Featured are a host of Blaze and the monster machines birthday party ideas and supplies to help you throw an awesome themed party for your child. We’ve added plenty of ideas for decorations, favors, cake decorations, invitations and more. So, If your little one loves the Nick Jr show or has dreams of trailblazing around the house in a monster truck, this page will help you create a themed party they will never forget.
For anyone who does not know much about this theme, Blaze and the monster machines is a Nick junior show aimed at preschoolers to not only get them excited about awesome monster trucks with loud engines and gigantic tires but science too. The show teaches kids about lots of interesting scientific principles while being tons of fun at the same time. Examples include an episode where kids learn about friction throughout the show as Blaze and AJ try to retrieve a stolen item from Crusher. Find out more about the show here.
So with that aside let’s Blaze on and put together this themed party.
Blaze and the Monster Machines Birthday Party Invitations and Ideas
Invitations are a great way to set the tone for the party and are great for giving guests an early indication of the theme of the party. Blaze and the monster machines invitations can be found on Etsy and Ebay. A plus about getting them from these sources is that birthday invites can be personalized to read and look the way you want, as sellers can often customize specifically for your need. We particularly like the Blaze and the monster machines birthday party invitations from Etsy seller Little Weekend Shop which features a design with Blaze and AJ and a checkered border.
For anyone on a budget these Free monster truck invitation templates are available courtesy of the half a hundred acre wood blog. There are also plenty of awesome ideas shared on the post for a monster truck themed party, so it is definitely worth checking out for more ideas.
If you’re going to make your own invitations from scratch you may be looking for some wording for the invites. Fortunately the show offers a lot of catch phrases that are easy to use: “Are you ready to race? Let’s blaze!”, “Blazing birthday bash”, “Start your engines”. If you want to go for more authentic content, you can always add in more references to the show, for instance: “ Join (insert your child’s name), AJ and Blaze in this new adventure in Axel City”
Blaze and the Monster Machines Birthday Party Decorations and Ideas
A party is not a party without some balloons, streamers and colorful decorations to brighten up the place. For your Blaze and the monster machines party decorations try using some bright colors while complementing this with decorations that represent the grittiness of monster trucks that boys love so much.
You could use a color scheme of red, black and white as seen here. Checkered decorations also work well too for this theme, consider using a checkered black and white tablecover or checkered flags as part of your table decor.
Once your guests reach your front door have them greeted with a racetrack run way, Setting the tone for events to come. Here is the DIY tutorial to make a racetrack floor runner for your party.
Use small monster truck toys as balloon weights by tying them to the balloons with ribbon. It holds them in place but also looks pretty cool.
You could also add a few props like Inflatable tires/wheels as part of your party decor. Place a few of them around the party room or have them in a pile. These can also be used for the party games too.
Custom Blaze and the monster machines birthday decorations can be found on Etsy from various sellers. One to mention is the Blaze and the monster machines birthday banner available from the Merry Makers Papier store.
A pit stop or refueling station is another simple idea for themed blaze and the monster machines party decorations. It’s a great way of presenting the food (which becomes fuel, tools, car parts) and no racing circuit is complete without it.
Since we’re talking about car-related items, a few traffic cones would not be remiss (they also work well with the obstacle course). Here is a simple tutorial on how to make a Styrofoam traffic cone – it works great as a candy holder too.
Adding some DIY decorations is a great way to save money, here is video offering more ideas on how you could decorate this monster truck themed party.
Blaze and the Monster Machines Tableware/Table Setup
A beautifully setup party table will only add to the look your going for and is a great chance to further add elements of the theme to your party. Here are a few ideas for how to decorate and set up your party table for your little one’s big day.
The tablecloth is always the first thing that covers the table before other items are added. As with the runway idea, why not spread a black tablecloth over your table and make street lines with white felt tape so it looks like a road. You could add some miniature cones as part of the decor too as seen here.
For Party plates and other items to serve food you could use red, checkered flag and black plates and cups to good effect. For something a little special, there are official Blaze and the monster machine paper plates, cups, napkins and more available too.
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Blaze and the monster machines birthday Party Plates, Cups, Napkins, Balloons and more
Blaze and the Monster Machines Birthday Party Cake and Ideas
If you plan on making a Blaze and the monster machines birthday cake yourself one of the easiest ways to decorate your cake would be with an edible cake image. They are very easy to apply to the cake, have lots of designs and can be personalized.
You could however use this tutorial from the Jessica Harris cake design site which shows you how to make a monster truck cake. This would be great for creating the initial shape of the cake if you wanted to make a 3D Blaze cake. It would involve more skill to put together but would look awesome.
For decorating cupcakes FluidYard has some custom Blaze and the monster machines cupcake toppers that can be used to top off cupcakes to great effect.
If your looking for more Blaze and the monster machines cake ideas, pictures and inspiration check out pinterest, it’s a great place to find ideas for themed cakes.
