The guests were presented with memorable souvenirs. We delight guests at the wedding - we prepare original gifts for guests

There are no special requirements for gifts for guests - this is an expression of gratitude on the part of the bride and groom for the fact that their friends and relatives were able to share the joy and attend such an important holiday for the newlyweds. However, you still want the gift to please and be remembered, and not go collecting dust in the closet immediately after your wedding. What options should be considered in this case?

Bonbonniere. Traditionally, this is the name given to a box of sweets, and its contents can be anything - from sweets (regular store-bought or handmade) to fashionable wedding gingerbread cookies or exquisite candied flowers and berries. This is the most versatile gift, which can also be decorated as a real small work of art - when the sweets are eaten, guests can use the bonbonniere itself as a box, piggy bank or jewelry box. You can make bonbonnieres yourself by buying beautiful boxes in a souvenir shop, and a sweet “filler” in the confectionery department.

Natural flowers. Small beautiful pots with real green plants will fit well into the table decor, and at the end of the holiday they can be given to guests. You should choose unpretentious plants that can easily withstand transportation and will not require special attention during the preparation of the banquet hall and the banquet itself. Cacti or dwarf bonsai trees are good for this purpose.

Mini copies of the bride and groom. Small compositions repeating the figures from your wedding cake, or porcelain store-bought couples, complemented by inscriptions with the names of the newlyweds and the wedding date, or beautiful heart magnets for the refrigerator with your common photo - there are a lot of options, choose the one that suits you best. Guests will be doubly pleased if the signatures on the figures are personal, with the names of the guests.

Photoshoot. Photographers are present at all weddings, but usually 90% of all photographs are of the newlyweds from different angles and reportage shots. Give your guests the opportunity to get good staged photos with their participation. To do this, you can make a special photo zone with good lighting and interesting props, and at the end of the evening, distribute flash drives with their photographs to guests or print out the photos and attach them to a special magnetic board, from where guests can take their favorite shots when leaving home. This option will require the presence of a second photographer at the wedding, but the pleasure of the guests is worth it.

Author's soft toys. Fashionable now, small monsters and animals made of fabric, sewn and painted by hand, will appeal to all guests, regardless of age. When ordering toys from a craft store, you can ask the manufacturer to add a useful feature to them, for example, a key ring or anti-stress “balls.” Continuing the wedding theme, you can order “paired” toys, with the guest receiving one “half” along with the invitation to the wedding, and the second - upon arriving at the holiday.

Scent pads. Sachets - pillows or bags with herbs and petals - will add comfort to any home; they can be decorated with suitable embroidery or design, and the contents can be selected in accordance with the wedding theme. The pine aroma will remind your guests of an eco-style wedding, rose petals, lilac or lavender flowers will remind them of a flower festival. You can also use more universal scents, such as coffee or juniper.

And a little more about how you can present your guests their gifts in an original way:

Hang on the wedding tree - let each guest choose a gift to their liking, and instead hang a wish for the newlyweds

Fishing. The attraction comes from childhood - in the hall you can put a large container, for example, an aquarium or a children's pool without water, and put fishing rods next to it - guests will enjoy not only the gift, but also the process of “hunting” for it.

Shop. At the very beginning of the holiday, guests can be given game “money”, which they can exchange in a specially arranged “shop” for memorable gifts of their choice. This can also be used when holding competitions, playing with the same game bills instead of the usual small souvenirs.

At Kazakh weddings, traditionally, at the end of the celebration, a caravan of “toybastar” gifts is brought out - a tray or a beautiful bag with gifts according to the number of guests is placed on each table. And usually in toibastar you can find small souvenirs made of felt - small yurts, camel figurines, skullcaps, pieces of inexpensive fabric or scarves, packs of tea, boxes of chocolates, inexpensive jewelry - rings, earrings, etc. The eldest of those sitting at one table distributes gifts among the guests or offers to choose as desired. It was such inexpensive trinkets that partly gave birth to the Kazakh tradition of re-giving gifts.

But you can approach this issue more thoughtfully: so that this gift is practical and memorable.

1. Recently, it has become a good tradition to give all guestsbonbonnieres- small beautiful boxes containing sweets, small chocolates, chocolate-covered nuts. They are usually ordered from printing houses, but you can make them yourself, depending on the number of guests. Bonbonnieres can be placed on the table next to the cutlery before the start of the banquet or given to each guest during farewell.

