Cookie Swap Party Invites

These cute and colorful Cookie Swap Party Invites are so much fun, you won’t be able to wait to mail them out. If you are hosting a cookie exchange this season, handmade invitations are a must-have and these are the cutest ones we have seen yet! Make your own invites to finalize your cookie exchange party plans and get your friends and family members excited. There’s no better way to get a variety of cookies to hand out during the holiday season, so what are you waiting for?

Materials:

FolkArt ® Extreme Glitter™ - Hologram, 5 oz.
Plaid ® Stencils - Value Packs - Letter Stencils - Old School, 1-1/2"
Mod Podge ® Matte, 16 oz.
Small spatulas (One for each invitation)
Pre-made tags (One for each invitation)
3 pieces of coordinating scrapbook paper (You may need more depending on how many invitations you make)
Pink cardstock
Red paper
Small red jingle bells (Two for each invitation)
Silver chenille stems (One for each invitation)
Small clear rhinestones (Four for each invitation)
Poster board or cardboard from cereal boxes
Red Paper streamer
3/8” Green ribbon
Paper trimmer
Hot glue
Paint brush
Scalloped/decorative Scissors
Hole punch

Hole punch

Instructions:

Use Mod Podge to glue two of the coordinating papers to poster board (One will be for the circles, One for the hearts). Allow to dry.
Draw 3 1/4” circles (Use a ribbon spool as a template) on one of the papers and cut out with decorative scissors.
Use heart template from Letter Stencil pack and draw hearts on the remaining paper; cut out.
Cut strips of Paper streamer in half lengthwise. Gather the paper streamer creating a “ruffled” edge while attaching to back of heart cutout with Hot Glue (refer to photo).
Paint Hologram Extreme Glitter over heart cutout including ruffled edge.
Feed two jingle bells through each silver chenille stem and create bows; set aside.
Make small tags with pink cardstock. Write or print out (If you are printing, print first then create tags) “You're Invited” onto each tag.
Use Hot Glue to attach bows and tags to top center of each heart. Glue hearts to center of circle cut outs.
Punch holes in the top of each circle heart tag; Set aside.
On Pink card stock, Print out “Cookie Party Swap” to measure the width of the tags; Cut out (Refer to photo).
Pre-print party information onto one of the scrapbook papers (Information should fit width of tags and be no more than 3/4ths of the length of tags); cut out and adhere to tags with Mod Podge.
Cut red paper slightly larger than “Cookie Swap Party” strips to create “frames” along the top and bottom.
Cut out ½” strips of coordinating scrapbook paper. Cut into sections the same width as tags (Refer to photo). Adhere to bottom of each tag with Mod Podge.
Attach “Cookie Swap Party” strips and clear rhinestones (Refer to photo).
Put ribbon through hole in cookie turner; feed both ends through the back of invitation tag then through circle heart tag; tie into a bow.