Homemade Wedding Favor Ideas
How To Make Great Wedding Favors

Homemade wedding favor ideas are becoming more popular as they save you money and they are also a very personal thank you to your guests for sharing your special day.

A lot of the great recipe based favors need you to be able to cook or at least have a willing volunteer!

But cooking, with days leading up to your wedding, may not be a practical option; it's not your kitchen, there are a thousand things to do and no where to store them. The solution are these very tasty, no cooking involved, wedding favors. You will be able to prepare these favors weeks in advance.

Homemade Hot Chocolate And Marshmallow Wedding Favors

Hot Chocolate in a jar, buy ready made hot chocolate in bulk and bags of mini marshmallows, plus the jars for the favors, ribbon and labels. Fill each jar 2/3rds full with the hot chocolate powder, fill to the top with the mini marshmallows, and then secure the lid. Tie a ribbon in your wedding colors around the top of the jar and then attach your label thanking your guests for joining you. Make sure you include the directions on how to make up the hot chocolate and you could tie a mini whisk to the side to make the hot chocolate complete. A sweet thank you for your guests! You could look for these heart shaped marshmallows which would look lovely arranged around the edge - save money by filling the inside with regular marshmallows.

Cheap Tea Or Coffee Wedding Favors

You can also use tea bags in a personalized bag or coffee sachets for 'The Perfect Blend'. You will want to choose a more gourmet offering than a standard instant coffee and the same goes for the tea. Loose tea is an option for your guests but how many will have a tea infuser? You could always include an infuser in the favor.

You could use envelopes or a homemade paper cone for the favors. The paper cone could be in your wedding colors and then have a printed label for the front. The cones could be at each place setting or you could have them in a basket at the center of each table.

Olive Oil Wedding Favors

The great thing about homemade wedding favor ideas is that your guests will value the gift more highly than a standard, seen everywhere favor. Make them yourself and they won't get left on the table!

Yummy Edible Wedding Favors

Sometimes with all the will in the world finding time to create these wedding favors may seem impossible. For those of you feeling very time poor here are some great cheap wedding favors that may be just as good as your homemade wedding favor ideas.