30 Wedding Favor Wrapping Ideas to Steal

December 10, 2013
Bryan Gardner

Your big-day favors deserve to be presented in style. These DIY wrapping projects will ensure your gifts catch everyone's eye.

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Bryan Gardner

We've all heard the expression, "It's what's on the inside that counts," but paying attention to presentation is far from shallow. Packaging can set a theme, tone, or mood—not to mention fashionably disguise the gorgeous gift beneath. Chic fabrics, papers, and prints upgrade any present while also letting receivers now how special they are to you. The finished product makes everyone happy—so clearly, it's time to get wrapping.

Are your wrapping skills not as strong as you'd like them to be? Then we've got good news: It's surprisingly easy to package gifts (whether they're welcome bags, wedding favors, bridal party presents, or holiday packages) beautifully without investing major time or money. Steal some of the following wedding favor-packaging ideas (and a few free templates, too!) and use them as inspiration for wrapping your own gifts, whatever the occasion.

Plus, wrapping up wedding favors doesn't have to feel like a chore. Grab your mom and your bridesmaids, pop some bubbly, and get crafty together. Working in a team, with the people who've stood by your side throughout the entire wedding planning process, will make a wedding chore feel more like a celebratory event. And believe us—having someone ready to pass the tape will seriously expedite the process. However you take on packaging your gifts, these adorable ideas are guaranteed to make an already-thoughtful gift feel even more personal.

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Take the Cake Boxes

Martyna Szczesna

Send guests home with slice-shaped boxes that look good enough to eat. Use simple supplies like paint, ribbons, pipe cleaners, hot glue, and faux fruit and flowers to make the cake boxes resemble the real thing. (The "whipped cream" on our cherry slice is piped collage clay, and the "icing" on the strawberry one is colored hot glue.) Fill them with themed candy, or have your caterer add cake slices.

Bayley's Boxes, Inc. Large Cake-Slice Boxes, $1 each, bayleysboxes.com

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From top:

R. Flower Fake Lemon Slice, $14 for 10,

amazon.com

. Gootrades Artificial Red Cherries, $8 for 50,

amazon.com

. Mod Podge Collage Clay in "Light Pink," $10 for 4 oz.,

michaels.com

. Recollections "Coral" Paper Flower, $5 for 2,

michaels.com

. DinoPure Artificial Strawberry, $11 for 30,

amazon.com

. GlueSticksDirect Pink Faux Wax Glue Stick, $7 for 12,

amazon.com

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Bark-Inspired Bags

Hallie Burton
50 Great Wedding Favors You'll Love

Setting up a candy bar on the big day? Slip sour gummies or chocolate bark (pun intended!) into wood-grain wedding-favor pouches lined with glassine bags.

The Paper Sand Box Wood Grain Favor Bags, 4" by 6", $7 for 25, thepapersandbox.etsy.com

. Paper Mart Glassine Bags, 3 3/4 " x 6 1/4", $21 for 1,000,

papermart.com

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Pine Tree Stamp

Hallie Burton

If you're getting hitched in winter—or getting ready to give out holiday presents—use a little pine-tree rubber stamp to turn simple kraft paper into festive gift wrap for favor boxes.

Worthwhile Paper Little Pine Tree Rubber Stamp, $12, worthwhilepaper.etsy.com

. Paper Farm Kraft Wrapping Paper, $18 for 100',

amazon.com

. Paper Presentation Gift Boxes, $15 for 10,

paperpresentation.com

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Pinecone Boxes

Hallie Burton

Make decorative pinecone boxes look even more natural with a coat of brown acrylic paint.

Martha Stewart Crafts Pinecone Decorative Boxes, $7 for 3, amazon.com

. Martha Stewart Crafts Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Craft Paint, in "Chestnut Brown," $2,

michaels.com

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Faux Wood Gift Box

Hallie Burton

Craft a vessel that looks like it's been whittled by painting lids of oblong wooden boxes with a faux-bois pattern roller and acrylic craft paint.

Paper Mart Oblong Wooden Boxes, $9 for 3, papermart.com

. Martha Stewart Crafts Faux-Bois Pattern Roller, $20,

michaels.com

. Martha Stewart Crafts Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Craft Paint, in "Acorn," $2,

michaels.com

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Patterned Paper Chocolate Wrap

Bryan Gardner

Talk about a sweet deal: Two chocolate bars packed together as one! We wrapped milk chocolate bars with pretty designs printed on plain paper, then tied the bundle together using silamide waxed nylon thread.

Download the Blue Dandelion Wrapping Paper Design

Download the White Floral Wrapping Paper Design

Download the Wrapped With Love Gift Tag

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Wrapped Journal Gift

Bryan Gardner

Try pairing that pocket journal with a trio of colored pencils to encourage brilliant thoughts. We wrapped the present in a pattern that you can print onto paper and use yourself! Secure with a cyan-hued yarn.

