Beach Bucket Favor Ideas

Potted Flowering Plants

Measure your bucket and purchase potted flowering plants that can be placed inside the buckets. Garden centers and garden departments in home stores sell inexpensive potted plants that would work well for this project. African violets are also a good choice; they're available throughout the year. Line your bucket with colored tissue paper, allowing the paper to extend over the top edge. Place your plant inside the bucket and decorate the handle with a florist's bow.

Your guests will enjoy buckets filled with treats, Line the bucket with a square of tulle, so that the edges extend above the top of the bucket. Fill the bucket with individually wrapped candies or nuts; gather the tulle, securing the top with ribbon. Tie a hanging tag to the handle with information about the celebration.

Make an appealing presentation with a collection of toiletries placed in the bucket. Line your bucket with decorative shredded paper. Choose a color that goes with the table setting. Purchase a collection of small, travel-sized bottles of soaps, bath gels, body mists and small bars of soaps. Arrange them on top of the shredded paper in your bucket. Tuck a few small sea shells among the items for added interest. Wrap your bucket with cellophane; gather the top edges with ribbon.

Fill the bucket with a colorful bag of beach-themed potpourri for an attractive favor. Purchase potpourri that is dyed in shades of blue .Add pieces of faux beach glass and small sea shells to the potpourri. Cut squares of cellophane. Put the potpourri in the center; gather the edges of the cellophane and secure them with a ribbon. Add a full florist's bow at the top and set it into the bucket.