Construction Party on a Budget

So my boy is completely and totally into construction vehicles. He knows them all by name and adamantly corrects me if I am wrong about one. So it was fitting and because he kept asking for a "struction cake" to have a construction themed party. 

I knew that I didn't have a ton to spend on decorations but wanted it to be fun and festive. So I started exploring Pinterest for ideas and had so much fun picking and choosing from others.

Our door decor. Everyone loved it. I stole the idea from here. Caution tape from Amazon- link below. Sign made by yours truly...Dollar Tree poster board. 

We found the "Party Zone" banner on Oriental Trading.

The desert table, flanked by caution tape. 

Initially, I had planned on baking the cake myself. We had an crazy week prior to the party and around Tuesday I decided I was in over my head. So I ordered this cake from Costco with no decorations and then decorated it myself. Used crushed oreos for dirt, crunch pieces for boulders and m&ms for the border. Again, it was an absolute hit- and most importantly Austin LOVED it. (We had the trucks used- they were throughly washed)

Found the hats on Oriental Trading as well and printed name tags for each guest. Also, picked up some stickers from the Dollar Tree and the kids had a blast decorating their hard hats. 

On one blog, I saw this with a wheel barrel and how cute. But I wasn't so intent on that and just made the sign myself and used our usually present shelf/area. 

We decided on Build-A-Burger. I didn't go into too much detail with this because of time constraints but had the cones (two for a dollar, Dollar Tree) and left over poster board from the signs. Our guests loved it. 

He LOVED his "I'm Digging Being 3" T-shirt. It was a hit and I was thrilled with the product itself. Found on amazon here. 

In addition to the cake, I made each kid a cup of dirt (chocolate pudding and crushed oreos) and we got worms, kit kats, recees pieces, and crunch balls and named them Worms, Bricks, Pebbles and Boulders. The kids LOVED this.

Overall, we had a very happy birthday boy and a successful party done on a budget. The guests loved the theme and I had a blast putting it together.