Description:

Birthday celebrations are a time where a huge amount of waste can be produced. Three main things that make a birthday are cake, decorations and cards. I began researching and planning how I could create one product which would incorporate all three elements whilst keeping it sustainable and using as little materials as possible. Below you can see my final outcome ‘Party in a Box’. A fun activity filled birthday prepping experience. 

My main intention for this product was to combat the amount of single use packaging we use as a society. Therefore I came up with the idea to repurpose the actual box and make cupcake toppers out of it, creating a fun activity for my audience.

Emphasising the theme of repurposing I came up with the idea of using the cupcake instruction booklet to make paper chains for party decorations. On the back of each instruction page there’s a design to cut into strips to make paper chains. 

I decided to add cards which my audience can colour in themsleves whilst their cupcakes are baking. Adding to the activity based theme as well as adding a personal touch for their recipient.