Homemade wedding favors

Make soap as a homemade

wedding favor

It actually takes very little skill to create decorative homemade soap with one of the kits you can buy at Michaels Craft store. You are going to need to buy the soap, coloring, and molds. It may be cheaper to buy the soap at the 99 cents store or in bulk at a Warehouse store. Michaels provides these instructions.

Step 1: Cut white soap into small squares, place in glass measuring cup or bowl and melt in microwave or double boiler.

Step 2: Add soap color. Pour melted soap into a design mold, not bar soap mold. Let soap cool for 10-20 minutes. To speed drying time, mold may be placed in refrigerator.

Step 3: Remove soap shape from mold and place face down into a bar soap mold.

Step 4: Follow step one to melt clear soap. Add fragrance if desired. Pour melted soap into bar soap mold over soap shape. Let soap cool, then remove from mold.

Follow steps 1-4 above to make additional soap shapes using white or clear soap. Add soap colors and fragrances as desired. If just a soap shape is desired, omit steps 3 and 4.

Homemade Wine glass Bead Charms

With a little wire from the craft store and some beads, you can make wine glass bead charms. The ones in this picture are from beau-coup.com and cost $8 for a set of six. Yikes. That's $800 for 100 guests. You can order all of the wholesale glass beads and wire you need for about $50 from a site like houseofgems.com.

Homemade favor Bags

If you know how to sew, you can make drawstring favor bags with organza or other pretty fabric. You can fill them with candy or homemade soap. The ones in this picture are from pouchmart.com for $1.50 each. But, it would cost a lot less to make them yourself. You could probably get organza or a similar fabric on sale for $10 a yard or less and you would probably only need a yard or two.

DIY Recipe Books as Wedding Favors

Ask people close to the bride and groom to provide their favorite recipes along with little stories about why this recipe is special. Make recipe books as favors.

Ehow.com has instructions for this recipe book on the right

DIY Wedding Favor Champagne Candy Glasses

Buy plastic champagne glasses and fill them with M&Ms or truffles. You may also be able to find wine glasses at the local thrift store. Your parents and other relatives probably have tons of wine glasses sitting in the basement that they never used and would be happy to get rid of. To really make them nice, you get get a glass etching kit at the craft store to put your names and the wedding date.

If you want to go disposable.Oriental trading sells clear champagne glasses for $8.99 for 20. You can cover the glasses with colored plastic wrap, tulle, or lace and tie with a ribbon

Homemade Wedding Favors