Silhouette: Fun & Frugal Princess Party Favors

I am having so much fun playing with the Silhouette Machine.  I created some sweet Princess Wands that you could use as party favors.  I saw this idea, at my local scrapbook store, the Scrapbook Nook, and I knew I had to pick a couple of the empty tubes to make some of my own.  The tubes were $ .99 each.  The final cost was around $1.20 per wand, which is not a bad price as far as party favors go.

M&M’s fit in the tubes perfectly!  I happen to have the super cheap M&M’s I picked up during the Easter clearance. The Easter M&M’s were wonderful, because they are pastel princess type colors.

I added all lavender M&M’s to one of the tubes.

I cut out a star and princess crown with the Silhouette machine to make the top of the wand. I added some “bling” to the crown. I cut different lengths of ribbon and taped them on the back side of the star.

Next I attached the plastic tube filled with M&M’s and I had myself a princess wand!

Unfortunately, my only daughter is out on a “Daddy/Daughter date” so I had to rely on my other children to be my princess models for me.

Um, do you think I need to be concerned that child #3 made a fairly decent princess?

Don’t forget! Silhouette is giving Thrifty & Thriving readers a great deal on a Silhouette machine.   You can get a Silhouette SD machine and heat transfer package for only $219. That’s a savings of over $125!!! To get this special pricing, you will need to use the promo code THRIVING at checkout.  This promo code is good from 5/17 -5/25  only!   Here is what you get:

• Silhouette SD Machine
• 1 Roll of hot pink smooth heat transfer material
• 1 Roll of teal smooth heat transfer material
• 1 Roll of white flocked heat transfer material

If you already own a machine, you can get 25% off all heat transfer material.

Silhouette is also giving away a Silhouette Machine and heat transfer bundle to one super lucky Thrifty & Thriving reader.  Make sure you head over here to enter the giveaway!