I’m a sucker for beautiful packaging, so I was very excited to stumble upon the Packagery, a shop on Etsy. They sell everything for party favor packaging, from boxes to labels to tags to twine.
Here are some of my favorite items from their store: favor boxes, tags, ribbon, twist ties, library cards, and garlands.
If you’ve done a pretty party favor, please email me a photo at jillian@catchmyparty.com so I can do a blog post about it.
I’m really into edible favors. I always think it’s such a struggle to find gifts under $5 that you know your guests will go home and treasure, but food is a whole different story…
So here are some great edible favors on our site for inspiration…
Nicole W’s Strawberry Picnic 1st Birthday
Homemade strawberry jam
Nancy P’s Zebra Boy Baby Shower
M&Ms and chocolate covered raisins
Kim Erin J’s About to Hatch Baby Shower
Bird and birdhouse cookies
Nancy P’s Tiffany Blue Bridal Shower
Macarons in personalized boxes
Claudia S’s Tickled Blue BaByQ Shower
Homemade lemonade mix
Kristeen L’s Shabby Chic Baby Shower
Cake pops
Ebony S’s “Oh Boy” Gumball Baby Shower
Gumball machines
Homemade cookie mix
Michelle B’s Brian’s 40th Birthday
Homemade BBQ sauce
Kelly S’s David’s 1st Birthday
Lollipop favors
We’ve gotten some great bug parties on our site.
The great thing about a bug party is that it’s a pretty open-ended theme so there’s lots of room for creativity, plus it’s got just enough squeamishness to make things interesting.
Take a look at these parties and see how fun bugs can be.
Joanne W’s Tate’s Bug Bash
Eleanor T’s Bug Out Birthday
Jennifer K’s Bug Birthday Party
Christine from Following Phubie made these adorable tool belts for all her guests at her her son Camden’s Under Construction Birthday Party.
I asked Christine if she would share how she made them, so she put together this fabulous tutorial for us. Thank you, Christine!
So here’s what Christine had to say…
For Camden’s construction theme birthday party, I made tool belts with 3 compartments to hold pretend hammers, wrenches, and pliers. They’re not just great for carrying tools. The kids use them to lug Legos, crayons, and little cars.
To construct a tool belt for your little builder, all you’ll need is some fabric and ribbon.
Wow, Christine, what a great project. I love how the final result is both cute and functional. Thank you again for sharing this.
To learn more about Christine and to get more of her party inspirations, check out her blog, Following Phubie. And you must take a look at the Mad Science Birthday Party she threw for her daughter. It’s inspiring.
I was just in my garden, and it inspired me to post these. How sweet would these be as favors…
Plantable Tags with Perennial Flower Seeds
Erin S made these body scrub favors from scratch for her guests at her Kelsi’s Lemon + Lime Themed Bridal Shower.
Erin also put together a great tutorial on her blog, Two More Seconds, describing how she did it. Here’s the excerpt…
Thanks Erin for the great tutorial and if you want to read about more DIY projects Erin did for Kelsi’s bridal shower, read her post here.
I can’t believe I’ve only now discovered Happy Tape.
It’s Japanese masking tape in the most beautiful colors and patterns. The 10 packs of tape sell for about $36, and the individual rolls sell for about $5.50.
This would work great on presents, favors, invitations, party labels, you name it. It makes me feel creative just looking at it.
Here are some of my favorite tape collections, but check out their site for many more options…
My Little Day is a French kids’ party site selling party supplies, bunting banners, garlands, invitations, party masks, and favors. But the best thing about My Little Day is how beautiful the photographs are. So lovely!
It always makes me happy and inspired to see such pretty things.
Believe it or not, here in LA, we’ve had one of the coldest summers on record. This week, however, the weather has changed and it’s starting to get hot!
So in honor of good weather, here are some of my favorite pool party ideas from Etsy.
First, an invitation from Lilly Mae Designs.
Next a banner from IE Creations.
Some DIY printable pool party decorations from Paper and Cake.
Pool party cupcake toppers from Toadally Cute Products.
And to make your cupcakes even more decadent, how about some fondant cupcake toppers from Kids Cakes.
A large galvanized tub to keep your drinks cool from brodyandma.
And so no one mixes up their drink cups, here are some chalkboard tumblers from Party Bzz.
Some wooden boats to decorate your pool from duckduckgoosetoys.
And to add a little excitement and fragrance to your party, how about these fizzy pool bombs from Les Treasure.
And finally, so no one goes home empty-handed, some flip flop cookie favors from Whimsical Originals DB.
And shouldn’t the kids get something extra? Personalized beach pails from Bumble Bee Lane.
Stay cool and happy swimming!
I stumbled upon this great summer party favor idea at Tiny Prints and had to share — DIY s’mores kits. (Just writing those words makes me hungry.)
Here’s how pretty their favors look:
DIY s'mores party favors
And to make them, all you need is this:
Supplies for your s'mores
What I like about these favors is that they’re inexpensive and easy to make, they’re kid and adult friendly (who doesn’t love a s’more?), and while they’d work great at a “camping” themed party, they could really work at any summer party.
I know I’d be psyched to go home with one of these!
