Our youngest son requested a Cars 2 birthday party for his 4th birthday. My goal was to give him a Cars 2 party but to do it on a budget. I think we have accomplished both of our wishes!
The Cake
I will start this with this little disclaimer:
I am not a cake decorator! {smile} So please, please, please…know that this cake is not perfect. I had other ideas for the cake but the heat in our house (air conditioner issues) made the icing melt and the cake was not what I exactly wanted.
However, my son loved it. And that is what matters despite this so-not-a-cake-decorator mom’s perfectionist tendencies!
*Just a note. The original idea for this cake was made out of cupcakes. Our cake was made out of two 13x9 cakes cut and pieced together to make a number 4.
The Decorations
A couple of balloons from Dollar Tree, some scrapbook paper & cardstock from Hobby Lobby, some dried beans and mason jars, and a table cloth bought with a 40% off coupon made some cute decorations for this Cars 2 party. (The cars were from the birthday boy’s car collection.)
The flags are super easy to make with scrapbooking paper and cardstock. Cut a few triangles of each color. (Use one flag for a template.) Punch holes in the corners and string up with yarn. Easy and cute!
Flags on the table were added to small mason jars with alternating black and white beans to create a striped effect. The flags are just leftover paper cut into triangles and taped to skewers.
Right before the party (when I didn’t have time to do it), I realized that a road on the table would help the centerpieces pop better. I think it would be cute for the road to curve around the flags. I just put a straight road under the centerpieces to see if it would look good. I’m sure we’ll have another car party in the future so I’ll save the idea for then.
The decorations and cake cost us less than $25 by using what we had around the house and by using some bargain buys. And our Littlest Man loved his party! That’s a race won in my book!
