Ideas for Cheap Favors..

For those of you planning a party and are on a very tight budget, money conscious or just looking to create your own inexpensive favors, there are many things you can do. Favors are just a way of saying "Thank You" to the guest who showed up at your event. Whether its a birthday party, wedding, cocktail hour or corporate function.

LeSoiree planned an Engagement party this month and favors were not required, per the budget. However, "WE" believe in some form of "thank you's", so we decided to incorporate some favors into the budget.

There are stores such as; The Dollar Tree, Walmart, Hobby Lobby, and many other online sources that provide adequate products for little to nothing. For this particular favor we decided to give out candy. At The Dollar Tree, we purchased little white boxes with handles. They come in a 12 pack for only $1, 2oz pack of Natural Shreds for $1, bags of candy (chocolates from Walmart for $1.99/bag) and Monograms for initials, 1 sheet for $.50. Now some ideas of how to put this together. If it's in your budget, you can spray paint the boxes, if desired for added attraction. Next fill the boxes more than half way with the paper shreds, add a few pieces of candy to the top and place the monograms on the front of the box. Also, as a added decoration to the box, you can tie a bow or ribbon, keeping the handles closed. Ribbon is always a cute idea because you can use their favorite colors as well as have them personalized with the party information.

With favors, you can't really go wrong. just make sure to choose something people will actually use or keep to remember this special day. You don't want your money to just go to waist because you selected a poor favor idea. And no matter what the ocassion, most favors can be designed to fit any event type.

For more ideas and tips contact LeSoiree..

K.Zaid

k.zaid@lesoireeeventplanning.com

404.591.5669