First Birthday Invitations

MINTED’S ONE-DERFUL FIRST BIRTHDAY INVITATIONS

Celebrating a child’s first birthday is a big achievement, both for the child and the parents. In many cultures, it is especially celebrated, including in the Hawaiin culture, where a first birthday luau is sometimes as big as a wedding. Oftentimes the one-year mark is when children start walking, verbally communicating, and discovering what foods they like. They start growing into themselves and will be aware of when they’re the center of attention among family and friends who are showering them with presents and love on their 1st birthday. These moments are priceless and it’s important to send that perfect invite so your loved ones get excited about this special occasion. Minted has over 400 unique 1st birthday invitations in all sorts of designs and popular themes that work for a boy or girl. And the best part is, you can easily personalize our birthday invites with the details specific to your party and theme.

CHOOSE FROM COUNTLESS ADORABLE THEMES

Minted is an online marketplace for independent artists, which means that each design sold on our site is created by a different artist from around the world. Each artist comes with their own unique drawing, painting, or graphic design inspiration that influences the broad looks of our first birthday party invitations. Whether you are searching for cards with winter animals or colorful balloons, we have all sorts of invitation designs to match your party theme:

Jungle/Animal:Whether it’s a llama carrying gifts and tossing confetti or lions, tigers, and zebras hanging out in the jungle, you’re sure to find your little one’s favorite creature(s).
Sports: Select an invitation covered with imagery from baseball, football, and basketball or one that is bounce-house-themed for the one year old who loves to jump.
Seasonal Holiday: Some birthdays line up with a holiday, so why not incorporate it into the 1st birthday party invitations? Minted has invites with pumpkin illustrations, snowmen dressed for a party, and even black cats for Halloween.
Mermaids: If you’re going for a beach or nautical theme, check out our cards featuring mermaid scenes with fish, an octopus, starfish, and more.
Dinosaurs For the little one who loves dinosaurs, use first birthday invitations to introduce this party theme. With a variety of dinosaur designs and styles to choose from (bright and colorful, modern and simple, cartoon, or collage), opt for the one that fits your child’s style best.
Sweets: If your child loves sweets, choose Minted designs depicting colorful ice cream cones with sprinkles, cupcakes with candles, or popsicle-themed invites that’ll excite every guest.
For a Baby Girl: For the baby girl who loves fairy tales, choose cute unicorn and castle invitations. If your little girl loves the outdoors, select from options with owl, butterfly, or horse designs. And if you have double the trouble, twins first birthday invitations include a cute pink polka dot invite that features spots for photos of your kids.
For a Baby Boy: When celebrating a little boy’s birthday, use adorable stationery with cowboy hats, tractors, trucks, and timber on them. For the really mischievous child, you may want 1st birthday invitations with a monster theme.

EASILY PERSONALIZE YOUR 1st BIRTHDAY INVITATIONS

Each birthday party is different, so it is important that your invite correctly portrays the details and theme. Minted lets you edit our card templates to alter everything from the shape of the invite to the color. Here are some elements you can customize:

Feature a Photo: You can filter our invitations by the number of photos you’d like to feature in order to see what options may work best.
Shape: Minted offers various card shapes including a curved frame, waved frame, classic frame, and we even have square and circular designs as fun new looks.
Size: Minted’s first birthday party invitations come in 5” x 7” or 4.25” x 6”. If looking to skip the envelope, opt for a more affordable postcard layout.
Color Theme: Depending on the card, you can alter the color theme. So if you find a design you love, select that baby blue or soft pink option if that is the look you are going for.
Text: Our easy-to-use online editor allows you to manipulate the text to whatever font or size best suits your birthday theme and style.
Backing: Choose from a fun artistic pattern for the back of your card or include extra party details like a gift registry.

DON’T FORGET THE ENVELOPES

Each order comes with free envelopes . You can upgrade these to colored envelopes if you’d like. Take advantage of our free recipient addressing to have addresses printed in fun matching designs. Not only is it a chic look, but it will also save you time handwriting each guest address.

FAQS TO KEEP YOU ORGANIZED

How far in advance should you send 1st birthday invitations?

A good rule of thumb is two to four weeks in advance.

What do you write in the invite?

The key details to include in the invite are the child’s name, what the celebration is (make sure the card indicates it’s a first birthday party), the date and time of the party, event address, how to rsvp, and the rsvp deadline.

Who do you invite to a first birthday party?

A good rule of thumb is to invite close family members and friends, as well as baby friends and their parents. Ultimately, you can invite whomever you’d like! Invite the whole playgroup or daycare. Invite coworkers. But just keep in mind, venue size is a key consideration.

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