Wedding Favors: Beach Souvenirs for Your Guests

Whether your wedding will be on a beach or you will just be using a beach theme, it makes perfect sense to please your guests by giving them suitable wedding favors. Beach theme wedding favors that evoke an ocean-side setting are ideal. This type of favor will help create the ambiance you want and be a lasting memento of your wedding. Each time a guest looks at your wedding favor, they’ll fondly think about your ceremony.

Of course you want to please your wedding guests, but you don’t want to overextend your budget either. Read this article to help you choose attractive wedding favors with a beach theme that are easy on the pocket.

You can easily make a simple and enjoyable seaside wedding favor by placing a small votive candle inside a small beach pail, which you can purchase at hobby shops. Buy several in assorted colors. Fill each of them about one quarter of the way up with colored sand, which you can also get at hobby shops. Put a candle into the sand and tie a colorful ribbon around the pail. That’s all there is to it! These are simple and inexpensive wedding favors, but they perfectly convey the ambiance of your outdoor wedding. Your guests will remember your wedding fondly when they see these favors in their home.

Another unpretentious and easy on the pocket option for oceanfront wedding favors is seashells. Visit party supply and hobby and craft stores to find shells that are unbroken and fairly uniform in size. While you are in the store, be sure to also pick up some low-cost fishing net material. Cut the fishing net into small squares. Place a few shells in the center of each square. Draw the corners of the square together and tie them with pink, blue or coral silk ribbon. This creates surprisingly appealing favors. Beach wedding guests will love them.

For another choice in wedding favors, beach themed magnets are charming. You can buy magnets in the shape of palm trees, starfish, seashells and other beach or ocean related designs. Your guests will likely display your favors prominently on their refrigerators, reminding them daily of your ceremony.

Place-card holders are another type of favor for a beach theme wedding. They will brighten your reception and at the same time, provide a treasured keepsake for your guests. Wedding and gift shops often stock inexpensive place-card holders that have shapes related to the beach or ocean, such as starfish, seashells, sailboats, dolphins and so on. Use these on your reception tables to hold small cards that specify the names and table numbers of your guests. When they return home, your guests will be able to replace the card with a photo and use your favor as a delightful alternative to a traditional picture frame. They’ll appreciate how they can put your favor to use, and they’ll often be reminded of your ceremony.

For practical, inexpensive favors, beach themed bookmarks top the list. Look for something durable and chic like plastic or chrome bookmarks instead of simple paper. Bookmarks topped by palm trees, starfish or even flip flops are easy to find and perfectly match your beach wedding theme. Bookmark favors are practical, too, and guests who love to read will especially appreciate receiving them. The bookmark will be even more treasured if you place it in a small album of photos from your wedding or a book of romantic poems.

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