Wednesday I went to a Favorite Things party that my friend Kristel throws every year. It is such a fun party and such an easy one to throw. This is something every single one of you should do with your girlfriends!! We like to do it in the Fall so we can get great gift ideas for the upcoming holidays! I shared some behind the scenes on Instastories and y’all had ton’s of questions so I will try to answer them all here.
We have been doing this for YEARS…I think this was our 8th year and wow has it grown!!! You can do this with any size group and it is so much fun!
There are lots of ways host one of these parties. Everyone brings a favorite dish (app, side dish, etc) and 3 of your favorite things around $25. You bring 3 of the exact same item. You can set any price point/quantity you want depending on your group. One year we did 5 gifts around $10, etc. When everyone arrives you set your gifts out on a table so everyone can see them….don’t wrap them. Kristel has a charger with each guests name on them so you know exactly where to set up your items. Then get the amount of bowls per gift quantity you decide to have and write the number of guests on paper and put in each bowl (we had 3 gifts each=3 rounds and 31 peopld…so 3 bowls….numbers 1-31 on paper in each bowl). It is better to do it in rounds instead of one huge bowl to make sure everyone gets a fair shot at picking the gifts they want. One year someone had all of their entries drawn at the very end so they didn’t have many items to choose from.
We all get their early, eat/mingle and then start the gift exchange. We all draw 1 number from the bowl and each person goes and picks the gift they want until the first round is done and then move to the next bowl (tip. . . use a different color of paper for the numbers each round so it doesn’t get confusing). Do this each time until all the gifts are gone. You will leave with the amount of gifts you brought.
We all look forward to this party every year.
Lots of questions on what was brought to the party so here you go. This is almost every item. Some were custom made or I couldn’t find online so I didn’t link those. It is fun to see what all your friends favorite things are! These would all make great Christmas gifts!
SHOP FAVORITE THINGS PARTY GIFTS
***Some of these items were grouped together to create 1 $25(ish) gift. Also gift sets are great that can be broken up into multiple gifts. For example. . .a Lipgloss set with 3 glosses for $45. That can be broken into 3 gifts and add something else to it***
SHOP ALL MY GIFT GUIDES HERE
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