10 Ideas For Wedding Reception Favors

Are you looking for some quick and easy ideas for wedding reception favors? We have 10 of them right here that are easy to make or buy inexpensively.

1. Deck of Cards - Have your photos imprinted on a plain deck of cards.

2. Bookmarks - Create bookmarks using a graphic at the top that's related to your theme or use your engagement picture. Type in a short poem below the photo or graphic and add your wedding date. You can pick up plain bookmarks at local craft stores and print them off on a color printer. Click here to purchase bookmark favors to suit a variety of theme weddings.

3. Seashells - Spend a day at the beach gathering large interesting seashells. Decorate each one with ribbon and dried flowers for a cute ornament. You can pick up some beautiful seashell wedding favors here such as sea shell soaps, bottle stoppers, chocolates, key chains, candles and more.

4. Message in a Bottle - These are quite easy to make. Just purchase some low-cost bottles at a Dollar Store or craft store along with some confetti or colored sand, which you'll use to fill the bottom portion of each bottle. Rip cream colored parchment paper into strips and write a special message to your guests on each one. Roll your messages up and place in the bottle. Finish off with an embellishment of raffia ribbon tied around the neck of the bottle and perhaps a small shell hanging off the ribbon.

5. Gourmet Coffee Packs - Purchase specialty coffees in one or more different flavors. Measure out enough coffee grounds to make one large pot and place them in small plastic Ziploc bags. Create a gift tag with a coffee theme to it and tape it to each bag. If you don't want to do all that, you can easily pick up these Perfect Blend Coffee Bag Wedding Favors (Set of 12) available from Amazon.com.

6. Fortune Cookies - Everyone seems to love opening fortune cookies and so they are fabulous favors to present to your guests. You can usually buy fortune cookies at a local grocery store for a reasonable price. Carefully remove the message within each cookie with a pair of tweezers, then insert your own messages inside. Place 2 or 3 cookies on a circle of tulle or in a plastic bag and tie up with a colorful ribbon. Click here for different types of fortune cookie favors.

7. Origami Figure - Pick up a book on origami (Chinese paper folding) at your local library and buy some beautiful origami paper from a local craft store in your wedding colors. Create a figure that reflects your wedding theme and give one to each of your guests. If you don't have the time or the patience to make all those origami figures, you could instead package up the required papers along with instructions and a printed picture of what the figure should look like and let your guests have fun making their own! Click here to get origami favors, boxes, and papers.

8. Liquors - Purchase those small bottles of sample liquors found near the checkout of most liquor stores. Tie a ribbon around the neck of the bottle and add a small tag with a special message.

9. Personalized Candy Bars - Buy flat candy bars (like a plain Hershey's chocolate bar). Measure the wrapper on the bar and figure out where the section of the wrapper would be on the top of the chocolate bar. On the computer, create a design or special saying within the top area. Type in your names and wedding date as well. Print out the design and cut to fit if necessary and wrap the bar in its new cover. Use a glue stick to secure the ends along the back.

10. Tree Seedlings - You can purchase small tree seedlings from your local nursery. Tie a ribbon around the pot and include a message that asks your guests to plant their trees so that it can grow, just as your love will grow over the years.

Check out our article on 11 Ideas For Cheap Personalized Wedding Favors if you want even more suggestions on what you could give your guests.

10 Ideas For Wedding Reception Favors by Rose Smith
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Article Updated: November 30, 2011