How to: Wedding Favors

Wedding favors are small gifts given by the bride and groom to their wedding guests as a token of thanks for sharing their special day. There are lots of options when it comes to choosing your favors. For example, if your wedding reception has a theme, your favors could match that theme. Alternatively, if the wedding is around a holiday, you could make holiday themed favors. Make your own favors to save money and add an personal touch to your nuptial celebration.

INSTRUCTIONS

Scented Bath Scrub

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  Pour the Epsom salts into a large container. Measure the almond oil and slowly add to the salt while stirring. Finally, add the essential oil of your choice to the desired strength.

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  Pour the completed mixture into small containers of your choice. Clear or colored glass containers with a sealed lid are ideal.

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Print customized tags to attach to the jars with ribbon. For example, “Jane and John’s Wedding Lemon Bath Scrub, June 12.” Guests can use the bath scrub and keep the jar as a memento of the day.

Winter Wedding Favor

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  Pour the hot chocolate mix into the jars. Either use store-bought mix or make your own. Alternatively, you could use chai tea, a spice mix, or any other edible or drinkable mixture.

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  Print customized tags. For example, “Jane and John’s Winter Wedding Warmer.”

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Attach the tags with a ribbon wrapped around the neck of the bottle. The ribbon will look like little scarves.

Scented Candle Favors

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  Melt the wax in a large saucepan. Add essential oils for scent and colored wax crayons for color. Try to keep the scent and color matching. For example, if you use lavender scent, use purple crayons and if you use lemon scent use yellow crayons.

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  Pour the wax into the metal candle tins, placing the wick in the center while the wax is still liquid.

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Print customized sticky labels and attach them to the lid or side of the metal candle tins. For example, “Jane and John’s Lavender Wedding Candles.” You can use these wedding favors as place cards on the tables as well. Simply print the person’s name, “Jane and John’s Wedding” and the date.

Organza Sachet Bags

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  Fill organza sachet bags with sweets. Choose from items such as heart-shaped candies, chocolates or mints.

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  Print out customized tags.

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Attach the tags with ribbon.