How to Make Potpourri Wedding Favors

You can make potpourri wedding favors inexpensively and top with ribbons to match your chosen colors. These potpourri favors also serve as wonderful baby shower favors, bridal shower favors, or a Housewarming gift for a friend.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• one 12" styrofoam block
• assorted potpourri
• coffee bean grinder
• few bowls
• ribbons
• scissors
• white glue
• knife
• wax paper
• toothpicks

1. 
   Wedding favor materials.

   To make potpourri wedding favors you will need a few inexpensive materials. Gather these together in your work area.

2. 
   Cut blocks.

   Use knife to cut styrofoam into desired sizes.

3. 
   Grind potpourri.

   Pour a small amount of potpourri into your coffee bean grinder. Hold down power button for no more than 2 seconds. If you grind the potpourri any longer, it will be too fine for this project.
   
   Continue until you have at least 3/4 cup in your bowl to work with. Tear a sheet of wax paper and place on work surface. Pour a small amount of ground potpourri onto the wax paper.

4. 
   Apply glue.

   Insert 4 toothpicks into the bottom side of your styrofoam block. These will serve as handles while you make the potpourri wedding favors.
   
   Apply white glue to one side of the block.

5. 
   Applying potpourri.

   Holding the toothpicks, press the sticky surface into the ground potpourri. Raise the block and press again if needed.
   
   Continue applying the potpourri in this manner to all sides. Lastly, apply the ground potpourri to the top of the block, leaving bottom side with toothpicks bare.

6. 
   Dry overnight.

   Your toothpick handles will now serve as legs for your potpourri wedding favors. Set each favor aside and let dry overnight.

7. 
   Wedding favors!

   Tie color coordinated ribbons around each favor as if you were wrapping a gift. Place finished potpourri wedding favors in center of your china. Beautiful!

Tips & Warnings

• It's a good idea to choose a work area where the favors can sit overnight undisturbed to dry, so take this into account before beginning.
• Once you've used the coffee bean grinder for your potpourri, this will become a part of your craft tools. You should purchase a new grinder for kitchen use only.

[moonglow]

on 3/14/2009 How clever...and they look so easy to make, especially with your clear instructions!

[bossypants]

on 2/21/2009 These little potpourri blocks look so cute! And, they sound like they would be fun to make -- and make the house smell good, too! Thanks for the sweet, simple craft with great results!

[aew4]

on 2/20/2009 What a neat idea! 5*

[Kallicat]

on 2/20/2009 Wonderful idea and very creative.

[e-Rambler]

on 2/19/2009 Cute, lovely, sweet little stuff. What else can I say? 5*