Friday, August 9, 2013

First Birthday Party Construction Theme

Thanks to pinterest (once again) I was determined to create a construction theme for my son's first birthday party!  I am pleased to say, it come out just I had hoped!!! Here is the appetizer table.
Luckily from my older son, I already had construction trucks and the signs all came from his old bedroom wall.  Caution tape came from the hubby's truck!!! Shhhhh....



At the cake table, I displayed my home made invite, pictures of James at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 9 months. Each guest can take a lollipop favor with a sticker that says Thanks and James's First Birthday on it, printed by me!! Lollipops came from amazon.com in yellow and orange swirls.  Each kid took home a construction hat wtih their name on it, printed on stickers, by......ME!


 Here is my favorite part, the cake!!!  Having boys around it's very easy to find props for this kind of theme!

 I also used crushed oreo cookies, and turtle sprinkles from Joann's (I believe) for my dirt piles.
Cupcake liners from Joann's and I printed stickers with clipart from Microsoft word and stuck them on yellow and red cardstock and punched out circles and glued them on toothpicks for the toppers

This is the cupcake that James got to tear up!!

 For my older son, I had a one year old picture taken and had everyone that attended the party sign, as a guest book.  So I did the same for James. But instead of going professional, I took the pic myself, not bad, right!?

Thankfully the birthday boy approved!!!!