How to Make Thanksgiving Party Favors

Hosting a holiday affair can be both stressful and exhilarating. Between planning and cooking a massive meal to organizing the guest list, you may be at a loss of what to do about party favors. This How to Make Thanksgiving Party Favors page will show you how to put together several special gifts for your loved ones this Thanksgiving season.

These simple do-it-yourself projects are suitable for any skill level. In this article, you will be instructed how to create a recipe jar, harvest candy bags and a cornucopia pouch. Depending on your sewing abilities, it could take anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes to complete it. However, the jar and bag should only take 5 to 10 minutes.

Everyone loves a good recipe. Collect a few of your best recipes and place them in this festive jar for your family and friends to enjoy.

• Supplies:
• Decorative paper for your printer
• Medium sized jar
• Fat quarter of harvest themed fabric
• Green, orange and yellow ribbons
• Fall inspired card stock
• Hole Punch
• Scissors

Directions:

1. Fill the jar with a few recipes printed on half sheets of paper. You may even want to go the extra mile and write them by hand. Place aside.
2. Use the lid of your jar to trace its circumference onto the wrong side of your cloth.
3. Draw a circle two inches larger than this circle around the old one.
4. Cut out your shape. Then, turn under a 1/4 inch hem. To make it easier to hem, make small slits with your scissors along the edge in the hem allowance ever inch around.
5. Iron down your hem.
6. Sew the hem closed with a simple straight stitch.
7. Center the finished cloth over the closed jar and tie down with ribbons.
8. Print out the provided leaf tags on at least three different colored papers
9. Cut out the leaves. Then, punch a hole in them.
10. Tie the cards among the ribbons.
11. Write the name of a guest on the larger tag.

The kids and adults at your party will love you for this delicious holiday treat.

• Supplies:
• Cellophane candy bags
• Candies with a Autumn color scheme
• Green, orange and yellow ribbons
• Fall inspired card stock
• Hole punch

Directions:

1. Pour your candies into the bag.
2. Twist the opening together and tie it closed with the ribbons.
3. Print out the provided leaf tags on at least three different colored papers
4. Cut out the leaves. Then, punch a hole in them.
5. Tie the cards among the ribbons.
6. Write the name of a guest on the larger tag.

Don't get intimidated by the sewing in this craft. You don't even need a sewing machine to make this horn of plenty filled with treats and blessings.

• Supplies:
• Fat quarter of harvest themed fabric
• Fat quarter of fabric in contrasting color for lining
• Candies with a Fall color scheme
• 24 inch decorative braid with tassels
• Fall inspired card stock
• Transfer paper
• Sewing needle
• Matching thread
• Scissors

Directions:

1. Fold both fabrics in half and stack them together.
2. Using transfer paper, trace the provided pattern on the wrong side of your fabric. Don't forget to add the decorative dotted line guides as well.
3. Draw a 1/4 inch hem around the shape.
4. With the whole stack in hand, cut out the cornucopia. Now, you will have two pieces of your main fabric and two pieces of your lining.
5. To make side A, take one of the main and liner fabrics and place them right sides together.
6. Make a straight stitch across the top hemline.
7. Now, fold it wrong sides together and iron.
8. At this point, straight stitch along the decorative lines.
9. Repeat steps 5 through 8 with the other two pieces of cloth to make side B.
10. Place the two halves together with the main fabrics touching.
11. Straight stitch the sides closed.
12. Turn the pouch right side out.
13. Whip stitch your braid to the top edge.
14. Fill it with treats.
15. You can also write some of the things you are thankful for on small cards and slip them inside.