Blaze and the Monster Machines Birthday Party Favors and Ideas
To have great Blaze and the monster machines party favors to give out, consider filling up your favor bags with monster truck themed goodies. Here are some ideas for what would make fun Blaze and the monster machines birthday favors:
Make your own Blaze and the monster machines goodie bags, by purchasing some cheap paper favor bags and sticking these character templates available from Nick JR site to each bag. Also on the site are a few more printable templates which would be great for this theme considering official supplies have yet to be released.
*Pull back monster truck toys are a must; they’re fun toys that fit in perfectly with the theme and kids will enjoy playing with them.
*You can also make Monster truck cookies using this monster truck cookie cutter available from the almost necessities Etsy store.
*Blaze and the monster machines tattoos and stickers are available from Amazon.com and would make great additions to the favors.
Blaze and the Monster Machine Birthday Party Food and Ideas
As the guests get hungry here are some fun Blaze and the monster machines themed party foods you could include on party table for your guests to eat.
*Chocolate covered doughnuts/Oreos as monster truck tires
There is no preparation time involved in this as it’s as simple as opening up a pack of Oreos or chocolate covered donuts and serving them on a plate with the a label reading Monster Truck Tires.
*Beverage, Anti-freeze, engine oil drink.
For engine oil poor cola or any other dark drink that you can think of into a jug and for anti-freeze a green or blue juice or soda can work. You could also make lemonade and add some food coloring into the drink to give it the color you desire.
*Stop light brownies
This is simply brownies cut into rectangles with yellow, green and red m&m’s placed on them to make them look like traffic lights – here is a quick instruction guide to making these stop light brownies.
*Nuts and bolts mix
This can be a simple mix of biscuits, nuts and candy.
*Monster Truck Sandwiches
Sandwiches are always great as an easy pick up and eat food at parties. To make it match the theme you could use a cookie cutter to cut the sandwiches into monster trucks, so that you have monster truck sandwiches.
*Wheel shaped Mac and Cheese
For something a bit more consistent than snacks and sweets, you can serve wheel shaped macaroni and cheese – it’s easy to make and a kids favorite to boot. Marta Stewart has a quick recipe on her site.
Blaze and the Monster Machine Party Games and Activities
When it’s time for some fun and games, it’s always a good idea to pick out activities and games that will not only be enjoyable for kids but also fit the amount of time you have set aside for games. For a Blaze and the monster machines party here are some ideas of fun games and activities you can include at your party:
*Blaze and the monster machines coloring pages
Kids love to color in things, which makes your job of keeping them entertained just that little bit easier as you can print off Blaze and the machines coloring pages and have them color it in with crayons. This is always a great activity for buying yourself a little time while you prepare another activity.
*Create Your Own monster Machine
While we are on the theme of colors, you can also set up a ‘Paint your own Monster Machine’ activity. You’ll need to find small wooden cars, acrylic paint and paintbrushes. You might also want to set a designated area for the activity and cover the table with something you can either wash or throw away.
*Pull back truck race
A fun activity that the pull back cars can be used for is racing. Available at Amazon.com is an indoor track lane that can be rolled out especially for an event like this. Participants position their trucks at the start line and pull back as far as they can to wind up them up before letting it go. The first truck to cross the finish line wins.
*Spoon and truck race
Another idea for a blaze and the monster machines party game is a twist on the classic egg race. You can call it the Team Truck Challenge (based on an episode from Blaze) and have teams of children compete in a race where they need to hold a toy monster truck steady at the end of a very long spoon.
*Monster truck activity course
A monster truck activity course would be tons of fun for everyone and is a great way to get your guest to engage in an active game. Your course can be made up of obstacles ranging from old/inflatable tires for them to hop through, a safe balance beam of some sort and cones that they have to weave in and out of etc. Here is an example of what your course can look like here.
Blaze and the Monster Machines Costume/Birthday Outfit Ideas
What child doesn’t enjoy dressing up? A themed birthday party is the perfect time to get them into a costume or outfit that deserves to be captured on camera for future “awwww you were sooo cute” moments. Although official costumes are not available and monster truck costumes have never been all that easy to find (kids would probably want to drive them rather than look like them) here are a few Blaze and the monster machines costume and birthday outfit ideas.
One easy idea that should be considered when looking for outfits for a child’s birthday is personalized birthday t-shirts. Sellers will customize the t-shirts with character designs, child’s age, name and even messages you request. The Tiny Tots Etsy store has a great Blaze and the monster machines personalized birthday t-shirt design if you would like to have a t-shirt made for your little one. You can even buy iron on applique designs to make your own t-shirts too.
For something a little more hands on you could make a monster truck costume for them to wear. This would of course take a little more time to put together but the how to make a monster truck costume tutorial the crab and fish blog provides is easy to follow.
Blaze and the Monster Machines Birthday Gift Ideas
Finding a Blaze themed gift for your little one shouldn’t be too difficult right now. Slowly but surely Blaze and the monster machines merchandise has been hitting shelves but as a safe rule you can never go wrong with a toys. For this theme a vehicle or racetrack play-set toy would be perfect. However, for younger fans you’ll also find plush toys of characters from the show too so they can snuggle up with them at bedtime. There are backpacks, clothing, books and more available so be sure to check out Amazon’s store for all things Blaze for the perfect gift.