Hello blogging friends! I love throwing Halloween parties. It’s fun to decorate the house and invite people over whether its a pumpkin carving party or a Halloween costume party. Of course, part of the fun is creating some party favors to help set the mood. Here is what I came up with using the This is Family collection that Jen Hadfield designed …
Even though this collection is not Halloween based, the colors of the pattern papers have a Fall air about them and I had no problems making them work. The kids will get a kick out of these pumpkin treat bags. I used a svg cut file from SVGcuts called Barn Party. These treat bags could be filled with candy or even popcorn. A clear acetate sheet let’s you see just what treats are inside.
I also spray painted the outside of some pint sized mason jars to look like candy corn. A trick here to prevent overspray is to wrap some scrap paper around the jar and affix with a rubber binder. I spray painted my jars with the opening face down to prevent getting any paint inside the jar.
Once the paint was dry I cut faces from black vinyl to adhere to them.
Box cards make great table decor on your buffet table. This Jack-In-The-Box black cat isn’t too scary. I have a couple of black cats that I took in as strays so it was hard to resist making this one. This svg cut file is also from SVGcuts and is called Halloween Box Cards. It does fold flat in case you wanted to mail it.
Sunday my family celebrated my great nephew Harper's 2 year old birthday. I sent my daughter out to find a gift and she came back with this toy T-Rex and the movie "The Land Before Time". It was one of her favorite movies when she was a kid. Anyway, she told me I need to make a dinosaur card to stick with her gift theme, lol. Well Thank Goodnes Top Dog Dies has a Dinosaur die set. I combined it with some other birthday dies and came up with this card using scraps of paper from Imaginisce ....
Perfect for a 2 year old, right! Here is a closer look at my dinosaur ...
This guy is adorable. I added the big balloon die from the Balloon die set at the top of my card.
I have to share these awesome cake pops with you that my niece made for the party... Curious George Cake Pops. She said they were made with smashed Oreo cookies and boy, were they yummy!
There are lots of different patterns for favor boxes and bows too as well as paper. Here is what I created ...
Isn't this whale adorable!!! It would be so cute as a party favor at a kids birthday party. Want to know how I made it?
Step 1. Trace whale pattern onto pattern paper and cut out. You could also use the box (without the tail) and place a rabbit, or butterfly, or heart on top in place of the spout. Note... Cut 2 of the spouts, flipping the pattern upside down for the second one so it is a mirror image of the first.
Step 2. I like to ink the edges of my paper for a more finished look.
Step 3. On the back side of the box, score a square in the middle.
Step 4. Using my Xyron Mega Runner, I adhered the whale tail to the bottom of the box.
Step 5. I used my Xyron Teresa Collins Stapler to attach the spout to the box. In hindsight, I wish I would have traced the spout on the box before cutting it out so I could eliminate this step.
Step 6. Place some Xyron Double-sided High Tack Tape on each side of the notch to keep the box together.
Step 7. Assemble the box by adhering the notched sides on top of eachother, over the Xyron Double-sided High Tack Tape.
Step 8. Pull the spouts through the notch, No need to glue them. For kid appeal I added googly eyes.
