Ideas For Cheap Wedding Favours

Make Your Own Favour Bags and Boxes 

• You can make simple bags for sweets by buying tulle from your local haberdashery. Use a plate, about 9 inches in diameter (depending on the size of bag you need), as a template and cut the tulle into circles. You could use standard scissors or pinking shears for a zig-zag edge. Then simply place the sweets or other gift in the centre, bunch up the tulle and tie with a small piece of matching ribbon. Really easy and very cheap!
• Doilies make great cone shaped containers for small sweets (and are so cheap to buy). Select the size of doily you want e.g. small plate size or saucer size is usually best. Simply roll the doily into a cone shape. Fix the cone with a Glue Dot and you're done.
• You can also use the cone trick with coloured paper or card, bought from your local stationer or craft shop. Follow the instructions for doilies above.
• Buy plain boxes and decorate them yourself with ribbons and bows. It will be more cost effective for you doing it this way. You can buy ready-made bows or use pull-bows for an easy and very effective decoration. Again, just fix the ribbon or bow with a Glue Dot.
• If you're feeling a little bit more adventurous you could make the box yourself. There are lots of templates around, but if you have to make lots it could take a lot of time.