Favor Ideas for a Geeky Wedding? 173
Rachel Grey asks: "I'm getting married in September to a fellow geek (in the MIT chapel, no less), and we're trying to find geeky wedding favors to give at the reception. Ideally these would cost $4 or less and would provide some instant fun for the guests, so that it doesn't matter if they actually take them home. Some good ideas we've had so far are tangrams (available in bulk for a little under $1/set) and micro Hoberman spheres ($4 apiece). Any more ideas?"
American Science and Surplus (Score:4, Informative)
Kinder Eggs (Score:3, Informative)
Mini Tetris (Score:3, Informative)
Another option is the Rubik's cube. You can buy a mini cube or a 2x2x2 cube for pretty cheap at www.hessport.com. Just remember to make a small initial purchase to get 10% off all subsequent purchases.
Congratulations and good luck!
Re:Mini Tetris (Score:2, Informative)
On ebay they're $8.50 each + shipping http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item =3002036744 [ebay.com]
but I found them here for only $4 each http://www.oshealtd.com/tetrisjr.htm [oshealtd.com]
Re:Piles of lego type building blocks (Score:3, Informative)
Candy Blox multi-pack box [discountcandy.com]
Same, different store [madal.com]
Concord also makes Bubble Blox, though I don't know if these are Lego shaped or not.
Trivia: Concord also makes Doubble Bubble.
Legos (Score:3, Informative)
What we did was buy some $9 2000 piece lego crates and dump them on the tables. They were colorful enough for the non-geeks to appreciate, and kept the geeks/nerds and kids busy while those who were more "sophisticated" could talk. Our reception had the fewest kids crying at it that I've ever heard of for 100 people -- and people stayed later than average, too.
If you're sponsoring an open bar, don't do the legos.
Hopefully, Mike will forgive me. You can see a few pics of our reception here [mikesusan.com].
Surely you can find something wonderful at (Score:2, Informative)
Re:American Science and Surplus (Score:3, Informative)