Luke's Firetruck Party

Luke's 3rd Birthday Party was on Saturday.

When I first started planning his 3rd birthday party (in January, ha!) I was going to do a Construction theme because he loves bulldozers, tractors, diggers & all things construction.

But then, a couple months ago, out of the blue, he said he wanted a Firetruck Party. 

So, we switched themes!

Here is the invite that I made & then I printed it on brown cardstock to give it more of a "vintage" look:

For decorations, I knew I wanted to give the illusion of flames throughout our house, so I got red, orange & yellow streamers & strung them all around the downstairs. 

Streamers are an easy & inexpensive way to make a statement at a party. 

I used this idea 2 years ago for Claire's Tangled Party I used yellow streamers as Rapunzel's hair and last year for her Mermaid party, I used blue/aqua streamers to make it look like we were Under the Sea.

Here is our downstairs "on fire"

 Birthday Banner that I made:

 Close up:

 More flames:

I made a big fireball out of tissue pom poms:

 I had another banner I made that said "Station No. 3" since he was turning 3 :)

 The girls helped with with the streamers & the tissue puffs. They had so much fun helping me!

 Other decorations were flowers:

And balloons that I hung around the pool fence (It was 102 the day of his party, so it was a Firetruck swim party)

Party Food:

Veggies & Hummus

 The veggies were fire colors, of course:

  Flames:

Jalapeno Poppers:

 Recipe {HERE}

 Corn Dip {Recipe HERE}

I set up all the appetizers inside since it was over 100 degrees outside:

 For drinks, I set up a "Hydration Station" outside:

 (We also had a cooler of ice waters, Capri Sun & Beer, but I didn't get a photo of it!)

The party was at 5:00pm, so I served dinner. 

Here is the menu:

Pulled Pork:

Fire Dogs (Hot Dogs)

 Buns:

 Broccoli Slaw:

 Potato Salad:

Fiery Fruit Salad:

I only used fruit that was red, orange & yellow to go along with the fire theme :)

Yum!

 And, of course...I always have a dessert/sweets table!

Vanilla Cupcakes:

 Love this adorable fondant toppers

 I made "matches"

 There were "Fire Hoses"

 Fire Engine Wheels:

 Sugar Cookie Fruit Puffs:

 I used peaches & strawberries to look like flames:

 And made Cupcake toppers to match the invites & food labels:

  More Flowers for decoration :)

 And, of course....my mother in law made one of her amazing cakes!

 For the favors, I set up a favor table outside:

 I strung firefighter hats on twine:

 Details on the favor table:

 

 

 

 I've used my Red High Chair for his last 2 birthday parties (yes, I know he is 3 and too big for a high chair, but it's red & matched my theme :)

 My friend Heather makes these awesome number buntings!

Time for cake!

Luke wanted Red Velvet for his cake:

I love how opinionated he is at just 3 years old :)

 It was such a fun time celebrating Luke!

Lots of eating & swimming on a HOT day!

I can't believe my baby is THREE!

Check out his 1st & 2nd birthday parties:

Luke's 1st Birthday - Nautical Theme

Luke's 2nd Birthday - Train Theme

To see all my other parties, click the Parties Tab {HERE}

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