Do It Yourself Homemade Wedding Favors and Wedding Favor Crafts

One of the most fun and rewarding wedding crafts is to make your own homemade wedding favors. Do it yourself wedding favors are a way to say thank you to your guests. Plus, wedding favor crafts are so easy and cheap to make yourself if you use a little creativity.

A favor is a little token of the two of you, presented to everyone. A favor can be a keepsake that the guests take home, or an edible favor that is likely to be eaten before dinner is served. Some favors help guests join in the celebration (noisemakers, bells, etc) or are functional at the actual wedding (such as champagne glasses). Others, like wedding CD favors are to be enjoyed by guests later. Another popular choice is to use seed packet wedding favors which are decorative, symbolic and functional. So may wedding favor crafts! So little time!

Here you’ll find many ideas and instructions on how to make your own favors, as well as suggestions on where to get supplies. Whether you want edible, functional or keepsake favors, you’ll find many unique ideas and instructions here for wedding favor crafts!

Winter Wedding Favor Idea: Hot Cocoa in Bottles - Great way to package homemade hot cocoa mix! Cheap winter wedding favors that are sure to warm the hearts of your guests with their cuteness and fuctionality.

Handmade Matchbook Favor Alternative -An alternative to the matchbook favor! Simple instructions for creating this personal and cute favor.

Homemade Wedding Cookie Favor Recipe - Delicious and easy cookie favors! Use cut-outs to create yummy favors that your guests will enjoy. These can be freezed for a couple weeks so you can make them ahead of time--no last minute panic!

Fall Themed Wedding Favors - Having a fall wedding? These are the perfect answer to an autumn themed wedding. Cheap and easy favors that you'll love.

Seed Packet Homemade Wedding Favors - Instructions and ideas on packaging, selecting seeds and personalizing seed favors. Do it yourself and be unique...plus, you'll save money!

Scented Bath Scrub Homemade Wedding Favors - Scented bath scrubs are easy and cheap to make. Great gifts for bridesmaids, hotel guests or as wedding favors. Complete instructions with photos.

Custom Stamps for Homemade Wedding Favors - A must read if you are looking for a way to personalize favors or other aspects of your wedding. Create your own personalized and custom stamps to decorate your favors with!

CD Wedding Favors - A discussion of how to create homemade CD wedding favors and if this is the right choice for you and your guests. Also check out the related Wedding CD Label & Wedding CD Cover article to get instructions on customize the look of your CD favors.

Christmas Wedding Ideas - Christmas favors and more ideas for holiday themed weddings.

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I went to a wedding last May and I didn’t feel any attachment to the little mass-produced wedding favors that were arranged on the tables. I could have gone out and bought the $1.00 favor myself and I’d seen them a million times at other weddings. However, when I see a favor that is personalized and/or homemade it makes me feel like I got a little glimpse into the couple’s personal world. It feels friendly. It feels genuine. It can even feel a bit sentimental or romantic.

An example of a great favor I recently saw was what my friends Arlene & Wendell used at their wedding. They baked mini ginger breads and put them in cellophane tied with a red ribbon. I don’t think there was a single crumb left on the tables at the end of the night! They are both professional chefs, and Arlene is known for her bread baking, so it was a wonderful, personal glimpse into their lives…what they are all about. You don’t have to be a professional chef to come up with excellent, homemade wedding favors though!

Anyway, the choice is yours. You can certainly skip the favors altogether if you want, but they are the ultimate place to personalize and do it yourself in weddings! Favors are a little token of yourselves that you give to your guests. Homemade wedding favors can be based on a theme, a hobby, a passion that the two of you have. It can highlight a skill or interest (in Arlene & Wendell’s example, they are chefs so it was natural that they used food) or it can be symbolic of something you want to convey. It could commemorate how or where the two of you met or have something to do with your backgrounds.

I can’t tell you what to pick for your homemade wedding favors, but I can offer you a lot of inspiration! One more thing, making favors with your fiancé (or friends, family, etc) is a fun project AND it will likely save you money.

It’s your wedding, do it the way you want!

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