What Wedding Favors I Can Make?

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You have probably thought to yourself What Wedding Favors I Can Make? that will be liked and well received by my guests.

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Want to be a little different?

Tired of seeing the same old wedding favors?

Do you want easy to make wedding favors?

Would like to try to make some homemade wedding favors?

Whether you want ideas for the traditional wedding favor or more contemporary, you will find the inspiration and instructions for easy to make wedding favors that are unique and unusual here.

Making your own wedding favors can often be made at a fraction of the cost of the more traditional store bought favors. Shop around before you buy any items for your wedding favors. You will be sure to find a bargain when you least expect it if you keep your “eyes open” when you shop.

Try to buy the items in bulk and don’t be afraid to ask for a discount. If you are unsure as to how you will go making the item, purchase enough items to make one or two and practice making it.

If you find that what you have chosen to do is a little too complicated then look around for something that is a easier. When you are happy with your choice, then purchase the rest of the materials and items needed to complete the favors.

Take a look at these ideas, be creative and have fun making the favor projects for the wedding reception as well as the bridal shower. Some of these you can make form sratch or if you prefer you can purchase ready made and package it yourself.

Monogram Cookies
Make or purchase cookies which have been iced and decorated with the bride and grooms initials wrap in cellophane bags and tie with a decroative ribbon.

Drinking Chocolate and Marshmallows
A warming favor for the winter wedding small bags filled with drinking chocolate powder and marshmallows.

Honey
Present you guests with small jars of honey which you have purchased add your own personalized lable.

Gingerbread Cookies
Present these as a pair and have your names iced on them.

Miniature bottles of Alcohol
Personalize these by placing personalized labels on them.

Handmade Chocolates
Handmade chocolates wrapped in cellophane bags and presented in little decorative baskets.

Wedding Cake Cookies
Coordinate your wedding cake cookie favors with your wedding cake and present them in clear cellophane bags tied with ribbon. Here are the Instructions to make them.

Western Theme Favors
These edible favors are chocolate covered oreo cookies decorated in a western theme.

Candy Wedding Favor
Fill small jars with candy or better still set up a table with large containers of different candy and let your guest fill their own jars.

Wedding Favor Candy
Fill small metal decorative tins with candy or jelly beans and decorate with ribbon.

Beach Wedding Favor
Starfish shaped cookies iced.

Jelly Bean Favors
For the sweet tooth. Place the jelly beans in the colors of your choice into clear cellophane bags and tie with a matching ribbon and gift tag.

Mint Gift Bags
This project is courtesy of Greetingarts you can find the instructions to make these here.

Cookie Place Cards
These are great edible favors and are easy to make, as only the most basic of piping techniques are required. Go to the Cookie Place Cards projects page for instructions on how to make these.

Bottles of Cider
If you do not drink alcohol and wish to give your guest some ‘bubbly’ why not substitute it with Sparkling Cider. Buy small bottles of good cider, remove the labels from the cider bottles and then add your own personalized labels to these. Wrap in cellophane and tie with a ribbon in the color of your choice.

Handmade Chocolate
Purchase some chocolates molds from a kitchen wares store, melt cooking chocolate as per instructions on package and pour into molds let cool and set. Remove from the mold and wrap in cellophane, tie with a bow and decorate with little plastic wedding rings.

Box of Almonds
Use a mix of white and colored almonds of your choice, wrap in tulle and tie a ribbon around the tulle, place inside small boxes. Tie the box with a printed ribbon with your names on it and glue on a small silk flower.

Chocolate Truffles and Toothbrushes
For those of you who are dentists, don’t feel guilty about giving your wedding guests favors such as chocolate. Supply each of your guests with toothbrushes which have been personalized with your names and wedding date

Handmade Candy Wrappers
First purchase candy or chocolate of your choice in bulk. Then use your computer and software to make an image that will be large enough to go around the candy as a wrapper (you may have to experiment a bit before your get it right). Then attach a homemade wrapper to each bar.

You could also use the paper that was used for your invitations, add both your names and wedding date onto the front of the jacket and on the back of the wrapper add a poem. This edible favor can be as cheap or as expensive as you like, it really will depend on the type and quality of the candy you purchase.

Fortune Cookies
Bake your own fortune cookies and print your own fortunes for these edible favors. If you don't want to include a fortune you could write a poem, sentimental line or anything else that you would like onto the paper that goes into the cookie.

Sugared Almonds
The traditional way to present sugared almonds is to be wrapped in a piece of tulle and tied with a ribbon. Try something a little different; present them on little silver trays or small china plates.

Cookie Wedding Favor

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Make these delicous chocolate and orange flavored cookies, they are easy to make and can be made ahead of time and baked the day before your wedding.

Here is the recipe for the cookies.

Wedding Disc
Frisbees are fun and functional favors to give to your guests. Print a picture of yourselves on to paper large enough to fit onto the top of the Frisbees and simply glue in place.

Magnet Wedding Favors
Use the logo or another image that you are using on your stationery and make them to fit the back of glass magnets

Asian Wedding Favor
Chopsticks presented with a beautiful oriental tag.

Golf Wedding Favors
Personalized golf balls.

Embossed Soaps Wedding Favors
Embossed handmade soaps with a beautiful lacy design. No two are the same.

Flip Flop Wedding Favor
What could be more appropriate than these for a tropical wedding.

Luggage Tag Favor
A creative idea wedding favor. Have them double up as place setting cards.

Calendar Wedding Favour
You can have these professional printed, or print these yourself on your home computer and have them laminated.

