A digger birthday party is both fun and easy to throw together in a pinch! We had cake, digger juice, a big pile of sand for the kids to play in with construction vehicles, and goody bags to take home. The kids each got a construction hat to wear.
Digger Cake
The cake was by far the easiest to do. If you don't have time to bake and frost a cake, just go to to bakery section of your grocery store and pick up a basic chocolate frosted cake and scrape off any decoration you don't want on there. I turned a store bought valentines cake into a digger cake for the second cake. Can't find any cake toppers? Look in the toy box! We have a collection of construction trucks and things so I just washed them thoroughly and ta-da...cake topper.
- Chocolate frosted cake of your choice
- Chocolate sandwich cookies or grahams, crushed
- Gummy worms or bugs
- Small construction vehicles (ours were ones I purchased and some from our toy box)
Make piles of the crushed up cookies on the cake and around the edges. Stick on the vehicles and make them look like they are scooping up the crumbs. You can use a spoon to excavate some cake from the side, leaving some cookie crumbs behind. If your guests are into bugs and worms, you can even cut a gummy worm and poke it in so it looks like it is crawling through.
Decoration
I didn't put a lot of effort into the decorations since they're kids and all they care about is the cake and playing :) I found some hanging construction decorations on Amazon and hung them up from the supports from our parasol over the table. I used basic yellow, brown, and orange crepe paper to do the railings around the deck. I made a few signs for the fruit trays that said things like 'Dig In' and wrapped juice boxes with strips of paper I printed out with construction tape and labeled them 'Digger Juice'.
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- Road Cone Candles
- Construction Vehicle Hanging Decorations
- Construction Helmets
- Construction Cupcake Kit (it's super cute but I didn't use it for this party)
- Cake Toppers (that are really toys so they can be played with after the party)
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