Liam's birthday party was a big stress for me this year. He wanted a monster truck party. He settled for a cars and trucks and such party.
However, those grocery store cakes are marginally tasty, expensive, and small. So, being a cheap mom, I found a suitable alternative.
I purchased a delicious Costco sheet cake, that feeds, like, a thousand people,
I asked for all white so there wouldn't be any color to get in the way of my plans.
And asked for some extra icing on the side (they gave me a small amount for free). I cut out an extra piece of cardboard from the packaging
And took off the decorations on the top. I put the extra icing from the top of the cake into a bowl.
Then I cut the cake in half
And used the icing I took off to frost the cut sides...
and the extra icing they gave me to re-finish the borders
Then put some color and sprinkles on the top. The solid blue one was then put in to the freezer for Reese's party next month.
And then I put the Disney Cars monster trucks that Liam wanted for his birthday on top.
Twice the cake of a grocery store for 3/4 the price!
Also, the party itself was fairly inexpensive, but a lot of work. I asked family and friends to donate diaper boxes and turned them in to cars for the kids. The fun part was the finishing touches. Each car had it's own design and name. Decorating them was the funnest part of the party planning.
I'm actually pretty proud of them:
"Star Shooter"
"King of the Jungle"
"Autobot" (Liam wanted a monster truck, so it has bigger wheels)
"Red Cobra"
"Jedi"
"T-Rex"
"Green Dragon"
"Ninja"
"Hot Wheels"
"Batmobile"
"Sun Blast"
(Sun Blast was originally a poinsettia car, because that's what Reese wanted, but then she saw some of the others that I did and changed her mind. And I couldn't just keep a flower car, so it got painted over.)
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