Formal ideas/Favors

[UAlbanyAZD]

I was just wondering if anyone had some ideas on original formal favors! Our chapter has used beer mugs, pub glasses, etc.. you know the typical glass favors. This semester I was debating on ordering beach towels, pitchers, brandy glasses, candy jars or teddy bears. what do other chapters use for formal favors? I would love a new idea! Also, where is a good place to get them?

Also, where does everyone have their formals and what are they like? We usually get a banquet room in a hotel and then stay in that hotel for a night. Some chapters have award ceremonies, slide shows etc.. I want to make this formal awesome, so let's share some ideas!!

[GammaPhiBabe]

We did some really cute beach towels for a chapter here. They were embroidered and turned out really well. Another thing that's popular here is portable/collapsable coolers that hold a 6 pack of cans. Those are relatively inexpensive. The main thing is how quickly you need them and what quantity you need.

Oh, and my favorite formal was held on a riverboat. It was in the spring and the weather was beautiful. We also held one in an antebellum house...that was fun, too.

Good luck!

[Lil' Hannah]

I've been begging our social to get beach towels or can koozies since I've been here...either would be a good favor that would get a lot of use, and if girls in your chapter buy their dates favors too, then it's something the guys can use as well.

[33girl]

Boxer shorts, squeeze bottles, keychains maybe...the towels sound like a great idea too. Let's face it, you always need towels.

[FuzzieAlum]

A nice one is a photo album with the event name and your crest or letters on the cover.

[SATX*APhi]

What about candles?

[aephi alum]

You want something that people will use... champagne glasses tend to end up on display in the breakfront, but highballs, pint glasses, and the like get used. I still use the pint glasses from one of my semiformals as water glasses... but the champagne glasses from senior formal sit in the breakfront and gather dust. :)

Or you can do keychains. My local did a date party once called "The Heart of a Treasure" - sisters and their dates got keys on a keychain, and you had to find the person whose key matched yours - he was your date. The keychains were the favors.

A great-aunt and -uncle of mine had a 50th anniversary celebration when I was little - their favors were decks of playing cards. Don't know where they got them done, but it's an original idea. :)

[DGPhoney]

aephi alum makes a valid point, I guess I never thought about how we use the actual favors and all. My wine glasses and champagne glasses do sit and collect dust. But i do always tend to use candles and candy jars picture frames and Photo Books. So those are all the favors I use and like :D
Hope that helps

DGP~Honey~

[KSigkid]

A really cool idea I've heard is to get something like a beer pitcher, big mug/glass, and have everyone in the fraternity/sorority's names printed on it. It's something that can be used, plus you have everyone's name down on it.

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