Creating the perfect party gift/ favour at home!

It is always nice to have a little gift for guests, sometimes called party favours, at your event. At weddings and baby showers these gifts are becoming a 'must have'. 

These gifts are a lovely gesture, help make the table settings look even better and best of all give your guests a keep sake from the event. This said they can be very expensive and really increase your final budget. 

At Jess' recent baby shower each gift received a lavender sugar scrub. These gorgeous little scrubs were homemade, were easy to make and best of all didn't break the budget. 

The final product! 

The inspiration and recipe was gained from Maybe Matilda www.maybematilda.com/  by the very creative Rachel. Below is the recipe with some Australian suggestions.

What will you need...

-mixing bowl and spoon

-three cups of white sugar (we found just run of the mill sugar worked best. Caster sugar was a little too fine)

- One cup and 2 Tbsp of oil (we used both olive oil and canola oil. Canola oil provided a lighter colour)

-10 drops of scented essential oil (we used lavender of course! It can be purchased from good chemists and health food stores)

Now the easy bit combine the sugar, oil and essential oil together stirring gently. So easy and smells delicious!

Lavender oil- available at health food stores and chemists.

Rachel has some cute ideas on how to create little jars for the scrub however to create the look we wanted we used the following...

Glass Jars: Thank goodness for IKEA! It is totally worth facing the crowds for these gorgeous little jars- the RAJTAN spice jars (http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/60179815/) at $2.49 for four jars this is a bargain and they are the perfect size! If you can't make it into the store you can also buy online at www.ikea.com.au. 

Jar labels: To finish off the jars we ordered sticker labels from zazzle.com . Zazzle is great as you can personalise the label to exactly what you want and need. This includes colour and wording so the gift becomes very personal. 

The labels (arrived in sheets of 20).

The final product looked fantastic and finished off the table settings perfectly.

Final cost per gift was AUD $2.50 which included the scrub, jar and labels! (this was on 40 gifts) 

These are perfect for a baby shower or hens night. The jars and labels would also be perfect for a wedding. Imagine these filled full of chocolates or lollies.... you could even have guests fill the jar from the lolly buffet at your event! (Jars and label costs = $1).

Gifts of the table at the Baby Shower.

Enjoy!!

Hayley and Jess xx