14 Housewarming Party Favors Guaranteed to Impress Your Guests

We love the idea of giving friends a small plant as a token of gratitude for attending your housewarming shindig. Collect quirky containers from your local thrift shop and use them as pots for your plant of choice, or use our suggestions below to have everything you need delivered to your door.

• Planters
• Succulent plants

If you’re planning on toasting your new home, then these DIY champagne flutes are the way to go. If the gold doesn’t work, use a different nail polish color to match your new home’s color scheme and place name cards by each flute so your friends know it’s their glass to keep.

• Champagne flutes (regular or disposable)
• Gold nail polish
• Cotton swabs

If you’re throwing a housewarming after doing some intense remodeling, these housewarming party favors are a must-have. Come up with unique paint colors for each can by using friends’ names as inspiration (i.e., Brittany Blues, Matte Matt, Gregory Green). Cheesy? Definitely, but your friends will love it anyway.

• Clear paint can containers
• Colorful candy

Save yourself from doing a load of laundry when friends come over for an outdoor housewarming, and give out fleece blankets to keep everyone toasty. If you’re celebrating in the summer, forget the blanket and substitute a beach towel, especially if your home has a pool.

• Blanket
• Craft paper

This popcorn jar is another easy DIY gift that’s both clever and delicious. If you want to simplify it, just use a microwavable popcorn packet and attach a decorative tag to achieve the same effect.

• Popcorn kernels
• Small mason jars
• Twine
• Tissue paper

Cupcakes are always a good idea, but they’re even better in this oven-shaped paper box. Write a personal note on the little door flap to make your guests’ hearts melt even more.

• Paper oven PDF
• Paper
• Printer
• Glue

If you’ve recently moved out of the state or city where your friends live, then you may feel discouraged about throwing a housewarming party. Skip the party and instead create these cute soda-themed favors to get to know your neighbors better.

• Bottled soda
• Tags

Mason jar crafts dominate the Pinterest world, and for good reason: they’re easy to make. This mason jar is filled with cookies, but you can fill it with just about anything. Coffee beans, a hot chocolate mix, or candy—the possibilities are endless.

• Mason jars
• Jelly beans
• Coffee beans
• Hot chocolate

Let your guests spike their drinks as they please by handing out these mini alcohol bottles as they come through the door. Your party punch is guaranteed to be a guest favorite.

• Mini liquor bottles
• Tags

Magnets are like bobby pins—they disappear at a faster rate than you can buy them. Thank your friends for attending your housewarming party by creating these paint-chip-inspired magnets for their fridges.

• Magnetic squares
• Color swatches or paint chips
• Pre-made Pantone chip magnets

Another simple, yet effective, party favor is paint brush–shaped chocolates. Honestly, any type of chocolate works, so don’t get hung up on giving out these exact ones. You can even use a mold to make these yourself if you’re feeling ambitious.

• Chocolate paint brush mold
• Melting chocolate

Giving a party favor that warms the homes of others is the perfect way to celebrate a housewarming party. If you don’t have pine cones near your new home, don’t worry—you can buy them year-round online. (Oh, internet. What can’t you do?)

• Pine cones
• Soy wax flakes
• Candle dye blocks
• Candle wicks
• Candle fragrance oil

Throw the sweetest housewarming party by giving your guests honey pots with spoons or sticks to dip or drop into their tea. Include a tiny honey sample to make the gift that much tastier.

• Honey pots
• Honey sticks
• Honey spoons
• Honey samples