Wedding "favours"?

We made sloe gin which was decanted into little bottles and created little packs of wildflower seeds for our DD's wedding - both well received

If it's somewhere hot little fans?

Ok .. I suppose honey on a plane is a no-no .. But the tradition of giving wedding favors is nothing new ..

I think something handmade from the mother of the groom is a lovely idea. It makes the wedding more personal and reflects the good wishes of all present, who will probably all be family or close friends.

Wedding favours in general I could not be bothered with but something small and personal to the groom sounds lovely.

The most enjoyable weddings I have been to - and longest lasting marriages have all been where the wedding has contained elements of being 'home made' from one where absolutely everything was done by the family from dress to flowers and food, to another, where friends decorated the church hall the reception was held in.

So sorry, I have no ideas, but if you do take crackers, make sure they have no 'snap' in them as it is illegal to take them on an aircraft because the snap has an explosive on it.

We went to a wedding recently where every guest was given a card with "Advice to the married couple " on it. A doctor amongst us wrote ' Always check unusual lumps'

Two years ago my younger son ( actually aged 44) and wholly compatible partner aged 37 had a great wedding in a huge tent. Every place had a hand made folded paper fortune teller - the kind you used to make at school with flaps to open with answers to questions. The wedding ones had comments from bride and groom about one another. The questions were on the outer folds and the answers on the inner ones. It made a pleasant thing to take away.

Hi sounds like nice idea but you will need to check what is allowed on board a flight as don’t think fire crackers would be allowed. With food and plants you would need to check if they are allowed as well. You don’t want disappointment of them being confiscated.What about small pictures of bride and the groom when they were children.... one cute picture could be copied enough times for however many guests and clipped onto the place settings. Lightweight and inexpensive but effective and will make people smile. Let us know what you decide.

If it is somewhere hot - what about hand held paper colourful fans- useful and pretty? Men can have plain ones!

Yankee candles do some lovely wedding favours

This sort of thing - probably many charities do them:
shop.cancerresearchuk.org/wedding-favours

But DO check with the bride that she doesn’t mind....

I went to a wedding where the favours were charity pin badges.
The sort that are metal and go through the lapel. They were all different sorts - something for everyone.

Sorry, shysal. Silly me.

You won’t be able to carry crackers if you are flying as they are explosives.

My daughter got married recently and I know she would have been annoyed if anybody else decided what should be on the tables although she was open to suggestions. I do feel strongly that you should not interfere with somebody else's plans especially on such an important and potentially stressful day. However I wish you and your family a very happy day.

As far as I know, and recall from childhood, the tradition of favours comes from the fact that the cake was decorated with 'favours', and they were removed, and the bridesmaid went round with them on a tray after the meal, offering one to each female guest. I remember that they were usually silver rings, horseshoes and small flowers and suchlike. After the cakes were no longer decorated in such a way, the tradition of offering a small memento seems to have continued, albeit with different 'souvenirs'.

Have you checked with the bride whether she wants favours or not?

It was Luckygirl who suggested snowdrop bulbs. Even if they were allowed I doubt they would grow. Snowdrops are best planted in the green.

And don't believe you are allowed to take bulbs etc into another country without an import licence.

shysal, unfortunately snowdrops don't grow in many countries and although it is a nice idea this will only work in Britain.
I haven't been to a wedding for ages but my grandson is getting married next year. Thank goodness I wont have to supply any wedding favours. Wish I'd been at the wedding Beckett went to. There would not have been any chocolates left on the table.

Wedding favours can't be a new idea as I can remember them from relatives' weddings in the '40s and '50s. My DiL chose to give the traditional sugared almonds in little gift bags. At my nephew's wedding in NZ, we were given little boxes containing a replica of the top tier of the wedding cake. I was able to bring some home for relatives who could not attend the wedding.

When DD married I made small lavender bags,cross stitched with their initials and date of wedding and tied with ribbon to match the flowers. I only made them for the ladies and it wasn't a big wedding!
I would think OP would need to be careful about taking crackers,flower seeds etc abroad as I don't think Customs allow them.

I was going to suggest flower seeds. We were given these at my nephews wedding.
However, a word of caution, it is not possible to import any type of flora n forna into sever foreign countries.

Before my daughter got married 11 years ago we all wandered along the beaches near our home collecting shells. Daughter then wrote the date of the wedding on them and they were then placed on the tables as decoration so if anybody wanted to take them they did. Almost every one was taken home. BTW we don't live in the sun but on the SW coast of Scotland. Simple is best don't fret about the favours, just enjoy the day.

My DD was married abroad and as she has married an Australian they printed koalas on shot glasses - stuck the transfers on themselves from their own design. These held a card with each person's name and she gave out koala bottle openers for the men and glittery koala key rings for the girls.