Create Fun with Bridal or Wedding Shower Favors
It is common knowledge that the host or hostess is bound by tradition to include party favors to thank the guests for attending. Normally, these are some sort of small, low cost items that make good keepsakes. Different party favors exist for different types of parties, including bridal or wedding shower favors for a bridal or wedding shower.
One thing that a lot of people do not realize is that bridal and wedding shower favors can be used for other purposes at the party. These items can be used as inexpensive decorations depending on the theme of the shower. This allows the hostess to place them to make the site of the party look better and have less cleanup to worry about afterward because part of the decorations go home with the guests. Decorating with bridal or wedding shower favors and letting the guests have them as “Thank you” gifts after the party can be a fun way to incorporate the favors into the party.
Another common attraction of these items is ordering a few extras to be placed in gift bags and awarded to the winners of the various games played by those attending the shower. These extra favors are usually chosen to be a little bit more valuable than those given to everyone, so that the winners feel that they have been rewarded for winning. This is a low cost alternative to choosing more different items specifically for use as prizes.
Today, not all bridal showers are for the ladies alone. More and more often, the event is put together with the groom and his friends invited as well in what has come to be called a “Jack and Jill” wedding shower. At this sort of wedding shower, the company is mixed, which will affect the activities that take place, and the shower gifts are usually given to the bride and groom as a couple instead of just to the bride. There are still many different wedding shower favors that are good for decorating and giving to the guests in mixed company.
As for prizes for the winners of the games, hostesses sometimes order items that are appropriate for men or women, or order a few feminine and a few masculine gifts. They are then able to set up prize bags for women and bags for men and award the bags according to the gender of the winner of each game.
Having a bridal shower for the bride-to-be or a wedding shower for the couple is a tradition that goes back over 200 years. Some say even longer. In recent years, there has been a move toward giving favors as “Thank you” gifts to the guests at all sorts of parties, including bridal or wedding shower. Bridal or wedding shower favors do not cost a lot, but they can be used for multiple things at the party. They can be a part of the decoration, placed on a table for each guest to take one, or placed in bags and given as prizes to the winners of the games played.
