Party Favors: Origami Fortune Tellers

Boy did my brain go "pop!" when I saw this listing on Etsy! It reminds me of another childhood fave of mine, Pop Rocks. 

images via Sycamore Street Press

What a super fun party favor! You can totally tailor the text to the age and interest of your guests too. You can endlessly customize this with paper and colors to match any theme as well.

Here is a video tutorial if you don't know, or remember, how to make one.

This party favor earns an A+ for creativity and affordability. 

A Wee PSA

Oooh Wee Festivity is kind of giddy over our new little featurette over there to your right...Goody Goody Gumdrops. Whenever I have a free minute to eat eye candy, I head straight to Etsy. Now I can share some of my finds here with you!

Yum, Yum.

Gift Idea: Birthday Royalty

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© Dream Child Studio

{the photos are direct links to the Etsy listings for these items}

Wee Festivity recommends investing in a crown or two for the entire family to wear on their birthday. Although I am featuring children's crowns, knowing most Etsy sellers, it would probably be possible to custom order one with enough elastic to fit an adult also. After all, you're never too old to feel like royalty on your birthday.

In fact, I'm guessing adults need to be reminded even more than children how special THEIR birthday is too!

Gift Idea: Betty Bunny Amigurumi

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Wee Festivity has not really gotten into talking much about gift ideas yet but Betty Bunny Amigurumi here reminded us that while our kids will naturally gravitate to the mass market stuff out there, they can be influenced in other ways. What little girl or boy wouldn't love to carry Betty Bunny everywhere they go? We think this is a perfect gift for any age and not a budget buster at $14. Etsy seller trinlayk tells us that Betty Bunny likes to bake cookies and cakes and have tea parties.

Inspiring Ideas: Wooden Spinning Tops

© Sleeping Forest

We think these hand-colored, wooden spinning tops from Etsy seller Sleeping Forest would make an excellent party activity for toddlers or party favors for any age. You get a set of three tops for $18 and as the seller notes, "Put these in a bowl on the table, and we guarantee hours of fun."

Beautiful!

Inspiring Ideas: Princess Fairy Garden Wand

For those of you looking for princess party ideas, Wee Festivity encourages you to think outside the pink. Flowers, fairies and wands don't need to be pink to be pretty and magical.

Princess Fairy Garden Wand

© Just Tutu Cute

Thirteen bucks gets your little girl the power to be the fairest ruler of them all at her party. The colors shown here will inspire the whole palette for the party. Wee Festivity imagines crisp white plates with orange and yellow linens with orange and yellow wide satin bows on all the chairs.

This wand inspires us so much, we're going to create a Wee Guide for princess parties.

Inspiring Ideas: Etsy Owl Pocket Mirror

One spectacular way to find inspiration, in this day and age, is Etsy. Etsy can be spectacularly overwhelming too. That's where Wee Festivity comes in, to highlight and suggest things.

Like this too-cute-for-words Owl Mirror in the Madison Made shop.

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This pocket mirror would make a fantastic favor for the preschool or early elementary set and best of all, it is gender neutral. Actually what is best of all about this owl is it made us think of an invitation that reads:

"Whooo is turning _____?"

You've got an invite and a favor. Now all you need is a birthday to celebrate.

Inspiring Ideas: Etsy Stuffed Felt Letters

© MiChiMa

This is the kind of party favor that Wee Festivity favors...not a bag of plastic doo-dads that barely engage a child for the car ride home from the party.

Etsy seller MiChiMa says about her letters, "Sew a pin onto the back and use them as brooches.. Glue names onto a picture frame or onto banners and hang them on the door.. Attach magnets and display the letters on the fridge.. We have so many bright and colorful letters available; the possibilities and combinations are endless!"

We agree wholeheartedly!

At only a dollar a pop, it doesn't matter whether your budget allows for a single felt letter or an entire name. For your next party, you can give a favor that will last and have the satisfaction of supporting a handmade business.