DIY My Rookie Year Birthday Party

I knew since I had my son that I wanted to do a baseball themed first birthday party. I’m a huge baseball fan and collected any baby baseball clothes I could find. He wore a baseball outfit for all of his monthly photos during his first year. When the time came to start planning his first birthday I started looking at baseball ideas and instantly fell in love with this “Rookie of the Year” theme. This is ultimately what I did to make the theme come to life.

Photo Backdrop

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Chalk pendants
• Chalk
• Cutting tools
• Tape

Step by Step Guide:

1. Draw one letter on each pendant to spell out “Name’s Rookie Year”.
2. Cut the pendants to separate each word.
3. Tape the pendants to the wall.

Highchair Decoration

Supplies You’ll Need:

• String
• Colored bandanas
• Scissors

Step by Step Guide:

1. Cut the string the length you want to attach it to the high chair. Keep in mind you’ll need the extra length of the string if you plan to tie it.
2. Cut bandanas into strips. I just eyeballed it and made my strips about 3 inches.
3. Tie bandana strips onto the string so that it covers as much of the highchair as you wish.
4. Tie or tape the string with bandana pieces onto the highchair.

Birthday Outfit

Supplies You’ll Need:

• White onesie
• Baseball iron-on patch
• N and E iron-on patches
• Sewing machine & matching thread (optional)

Step by Step Guide:

1. Place the iron-on patches on the onesie where you want to attach them.
2. Iron on the patches.
3. Optional: If you want to secure the patches in place even more you can sewing them onto the onesie. My iron-on patches stayed on for my son’s party but after washing the onesie they came off so then I sewed them into place.

Cake

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Cake mix
• Colored icing
• Candle

Step by Step Guide:

1. For my son’s cake, we bought one at a local grocery store but you can easily make your own.
2. Mix the cake mix.
3. Bake the cake.
4. Cover the cake with white icing.
5. Use red icing to draw on stitches that make the cake look like a baseball.
6. Optional: Add green icing around the cake edges to signify grass for further decoration. You can also add a birthday message for your child if you wish.
7. Add a birthday candle on top.

Balloons

Supplies You’ll Need:

• White balloons
• Red Sharpie marker

Step by Step Guide:

1. Blow up and tie the white balloons.
2. Use a red sharpie marker to draw on stitches to make the balloons look like baseballs.

I hope that these ideas help inspire you to throw your own baseball themed birthday party and have fun with it. Happy celebrating and creating!