Decor
For the racing environment, let's take a black and white chess pattern and dilute it with red. This will give a special “adultness” to the event - after all, this is the Formula 1 style. This is also the pattern of the finish flag on the race track. Red color will add dynamics to the holiday; it is the color of risk and speed.
We will turn the corridors into roads and hang flags on the walls. Car lovers usually have a lot of cars - use them to decorate a holiday, make a panel or a painting out of them.
You need to be ready for holidays and competitions. Buy identical T-shirts for everyone (or collect T-shirts from guests in advance) and appliqué the racers' numbers on them. Let your hero choose his favorite number first. And you can prepare cups for all the winners, and a podium for the fastest. You don't have to stop at the podium for the three winners. Surely you have chairs, stools and stands for all the riders.
Let's hit the road with an off-road rally!
The host greets guests at the door. A very interesting option would be to offer the guest to get to the room with the festive table in a toy car (or bicycle), if the owners have one. Then the guest will have to pull a piece of paper at random from the presenter’s helmet, on which the seat number will be indicated - this is the seat he will take in the festive car.
When all the guests have gathered and taken their places in the “car,” the host tells them that they have a unique chance to make a fabulous trip in a magical car, which will be driven by the birthday boy. The hero of the occasion is given the steering wheel, and it seems that the journey is about to begin, but suddenly it turns out that there is no gasoline in the car’s tank. What to do? The presenter brings a canister of “gasoline” (you can use an empty one, or fill it a third full with water) and asks the children to answer the riddles of the owner of the gas station. (More than 50 riddles for children for their birthday)
When the riddles are solved, the presenter pretends to be filling the tank (if there is water in the canister, just tilt it a little and it won’t spill) and the magic car begins its journey.
Games
For racing games you need to prepare tracks and cars. These will be the most massive and longest races. The tracks can be very long, they can be done even in small spaces. for this you just need colored tape, or a long piece of paper, or a white cloth.
Roads can be made not only on a flat surface, but also downhill. And if there is an opportunity to play in an open space, let the small cars drive not with the help of hands, but, for example, with the help of a stream of water from a pistol.
In addition to toy cars and tracks, you can take large boxes and invite guests to make their own cars. For kids, prepare cut out car shapes from cardboard. Offer markers, stickers, different lights, wheels, etc. Let them design their own cars. And then present them with a track with obstacles.
Or you can walk along a course with obstacles (for example, with placed cones) blindfolded, if the children are already big. Or just make the route especially winding.
Invite the kids to play traffic light: place a drawn traffic light and three colored bags on the floor. Each bag must be thrown so that it ends up in its place at the traffic light.
There is another traffic light game: the presenter turns away and names the color. Then he turns to the players. The player wearing the named color can pass by the leader to the other side. And whoever doesn’t, must outwit or slip past the leader. If it doesn’t work out, then the caught player becomes the leader.
And for all guests, including adults, you can prepare a camouflage car, next to which everyone can take a photo as a souvenir.
Birthday in CAR style (5 years)!
In September 2013, my SON turned 5 years old! Anniversary!
Of course, I really wanted to please him with an interesting holiday, fun and memorable!
I’ll tell you about the preparation, the idea itself, because... as a result of force majeure circumstances (weather), everything changed dramatically.
But the HOLIDAY still took place! Guests, gifts, treats, balloons, fun, games, cake - there was everything!!! True, in a very narrow circle of those closest to you!
The night before, we wrapped gifts and inflated balloons, decorated the room with a streamer with “Cars” flags and a banner.
Having made sure that the pouring rain, which had confused our cards, was not going to end, we “replayed” everything we had planned and began to wait for the guests of the house, who, of course, were warned about the changes. It’s a pity, of course, that instead of an outdoor party, it turned out to be home gatherings, where adults relaxed, had a snack, chatted, and children played and had fun, but LIFE itself knows how it SHOULD BE and puts everything in its place!
