CONSTRUCTION

BY CARLY STEVENSON FROM SASSY SNAPS PERTH

WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION BEHIND THE STYLING FOR THIS PARTY SHOOT? My son Sam has recently shown a love of building blocks and trucks, so a Construction theme seemed perfect to tick the boxes. I also enjoyed how creative we could get with the theme and my first step was getting some building blocks for the kids to play with and some trucks for décor. I have a very Scandinavian, minimalist style so I knew from the beginning I did not want a yellow and black colour scheme for this event and wanted to keep it quiet light in style with a pop of colour. I decided on mustard, grey and navy, from the navy on the hi-vis workwear and mustard from its current popularity in home décor.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS SETUP? This setup featured some amazing vendor products, all suiting the theme perfectly in their creative use or design. We loved that the first thing guests saw was our mesh arch arbour entrance from Memorable Parties. The use of white mesh throughout the event was something I was excited about, so was super keen to have H.Rose involved with her mesh plinths which we used for the desserts display. Our activity area was a fun addition with the kids getting to put on their hard hats and vests, and play some activities with our construction entertainers from Glass Slipper. I loved creating (for the first time ever) our colouring in stickers for table runners for this activity table. Our event had a lot of younger kids so wanted to have some colouring options that were easy for all the ages. I also had some lego duplo on the table for some building activities. The building activities continued in our play area with the fun soft play blocks from Fun HQ. The kids loved stacking them up as towers then knocking them down. The ballpit is of course always a massive hit and we had some games around this as well.

SHARE YOUR TOP TIPS FOR THOSE PLANNING CHILDREN’S PARTIES AND CELEBRATIONS: If your budget allows, start by hiring a stylist and outsource as much of the event as you are able! You have enough to worry about with rsvps, playing host and trying to enjoy the party itself. The less of the coordination, setup and even cleanup that you have to worry about the better! If doing yourself, my top tips would be to focus on one major décor aspect of your event and have a photographer booked.

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