Bob The Builder Party Ideas

Bob the Builder party napkin

Let's build some fun with a Bob the Builder Party! With lots of building from Bob and his machine team this party will excite all the boys. Can Bob really build anything? Yes he can! Have your guests wear a construction vest, yellow hard hat and carry a clip board and join Bob and his gang:

Wendy (Bob's Partner), Scoop the yellow Digger, Muck the Dump Truck, Dizzy the cement mixer, Roley the steamroller, Lofty the mobile crane, Pilchard the cat, Bird, and Fin the fish for an exciting Bob the Builder birthday. 


Bob the Builder party napkin

Let's build some fun with a Bob the Builder Party! With lots of building from Bob and his machine team this party will excite all the boys. Can Bob really build anything? Yes he can! Have your guests wear a construction vest, yellow hard hat and carry a clip board and join Bob and his gang:

Wendy (Bob's Partner), Scoop the yellow Digger, Muck the Dump Truck, Dizzy the cement mixer, Roley the steamroller, Lofty the mobile crane, Pilchard the cat, Bird, and Fin the fish for an exciting Bob the Builder birthday. 


Bob the Builder Party Invitations

To make homemade Bob the Builder party invitations, get dark blue and bright yellow construction paper. Sketch out a big construction hat silhouette onto the yellow paper and then mount it onto a square piece of the dark blue construction paper, acting like a border. Or cut out a silhouette of Muck the Dump Truck or your favorite Bob the Builder helper. On the invitation make sure to include: “Is ____ really turning ____ years old? Yes he is!”.


Bob the Builder Party Supplies and Decorations

  • Use the color theme of yellow, orange, and blue
  • Hang color themed balloons and streamers
  • Use yellow and blue table cloths
  • Hang lots of tools and construction vehicles
  • Yellow construction hats (for the party hats) with a sign reading “hard hat required”
  • Create a sign for the entrance of the party that reads “Construction Personnel Only” 
  • Near the snack table, have a yellow construction sign that says “dig in” or “can I fix lunch? Yes I can” or “food zone”
  • Hang orange construction fencing (snow fence)
  • Orange cones or pylons
  • Flashlights
  • Plastic shovels
  • Turn a wet floor sign into a “caution, kids at play” sign.


Bob the Builder Games and Activities

  • Have a Lego center for some free building time 
  • Building Time - have lego "construction plans" for the guests to use and create a dump truck or front loader.
  • Play in a large sand box with all of Bob’s machine friends
  • Bob’s Relay Race - Drive a vehicle, go around pylons, hammer in a nail, etc.
  • Wendy, Wendy, Bob! Play like duck, duck, goose
  • Scoops Scavenger Hunt - Hide tools and / or construction vehicles for the kids to find. Give them empty paint cans or sand buckets to collect their hidden treasures.
  • Pin the Hard hat on Bob – or hammer etc. Play like pin the tail on the donkey.
  • Scoop off - Divide guests into two teams. Give each team a sand bucket and each child a kitchen spoon. Whichever team fills the bucket first wins.
  • Cookie Decorating - pre bake cookies in the shapes of hard hats and construction tools. Then, have the guests decorate the cookies with blue and yellow icing and sprinkles.
  • Truck Memory - print off cards with identical pairs of the characters and tools in Bob the Builder and play like traditional memory. On each card include the name and image to make sure when flipped over they match. For example, Bob the Builder, Wendy, Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Roley, Lofty, Pilchard, Bird, Fin, Farmer Pickles, Scrambler, Robert, Mr. Sabatini, and Mr. Bentley.
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Bob the Builder Birthday Food

  • Use large paint containers to hold snack foods (can get these at a local building center. Line with plastic wrap)
  • Custom cookies in the shape of construction hats and tools, such as saws, hammers, and drills. 
  • Jello shaped tools and construction vehicles
  • Bowls with yellow and blue candies, such as M&M’s, Smarties, or Skittles
  • Build your own Pizza
  • Hotdogs
  • Chips
  • Bob the Builder Cake - when singing you can sing a variation, "it's ______ birthday. Can we sing it? Yes we can!"
Bob the Builder Party Cake, Dump Truck Cake

Dump Truck Cake

  • Use large paint containers to hold snack foods (can get these at a local building center. Line with plastic wrap)
  • Custom cookies in the shape of construction hats and tools, such as saws, hammers, and drills. 
  • Jello shaped tools and construction vehicles
  • Bowls with yellow and blue candies, such as M&M’s, Smarties, or Skittles
  • Build your own Pizza
  • Hotdogs
  • Chips
  • Bob the Builder Cake - when singing you can sing a variation, "it's ______ birthday. Can we sing it? Yes we can!"
Bob the Builder Party Cake, Dump Truck Cake

Dump Truck Cake

Bob the Builder Party Favors

  • Bob the Builder stickers and tattoos
  • Large plastic bucket and shovel
  • Flashlight
  • Sand bucket filled with sand toys
  • Toy tractors
  • Bob coloring book and crayons
  • Custom cookies in baggies with yellow and blue ribbon