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Construction Birthday Party Ideas
by Kimberly Ripley
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Overview
Almost all little boys (and some girls) go through a phase when they have an innate fascination with construction vehicles. From dump trucks to towering cranes, they scour the skies for glimpses of construction sites whenever they are riding in the car, and they devour books and DVDs on the subject, too. The recent popularity of the children's television program "Bob the Builder" serves as further testament to this fascination. Make your toddler's dream come true by throwing a construction birthday party. You'll be creating memories that will endure long after the last guest has left the party.
Hard hats are perfect party hats for a construction birthday party.
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Hard Hats
Most party supply stores carry yellow plastic hard hats. If they don't, you can order them at craft and party supply companies like the Oriental Trading Company. Order hats for all of the party guests and write their names on the front of them with black permanent markers. Check to see if they carry adult-size hats as well so that moms and dads can join the party fun.
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Construction Site
Set up a construction site in your backyard or (if you're really brave) create a sand table for indoor use. The idea is to provide an area, as well as several construction vehicles and pieces of machinery so that all of the kids get turns trying their hands at a variety of the operations that take place on a construction site. Have a few extra dump trucks on hand. Kids will occupy themselves endlessly by filling and dumping sand from the back of a dump truck. Also, designate one of the parents as the construction site foreman to oversee that the sand stays where it belongs and no squabbles break out among the construction workers.
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Lunch Break and Coffee Break
Sound the noon whistle and call all of the crew to lunch. Stock up on plastic lunch boxes well ahead of party time. They are usually in great abundance at thrift shops throughout the year at well under a dollar a piece. Spray paint the lunch boxes black and stencil on a caution sign or "hard hat area" sign in bright yellow spray paint. You can even stencil each party guest's name on the lunch box in bright yellow paint. This will make the lunch boxes the perfect containers for hauling away party favors as well.
Hand each party guest a lunch box filled with a sandwich, apple and juice box (or something similar) and watch them enjoy their lunch in their hard hats with their lunch pails.
Afterward, send the kids back to the construction site to play for a while before blowing the whistle yet again for coffee break. Serve the cake (decorated like a construction site) at this time. Play a game or two and fill up the empty lunch boxes with favors like plastic tools.
