James wanted to have a firefighter/Planes Fire and Rescue party for his birthday. It was a fun party to plan! I resisted decorating until after James went to bed the night before because I wanted to surprise him. I'm glad I waited because he was so excited when he saw the flames everywhere. 
First the kids decorated firefighter hats with sticker. 
Then they colored pictures to put on the wall. The pictures are still hanging on our wall now several weeks later.
We played pin the water on the forest fire. Now I know why my kids always want me to hang up their art on the fridge. I was so proud of this picture I drew! It's slightly embarrassing how long I left it up on the wall after the party only because I wanted to show it off a little longer.
We sang some firefighter songs.
Next came the favorite activity, the firefighter training obstacle course. The kids went under the table, up and down the slide, over the ladder, and ran through the kids 'burning' bedroom that was filled with red, orange, and yellow balloons.
Right before we had cupcakes, we did the pinata. I filled it up with graham cracker snacks and fruit snacks (I'm kind of boring like that). After we sang to James, he went to blow out his candles and nothing happened. I realized he had an entire package's worth of fruit snacks from the pinata in his mouth and he couldn't manage to get the candles out. His friends were kind enough to help.
After cupcakes it was time for presents. James has the most thoughtful friends! They know him so well.
After presents, the kids played and danced. We put up that hoop so they could shoot their flying toys through the ring (that was James' idea).
It was a great party and I'm glad we got to celebrate my favorite little boy.
Oh, and just for the record, I had our amazing 10 year old neighbor girl come help out for the party. She was so much help! Best five dollars I ever spent.
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