My baby sister got married! She is the best ever, and her husband is pretty awesome, too. I was her maid of honor, and I threw her bachelorette party. For some reason I got super excited about doing favors for the guests, and I got a little bit out of control with trying to make them perfect. I love my sister and I wanted her to feel like she had a cool party! I don’t know. I’m nuts. Someone should take away my Mastercard. 

I knew that I wanted more than just a favor, I wanted kind of a hangover kit (she and K made something like this for my bachelorette party). I started trying to think of ideas and doing Internet research. I still wish I had cuter containers, but I needed to reign the situation in a little and there was a good sale after Valentine’s Day. 

This is the result of this part of the bachelorette party planning:

What’s inside:

From the Dollar Store-

1. Juicy Fruit gum (4 packs for $1)- our great grandmother always had it, I couldn’t resist 
2. Smarties (one bag for $1, and I learned that they are gluten free!)
3. The boxes (2 for $1)
4. A few seashells (one bag for $1)- her wedding is on the beach, so I thought this would be a fun touch!
5. A marker for the scavenger hunt, and maybe for phone numbers? (One package for $1)
6. Glow bracelet (8 for $1. Not pictured because they were still in their packaging)

From Amazon-

1. Advil packets
2. Single use face towelettes (I got the kind for men. They were less than half the price. WHAT is up with that?!)
3. Brightly colored bandaids (if you don’t understand why these are included, you obviously have a lot more coordination than me while drinking. And, hell, just while walking.)
4. Mini red solo cup shot glasses
5. Sugar free Monster energy drink

The hair ties I made myself, one in each of her wedding colors. I bought the elastic from this shop on Etsy. Check out my post here on how to make them! I did buy cute little bags for the hair ties, but I accidentally bought them from China and they took a month to arrive. Amazingly, everyone survived without having the hair ties in bags! 

Has anyone else made gift bags for a party? What did you put in them? I had so many ideas, but it’s way too easy to spend a ton of money when you’re making a lot of them. I got a lot of compliments on these, and the guests were using things from their boxes all night. 

Jillian