42 Wedding Favors Your Guests Will Actually Want

No one should feel pinges of guilt at your wedding when they decide to throw out your useless wedding favor.

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1. Personalized Lip Balm (for a Winter Wedding)

The average person loses like, one lip balm per week (it’s scientifically proven) so we can all appreciate a new one. Especially if you pick yummy, off-kilter flavors like Strawberry Champagne and Blueberry Ginger.

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2. Donuts

For morning hangovers all across the board.

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3. S’mores Kit

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4. Jar of Jam

Passes TSA regulations!

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5. Mason Jar of Moonshine

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6. Water Bottles

We can all use an extra one of these.

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7. Sunglasses (for a Summer Wedding)

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8. Coffee Beans

You can buy these pre-packaged personalized wedding favors from Etsy.

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9. Salt Water Taffy

Especially in yummy flavors like hazelnut and pumpkin.

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10. Succulents in Tea Cups

These adorable favors might be a pain to travel home with, but on the plus side, they pull double-duty as place cards.

According to user MeowyPrincess on Reddit: “I’ve found people on gumtree/Craigslist who have whole gardens of them who’ll let you take cuttings for a few dollars.”

Get the tutorial here.

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11. Mojito Kit with Muddler

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12. Tiny Stickers

Okay, am I the only person who really wants these?

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13. Homemade Limoncello

Get the recipe here.

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14. Cute Tote Bag

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15. Mini Sketchbooks

Get the tutorial here.

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16. Journals

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17. Bottle Openers

You can buy these antique key bottle openers here.

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18. Classy Hangover Kit

Include a small bottle of water or Gatorade, ibuprofen, and an eye mask.

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19. Cookie Cutters

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20. Candles Made from Thrifted Teacups

Include a cute, simple matchbox embossed with a stamp.

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21. Cute Containers of Local Honey

Go the extra mile and infuse the honey with something CRAZY like peppercorns.

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22. DIY or Vintage Ornaments (for a November or December Wedding)

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23. Instagram Coasters

Just be sure to include beautiful, meaningful photos and not just photos emblazoned with your face.

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24. Sriracha Salt

It’s remarkably easy to make.

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25. Cookie Buffet with Take-Away Containers

Buffets rule. Everybody loves a good buffet.

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26. Shot Glasses

Everyone could use an extra shot glass.

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27. Luggage Tags (for a Destination Wedding)

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28. Small Containers of Vanilla Extract

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29. Customizable Nail Polish

These make an adorable favor for bridesmaids.

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30. Charity Donation Made in Your Guest’s Name

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31. Small Bottles of Mead

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32. Single-Use Cameras

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33. Set of Colored Pencils

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34. Tiny Pies in a Jar

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35. Pretty Soaps

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36. Seed Paper

It’s paper that you can plant! Just make sure if your wedding takes place in the park that there aren’t rules about handling seeds.

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37. Homemade Granola

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38. Tea Diffusers

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39. Booze

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40. Flip Flops

The ladies in heels will appreciate these.

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41. Tasteful Temporary Tattoos

Get ones that people might actually want to wear.

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More dainty options.

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42. Candy-Filled Mugs

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