One of the best parts of planning a wedding is coming up with homemade wedding favor ideas.
Wedding favors are little tokens of appreciation that are presented to everyone who shares the happy couple's big day, and do-it-yourself wedding favors are a great way to provide guests with a thank you gift that has a personal touch.
Most wedding favor crafts projects are relatively inexpensive, making them a wonderful alternative to pricey pre-made favors.
Soaps and Candles Homemade soaps and candles are popular crafts that more and more people are choosing to distribute as favors.
Even if the idea of making your own soap or candles initially sounds difficult, it's not as bad as you may think.
Step-by-step instructional videos are readily available online, and some crafts stores even offer beginner courses in soap and candle making.
Scent and color are the two main aspects of these potential homemade wedding favors, and both can easily tie into your wedding.
You can create purple bars of soap or purple candles if your main wedding color is purple, or perhaps you'd like to offer your guests lavender-scented goodies to remind them of your choice of wedding flower.
Homemade Cookies and Chocolate-Covered Strawberries If you'd like to take the "edible" route for your wedding favors, that's fine, too! Just be warned: the days of passing out pastel-colored Jordan almonds are over.
Homemade cookies are an easy treat that you can make for your wedding guests, but it's a good idea to get a little more creative than traditional varieties like chocolate chip.
Sugar cookies are also an old standby, but cutting them into the shape of hearts and decorating them with icing and sprinkles to look like Valentines is a fun way to symbolize the love shared at your wedding.
Chocolate-covered strawberries are a fancier alternative to cookies, and your friends and family will think you went shopping at Godiva just for them! They'll never need to know that you made these sweet delicacies all by yourself, and it's actually quite easy to do.
You can melt the chocolate right on your own stove top, dip strawberries down into it, and let them dry on wax paper.
You'll need to refrigerate your strawberries, so you can't make them too far in advance.
You can package them as creatively as you'd like, but small plastic bags should be sufficient.
Homemade soaps and candles are a great gift that guests can use after the wedding, while cookies and chocolate-covered strawberries will probably get eaten instantly.
Either way, don't forget that your choice of wedding favor is up to you.
Just be sure that whichever homemade wedding favor ideas you decide to use, you have fun while making things!