Favors for Rustic Outdoor Wedding

Rustic Themes and Favors

A rustic outdoor wedding can be themed beyond ceremony decorations and reception decorations. Whether you have a western wedding theme, a harvest theme, fall/autumn theme, or apple and pear theme, choose your favors to reflect the rustic outdoor atmosphere.

Choose favors that have a special meaning to both you and your spouse. Then add a rustic element to your theme. For example, a couple who loves baking together and is having a John Deere themed wedding may hand out tractor cookie cutters with a favor tag tied on with wheat grass.

Homemade favors, simple candy favors, and purchased favors can all be charming mementos of your outdoor wedding.

Homemade Rustic Favors

Nothing gets more rustic than a homemade wedding favor. Not only can making your own favors save you money, but guests will appreciate the efforts you went to creating their mementos.

Consider what talents you have that can translate into making favors. Are you an excellent cook? Can you sew? Does your finance have woodworking skills? Look outside yourself to find others who have similar talents that can help make favors, such as recruiting a bridesmaid or father of the bride to help if they are willing.

Rustic favors that can be homemade include:

• Potholders in wedding colors
• Homemade jams/preserves
• Carved wooden Christmas ornaments
• Single-serve soup starters
• Bookmarks using scrapbooking materials
• Decorated cookies in the shape of leaves, tractors, covered wagons, or animals
• Homemade soaps
• Homemade candles

Attach a wedding favor tag to each homemade favor that expresses your gratitude for their attendance at your wedding. Be sure to include recipes for food favors.

Simple Candy Favors for Rustic Outdoor Wedding

Not all favors have to be homemade to be rustic. After all, a busy bride and groom may not have time to sew 100 potholders or carve 200 wooden ornaments. Instead, look for ways to incorporate a rustic feel without a lot of work.

The easiest way to give a rustic feel is to use wedding favor boxes or bags filled with candy. Just choose a container that has an outdoor country feel to it, and fill with candies. Bags and boxes with a country feel include:

• Woven favor tote bags
• Mini terra cotta flower pots
• Mini pails or buckets
• Miniature bird’s nest

Plain boxes or bags can be easily decorated to become the perfect favors for rustic outdoor wedding celebrations. You can glue dried flowers or pressed fall leaves onto the top and sides of a box. Attach a colorful silk flower bloom to the top of a box. Bags can be tied using hay or twine.

Choose candies that are in your wedding colors or in rustic reds, oranges, greens and browns. Candy coated chocolates, Jordan almonds, and jelly beans make excellent choices for favors.

Shopping for Rustic Outdoor Favors

Just because you are having a rustic outdoor wedding does not mean you have to do everything yourself, including making favors. Instead, take advantage of the wedding retail industry and purchase rustic favors that fit your outdoor theme.

Choose favors that fit into your wedding budget and that your guests will enjoy. Suggestions for rustic favors include:

• Fall in Love Leaf Soap Petals
• Country Cow Candles
• Sunflower Wedding Favor Showering Can
• Twig Votive Candles
• “Love is Blooming!” Seed Pack

Local craft stores or country-western shops may offer a variety of rustic wedding favors for you to browse. Large arts and crafts shows can also offer favor ideas or connect you to a vendor who can make a unique favor just for your wedding.

Pick favors for rustic outdoor wedding that reflect your wedding style, taste, and your personality. Whether you choose to make your own or buy the favors, tying it into your theme can really make a statement to your guests.