Bunny Tail Favor Tags

It was the day before the kid's Easter party at school. I really hadn't planned anything because it snuck up on me (wasn't I just making St. Patrick's Day goodie bags?) so I browsed Pinterest for some cute ideas while I was picking up some essentials at Target. I mean, I was at the store to get toilet paper so I might as well get supplies to make some DIY party favors too, right?

Since our other Easter favors were more time consuming, I wanted to keep these ones more simple. I found a pin from Frog Prince Paperie and thought they were perfect

I bought the mini powdered donuts from Target (my favorite store) and used the favor bags I already had at home. I didn't make my own tags this time around, especially since I found these super cute ones from Frog Prince Paperie. Here's the link if you'd like to use them too, http://frogprincepaperie.com/.

Here's to party favors that only take ten minutes to make!

Balloon Favors with a Springtime Theme

Nate has had an obsession with balloons for what seems like forever. His second birthday was balloon themed and we always have a stash of them somewhere in the house.

This obsession is why I chose the Balloon Favors for Nate's Easter party at school. I was excited to try them out and recommend them IF you have the time to assemble them. I usually pick quick goodie bags and this project took me about an hour to make ten (not bad, but more time than I'm used to investing in these projects).

So how did I make them?

1. I browsed Target and Party City to find the goodies to put into the balloons. I looked for items that were small and/or could easily be folded to fit into the funnel that I would use. I also picked balloon colors that went with the Springtime theme.

I ended up with princess necklaces for the girls and superhero masks for the boys, with shared stickers, Skittle packets and Easter grass. 

2. Use a water bottle to cut a funnel out of and use that to stuff the balloons with your goodies. I put the larger items in first so there would be more room inside the balloon to fit them. 

 

3. Once the balloon was stuffed, I carefully peeled it off of the funnel and blew it up the same way I would a regular balloon. I attached a favor tag that went with the Easter / Springtime theme 

Nate loved them and had a great time popping his balloon and finding all the goodies! 

St. Patrick's Day Favors

For holidays that the kids celebrate at school, I usually attempt to send them with a favor that's not food or candy oriented. That can sometimes be difficult and involves thinking outside the box, so when I found this idea I jumped on it!

What you will need:
- Watercolor kit, $1.79 at my local Target
- Gold coin, bag of ten for $1.00 in Target's Dollar Section (yes, these are chocolate)
- A favor tag, which I included in a PDF in this post or you can make your own

Putting these favors together probably took me all of fifteen minutes (and I made twelve of them) so they are super easy! The part that took the longest was making the favor tags and cutting them out, the rest of the assembly was a breeze.

Here is the link for the PDF favor tag, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8iEF3K85aomeTJYY2pxa0k4S2s/view