chinese take out: I decided to buy the little chinese take out boxes to use as favors for my bridal shower. I am going to fill them with candy but should I line the box with something? The boxes are plain white....any ideas for dressing them up a little? Any ideas on candy?|||I love this idea! I dont know if you have them already, but I found a site that has favor boxes on sale right now and they carry the boxes you want for 1/2 pints 50 for $8.99. You can also see in the picture how they have dressed them up. http://www.efavormart.com/index.asp?Page鈥?/a> I am going to the Lindt chocolate store and buying truffles and putting them in our favor boxes, they have all different kinds and if you buy the big bags its pretty econmical. Or you could do Hershey kisses, really anything you want. Good luck!|||Another suggestion besides candy might be chocolate dipped fortune cookies to go along with your chinese container idea. If you or a friend you know is artistic you can paint or stencil a design (theme of your wedding or shower) to vibe it up a little.|||I think take-out boxes are so cute for wedding favors. I don't know how many you have or how easy they would be to stamp, but you could try stamping them with something like the Chinese character for double happiness. Keep in mind that red is considered a lucky color in Chinese culture. As for the candy, the sky is the limit. I know some candies like M&Ms can be ordered in custom colors to match the wedding and reception. You could line the box with something like Easter grass if the candy doesn't come in wrappers.|||You could put tissue paper in the inside. Use the colors that are used in the wedding. Mints would be a good idea or some type of chocolate in candy molds. there are wedding bell molds, etcs.. you could always write the brides name in a nice pen on the outside and the date of the shower. You could also attach a nice ribbon in a bow on the outside that is the color of the tissue paper inside. If you use candy molds make sure the candy is individually wrapped b/c it could cause spots on the boxes. Lastly you could also thank the guests on a little note inside that would thank them for sharing a special day with the bride. You could always place a fortune cookie in the inside with a thank you note inside the cookie! Hope this helps!|||clear cellophane decorative bags or paper. Then tie them on top with ribbon and then slide them in the bags.|||First I'd like to offer you best wishes on your up coming wedding.The take out boxes are a wonderful idea ! You can get some wedding stickers at one of the Hallmark stores and decorate them. You can sprinkle on some glitter.You can also get pretty tissue paper at the same store maybe in your wedding colors.Add bows with curly ribbon.And they are going to look great! You can fill the boxes with peppermints,gum,kisses,little packs of life savers and little almond candy.Please post a picture so we can all enjoy how pretty there are going to turn out !|||One of the others suggested using Chinese characters. It's a great idea. Just go to one of those stamps places if you have one in your town. There is one in the market where I live. They can make any stamp, as long as you show them what you want. For what to write... Just think about what you would like to say on the outside and then ask a Chinese person to translate it for you. After you have the stamps made, you can buy any color ink at a stationary store, including different glitter colors. Oh, and ask the stationary store if you can't find out where to have the stamp made. They might know where you can have them made. Another idea might be to hire a Chinese student to use paint and write on the boxes, like traditional Chinese calligraphy.|||What a cute idea! I of course would throw in some Botan Rice Candy, my fav. You can get it somewhere like Trader Joes or Cost Plus WorldMarket. Not too sweet and you can eat the wrapper. Those chocolate dipped fortune cookies are yummy and fun, even more fun if you could personalize the fortune! Have a great time and congrats!