Helen Skelton celebrated Elsie Kate’s birthday with her loved ones (Picture: Instagram)

Helen Skelton’s youngest child had a ball as the TV star threw a party to celebrate her first birthday.

The Strictly Come Dancing finalist spent the special day with her nearest and dearest, with plenty of treats and activities to keep the little ones entertained.

Helen, 39, shares one-year-old, Elsie Kate, Ernie, six, and Louis, four, with ex-husband Richie Myler, whom she announced her split from earlier this year.

The Countryfile host and rugby ace married in 2013, before separating four months after third child Elsie was born.

Sharing a glimpse inside the madness of Elsie’s birthday, Helen posted a snap to her Instagram Story which showed children dressed up in costumes.

Capturing the wild antics, the photo showed one little boy, dressed as a wolf, standing on a chair, while another sat colouring at the table.

All the children clearly had a blast dressing up and eating treats (Picture: Instagram)

One-year-old Elsie gave the cake her seal of approval (Picture: Instagram)

Helen poked fun at her cooking skills after a pizza was left in a sorry state (Picture: Instagram)

Helen wrote alongside the pic: ‘A wolf in a tantrum. Spidergirl needing balloons and lost cricket gloves. All the chaos. All the love baby girl’, followed by red heart emoji.

The former Blue Peter presenter also poked fun at her culinary skills with a snap of what looked like a very burnt pizza lying on the wet ground outside.

‘Safe to say party food was up to the usual standard chez Skelton’, she mocked.

Well, she’s a great presenter and an amazing dancer, there’s got to be something she isn’t perfect at!

The presenter shares her three children with Richie Myler, whom she announced her split from in April (Picture: Dave J Hogan/Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

The mum-of-three recently celebrated Christmas with her children (Picture: Instagram)

In a third snap shared to social media, one-year-old Elsie cuddled up to a relative and had clearly been enjoying the birthday cake, as she had chocolate icing smothered around her mouth – Elsie knows how to have a good time!

In a week of firsts, Helen also recently celebrated Elsie’s first visit to Santa.

Documenting the special moment, she shared snaps from the outing, with all three of her children soaking up the festive magic inside the grotto.

Little Elsie looked adorable in a warm winter suit and sat on her big brother’s knee while Helen crouched on the floor, smiling.

Helen will head out on the road for the Strictly Live Tour next month, after finishing as a runner-up (Picture: PA)

Helen will surely have been making the most of family time over the festive period after a hectic few months as part of the Strictly line-up, which saw Hamza Yassin lift the glitter ball trophy following a spectacular final.

But the madness resumes in the New Year, as the mum-of-three prepares to hit the road for the Strictly live tour, where she’ll dance with Kai Widdrington instead of partner Gorka Marquez.

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Other stars taking part in the 2023 tour are winner Hamza, finalists Molly Rainford and Fleur East, semi-finalist Will Mellor, plus Tyler West and Ellie Simmonds.

The live shows kick off on January 20 in Birmingham before ending in Glasgow on February 12.

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There was chocolate cake, of course.