5 Ideas For Eco-Friendly Wedding Favors
Going green is easier said than done, especially when it comes to a wedding. From picking the perfect dress to reception decorations, you’re so busy putting together such a big event it can be hard to think about ways to make it environmentally friendly. Despite best efforts, it’s not always possible to meld your wedding vision with what is better for the environment, but that’s where wedding favors come in. Typical wedding favors are bags of various personalized candies, playing cards, or sunglasses that most guests end up throwing away or putting in a random drawer in their house. Instead, use your money on wedding favors that are eco-friendly and guests can use in their everyday lives. We’ve listed below our top five eco-friendly wedding favor ideas to help you brainstorm!
Reusable Tote Bags
If you’ve stepped foot in any grocery or retail store recently, many of them don’t offer plastic bags for your items anymore or they offer them for a fee. We’ve turned to collecting as many reusable bags as we can and storing them in our trunk, but if you’re new to this whole eco-friendly thing, handing out tote bags as wedding favors is a great way to help reduce the production of plastic. You could even turn it into a fun activity at your wedding by having paint available for guests to decorate their bags!
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Flower Pots
In addition to giving away flower centerpieces at the end of the night, a great wedding favor is mini flower pots. They’re small, so they don’t require too much maintenance and can be planted in at-home gardens or just put on the windowsill as decoration. Wrap the pots in fabric or place them in a box to double as place cards for your guests to eliminate excess paper waste!
Custom Seed Packets
You can buy dozens of seed packets either for your favorite flowers, vegetables, or fruits and place them on your guests’ table settings. You can even create small packages or paper slips for the seed packets to be put in that have your name and wedding date. If you happen to have any extra seed packets you can place them around the centerpiece for guests to pick up if they want more.
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Eco-Friendly Candles
A universal gift that everyone will love – candles! They smell good and can be enjoyed by your guests beyond your wedding day. Some regular candles can contain chemical additives that are bad for the environment, so when you’re purchasing your favors make sure to look for ones that are eco-friendly or organic. A quick Etsy search and you will find tons of candle options made of soy wax or essential oils!
Donations to Organizations
If you’re looking to make a bigger impact with your wedding favors, you can skip out on the gifts altogether and donate to charities that are helping the environment in your guests’ names instead. Then leave placards on each of your guests’ table settings letting them know what charities the money went to and what they do to help the environment.
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