Luke's 2nd Birthday Party--Construction Zone Theme

Every birthday party has a theme.  I've been known to go overboard on birthdays, but I thoroughly enjoy it!  After Jack's monster birthday party last February, he says to me, "Now we have to start planning Luke's party!"  That's my boy!  Jack actually really likes looking at Pinterest with me and getting ideas. So, we started planning.  Jack picked the theme.  He said we had to have trucks cause Luke "loves trucks."  The construction party is what it turned into because I didn't want to do monster trucks or fire trucks (because that was Jack's 2nd party theme).  I really didn't go overboard planning.  Truth be told, his birthday snuck up on me and the fall has been insanely busy with school starting and all.  I knew what the cake was going to look like, but all the other plans actually came together the few days before the party!

This year the cake needed to be chocolate because of the "dirt" needed for the theme.  I don't like chocolate cake or chocolate frosting, so that's why I normally stay away from it.  I used boxed cake mixes, but made homemade chocolate buttercream frosting.  I'm known for my frosting, so I wanted to have really good chocolate frosting too!  All three boys had to be my taste testers.  Evidently the cake was a hit!  I made yellow cake cupcakes for me and any others that don't like chocolate cake!

As far as other decorations, they weren't hard.  I always get a big balloon bouquet.  That's a must for any party.  Then we bought some CAUTION tape for decorations (and I used it for the cake board).  I then used my Cricut machine for a dump truck die cut for the party favor sacks.  My mom always gives me a piece of fabric for the table to match the theme.  This year trucks, of course!

The birthday boy was so happy and cute!

Happy Birthday to You!