Smash Cakes, DIY Parties, and More
I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Today’s letter is S.
BabyFlash is turning 1. I’m not entirely sure how that happened. I mean, I do know how that happened, but you totally get what I mean. Time is going way too quickly!
He is totally in to cars and all things “zoom zoom,” so we threw him a race car party. I was inspired by much of what I found on Pinterest, and I decided I could do some things myself!
I started with his cake, and I wanted to have a smash-able cake. Smash cakes are adorable, and I’m totally down with this new craze. I’m determined to get my photography skills honed. For this, I just used a simple vanilla cake (I found an organic mix at Aldi — score!) and made cream cheese icing that I found by Martha Stewart. With just a little bit of red, white, and green sprinkles (which probably negated the organic mix), we had a pretty successful and cute cake that he was going to smash anyway. He approved:
For the decorations, I knew I wanted some sort of center piece. I looked up stop lights to see what they needed to look like, and I knew I needed to have supplies here in the house. Lady Luck was my friend with a trash bag, some construction paper, scissors, a box from a recent Amazon order, and some shipping tape:
Then, I used the ideas from Pinterest to make signs (with the help of Miss Sassy Pants), and everyone loved what we labeled. I think “Motor Oil” got the most comments.
If you love to DIY, be sure to check out these other great parties!
Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Very Merry UnBirthday from Teachable Mommy
Disney Side DKY Style from Parenting in Northern Kentucky
Have you ever done a DIY party? Share with me!
That’s a great party! I love the smash cake and that last picture of BabyFlash? So adorable!! I will call it Flash Smash!
Love this idea of a race car party. your stoplight is adorable!
Thank you. I was really proud!