I recently threw an umbrella themed baby shower for our dear friend, Katie, who is expecting her first baby in May! The inspiration for the theme was the phrase “Baby Showers bring May Flowers!”
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There will certainly be a few more posts about the details of the shower (you can see the umbrella baby shower invites that I made here), but I wanted to start with a tutorial on how to make the candy umbrella shower favors that I put together for the party. Since Katie and her husband Jon don’t know if they’re having a boy or a girl (that’s the way we did it, too!), I went with green umbrellas.
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- 1/4 circles, cut as shown below out of card stock or scrapbook paper (I ordered mine from Oriental Trading but they no longer carry them) – or, if you want to simplify things, order a bunch of party hats and just remove the elastic straps!
- candy for filling (these work well)
- candy sticks or candy canes
- tulle cut into app. 15×15″ squares (depends on the size of your cones)
- ribbon
- card stock in coordinating colors to make the umbrella handles (if using straight candy sticks
- hot glue gun
The assembly is pretty straight forward! The polka dot cones come with a strip of adhesive, but it wasn’t strong enough to stay together on it’s own so I added a thin line of hot glue which did the trick. I goofed and didn’t order enough chocolate candy to fill the number of favors I needed (one package was enough for about 15 cones and I needed 25) so I supplemented with jelly beans, which added a fun pop of color! I filled the bottom of the cone with candy, added a candy stick, then filled the cone to the top with candy. Gather up a square of tulle around the cone and tie it around the base of the candy stick, then glue on a card stock handle to the end, and voila! Super cute candy umbrella baby shower favor.
Here’s a step-by-step photo graphic for you visual learners (and pinners!):
Of course, my Silhouette made those umbrella handles super easy. If you’re making your own, click here for a free Silhouette Studio cut file! Otherwise, it would still be easy to cut some out by hand. Or – use candy canes instead of a candy stick and you don’t have to worry about handles at all!
Here’s how they looked all together:
To display these at the shower, I made a fun little sign that coordinated with the invitations to invite the guests to take one home with them, along with my wheat grass centerpieces.
They were a big hit! Because really, who doesn’t love edible favors…especially cute ones?
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Love these Meredith – so very clever!
Could those umbrellas be any cuter? Especially all lined up together in that basket! I’m sure your friend was so touched by the love you poured into the invites and favors and decor! And I swoon over every printable and invitation you design. Remind me when that etsy shop is opening again? {Smile.}
Those umbrella’s are so cute! I’m wondering why you call yourself unoriginal mom, because your crafts are darn original!
Aw, thanks so much, Judy! I definitely feel like I am more “original” and creative than when I first started this blog a year ago, that’s for sure…but I will very frequently take ideas that I see other places and put my own spin on them, so many of my ideas aren’t purely original, hence un-Original Mom! These umbrellas were certainly not original, though, since I completely copied the idea from Oriental Trading! But I’m glad you like them! :-)
Adorable!! I love how they look all bunched together like that.
How ADORABLE!!!! I love this idea, so sweet! Thanks for sharing! :)
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Love these little umbrellas :) So fun! could be used for a ton of different parties!
Can I just say how much I love these? They have to be the CUTEST favors ever! Thanks for linking up!
Such a fantastic idea and so effective!
Love this idea for a baby shower! Found this on Pinterest and had to visit your blog. Love the idea of making an umbrella candy holder.
this is a so beautiful idea! love it! thank you for sharing =)
i love love love this idea!! This is going to be the theme for my bridal shower! Where did you get the watering can?
So fun! The colored watering cans were from the Target dollar spot last year. I bet they’ll have something similar again soon!
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These are really cute! Oriental Trading no longer carries the favor cones so do you have another source recommendation? Thanks!
Oh, bummer! Thanks for letting me know, I’ll edit my post to reflect that. I’d think it’d be pretty easy to make cones like this just using card stock or heavy duty scrapbook paper, cutting them out into a shape like the Oriental Trading cones that are pictured and then using hot glue to make it into a cone.
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Hi Meredith,
Thank you for sharing this favor idea. I see the post on how you made the invites but not the favor sign. I’m not tech savvy. My sisters sprinkle shower is this weekend. Any advice would help!
Thanks :)
Where can I get a copy of your cute saying in the frame with your paty favors??
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Great ideas! I’m making this for a shower this weekend. Could you share the file for the sign you placed next to the favors?
Thanks for the idea & tutorial! They turned out super cute! Could you email me the file for the sign? Or post it? Thanks!
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Hey love these!!
Did u have any problem with the candy stick moving around? I wanted to make these but wanted to make sure its something i can do before i buy the supplies..
Hi Zee! If you center the tulle and tie it tightly, the candy stick stays in place pretty well. It can be a bit tricky to hold it while you’re tying them, so I found propping the cone up in the bowl of candy helped with that!
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It is March 2016 and I’m making these for my baby shower and Oriental Trading still has the cones white with black polka dots.
I’m glad you were able to find some!
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what size circle would I need to have to make these compatible with the handle printable you have?
Hi Meredith! Love the baby shower umbrellas. Could you please tell me how high the cones are? Thank you!
I think mine were about 6 inches tall…but you could do whatever size you like!
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