Whether you are planning a seaside celebration, or simply planning to incorporate a tropical theme into your ceremony, it makes sense to give your guests wedding favors. Beach themed favors that reflect the ocean-side setting are best. This helps create the ambiance for your event and serves as a fashionable reminder of your big day. Each time your guest sees your wedding favor in their home, they will remember your ceremony lovingly.

This article will help you choose the best beach themed wedding favors for pleasing your guests while protecting your budget.

A votive candle placed inside a miniature beach pail makes a simple yet fitting seaside wedding favor. To create these favors, beach pails need to be purchased. These are readily available at hobby shops. Pick up several colorful plastic pails. Fill each pail ¼ full with colored sand (also available at hobby shops), place a votive candle in the sand and tie a brightly colored ribbon around the pail. That’s it! These simple and inexpensive favors will perfectly convey the mood and feeling of your beachside ceremony and will evoke fond memories for your friends and loved ones.

Another unpretentious and easy-on-the-pocket option for oceanfront wedding favors is seashells. Visit party supply and hobby and craft stores to find shells that are unbroken and fairly uniform in size. While you are in the store, be sure to also pick up some low-cost fishing net material. Cut the fishing net into small squares. Place a few shells in the center of each square. Draw the corners of the square together and tie them with pink, blue or coral silk ribbon. This creates surprisingly appealing favors. Beach guests will love them.

Magnets with a shape and character related to the coastal environment also make charming favors for a seaside ceremony. You can choose magnets in the shape of starfish, seashells, palm trees or any other form that reflects the seaside surroundings. Your friends and loved ones will likely keep your favor displayed prominently on their refrigerator where they will see it often and be reminded of your blissful event.

An alternative style of favor for an oceanfront ceremony is place-card holders. Place-card holders can brighten the atmosphere of your reception and also give your guests a keepsake. Wedding and gift shops typically sell inexpensive place-card holders in the shape of sailboats, starfish, seashells, dolphins and others. Place these on tables at your reception to hold cards with your guests name and table number. Back home, your guests can insert a picture and use the place-card holder as a fun, hip alternative to a more traditional picture frame. Guests will appreciate having a practical use for these wedding favors and they will be reminded of your celebration often.

Finally, for practical and inexpensive wedding favors, beach themed bookmarks are our favorite.  Instead of simple paper bookmarks, opt for something classier and sturdier such as plastic or chrome. You can easily find bookmarks topped with starfish, palm trees, or even flip flops to blend perfectly with your tropical theme. Bookmarks are also practical. Guests who are avid readers will particularly appreciate them. To make this an even more cherished memento, place the book mark in a book of love poems or a small album of photos from your ceremony.