Favors That Double as a Centerpiece

Trying to save money when planning a party is always a challenge.  For my daughter's Christening party, I wanted to make something that would double as centerpiece but also as a favor so that I wasn't stuck with 15 centerpieces in the end.  Doing some research online I discovered Wanderfuls.  They are such a great idea!  I knew that they had to be expensive because any website, in my opinion, that I have to call to get a price is never a good sign.  After calling I was blown away by the price they quoted me at and thought to myself...I can make them for way cheaper.

So I looked online for plastic tubes that I could use for filling with candy.  They were fairly cheap when you buy in bulk.  I bought a bunch of candy from Target to fill the tubes with.  Then came the tube topper.  I decided to make a tissue paper flower for the topper.  Tissue paper you can always purchase from the Dollar Store.  

Tissue Paper Topper

I then made tags to hang from the tube with a picture of my daughter and the date of her Christening.  I just purchased scrap paper from Michael's and cut out tags.  I ordered stickers with her picture and information from Shutterfly.com.  You usually can always find some kind of coupon code for Shutterfly.  

Finished Tube

Finally I just needed to get vases to put the favors in to look like a flower bouquet centerpiece.  IKEA is the best place to find inexpensive good quality vases.  I  purchased each vase for only $1.99!!!  You can't beat that! 

All in all:   In the end each favor cost under $2 a piece.  They were such a hit!  Best part is that I wasn't stuck with centerpieces in the end and saved a ton of money!  

Finished Centerpiece