all that's left is the party.....

it's go time here in this household! d-day! we determined that this small scoop (the kind you find in the kool-aid or lemonade mix) if filled below the top of the scoop was the right amount to fill our tubes. i first cut the ribbons that were going to be used as ties so they were ready to go. then, i pulled the saran wrap out- i suppose my hunks were probably about 6-7 inches wide; then, dumped my scoop of M and Ms onto the saran wrap...gather up the edges, tie, and poof- filler complete!! 

once all the fillers were complete, i grabbed the tubes, tied one end and slipped the candy inside. i maybe should have trimmed the saran wrap, but, i did want people to realize there was something inside- so i left it. i was trying to streamline the process a bit, and no trimming- one less step. so unless you are really anal- then, you can trim away! with the candy inside, tie the other end and this is what it will look like.

this is my final product....boom! (with my arms up and an air chest bump...) grad party favor!! if you have a friend or two that is willing to help, this process really isn't too bad. we did the party favors in stages, so if you have visited this blog before, you may have seen the mountain of toilet paper rolls in book paper in the last week or two...we didn't want to fill with candy and then have them sit, so we just got completely finished yesterday. we only made 150- sometimes you have to set the limit and the early party people will get the party favors!

all that's left is the grad party!! it should be a heck of a day!

grad party favors

i and a troop of friends have been saving toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls for me so i could make my son's graduations party favors. on friday, we did a little "sweat shop" and started the project. we measured the rolls out to about 2 inches and cut.

after cutting, the short rolls came for glue and paper. i used a vintage chemistry book paper- it worked great. just the right weight paper.

it was easier to put the roll on your fingers and use your other hand to smear the glue all the way around the tube.

once glued, the book pages were the exact width we wanted so we just ripped out of the book and rolled the now glued rolls onto the book paper.

we left enough overlap of book paper to easily glue the flap.

held for just a moment.....

and poof.....pile of paper rolls!! my plan is to stuff them with M&Ms and tie each end with the curling ribbon. i will show later when we are closer to the party. i didn't want to fill with chocolate too soon.