Blog the Builder-can we party?

We most certainly can.

As far as boys themes go a construction party is certainly a cute option, especially for the younger ones who love Bob the Builder and Handy Manny. There are so many great tools to play around with and fun elements like construction hats and bulldozers that it's actually quite difficult to choose what you are going to make use of. We started this construction party off with a hammer...

We found the idea for the invitations online and they were just too cute. A little hammer in scrapbook style, right up my ally. 



I cut the invitations from brown cardboard that acted as the base and border. Onto the hammer head I stuck grey card and the for the handle I used yellow card with a stippled effect. The party information could all be found on a tag attached to the front of the hammer and partially secured with an eyelet that looked like a screw. For this particular party Bob was added to the invites, but without him these invites could really be used for any construction themed party. 

We didn't supply much in terms of decor for this party, except for the always popular photo board and loads of helium balloons to add fun and color.

For the party packs we decided to make red tool boxes. I cut the middle section out of the box so that it was open and then added a thin dahl stick as the handle. Each tool box also had a thank you note in the shape of a tool. We also added tissue paper for aesthetic appeal.

For this party the client wanted a number of different themed food items. The first was our decorated lollipops with pictures of Bob.

The easiest shape to cut out is a wrench, so most of the food we made into wrench shape. The sandwiches were little wrenches and so were the cereal treats which we also made silver with food coloring powder.

The cookies were also wrenches, but we also added hammers for something a little different. I used royal icing and silver food coloring powder to try and create the effect of a metal tool. The hammer handle I piped in a way to mimic the look of the invitations.

As a healthy option the client wanted fruit sticks, so these we just made bright and colorful to hopefully draw the children into eating them. On the stands of the fruit sticks we added little construction buildings to bring in the theme.

We actually landed up making two different Bob the Builder cakes for this client, one for the party and one for a prior celebration as the birthday boy couldn't wait to get his cake. The first style of cake was a cut out covered with fondant and some 3D elements and the party cake was a 2 tier with Bob as the centre piece and all his building apparatus adorning the rest of the cake.

And there you have it, constructing a building party is a piece of cake;)