First Birthday Invitations

Your little one is turning one, and Evite is here to help set up your celebration for success, with first birthday invites for all. Find the perfect design to match your party’s theme or get creative and make your own. Customize your digital invite to suit all your needs. Then send out your invites with ease and seamlessly track RSVPs, all using Evite.

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First Birthday Invitations FAQs

How do you design a first birthday invitation?

It’s your baby’s first birthday, which means this is the first birthday party invite you’ll make for them. Don’t know where to start? You’ve come to the right place! At Evite, choose from hundreds of beautifully designed first birthday invite templates to fit any budget and any celebration for your little one. Find free and Premium paperless birthday invitations, featuring everything from puns using the word ‘one’ to cute woodland animals to your kid’s favorite Disney characters. If you’re feeling creative, you can even design your own invite.

Once you have your design, you can customize your first birthday invitation however you like. Then sit back, relax and watch the RSVPs roll in.

Want even more templates? Evite has hundreds of kids’ birthday invitations for kids of all ages, including baby’s first birthday invites like these as well as birthday invitations for teens.

Can I customize my first birthday party invitation?

At Evite, we bring the templates and tools, and you bring your creative flair. Customize the text style, color, format and spacing of your digital birthday party invites. With Evite’s Premium invitations, you can pick your envelope color, add animated stickers and drop in colorful stamps.

In addition to making the visuals your own, you can also customize the information on your invite. Add things like co-hosts, gifting options (including up to 3 registries), the birthday baby’s name and any other details you like.

What do you write in a first birthday party invitation?

On the invitation for your baby’s first birthday party, make sure to include:

Your little one’s name
The event date, time and location
RSVP information
The party’s theme (if you have one)
Any other special information your guests might want to know. For example, “Don’t forget sunscreen and picnic blankets.”

Once you have that, all that’s left is to add a personal touch. Feeling creative? Throw in a poem or test out a pun. Prefer to channel Hemmingway? Keep your message short and sweet. Still stuck? We’ve got you covered with inspo and examples in this handy blog: Birthday party invitation message ideas.

Who should you invite to a first birthday party?

For a first birthday, traditionally you would invite close friends and family. Since your baby is only 12 months old, the party will mainly be adults—that’s okay! Guest list ideas include aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and neighbors with young kids. You know your crowd best so it’s up to you whether you want to keep it small and intimate or make it the celebration of the century.

Once you’ve decided who you want to invite, add your guest list to Evite and send out your first birthday invitations seamlessly via email, text or shareable link. Then, you’ll be able to track all your RSVPs all in one place on Evite.

How far in advance should you send first birthday invitations?

The best etiquette for first birthdays is to send out your paperless invitations about 4–6 weeks before the event. That gives your guests time to organize their schedules and it gives you plenty of heads up in terms of RSVPs.

How do I keep track of RSVPs for my first birthday invites?

With Evite, of course! What kind of party planning partner would we be otherwise? Evite lets you monitor your guest list and RSVPs anytime, anywhere. As soon as someone RSVPs to your first birthday invite, you’ll get notified instantly via email or SMS depending on your communication preferences. Plus, you can visit your “My Events” page on Evite to see the live updates on who's in, who’s out and who hasn’t responded yet.

How else can I celebrate the birthday baby?

If a fabulous party in the one-year-old’s honor isn’t enough, Evite lets you send digital birthday cards to any birthday kid (or their parents) to mark the occasion. You can choose from hundreds of designs and send your digital greeting card in seconds or schedule it ahead of time. Plus, you can add an eGift card directly to your digital birthday card!

What if I have more events to plan?

Evite Pro is your digital party planning partner for everything from back-to-school bashes to just-because jamborees. With Evite Pro, you get unlimited access to Premium products so that you can create all kinds of invitations for any and all celebrations.