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    Home » Recipes for Toddlers & Kids

    The BEST Digger Party Ideas and Recipes | Kids Parties

    Modified: Nov 12, 2019 · Published: Aug 29, 2018 by Lucy · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

    These digger party ideas and recipes will make planning your little one's construction themed party a breeze - with everything from simple decorations to digger party boxes, 'dirt pile' chocolate crackles to wafer biscuit trucks and more!

    A collage of photos showing Digger Party decorating ideas

    We all know a little boy or girl who LOVES diggers, right!!?? Well in my case, that would be my digger-obsessed two year old. Give him a digger, truck or crane any day and he'll be the happiest boy in the world. And so, a digger party was definitely the way to go for Will's 2nd birthday.

    Like his 1st birthday (which was Sesame St themed), I wanted to keep everything simple. Plus, we were having his party in the park this time and so it was all about minimal decorations and easy to grab and eat party food.

     

    PLANNING A BIRTHDAY PARTY: DIGGER PARTY IDEAS AND RECIPES

     

    DIGGER CAKE

    Will's digger cake was made by a cake maker which massively took the pressure off me on the day and let me concentrate on the finger food. If you love making super special birthday cakes yourself, then totally do it. But if you know it's going to stress you out, then I'd recommend hand-balling it if you can!!

    A Digger Party cake decorated with an icing tip-truck on the side and a mini \'digger\' on top

    Cake made by: Cup Cup and Away

     

    CONTRUCTION WAFER TRUCKS

    These were just the cutest little party food bites!!

    A plastic tip-truck filled with lolly decorated biscuits in the tip-tray

    Ingredients:

    • wafer biscuits
    • Smarties
    • halved round chocolates (I used the ones in the purple Cadbury tube)
    • Freckles
    • melted chocolate to 'stick' everything together

    How to make Construction Wafer Trucks:

    1. Lay the wafer biscuits out flat. Cut some of them into thirds to use for the front of the truck.
    2. Use the melted chocolate to 'stick' the halved chocolate rounds onto the long wafers for the 4 wheels. Allow to set and then turn over (so that they're standing up on the wheels.
    3. Use the melted chocolate to 'stick' the wafer thirds onto the front end of the truck.
    4. 'Stick' two Freckles onto the back of the truck.
    5. 'Stick' 1 Smartie onto the top of the wafers at the front of the truck. Allow to set.

     

    'DIRT PILES' - CHOCOLATE CRACKLES

    Make this party food classic recipe in 'digger-style' by changing the name to 'dirt piles'.

    A row of stacked chocolate crackles cups to resemble dirt piles for a Digger Party

    Ingredients: 

    • 250g copha
    • 4 cups rice bubbles
    • 1 cup icing sugar
    • 1 cup desiccated coconut
    • 3 tbs cocoa powder

    How to make 'dirt piles':

    1. Melt the copha in the microwave or on the stovetop and set aside to cool slightly.
    2. In a large bowl, mix the rice bubbles, icing sugar, coconut and cocoa powder together.
    3. Pour over the melted copha and mix together well.
    4. Spoon mixture into patty pan or cupcake cases and place into the fridge until firm.

     

    TINY TEDDY RACING CARS

    These super easy racing cars are always popular!

    A group of mini chocolate bars decorated with smarties and tiny teddy biscuits to resemble Teddy Cars

    Click here for Tiny Teddy Racing Cars recipe.

     

    Other 'digger' party food included: 

    • Boulders (Maltesers)
    • Pebbles (jelly beans)
    • Traffic lights (fruit sticks)
    • Reinforcement (watermelon triangles)
    • Dip Ahead (dip)
    • Crew Crunchies (veggie sticks)
    • Logs (pretzel sticks)
    • Worms (gummy snakes)
    • Wrecking balls (Cheetos)
    A close up of a toy trucks and trays filled with lollies for a Digger Party

    Digger Table Decorations

    We kept our decorations super simple and used a lot of what we already had around the house to decorate the table. I collected all of Will's diggers from his room and placed them around the table as decorations. We also used his dump trucks to serve food in the tray (after they'd had a good wash, of course!).

    Toy diggers and graders inn front of kids party food

    The basics:

    • table clothes
    • napkins
    • plates
    • cutlery
    A yellow mini tip-truck in front of a bowl of crisps

    We also used small grey tool holders from our shed to serve the food (again, after they'd had a good wash). These were super handy for letting the kids run up and grab food while they were playing.

    Mini toy trucks, graders and trays in front of Digger party food

    Funnily enough, by the end of the party, most of our decorations (aka the diggers and dump trucks) were being used by the kids while they were playing in the park - perfect!!

     

    DIGGER THANK YOU BOXES

    Yellow and black stripped cardboard party boxes decorated with pictures of trucks and saying \'Dig In\'

    We bought cute little digger style boxes from an online party store and filled them with:

    • toy diggers
    • party whistles
    • toy hammers, spanners etc
    • chocolates
    • digger 'tattoos'
    • digger stickers
    A close up of a yellow and black stripped party box with a picture of a truck on the side and a label attached

    The labels were bought from Etsy.

    Party food with a Digger Party theme, with mini toy trucks and road signs

    In the end, it was the easiest party and Will absolutely LOVED it! If you've got a little one who is digger-obsessed, then this style of party is definitely the way to go!

     

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    If you'd like to see some more yummy kids party food ideas, then check out our entire collection of kids classic party food recipes here. 

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    I’m Lucy! A mum, a wife, a food blogger and a lover of all things to do with food! I love creating delicious, no-fuss Thermomix and conventional recipes the whole family will love. Classic baking favourites, lunch box snacks, quick and easy family dinners and more!

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