DIY Fire truck Themed Party Decor ~ Burning Buildings!
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Thanks to all the empty cardboard boxes laying around from Christmas, it was super easy to make these burning buildings for my son’s fire truck themed birthday party! This DIY project quickly comes together using just a few materials, and is budget friendly (as in less than $10!).
These would also be perfect DIY decor for other party themes such as,
- Spider Man
- Super Heros
- Paw Patrol
- Emergency Vehicles
here’s how I made these burning buildings for less than $10
materials
- cardboard boxes
- white paper
- yellow & orange tissue paper
- tape or hot glue gun
- scissors or knife
- paper cutter (optional)
assembling the “burning building” party decorations
step-by-step
- remove any shipping tape or stickers on the front of your boxes (if they’d be difficult to cover with the white paper “windows”)
- re-tape the boxes with shipping tape from the inside (if necessary)
- cut rectangles out of white paper (I used cardstock)
- attach your white paper “windows” to the box using glue or tape (I used a hot glue gun)
- using a knife or scissors, cut a straight line across the top of the box, leaving a couple inches on each side so you’re not cutting all the way across. you are just creating a slit to stuff the tissue paper through.
- place one piece of yellow tissue on top of one piece of orange tissue paper, pinch the paper in the center and shove this part into the slit you cut in the cardboard.
- give the tissue a little “fluff”, and now you have flames! repeat this as much as you need to fill the slits across the tops of the boxes. I also glued some tissue paper flames in between two of the boxes with my hot glue gun, but you can do whatever you think looks best with the boxes you have.
Check out this blog post for all the details of this Fire Truck themed birthday party I planned for my son, on a budget. If you love DIY decor, here is how I made the Fire Station backdrop!
I’d love to help make your little one’s next birthday feel special ~ visit Style My Party for party styling packages, or send me a message with any questions!
