There are two things my kids LOVE. 1. Candy, and 2. Presents! And these tissue paper pumpkin favours fall beautifully into both of those categories! Wrap up your favourite Halloween treats, and then open up the pumpkins like presents to get to the candy inside. Wouldn’t these make adorable favours at a Halloween party? And I’m so tempted to make a bunch of them to send to school as treats on Halloween! As for the ones I made, I gave them to my girls as a special after-dinner treat last night.
Am I a terrible mother for bribing my kids with candy in order to get them to eat their dinners? I feel guilty and a little bit embarrassed for admitting it, but almost every day I use the parenting cliche “If you’re hungry enough to eat candy, then you’re hungry enough to finish your dinner!” Without it, my girls would barely eat anything! So when I pulled these out last night, my girls got SO excited that they immediately gobbled up everything on their plates! (Score for me!) They were like a little present, sitting on the table, silently calling “eat-your-dinner-so-you-can-open-me-up!”
charlotte sills says
I am going to make these and put one in every teachers’ mailbox at my school! Thanks for the great idea! 🙂
Sandy Pawlowski says
Great idea – you could also change out the organe tissue for red making it into an apple for teachers! Just a thought….going to try this for our cheer team. Thank you so much!!
Debbie @ One Little Project says
That’s an awesome idea! I’m going to need to try it with red tissue paper for sure! I think I would add a green leaf as well. Great suggestion! 🙂
Krista Orr says
I would like to use this idea in a Round Up I’m doing for Thanksgiving for teens. Would you be okay with me sharing one photo? I would be sure to link back to your blog for the instructions and details 🙂
Diane says
I made these last year for 1 of my gdaughters halloween parties. Didn’t look as cute as these but kindergarteners didn’t care. My troubles was the tape. I used floral and it just didn’t work out as well.
vauzelle says
merveilleuse idée merci beaucoup 🙂
Billie says
I almost couldn’t get enough of these little gems…until I made 120 for class parties a few weeks ago. Eighty were for an awesome game of matches, the other 40 were favors for my other two kids’ classes. Needless to say, EVERYONE loved them! You’re welcome to come see what we did (I used different supplies) and the kids playing the matches wanted to play again at the winter party…guess I’ll be making snowball favors!
Debra says
I’m saving this to my Christmas party ideas. I can see making them into candy filled ornaments for the kids to find in a scavenger hunt game or in a dish at the table as center piece. Surprise. So fun. Thanks.Debra
Amelia says
I love this idea, but I couldn’t find any orange tissue paper, so I’m using 6-inch orange luncheon napkins from Walmart!! They’re super cheap and they’re the perfect size and thickness, so I only have to use one and just round off the corners. Thought I’d share this tip for others who might have the same trouble finding lots of orange tissue paper!!