Wedding Reception Favors

Wedding reception favors are not required but often expected at weddings. There is nothing in the etiquette guide that states you must send your guest home with wedding reception favors. However, ask any traditional mother of the bride and she will tell you otherwise. Mother’s will remind you how much your guests are spending on the wedding gifts they get you and how you should give them something other than a lavish party in return. In this case here are some great ideas for non-traditional wedding reception favors.

In the past people have given wedding reception party favors of Jordan Almonds wrapped in tulle. Today if you would like to stick with the idea of food why not go with M&M’s that have your initials painted on them. You could also set up a station of boxes that are empty and encourage guests to take home a tasty treat from your dessert table as their wedding reception favors.

Wedding reception favors can also be useful. If you are having an outdoor ceremony and reception why not have shawls on the back of everyone’s chair that they can use during the evening to keep warm and take home at the end of the night as their favors. Cute wedding reception favor ideas for a winter wedding are to get mittens for all the guests to keep their fingers toasty on the ride home. Wedding reception favor ideas for the Halloween season is to put mini carved pumpkins at everyone’s place that they can later take home and display on their doorsteps.

Wedding reception favors are also great if they can be used later. Create a CD of some of the music played the night of your reception that guests can listen to later. Leave small picture frames at everyone’s table so they will later be able to display memories of that night in style.

One last idea if you are still not convinced on the benefit of wedding reception favors is give something that is a gift for others. You could purchase “Until There is a Cure” bracelets in your wedding colors to give to guests; all the proceeds go to raise money for HIV and AIDS research. You could buy everyone bee’s through Heifer International and help the bee farmers around the world support the ecosystem. Go online and look up your favorite organization and see if there is a memento they sell that would make good wedding reception favors and give back to the world while giving to your guests.