Kitchen Utensil Bouquet
This is a great functional favor idea for a bridal shower tea or even for a wedding where the bride and groom love to cook. Simply purchase some kitchen utensils and tie with ribbon to match your theme. Decorate with a bow and with fresh or silk flowers.

Netted Soaps
Purchase decorative soaps. Tie them up with tulle and ribbon with double bows.

Decorated Candles (great for an evening wedding)
Decorate the bottom of an 8 inch (20cm) candle with tufted netting and tiny silk flowers. At the end of the reception give one to each of the guests to light and use to form a "going away" path for the bride and groom.

Floating Rose Candles
Although these are not made by your hands you can present them to your guests, by wrapping in cellophane or they may already be wrapped in cellophane when you buy them and hot glue some paper or silk leaves along with your wedding date and names. Use the same floating candles as a centerpiece by filling small glass bowls with some water (you could even color the water with a little food color) and lighting the candles.

Taper Candles
Give your guests a taper candle in the color of your choice- it could be your theme color. Present the candle with a glass candle holder. You could wrap the candle and holder in boxes or in cellophane with curling ribbon.

Note Pads
Have your local printer make up note pads with your names, wedding date and a picture that matches your theme.

Gold Bells and Candle Keepsake Favors
A candle wrapped in tulle and decorated with ribbon and gold bells tucked into a votive holder.

Crystal Charms
Crystal charms tied together with decorative cord.

Mini Decorator Vases
These mini decorator vases can do double duty as place cards and simple table decorations.

Crystal Heart Bottle Stoppers
A great favor idea for a cocktail hour wedding theme.

Chinese Takeout Gift Boxes
These could be filled up with an assortment of items. Perhaps your favorite sweets or biscuits.

Hand Painted Votive
Use paints that are suitable for glass. Free hand paint a design and your names on it. If you don’t feel confident to paint free hand, place a small picture on the inside of the glass and then simply follow the picture details. Simple designs work best.

Scroll Wedding Favors
Instructions for easy to make Scroll Wedding Favors

Champagne Glasses with Almonds
Fill champagne glasses with two or three almonds (or chocolates) and cover the top with tulle, bring the tulle down to the stem of the glass. Secure the tulle with ribbon and a tiny silk flower.

Polaroid Photo Favors
As your guests arrive at the reception, take their photo using a Polaroid camera, then attach each photo to a designated tree at the reception, along with a note from the bride and groom thanking them for sharing the day. As the guests leave have them take their photo from the tree as their keepsake favor.

Double Photo Frames
Use purchased double photo frames (you could try getting these from a discount store for one or two dollars). Scan and print a picture that you like, make sure that it will fit into one side of the frame. Then print another sheet with your names and wedding date and perhaps a special poem to go into the other frame.

Antique Picture Frame
Purchase miniature antique frames and attach sugared almonds wrapped in tulle to the back. You could also have the guests names printed and placed inside the frames and use as place cards.

Bird Nests
These are great favors if you are having an outdoor wedding. Purchase small birds nests and place inside the nest chocolate or sugared almonds covered with tulle. Include a personalized message if you wish.

Handmade Magnets
For something a little different make inexpensive magnets. You could use scrap booking embellishments such as butterflies, glue three pieces of ribbons to the back and then glue on a small piece of magnet (If you have any old magnetic fridge calendars these would be great to cut up and use and will cost you nothing).

Gold Bells
Purchase small gold bells and tie them with ribbon in the color of your choice and attach a small poem to it. Hand these keepsake favors to your wedding guests at your ceremony so that they can ring the bells when you leave the church.

Tiles as Keepsake Favors
Use rubber stamps to print a design of your choice (you could use a variety of heart shapes) onto unfired tiles (include your names and wedding date if you like). Then glaze and fire the tiles. You could glue magnets on to the back of each tile, or place small rubber feet to the back to make a pot holder. Wrap and decorate with a ribbon and you will most certainly have a charming handmade keepsake favour for you guests.

Cherubs
Paint wooden cherubs with a base coat and the top coat with gold paint. This is time consuming so give yourself ample time to get the job done. To finish off you could tie chocolates wrapped in tulle to the cherubs.

Cross-Stitch Keepsake Favors
If you enjoy embroidery and are having a small guest list, you could embroider your names, wedding date with a simple design and have these framed or make them as bookmarks. These will most certainly be a treasured gift that your guests will keep.

Flower Seeds in Tins

Adding a label to the tin will personalize these living favors even more the saying could read like this: Let love grown around you and in your heart. May the growing beauty Of the enclosed flower seeds

Remind you of this special day, When loving friends and family Gathered to celebrate Alex and Mary’s new beginning As husband and wife.

Herb Wedding Favors
Present your guests with small pots of herbs and easy homemade wedding favor ideas.

Seeds and Candle Wedding Favor
Print up small booklets with your favorite poem and attach some of your favorite flower seeds.

Tulip Bulbs
Purchase enough tulip bulbs as required; you might like to have three per guest. Place these in boxes filled with some mulch, and decorate with ribbon, include a thank you card and instructions on how and when to plant the bulbs.

The idea of giving this gift is, that your guest will remember your wedding every year they see the tulips flower.

Boxes of Seedlings
Give the gifts of tree seedlings to your guests, present the seedlings in decorative boxes, with a poem which has some special meaning to you.

Seed Packets
Purchase in bulk flowers seed packets of your choice, tie in bundles with colored ribbon. Attach a note of thanks. If you do not wish to have these on the tables why not display them in a large terracotta pot at the reception.

Single Flowers
Give your guests a single flower such as a tulip or rose tied with a bow.

Asian Wedding Favor
Present your guests with small pots of lucky bamboo.