The size, color, shape and decor of the bonbonnieres can be any. The only rule that it is advisable to follow here is that all the bonbonnieres are the same, so as not to stand out and thereby offend any of the guests.

There are many options for their execution: bags, boxes, baskets, envelopes, in the form of a chest, hat, etc. You can write your wedding date, the names or initials of the newlyweds, words of gratitude on them. At the same time, by keeping gift boxes in the same design and color scheme with other elements, you will be able to effectively support and complement the wedding style.

In addition to a tasty surprise, the bonbonnieres may contain a tea bag with the label “Hot like our love.”

2. Fridge magnets with a wedding theme or the wedding date of the newlyweds. You can depict anything you like on wedding magnets - your photographs, drawings, pictures, caricatures, any inscriptions. A magnet can also be placed on the place where one or another guest will sit. Also, different types of wedding magnets can be ordered for drawings in competitions. Magnets with humorous inscriptions and funny pictures are great for this. Wedding magnets can also make great wedding invitations.

3. Handmade soap.Regular soap can hardly be called a holiday gift. But the original mini-products made from handmade soap look very stylish. An excellent solution would be to engrave it with your initials or wedding date.

5. Wine corks or bottle openers. A gift in the form of a bottle cap is a very useful gift. The handle can be decorated with a photograph of the bride and groom, inscriptions or love-themed pictures.

6. Spices

The salt and pepper shakers are an inseparable couple that add spice and flavor to life. A very symbolic gift for a wedding.

7. Seeds and flower bulbs. You can pack seeds and flower bulbs, small pots of violets or other flowers in original burlap bags. Eco-gift guaranteed.

8. Personalized chocolate. You can buy standard tiles, remove the top wrapper from them and wrap them in a new one, which can be printed in a printing house or on a good color printer.

9. Honey or jam in glass jars. You can make homemade jam or honey and pour it into stylized glass jars, add fabric, twine and name tags. Perhaps this is the most warming gift.

10. Caricature artist. You can invite a cartoonist to the celebration. During At weddings, he will draw a lot of guests, so the guests take all the drawings as gifts.

A gift or compliment to guests does not have to be expensive! Its most important goal is to say words of gratitude to your family and friends for coming and sharing your joy with you. The main thing is attention to your guests.

The tradition of giving gifts to guests at a wedding appeared relatively recently in our country, although it has existed in Europe since the sixteenth century. In Russia, it was customary to give a small gift with you after the wedding feast. Now both the heroes of the occasion and the guests loved her very much. Guests will take away cute souvenirs that will remind them of the holiday. And the newlyweds will share a piece of their love and happiness.

What gifts should you give your guests?

The most common today are bonbonnieres. These are small elegant boxes or bags for sweets. You can fill them not only with regular sweets, but also with wedding cookies with the initials of the newlyweds. They are beautifully decorated with rhinestones, ribbons, and flowers. The owners will be happy to use this box as a jewelry box. The main thing is that the bonbonnieres are the same for all guests. This way you won't offend anyone. As an exception, you can prepare souvenirs that differ in color separately for women and men. An interesting and pleasant addition to the bonbonniere will be a small card attached to it with wishes to the guest and gratitude.

A type of bonbonnieres - sweet hearts in transparent packaging. They look no worse, only the emphasis is on the content. Modern confectioners create real masterpieces, richly decorated with mastic, candied and fresh berries, fruits and even fresh edible flowers! Such souvenirs can not only be placed on tables, but also placed in one large basket. When seeing off the guests, the bride and groom will give each person leaving his bonbonniere and thank the guest.

Natural flowers. A very practical option. Throughout the entire festive banquet, they will emphasize and complement the style of celebration you have chosen, and at the end, guests will take them home. Flowers will delight their owners for decades to come and remind them of your wedding. You just need to be careful when choosing the type of plant. After all, they not only have to get to the ceremonial table, but also stand on it for more than one hour. The best option for such a gift could be a small cactus or very popular trees today - bonsai. And cute violets, also unpretentious in transportation and care, will remind their owners for a long time about the happy union of loving hearts with their flowering.

Small figurines of the bride and groom. These could be figurines with your names. Which depict the groom in a tailcoat and the bride in. You can also consider magnets, keychains, flash drives, etc. An individual inscription with wishes for each guest will ideally complement such a souvenir.

