Ideas For Asian Themed Wedding Favors

Choosing wedding favors can be a lot of fun, especially when they're for a themed wedding. If you've chosen an Asian theme for your wedding, you'll find Asian themed wedding favors to suit any style from the simple Zen of a Japanese wedding to the splashy, bright festivity of a Chinese pageant. If you're looking for a unique memento to send home with your wedding guests, you might try one of these Asian themed wedding favors ideas.

To invoke good luck, fill transparent Chinese food takeout boxes with foil-wrapped coins stamped with the symbol of double-happiness. Add a dramatic fringed red and gold bow and a ribbon stamped with your names and the wedding date.

Or - fill the takeout boxes with custom made fortune cookies dipped in creamy chocolate. You can order them by the dozen, and with 'fortunes' naming the bride and groom and wedding date along with a more traditional fortune.

For a more elegant remembrance, create Asian themed wedding favors with silk-screened miniature fans. Tie a narrow satin ribbon around its base and tuck a sprig of lily of the valley into the bow.

Another clever Asian theme wedding favor can be created from a pair of black-lacquered chopsticks stamped with the names of the happy couple and their wedding date in gleaming gold. Use gold or red ribbon to attach a tulle-wrapped package of candied almonds to each pair.

A favorite wedding favor for an Asian themed wedding is a living bamboo plant. The graceful plants symbolize good luck and endurance, and can be presented in any number of attractive ways that suit your wedding style. A four-inch shoot in leaf wrapped with a red satin ribbon imprinted with the wedding details in gold is festive and formal at the same time. The same four inch shoot in a jade-green vase can be as delicate and elegant as the bride herself.

A traditional decorating motif in a Japanese wedding is the crane. The birds are symbolic of long life and peace, and they mate for life, making them the ideal symbol for a wedding ceremony. Use origami cranes as part of your Asian themed wedding favors. Use transparent glue to attach them to the surface of a small mirror and add a twig or sprig of bamboo. If you can afford it, have the mirror itself inscribed with the names of the bride and groom and the date of the wedding.

Let your wedding guests take home their toast glasses. Add your own special touch to turn them into Asian themed wedding favors. Instead of using the caterers wine glasses for the toast, purchase wine glasses and have them engraved with the wedding details. Encircle the stem with a wine charm - use Chinese good luck coins, or incorporate more symbolism. Brightly painted wooden koi fish charms are said to bring good luck, and add a colorful note to the table.