Start your engines and race to this fun car themed birthday party!
Party ideas for car lovers, Hot Wheels, Match Box and NASCAR.
We offer three party plans with a car theme. This party guide is best for kids who love cars no matter what kind. Use these links for specific party guides with supplies for a NASCAR party, Hot Wheels, or the Cars movie.
For stress-free party planning, order your car themed party supplies on line and then add the games, activities and decorating suggestions below.
Don't forget to have fun on your child's special day!
PARTY DECORATIONS
Hang car cut-outs, posters, or calendar pictures from the ceiling
and on the walls. Add checkered flags, black and white streamers etc.
Use clean tires stuffed with pillows for chairs.
Kids will race to this track covered table...Cover a table with white
butcher paper. Tape black construction paper down the middle to
represent a road. Add yellow lines using paint or paper.
Add a car pinata center piece.
Candy Cars
Candy cars make a super place setting and double as a fun party favor!
You'll Need:
large packs of gum 3"x1" -- car body
snack size candy bars --spoiler and headlights
round hard candy or peanut butter cups -- tires
low temperature glue gun and glue sticks
Use the glue gun to attach the candy to the pack of gum;
tires onto the sides, spoilers off the back and and headlights on the front to the pack of gum. Position the back tire candies lower on the pack of gum, to simulate a "dragster".
Tips: the new mini candy bars no longer have silver wrappers. So we covered ours with aluminum foil to make headlights. If you don't have
a low-temperature glue gun, a standard glue gun can be used, but it
will melt the chocolate so be cautious.
Entrance Activity:
Before the party, cut a car shape from a large piece of poster board. Provide glue, scissors, magazines car pictures, crayons or markers on
the floor or table. When children arrive, direct them to help make the birthday child a card. Your child can save it for a poster and you can
save it for a memory.
CAR THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY GAMES:
We've provided party games for a variety of age groups.
Select a few activities that will best suit your needs.
Cars and Mat
Provide a Giant Road Playmat
for awhile. The new play mat would double as a birthday present!
Car Painting
You'll need old matchbox cars
Black paper
White and yellow paint (or any light color)
Pour paint in meat trays, or cookie sheets. Place a few cars in each paint tray. Children "drive" the cars through the paint and then drive them onto the paper. Use a white crayon to label each picture. Very little paint is actually used so that these dry quickly.
Road Rally
Have your own Race with wind-up cars.
Before the party, write each child's name on a car and place masking tape to signify the starting point and a few other pieces for finish markings.
Give each player the car, marked with their name.
Use a flag or cloth to start your race...
Winners get a piece of candy or blue ribbons.
Obstacle Course
If you have the space...
Use old tires, cones, chairs and boxes as obstacles.
Prepare the obstacle course buy creating challenges.
The children are the cars. They must get through the challenge course;
around tires, under tunnels (cut boxes), jump over rivers
(streamers on the ground) etc. You can have your birthday child
help with the set up of this activity. Don't forget to make car sounds!
They'll run the course as many times as they want,
receiving a candy or small treat every time.
Variation: Before the party fashion some cars, using cardboard
boxes, poster board and paint. Cut the tops and bottoms from
the boxes, so the children can step inside and hold the sides of
the car while they run the course. Adding handles with pieces of clothesline, will make it easier for the players to hold their cars.
Tire Race and Roll Relay
Mark a start and finish line with rope or cones.
Divide the players into teams if you have a large group.
Supply each player or team with one car tire.
Players will roll the tire and race to the finish line and back.
If you are playing with teams play as you would a relay race;
one teammate at a time and then pass the tire to the next teammate.
What Am I?
You'll Need:
One 3x5 card for each child, Pictures of cars or Car Parts
(Tires, seats, steering wheel etc.). Attach one picture to each card. Prepare these cards before the party. Have the children form a circle.
Tape a card to each of their backs.
When you say go…players look at each others cards and give clues until every player has guessed what's on their card.
Example:
You are black. You are Round. You Roll.
"Am I a Tire?"...Yeah, you guessed!
Add a challenge for older children by using Nascar drivers,
more advanced auto parts and well know races.
Tire Bean Bag Toss
Place an old tire on the flat on the ground.
Mark and "X" a reasonable distance from the tire.
Provide a few bean bags for the children to take turns
tossing the bean bags into the center of the tire.
Paint Your Own Hot Rod Car
Make your own car to take home!
Purchase wooden cars, kid-safe paint and paint brushes, or use with spray painted shoeboxes. Be sure to provide large shirt smocks and a protected
space for painting. A large tarp on the ground will do just fine. Also provide wet-wipes for messy hands. Encourage the children to decorate their cars with racing stripes, numbers etc.
PARTY TREATS
Tire Treats
Place a round candy in the center of a chocolate sandwich cookie using frosting. Place these tires on top of a frosted cupcake.
Re-fuel hungry party goers with car sandwiches. Use a car cookie cutter,
to cut simple sandwiches like PB&J or ham and cheese. You may also choose to simply cut slices of lunch meat and cheese and served w/ crackers. Add carrot sticks, orange wedges and grapes.
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