Smash Cakes, DIY Parties, and More

I am participating in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge. Today’s letter is S.

BabyFlash is turning 1. I’m not entirely sure how that happened. I mean, I do know how that happened, but you totally get what I mean. Time is going way too quickly!

He is totally in to cars and all things “zoom zoom,” so we threw him a race car party. I was inspired by much of what I found on Pinterest, and I decided I could do some things myself!

I started with his cake, and I wanted to have a smash-able cake. Smash cakes are adorable, and I’m totally down with this new craze. I’m determined to get my photography skills honed. For this, I just used a simple vanilla cake (I found an organic mix at Aldi — score!) and made cream cheese icing that I found by Martha Stewart. With just a little bit of red, white, and green sprinkles (which probably negated the organic mix), we had a pretty successful and cute cake that he was going to smash anyway. He approved:

For the decorations, I knew I wanted some sort of center piece. I looked up stop lights to see what they needed to look like, and I knew I needed to have supplies here in the house. Lady Luck was my friend with a trash bag, some construction paper, scissors, a box from a recent Amazon order, and some shipping tape:

Then, I used the ideas from Pinterest to make signs (with the help of Miss Sassy Pants), and everyone loved what we labeled. I think “Motor Oil” got the most comments.

If you love to DIY, be sure to check out these other great parties!

http://midequalitygroup.co.uk/events/month/2021-06 Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Very Merry UnBirthday from Teachable Mommy

Lodhrān Disney Side DKY Style from Parenting in Northern Kentucky

Have you ever done a DIY party? Share with me!

Tags: AtoZChallenge, babyflash, diyparties, smashcake