Monster Truck Birthday Party Smash

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As founder and event designer for Halfpint Design, my own children's parties are my favorite events to plan. My son is obsessed with monster trucks and I knew we had to use it for his 5th birthday party theme. The kids played outside rotating between five different activity stations set up in the backyard with several stops to the "monster truck wash" misters to cool off and stay hydrated. They loved popping balloons, throwing balls, driving a remote controlled monster truck and racing toy cars! We drug them in to eat and they were all back outside to play! That was a good sign the activities were age appropriate and well laid out! The cake finally brought them back in and we enjoyed a little chocolate before sending everyone home with a bag full of monster truck goodies from the "winner's circle". I loved this party and had so much fun designing it. I hope you have fun perusing! You can find all the party details at http://halfpintpartydesign.com/monster-truck-birthday-party-smash/

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Party Highlights

  • What People Ate

    "hand tools" Corn dogs, "shift knobs" mandarin oranges, "lug nuts" blueberries, "dip sticks" Go-gurts, "nuts & bolts" Chex mix, "wheelie pasta" mac n' cheese

  • What People Drank

    Water, "Anti-freeze" Gatorade, and "Pit Mud" chocolate milk

  • Desserts

    Tire Shaped Chocolate cake with cookies and cream filling topped with crushed Oreos and a toy monster truck.

  • Party Favors

    Mini inflatable tires filled with monster truck toys, truck, yo-yo, bubbles, eraser, bouncy ball, checkered pencil with tire eraser

  • Activities / Games

    Most activities were named using actual Monster Truck lingo: Pop a "wheelie", Hole shot, Monster truck wash, Monster truck bowling, and Head to head racing.

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3 comments

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    Carol W wrote:

    Where did you get the Tires? Thank you

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    Carol W wrote:

    How did you may the cake?

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    Parties With A Cause wrote:

    Hi Carol, The cake is just wrapped in dark brown fondant with triangle shapes cut for the tire treads out of the same fondant. It's topped with crushed oreos and a straw to help the truck stay at an angle. As for the tires - they were lawn mower tires I picked up in a junk yard. Wish I had a better source for you! I have a complete party plan with all of my sources here. https://www.enjoius.com/party-plan/monster-truck