9 Smashing First Birthday Party Ideas for Your Summer Baby

From watermelon to ice pop themes, we've got a list of summer party ideas that'll leave your newly minted one-year-old showing off a sunny, cake-covered grin.

By Aimee Della Bitta June 21, 2016

Lucky you! You’re planning your baby’s first birthday and it’s summertime. That means that there’s a long list of summer birthday party themes that are as fun and as easy-breezy as the season itself. From watermelon and ice pop themes to hosting an under the sea bash, we’ve got a list of summer party ideas that’ll leave your newly minted one-year-old showing off a sunny, cake-covered grin.

Baby Hearts Summer

Leave it to lifestyle blogger extraordinaire and mother of two Camille Styles to throw a summer birthday party to rival all birthday parties to celebrate her daughter, Phoebe, turning 1. The I heart summer theme is perfect for a backyard bash. It was a sunshine-y, snow cone-fueled poop party that we think would be such fun to replicate.

Photo: Wynn Meyers via Camille Styles

Did you throw a first birthday bash in the summer? Tell us about your theme in a Comment.

–Aimee Della Bitta