It is always fun to plan a birthday party, especially a surprise party, which is exactly what Mr. Wonderful and I did. What made it extra special is we set it up early one Saturday morning at our kids new house which is going through a complete DIY makeover. This required a bit of thinking outside the box as they have not moved in yet so of course there is no furniture. In addition, the kitchen plus one bathroom were both temporarily out of service. And, on top of that, we had also removed all of the flooring in the entire house as well as some walls so our options for set up were very limited. However, there was one small area where we had just finished the floor and painted a wall which was the perfect, and only, little spot for our surprise party.
The baking and prep was all done at home the night before and then packed up and delivered the next morning.
During one of our Home Improvement work days she had asked me about Carrot Cake and mentioned she had never tried it. As soon as she said that the MOO ~ velous :: Construction Site :: Surprise Birthday Party idea was conceived.
The birthday cake was a 6” double layer dirty frosted carrot spice cake.
And then, just for fun, I also made a dozen carrot spice cake cupcakes.
We had planned on bringing a folding table for our little party however when we arrived we discovered we had forgotten it. Bummer. Since the kitchen is out of service we had to come up with another idea for set up and with some quick thinking Mr. Wonderful grabbed a board and four large paint buckets and made a small table. It was perfect but a bit too short to sit at however, it worked perfect as a serving table. The chalkboard suffered some smudges during transport however it could have been worse. Thankfully I was able to tidy it up with my fingers before they arrived since I had not packed any chalk.
We also needed a card to go with her gift so while the cake was baking I made her a birthday card. Since she mentioned she liked cows I decided to use that as the theme. I sketched a cow template and played around with some wording using my stamps.
Once everything was cut and stamped it did not take long to assemble this fun birthday Cow Card.
The Surprise Party was ready in the nick of time as they arrived shortly after we finished setting up. It was a fun surprise and a Moo ~ velous way to start the day at the construction site!
Happy Saturday!
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