Selected as Party of the Day on July 15th!
Classic Car - Garage Party
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My dining room was transformed into a garage by adding a simple background of black poster board. I took a construction "happy birthday" banner I found at Target and turned it into one that would work for me. I liked the metal look it gave. I took pizza tins from the dollar store and spray painted them black, then added images I found on the Internet to make these replicated vintage garage signs. This cost me a little over a dollar each and they turned out great.
I raided my husbands garage, if it was old, rusty or greasy, it was perfect!
Party Highlights
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What People Ate
Kept the lunch simple, with ordered in pizza served on checkered flag plates.
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What People Drank
What garage would this be if we didn't fuel them back up? For the drinks we used red stripey straws to sip lemonade.
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Desserts
Wrench and screwdriver sugar cookies by the fabulous Sugar Studios were a big hit among kiddos and the adults. They were the perfect addition! For the cake I opted for Old Fashioned donuts as my take on a tire cake (except my son isn't a big fan of chocolate, so these had to do).
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Party Favors
I had goody bags for the kids that I placed in treat bags, from The TomKat Studio, and they were held in a bright red tool box. Because at two these are the kinds of tools kiddos like! Each goody bag had a Hot Wheels car, glow in the dark sticks, car stickers and a cookie for the road!
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Activities / Games
As a fun game for the kiddos, I laid black construction paper down and made a race track, it lead from the foyer and out the front door. So when guests arrived it was also what greeted them.
5 comments
Natalie M wrote:
Toni this is such a cool party! You combined vintage and modern perfectly!!! ❤️ Nat
liesejohnson7 wrote:
So stinkin' adorable! Love all the vintage touches!
AK Party Studio wrote:
Thank you ladies!!!
Tammie M wrote:
I'm curious where the oil can wrap printables came from? They would be perfect for my sons upcoming birthday party. Thank you!
AK Party Studio wrote:
Hello Tammie! Thank you for showing interest in my party, the full blog post is http://www.akpartystudio.com/2016/05/classic-car-garage-party.html and that may give you some additional info. Otherwise the link for the cans is http://blog.modeljunkyard.com/2012/04/03/recycling-soup-cans-for-vintage-oil-can-replicas-how-to-oil-can-template-for-download/ Good luck and hope this helps!
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