Affordable Party Favors

Yo've spent a fortune on the party, so you don't want to break the bank on party favors. If you shop at the dollar store it helps, but I try to avoid contributing to the array  of useless plastic toys that roll around the floorboard of my car only to make their grand exit  when I am putting my kids in the car while talking to some hyper-organized mom I have just met at the park.. So, here’s one way to make party favors that is affordable, customized to match your theme and loved by kids – movie theater boxes of M&Ms with thank you labels.

I have made them a couple of different ways.

The easiest and fastest way is to select a acrap-booking paper with a faint pattern. Cut the paper so it will fit in your printer and print the message directly on the paper.

Or, you can do a layered effect as shown above.  I chose to do that this time because the paper was so vibrant it would be hard to read a message printed directly on it.  It took more time, but I like the way it turned out.

Here's how to make them:

• M&M boxes ($1 each at Kroger)


• Decorative Paper ($0.59/sheet at Michael’s)


• Cutting Board (12.59 with a 40% off coupon at JoAnn’s. I make these twice a year so the cutting board has been a good investment for me)


• Scrap-booking Tape ($5)

First, type out the message repeated three times on a sheet of white

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