Car Party Ideas

Kids birthday party need some special and unique ideas to be implemented, since a traditional birthday party can be quite boring for your kid, as well as for your kid guests. A car party can be a good birthday theme for a boys birthday party, especially if the birthday boy is completely crazy about cars. A car themed birthday party requires different planning and arrangements than conventional birthday party. All the elements of the birthday party, that include the party invitations, food, favors and decorations, should reflect the birthday theme. So, have you decided to throw a car birthday party? Then, here are some cool ideas for you.

Ideas for a Car Party

Race car party ideas are hit among kids, specially boys in the age group below 10. You can have various themes, like a monster truck party theme or a party theme based on the animated movie, Cars. Given below are some birthday party ideas with simple car based theme.

Invitation Ideas
There are innumerable creative ideas to prepare car party invitations. The invitation card can be in the shape of a license plate or it can be a checkered flag. It can also be a wheel shaped card or a car shaped card. The birthday invitation card can also be designed to look like a ticket for watching a car race. You can download the required invitation card template from a website or prepare them yourself. Try to use innovative wording ideas like,

Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!
Race on over for (birthday boy or girl's name) 7th Birthday Party
Location at (your last name) Speedway at (venue),
Join the Race Team by Calling: (your contact number)

Calling Driver (name of the kid guest)
Get into gear and race over to my 5th party
Pit Stop: (address of the venue)
Race Time: (time of the party)
Race Marshall contact: (your contact number)

Decorations Ideas
Decorating the party venue with car party crafts is sure going to be fun. Speed tracks, checkered flags, toy cars, etc. are some important supplies that you will require for decoration. Since car party is a very popular theme, you will easily get the supplies in a nearby craft store. To cover the tables and other open flat spaces, use checkered table clothes and place the checkered flags all over the party venue. A chair made out of tire and pillows stuffed inside the empty space is a cool decorative idea. Stick and hang various car posters and also spread some orange cones in the party area. Prepare large cut outs from cardboard and write "Caution, Car Party Ahead", "Welcome Race Fans". These sign outs can spice up the decoration of the party venue. Create pit stop near the area where food will be served. Get party supplies like plates, glasses and containers with pictures of cars on them.

Food Ideas
Birthday cake for the car party can be a simple car-shaped cake or a race track. Many bakeries have car theme cakes due to their growing popularity. So, finding one such cake may not be difficult. Prepare homemade cookies by using car and truck shaped cookie cutters. You can also use these cookie cutters for preparing car shaped sandwiches. You can serve wheel shaped chips and candies in dump section of clean toy trucks. If you want to serve cupcakes, have checkered icing or a red, green, yellow colored icing over them. The red green yellow colors can represent traffic signal. Donuts, hamburgers, sandwiches, chips, etc. are some of the party foods that can be served at a car birthday party.

Activity Ideas
Kids birthday parties are incomplete without the birthday party games and activities. So, if you want to play pinata then hang a car shaped Pinata in the center of the party venue. Fill the Pinata with car shaped candies and chocolates. You can ask the kid guests to prepare car crafts out of the material provided to them. Say, you can provide the kids with plain cardboard car cut outs and ask them to paint the cars with colors provided to them. If you have a large outdoor space, you can even have a running race.

So, these were some simple car party ideas for you. A car party theme is a nice way of celebrating your kid's birthday. I hope the suggestions provided in this article will prove useful to you.