So:
1 PLACE
According to the idea of the author (my mother, that is, mine), the celebration of my son’s birthday was planned in Druzhby Park, in a large clearing surrounded by ponds - a very picturesque place, in the fresh air. (There is a free parking lot within walking distance.) In the breaks between competitions and refreshments, we planned to ride scooters, bikes, play on the playground, etc. (IT COULD BE A Cottage, a PARK, A GROUP IN THE YARD, ETC.)
A tent-tent and plastic furniture were prepared: tables, chairs. The signs were supposed to lead guests to a tent in a clearing decorated with balloons and banners.
2. ANIMATION
Preparations began with a request in the community: Need an animator for my son’s (5 years old) birthday. Thanks to BB and everyone who responded!
ELENA, a professional actress and mother, answered my request. Together with her actor husband, she organizes wonderful holidays for children of different ages. Lena is a very attentive, punctual, creative person! Together with Lena, we developed the PROGRAM for our holiday. Props and costumes are provided by the animators.
Photo from the Internet
3. PROGRAM
1. The leading race driver taxis into the company of the birthday boy and his friends (possibly on a scooter, or with a cardboard steering wheel). He meets the guys and invites them to follow the real path of a racer.
2. Next comes a series of thematic competitions and games:
a) “Safe road” (The racer shows cards: green or red and the children, according to this command, move forward or do not move forward. If everyone has a vehicle, then great, if not, then “running” this game goes great. )
b) “Car plant” (there are 2 variants of this game: either everyone constructs one car from blanks: 2 different-sized boxes, wheels, etc. and comes up with a car brand, logo, etc. OR everyone is given a blank cardboard car and a general pile of various car accessories + felt-tip pens, stickers, and everyone creates their own “brainchild”)
c) Game Cars 2
d) Difficult route. (A winding path is laid out from toilet paper, which you need to walk with your eyes closed, without going off to the side of the road).
d) DPS nickname and violators. (A foam police baton is given to the selected DPS nickname, children run through it and whoever it hits becomes the new DPS nickname.
3. Rewarding young racers and presenting a cake. You can get creative and hide the cake, give the kids a map or a puzzle with a clue about the location of the treasured FUEL.
4. CAKE
(all information here)
Vanilla sponge cake with curd cream, banana and strawberries. Weight: 3.3 kg.
5. TREAT
We had sandwiches, vegetables and fruits, juices, tea, sweets: candies, marmalade, marshmallows, cake and a candy bar.
You need a simple menu suitable for children that will attract kids with its beauty and unusualness, below are a few ideas:
For adults, sandwiches, pizza (ordered pizza at Donatello), cheese plate, pickles, olives, vegetable plate, juices/water, tea, fruit, candy/cake.
6. CANDY BAR
We had a “camping” option (after all, the holiday was planned in the park) - CANDIES-Marshmallows-CHEWING MARMALADE, ETC. IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS
It all depends on the flight of your imagination and possibilities, you can do it this way: photo from the Internet
7. JEWELRY
Decorations, plastic picnic dishes, prize souvenirs, balloons, a helium tank, a bouquet of balloons - everything with the symbols of Wheelbarrows was purchased in the stores "VESELAYA ZATEYA" and "METRO s&s"
8. GIFTS FOR THE BIRTHDAY BOY
Cars, scooters, backpacks, clothes and other household items with Cars are suitable.
They gave us a gift: Trunks' suitcase, only red! We've already taken it with us on trips! Great! I recommend!)
Lego hollow CARS
radio-controlled cars “Francesco Bernouli” (two are the same!!! we play with both!!!) and also a radio-controlled police jeep with various sound effects - the absolute favorite of the BIRDDAY BOY!!!
Set of dishes "Cars" (the peak of the popularity of "Cars" is behind us, but we still use the dishes with pleasure to this day!)
