Description
My son turned two this past weekend, so we hosted a construction themed party for all of his buddies and their parents. We decorated with black and yellow tissue tassels, balloons, coloring pages and a mountain backdrop. Food included a chocolate mudslide cake, tool box veggie tray, pretzel lumber, rock cookies, dirt cups, and a bacon jalapeno cheeseball mountain. The kids played with sensory tables full of trucks, rice and split peas, knocked down a demolition city made of boxes, and took pictures in our dump truck photo booth. It was a blast!
Design Inspiration
The book I'm Dirty by Kate and Jim McMullan inspired the party. It is my son's current favorite!
Decorating Style
Fun and easy! My son helped with a lot of the decorations, so I wanted to make everything easy enough for him to be included. He glued all of the stripes for the road backdrop, crumpled brown paper for the mountain, and stacked the boxes.
Project Details
I blogged all about the party on my blog: go ahead and snicker. There are recipes, more photos, and links there. http://jojobean26.blogspot.com/ The invitations will be available here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/jojobeandesigns Trucks, party construction hats, and mini construction cones were found on Amazon.
Favorite Items
The kids loved the sensory tables, which were admittedly a huge mess on the deck and required the leaf blower to clean up:) My favorite thing is the invitation set, since that was the first piece I made and it set the tone for the rest of the decor.
Digger and Construction Party Ideas -
Tuesday 22nd of February 2022
[…] this a cute idea? The kids will have double the fun when they first help you create this and then have loads of fun […]
Christi Freeny
Sunday 14th of July 2019
How did you make the dump truck? Can u send me instructions and list of supplies?
Jaime
Tuesday 25th of August 2015
Can you send me a full picture of the dump truck photo booth. I can't see the front of the truck. I'm trying to make one.
Digger and Construction Party Ideas - Little Party Love
Sunday 15th of February 2015
[…] this a cute idea? The kids will have double the fun when they first help you create this and then have loads of fun […]
Jen
Saturday 27th of April 2013
Love the cardboard photo op. can u give me specific specs? What paint did you use? Thx
Joanna M Sargent
Monday 24th of February 2014
It's just acrylics on cardboard, nothing fancy!