Construction Party

Construction Party

For his 3rd birthday, we decided to have a construction party.  We had burgers for lunch and some snacks along with some construction-related activities.

The decor was fairly simple.  We used light yellow table cloths and wrapped them in caution tape.   I put some across the fence in the backyard but it caused some panic with one of the party goers.  "What's wrong with the fence!?"  Nothing, it's just some decorations for the construction party.  "Ohhhhh...." After that, I thought I'd better not put caution tape on the play structure or it might be avoided, too. I liked it on the tables and that didn't seem to confuse anyone, though.

The party favors were passed out at the beginning of the party.  They got plastic construction hats, home depot tool belts, levels, tape measures, and screw drivers.  (Hats were from Amazon.  Tools belts, tape measures, and levels were from Home Depot for less than $1 each.  Screwdrivers were from Dollar Tree in multipacks for $1.)  In addition to being fun tools the kids could use, they looked adorable!

For activities, I got a set of interlocking popsicle sticks that the kids could just use to build whatever they wanted.  I think I got them on Amazon, but I've seen them at several stores.

We also set up some screwing boxes on the ground.  These were just old boxes we happened to have.  I wrapped some construction tape around them so they'd look more "festive" and then partially screwed in several screws.  The kids came by with their screw drivers and enjoyed screwing and unscrewing them.

The kids also enjoyed the play structure and playing in the backyard when they weren't munching on their cheese burgers.  They were certainly not bored!

Then we had cake.  We'd asked for a construction theme, but the local grocery store bakery was out of the plastic toys they put on top.  No problem, we got our own set (5 pack of construction vehicles from Target for $6) but they mysteriously disappeared just prior to cake time.  (It turns out that one of the little party attendees took off with them, but we didn't recover them until after the party.)  It was important to have some vehicles though, because it looked a bit like... uh... maybe a big rabbit had left a deposit.  Not a great look for a cake.

Fortunately, a dig through the car drawer and a quick wash and we had a suitable vehicle.  Whew!  Not that the kids cared, though.  Cake is cake!  Yum!

Happy Birthday, Steven!