Candybar Wrapper Favors & Gifts

With this week’s theme being birthdays.  I’m not sure why it just ended up that way.  I’ve lots of posts online about birthday parties and what to do and have had inquiries about birthday products so I guess birthdays has just been on my mind. 

As I was researching something else and updating the online store, and of course having 2 boys, I thought about a Construction Themed Birthday Party!  We have this adorable candy bar wrapper perfect for this kind of party too which sparked the thought.

Here are just some quick ideas for an AWESOME Construction theme party:

• Instead of party hats give all the kids pretend play construction hats.  You can find them in toy stores and even in party store. 
• Use Caution tape or find caution streamer at your local party store for party streamer decorations or to rope out sections for games you have set up for party guests.
• Use a solid, bright yellow table cloth and accent with black plates, napkins, cups and utensils (you’ll save money going with solid rather than themed.
• Use Caution candy bar wrappers with each child’s name on the front for table place cards (that will eliminate the fight over who sits next to who!) and you don’t have to fill them with chocolate you can fill them with unfrozen Flavor Ice popsicles for a treat at home later, or with 4 box crayons and a coloring page or even a small pack of gum.
• Instead of using confetti to decorate the table use Hershey kisses and apply caution stickers to the bottom. 
• Don’t forget the cake of course and any construction theme will work great.  Want to save money but you’re not a cake decorator?  Don’t worry, if you can bake a cake and frost it DO IT and just add some trucks, tractors and toy caution cones to the top, print out a happy Birthday road sign using your home computer and printer and attach to toothpick or candle (one that you won’t be lighting) and stick it in the cake so there is no need to use icing to write happy Birthday!

Here are some great construction game ideas for the party:

Build-It with Blocks
Children will use cardboard “brick” blocks to build a tower as high as they can within a designated period of time

Tool-Belt Relay
This game is best for children 5 and older.
Divide the children into teams. 
Provide each team with one empty tool belt.
Place kid – safe tools for each team (hammer, screw driver, wrench etc) 
a reasonable distance from the start of the race. 

When you say “GO” the first player of each team will put on the tool belt, run to the tools and fill the belt. Then, run back to their team and pass the filled tool belt to the next player, who will put on the tool-belt and race 
to empty it and return to the next player with an empty tool-belt.
This continues until all players have had a turn.
Each player can receive their own tool kit as a prize.
Variation - have older children put on safety goggles, 
gloves and a hard hat in addition to the belt. - 
Don’t forget your camera!

Activities for Younger children
If your entertaining toddlers or preschool aged children at your party,
these “station” activities may be best. Prepare a few activitiesahead of
time and allow the children some “free play”.

#1
Before the party create a “construction site” in the yard or sandbox
with trucks, shovels etc. 
#2
Set up wood, foam or cardboard building blocks for free-play.
#3
Before the party make a big truck by painting a large cardboard box. Provide bean bags for the children to toss into the “dump truck”.
#4
Purchase die-cut shapes and stickers to match the theme.
Provide glue sticks markers and a sheet of paper for the children to make a collage with the shapes and stickers.