Construction Birthday Party: from a rice bin construction centre, to working on a cardboard play house, to building your own cupcake, this construction party is full of fun ideas your little one will love.
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Today was my Goddaughter Tara's third birthday, and she wanted a construction theme birthday party. This is such a fun theme for and little girl or little boy who loves all things construction zone. I'm excited to share all the construction themed party ideas with you.
We might usually think of a construction themed party as a "boy" theme, but the birthday girl and lots of her guests who were girls loved it, proving this is really a gender neutral party theme if you want it to be.
Tara was wearing the sweetest custom made shirt from etsy, and beautiful blue tulle tutu skirt to match! She looked so cute.
Clocking Into The Party
Guests were greeted into the party space by a welcome table by the door with a "Clock In" Station, where they received personalized yellow hard hats, and a tool belt.
Construction Birthday Party Activities
After the kids got their equipment on, it was off to enjoy the construction party themed activities and party games! The party room was set up with lots of different activity centers. The kids were welcome to rotate around to the different centers as they wanted too. There was no time limit or rotation. Some kids gravitate to certain areas and played longer in some areas than others.
I love this idea for kid's birthday parties, especially with younger kids. They could explore all the centers, or find their favorite and stay there, or revisit different areas. This was a family party, so the parents stayed and were able to guide their kids through the different centers and help them if they needed any assistance. And there was a real age range of kids, from babies to toddlers to about 7 years old. Everyone seemed to find activities that they enjoyed and held their interest
Rice Bin Construction Site
There was a rice bin full of toy bulldozers and dump trucks for all the little construction workers to play in. This was such a fun sensory activity for the kids and they loved it.
So easy to put together too. Use a large and low plastic container or a kiddie pool and fill it with rice, then add in lots of construction vehicles. Scoops or a plastic shovel work great for loading the trucks and construction toys with the rice.
Cardboard House Building
There was also a great cardboard house set up for the kids to enjoy. The house is made of printed cardboard, and the kids could color it with markers during the party. There was also a workbench set up beside it full of fun toy tools for the kids to pretend to build the house. The kids all loved working on the little dream house, coloring, pretending to build it, and playing inside of it together for a long time. After the party, the birthday girl was able to enjoy it in her playroom at home.
Road Building and Construction Site
There was also a play area with a toy garage, vehicles, road rug, and wooden blocks for any kids to play with if they wanted to. The kids loved driving the cars around the little roads, parking at the toy garage, and building a town with the blocks along the roads.
Play Dough
Another station at the party was a play dough station. It was set up with homemade play dough, and some really cute tool themed cookie cutters, and rolling pins. The kids could play with the play dough, rolling it out, and cutting out different tool shapes to play with. They also loved just playing with it and sculpting their own shapes as well.
Construction Birthday Party Decorations
Tara's mom made her a really fun happy birthday banner, with an amazing tool font for the letters. The construction-themed birthday party color scheme was inspired by traffic cones and caution tape. The yellow and orange were perfect for the theme. The banner was made with poster boards as the orange background and the letters were printed on yellow paper. These DIY construction party supplies looked so great at the party.
Throughout the party, there were all kinds of fun construction signs, like this one on the front door. It's made from poster board and sticker letters.
Construction Themed Birthday Party Food
The party colours were yellow, orange and blue. Even the punch was colour coordinated.
There was also a fun popcorn station, complete with orange popcorn! And everyone one could scoop up their popcorn into a paper bag in the party colors.
The dessert table was beautiful, and full of construction themed sweet treats. Everything was so delicious.
Heather made the cute themed table cloths herself. She found some construction themed fabric at the fabric store, and then used some iron-on hemming tape for the edges. This is such a great idea if you're party planning and looking for a tablecloth to fit your theme, and and you can't find one. She also made the "dig in" signs which are so much fun. My favorite construction birthday party idea from the party was using a few toy construction trucks to hold goodies like snack mix and some candy rocks on the food table.
The sugar cookies were so cute! (Won't these be cute for Father's Day too!)
She also made cake pops, a party favourite, co-ordinated in orange and yellow.
There were also lots of sweet candies, like rock candy lollipops, candy lego, color coordinated jelly beans, and M&Ms. There were also goodie bags to pack some up to take home.
The birthday cake was a cupcake pull apart cake, made with the Wilton Transportation Puzzle Cakes Silicone Build-a-Cake set. Cupcakes are such a great way to making serving dessert easier at a birthday party. This was my favorite of all the construction food ideas.
It turned out to be so cute. I especially liked the cookie crumb "dirt" it was driving through -no detail too small! The candles were mini-tools, from Bulk Barn.
Build A Cupcake
After lunch, it was time for what might have been our favorite thing at the party, the "Build A Cupcake" work zone.
Heather made homemade vanilla cupcakes, and yellow, orange, and blue icing. There lots of different sprinkles, and candy lego in small bowls. The builders worked to build the perfect cupcake! This was the perfect construction-themed party activity to finish the kids' party off.
Clocking Out
After all the fun, it was time "Clock Out", and head home with your very own tool box loot bag in a plastic bag backpack! These were the perfect construction party favors and the little guests loved them. Each little builder at the party had such a good time, especially our little birthday girl.
I hope all these cool construction party ideas help you if you're planning your own construction birthday party theme. It was such a fun way to celebrate, and any little birthday boy or girl who loves construction would truly love it. These ideas are all perfect for any younger kids. I think they'd work best for kids under about 7 years old. They were all quite simple to put together and the kids had so much fun.
With a Construction Birthday Party to enjoy, life really is a party!
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Emma says
I am not sure if this is too late, but the cardboard house was purchased at Michael’s
dnr says
Hi Lindsey, I think the tool sets were from Toys'r'Us, but it was a few years ago. Best of luck.
Dannyelle
Lindsey McPherson says
Love this idea. Where did you get the tool sets for the party favors?
dnr says
Hi Michelle, You can buy the tool belts at Home Depot, they're not expensive, around $1 I think. Have a great construction party!
Michelle says
Did you purchase the Home Depot tool belts or did they give them to you?
Heather says
Not sure if this is too late, but the cardboard house was purchased at Michael's
Sabrina says
WOW!!! What a great idea! I`ll definitely use this one for onr or bothof my boys. Seems like every detail has been covered! Where was that amazing cardboard house purchased?
Sabrina says
WOW! What a great idea! Will be using it for one (or both) of my son's birthday parties. Tara covered EVERYTHING!!! Where was that amazing cardboard house purchased.
brooke schaefer says
ADORABLE!!! Great attention to ever detail. This is wonderful