Keep reading for the best backyard birthday party ideas for the special day. I absolutely love throwing birthday parties at home, and my backyard has become my favorite place to celebrate!

The chef Karina Garcia of the New York restaurant Cocina Consuelo celebrated by cooking for family and friends, and even making her own cake.

Not only is Grace as cute as can be (no surprise there), but her birthday cake is so fitting. The dessert was decked out in adorable little animals, including a giraffe, elephant, and zebra.

Get yourself a cake ... decor, a fresh paint color or wallpaper, the bedding you've been eyeing, or just some furniture rearranging (it's free!). Of course, if you need some aesthetic room ideas ...

We would clap, hoot, and holler throughout the dining room garnering as much attention as possible until we got to their table, thawed cake in hand, to sing our version of a birthday song.