Things You'll Need:
- Old paper (photo, construction, velum, regular, you get it)
- Computer and printer
- Digital collection of favorite photos
- Paper cones (made from paper remnants)
- Stickers
- Hole punches and die cutters
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Step 1
Gather up all of your scrap paper from the kids' crafts, photo printing, plain office paper printed on one side and whatever else you can muster up.
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Step 2
Collect digital photos you'd like to feature on the confetti. If it's for a family wedding, for instance, you can ask other family members to forward photos of the happy couple to use for the project.
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Step 3
Consider including images of "favorite things" like flowers, candy, toys, beaches; you get the drift. Use royalty free sites to search for images or just for inspiration to take your own shots (see Resources below for links to free photo sites).
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Step 4
Upload your photos to a photo mosaic program like the Flickr Mosaic Maker from Big Blue Labs (see Resources).
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Step 5
Print the mosaic on the scrap paper, then create the confetti using different sizes and shapes of punches and die cutters (see Resources).
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Step 6
Use the same punches and die cutters on colored scraps of construction paper and velum to create the colorful confetti effect.
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Step 7
Form colored paper into cones. Secure with a sticker and fill with the confetti for a wedding or special event.
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Step 8
Make several batches at once, for instance, a set featuring close friends that you can bring to their house as a hostess gift or a set of the kids to break out during cake time at the next birthday party.
