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    Home » Celebrations & Holidays » Weddings » Wedding DIY

    Custom Nerds Wedding Favors!

    Published: Sep 12, 2021

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    Custom Nerds Wedding Favors

    Originally published August 28, 2011. Updated on 9/12/2021

    Several customized Nerds Candy Wedding Favor boxes.  They're light blue, with blue and pink Nerds characters, a bride and groom, and stargazer lilies.  Blue text overlay says how to make custom nerds wedding favors.

    These DIY Custom Nerds Wedding Favors are a cute and unique gift to offer at your special event. Customize to your theme and taste!

    Saturday was our Wedding anniversary!

    No one has died or been (significantly) maimed, so I think we're doing pretty good at this whole "marriage" thing 🙂

    While we splurged on the venue, we did a lot of our wedding ourselves, DIY. It was all quite nerdy and perfect for us.

    Our Big Nerdy Wedding

    We got married at a science museum, which was a no brainer for us. It was the only venue we'd looked at!

    In looking at a local wedding magazine, with huge lists of the local venues, we got headaches just thinking about picking a venue.

    Then, we saw the Science Museum listed. Boom. Done.

    Our centerpieces were very simple, just 3 test tubes glued together tripod-style, each with a stargazer lily.

    These were placed on mirror tiles on each of the guest dining tables - each table named after an element.

    We had fun trying to arrange the table names in an appropriate way - closest friends were seated at tables named after our favorite element, the kids were at the "Neon" table, etc.

    2 stargazer lilies and a bud, in a tripod vase made from test tubes.  The arrangement rests on a large square mirror tile.

    The food was not so hot, our cake (I did NOT make it!) was freezerburnt, and our photographer spent most of the time hitting on one of our friends, rather than actually working.

    Meanwhile, the DJ and the bartender did their absolute best to make it an awesome evening, which it was.

    I mean really, we had our ceremony less than 5 yards away from "Bodyworlds", LOL!

    Anyway, in honor of our anniversary, I'd like to share what we did for our favors: Custom "Nerds" Wedding Party Favors!

    Several customized Nerds Candy Wedding Favor boxes.  They're light blue, with blue and pink Nerds characters, a bride and groom, and stargazer lilies.

    Custom Nerds Wedding Favours

    There were 2 main parts to this - the designing and the assembly. Spoilers: I’ve got a PSD file of the base design for you, a bit further down!

    Designing my Nerds Box Party Favors

    1. Bought a box of Nerds, carefully took the box apart, and scanned it.

    2. Did a cleaner outline of the box in photoshop. Cleaned up the logo and "Nerds" characters, extracted the colors and left outlines.

    3. I edited the characters - drew dresses and collars/bowties on them, added a ringbearer pillow and flowergirl basket, aimed a "bride" and "groom" character at each other, as if about to kiss. Then I coloured each in our wedding colors.

    4. Edited the "Willy Wonka" to our names, added our wedding date to the logo.

    5. Customized the ingredients/nutrition info to match our color scheme, added our wedding website url to the bottom flap of the box.

    5. Texturized the background color layer, added images of Stargazer lilies from our main stationery, and moved everything around to look good.

    A computer rendering of a flattened out Nerds candy box, in the process of being customized.

    The work in progress!

    Ordering and Assembly

    1. Once happy with the design, I pasted the whole image to one of the large Vistaprint postcard templates, and saved the file.

    2. I ordered about 50% more than I needed, and waited for the delivery.

    3. Used a slide cutter to trim the postcards to the outer outlines of the box, then used very sharp tipped scissors to trim all of the little "v" cuts, etc.

    4. Scored the edges with a different attachment for the slide cutter.

    5. Folded all of the boxes. Glued them together them together as we went, leaving 1 opening.

    6. Ordered bulk nerds candy, used that to fill the boxes.

    7. Glued the final flap open, and... done!

    A 4 part image showing all sides of a custom Nerds candy box.

    These went over SUPER well, and we still have a few today. It was a fair amount of work, but well worth it!

    In fact, here's a version I did for someone else:

    An image file for a customized Nerds favor box. It's green with pink accents and hydrangeas.

    How to Make Custom Nerds Wedding Favours... or Party Favours!

    Not only were these custom Nerds boxes a cool idea for wedding favours, it would also work well for birthday parties, graduations, and more!

    Several customized Nerds Candy Wedding Favor boxes.  They're light blue, with blue and pink Nerds characters, a bride and groom, and stargazer lilies.

    What You Need

    Photoshop or equivalent image editing software
    Slide Type Paper Cutter with Scoring attachment
    Sharp, pointed tip scissors
    Glue*
    Bulk Nerds Candy

    * You’ll want a glue that adheres well to shiny, coated paper.


    Free Custom Nerds Box Favour Template

    The first bit of work on these - scanning, measuring, fussing - was the most annoying part, so I’ve done it for you

    Well, I've finally dug out one of my original files, and am making it available for download!

    The file is 4MB, click here to download it.

    Please note: I am offering this as a free, standalone resource. I am unable to offer any design assistance or trouble shooting, beyond the information contained in this blog entry. Thank you for understanding.

    Customizing the Template

    Here is what you will want to do (more or less!)

    1. Open it in Photoshop.

    2. Change the background colour to one more appropriate to your own event. Delete the background copy layer (I just left it in there as an idea of what looks good for texture). If you'd like a textured background, go for it. (Works best with a really small, fine texture)

    3. Edit "Website or greeting here" to... well, a website or greeting. 🙂

    4. Swap out the flowers for flowers more appropriate to your wedding, or - for other events - something else. Maybe a birthday cake, etc? Use a high res image for best results.

