Today's Friday's Freebie is our 2014 Taste the Rainbow favor tag.

Attach these 3" square St Patrick's Day favor tags to containers or bags of rainbow colored candies; Skittles, gumballs, jelly beans, etc. 


These favor tags can be personalized for a nominal fee with your child's name or your family's last name.

This year, our two year old son is just old enough to take interest in holiday celebrations, which makes planning and decorating so much more fun!

In preparation for St Patrick's Day, I found some inexpensive shamrock shapes at our local Dollar Store. So, I decided to experiment a bit with some simple decor concepts.

Dressed Up Paper Straws

Paper straws are everywhere it seems! And luckily, due to their popularity, they can now be found in virtually any color combination not only in local party stores and online, but in the dollar section at craft stores, big box retailers like Target and at the Dollar Store! So, what once was deemed a 'splurge' item at $3.99+ for 8-12 straws, can now be obtained for $1.

To dress up simple paper cups, add shamrocks (die cut or foam stickers) to black and white paper straws. 

This look is simple, affordable, and fun for both adults and children.

Foam Shamrock Toys/Favors

These were a huge hit with our preschooler! He loves just about anything he can wave around!!

Foam shapes can be found at most craft stores, or big-box retailers like Target.

Simply glue wooden craft sticks to the back of the foam shapes and you have an entertaining toy or St Patrick's Day favor! 

(Tip: check to see if your craft store has self-adhesive wooden sticks and skip the gluing all together)

Simple DIY Shamrock Art


One of my favorite things to do is to re-purpose items I already have around my home. 

Virtually everyone has a black, 5x7 frame of some sort. 

For this project, choose one sheet black and white patterned scrapbook paper, cut to your frame's size using scissors or a paper cutter, attach a foam or card stock shamrock shape (you can find these in your local craft store or Dollar Store), and re-fit the image back into your frame.

This simple project could be repeated for virtually any holiday!

St Patrick's Day is just around the corner (March 17th). 

Have a little fun with the kitchy holiday phrase, "Kiss Me I'm Irish" and give out 'kisses' in celebration of the holiday to friends, neighbors and classmates.

For this simple favor idea, we used 2" clear favor boxes, black and white baking twine, green Hershey's kisses and our "Happy St Patrick's Day" tag.

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Today's Freebie is a template for a butterfly Valentine's Day Favor Card.

Here are the steps for creating your own butterfly favor card:

1. Download the butterfly template files (Pink and Purple or Blue and Purple)
2. Print on white card stock
3. Cut each butterfly out around the edges




4. Punch two holes at either end of the black, center portion of the butterfly

5. Thread your favorite lollipop candy (Dum Dum's, Blow Pops or Tootsie Pops) through the two holes

Enjoy!

Looking for a way to repurpose some of the holiday cards you receive each year?

Follow the steps outlined below to create an inexpensive, unique party snack container or party favor container using the free printable template, paper of your choice, scissors, glue and recycled holiday cards.

Step 1- Print and cut out cone template (see below)

Step 2- Trace and cut out cones from cardstock, scrapbooking paper, craft paper or colored construction paper

Step 3- Glue or tape ends together to form a cone

Step 4- Trace or punch circles or ovals from recycled Christmas cards and cut out; you can also use holiday cookie cutters as templates for cutting shapes

Step 5- Attach the punched or cut out card images to the front of the snack or favor cone using glue or double sided tape

Step 6- Fill the snack cones with your favorite party snack or candy and place on display

Optional- Punch two holes on opposite sides of the cone, thread ribbon through and tie to make a carrying favor or gift tote (see picture)

This super cute Thanksgiving favor idea takes less than 5 minutes to create. Simply choose your favorite candy container or bag, fill with candy corn, and attach the Turkey Toes tag with coordinating ribbon.

This is SO well received for children of any age, but in particular, with kiddos between pre-k and elementary ages.

Click here to download your own copy of our Turkey Toes tag.

 LOVE this idea for my son's preschool Thanksgiving party as a snack
container! But, they would be great for any family or friend get together during
Fall.

Materials
Needed:
Orange Solo Cups (These can be located at most major
big-box stores or online)
Black Sharpie Pen or Googley Eyes

Red, Yellow, Brown and Green
Cardstock
Scissors
Glue

Step
1:Cut feather shapes out of 3 different colors for the turkey. If you are using
orange cups, I found the best color combination for the turkey's feather's to be
yellow, green and brown. Attach the cut-outs to the back of the cup using glue.
Wait 5-10 minutes before finishing your
project.

Step 2: Glue googley eyes to the front
side of the cup or draw eye shapes using a black Sharpie pen.


Step 3: Cut a small triangle shape out of the
yellow cardstock to act as the turkey's beak. Glue right below the
eyes.

Step 4: Use a small piece of the red
cardstock as a cut-out for the turkey's gobbler. Glue to the right of the beak
shape.

Step 5: After the glue has dried, fill these cups
with your child's favorite snack for a fun, Fall inspired
treat.

Stay Tuned for more DIY Thanksgiving ideas....and for this Friday's Freebie!