Whether you are having a bridal shower, a wedding party or a baby shower, party favors should never be left out of your plans. Party favors is a term to indicate any gift given in the party for thanking those who attended, for providing additional fun and to serve as keepsakes for remembering that occasion.
There are many ways that party favors may be included in the celebrations. You may give favors when guests arrive. A good example of this is giving party hats and confetti to people as they come in the door. Favors may again be distributed in the middle of the party while the guests are interacting with each other. Such favors as little pouches of candy or cookies may be distributed for this purpose.
Besides being given to delight the guests and enhance the party atmosphere, party favors may be more durable. These do not come in the form of food or partying equipment. Included in this category of favors are trinkets and jewelry, coasters, wooden carvings, little crystal or porcelain statuettes, personalized picture frames, personalized water bottles and other similar things.
Although party gifts are generally given by the host of the party, some celebrations may require people attending to bring gifts or favors which are to be exchanged later on with the favors other people brought with them. This may be the case for a baby shower which mothers and their babies will be attending.
The traditional party favors were costly candies distributed in ornate tin boxes which were often adorned with birth stones. The first wedding favors were like this. Those impressive gifts were handed out as symbols of the pre-eminent social status of the host. Today, party gifts don’t need excuses to be given out, the more unexpected and dramatically packaged they are the more thrilled everyone will be.
Even the most ordinary things we use everyday will be acceptable as party favors given the right packaging and a sufficient dash of good humor. In this sense, giving favors is about embellishing common objects with a child’s rich imagination. The manner of wrapping up the item as well as the way it is presented to the recipient constitute the value of that gift for the party-goer. They don’t really care what is in the box so long as the ribbons rock.
Novelty stores and specialty vendors have a treasure filled collection of items that can be used as favors. On the other hand, looking at those unique and innovative products can provide inspiration for persons to concoct their own favors. At novelty stores you will see hilarious as well as charming and uncommon items. In specialty shops you have assortments of favors that may be distributed or used for weddings and baby showers.
To view items that were made to be used as party favors, you only have to search for them on the internet. The websites featuring them will have party masks, party hats, confetti fire crackers, favors for weddings, bridal and baby showers, fun gifts for debuts and graduation parties and many more items for other occasions.
Bennetta Elliott is a writer for Personalized Gift Express, which offers personalized party favors, message pen favors and personalized pen favors.
