Justice's Two Fast 2 Curious Race Car Themed Birthday Party
April 20, 2022
Justice is TWO!
I can't believe that we've been doing this parenting thing for 2 years! Wow. Where did the time go?
I've always dreamed of hosting my kid's birthday party. But with Omicron numbers still high in Ontario, we kept his birthday party small and celebrated with just our close families at home. For his first birthday last year, his theme was One Superhero, purely because his IG handle, @Sueper.Justice sounds like a superhero. This year, we wanted to throw him a party with all the things he loves. Justice is obsessed with cars so nothing's more fitting than throwing him this Two Fast 2 Curious race car theme for his 2nd birthday!
This party was everything I envisioned and more! I had so much fun creating and DIYing all the elements since I couldn't source everything that match the theme and my vision perfectly. If you're interested in this theme for your little one as well, I've listed all the DIY details in this post.
For the birthday banner, I drew the shape using my Adobe Illustrator and cut the shapes onto black cardstock using my Cricut cutting machine. Then I bought some silver metallic alphabet stickers from Walmart and just stuck them onto the banner. They look exactly how I wanted it. If you're interested in the banner template, you can download the cutting file here.
We got Justice a motorized Batmobile as a present. And I thought it would make a perfect prop for his birthday photoshoot. I designed some decals to put on the car so I could match it with the theme. I bought some white vinyl from the dollar store and cut the design using my Cricut. I covered the existing designs of the car with black coloured cardstock and adhered the decals on top. I must say that the car looks pretty sleek and nobody knew it was originally a Batmobile!
I also bought some wooden cars from the dollar store and painted them with acrylic craft paints that I have lying around at home. They became cute decor pieces for my dessert table.
The party plates were actually normal paper plates that I customized. I couldn't find paper plates that match the theme and colour scheme, so I went with black paper plates and designed the decals to place on top. I love them so much! You can download my cutting file here.
As for the birthday cake, I decorated using my homemade marshmallow fondant! I added some food colouring gel to the marshmallow fondant to make it into the colour red. Then I moulded it into a race car just like moulding a play-doh. The race car took a few days to dry completely so I had to allocate enough time in advance for it. I love how the cake matched the balloon garland! And Justice kept wanting to steal the fondant car from the cake as soon as he saw it!
It became a tradition where I'd make Justice a custom shirt to wear on his birthday. For his One Superhero first birthday last year, I made a Superman inspired t-shirt with his initial and a red cape to go with it. This year, to match the Two Fast race car theme, I drew the graphic with Procreate app and cut it onto iron-on transfer vinyl with my Cricut.
I then used the same graphic to make the "Two Fast 2 Curious" backdrop and cut it out onto 2 large pieces of black bristle board. I wanted it huge on my wall so using bristle board could not only make that happen, it also help save on material cost. If you're interested in the cutting file for this graphic, you can get it here.
The custom race track number 2 balloon was the easiest to make. I bought the black foil balloon from the party shop and had it inflated with helium prior to the birthday party. Then, with the remainder white decals that I had on hand, I cut out into strips of roughly, 1" x 2.5" size and just stuck them onto the balloon. I love how it turned out. It was so cute!
And that was all. Justice had a blast that day at the party with all his families. Although it took some time to DIY everything for his birthday, seeing Justice's excitement made everything worthwhile.
Do you like to DIY for your kid's birthday?
I can't believe that we've been doing this parenting thing for 2 years! Wow. Where did the time go?
I've always dreamed of hosting my kid's birthday party. But with Omicron numbers still high in Ontario, we kept his birthday party small and celebrated with just our close families at home. For his first birthday last year, his theme was One Superhero, purely because his IG handle, @Sueper.Justice sounds like a superhero. This year, we wanted to throw him a party with all the things he loves. Justice is obsessed with cars so nothing's more fitting than throwing him this Two Fast 2 Curious race car theme for his 2nd birthday!
This party was everything I envisioned and more! I had so much fun creating and DIYing all the elements since I couldn't source everything that match the theme and my vision perfectly. If you're interested in this theme for your little one as well, I've listed all the DIY details in this post.
Two Fast 2 Curious Race Car Themed Birthday Party
I knew right away that I wanted to make a backdrop for the dessert table and for his photoshoot. And a race car balloon garland would be perfect focal point for this party. I purchased a DIY balloon garland kit from a local party shop, Olive and Hare so that I could save some assembly cost. But I soon realized that I was taking up far too many tasks for the party. I ended up entrusting Will to take care of the balloons and assembly. And he did an amazing job! The race car foil balloon I ordered off from Dela and Bear party shop. I love the vintage-looking race car. And the balloon garland went so well with it as if it was the smoke coming from the exhaust which is what I was going for.For the birthday banner, I drew the shape using my Adobe Illustrator and cut the shapes onto black cardstock using my Cricut cutting machine. Then I bought some silver metallic alphabet stickers from Walmart and just stuck them onto the banner. They look exactly how I wanted it. If you're interested in the banner template, you can download the cutting file here.
We got Justice a motorized Batmobile as a present. And I thought it would make a perfect prop for his birthday photoshoot. I designed some decals to put on the car so I could match it with the theme. I bought some white vinyl from the dollar store and cut the design using my Cricut. I covered the existing designs of the car with black coloured cardstock and adhered the decals on top. I must say that the car looks pretty sleek and nobody knew it was originally a Batmobile!
I also bought some wooden cars from the dollar store and painted them with acrylic craft paints that I have lying around at home. They became cute decor pieces for my dessert table.
The party plates were actually normal paper plates that I customized. I couldn't find paper plates that match the theme and colour scheme, so I went with black paper plates and designed the decals to place on top. I love them so much! You can download my cutting file here.
As for the birthday cake, I decorated using my homemade marshmallow fondant! I added some food colouring gel to the marshmallow fondant to make it into the colour red. Then I moulded it into a race car just like moulding a play-doh. The race car took a few days to dry completely so I had to allocate enough time in advance for it. I love how the cake matched the balloon garland! And Justice kept wanting to steal the fondant car from the cake as soon as he saw it!
It became a tradition where I'd make Justice a custom shirt to wear on his birthday. For his One Superhero first birthday last year, I made a Superman inspired t-shirt with his initial and a red cape to go with it. This year, to match the Two Fast race car theme, I drew the graphic with Procreate app and cut it onto iron-on transfer vinyl with my Cricut.
I then used the same graphic to make the "Two Fast 2 Curious" backdrop and cut it out onto 2 large pieces of black bristle board. I wanted it huge on my wall so using bristle board could not only make that happen, it also help save on material cost. If you're interested in the cutting file for this graphic, you can get it here.
The custom race track number 2 balloon was the easiest to make. I bought the black foil balloon from the party shop and had it inflated with helium prior to the birthday party. Then, with the remainder white decals that I had on hand, I cut out into strips of roughly, 1" x 2.5" size and just stuck them onto the balloon. I love how it turned out. It was so cute!
And that was all. Justice had a blast that day at the party with all his families. Although it took some time to DIY everything for his birthday, seeing Justice's excitement made everything worthwhile.
Do you like to DIY for your kid's birthday?
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