Help! Cars birthday party ideas needed!

[3"Mouse"keteers]

Please help! I am planning a Disney Pixar Cars birthday party for my son's 2nd birthday in 3 weeks. Any ideas for decorations, cake, food, invitations, games, etc. would be greatly appreciated! TIA!

 

[3"Mouse"keteers]

Anyone have any ideas? Please?

 

[Poohbug]

Wilton has a cars cake pan. Pretty easy to make but if you need something easier-I have also seen cars cupcake papers. I also bought different cars "characters"(diecast or pullback ones) and hid them around the yard for a treasure hunt. The kids got to keep the car they found. For games I had races (old school:three-legged race/wheelbarrow race/potato sack race). you might want to check out the Family Fun website-they usually have some good ideas for kids parties.

 

[Tammysue5]

It has been a while since I have had a little boys party but maybe I can help. I have seen in many stores the 'speedway flags' we were just at a party that used them instead of crepe paper. Brought in orange cones for 'race games'.

Stop signs on the table as decoration.
Cupcakes had the TINY mini cars on them.
"Road worker" construction zone vests.
I will have to try and think about this some more.

 

[mom2aiden]

I just had a Cars bday party for my DS who turned 3. We didn't have very many kids, so we didn't provide that many activities. I bought a Cars pull-string pinata from party city that was shaped like Lightning McQueen. The kids loved that! The candy from the pinata was their "favor" to take home.

Party city also had the Cars soundtrack, so we played that as guests arrived (my son still listens to this everyday on the way to daycare, so it was money well spent).

We had a small bounce house that fits inside, so we blew that up and let the kids jump. Not Cars themed, but they had a great time. (It was a rainy day).

Then as the party wound down, and only close friends and family were left, we popped in the Cars DVD and watched that as the kids played with the new toys.

Sam Club had a really great Cars cake that has a McQueen car on top. My son still plays with this car too. All decorations also came from Party City.

I'm probably not much help as I didn't get too creative since we only had about 3 or 4 other small kids there all under 3. So they were happy just playing!

 

[3"Mouse"keteers]

Thanks for all of the great ideas! There will probably only be about 7 or 8 small children, including my son. The rest will be family and friends. Thanks again!

 

[RMulieri]

I had a cars bday this past Dec for DD.I found all the decorations at walmart, and since it is a superwalmart they had a bakery that made cars cakes.

 

[3"Mouse"keteers]

Does anyone have any ideas for a custom invitation? I like to make my own invitations for his birthday parties. I am thinking maybe a car shaped invitation with a cute little poem. The problem I am having is coming up with the poem.

 

[Wendybird55]

Go to www.celebrateexpress.com. I found this website when I was looking for Mickey stuff for my son's 1st Birthday. Just search Cars and you'll see they have lots of stuff to choose from. In my searching I found their prices to be very reasonable - If you don't want to buy much - you can always use it for ideas of things to make or use.

Also see if there's a Card website - I know on Playhouse Disney website there's a section for parties - printable invitations and games and recipes.

Good Luck

 

[camouseketeer]

I had a Cars birthday party for DD4 last summer.

Invitation:
Race on Over, Don't be late, it is time to celebrate DD's 4th birthday!
Hit the gas and drive on over to the XXXX (our last name) speedway for cake, swimming, and a trip to Radiator Springs.

I used clip art from this web site:
http://www.disneyclips.com/

I also used wallpaper and clip art from the Cars website.

Here's what we did at the

When kids arrived, they went to Ramone's House of Body Art (the kitchen) where they received car tatoos and colored Cars coloring pages I printed off the internet.

Next, using orange cones I purchased at the dollar store, we played the Cozy Cone Motel game. I placed orange cones in a circle (same # cones as kids) and gave each child a die cast car from the movie. I told them to drive their cars around and then, on my signal, find a cozy cone hotel to put their car in. We switched cars a few times.

Then we went outside and played Tractor Tipping. My DD dressed in a Mater costume and held a bike horn. The kids walked around the grass like tractors. When DD honked the horn, they fell onto their backs and put their arms and feet in the air and mooed like the tractors did in the field in the movie.

Then we visited Luigi's tire shop. From the dollar store and Walmart, I bought pool inner tubes that were decorated like tires. The kids had to roll the tubes across the yard and stack them for Luigi.

Then we went to Flo's Cafe. Using a tall, skinny box, I built a gas dispenser. I filled a tub with water and labeled it Fillmore' Organic Fuel. The kids had to take fill a bucket of organic fuel and walk to the gas dispenser and fill it up (pour the water into holes cut into the side of the gas dispenser box - I lined the holes with funnels and had a bucket in the bottom catch the water).

Then we had our Piston Cup. I decorated two boxes to look like race cars. For the tires, I used black plastic plates held on with a nut and bolt. Two kids at a time raced around the "track." The next person in line had to change a tire (unscrew the nut, take off the plate, put on a new one, rescrew the nut) and take their lap around the track. We continued until everyone replaced one time and took one lap around.

Everyone received little Piston Cup (dollar store) trophies, a tire inner tube, Cars pencils, stickers, and notebooks.

I made my own cake (DD has food allergies) but I decorated it to look like the ones at Safeway.

It was a lot of fun.

 

[ColleenG]

What an awesome party you had for your DS!! My DS turned 4 last summer and other than the cake and paper goods that was all that we did that was Cars themed. Your games are great!! I may have to borrow them if he wants to do Cars again this year.

 

[Scrapless Press]

I realize this is late, but for others planning a Cars or Speed Racer party, check out our Cars Birthday Party Invitations. They're not Disney, but you could include a photo of your son with a Cars plush toy to bring the theme together.

 

[jennifer293]

Here is a cars cake I made last year. I used white butcher paper for the cake board and made a checked pattern with a black marker and covered the board with clear contact paper. For the signs I printed them off and covered with contact paper and stuck a toothpick in the back to make them stand up. The cars belonged to the birthday boy.