Photoshoot. Traditionally, in wedding photographs, about ninety percent of the shots are dedicated to the bride and groom. Guests will be very pleased if you invite a second photographer especially for them. By the end of the wedding reception, their photographs can be presented on flash drives decorated with your initials with the date of the wedding. Or you can place the already printed frames on a special magnet, from where each invitee can take the image they like. Such a gift is undoubtedly more expensive, but guests will appreciate it.

Predictions. It's always fun and interesting. You can invite a real soothsayer or simply hire an actress who will predict fate and tell fortunes to those invited throughout the holiday. Great fun. Or you can prepare Japanese fortune cookies for your guests. In Japan it is traditionally baked for New Year's holidays. Why isn't a wedding an excuse? A good option would be a pre-prepared deck of cards with a picture of the guests and a prediction on the back. The newlyweds, naturally, are the king and queen of hearts! After the holiday, each guest can take their card with them. But! All predictions must necessarily promise a rosy future. If the fortune teller is real, do not forget to warn her about it.

Hand made. Also a great option to please your guests. It's trending now. These could be, for example, soft toys with anti-stress filling. Or clay gnomes, wooden amulets, horseshoes, straw birds of happiness. An excellent option would be paired dolls, one of which you will give with the invitation, and the second at the wedding. In handmade stores you can not only choose from ready-made works, but also order something special. Craftsmen will be happy to fulfill an individual order.

Soap. You can prepare such souvenirs for your guests yourself. It can be in the shape of hearts, with your initials inside. To add a special charm, it is enough to add a few drops of the favorite perfume of the groom (for the male guests) and the bride.

Sachet. These fragrant bags will give a spiritual atmosphere to both the festive hall and the guest house after the celebration. They can be filled in accordance with the theme chosen for the wedding. In addition, if you decorate them with embroidery with your names or the names of your guests, your guests will most likely fill this bag with their favorite scents again and again. It is important that the color of the sachet is in harmony with the design of the banquet hall.

An album with the most significant moments of a wedding or wedding would be an excellent gift. In the future, guests will be able to fill it with their favorite shots. Such a souvenir will be especially charming today, because many of us have long been accustomed to storing our footage exclusively in electronic form, sometimes even forgetting what is there.

A mug in a wedding style with the guest's name on one side and your names and photos on the other is good as a gift.

If there are not very many guests, then a porcelain or earthenware dish with your image and wedding date will be an excellent souvenir. A bottle of elite alcohol with your photo instead of a label would be just as good. Expensive, but among the guests are the closest people!

To summarize, it should be noted that no matter what gift the newlyweds give to their guests, it will always be a pleasant end to your holiday, and will give pleasant memories to its owners for a long time! If you have planned, then read our special article. It discusses the main points that you should pay attention to when preparing a wedding at this time of year.

OPTION 1
1. The most common and popular gift are bonbonnieres. In the classical sense, these are elegant boxes for sweets. In the old days they could be made from both porcelain and glass. For a wedding, you can order ordinary cardboard bonbonnieres and decorate them with beautiful silk and organza ribbons. And if there are not many guests at the wedding, then you can make them yourself. To do this, you just need to pick and choose beautiful thick paper.
Lollipops, marzipans, nuts, and Rafaello-type candies are placed inside these boxes; it depends on the time of year and your personal preferences. Bonbonnieres can be placed in a large beautiful basket and distributed to guests at the end of the evening. Or, if you attach a name card to each box, they can be placed on plates at the very beginning of the evening.

OPTION 2
For example, the bride and groom can prepare a CD for their guests with the music they chose for their wedding and with an original sticker or autographs of the newlyweds.

OPTION 3
As gifts for guests, you can choose sachets - these are bags filled with aromatic herbs (for example, lavender, rosemary). It’s easy to make such sachets yourself, you just need to choose the fabric for the pillows and bags in the same color scheme as your wedding decoration.

OPTION 4
In addition, decorative candles and small bottles of essential oils can be used as gifts for guests, but this is only if you know for sure that there are no allergy sufferers among the guests.

OPTION 5
Another gift option for guests is souvenirs related to the theme of your wedding. For example, if you are having a Chinese-style holiday, these could be decorative fans. If the celebration is in Latin American style - maracas. For a Wild West style wedding - a sheriff's star or any other prop. In any case, your guests will have only the most pleasant memories to remember your holiday.

