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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. Â Again and again he said he wanted a truck themed birthday. Â I followed my #1 cheap birthday party rule, which is to decorate with what I already own. Â 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. Â 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. Â Or make them look different! Â It really doesn’t matter.
Step 3: Tape the shapes around the room. Â 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. Â I also made garland for the doorway by stringing 3 trucks together on one long piece of thread. Â I added two small pieces of tape to act as “stoppers” so the outside trucks wouldn’t slide down the thread. Â 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. Â 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? Â What can you make out of construction paper to spruce up the decor?
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I love how simple and beautiful this idea is! I knew there was a reason I stock up on so much construction paper when it goes clearance every fall.
Thanks, Dorothy! There really is tons of stuff you can do with construction paper.