Mixin' It Up With The Mick's: August 2012

Donnovan's 4th Birthday! My baby turned four and he wanted a Car's themed Birthday. We kind of threw his birthday party together last minute (ok so the night before isn't exactly last minute but close enough). We bought cupcakes from Macey's, and I had seen on pinterest here where she used donuts to look like tires. I decided to then place the cupcakes around a pizza pan and put the "tires" in the middle. It turned out super cute!

Dad hung streamers from the ceiling in the kitchen and we took down the boys' curtains in their room and used them as a table runner.

We also stole from the boys' room the signs and all the Cars toys. The picture isn't that great because the signs reflected the light. Someday I will take a class and learn how to take great pictures. Until then, please forgive me.

Here's the mantle with more signs and more Cars.

We had the fourth of July Banners still up, but I thought they kinda went with the whole Cars theme. You know like the flags at the race tracks.

Ryan and cousin Trevor

Here is the Birthday Boy Blowing out the Candles!!!

Activities for the party were as follows:
      1. Color Lightening McQueen or Mater coloring page.
      2. Cars bean bag toss (we threw bean bags into a Cars garbage can which we got from Aunt Mert)
      3. Cars Secret Agent Mission (treasure hunt)
      4. Pin the lightening bolt on Lightening McQueen
      5. Cars race (used Donnovan's Halloween Costume and had the kids race between orange cones)
      6. Treasure Ball ( go this idea from a lady at church. She rolled up in streamers a bunch of different toys and had the kids take turn unrolling to get their prizes.)

Favors we gave were: McQueen tops, kaleidoscopes, mini cars, and bouncy balls on strings. We also had a piniata filled with fruit snacks and Cars candy. We gave out Bubbles that we had written Rusteze Car Wash. They also for the treasure hunt found Cars Sour Spray with a charm (found them at Easter and knew I would need them someday).