As usual, celebrations are big in our family! Reid's 2nd birthday was no exception. Luckily, my sweet husband is a volunteer firefighter and was able to convince the Chief, (rather easily) to let us use the fire house for the party. This was really great for many reasons. One, being I didn't have to get the house spic and span for the big day, and two, the fire house was a fantastic back drop for the party.
The new fire truck, Rescue 15, was the backdrop for our food table.
Mom and I (Creative Cakes) made the fire truck cake. Although it was too bright in the fire house to see the glow stick head lights and tail lights, the cake was a hit!
I used my Cricut to make the Dalmation centerpieces and attached them to dowels. I put a little floral foam in the bottom of the metal buckets and stuck in the centerpieces, white chocolate "2" s" were crepe paper, hot glued to the inside rims.
The candy buffet was super simple to put together. I just used glass vases found at the Dollar Tree ($1 each), wrapped them with coordinating ribbon, and labeled them "Stop" (Gobstoppers), "Drop" (Lemon Drops), and "Roll" (Tootsie Rolls). The tall vase held the "flaming fire hoses" (licorice), which was inspired by several Pinterest pins.
These red velvet cupcakes were just adorable wrapped in the DIY fire truck cupcake wrappers I found on Etsy.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/94256713/fire-truck-birthday-cupcake-wrappers?ref=shop_home_active
Mom outdid herself once again with the cake pops! These little Dalmatians went fast at the party! To display them, I wrapped a round floral foam (Dollar Tree $1) with some black crepe paper streamer, found at the Dollar General.
Reid was scoping out the sweets!
The tables were decorated with red paper lanterns purchased at Michael's, and plastic fire hats found on Amazon.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a picture of the gift bags and presents, (which were on the fire fighters gear shelves) but behind fireman Cooper and his sweet great Granny, you can see the banner I hung over them (made with my Cricut). The balloons were simply strung together with a needle and thread.
I am super proud of the piñata I made!! It was my first one and I did it one night after the boys went to bed. I will post a tutorial soon!
Kids, big and small, piled into the fire trucks with excitement as they were taken for a ride!
A few of our favorite fire fighters dressed up in their gear for the kids to see!
To say the very least, the party was a huge success! Mostly because we have the best family and friends in the world! Thanks to all who came, helped out and for my clean up crew! :) and I can't forget the firefighters who came out and the chief for letting us use their building!
Until the next party!
XOXO
