what are some birthday traditions you started for your kids? i’m just curious, my sons only two months, but i’m so excited for all the holidays now that i’m a mom!
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I let my kids pick out where and what they want for their birthday dinner 
On their birthday we go shopping, pick out a couple toys and outfits and have their favorite dinner, and have a cake.
Nothing fancy but my almost 8 year old enjoys it, and I’m sure my 2 year old will too as she gets older.
The day I got pregnant we’d made a zoo trip with our older girls so we’ve been talking about a zoo birthday party or a zoo themed party depending on budget each year.
I have b/g twins and they pick what type of cake they each want. So this year my son wants construction trucks and my daughter wants unicorns. They each get their own cake with their own theme decorations. They’re turning 5 in December and we are taking them to Great Wolf Lodge for a few days for their actual birthday even if it means missing some preschool. I feel as December babies their birthdays can get overshadowed by Christmas prep so I make sure their birthday whatever day of the week it falls on we have fun.
Every year I set up my living room with balloons and set up their presents on the table for every child and we all have pancakes for breakfast, now my kids are older they’ve started doing it for our birthdays too 
We did a balloon fairy 
. The night of we would put balloons in their room so they woke up to balloons everywhere. We did it until they realized it was us but it was minimal work and pure enjoyment on their end. When they got older they get to pick birthday dinner of their choice on the actual day. And of course parties and other stuff but those two things is something we did or still do with the younger ones now.
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My kids are age 1,2,4 my 1 an 4 year old share a birthday on October 5 my 2 year old his birthday is September 15 we do cake an sing happy birthday on their birthday but this year we’re going to Tennessee for 3 days end of September beginning of October to do some fun things with them. Last year I rented a room at gattitown got a cake made had their outfits made an honestly I spent around the same ima spend on this trip. Tennessee will be our yearly birthday trip/party for now on.
Blow up tons of balloons the night before and fill their room or the hallway when they open their door, they get to pick dinner anywhere they want to go and their cake flavor. Then the weekend following they get to choose one activity for the whole family to go do!
Mine would pick what they wanted for dinner, then what cake they wanted.
I spend the night blowing up balloons- some sets I found on marketplace used - and I set their room up with a hundreds of balloons while they are passed out hahaha
Kids choose what we’re having for dinner the night of their birthdays. Then the day of the actual party we do pizza and cake
My kids picked what they wanted Tomas paw patrol cat in the hat, CSI  minions sonic, Mario
I write him a letter every birthday. *He will get them later though.
He has a birthday plate (with his name on it) that he uses for his cake. And we do a yes day.
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Mine are only 3 and 1 but I take last night photos. Once child is asleep I take a picture of them to remember what they looked like on their last night as that age. It’s super sweet and photos are precious.
My girls got the day with no chores, choose what is for dinner, and whatever dessert they wanted.
I always decorate our kitchen table with a theme that they like, and make it cute so when they wake up in the morning they are surprised by it, they also pick whats for dinner! My daughters birthday was last Wednesday, heres hers (i have 4 kids)
I bake each of my kids a cake on their birthday. Whatever kind of cake they want and decorate whatever theme they like.
Sometimes they turn out beautiful and other times we have a good laugh 
I’ve never spent big money on a professional cake. My kids love their homemade cake made with love.
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We’ve always done something small with family. Every time that we’ve thrown a big party almost nobody shows up. So now we’re going to start having experiences instead of parties and things.
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Not a birthday party, we take them to do something fun/ anything they want followed by restaurant dinner or take out. 
I love the family time.
My families tradition is whoever’s birthday it is they choose dinner…whatever they want! My boys and now grand kids love it!
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Did theme parties when our girls were young. Their birthdays are only two days apart but they ate night & day opposites. It got a little tricky sometimes there were big parties and lots of kids. We didn’t have much family there. as they got older we tried to go smaller. Then we started to get out of the tradition of every year parties. We went to 5, 10, 13, 16, 18. Seemed each year one of them had a milestone. It was a big deal to them.
We go out for dinner, their choice! We invite family over for birthday’s, understandable not everyone can make all of them.
Big birthday’s they get a big party, where friends are invited( like 10, 13 and 16)
I have one winter kid and one summer kid so it was hard to do for one and not the other. Friend parties are hard when kiddos aren’t in school.
We also do a yearly photo book birthday to birthday - really easy to do just gather all off your phone and pick ones you like from each month of the year so the photo book follows the chronology of the year - my little girl is 4 so we have 4 so far and love looking at them, cause we never print photos any more
I always ask friends and relatives to make a Happy Birthday video and text or message it. We can’t always have a party ON her birthday, but it’s special to hear Happy Birthday on that amazing day.
Christmas tradition- buy two baubles a year and write the year on them, one is for your tree and other goes in a box for them to have as decorations for they first own tree when they grow up, first couple of years you can pick them get them to pick
Write a letter to them on their birthday or other special occasions / memories and put to one side in a memory box to give to them on their 18th
My family’s tradition is the birthday boy or girl or adult gets to pick what we have for dinner on there birthday
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Never had big birthdays just a cake and a few presents 
I really couldn’t be bothered with other people’s rugrats keeping them entertained Lol 
For our birthday parties, all the kids would be lined up at the table for a cake eating contest but with our hands behind our backs. Sadly, those stopped once we started wearing makeup but I totally plan to start that with my kids once they’re old enough to have sleep over birthday parties.
Nothing special here, my kids are 6 & 7 now. Balloons, cake, what they pick for dinner, & a few presents make them happy. I don’t go all out because expectations…they don’t need to grow up thinking extravagant things happen in their birthday. They turn another year older, thats all. Some kids don’t get parties or gifts, I dont want any other child feeling upset because they dont get what my kids get. Simple and sweet in my home
My advice is don’t start them 
they’re so hard to keep up with and each year you gotta out-do yourself, so if you do start em start small
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I make their cake every year. Anything they want; shape, size, colors, characters, whatever they want. We’ve had Hello kitty to a sandcastle to “a yellow square with red polka-dots” to a poop emoji. It’s a fun thing I started when my daughter was little, she’s 17 now, and im going to keep doing it as long as they’ll let me.
I blow up balloons and put them in their rooms after they fall asleep on the night before their birthdays! Always sure to put some on their beds, too. I also let them pick what I cook for dinner.
The birthday kid always got to pick where we go out and have a birthday dinner. They are now 22 and 26 and we still do it every birthday. 
I started don’t cupcakes at birthday. Just easier and more fun.
And now I’m giving everyone a candle to blow out after the song.
It’s been fun.
I have 6 kids, one thing they absolutely love is just a basket of their favorite goodies and small things in the basket they look forward to every single year. my oldest is 15, youngest 2. today is my son’s birthday he turned 6 he got his basket and been obsessed with everything this morning. mix of Candy’s, crafts, playdough, all kinds of things. we normally have party’s a weekend before or after so always on their actual birthday I started doing this years ago!
I do a mommy and me day for their birthdays. Birthday girl gets to miss school and we go for a haircut and nails, and to a restaurant for lunch. One year when my youngest was in kindy, she invited her friend from school and they wore fancy dresses to the restaurant. They love it!
Every year I wait for them to sleep and fill their rooms up with balloons and the number they are turning ballons but have presents in the morning so no peaking at night then they get to chose dinner of there choice and cake