Ideas for Cheap Autumn Wedding Favors
A fall wedding can be a beautiful affair, with the leaves turning on the trees and the smell of autumn in the air. However, regardless of the time of year, weddings can be very expensive. According to Wedding Report Inc., the average cost of a wedding in the United States in 2010 was about $24,000. Instead of breaking the bank, look for ways to save money in any area that you can. Wedding favors can be one such area. With a little creativity and determination, you can easily make wedding favors on the cheap.
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Favor Boxes
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Purchase small favor boxes in bulk at a party supply store or on the Internet. The boxes can match the wedding's fall colors; look for brown, dark red or orange ones. Fill the boxes with inexpensive chocolates or candy-coated chocolates. The brown color of the chocolates will complement the fall theme. Decorate the boxes with fall-colored ribbons and a paper leaf gift tag with your names and the date and location of your wedding.
Flower Bulbs
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Flower bulbs are a perfect symbol for fall and make a great wedding favor. Purchase a bag of fall-planting flower bulbs and small favor boxes. Fill each favor box with raffia or artificial moss, and place several flower bulbs on top. Close and tie each box with autumn-colored ribbon or raffia, and include a special message on the box or on a gift tag with your wedding date and your names. When guests plant the bulbs, they will remember the wedding day each time the flowers bloom.
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Sugar Cookie Cakes
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A great way to save money is by baking your guests a wedding favor. You can make mini wedding cake favors by baking round sugar cookies in three different sizes. After baking, use the largest cookie as the base and layer the next biggest size on top until you have three layers. Each layer should have two cookies to give the cake some height. Be sure to frost each cookie before layering it; the frosting acts as glue. Give the sugar cookie cake autumn flair by using fall-inspired colored frosting and gold-leaf accents or decorating the cookies with fall-colored candies and sprinkles. Place the cookie cakes in clear boxes and tie them with fall-colored ribbon.
Chocolate-Dipped Apples
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Apples are one of the great symbols of autumn. An inexpensive way to use apples as wedding favors is to make chocolate-dipped apples. Purchase bags of apples and different types of chocolate -- dark, milk and white -- along with some paraffin wax to help the chocolate harden. Place wooden sticks in the top of each apple and dip them in melted chocolate and paraffin wax. Decorate the chocolate-dipped apples with drizzled chocolate, gold leaf or autumn-colored sprinkles.
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