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Bridal Shower Party Favors
Throughout the Seasons
You will never find yourself completely lost for bridal shower party favors. It's true. Even without a theme or any cohesive element at all, you have lots of exciting options for bridal shower favors. Why? Because there's something in the air. Always. Sure, right now you may be most sensitive to the exhilarating buzz of the bride's wedding preparations. But consider the setting or backdrop to this excitement. Perhaps it's the unmistakable crispness of autumn or the languid summer sun continuously beckoning you outside. Each beautiful time of the year evokes its own suite of emotions within us. Bridal shower party favors make perfect little vessels in which to capture that essence. They unite the beauty and wonder of the season with that of love.
Fall Bridal Shower
Put a twist on the familiar sights, scents, and tastes of autumn with these fall bridal shower favors.
Scented soaps shaped like autumn leaves.A rustic-looking picture frame accented with fall branch designs. Caramel or candied apples.A cookie cutter in the shape of a maple leaf.Squares of pumpkin fudge.Jars of potpourri containing dried orange slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves, tiny pine cones, dried flowers, and other fillers you prefer. Be sure to choose an essential oil to provide the dominant scent as well as a fixative.Homemade oatmeal cookies, with cranberries if you like. Attach an individually-wrapped tea bag to the favor bag for a delicious pairing. Adorable salt and pepper shakers designed as miniature apples.Caramel popcorn. Please follow the link to my own family recipe!An intricate, leaf-shaped bookmark.Apple cider mix.
Creative Ways to Package Fall Bridal Shower Party Favors
Tuck homemade cookies or bags of candy into miniature wooden wagons or baskets lined with raffia.Spruce up plain favor boxes by making your own autumn-inspired wrapping paper. Use a leaf rubber stamp and two ink pads of different colors to make cool, random designs. Or create old-school potato prints! Cut a potato in two, and sketch a basic shape into one of the halves. Scoop out the excess around your design, so that only the shape you want is raised. Happy printing!Tie fall ribbon or raffia around your bridal shower favors.Stash candies into a sophisticated favor box featuring a die-cut leaf design and bright ribbon.
Winter Bridal Shower
In chilly months, delight your guests with favors that speak of comfort, warmth, and all good things.
A spicy candle.
Photo coasters adorned with a sweet snowflake print.
Peppermint bark candy. Yum!
A love-themed Christmas ornament.
Gourmet hot cocoa.
Snowman tea light candle.
Miniature wreaths.
Cookie cutouts in the shape of snowflakes, cardinals, snowmen, and evergreens. Decorate as desired!
A snowflake bookmark.
A wintery potpourri mix.
The Atlantic Spice Company offers lots of interesting potpourri "recipes" to try!
A pair of warm gloves.
Creative Ways to Package Winter Bridal Shower Party Favors
Present ornaments in clear top favor boxes, available at craft stores. This keeps it both protected and easily visible to your guest.
A table-top sleigh decoration festively stores all of the favor bags until the end of the bridal shower! Place the sleigh in a central location so guests can take a favor as they leave.
Evoke thoughts of Christmas by covering favor boxes with wrapping paper. Use your favorite store-bought design, or make it yourself by stamping images onto a wide roll of paper!
Spring Bridal Shower
Celebrate a love that keeps on growing. Nature-inspired favors make a fresh statement at springtime.
Jars of local honey.
Plantable wildflower paper. Sweet, heart-shaped plantable favors are especially fitting!
 Individually-wrapped fine tea bags.A variety of herbs planted in tiny galvanized pails. Insert a labeled popsicle stick into each pot to act as a garden post of sorts!A lovely, butterfly-shaped bookmark. Homemade jam.Pink floral photo coasters.Flowers planted into miniature terra cotta pots.Elegant candles featuring floral embellishments.
Creative Ways to Package Spring Bridal Shower Party Favors
Fill small, galvanized pails or watering cans with candies, mints, or berries. Be sure to rinse the containers with hot, soapy water before using them.On your computer, create personalized labels for honey or jelly jars. Include the bride's name, the bridal shower date, a border, graphics, a fun phrase - whatever you want! Print your labels onto sticker paper, available at office supply stores.If you'd prefer to keep the guest tables free of favors, keep them in a large, pretty basket until the shower ends. Inside the basket, drape gingham fabric, available in a rainbow of cool shades. It effortlessly suggests breezy springtime picnics.Tie ribbon or raffia just below the rim of flower pots and pails.
Summer Bridal Shower
Honor the warmest time of year with favors that will help your guests enjoy it all the more.
Popsicle soap looks as yummy as the favorite summertime treats. They even have sticks!
A pair of flip flops.
Lemonade mix.
A mini, beach-inspired pail with a built-in candle.
Personalized tubes of lip balm in scrumptious scents.
Margarita gel candles.
Creative Ways to Package Summer Bridal Shower Party Favors
Cheery, colorful "beach" pails hold bite-sized favors.
Tie favor bags with ribbon lined with fun summertime motifs.
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