When my youngest turned 4, he insisted on another Cars party.
Having two boys, this had to be the 3rd or 4th car party (some Hotwheels and some Disney Cars).
Keeping in theme, we held a garage party.
The guests decorated license plates when they walked in.
They were made of foam rectangles from the dollar store.
I punched 2 holes at the top and laced them with string so we all could wear them around the house.
The next party station was Ramone's Body Art.
I tied the sign to the fire place grate and placed it in front of our school desk.
I had a bowl full of tattoos on top of the desk and another bowl to hold a wet rag.
A teenage neighbor operated this station and the children loved it!
I placed a sign in the hall entrance that gave the children a choice of their next destination.
Lightning McQueen's Piston Cup Playhouse was our playroom set up with all of my son's Cars toys.
Sally's Color Works was a coloring area in our dining room.
I found Cars coloring sheets online.
After the children finished coloring they had the opportunity to decorate the garage with their art.
At this point the children needed some fuel.
Our convenience store station had drinks, cheese curls, Doritos, and traffic lights.
(See end of post for recipe.)
The last stop was the garage, a.k.a. Flo's Cafe and the Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre.
We used tarps to divide the garage.
Tacky? Yes!
Appropriate to the theme? Totally!
For the Radiator Springs Drive-In Theatre I set up a TV and played the Cars movie.
(My kids cheated and started the movie while I was setting everything up!)
Flo's Cafe:
I served sandwiches and apple slices in little paper sacks that had Cars stickers on them.
They enjoyed a Lighting McQueen birthday cake and ice cream during the movie as well.
After opening gifts, we moved the table to the side and pulled out a tire.
It was time for a good old fashioned bean bag toss!
The winner received a plastic trophy and all the children "won" their goodie bags.
The party was amazing and so simple!
Traffic Lights:
First, spread half of a graham cracker with icing.
(fyi: Pillsbury Vanilla is the best non-homemade icing!)
I added M&Ms, then refrigerated over night.
You can serve without placing them in the fridge, however they taste really good cold and it kept them fresh until the party.
