Bathroom baskets...are they worth it?

I will probably do a small DIY bathroom basket for teh women, but not for the men.

Lotion

Flip Flops

Advil

Baby Wipes

Tampons

Pads

hair brush

hair spray

pony tail holders

and maybe some make-up

I am going to have one for atleast the women. Lotion, band-aids, tissues, hair spray, body spray, bobby pins, pony tail holders, spray deodorant.

Thanks for this post -- I'm also trying to figure out whether to do bathroom baskets. If I were to include them, I'd probably put in everything that Amanda D lists -- plus some mints.

I think they are a nice touch. I put my mom in charge of putting ours together. We're doing a basket for men and women. She got:

spray deodorant

q-tips

toothpicks

safety pins

travel sewing kits

colgate wisps

lotion

advil

tampons/pads

Among other items I can't remember.

I don't think they're worth it but they're a nice touch.

Also, I'm not a germaphobe at all, but there's not way I would pick up most of those items in a random bathroom.

I'm planning on doing a small basket for the ladies. But first I want to see what te venue provides before getting anything!

Never had them, but my venue supplied that... But I don't think I have eer been to a wedding where there was a basket? lol

We didn't have them at our wedding because all of our guests just needed to walk a flight of stairs to get to their room.

I did bathroom boxes for Cate's wedding mainly because I think they are a nice touch. Are they necessary? Heck no! However, in the last ten years, all of the weddings we have attended has had them.

Re using them....The women's basket was barely touched....deodorant, Bath and Body Works stuff and hair spray was used. Actually the BBB stuff walked. In the Ladie's room, I also put out decorative soap/lotion. It was a Christmas gift and I would never use it at home.

Surprisingly, the men's basket was used and much of the things walked too. lolol Whatever was left over will not go to waste. We travel a lot so the stuff just went in to the travel bin.

I also put a jarred candle in their because the bathroom, while not really close to the main room, if someone blew it out, it could have wafted into the room.

I had never been to a wedding with them but decided to do them for ours. We had 4 sets of bathrooms and spent a lot of money doing them just for one of my aunts to get pissy with me and take everything out of the womens while my uncle took everythin out of the mens. When I found out at the end of the night I was pissed. But I did get a few compliments on them before she took off with everything. Given the chance I'd still do it again.

My venue has those already. For us, its covered.

I plan to do them as well - Am I spending lots of $$ on it.. Heck no. Dollar store..here I come!

We didn't. In fact I never even saw the bathroom. thank god cause I never would have been able to use it by myself.

I just waited until the end of the night and H and I went our room. We were also in a hotel so the guests staying there could go to their room as well.

We won't be spending the money on them, out of the 10 + weddings I have been to I have never seen one done, so I just don't think they are done around my area

We didn't do them and I've never been to a wedding where there was one.

I did not have them since the little things do really add up in one's budget. Also some people are pretty particular about what kind of lotions, sprays, etc. they use anyways.

I'm doing them but just with the basics: some floss, lotion, body spray, lint roller, and a few tampons for the ladies

I don't know if my venue does these. I will have to check. If they don't then I will do a small one for the women's bathroom.

I dont think they are worth it myself, all of the ladies i know carry that kind of stuff in their purses. Im the only woman i know over 20 years old that carries a small purse, and even i carry spare pads and breath mints. I will have a small box for the bridal party with some of that stuff in it that i will leave in the dressing room, but not for the guests because i know they wont use it.

I've put one together for my bridal suite and then it will be moved to the women's bathroom (what isn't used.

We are having those with similar things that the ladies have already mentioned. We are definitely not spending alot of money on them though. Dollar tree and other various sale items have really helped us make them.