    5. Change the colours of the dresses and bowties, if desired.

    6. Personalize the Name(s) and date for your own use. Also, feel free to change the wording of the greeting on the back of the box.

    7. Make sure everything is as you want it, save the psd file as is (just in case), then convert to JPG and save it as a different file. It should look more or less like:

    A computer rendering of a flattened out Nerds candy box. It's light blue, with pink and teal accents.

    .... with your own design added, of course 🙂

    Printing Your Custom Nerds Boxes

    1. Obtain a template for a large postcard from your choice of printer - we used VistaPrint, with their "Oversized Postcard" option.

    2. In Photoshop, select all for your completed design, copy and paste it to the printer's template.

    Center it, making sure to keep it within the safe space guidelines provided. Delete the guidelines layer (if applicable), flatten and save.

    3. Order your prints. I recommend full-colour glossy on one side, and no print or coating on the other side.

    I HIGHLY recommend ordering 50% more than you think you'll need - this will allow for cutting/assembling mistakes, accidents, last minute extras needed, and keepsakes.

    Assembling Your Custom Wedding Candy Favours

    1. While waiting for the printer, order your choice of filling. Amazon sells Bulk Nerds Candy - so much easier than buying retail boxes and transferring the contents!

    2. When your print order arrives, use a slide cutter to trim the postcards to the outer outlines of the box.


    3. Use very sharp, pointed tip scissors to trim all of the little “v” cuts, etc. (We used small, precision scrapbooking scissors)

    4. Using the dull/blunt scoring attachment for your slide cutter (you may need to purchase this separately), score all of the fold edges.

    5. Fold all of the boxes.

    6. Glue the boxes together at the side flap.

    7. Glue all of the boxes together at the bottom flap. Allow to dry completely.

    8. Fill the boxes about ⅔ full, glue the top flap closed.

    ... and that's it! It's a bit of effort, but VERY much worth it!

    Several customized Nerds Candy Wedding Favor boxes.  They're light blue, with blue and pink Nerds characters, a bride and groom, and stargazer lilies.

    Several customized Nerds Candy Wedding Favor boxes.  They're light blue, with blue and pink Nerds characters, a bride and groom, and stargazer lilies.

    Have you seen any awesomely nerdy wedding or party favors? We'd love to hear about them!

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    Several customized Nerds Candy Wedding Favor boxes.  They're light blue, with blue and pink Nerds characters, a bride and groom, and stargazer lilies.

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    Comments

    1. Krystal Elliott

      March 30, 2012 at 12:42 pm

      This is such an incredible idea. I am a full time student so I don't have time to do this for my wedding in may but was wondering if I could contact you and order them from you and you can ship them to me?

      Reply
      • admin

        March 30, 2012 at 2:57 pm

        Unfortunately, I can't - intellectual property issues. Happen to know anyone handy with photoshop?

        Reply
    2. Jaclyn

      February 07, 2013 at 6:29 pm

      I was wondering if there was any way for me to obtain a template of this or a version I could edit. I am horrible at photoshop so if I had to start from square one I wouldn't be able to do this. But I love it! It is so adorable.

      Reply
    3. Vanch

      November 02, 2014 at 11:13 am

      This is such a great idea! I'm helping a geeky friend of mine for her wedding. Thanks for sharing this! Btw, is there a way that we could get a copy of this template? Please..

      Reply
      • Marie Porter

        November 04, 2014 at 9:47 am

        Shoot me an email - I'll see if I can find it!

        Reply
    4. Rachel Massie

      December 19, 2014 at 12:08 pm

      Oh my gosh this is so cute! I wish I had thought of it for our wedding! =)

      Reply
    5. Kelly

      January 03, 2015 at 10:12 pm

      I love these! Is there anyway I can get a copy of an editable template for this? Thanks!

      Reply
    6. Kelly

      February 19, 2015 at 10:30 pm

      Thank you again for posting this template! What kind of glue did you use?

      Reply
    7. Brittany

      March 20, 2016 at 12:09 pm

      I'm going to try and use these for our wedding, such a great idea! It's Star Trek and Star Wars themed, so I'm going to try and mix that into this. Thanks so much for the template!

      Reply
    8. Brittany

      March 20, 2016 at 1:49 pm

      These are so awesome!

      Reply
    9. Samantha Jane

      November 07, 2016 at 1:26 am

      Wow! It's wonderful to see this. Is there anyway I can get a copy of an editable template for this?

      Reply
      • Marie Porter

        November 29, 2016 at 6:23 am

        Yes, just click the link at the top of the post to go to it.

        Reply
    10. John

      March 06, 2017 at 12:10 pm

      Hi, so your saying using a extra sized postcard... is that kinda big? when I think of Nerd Boxes I think of the small halloween sized boxes.

      Reply
      • Marie Porter

        March 14, 2017 at 12:10 pm

        These are based on the original sized boxes, not the little Halloween sized boxes.

        Reply
    11. Rebecca

      July 08, 2017 at 12:11 pm

      Hi!

      Thanks for sharing! Your file is great and I am actually in the process of ordering from Vistaprint using the oversized post card.

      I have a question: the post cards have a "safety line" on Vistaprint where basically they say during the cutting, you can lose some of the space on your tabs. Did this cause you any issues when assembling your boxes?

      I was thinking if some of that space is cut off, that the tabs might be too short.

      Thanks! 🙂

      Reply
      • Marie Porter

        June 11, 2017 at 12:11 pm

        No, the safety line is just so you don't have anything important risk getting printed off the edge. It's not the trim line.

        Reply

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