Sound the alarm! It's time to PAR-TAY!
My son's fire engine birthday party (see
(Fire Engine Birthday Party (part 1)) ) was this past weekend and a fun time was had by all. It rained all morning until an hour before the party, so a big shout out goes to Mother Nature for a sunny and dry afternoon. The kids as well as adults had a great time and the fire fighters couldn't have been kinder and cooler. Then again, who's kinder and cooler than fire fighters?
Here are some pics and with resources from the the event along with some other ideas for how to throw your own fire fighting theme'd party.
Have you ever thrown or been to a fire engine birthday party? If so, I'd love to hear about it!
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| Play House turned Fire Station |
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Bucket-O-Fire Engines
I used another red bucket like this one from Christmas Tree Shop for can recycling |
Here comes the fire engine!
(The ambulance was on a call and would come later)
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| Ten minutes after the ambulance arrived, a call came in |
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Favor boxes and bagged & red-bowed cookies to go
(none of our visiting fire fighters had kids but others at the station did and they can also give them out on calls) |
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| Sounding the siren as our local heroes head back to the station |
Time for cake!
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Fire Fighter Party Tableware
An FDNY vehicle at every place setting for some table entertainment
(I bought mine from Amazon for free shipping but came across this great website for all your fire fighting vehicle needs Firetrux.com)
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Red velvet and chocolate fudge cake, YUM!
I wasn't sure the fire engine would be enough so I asked Tara if she could put it on a yellow sheet cake. It was Tara's brilliant idea to make the fire engine red velvet and I loved the chocolate fudge cake pops she makes so much, that I asked her to make the sheet cake out of that. I had considered having yellow coated chocolate cake pops but sticks and three-year-olds do not mix : /
The fire engine was way more than enough cake but I'm so glad we had both cakes to satisfy every one's tastes (even though red velvet is essentially chocolate cake). The gum drops were a BONUS with the kids : )
 Gotta love a fire engine cut-out cookie!
I ordered these from my local bakery, Klinger's Bread Company (they also made the rocket ship and crayon cookies for my son's other birthday parties but here's a website that sells a Fire Truck Cookie Cutter and shows you how it can be decorated so you can make your own!
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Fire Engine Favor Boxes
I opted to select my own favors but these awesome boxes also come with coordinating favors. Nice! |
Favors I chose:
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| Rescue Vehicles |
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| Fire Fighting Rubber Duckies! |
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| Fire Fighter Figures |
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| Fire Truck Whistles |
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| Clip on Badge |
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| Temporary Tattoos |
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| Tattoos are fun for all ages : ) |
Other Fun Favor Ideas:
Activities to fit the theme (that do not involve the concept of fire)
Dalmatian Hunt:
I had planned to do this cute activity that I made up, but alas, it didn't work out:
Place little dalmatian dogs around the back yard or where ever your party takes place and have the kids go on a hunt for them. Simple, cute and fun for all ages!
(My sad story: I had ordered 72 little, plastic dalmatians from an Amazon retailer and was told they would arrive in time for the party, but for some strange reason, they did not and still haven't (I was given a full refund when I Emailed asking if they were on their way...strange) Anyway, I was
going to hide them all around our back yard and have the kids look for them and had bought little, yellow paper bags (and was going to put a dalmatian sticker on each one) in which the kids could put the dalmatians they collected. Here's a pic:
Color Your Own Fire Engine
Fire Engine Pinata
Giant Fire Truck Pinata
Stick the Badge on the Dalmatian
Stick the Helmet on the Dalmatian
Fire Fighter Obstacle Course
Food & Beverage Ideas:
Chili (spicy batch for adults and milder for kids)
Hot Dogs (full length or mini)
Chips and salsa(s)
Red and yellow sliced peppers
Red and yellow m&m's or jelly beans
Red Hots
Lemonade
Fruit punch
My Music Play List:
Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
Fire
(Charlene
)
Fire
(Dead By Sunrise)
Fire
(Iration)
Fire
(Jay Sean)
Fire
(Jimi Hendrix)
Fire
(Matthew "Mdot" Finley)
Fire
(Michael Johns)
Fire
(Ohio Players)
Fire
(The Pointer Sisters)
Fire
(Sleeping With Sirens)
Fire
(U2)
Fire (Ferry Corsten
Fire Burning (Sean Kingston)
Fire
(Babyface & Des'ree)
Fire
(Ferry Corsten
)
Fire
(Greyson Chance)
Fire
(Kasabian)
Fire
(RJD2)
Fire
(Subway)
