I remember… Back when I had just the one child, the thought, effort, and vast amount of Pinteresting that took place when preparing for a birthday party. I would start MONTHS in advance coming up with a theme, looking for ideas, and planning every last detail.
Along came child number two. Equally loved, deserving equally fantastic birthday parties. Yet somehow the time to spend on planning and preparation just isn’t there. Funny how that works. So when his second birthday was just a few weeks away, I knew I had to do something easy.
How to Throw a Construction Themed Birthday Party
I could hear my husband on my shoulder whispering “don’t go crazy”, “keep it simple”, “stay off Pinterest” . HA! He knows me better than that!
But when I decided to go with a construction theme (Bob the Builder is a favorite right now), all the pieces fell into place and it turned out being one of the easiest parties I’ve thrown yet! Full disclosure, none of the birthday parties in this house would happen without the help of our village. It’s amazing what a life saver that trip to blow up the balloons and get the ice can be.
The Invitation
There were a ton of options on Etsy, but I found these cute invitations from Wolcott Designs, and my sister-in-law had them printed on card stock for us.
The Big Picture
I love how the table looked with everything on it. I also got the template for the labels on Etsy as printables for under $4 from The Lovely Designs shop. I just added the names of everything using PicMonkey.
The Details
Line a Tonka truck with parchment paper, then use chocolate doughnuts as “Spare Tires”.
Put some pretzel rods in the back of a truck as “Timbers”.
Put some punch in an orange cooler with a sign that says “Crew Punch”. For the caution cone cups, I took orange paper cups and wrapped shiny silver washi tape around them.
We had a couple of yummy dips, one my mom made that looked like mud or dirt but was a black bean dip. It was the hit of the party! We filled another truck with chips for the dips.
I had seen a “Build a Burger Bar”, which would have been cute too. But sandwiches seemed much easier.
I made these condiment labels and wrapped them around empty (brand new) paint cans.
Click here if you’d like to download the labels and print them yourself: Mayo, Ketchup, Ketchup
I put the condiments in 8 oz mason jars inside the cans, and used little spatulas (around $1 each at Target) as spreaders to look like paint brushes. Then added the “Nuts and Bolts” as another little snack.
And of course, no party is complete without dessert. The cupcakes (thank you Megan) were chocolate with chocolate frosting, and crushed Oreos to look like dirt. I got the cute little signs on Amazon (along with lots of the other goodies) as well as the cupcake wrappers (links to all these are at the bottom of the post).
The final touch was the party favors. Construction hats, little toy trucks, and tape measures.
This ended up being such a fun party to plan, and was surprisingly easy to throw together! Here are some of the things I got from Amazon:
And here are some other awesome party ideas!
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