Bruder Trucks Winter Themed Birthday Party

It occurred to me the other day that I’ve done about 17 birthday parties between both my boys. Time is so funny and that doesn’t even seem possible. My youngest son just turned six, and cars and trucks are his life. With the exception of his first birthday, we’ve done a vehicle-themed birthday party for him every year because he loves them so much! This year he was asking for a Bruder specific party, so we ended up doing a Bruder Trucks Winter Themed Birthday Party.

For a little clarification, Bruder is a toy company that sells a variety of sturdy vehicles. My son has gathered a collection of them over the past few years and he is very attached to them—so much so that he lovingly tucks them in with a blanket for bedtime at 8pm every night. So it really did seem like the perfect party theme for him!

Usually one of the first things I do in my planning is search Pinterest for ideas. I couldn’t find any Bruder specific parties, but there were several ideas for construction truck parties. You can actually read about the construction party I did several years ago for my oldest here. It was so fun! But since I’ve done a construction trucks theme for both my boys already, I wanted this party to be a little different.

I’ve always thought it would be fun to do a winter trucks party (because Christmas is my favorite), but neither of my sons have winter birthdays. Since we’ve already gotten our first snow here in Colorado, I decided it was close enough and that some winter touches would make his party unique. Blue is also his favorite color, which pairs well with a winter theme. And with trucks in mind, I thought a snowplow would be the perfect focal point.

For all the details about my son’s Bruder Trucks Winter Themed 6th Birthday Party, keep scrolling!

Snowplow Truck Banner

I made homemade banners for the first couple of parties I planned, but then realized it saves a lot of time to use pre-made banners. While I love creating things, party planning is time consuming and this is one area I’ve learned to lighten my load.

However, since there aren’t many winter trucks printables or party decor, I couldn’t really find what I wanted. There are piles of construction truck printables, but there’s definitely a need for some other truck printables.

I ended up finding a cute snowplow invite on Etsy that came with the rights to edit using an online program. With a few changes, I was able to turn the invite into both a banner and food tents.

Snowplow Food Tents

We had a lunchtime party with some food to match the theme:

• Build-a-Sandwich: fixings for making sandwiches
• Truck veggie tray
• Boulders: grapes and strawberries
• Woodchips: potato chips
• Nuts and Bolts: ranch snack mix and Christmas sweets mix
• Spare Tires: mini chocolate donuts
• Fueling Station: water and lemonade

Trucks Display

I found some truck cutouts from Amazon and saw an idea in the reviews to use brown paper as dirt for displaying them. The brown paper really makes the trucks stand out, and I made some hills of dirt and displayed the trucks overtop.

Homemade Truck Photo Prop

I’ve never made a photo prop for a birthday party, but when I saw a truck photo prop idea on Pinterest I knew I wanted to try it! I used a large box and drew an outline of the truck using the visual I found here. I used both scissors and a utility knife to cut out what needed cutting. Then I penciled everything out and painted everything in. Once it was dry, I outlined a few things with a black sharpie, and then hot glued on the wheel. I also added a license plate using a free template I found online. All in all, it took a few hours to complete the truck.

It was worth the time and made pictures extra special.

Snowplow Cake

The cake is always the centerpiece of birthday parties for me. Like I mentioned earlier, I thought a snowplow was a good way to incorporate a winter theme.

For the cake, I made my favorite chocolate cake recipe and baked it in an 11×14 rectangle pan. I used parchment paper on the bottom and greased the pan well so that it would turn out easily. I frosted it with a white buttercream frosting so that it would be similar to snow, and sprinkled crushed Oreos around the sides for dirt. For the final touches, I added a snowplow truck (blue of course) and different sized marshmallows to represent snow. My son loves marshmallows, making them the perfect match for his cake. I also had some mini evergreen trees leftover from his first birthday, so I dipped a few in powdered sugar and added them to the cake.

Other Details

I picked up some snow confetti from Hobby Lobby and scattered it around the tables. For balloons, I went with a variety of blue and white. I also set up some hot cocoa and marshmallows at our coffee bar for warm drinks.

We did a big hot cocoa bar at his last birthday party which was a hit, but I didn’t re-create it this time around. It would work well for a winter party though.

As always, it was a fun party to put together. I’ve learned to have things set-up as much as possible the night before a party so that I’m not as frantic trying to do everything on party day. Regardless though, I’ve also learned parties like this take a lot of work and something usually goes slightly different than planned.

The most important thing is that my little guy enjoyed his special day and is a very joyful six-year-old. And we had a great Bruder Trucks birthday party day!

Hannah