9. PHOTOGRAPHER
Photographer Maria
(I will write contacts in a PM at your request), mother of two children, a very responsible and sensitive person, ready to help you in everything.
We planned a “live” photo shoot, without staged shots. In the changed conditions, they abandoned the photo shoot and filmed it on a “soap box” for family viewing.
10. GIFTS FOR GUESTS
Each guest received a gift bag: soap bubbles, e-e, cubes (collect the picture) Cars
11. CLOTHING WITH CARS
(T-shirts, socks, etc.) can be bought in the Eurostock online store (good knitwear at affordable prices)
Cars costumes many different options
I hope my developments, ideas, “appearances and passwords” can be useful to you! I wish your children happy holidays and happy birthdays!
Thank you for reading to the end!
Table setting
On the table, continue the holiday theme; the tablecloth and decorations can also contain a chess pattern. Let it be flags, napkins, skewers inserted into berries, bags for cookies or stickers on water bottles.
Cars and road elements - traffic lights, wheels, flags - everything will highlight the holiday. And plates and food stands will serve as excellent obstacles on the table-long road. If there are not enough obstacles, use orange cones, as when repairing roads. For particularly curious racers, hide sweets inside the cone.
You can also make your own cake. Bake the cakes. You design the car, frame it with colored fondant and wait for the festive morning.
Cars, cars, literally filled everything...
The presenter turns on the computer and launches the video onto the TV screen or monitor, which is installed directly opposite the sofa with the audience. The video shows a moving road, that is, as if from the driver’s eyes. This way, it looks like the holiday car is actually going somewhere. Of course, a set of video files with different landscapes must be prepared in advance.
The musical accompaniment must also be selected in the appropriate style: songs about drivers, racers, roads, cars, etc.
As they “move,” the presenter tells the children interesting stories about cars. Of course, it won’t be interesting for children to just sit on the couch for so long, so at short intervals they will need to make “forced stops”: either the tire will be punctured, or the oil will urgently need to be changed, or some other unexpected event will happen.
To solve problems that arise along the way, children need to be offered various options: recite a poem, guess a riddle, take part in a competition, etc. (poems can be found in the article 28 best poems for a child’s birthday)
Contest winners can be given the opportunity to temporarily drive a magical car or receive incentive prizes.
Invitations and gifts
The most pleasant and memorable invitation is an invitation with a photo. It will be kept in the guests' archives. All that remains is to figure out how to photograph the birthday boy so that it is clear what is meant. For example, a birthday boy can sit in front of his favorite toy cars.
And, of course, traditional invitations with cars and roads look very festive.
Prepare gifts for guests; these could be candies in the shape of a traffic light, cars, road puzzles, coloring books or flags. Choose any bags and bags, tie a checkerboard ribbon to them, and your gift in the style of a car birthday is ready. You can also paste an image of “Lightning McQueen” from the cartoon or just stickers of your favorite cars.
On this Cars themed birthday, let your Racer be the fastest.
Hold on tight to the steering wheel, driver!
The main emphasis will need to be placed on the holiday car: a sofa or a spacious bed can serve its role. It will be enough to attach wheels made of cardboard (or other material) to the sides and place a homemade steering wheel in the center. A TV or computer monitor should be installed opposite the festive “car”. We hang posters with photographs of various cars on the walls of the room, and it would also be appropriate to diversify the surroundings with the help of checkered flags suspended on ropes.
A tablecloth with typewriters or a checkered design is suitable for table decoration. You can place toy cars between the dishes.
Read how to decorate a holiday for your child in an interesting and beautiful way in the article All about decorating a child’s birthday
To host the party you will need a host. It is up to the parents to decide whether to invite a professional actor or not. If you wish, you can take on the role of presenter. You don’t need a particularly complicated costume—just some sportswear and a racing (or motorcycle) helmet. It is not necessary to wear a helmet throughout the celebration - it will be enough to keep it somewhere at hand.
