Casual wedding reception favor ideas? (Beach/Tiki theme.)?

Question

I am having a casual backyard reception with just some close friends and family. (About 20-25 people, half of them probably under the age of 12.) My colors are raspberry, orange, green, and natural or "tan" color for loosley themed tiki or tropical idea. My invitations had a tan naturally speckled color (like dark recycled paper) for the background, and a heavily textured cream colored linen paper for the foreground with brown Papyrus font, cream colored flowers, and a brown twine tying it together. The cake will be white with pink and orange roses and green vines. The backyard is huge, and we bought a 13' pool for the kids to play in. We will have white paper lanterns, bamboo, barbecue chicken, rice, a variety of salads, maybe some spam musubi, and punch, etc...

I REALLY need ideas for favors. (If you mention Jordan Almonds I'll throw up...lol) Something UNQUIE. Something that the whole family can enjoy.

Answer 1

Inflatable beach balls!!! (For the kids or for everyone!) to play with. (They come bulk in Oriental Trading!)

Oriental Trading also carries candles in tropical themes, small galvanized sand pails, sunglasses and tons of other things you could give as favors.

www.orientaltrading.com

Good luck!

Answer 2

Yep, Beach balls or other pool toys like rafts or those floaty sharks and whales.

If you really want to get crazy, water guns and super-soakers. Or any of the water toys they sell at the dollar store.

Answer 3

i had a casual wedding reception and we did scratch off lottery tickets for favors

http://www.celebrations-galore.com/store...

Answer 4

For the adults I would give something cooling.  perhaps a bottle of water with some labels you make on your comp and a paper umbrella or woven palm fans (you can also put your programs on the fans and have them do double duty on the chairs)

For the kids just go to dollar tree and pick up tons of water toys like water guns, beach balls, or other small prizes.  You can even get some of those diving sticks and stuff and hold small contests where the kids can win candy or more toys.  Maybe even get some of those plastic water bottles shaped like tiki totem heads or pineapple cups and fill them with a yummy slushie or smoothie.

If you want something edible you can always pick up some Tropical trail mix from the grocery.  They have stuff like macadamia nuts and dried fruit in them.  We put a note saying "happy trails" on ours but you can look up how to say goodbye or something in hawaiian for your tags!

Answer 5

Hi, maybe you can try beach wedding favors?

http://www.aweddingfavorite.com/sitefile...

Answer 6

i agree with the oriental trading. They have tons of party favors. OR...Go to Party America will have beach themed stuff especially this time of year. If you wanted to make the table decorations a good idea is to get those canning jars and fill the bottom with sand and put a candle in them...wedding colored or white and then i would tie a wedding colored ribbon across the top. That is inexpensive and then maybe each guest could take one home or each family.

Answer 7

I'd go with beach style candles.