Hudson's 1st Car Party

Beep Beep! Toot Toot! Broom Broom!

I recently styled a dessert table for a cute little boys "car" themed 1st birthday party. Hudson's mother wanted the colour scheme of soft blue, green & white -- gorgeous for the last "baby feel" party you can have for your son before he gets into the real "boy boy" themes!

I hung blue & white tissue poms and blue & green polka dot laterns above the table. For the backdrop I printed a car shape image and used it to trace lots of car cutouts from coloured cardboard. I then sewed the cars together to create hanging garlands.

Along the front of the table I hung a garland banner that I printed and threaded with ribbon. And by coincidence, when I was wondering through Ikea I found these car floor mats - in the exact colours of the party - so I bought one to put in front of the table and Hudson's mum loved it, so she bought a few more in the kids play area!

Floor mat in front of table from Ikea

Hudon's "Sweet Servo" (for those that may not know, "servo" is an Australian slang word for petrol/fuel station) featured lots of yummy blue, white & green candy, treats and desserts...

Spearmint leaves, whic choc buttons & jelly beans

Sour straps, milk bottles & watermelon clouds

Layered blue, white & green jelly

"Blue & green should never be seen, unless there is white in-between" (well that's the old saying isn't it!)

For the jelly jars I layered blue jelly, then condensed milk white jelly & finished with green on top. I used wooden spoons and stamped them with the word "enjoy!" (stamps from Sweet Style). I also found some blue & green keyring holders and printed little "toot toot" and "beep beep" cars inserts for them.

Choc dipped marshmallow pops with blue & green sprinkles

I found some small tyres at my hardware store and cut some foam to size to fit inside the tyres. I then painted one blue and the other green. I used these to stick my marshmallow pops in.

Tyre stands for the marshmallow pops

Custom chocolate bar wrappers

Oreo biscuit truffle pops

To add to the car theme, I made tiny teddy racing cars (milky way chocolate bars with blue & green smartie tyres and cute tiny teddy biscuits in the drivers seats!)

"Teddies, start your engines!"

Hudson's mummy made delicious vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese icing, in super cute blue & green polka dot cupcake cases. For the toppers, I printed and cut out the little car shapes and attached them to small wooden sticks.

I found two adorable toy cars at Parenthood and bought them to hold the rock candy sticks and the lolly bags. They slotted in perfectly!

Crystal rock candy swizzle sticks

Green, white & blue lolly bags in the toy car

The birthday cake was made by the very talented Emily at Pratty Cakes. I love that the cake was subtle and beautiful in the colour scheme, without being a typical "car themed cake".

The kids table in front of dessert station

At the drinks table ("Re-fuel station") we used my fabulous beverage dispensers (from Lily Chic Events), and cute recycled mini glass bottls with blue & green striped paper straws.

Blue heaven flavoured cordial

Iced water

I just love paper straws!

Hudson's mummy bought little wooden toy cars and painted them blue and green. When the guests left, children could take home a car with helium balloon attached.

The birthday boy driving his own little car! Beep Beep Hudson! Hope you had a great little party!

I must say a HUGE thankyou to the amazing Amy Atlas for featuring Hudson's party on her blog today. I am totally THRILLED to bits and it has absolutely made my day! To read Amy's feature click here.

Vendor credits:
'Enjoy' stamp, cupcake cases, choc beans, paper straws, lolly bags - Sweet Style
Polka dot lanterns & ribbon - Specklefarm
Birthday cake - Pratty Cakes