Wedding Favour Ideas For Small Budgets

We bought mini photo frames that would double up as name places for the wedding breakfast and worked as favours. Initially we wanted to put photos of our guests in but since I have hand-writing that is neat enough, we just wrote the names in. It really worked well for the big day and there are many who are now using the photo frames for a special photo taken on the big day.

A friend recently, had a music/gig theme to his wedding. He opted for “back stage passes” that worked as the name places and favours.

I love these wedding favour ideas because they allow you to create something special for your day. You can make it part of your theme or include something practical for your guests afterwards—a constant way to remember your big day. This trick also cuts the cost since you only have to buy one item per person!

This is one of the best wedding favour ideas if there is something special from where you live. We had a Scottish sweet called Tablet, which we were going to make for our guests. Most of my family and friends had never heard of it and I do regret that we didn’t have the time to do it—but we spent more time getting our outfits sorted and we did a pre-wedding honeymoon since it was the London Paralympics 2012 at the time.

Almonds were once a favourite for wedding favour ideas, especially on small budget. Sugared almonds are affordable or you could coat your own so they are in your own colours. Sugar coated minutes or chocolates are also a popular option if you want something easily affordable for your small wedding budget.

One friend opted for making her own chocolate and orange chocolate lollies for wedding favours. They sat in the middle of the table and were well decorated to match the wedding theme. Personally, I never got to try one since my daughter decided she enjoyed her so much that she took mine! I heard they were good and they worked really well for their budget and wedding theme.

Wedding favours were originally small, decorated trinket boxes and you could use the traditional wedding favour ideas for your own. You don’t need to spend a lot to create these small and beautiful boxes. In fact, you could buy your own on eBay, Amazon and many other websites. The boxes also contained sugared sweets.

You could also create your own little trinket boxes. You can buy plain boxes and decorate them in your own wedding colours, whether with small jewels, ribbon or beads.

These trinkets could even double up as something else. They would make beautiful centrepieces on the table or you could add a name plate to them to create a name place at a dinner. Try trinkets in the shape of a chair with the name place resting on the seat of the chair. There are plenty of directions online to create your own boxes.

Those are just three wedding favour ideas for small budgets. They’re really simple to do and work really easily for different skill levels, wedding themes and needs. I loved doubling my wedding favours with the name places but you may want to show off your baking skills and create a special sweet for your guests.