How to Create Summer Theme Wedding Favors
A summer wedding is enhanced by favors for the guests that relate to the season. It is fun and easy to create favors that will delight guests. A quick stop at a dollar store or a garden store will reveal many items that could be used to create favors with a summer theme. Some people like favors that will be used immediately such as food or flower seeds; other people prefer favors that will be kept forever as a memento of the wedding.
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Things You'll Need
- White lace fabric cut in circles
- White, yellow and pink ribbon
- Flower seeds and flower bulbs
- Ice pops in varied colors
- Tree seedlings
- T-shirts in bright colors
- Vases for flowers
Instructions
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Roll up colorful T-shirts and wrap them with a white or yellow ribbon. Use T-shirts in at least three different bright summer colors, like pink, yellow and red. Use one-size-fits-all shirts that may be used as a shirt or a beach coverup.
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Get ice pops in many colors. Wrap five ice pops per table with a yellow or pink ribbon. When these favors are displayed on a table with a white table cloth, the colors of the ice pops are lively and bring back memories of summer.
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Purchase vases for the older guests at the wedding who may like a traditional wedding favor. A vase is a classic gift to hold summer flowers. Wrap a yellow or pink ribbon around the vase to add a bit of color to the favor.
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Wrap packs of flower seeds and flower bulbs in circles of white lace fabric. Tie the favor with a white ribbon. Flower seeds will delight most wedding guests. Use perennial seeds so the flowers will bloom each year. Pick flower seeds that will grow well in the local area.
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Purchase tree seedlings and wrap the bottoms of the trees in white lace. Then tie a white, yellow or pink ribbon around the favor. Tree seedlings are a special gift. They will provide years of pleasure to the wedding guests. As the tree grows, the guests will think of the bride and groom and remember their wedding day.
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Tips & Warnings
Provide several different tables with favors so guests get to pick the favor that most pleases them. Have a special table of favors for the young wedding guests.
Set a budget for preparing your wedding favors and stick to it.