The best way to make the invited guests remember the celebration for a long time is to present them with gifts. This could be a nice little thing that is useful in everyday life, a decorative decoration on the wall or for a coffee table, jewelry, or a memorable disc with a recording of the celebration of an event. Depending on the theme of the wedding, you can please your guests with sweet gifts in beautifully designed packages or miniature bottles of champagne with memorable inscriptions and decor. The article describes in detail what gifts can be given to guests at a wedding.

Interesting gift ideas for guests

Sweets

The simplest and most unpretentious gift option for wedding guests is chocolate, chocolate candies or figurines. Chocolate bars in packaging that replicates the decor and colors used for the wedding. The figurines can be made to order in the confectionery in the form:

• bride and groom
• wedding symbols, doves,
• hearts, flowers.

Beautiful packaging, ribbons and an inscription on the box - a stylish bonbonniere is ready. These gifts can be made with your own hands.

Alcohol

A gift can be like this. A miniature bottle of champagne, wine or cognac, with the names of the guests and the date written on it. Plus decor with flowers and ribbons.

Non-standard approach

What if you want something original? Interesting idea with a gift disc. What entry should I make? There's no point in recording the entire wedding, it's boring. This kind of work will require a professional. Record the most interesting moments during the wedding. Registration, the kiss of the newly made husband and wife, their dance, the most interesting toasts. An even more interesting solution for recording to disk. A “wedding journalist” will be needed to interview guests. Guests are invited to tell on camera an interesting story about the bride and groom, or wishes for the newlyweds. Although, guests will only be able to receive such a gift after the wedding. The task can be simplified. Give a gift in advance. Create a recording, a short film about wedding preparations, consisting of photos and videos. This will also be interesting.

Wedding favors

Souvenirs reflecting wedding symbols. Figurines of cupids, the bride and groom, two swans or doves.

No. 5 Gifts in the form of hygiene products, bath accessories, perfumes or cosmetics, namely: - handmade fragrant soap in gift packaging,

• aroma candles,
• essential oils,
• salt or bath foam,
• mini perfume.

Towels or handkerchiefs embroidered with the names of the guests will also be a good souvenir.

Natural flowers

An original gift - fresh flowers in bright colored small pots.

Fruits

Bonbonnieres with fruits, fresh or overseas.

And sweets again...

The symbol of the sweet life is a jar of honey or jam with a postcard from the newlyweds.

Useful gifts

Pleasant benefits for guests:

• glasses, mugs, plates with a dedicatory inscription from the newlyweds,
• kitchen utensils, coasters for dishes, sets of potholders or fabric napkins, decorative bottles with colored cereals,
• t-shirts,
• photo frames,
• small format photo albums,
• stationery such as notepads, pens, notebooks, key rings.

No. 9 Hand-made gifts. When organizing a themed wedding, make soft toys, fabric or wicker dolls (for a Ukrainian-style wedding). Handmade napkins.

Seasonal Gifts

Depending on the time of year when the wedding is held, choose appropriate gifts and colors for decoration.

For winter - baked goods, sweets, Christmas tree decorations, if the time is right. Colors - white, blue, silver, before the New Year - red and white.

In spring - the color of young greenery, blue, lilac, pink. As a gift, you can choose blooming violets in pots.

In the summer, you can make gifts in a marine theme, gifts in the form of souvenirs-magnets for the refrigerator. Sets of fruits in mini-baskets decorated with fresh flowers are also suitable.

Gifts in autumn - decor in orange, red and gold tones. Jars of jam, honey or preserves. Fruit liqueurs in shaped bottles. Charms and talismans for the home, using ears of wheat or rye. Straw rugs for the hallway or kitchen furniture.

Gift decoration

These could be boxes:

• rectangular,
• round,
• in the form of boxes.

Paper envelopes of various shapes, original paper bags, wicker baskets. Gifts packaged in the form of candies. Fabric bags with ribbons. For decoration, use satin or organza ribbons, beads, decorative paper or fabric flowers, and colored feathers. Silver or gold braid, cords, multi-colored packaging tape, canvas bags and twine, lace.

How to give

Give gifts during competitions. But not all guests will participate in competitions, and gifts should be given to everyone. Therefore, the rest of the guests should be given gifts at the end of the event.

Set up a display case or artificial gift tree for gifts. If the gifts are small, in bonbonnieres, place them on the seats.

Gifts for guests don't have to be expensive. Attention is important. By showing a little imagination, you can pleasantly surprise your guests, add variety and leave a memory of the event.