Muji Colored Pencils, $11 for 36, muji.com

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Download this Leafy Wrapping Paper Design

Download this White Floral Wrapping Paper Design

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Jar Favor Wrapping Idea

Bryan Gardner

Even a store-bought spread gets a personal touch with a floral label and matching lid cover.

Download the White Floral Wrapping Paper Design

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Soap Gift Wrap

Bryan Gardner

Crisp folds—sew the ends closed with a machine—and a paper band printed with a dandelion motif are fresh details for an even fresher surprise: soap.

Adirondack Fragrance & Flavor Farm Balsam Soap Bars, $10 each, newyorkmakers.com

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Download the Map Wrapping Paper Design

Download the Blue Dandelion Wrapping Paper Design

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Plant Gift Wrapping Idea

Bryan Gardner
Floral and Plant Favors to DIY for Your Big Day

Prettify a pot holding cheery imaptiens with a simple wrap. Add care info to the back of the tag.

Download this Leafy Wrapping Paper Design

Download the From Our Home to Yours Gift Tag

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Copper Gift Wrap

Jonny Valiant

To dress up a basic white gift box, apply metallic tape that's been cut at an angle.

Metalized Mylar Tape, from $7, uline.com

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Wax Seal Gift Wrap

Petra Bindel

Present small items (like homemade cookies!) in canvas-wrapped paper boxes, secured with twine and wax seals, for packages that are just as delightful as what's inside.

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Ornament Box

Aaron Delesie
We Adore These Winter Wedding Favors

House delicate ornaments in simple wooden boxes so guests at your upcoming holiday party can carry them home safely.

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Studded Gift Box

Bryan Gardner
Get the How-To

Top presents with brassy buttons for a sophisticated spin on the metal embellishments of the punk and glam-rock past.

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Glitter Gift Boxes

Con Poulos
Get More Sparkling Wedding Inspo

Plain favor boxes are easily prettified when dusted with subtly-hued glitter.

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Feather Gift Box Wrapping

Raymond Hom

Your friends and family will be all atwitter over gifts tied with ribbon and adorned with a feather tuft.

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Tied Fabric Wrapping

Bryan Gardner
Here's How Else You Can Decorate a Favor Box

Give your gifts a soft and sweet look by cutting a square of lightweight linen, setting the box in the middle, and affixing the two opposite fabric corners to the box top using double-sided tape. To finish, knot the other two together.

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Fabric Gift Wrap

Philip Ficks

Textiles make gorgeous (and easy and inexpensive) packaging for gifts. Simply wrap each item and finish with ribbon, yarn, or a rubber-stamped tag.

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Paint Splattered Gift Tins

Bryan Gardner

Take a brush to paper and use your creation to cover cylindrical tins, which get a cute finish from our free "XO" sticker clip art.

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Fringy Gift Wrap

Bryan Gardner

Embellish a gift wrapped with a simple length of twine with a keepsake leather tassel key chain.

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Stitched-Paper Gift Wrap

Bryan Gardner
Get the How-To

Gussy up a gift with a needle and thread. These special deliveries are adorable—and totally doable.

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Calligraphed Jewelry Boxes

Liz Banfield

Show your love for your friends by gifting them jewelry in calligraphed hexagon papier mâché boxes.

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Malachite Wrapping Paper

Bryce Covey Photography

Wrap gifts in malachite-print paper, tie them with a gold cord, and finish them off with a sprig of flowers.

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Marble Favor Wrapping

Ray Hom

For extra elegance, wrap favor boxes with marble wallpaper and tie with twine or thread.

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Stamps in Lieu of Wrapping

Bryan Gardner

Retro motifs can remind you to celebrate life at a slower pace—and showcase hobbies like biking, sewing, and reading. Use them to personalize notebooks with a rubber stamp, like these glasses, bikes, and scissors options. 

Muji Note Books, from $2, muji.com

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Stamped Gift Tag

Bryan Gardner
Your Guests Will (Literally) Eat Up These Edible Favors

A kraft paper gift tag with a silverware stamp hints at a culinary delight—actually a hunk of nutty Romano cheese—wrapped up in parchment paper.

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Metallic, Confetti-Filled Mailer

Bryan Gardner
Get More Ideas for Adding Metallics to Your Wedding

The opposite of junk mail: A metallic bubble mailer holding pink confetti and candles topped with heart-patterned tape.

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Thank-You Note Wrapping

Bryan Gardner
Creative Ways to Serve Coffee at Your Wedding

Give the fixings for a fine cup of joe. Buy the beans from a local roaster, stamp your many thanks on the bags, then fill 'em up.

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Parchment Paper Wrapping