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Back in February I had the privilege of designing a Construction themed birthday party for a young man who was turning six years old.\u00a0 This was such a great theme to do as there was no shortage of ideas.<\/p>\n
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The weather was brilliant for\u00a0this outdoor party.\u00a0 As the guests arrived they were\u00a0directed to the backyard by signs made especially for the occasion.\u00a0\u00a0One of the first things they would have seen on reaching the backyard was the big birthday banner, from the Construction party printable collection.\u00a0 We created the dining space by\u00a0using\u00a0the gazebo and a couple of giant road cones\u00a0paired with ‘Caution’ tape.\u00a0 We also used the ‘Caution’ tape to wrap around the backs of the chairs and the backdrop for the food table.\u00a0 The guest table had two small road cone centrepieces and a hessian table runner, along with place settings consisting of a placemat, plate, serviette,\u00a0themed drink bottle and favour box.<\/p>\n
Each guest received a construction party hat along with a Toolbox, favour box.\u00a0 These were a little tricky to put together but looked great in the end.\u00a0 Each favour box contained a tool shaped eraser, pencil and a ‘Builder’s Notebook’.\u00a0 The covers for the notebooks were from the printable collection which we wrapped around some little notebooks we found at a $ value store.<\/p>\n
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There was no shortage of things to do at this party.\u00a0 The main activity was to ‘Build your own Gingerbread House’.\u00a0 Each guest was given their own ‘kit set’ containing everything they would\u00a0need for\u00a0building their house.\u00a0 After giving a quick demonstration and appointing a couple of the dads as the foremen for the job site, we left them to it.\u00a0 As the party progressed\u00a0the guests\u00a0played ‘Pin the Bucket on the Digger’ – simply a theme appropriate version of ‘Pin the tail on the Donkey’; played with the build a picture set and listened to our storyteller read one of the popular ‘Little Yellow Digger’ books.<\/p>\n
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This was an exciting menu to put together.\u00a0 We had:<\/p>\n
The buffet table was set up using a variety of toolboxes and an old nail box along with a few other pieces we had handy.\u00a0 We used labels from the Construction Party printable collection to tie everything together.\u00a0 At the centre of the buffet table was the amazing ‘Digger’ birthday\u00a0cake made by a family friend.<\/p>\n
Overall this was a fabulous party to put together.\u00a0 The most challenging part was dealing with the heat from the sun – but once we had everything properly positioned under the gazebo and umbrella we were good to go.\u00a0 Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, especially the Birthday Boy.<\/p>\n
If you have any questions or comments regarding how we put this theme together or if you would like us to create a party for you then please contact us either via email or through the comments section below.<\/p>\n
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