'Cars' Birthday Party Ideas

There is a lot you can do with a cars theme party.
You can base it around your child's favorite characters or part of the movies, or just do cars and trucks in general! One thing is for certain that this crowd is going to love a lot of noise and action, so lots of fun activities, as well as time for play is a must.

The cake There are also at lot of options for the cake.

If you are creative, 3D replicas of a favorite character look great and there are store bought Lightning McQueen replica cakes available, but our hint is to have a second cake for eating! You could also make a large rectangular cake and decorate with chocolate icing, chocolate crackle boulders and licorice strip roads, finish off with small toy cars for decoration.

Or perhaps multilayer round cakes with a 'road' going up the layers.

An easy option is a round donut shaped cake, decorated to look like a tyre with toy figures around the top. There are also lots of great cake toppers available, you can also have them personalized with your child's name or age. Simple cup cakes with red icing and small checkered flags on toothpicks also look great on a stand.

The food Anything that can look like something to do with cars, or car accessories, works for this party.

Traffic light biscuits, which are rectangular biscuits with red, orange and green m&ms on them.
Rename your favorite party food after the Cars characters eg.
Pizza scrolls renamed Luigi's tyres, apple juice as Flo's juice.
Hot dogs and sausage rolls are always popular with this crowd. Or try traffic light sandwiches, these are rectangular shapes with circles cut out of one side and tomato, carrot and cucumber filling each circle, add some ham underneath for extra flavor. Fruit kebabs made from apricots, red and green grapes are a great healthy option.
The games Set up a "pit stop" where the children can make their own racing cars from cardboard boxes.

It's best to have all the sections already precut and painted, so that children just have to assemble the final product.
This activity is great fun and the car can then become the favor. You can also then create an obstacle course, race track in the backyard and let the new racing cars go for it.

If you aren't making race cars, give guests a paper plate steering wheel - everyone will have just as much fun.

Turn a couple of old party favorite games into cars games.

Try musical tyres, cut tyre shapes from black cardboard and lay them out to play musical tyres.
Or tyre toss - get the spare tyre out of the car - set it up for the kids to throw balls, or bean bags into.

This also makes a great decoration to set the theme.

To really set the scene, create Ramone's Body Shop.
Open out a large cardboard box and cut it into the shape of one of the characters.
Set it up with paint and other accessories for the children to decorate during the party.

The finished creation then makes a great back drop for photos at the end of the party. The extras Black, red and white are the main colors for this party. Decorate with red tablecloths and black checkered flags.
Lots of red, white and black balloons and streamers add to the fun.

Invitations could come on checkered flags, or in the shape of a car.
Or send the invites as a Lanyard pass to the pit stop.
Favors can include, cars sticker books, coloring pencils, lollies and Cars chocolate lolly pops.

There are Cars themed pencil cases and stationery that can also be included in the party favor.