The girls attended a party this weekend where the favor was a plastic popcorn box (two for $1 at Dollar Tree) filled with big, movie theater-style candy. They could not have been more thrilled. (And they know me well: they both hid their Reese’s Cups from me.)
A great party favor doesn’t have to be elaborate or handmade or expensive. I do love it, though, when a favor doesn’t come straight from the party favor aisle … when it shows some originality. Can we agree as moms that we’re tired of little bags of trinkets, pencils and candy? I think your funds are better spent on one special favor.
Here are some ideas I’ve used.
At our Valentine’s SweeTart Party, I packaged candy hearts in little red tins, and topped them with a party circle from Tickled Peach Studios.
For my SIL’s It’s Good to Bee 60 surprise party, we gave little jars of honey, with a tag by The TomKat Studios.
Try a decorated cookie, like at our Letters to Santa Party. Just package these in a cello bag and add a thank you tag, like this one from Brown Paper Goods.
At our Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Party, we gave plush backpack clips of the Peanuts gang and some gum balls. I decorated the round boxes to look like Charlie Brown’s shirt and then decoupaged a page from the book to the lid. (P.S. You can purchase these favor boxes here.)
We gave violet seed paper at our Flower Fairy Party, so each girl could start her own garden. I added the seed paper to glassine envelopes topped with party circles from Xcreations.
For our Shabby Chic Easter Party, I gave each guest the book The Country Bunny. (Books are one of my favorite favors.)
Felt cookies in a real tea tin were the take-home gift for our Vintage Tea Party.
And for our Wizard of Oz Party, I broke my own rule about keeping to one great item and packed blue gingham tin lunch boxes with Glinda’s bubbles, rainbow hair elastics, Wizard of Oz stickers, and a custom-made felt poppy barrette from Little Boo Creations. (Tag by Loralee Lewis.)
And remember that our Chair Cover Pockets can be a great place to store your party games and favors.
I hope these ideas give you some inspiration for your next party!
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