You want to give your wedding a more personal touch but don’t know where to start? These seed Pillow Boxes favors are the ideal means by which to express gratitude to your guests for participating in the celebration of your special day. Because the paper itself contains seeds that can be planted and grown, once they have finished eating the treat that is inside the box, they can plant it and grow wildflowers.
Following up on last week’s post about ideas for coral and pink weddings, we created this project using coral and pink seed paper.
We used real flowers that had a color scheme that went well with the Pillow Box Packaging as shown in the image on the left, which you can access here. On the right, we made colorful seed paper confetti by punching flowers out of craft paper with flower-shaped punches. The seed papers in marigold yellow and tangerine are a nice complement to the coral and pink boxes. The confetti was used to embellish the boxes, but you are more than welcome to use it to decorate your tables or give it to your guests to throw after the ceremony if you so like. Check out our ready-made plantable seed paper confetti if you like the concept but don’t have the time to produce your own plantable seed paper confetti.
Ideas for Wedding Favors Packaged in Winter Pillow Boxes
Even though winter is the furthest thing from anyone’s mind right now, all of you brides who are planning your weddings for the winter months need to take a look at these pillow box favors that have a winter theme. We made them using our stone grey and purple seed paper, and we embellished them with lustrous eggplant and silver ribbon.
Using snowflake craft punches in a variety of sizes, we created our own unique seed paper confetti, just like we did with the summer pillow boxes. When we were making the confetti, we utilized our white, dove grey, pastel lavender, and purple seed paper. We added some wire ribbon that had plastic gems connected to it that we purchased at Michaels. The wedding had a gorgeous winter theme, so we thought it needed a little bit of dazzle. Use your imagination, and don’t forget to have fun!
List of Supplies for the Project
The following items are required in order for you to complete this project:
DIY Project offers a blank template that can be downloaded for free. Create a Favour for Yourself.
Cases for the Pillows
plantable seed paper or ornamental paper measuring 8 1/2 by 11 inches sharp scissors, an X-acto knife, or a bone folder a blunt knife or a bone folder ribbon sized to match craft punches in desired forms glue Instructions Get a free copy of the printable template here. Applying the template to a piece of cardboard will produce a firm template that may be traced. Remove the pieces from the template. Make a copy of the pattern on your paper by tracing it. Make sure to follow the instructions for the project when cutting out the pieces and putting them together.
Some Suggestions for the Contents of the Pillow Boxes
Candies or pretzels wrapped in chocolate should be some of the small snacks that go inside the box. You could also choose to leave unique notes of greeting for each of the guests, small objects such as a gift card, or light items such as hand-selected tea sachets or small bags of coffee. We just got back from a wedding where the bride and groom had these pillow box packaging stationed by the candy buffet so that guests could fill their own boxes with their preferred candies and chocolates.
Additional Helpful Resources
Check out the ready-made plantable seed wedding Pillow Boxes and favor tags that can be personalized just for you if you adore the concept of plantable seed wedding favors but don’t have the time to make them yourself. And if you want to learn more about seed paper, have a look at the article How Plantable Paper Works.
