I celebrated my dd's 1st birthday over the weekend. As she is familiar with her teddy bears, I went with a Teddy Bear theme as it was easy to to work around with. The invitations were created with a paw print border and had a picture of a teddy bear carrying a cake on one corner and my babies picture on the other with the caption, 'A beary special girl is turning one...please come and join the fun' with the details below. We had the party at a local club near the swimming pool. I placed large cut out colourful paw prints all the way leading to the hall and around the hall. At the main entrance, i placed a big teddy bear with the matching hat and bib at the registration table. Kids were given a hat and teddy bear stickers with their names. A teddy bear was the centrepiece for all the tables. Helium balloons were attached to alternate chairs.I also purchased a teddy bear 1st birthday party ware for the whole party.  I hired a bear mascot that was there to welcome the guests as well as mingle with the kids. Photo opportunities with the mascot were also available.   At the stage, we had a large banner with the same design as the invitation card. Here, we hired an entertainer dressed as Alladin to entertain the kids with some games and magic shows. There was a colouring corner for kids where various colouring sheets of bear images were given.  The cake was of course, a 3D teddy bear. Instead of favours, each child was given a gift. All kids below 2 were given a 6 inch teddy bear, older kids were given teddy bear stationery and books.