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After helping Chica peel crayons for handing out at the craft fair, we had a few actual Crayola crayon boxes left over. I started thinking of what I could do with some of the leftover, unpeeled crayons and the empty boxes, and decided they would make a great party invitation. Even though I didn’t have a party to plan for my own daughters any time soon, I went ahead and made up one of the invitations to share with you. I’m also going to show my sister-in-law so she can use it for my niece’s upcoming birthday.
First, you will need a box of crayons. I used the box of 24
Next, download our free label template and update the text on each crayon wrapper to include your party information. Print out enough copies for each of your guests. Cut out each label and match it to the corresponding crayon color. I did not bother removing the original wrappers from the crayons and found this helped my new wrapper stick better.
To make my new labels sticky, I used my Xyron sticker machine
Once you have all of the crayons covered, place them back into the box. If you use a larger box like I did, you might want to make a label
If you all have any other ideas for a crayon or art themed party, please let me know so I can perhaps use them for my niece’s party!
21 comments so far:
Wow, those are super creative, I love this! Thanks os much, I’ll be linking.
My oldest is turning 4 soon – thanks for the great invitation idea!
Wow…those crayon invitations are super cute and unique. You have lots of great ideas on this site.
This is a great idea!! Im using this for my wedding next year. I am making activity books for the kids.. and i though this is another cute detail that expresses me!! I love kids.. and i love details.. so this is great!! thanks!
What a great idea Melissa! Personal touches always make any wedding that more special. We’d love to see photos of what you make!
My husband and I have adopted one child and are waiting to adopt our second son. We are going to have a party to celebrate our new family. This would be a great invite. I’m thinking the invite could say “Color Our Family Happy” or maybe Complete? Thanks for making the template available.
Stefani, congratulations on your expanding family! I love either tag line that you suggested with a slight preference for “Color Our Family Complete”. That really lets the guests know what they are helping you celebrate. Please send us pictures of your finished invites or add them to our Flikr group.
This has helped me decide to have an Art Party for my soon-to-be 3-year-old. Thanks!
wow!!!!!! i am totally in-love with your site & ideas, Chica & Jo! super Gifted people…thanks for sharing..this will be perfect for my daughter’s birthday..she will be 4! excellent!
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Hi,
do you make these crayon box invites for sale?
Would you be willing to make 20?
I can pay through paypal.
Thanks!
Sally
Sally, sorry we don’t make these boxes for sale. The template is easy to use. You just fill out your own information, cut out the rectangles and glue or tape them to your crayons. If you have problems with the template, let me know and I can help you customize it for your party.
oh my gosh… i totally love the crayon invite idea… my son who will be 4 wants a crayon party .. so when i have been searching for ideas and came across this i was super excited and my search is over… its so hard to find crayon ideas and you made my day… thanks sooooooo much and thanks for making the template available… you are awesome
I used this for my son’s birthday party. I made a 6×6 custom coloring book for each child invited and attached a box of crayons with your wrappers. Thanks for the excellent idea and for the template.
I would love to see pictures of the custom coloring book. What a neat idea! Please share in our Flikr group if you can.
THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAS ALREADY PLANNING A COLOR THEME PARTY FOR MY TWO YR OLD BIRTHDAY PARTY; AND I CAME ACROSS THIS IDEA. SO CUTE AND EASY OH AND DID I MENTION EASY MY FAVORITE THING. AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH.
One of our readers, Kathy, recently shared a photo of her crayon party invites. I’ve added it to our Flickr group so you can all see! Check it out here.
This is a great idea!!!!! I am using this for my daughter’s crayon themed birthday party. Do you know where I can find a crayon box label?
Hi Pashen. One of our readers, Kathy, recently did something like this and made her own labels for the boxes. We posted some photos of her work in this post, so check them out. You could just Google for crayon box pictures and use some image-editing software to tweak the image to look how you like. Good luck!
Hi Chica and Jo, I made these invites for my son’s 2nd birthday. You can see pics here: http://www.ourfamilyunit.com/2010/06/09/crayon-birthday-party-invitations/ They turned out great!
Lucretia, we love how you cut the box! How cute! We would appreciate it if you added your photos to our Flikr group linking to your own post.