11 of the Best Wedding Favour Ideas

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Looking for favour ideas that won’t be left behind? Check out these 11 awesome ideas!

1. Plants & Seeds (above)

If you’re looking for a cute token guests can use, green fingered guests will be delighted with a plant or sachet with your favourite flower seeds. Irish Company Secret Seeds sell heart shaped seedbombs full of Irish wildflower seeds that will bloom in to wildflowers so guests will always remember your Big Day. Add a lovely ‘Let Love Grow’ label to it to make it all the more romantic!

Photo by Corner House Photography via Melissa Hearts Weddings

2. Love Song CD

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If you’re looking to personalise your favours or play up the romance of the occasion, a CD filled with some classic love songs is a super sweet favour idea. Another cute idea is to create a soundtrack to your day with a mix of fun songs guests will love listening to afterwards.

Photo by Andy Barnhart via Style Me Pretty

3. Take Away Drinks

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Practical and tasty, take away drinks are budget-friendly and are a nice little DIY project you can take on yourself. Fill mason jars or sachets with bulk bought tea leaves, cocoa or coffee beans. If you’re going the hot chocolate route, top them off with some chocolate shavings or marshmallows to make them look the part!

Photo by Andrea Dozier &Simply Photography via Ruffled  

4. Take Away Treats

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The way to your guests heart is defo through their tummy! Anything edible will go down a treat. Think personalised sugar cookies, cupcakes, donuts, even sticks of rocks as a nostalgic throwback. Your guests won’t forget to pop anything that can be devoured on the taxi home (if it makes it that far, chances are they won’t last past the speeches) in their bag! For more edible favour ideas, check out 6 Awesome Edible Wedding Favours here.

Photo from Sean & Maria’s real wedding by Tomasz Kornas Photography

5. Candy Buffet Sweeties

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If you’re looking to invest in one fun novelty item instead of individual favours, guests will be chuffed to see a candy buffet or ice cream van make an appearance. Lay out old school favourite like Refreshers and Cola Bottles along with some cute paper bags so guests can stop by for some treats to enjoy on the way home or as a pick me up after some dance floor antics.

Find a Candy Buffet Supplier in Your Area!

Photo from Julie & Sean’s wedding by Michelle Prunty Photography 

6. A Personal Memento

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Another alternative to individual favours is to use the cash to fund a photo booth or something cool like a caricature artist. Talented caricature artists can create a personal memento of each guest and give them a laugh while they’re at it! A photo booth is another awesome way to give guests a little something to remember the day by. Guests will be only too delighted to have a few hilarious prop filled snaps of themselves to take home and pop on the fridge.

To find Photobooth Suppliers in Ireland click here!

Photo of Mark Heng Carciature Artist from Rachel & Robert’s real wedding by David Maury Photography

7. Mint To Be Mints

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Another practical and cute idea guests will LOVE is to leave a basket of mints with adorable ‘Mint to Be’ labels on them in honour of the Big Day! If you’re not a mint fan, sachets of peppermint tea are another lovely alternative.

Photo via Fab You Bliss | Photo via Wedding Chicks

8. Store Cupboard Essentials

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If you’re looking for a token that guests can take home with them, the likes of chutney, jam, honey, pesto, hot sauce and olive oil will always find a home in your guests cupboard. And you can pretty them up with cute labels and slogans like ‘Love is Sweet’ for honey favours, ‘Spread the Love’ for jams or marmalade and ‘Thanks for Spicing Up Our Special Day’ if you go for a hot sauce.

Photo by Emily Steffen Photography via The Knot

9. Matchboxes

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Matchbox favours are perfect for cosy autumn or winter weddings but are a handy little gift for guests year round! Make up some cute labels to pop on shop bought match boxes – use everything from your initials, wedding dates or names to a super cute ‘The Perfect Match’ sleeve.

Photo by Stephanie Hogue Photography via Style Me Pretty 

10. Something to Toast the Happy Couple With!

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Keep guests in good spirits with a shot of your favourite tipple! No doubt, guests will only be too happy to toast the happy couple then and there or at home some evening.

Photo from Tara & Fionan’s real wedding by DKPHOTO 

11. Hangover Kits

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If you want to give guests a laugh and ensure they’re prepared for the morning after, leave out hangover supplies or fun little kits to help guests with the recovery whether it’s bags of crisps, coffee sachets or painkillers to help them get going. You can pick up cute ‘Hangover Kit’ canvas totes on Etsy or if you’re looking to make your own DIY version, add ‘love is the best medicine but this might help too’ to some plain paper bags and you’re sorted!

Photo by Gavin Casey