A birthday is more than balloons: involve children in preparing the birthday decorations

Well, it is your child’s birthday and he / she has turned one more year, but not only do you want them to grow up, but also to be wiser as the years go by.

There are many ways your child can DIY things on hand and contribute to their birthday celebrations. After all, it is not an absolute surprise to them. Oh come on, they’re already waiting for things. So why not plan the jubilee with them and make it a learning experience for your neighborhood?

Five steps to include the birthday child in the festivities of the day of his birth:

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 hosting the gala, that is, inviting guests with creative handmade cards.

2. Let them review their 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 their own decoration. There are so many tutorials on Quilling craft ideas available on online platforms like YouTube and Pinterest. You and your child can brag about it too.

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 moment of pride in which your child shapes his own sails. These waxes are available in many stores and also in molders to give various shapes. So why not give your child a chance to make their own highlighters and they can further personalize the experience by writing their name on them using glitters. This will not only validate that the candles are your child’s creation, but it will also give them that special birthday vibe when your child sees their name inscribed on the candles.

4. Involve them in the cake-making process. Yes, this may be your first step into the kitchen, where you can get hands-on experience baking, microwave, and decorate too. So, let’s get your little ones ready to be the next up-and-coming Masterchef Junior contestant.

5. And finally for the return gifts, if you are looking for simpler options, then surely you have already introduced them in the kitchen, so how about involving them in the preparation of some flavored artisan chocolates packaged in mini bags of paper? Or some of those molded candles can be put aside and with the guests’ names inscribed with glitter on them, they will make a perfect gift to return. There are so many other ways your child can dive into making innovative gifts for their 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 gloves for the little guests or better, let’s start with simpler things like beanies. Or let them try clay pottery and do cool things. There are so many DIY ceramic arts wheel sets available in stores.

With these many 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 the party and the time after the birthday opening the presents, but the pre-birthday preparations will be time well spent as well. Have a gala time!