Most brides and grooms want to give their guests a little something as a thank-you gift, but cheap wedding favors bring to mind something that will just get dumped in the trash. The last thing you want to do is spend your hard-earned money and precious time giving something that will be unappreciated. It is far more important to give your friends and family something they will cherish or use, rather than something you feel is incredibly unique. Here are a few cheap wedding favor ideas that are sure to be a hit, while also having the opportunity to add your own special touch.
1. Indulge their sweet tooth
There is no doubt about it. Candy and other edible wedding favors are the most popular among guests for a very simple reason: they can be consumed. Nothing to accumulate dust on their shelves or to get stuck at the back of a closet. Your cheapest option is to have a candy bar. Buy bulk candy in your color scheme or theme (such as nostalgic candy), put it out on a table in fun containers or different shaped jars, and give your guests glassine envelopes to fill on their way out the door. A candy bar may sound a little common today, but that is because there are so many ways to use it in decorating and everyone always loves it. Just search the term "candy bar images" on the internet and you will get endless beautiful pictures to inspire you.
2. Other incredible edibles
If you do not want to have a candy bar, think about other types of food you can package up in boxes, bags or jars. Homemade granola, themed wedding chocolates, gourmet teas and spices, decorated cookies, or even your own homemade jams are all popular favorites that your guests are guaranteed to love. Get creative by using your own packaging. For example, you can design your own labels and tags, use colorful fabrics, or search out mismatched jars and cups in secondhand stores.
3. Crafty solutions
Do you love crafts or want to give them a try? Homemade soaps or candles are a fun activity to do with your wedding party and make unique favors for guests. There are numerous guides online showing your how make soaps, candles, jewelry, bookmarks, or other crafts. Just make sure you do a trial run before heading out to load up on supplies. You may ultimately find it cheaper to buy the favor once you calculate the cost of all the supplies.
4. A song and a dance
Another increasingly popular gift is a CD wedding favor. The cost of blank CDs is minimal and all you have to do is create a personal playlist of favorites and burn them from your computer. Then purchase or design your own wedding CD labels and place the CDs in a cardboard CD case. Stick on the label, tie with a ribbon, and your guests will have something to listen to when they get home. Just make sure you use music that you own!
5. A charitable solution
Many couples these days would like to give a gift back to the community, especially after spending so much money on a wedding. This idea can be combined with wedding favors by creating little cards that tell each person that a donation has been made in honor of all your guests. Depending on the charity, you can still give a little something to your guests. For example, if you are donating to the American Heart Association, put a few chocolate hearts with your card. For breast cancer awareness, include a little favor bag of pink jelly beans. Environmental charity donations could be combined with packets of seeds. You can even divide it up and donate to a favorite charity of both the bride and the groom separately.
There is absolutely no reason that you need to spend a fortune on wedding favors. Even if you buy them and avoid the time involved in DIY favors, there are many options available.
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