This construction birthday party will go down as one of the best parties we have thrown. Cheap ideas and free printable birthday party invitations!
Construction Birthday Party
This construction birthday party really was the best we have maybe thrown to date. It was cheap, it was easy to throw together on a whim, and EVERYONE had such a great time.
If you know us, I mean, outside of blogland, or have seen the few videos of this kid’s crazy knowledge of construction vehicles, you’d be like, “WHAAA?” he’s nuts.
If I don’t know what it is, he’ll tell me. “Boss, what’s that truck?”
“Dats a boom wift, Mom. and it’s blue.” {just in case that was my next question…}
smarty pants.
We threw together this construction party, planning for a perfect outdoor sunny day in San Diego.
it poured. hard.
We reconvened at the church building where there is a nursery for kids and lots of toys… tons of parking, and a kitchen. It worked out much better than we intended in the first place!
Free Printable Birthday Party Invitations that made everything easy!
The invitation, I sent out using Pingg.com. it’s my favorite e-vite site cause they let you upload your own design. And it’s prettier. If you would like to use my free printable birthday party invitation, i added it to the printables you can download here. We used all of these signs which are also on there as well!
Construction Party Ideas
Because my husband was working construction at the time in management, he had a lot of his own stuff. That’s his real hard hat that he wore on his job site. The orange homer box of course came from Home Depot, and was $8! It held the bread and meat and cheese for our “build” your own sandwich bar. My mom found this perfect little dumptruck at target, perfect size for the dump cake.
{The cake is a store-bought pre-made cake from Smart N Final with peanut butter cups and peanut butter oreo crumbs on it. i have to admit, the decision to do a pre-made cake was probably the best one we made. It was goood and took only a few minutes to throw together!}
We found lots of “look-alike” foods and just used these chalkboard labels from hobbie lobby.
The “fuel” is just yoohoo chocolate milk with labels stuck on em. {chocolate milk is one of boston’s faves!}
We also had lots of dip, so we did veggies, hummus, apples, that amazing salted caramel apple dip, and chips….
The perfect Construction Birthday Party for the Perfect Dude.
Boss looked perfect. Just a little dude. We had these work boots, I think from Grandma Clifford, and he finally fits into them and LOVES them.
I really wanted him to have a cool shirt that matched so I used my dump truck that I used for the invitation, and tried my hand at that freezer paper shirt that everyone keeps pinning. so. easy. so. cool! {just print design on freezer paper, cut out with an exacto, iron on, paint, let dry, and peel it off. genius. almost embarassingly genius.}
here’s the template if you want to make your own:
just open in a new window, right click, and save to print!
Construction Birthday Party Jobsite
We couldn’t have a party without a project! It just wouldn’t be a job site without something to “work” on… so i ordered this cute cardboard house from amazon. the kids loved it!
We had older siblings there and the older kids were all over this one… we just let em at it cause I also had the good washable paint…
How to throw a Construction Birthday Party ON THE CHEAP!
If you liked this Construction Birthday Party, check out some of the other fun parties we have thrown!
Meg!! Where did you get your dump truck printable? I am trying to find it so I can make Brody a shirt for his party but I can’t find one anywhere.
I have a template! I will send it over! 😉
Hi! I love your DIY shirt idea. Would you mind sharing the place or link where you found your dump truck template? I would be so appreciative! We are getting ready for a construction party for my little guy, too!
I will email it to you! 😉
Hi! I love all of this!! Where did you get your birthday invitation?
Thanks! I made the invite 😉
hey can you send it to me please
It is here on the post to download. 😉 Thanks!
Hi Meg-
I found your son’s birthday party on Pinterest and would like to represent the East Coast. Our son Justin loves all construction vehicles! Thank you for all these great ideas and inspirations for his birthday party!
You have a new faithful reader in NJ- Alli
Thank you! I’m glad you liked them! 😉
do you have a free template for the BOSTON TURNS 3 Sign?
one that i can add my name and age to?
thanks!
Oh dang it- I don’t think I have that one anymore! It would be easy to change up one of the signs here though {in the printables} to blank it out and start over… Sorry about that! I should have included it!
Hi Meg, My son is having his 5th b-day party next week & I would love to get your templates for the Food labels.
Is there any way I can get my fingers on your creativeness??
🙂
Thank you,
TeiAnna
Link for the invite says it no longer available. Anyway I can still get it directly thru you? My son sounds like Boston’s twin! I have found myself determining my route to the grocery store so that we can drive THROUGH construction zones, as opposed to avoiding them like most people. Isn’t it amazing how an almost 3 year old knows all the names of the vehicles and exactly what they do?? I am missing a great evite — tried to create one myself but just not happy with it. Hoping you can share…will make the party a home run!! THANKS.
The invite wasn’t on there, but the signs and the shirt were… I can probably get you a background of the one I made. Watch your email! 😉
My son is turning 3! He loves construction sites and bob the builder! Can you please help me with ideas and printable logos ect! We are based in South Africa and hard to find it local!
Thank you so much!
By FAR the best most realistically doable construction party theme I have seen! I love it all. I can’t seem to get to the printables and wondered what size paper the sign print outs were? Thanks so much for sharing this!
All of the printables are on standard 8.5 by 11 paper. I will update the link for you!
Thanks so much Meg. I just finished the invite and it looks great. You rock!
Do you have any free printables for this party idea? Thanks!
Yes! They are included in this post. 😉
wondering what font you used on these?
Hi meg, I’m having a construction themed bday party for my son. Can you send me the link for the printables ?
the link is here in the post! Good luck- let me know when you do! I love seeing how the parties turn out! 😉
I tried downloading the link for the printable and it says it’s only available in .zip – when I save it, it will not open in Microsoft. Do you know how you opened it or saved it originally? Thanks so much!
It is a zip file, which includes multiple files. You will need a way to unzip it. There are a few programs that do this {Macs do it automatically}, but if it doesn’t unzip on its own, you can go to an online unzipper. Just google “free file unzip” and you should find one… sorry about that!
I love this! We are doing a construction party for my son next month and these are great ideas! What did you print on? Also, do you have any great ideas for favors? Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Any chance I could get you to email me the invite, with the blue wording editable? I’d love to have it orange instead of blue for my construction truck crazy almost 5 yr old! Your Party is GREAT!
I love all of your ideas. Thank you so much for sharing them…they are exactly what I was looking for. How do I go about editing the invite to add in my own wording?
Thanks in advance for your help!
When you download the printables {link in the post}, the words are removed for the times/dates…etc. If you wanted to change the other words, you would need to erase them or cover them with white {digitally} before you could add your own words. They aren’t editable, the file will be like using an image. Hope that helps!
I love your wording. Sorry, I figured out how to make it editable. Thank you! What font did you use? I would love to make it similar to yours.
Thanks again!