Fun and Unique Birthday Party Favors

Birthday Party Favors

Birthday Parties are about memories. They're not about giving your guests cheap plastic thingies that they put straight in the trashcan when they get home. So it makes sense to give party favors that give your guests fond memories of the occasion. The party favors I suggest here shouldn't cost the earth to make. Some may take a little time to put together, using nothing more than your computer, the internet and a good colour printer. But they are worth the effort.They are as much fun to make as they are to give!

Here's a few novel ideas for inspiring party favours that your guests will treasure.

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A mini personalised scrapbook of the birthday party. These work wonderfully for small intimate birthday parties, for example family birthdays, or for reunions or anniversaries. A great idea for a major birthday such as a 40th is to do a moments in time scrapbook with pictures of the host at different stages and ages of their lives, with a few witty comments thrown in. Memorable and fun!

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An on this day in history scroll- if you're celebrating a birthday or anniversary, why not do some research on the net about other noteworthy things that have happened on the same day in history. By searching on the net you will easily find many interesting events that happened the same day. Using your word processor publishing media, create a document, and use an old fashioned font such as Vivaldi, Blackadder or French Script. Print your document. Then age it! You do this by dabbing used teabags along its edges. Don't let the teabag touch your print or the ink will run. Let it dry. Then roll up the document into a scroll and tie it together with coloured ribbon. If you don't feel confident about aging your scroll using teabags you could just print your scroll on pale yellow or cream paper.

Another idea is to make a scroll of the key events in someone's life as a memento of the occasion. Or for kids a summary of naughty things that they, or their friends have done in the past. They love these!

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