My daughter's birthday is fast approaching, and, following an accident that left her on crutches, we abandoned the idea of our traditional at-home parties with games in lieu of (gasp) a party at the local frozen yogurt store.
We had already purchased cute little nail polishes for the girls to do pedicures (thanks to an amazing clearance sale at Justice - 60 cents each!) and I needed some way to package them since we were no longer doing pedicures.
Plastic gift bags just weren't an option in my book. I struggle with the idea of tossable cellophane bags.
Instead, I turned to Pinterest and got a brainstorm. My daughter is into pink and blue - and cheetah prints - so this was a perfect solution.
Here's how I pulled off the look:
- I'd purchased extra paper party cups, so my packaging was 90% there! (I used 8 or 9 ounce paper party cups).
- I trimmed off the rim off the paper cups.
- I made eight cuts, about 1 - 1 1/2 inches down, from the top of the cup. It helps to loosely fold in half, make the cuts on each fold, then turn and cut, repeat.
- I put the gifts in the cup.
- Each of the eight cuts were folded over each other and finally held together with clear tape.
- The flowers on top were made with my Cricut (thanks, Mom!) and adhered with the sticky circles repurposed from the nail polish packaging. Alternately, stickers could be used on top.
I though it was a great grown-up but fun alternative for my pre-teen to be!
1 comment:
Love this! My dd7 would like these cups, too.
Frozen yogurt place parties can be fun, too. My dd7 went to one recently, and had a blast. They got to color t-shirts, make their own dessert, and get their faces painted.
Thanks for sharing at Fabulously Frugal Thursday.
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