you can cut strawberry or blueberry shapes of colored paper and handwrite the invites, or type and make multiple prints of them, and stick each on the card

If you are looking for a digital invitation, make a fun digital invitation with berry graphics in Canva, and add party invite details. There are plenty of invitation templates to try.

If you like giving physical card invites, but do not have time to make them, you can get ready-to-use party invites and write a custom message.

Add playful wording like “Join us for a Berry Sweet Celebration!”

What to Wear

This theme is simple to carry when it comes to costume, you can keep it as simple as boys wearing blue and girls pink, or make it more theme-based. Here are some ideas.

• Dress the birthday star in berry colored or berry-print outfits.
• Girls can wear a red or pink tutu dress for the birthday girl.
• Boys can wear shirts with strawberry or blueberry designs.
• Add a cute hat with berry details.
• You can ask guests to come in berry print outfits.

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