How to Make Wedding Favors

Help out your favorite bride-to-be with these crafty ideas.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ribbons
• Rubber Wedding Stamps
• Bells
• Flowers
• Photo Albums
• Vines
• Bubble Baths
• Polaroid Cameras
• Polaroid Film

1. Fill clear glass ornament balls with dried flowers. Insert a ribbon with the name of the couple and the date written in silver or gold. Tie a bow of white ribbon on top.

2. Have a white ribbon printed with the bride and groom's names. Tie it in a bow and place it on top of some big silver bells.

3. Decorate small vine wreaths with dried flowers to match the bride's bouquet. These make cute napkin rings.

4. Cut the stamens out of some long-stemmed, white silk or plastic roses. Fill small mesh bags with rice and tie the tops with white or silver curling ribbon. Hot-glue a mesh bag into the middle of each flower. Untie the bows if you want to toss the rice at the bride and groom.

5. Make labels with the date of the wedding and the bride and groom's names on them. Stick them to bottles of bubbles.

6. Have a wedding portrait drawn by a court reporter or newspaper cartoonist.

7. Instead of a guest book, take Polaroid pictures and have guests sign their pictures. Put these pictures into a photo album.

8. Have the bridesmaids carry lanterns, which will double as bridesmaids' gifts. Cover them with ivy or flowers.

9. Make party crackers, with fun gifts placed inside of empty paper towel rolls, wrapped in pretty tissue paper. Tie the ends with curling ribbons.

10. Have postcards made using the best engagement photos and write a special note on each.

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on 12/27/2008 Fun ideas.

on 9/4/2006 Take one Hersey kiss and hug. Put them together at the bottom. Push a floral wire stem (heavy enough to hold the rose up) through the top of the kiss and into the bottom of the hug. Cut colored cellophane, the color of the wedding (the kind for easter baskets) into squares large enough to cover both the hug and kiss. Twist the cellophane around the wire. Add a rose leaf twist that wire around the cellophane. Add floral tape to hold the rose leaf and the cellophane and to cover the floral wire. Make a small label that says "A Hug and A Kiss from Mr. & Mrs. **** with the wedding date. Pass out at the wedding or reception, I put them in a large vase for a vase of roses.

on 11/22/2005 Take a clear plastic spoon, put two Hershey's Kisses on the spoon, wrap the scoop in a square piece of tulle, tie the tulle in place with a piece of wire long enough to attach a message at the tip of it, take a piece of ribbon long enough to make a bow with and slide on two plastic silver or gold wedding rings and then tie onto the spoon. Make up a message on a business card sized piece of paper that says "A spoonful of kisses from the Mr. and Mrs." Punch a hole in the upper left hand corner of the message and attach to the spoon using the wire.

on 11/22/2005 Purchase a box of 24 votive cups with candles already included at a discount store. Take tulle and wrap each set then tie off with coordinating silk ribbon. Accent with a small silk flower bud or any other accent that you would desire. Set one at each place setting at your reception as a small "Thank You" gift for attending.

on 11/22/2005 My cousin married a man with Mexican heritage, so for favors they bought mini cactus plants in terra cotta pots from WalMart. They then handpainted the pots with their names and the wedding date, and tied care instructions around the pot with a ribbon.