Best First Birthday Party Ideas Around Atlanta

First Birthday Party Planning in Atlanta with Confetti Jar & Circle Moms!

Celebrating your baby's first birthday is a huge milestone - not just for them, but for you! So let’s celebrate big! We teamed up with CircleMoms to find the best ways to celebrate first birthdays around Atlanta and are sharing them with you. CircleMoms offers support and connection during the 4th trimester, as well as gathering, community, and resources for the rest of motherhood. Together, we are here to help you plan a fun and memorable first birthday party - without the stress.

We make it super easy to celebrate your one-year-old because you can find and book everything you need from Confetti Jar. That first year was stressful enough, right? Let’s make planning the best first birthday party ever so fun and so easy!

A quick note about how Confetti Jar works: Confetti Jar provides a single destination to find everything you need when planning parties for kids around Atlanta. The site is free for parents to use. Vendors pay a small subscription fee to be listed on the site - no additional fees are charged at booking for parents or vendors. Parents contact businesses directly through the website and then work with the businesses directly to finalize the booking and kids birthday party plans.

And now, let's start planning the best birthday party ever!

Places for 1 Year Old Birthday Party in Atlanta

First, let’s tour the best first birthday party venues around Atlanta. Your little one and their friends will love celebrating at these places for a one year old birthday party in Atlanta.

Little Leaf Play Studio

This birthday party place for kids is located in Woodstock, close to Roswell and East Cobb. The modern and tranquil space was thoughtfully designed for little ones and their families with safe and easy to navigate play structures, perfect for one-year-olds and toddlers. Plus, there is a ton of seating and lounge space for parents, making the venue ideal for first birthday parties, which often include many parents in attendance. Book your first birthday party at Little Leaf Play Studio.

My Gym Roswell

Tumbling and play perfect for babies and toddlers! My Gym Roswell is conveniently located for families in Roswell, Milton, East Cobb, Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, and more. The new, clean space offers soft play, slides, trampolines and unique My Gym activities. The party hosts will arrange a program tailored specifically for the ages and preferences of your birthday boy or girl and their friends.

The Studios Brookhaven

This open venue is the perfect setting to celebrate your baby’s first birthday! The Studios Brookhaven is a 1,500 square foot dance studio with 15' ceilings, a sound system, plenty of open space, a kids play area and an 8' optional bounce house that you can use for your event. Great for large groups, this birthday party venue has plenty of space and offers the flexibility to create your dream party. Choose a theme and make the event truly personalized by adding soft play rentals, host a music party with a music class instructor, add characters for a princess or superhero party, and so much more - use the space to create just the right celebration for your little one.

Buddy's Indoor Playhouse

Designed for kids ages 6 months to 6 years, this indoor kids birthday party place in Smyrna, offers a 4,000 sqft play space complete with a mini bounce house, toddler and baby sized cars and toys, toddler soft-play, and more fun activities for the littles kiddos. Kids birthday party packages from Buddy's Indoor Playhouse are all-inclusive, including snacks, drinks, pizza, and decor in even the basic party packages. Or - upgrade to their Premium Theme Party Package and choose from over 50 different themes that bring the space to life with stunning decor, balloon garlands, and more.

Wiggle Giggle

Looking for a great spot to celebrate a 1 year old birthday party in Atlanta? Check out the new Wiggle Giggle, located in Marietta, convenient to families in Smyrna, East Cobb, and Kennesaw. This fabulous indoor playground is perfect for kids ages 0-12 and a great spot for first birthday parties. They offer plenty of space for kids to play and rom for parents to gather.

The Bunny Hive - Roswell & Smyrna

This super cute social venue is designed just for little ones and their grown ups. Known for fabulous first birthday parties, The Bunny Hive offers a gorgeous, modern studio space, allowing you to decorate in theme. The venue offers party hosts to ensure your event runs smoothly - and to handle set-up and clean-up, making the party stress-free for parents. Bring your own activities such as petting zoos or bounce houses. Or - add one of their precious activities designed just for babies and toddlers, such as the playdough station with goodie bags or the storytime with a bubble dance party, and DIY birthday card craft bar with polaroid pictures.

Host a First Birthday Party at Home

Hosting at home? Gather your friends and family to celebrate the big milestone in your baby's favorite place - home. We have just the right options to help you plan, entertain, decorate, and truly enjoy your little one’s first birthday party when hosting at your home.

Here are some of our favorite first birthday party entertainment ideas around Atlanta.

Baby & Toddler Music Parties

We love celebrating first birthday parties with music designed just for babies and toddler birthday parties! Music circle parties can include instruments and props, singing and playing along to songs our littles love. And parents even get to join in on the fun! Here We Grow brings the music circle parties to you and Music Together Metro Atlanta also offers perfectly designed music birthday parties with fun instruments and percussion.

Sensory Play Birthday Parties

Does your little one love to get their hands dirty? Check out these Ooey Gooey Play Parties with Here We Grow to dig into slime, sand and more in these sensory play birthday parties. Choose your theme and the team at Here We Grow will design sensory play to match.

Mini Bounce Houses & Soft Play

We are obsessed with soft play for baby birthday parties and toddler birthday parties! Soft play set-ups are perfect for little to crawl and climb - plus, watch the slide and ball pit bring oh so much joy. These can be set-up indoors or outdoors and even decorated with custom vinyls to match your theme. Add a mini bounce house and your one-year old will have the ultimate birthday party set-up. Check out J&K Play Yard for a super cute soft play and bounce house set-up. 

Petting Zoo Party

There is something oh so special about babies, toddlers, and animals getting to play together. Little ones interacting with the animals at a petting zoo party just melts our hearts! Invite Alainy Jane Events to your child’s first birthday party in Atlanta to turn your backyard into a Backyard Barnyard Petting Zoo. The team brings small barnyard animals, including pigs, goats, chickens, and bunnies. They even offer just bunny parties! How cute is that?!

Themed First Birthday Party Decorations and Rentals

After you find the perfect first birthday party venue and activities, now it's time to choose rentals, decorations, treats, and more! But don’t stress - Confetti Jar offers everything you need to make planning and hosting super easy. Want to outsource all of the planning? Find kids party planners to plan and coordinate the perfect first birthday party just for your little one.

Bring your theme to life with custom balloon garlands and backdrops, designed to celebrate your one year old. And - don’t forget toddler and kids tables and chairs so all of your young guests have space to sit and eat.

First Birthday Party in Atlanta Cookies & Desserts

Check out our amazing bakeries offering custom cookies, birthday cakes, and more treats to match your theme. Our favorite treat for first birthday parties? Babies and toddlers love cake pops, so we highly recommend including some of those! You can have them custom designed to match your theme and they are super easy for littles to enjoy.

Time to start planning - and have fun doing it! Because everything you need is right here from Confetti Jar. Celebrate these special moments because the first birthday only comes once (thank goodness!) And of course - congratulations momma because you made it to ONE!

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