Disney Cars Themed Birthday Party Celebration

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Mason’s birthday was a few weeks ago. If you follow me on facebook or instagram then you probably know we had a big Wreck it Ralph birthday party for him. That party was not on his actual birthday though, it was a few days before.

Since he is four and we had other family in town that couldn’t make his party, we couldn’t let his real birthday go unnoticed. I also wasn’t going to put myself through some huge ordeal of a party again. I decided to go the easy route and buy the themed cake and pre-made decorations to easily throw a birthday breakfast party before we hit the beach with our visiting family.

I headed to Walmart to buy Disney Cars birthday decorations. Cars is one of Mason’s favorite movies and if it were up to him we would watch it every.single.day! I knew he would be so surprised when he woke up on his birthday to find our dining room decked out with Lightening McQueen and Mater.

Sometimes Mason tells me his name isn’t Mason anymore – it is Mason McQueen.

After every party I have for the kids, I ask myself why I put myself through the planning, crafting, cooking and cleaning for a party that only lasts a few hours. My husband always says I would save myself a lot of headache by just buying everything pre-made.

I agree, but the next time around I end up doing some crazy party anyways – me and my big ideas! This cars party just might have converted me though! I was able to go to Walmart and grab all of the food we needed for our company, all the decorations, and order the cake in one trip. The night before his party I went back to pick up the cake and decorate the dining room in under an hour.

On the morning of his birthday I woke up an hour early to make a fresh batch of muddy buddies that became stoplight cereal. I put some packaged donuts into a dish as Luigi’s Tires, poured cereal into individual cups, squirted chocolate syrup into cups for motor oil milk and put strawberries, bananas and grapes on skewers as stop, slow, go skewers. Seriously it was the easiest thing and now looking at the pictures I like it even more than some of the parties I have slaved over! Dare I say my husband is on to something here?

The cake was amazing and our guests couldn’t believe that the Walmart bakery did such a great job. We ordered a marble cake with buttercream frosting which was super moist and yummy. The kids were most excited to eat the orange cones off of the cake!

I think my favorite part was the Mater that opened up to hold party food. Mater is my favorite character – have you seen Tow Mater’s short film with Mater’s Tall Tales? Hilarious!! What is your take on throwing a birthday party – handmade, store bought or a mix?