Berry First Birthday Prep Guide

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First birthday is such a special milestone, worth a celebration, not just for the baby, but for us parents too. It’s a whole year of many firsts, sleepless nights, little giggles, and so much love. So when it came to planning my little one’s first birthday, I wanted something sweet, joyful, and easy to pull together. And a berry-themed party felt perfect. It’s cute, colorful, with simple decor and treats. In this post, I’m sharing all things berry first birthday that will help you pull an adorable birthday for your one-year-old.

Celebrating One Sweet Year – Berry Style

A berry theme is a popular first birthday theme, and why not? It is such a cute and sweet way to celebrate. The thing that I like about this birthday is the fresh, fun, and fruity vibes with strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. It’s easy to personalize this theme to fit your space or guest list. For the girl’s first birthday, make it all pink and strawberry. For a boy’s birthday, you can make it all blue and blueberry. Easy to theme the party food. And of course, the birthday decor. You can go from cute decor to elegant style with just a few tweaks. The mood board above will help you get the vibe.

Adorable Decor Ideas Inspired by Berries & Blooms

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, you can go a few routes, either a cute farm style with a picnic or a whimsical garden vibe. With the main party color as pink or blue, blended with rustic decor like wood and wildflowers. Or you can go for a chic, elegant decor style with pink and blue as the main colors paired with golden or silver with a minimalistic, clean decor look. This birthday theme goes well with both styles. You can also keep the decor fruity and keep it gender neutral. You must get clear on the decor style you wish to go with to make planning easier.

Here are a few ideas to inspire you.

• 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; 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.

Balloon Styling That’s Bursting with Berry Charm

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

A photo booth is a great addition to a party to capture some memories in a fun way. Add cute props to pose and have fun.

Here are some ideas to create a cute corner:

• 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 Touches to Make It Extra Special

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

• Make handmade paper strawberries by cutting out paper strawberries and fixing 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.

Berry-Licious Food Ideas for Guests

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

Cute Tasty 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.

Easy Berry 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.

Refreshing Drinks

• 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.

Berry Cute Table Setup

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 bamboo 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.

Playtime Ideas for Fun Time

Make playtime berry fun with these cute themed activities and games.

1. Berry Picking: Hide faux berries all around and give everyone 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. Guests will take turns tossing the ball through the hole.

3. Berry Balance Race: Each player 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 player and give them a paper leaf to stick onto a big picture of a strawberry.

Party Favors Guests Will Love

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 cute berry design stickers
• Some berry treats
• Or go all natural and gift a small basket with fresh berries

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

Special Day Invitation

Let your party invite convey the theme.

• 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!”

Cute Outfit Ideas for the Bash

One of the best things about this theme is that it is simple to carry when it comes to costumes; 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 color or berry-print outfits with a hat with hanging berries.
• Girls can wear a red or pink tutu dress for the birthday girl.
• Boys can wear shirts with strawberry or blueberry designs.
• You can ask guests to come in berry print outfits.

Hope you found some inspiring ideas to plan a special birthday party for your loved ones. If you are looking for more first birthday ideas, you can look at One Lucky Duck Birthday or check out this guide on How to Pick the Right One for Any Age