When Alex turned 5 four years ago he requested a CARS party.
It was tons of fun and fairly easy to put together.
Since it was a race car party we needed a race track cake. The track is made of black sugar crystals while the side boards are cardboard. We made the “start” and “finish” signs and placed some of his hot wheels on the cake.
 Race Car Birthday Cake
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The first activity of the party was to take some Crayola Air-Dry Clay and use it to form their own race cars. This activity didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked. Some of the kids were not satisfied with their creations and complained since it didn’t look like Lightning McQueen.
While the clay didn’t go over so well, the bean bag toss was a huge hit. We took a large piece of wood, cut 5 holes in them, and modged podged some large CARS stickers on with various point values underneath. HUGE HIT with the 5 year old crowd.
 Creating Cars from Air-Dry Clay
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 Bean Bag Toss
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Another favorite outdoor activity was “The Big Race.” Alex and I decorated 2 diaper boxes and turned them into cars. Alex put race numbers on them as well as headlights and wheels. Two at at a time the kids raced around the yard usually laughing the entire time. The plastic helmets I bought added to the excitement.
 “The Big Race”
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 Little Brother wants to play too
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After running around the backyard the kids were ready for an inside activity. I made the CARS Bingo cards, laminated them, and created call cards. I went a little over board and created 15 individual cards. All of the kids loved the bingo game and played several rounds.
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CARS Bingo Game
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You make the most incredible cakes for everyone of their birthdays!
what an adorable idea! My boys LOVE CARS and we have a 5th birthday coming up soon too! Hmmmm… ideas!
how fun!!! i love it:) thanks for sharing:)
What a wonderful party! So many great activities and creative details! Your printable is so perfectly done, and it caught my eye over at Carolyn’s Homework.
Jenn/Rook No. 17
wow! what a cute party, great job! thanks for partying with me!
great ideas! cars bingo is fantastic. we had a cars birthday party for my son back in march and it was a blast. bingo would have been fun!
kathryn
http://www.thedragonsfairytail.blogspot.com
What a great idea! We love Cars. Thanks so much for sharing.
🙂 Michelle
My little girl would love this! Great idea. Thanks for linking up with Lemon Tree Creations today!
What a cute idea! I came over from the Saved by Love Creations link party! Thanks for sharing!
darlingdoodles.blogspot.com
This is so darling…. My little boy (will be four in Oct) only wants a McQueen cake… again, this might be the second McQueen birthday! I love the bingo idea, and making cars out of boxes darling! Thanks for the inspiration, and Showing Off, I am now following your fun blog!
Carlee
http://www.ladybirdln.com
Stopping by from LBS. What a great party, looks like they had a blast! And that bingo is such a good idea.
What a great party – I’m so impressed that you created so many things to fit around the theme. Looks like they all had a lovely time!
What an awesome party! I am going to have to use some of these ideas for his birthday party next year 🙂
Rachel
Hi, friend! You’ve got so much creativity and I’m admiring them all. Can you please share your creative posts at the Creative Bloggers’ Party & Hop? Hope to see you there at the party 🙂.
Btw, I also have a blog party called Market Your Biz and Giveaways so please feel free to link up your online shop and giveaways on Tuesday at 5 pm.
This post made me smile. Thanks for inspiring me and many others to even attempt this feat. Really appreciate that you linked up at the Creative Bloggers’ Party & Hop.
This is so stinking cute! You did a great job!! We are doing a two week sha-bang featuring cool parties in September, and would love, love for you to be one of our guest blogger with this idea. If you are interested, email us at jandmseyecandy@hotmail.com, in the comment line put Party week. Thanks for linking up with us! Hope to party with you again soon!
Britney
http://www.jandmseyecandy.blogspot.com
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What a fun boys party!!! Love it! Boys ideas seem harder to come by than girls… but this looks like a blast for the little guys! Thanks for sharing on Fancy This Fridays!!!
Great party! Thanks so much for linking to the Tuesday To Do Party!
Smiles!
Jami
http://www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com