Brossettelewis: August 2011

There's about 5 good ideas on the internet for a trashman party. From that I've talked with my clients (J, M, & G) and discussed their budget (3 cents) and came up with something they loved. Ya'd thing with all the 3yr old obsessed with trash men and trucks there would be more...stuff to work with.

This is what we did:

Oh wait... that's the trashman. We needed a shot for the cake.

He's pretty much awesome.

So are they.

We checked out all the books and patterned a cake after a real Waste Management truck.

Thankfully I had several beater-lickers to keep my supplies clean.

They however did not stay clean.

The boyos retained much of the creative control and {dictated what needed to go where} loved their truck.

Complete w/ caution sign.

Then off to Grant's trashcan.

And the piñata.

These are from here then photoshopped so so we could color them.

The boyos loved paper plate fly crowns but they didn't go over well at the party.

Oh well. I had also planned trashcan cones. Green cones were perfect with chocolate melts as wheels but they melted before we used them...they just made for messy cones.

James didn't complain.

So, the party!The pinata was hung by Tony. I'm sad we didn't get a shot of his knot. I don't think he was a boy scout because that knot was one of a kind.The dump was filled with trash & the treat bags hidden carefully inside.The "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES MILES AND GRANT" banner organized and strung.The trash truck and fly visor crafting begun.The birthday Granty. (post cake)The birthday boyos, James and Miles. The destruction of his very own cake. He was timid at first but then dug in.Granty needed a bath once he finished his cake. Why not use the park drinking fountain?

Uncle John was awesome and helped fill the trashcans....err ice cream cones, so I could watch Granty destroy. If you look, you can see the fly sugar cookies. There's a fine line, at a trash party, between fun and gross. I think we stayed on the non gross side. The pinata was strong. It even withstood an adult beating. It finally came down when one little guy couldn't take the suspense any longer and ripped it down.

Then the frenzy.

I strongly suggest a dump (or whatever the theme dictates it be called) as an alternative or addition to a pinata for the little people. Same idea, less dangerous, pre portioned prizes. While the little ones were digging in the dump the bigger kids played a Toss the Trash version of Kick the Can and played some Trash Talking Basketball.