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I’m almost embarrassed to share how much time and money I spent on my daughter’s first birthday. I hand-punched confetti, you guys, and we smoked a pork shoulder on our grill for eight hours and made BBQ sauce for party favors. All that hard work was worth it because we loved celebrating her with friends and family, but it made the days leading up to the party and the emotions I had about my baby turning 1 hard to manage. I can’t say that her second birthday party was any less ambitious.

This month my daughter celebrated her fifth birthday, and along with her baby brother’s two birthday parties, I now have seven kids’ parties under my belt. I’ve learned a lot about what makes a fun (and easy) kids’ party from planning these parties, so much so that I’ve developed a formula for planning that keeps me and my guests happy. It’s simpler than you think.

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