We recently had Autumn's 1st birthday in a park and I'm really glad we did. Other than gathering everyone for the candle blowing/song, I didn't organise anything else (eg. games for older kids etc.) and didn't need to as everyone was so happy just playing. We had people bring a chair or blanket though. Kids food is easy, adult-wise I asked a few people to bring a hot water thermos and just provided tea/coffee/sugar/milk and this worked well too. If you keep it super simple, you'll have more time to enjoy it yourself. The writing down of presents on the cards is an excellent idea if you plan to open them at the park. And the best thing is going home to a clean, quiet house for nap time!
We had our DS's 1st birthday party in a park and just took some plastic seats & umbrellas, it worked really well! We also made sure we had some rubber backed mats for the little kids to sit/lay on and had 'kid friendly' food. Friends took photos and video footage for us and it was the perfect day!! We enjoyed every minute of it and so did DS!!!
Don't worry about games but if you've got older kids at the party then it's a good idea to be near some playground equipment.
After having a ball at a first b'day party last weekend, I can only give this advice ... kids don't eat much
Don't have like seven different things for them to eat, not even for the bigger kids. They just eat the stuff halfway through and the rest gets trampeld in the chaos I would suggest a cooldrink (small) and some chips and a marshmallow-something. That with the b'day cake would be more than enough
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I would suggest a cooldrink (small) and some chips and a marshmallow-something. That with the b'day cake would be more than enough 
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