DIY Sweet Table.

RachRubyD

I echo others in saying check out Home Bargains (if you have one nearby) or B&M. I have gotten scoops (think its set of 3) for 99p and they clear wedding ones so go with anyone's theme. I got gorgeous big old fashioned looking sweet jars that are glass for about £2 I think as well. Loads of people go to charity shops and buy glass bottles from there.

I have budgeted about £50 on mine max, am making a cupcake bouquet (tree) myself and some fudge (easy to make) and macaroons and petit fours (basically french fancies) but you can buy all these cheap anyway like french fancies. I just plan to buy sweets from either amazon or the supermarkets. A bag of marshmallows is like what £1. No point going over the top really, especially if your having more adults than children some of it may go to waste. I am having my cake in the middle of my candy table as well to make it look fuller. I will open the sweet bar after we cut the cake (I wouldn't want people filling up on sweets before there 3 course meal anyway). Am just going to use the wedding cake table the venue supply and hiring a rose gold sequin table cover.

ajturner

Wasn't for a wedding (Engagement Party) but I could not part with the £300 for a sweetie table either! I got all my jars off eBay, they were plastic but didn't look horribly cheap, (I also didn't like the idea of glass around the kids) they cost me £18.75 that included 50 bags (choice of colour) a scoop and tongs. I got all the sweets and more I needed from macro for £35.
It was a real hit with all the guests. If its for a wedding you might want a few more jars and bowls you can easily get all of them on eBay, but I would certainly go to a cash and carry type place for the sweets. We got all the classic sweet shop sweets in 1/2kg boxes for around £3/4.

Sleepy_Hollow

I have bought my sweets now.

I went to Bookers in the end. Sweets came to about £60 (minus VAT) and I got:

3kg Giant Haribo Cola Bottles
3kg Haribo Bears
3kg Haribo yellow bellies
3kg Swizzlers Variety Mix
1.6kg skittles
A tub of foam shrimp
A tub of foam bananas
A tub of pink and white chocolate mice
A tub of milk chocolate discs
A tub of white chocolate discs
A box of 80 flumps

Hopefully that will be enough

dipsy

just make sure your venue don't charge you extra for the table to put it on have you asked, some do/some don't