I am so excited to welcome my next guest blogger, the lovely Kristen of Paper Crave. Paper Crave is one of my favorite blogs, a treasure trove of inspiration dedicated to all things paper and stationery. (Appropriate for National Stationery Show week, no?) Kristen is here with an amazing DIY project and, lucky for you, she’s offering up her amazing designs as free downloads for The Sweetest Occasion readers! Thanks, Kristen!
A little milk and cookies, anyone? Printable milk carton favor boxes and “report card” recipe cards and envelopes help create an air of whimsy in everything from school-themed children’s birthday parties to nostalgia-laced adult birthday parties and baby showers. Place baked goodies in the favor boxes for guests to take home, and include the recipe for the goodies and other favorites in the report card envelopes so they can make their own yummies long after they’ve finished yours.
[Tip: Wrap baked goods in oven parchment or waxed paper before placing in the favor boxes so any butter or oil in the treats won’t leak onto the box.]
Additional decorating ideas:
Use the recipe report card envelopes as place cards for each guest by adding labels with their names to the front.
Use bowls of apples or bouquets of freshly sharpened pencils (for adult parties, where pointy things aren’t an issue) to create table centerpieces.
Set up a coloring station with boxes of crayons and coloring pages for a fun activity for both children and adults.
Write the party menu on a chalkboard, and hang it on the wall or place it in some other prominent area where everyone can see.
Feeling inspired? Download your free milk carton favor box | recipe cards | and report card envelope templates, created especially for The Sweetest Occasion readers. Thanks, Kristen!
{Photos by Paper Crave.}
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This is so cute! Thanks for sharing it!
This is sooooo adorable and so sweet to share. Thanks a lot.
Wow!! These are great ideas! Love the printables. Thank you for sharing these!
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Wow! These are fantastic! Thanks so much to both of you. I’ll be linking. I am so excited about these!
Adorable! Thank you for sharing!
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Incredibly innovative & awesome! What a great idea! So cute!!
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OMG.. this is the cutest idea ever!! Thanks for sharing and creating the templates! I think this will be perfect for the last day of school!
this is seriously the cutest ever-I am SO saving this for our back to school party in July!
I can’t see the pdf, I can’t print ! I’m so sad because I love it !
explorer said to me it can’t open the page…can you help me ?
Hi Nadege! I would suggest trying another browser like firefox to access the pdf download and hopefully that helps. IE is a finicky browser. So glad you like the milk carton boxes!
OMG I love these. Thank you so much for sharing the free downloads!
Love the milk carton! Thanks for the free download. :)
What a clever idea – love them!
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so freakin’ cute!! love love!!
Those favor boxes are adorable. How could you not love them!
I love the milk carton- just amazing.
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So cute! I love the milk cartons, thank you so much for the downloads =)
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Oh my goodness, thank you so much for these delightful downloads… they are so cute!
This is the cutest idea!
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Yay for K! super cute :)
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