There is a common custom in Western culture to give party favors to all the guests attending a party. These are small gifts given as token of gratitude or as a souvenir by the host to all those who have attended such a party.
This practice of giving party favors started from giving wedding favors in Europe in medieval times. It was regular practice among European aristocrats and royal families to give gift on such occasion which was known as bonbonniere.
The bonbonniere was a small jewelry box made from costly material like crystal, porcelain or precious stones. These boxes contained sugar cubes or food candies. In the thirteenth century, these bonbonnieres were replaced with almonds coated with sugar.
Another type of party favors given to the guests are not expected to be long lasting mementos. They are basically to be used to celebrate such a party. They may be party hats, balloons, whistles, fire crackers, confetti etc.
Generally, the practice of giving party favors is more prevalent in functions like bridal showers and weddings.
For a function like marriage or birthday party or on some such occasions, the number of guests may be quite large. So, to distribute party favors among such a large people, we have to look for suppliers who can provide wholesale party favors.
To decide on a supplier for wholesale party favors, firstly we have to decide what exactly we want to gift as party favors. Amount of money we can spend on such gifts will be an important factor if want to gift costly items. We may gift traditional items like five Jordan almonds in an expensive confectionary box or wrapped in costly fabric or a small gift item like toys in a children’s birthday party.
Also, we may gift costly pen or a watch with your name and date written on it. By buying these items in bulk, we may get good discount on their retail price.
Internet is a good place to search for wholesale supplier of party favors.
It will give quite long list of them. We may try to locate these suppliers in Yellow Pages also. We may visit different large gift shops in the city and go through what they can supply as a gift and select a suitable gift which catches our fancy and also affordable for our budget for the occasion. The choice of these items also depends on the taste of the person gifting them.
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