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I love decorating my house for birthday parties, but I hate spending money.  It has become almost a game for me to come up with cute, creative, and cheap birthday party decorations.

Last month Noah turned 2.  Again and again he said he wanted a truck themed birthday.  I followed my #1 cheap birthday party rule, which is to decorate with what I already own.  I used Noah’s Melissa & Doug truck as my main inspiration for the party.

Red, blue, and yellow streamers and balloons made the house feel festive, but I needed something more to bring out the truck theme of the party.  I decided to create my own trucks out of construction paper and hung them around the house.

Cheap & Easy Construction Paper Birthday Party Decorations

This DIY tutorial is so simple that it is ridiculous.

Step 1: Pick a shape you can make out of construction paper that fits the theme of your party.

Step 2: Make your shape and use that one as a guide so you can make multiple copies that all look the same.  Or make them look different!  It really doesn’t matter.

Step 3: Tape the shapes around the room.  You can also use a needle and thread to hang the shapes, which is my favorite way to use them.

For Noah’s party I hung 3 trucks from the light in the dining room.  I also made garland for the doorway by stringing 3 trucks together on one long piece of thread.  I added two small pieces of tape to act as “stoppers” so the outside trucks wouldn’t slide down the thread.  You could also add knots in the thread instead of the tape.

With a little creativity, you can enhance any birthday party decorations with some cheap construction paper.  For Grace’s butterfly birthday party I used paper cut outs of butterflies on the dining room wall.  I found these at Dollar Tree, but I could have easily made my own out of construction paper by cutting them out by hand or using a die-cut machine.

To make the butterflies look like they were flying, a folded each one in half to make the wings stand out.  Then I used a little tape along the fold to stick them to the wall.

For more cheap birthday ideas check out:

• Birthday  Interview Questions for Kids {free printable}
• 5 More Ideas for Cheap Birthday Party Decorations
• How I Decorated Grace’s Pink Birthday Party for Just $5
• 5 Ways to Celebrate Kids’ Birthdays for Less

What is the theme of your next birthday party?  What can you make out of construction paper to spruce up the decor?

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