Party Favors For Special Occasions

Perfect Party Favors For Fantastic Guests!

Party favors are fast becoming popular and indispensable at most parties.

You may be planning for a birthday party, holiday party, corporate event, special event, baby shower, wedding party, engagement party, graduation party or a gala dinner and dance. It will be a great gift for your guests to bring home party favors to remember the party or event. It shows your thoughtfulness and creative gift presentation, it is your special way of thanking your guests for coming.

It is also an important item and a great opportunity for the company to thank their guests who may be the customers, partners or associates. It is also a chance for branding, whether it is to reinforce the corporate brand or new products.

Giving away generous party favors can be a marketing strategy to retain customers' mind share of the corporate brand or an opportunity for new and existing customers to taste or use the new products.

Do give creative, unique and practical favors, and if the gift is beautifully wrapped or packaged, it will increase the excitement and earn many praises from your guests. Best of all, you will create fond memories of the party or event for both yourself and your guests!

Party favors can be categories as follows:

1. Engagement

2. Wedding Favors, Bridal Shower

3. Wedding Anniversary

4. Bachelor / Bachelorette Party

5. Baby Shower

6. Bar Mitzvah / Bat Mitzvah

7. Holiday Party

8. Baptism / Christening

9. Corporate Party or Events

10. Graduation Party

You can order your party favors to match your party themes or season, these are some theme gifts available at the stores:

Theme party favors

1. Beach

2. Environmental-Friendly

3. Garden

4. Heart Shape

5. Asian or Multi-cultural

6. Christmas Party or New Year

7. Sports (Golf, ski, tennis etc)

8. Las Vegas

9. Travel

10. Food and Wine

Party Favors by Season

1. Spring

2. Summer

3. Fall

4. Winter

There are many stores and online party suppliers offering personalized, religious, practical and edible favors.

You can also choose favors according to the price range and wholesale packages. This way, you can save a lot of money for your other party expenses. Many stores offer them packed in beautiful favor boxes or bags, some even come complete with ribbons and tags!

Do some research, shopping and compare quotations before you decide on your gifts.

For personal parties like birthdays or weddings you can consider making your very own party favors if you planned your party early and have extra help.

Why not make your items from recycled materials? Purchase your items from stores or online in bulk and during sale season will definitely help you save a lot of money. Make it a point to take note of this in your party planning checklist.

Here's a few party favor ideas:

1. Reuse bottles, jars and cans

Wash, dry and reuse bottles, jars and cans. Get some ribbons or paper dollies to them dress up. Fill the bottles, jars or cans with your home bake cookies, home made jams, pasta sauces, preserved fruits or pickles etc.

2. Clothing or fabric

Extra fabric like satin, organza, tulle from your last sewing or your old, beautiful dress with accidental stains can be reuse and made into quilts, patchwork, cloth dolls or favor bags. You can put in scented candles or potpourri in your home made favors bags.

3. Reuse paper, magazines, invitation cards or cardboards

Cut out the interesting pictures from printed paper, magazines, brochures, invitations cards or cardboards and reuse them to make favor boxes. Cut out stripes and glue a montage on cardboard boxes.

4. Handmade potpourri sachet or bag

Plant or collect herbs like rosemary, thyme, pandan leaves or flowers like rose, lavendar etc and made them into potpourri. Put your homemade herbs or potpourri in sachets or satin/cotton fabric bags (fabrics should be left over from your last sewing)

5. Beaded jewelry or embroidered bags or shoes/slippers

Buy a large box of beads in different kind of shapes for example, seashells, crosses, moons and stars etc. String them in colorful metallic strings or metal clasp to make earrings, bracelets or necklaces. You can also sew on sequined or beads on plain colored bags, fabric shoes, sneakers or slippers.

6. Bookmark made from recycled paper or card and press dried flowers and cones

You will need to collect dried flower petals, leaves and press them in very thick phone directories for at least a few weeks. Buy recycle paper or art card and design your very own bookmarks or gift-wrap or favor boxes. In each box, add in dried leaves, cones and flower petals and your personalized bookmark.

Whether you are making your own or buying them off the shelves or having them custom made. Do spend some time and thought on the practical need and uniqueness of your gift.

May your party favors be the one that is most beautiful, outstanding and treasured by all your guests!

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