A birthday is more than balloons: involve children to be part of the preparation of the birthday decoration

Well, it’s your son’s birthday and he’s turned one year old, but you want him not only to be older, but also wise over the years.

There are many ways that your child can take DIY things by hand and contribute to his birthday celebrations. After all, it’s not a big surprise to them. Oh come on, they’re already waiting for stuff. So why not plan the jubilee with them and make it a learning experience for your ward?

Five steps to include the birthday boy in his birthday festivities:

1. Let the children hone their artistic skills and design the invitation cards for their birthday ceremony. In this way, they will be involved in a crucial step before organizing the gala, that is, inviting the guests with creative handmade cards.

2. Let them review your arts and crafts lessons and help decorate the room with innovative craft skills. Quilling is a hit these days, why not exercise it with your child and make your own decoration? There are so many Quilling craft ideas tutorials available on online platforms like YouTube and Pinterest. You and your child can also brag about it later.

3. We all know that the market is flooded with a variety of candles of different shapes and sizes, also scented. But nothing beats the proud moment when his son shapes her own candles. You can get these waxes in many stores and also molders to give them various shapes. So why not give your child the chance to make their own highlighters and they can further personalize the experience by writing her name on them using glitters? This will not only validate that the candles are your child’s own creation, but it will also give them those special birthday vibes when your child sees her name inscribed on the candles.

4. Involve them in the process of making the cake. Yes, this may be their first step into the kitchen, where they can get hands-on experience with baking, microwaving, and decorating, too. So, let’s prepare your little ones to be the next up-and-coming Masterchef Junior contestants.

5. And finally, for return gifts, if you are looking for simpler options, surely you have already introduced them in the kitchen, so how about you involve them in the preparation of flavored artisanal chocolates packed in mini bags? of paper. Or some of those molded candles can be saved and with the names of the guests inscribed in glitter on them, they’ll make a perfect return gift. There are many other ways your child can dive into making innovative gifts for friends, if your child’s birthday falls in the current month or next December, it’s time to introduce them to sewing classes, maybe hand mittens for the small guests or better let’s start with simpler things like wool hats. Or let them try clay pottery and make interesting things. There are so many DIY pottery arts wheel kits available in stores.

With all these ideas and suggestions in mind, we are sure that you are already planning a unique and special birthday party for your baby. This will ensure that your family not only enjoys party time and the post-birthday moment of opening presents, but the pre-birthday preparations will be time well spent as well. Have a gala time!