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DIY Donut Invitations

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I love making cards with my Cricut, and these donut birthday invitations are so cute and easy to make! Any kid (or adult!) would love having this sweet DIY addition to their party. Keep reading to learn how to make your own DIY Donut Invitations!

DIY Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

Planning a donut birthday party has been at the top of my list for a while. A donut themed party is great for so many ages – toddlers (“Donut Grow Up”) the whole way up to teenagers (or adults!) I’ve seen really cute donut themed baby showers, and I’ve even made a Donut Grow Up SVG cut file perfect for baby onesies.

Making your own party invitations can be an easy addition to your DIY Donut Party Decorations. Even if you’re buying some of the party decor, consider making custom donut themed invitations to match the party colors. It will add a personalized touch to the party – and who won’t love getting a homemade card?! I even made the envelope!

I made these donut party invitations using my Cricut Explore Air 2 machine, but you can easily use a Cricut Maker. I am joining a bunch of my blogging friends this week to share party ideas that you can make with your Cricut machines, so make sure you check out the end of the post for all of the links to the other DIY party ideas.

What You Need to Make Donut Birthday Invitations

Diy Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

Here are the supplies that I used. You can adjust the cardstock colors to match your party theme!

There are many kinds of adhesives to use when you’re making a card or invitation, and I switch up what I use a lot – except for the Xyron. If you haven’ tried using a Xyron Creative Station to adhere cardstock pieces together, you are missing out! It’s a game changer!

DIY Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut and Xyron Creative Station by Pineapple Paper Co.

How to Make a DIY Donut Party Invitation

I found a great donut card template already on Cricut Design Space. I edited the design to reduce the colors of paper, plus changed the wording. I used all Cricut Design Space fonts and images, so you can access and use my edited version of the invitation template using the link below:

DIY Donut Invitation in Cricut Design Space

I designed the inside of the card to include generic text that everyone can use to fill out the card after making it. Feel free to edit the text to include your specific party invitation – less writing for you! The donut invitation is otherwise sized and ready to go, so if you don’t want to make any changes, just click the green “Make It” button.

You’ll notice that here there two white cardstock mats – the envelope insert that is on the first mat will actually fit on the other white cardstock mat, so I moved it. Here’s what it look like to start – click the envelope piece, the the “…” button and select “move to another mat.”

Then drag and rotate the envelope insert to the bottom of the other white mat so it fits. It will save you a piece of white cardstock for every invitation you make!

The first part of the invitation the Cricut will work on is the white cardstock, so make sure you add your Cricut pen into the “A” side of the tool holder. It will do all of the work for you!

Diy Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

Proceed with the rest of the mats until all of the pieces of your donut invitation are finished.

Diy Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

How to Assemble the DIY Donut Invitations

I started by assembling the donut for the front of the card. Use the Xyron Creative Station to apply adhesive to the pieces of the donut. Don’t worry, if you need to learn a little more about using the Creative Station – I have a couple of videos on my YouTube channel that show it in action!

DIY Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

Since the insides of the letters (O, R, and D) are really small pieces, I used a glue stick to apply them to the card.

DIY Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

Once your donut is glued to the front of the card, apply adhesive to the white inside piece of the card (the part with the writing) and place it inside the card.

Assemble the envelope: Since the fold lines are scored, carefully fold the flaps of the envelope towards the center. Use a double sided tape runner to glue the flaps together. I like using the tape roller because there’s no drying time!

DIY Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

Slide the white envelope liner into the envelope and attach with the tape roller.

DIY Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

Look at the cute sprinkles cut into the flap!

DIY Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

Fill out the details of the donut card and place it in the envelope. You’re done!

DIY Donut Birthday Invitations with your Cricut by Pineapple Paper Co.

I’ve made other handmade cards with my Cricut machines – get the templates and make your own!

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  1. Where do you buy those colors of cardstock?

    1. Pineapple Paper Co. says:

      These are from cricut.com 🙂