Easy and Creative DIY Wedding Decoration Ideas

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Flower Girl Or Page Boy Cart

Worried that your flower girls or page boys little legs won’t quite make it down the aisle. Make all your guests’ hearts’ melt with a DIY cart that one of your older ushers or bridesmaids pulls them along in.  A wooden cart works well as a neutral palette for any DIY decor you want to add – think flowers, garlands, lights, greenery or simply paint the cart in your wedding colours.

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Flower  Crowns

Give your little flower girls or bridesmaids a summery look as they take to the aisle with some homemade flower crowns.  The beauty of these is that they look their best when they’re loose and wild-looking, so you don’t have to aim for perfection. If you’ve got a few to make ask your bridesmaids to join you in a craft session fuelled by some bubbly to make them a day or so before the wedding.

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Paper  Flowers

If you loved origami as a child, then this DIY paper flowers project is for you. Create instant wow factor at your tables or at your ceremony with colourful paper flowers, they make a great wedding table centrepiece idea.  Keep it simple with individual blooms or cluster them together to create a pretty backdrop or wreath.

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Personalised Place Cards

Get creative with your place cards and you could save a lot of money. Find some lovely quality paper and then write names as beautifully as possible.  Then you could add some watercolour or perhaps some gold leaf or simply display them in a fun way for example in wine corks or baubles at a Christmas wedding.

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Greenery Table Runner

If your flower budget is a bit tight, then a really cheap but effective DIY wedding idea is a greenery table garland. Collect your favourite foliage (eucalyptus looks particularly effective) and twine it together using florist’s wire.  Then lay elegantly along your tables. Dot candles among the leaves for a really romantic effect.

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Ceremony Comfort Station

If you’ve decided on an outdoor wedding venue or saying “I do” on a destination wedding then a brilliant DIY decor idea is a comfort station where you provide things that your guests might need like pretty fans, sun shades, blankets and water.  Display these essentials in a pretty way and it can become one of your most photographed wedding decorations.

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Creative Seating Plan

Think about your wedding theme and then come up with a DIY wedding seating plan to match or even use a seating plan template. Perhaps it’s a map of the world at a travel themed wedding or pictures from your love story.  Whatever you both love, use it as inspiration to help your guests find their seats.

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Confetti Cone Basket

You could always make the basket for your DIY confetti cones too.  Upcycle a used wine boxed or wooden food box by painting it and adding your initials or take plain basket and jazz it up with some decor and ribbons that match your theme.

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Cake Table

If you’ve gone to the trouble of making sure your wedding cake looks and tastes incredible then you’ll want to ensure it is displayed beautifully too.  Spend time DIYing the table that it is placed on so that it really stands out as a key piece of wedding decor.  Surround your cake with flowers, pom poms, greenery garlands, candles, drapes and signs for a picture perfect look.

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Ceremony Backdrop

The most important part of your wedding is the moment you say “I do”. So you’ll want the backdrop to this unforgettable event to look the part.  A DIY wedding ceremony backdrop can be easy to make and will really make your photos look incredible. Ideas include a balloon wall, a flower wall, an arch with drapes or flowers, long ribbons, a lace curtain or fairy lights.

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Chair Backs

Provide instant wow factor as your guests arrive at your reception venue with some DIY chair backs.  DIY wedding decoration ideas can be as simple as some pretty chiffon tied in bows or as elaborate as floral arrangements, personalised signs, burlap or macramé covers.

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Drinks  Display

Get the party started in style with an inviting drinks display. Of course there’s the traditional champagne glass tower, but you could also make a wall for champagne glasses, urns full of cocktails, a bathtub full of beers, or a rustic step ladder display.  The only limit on this reception decoration idea is your imagination.

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DIY Lawn  Games

There’s often a bit of a lull between the ceremony and reception or reception and evening party so it can be a smart idea to provide some entertainment for your guests.  A brilliant budget idea is to make your own rustic lawn games – we’re talking quoits, hoopla, giant jenga, skittles and croquet.

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Escort Card Display

If you’ve decided to go for American-style escort cards rather than a table plan then you can have a lot of fun with how you display them. We’ve seen everything from escort card topped cupcakes and vintage keys with the cards as labels to potted plants and even shot glasses!

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Lavender Table Sprinkles

This is a really easy DIY project.  Collect some fresh lavender and then rub it between your hands to loosen the lavender petals.  Sprinkle them on your table for some natural and beautifully-scented table confetti.

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Polaroid Guest Book

Wedding guest books can be a bit boring, so make them more exciting for both you and your guests with a DIY polaroid guest book table.  Leave some pritt stick out with a polaroid camera and ask guests to write their message next to a picture of them. This is a genius idea as it’s the guests who end up doing the work!

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Fresh Fruit Table Runner

This idea looks particularly amazing at destination weddings or an outdoor wedding.  Buy some vibrant fresh fruit like oranges, lemons and apples from the market and then arrange it as a table runner along trestle style tables.  Guests can then help themselves too.

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Wedding  Favours

When it comes to working out the budget wedding favours often end up getting the cut as buying 100 little gifts can be rather expensive! By DIYing your favours though you can still treat your guests without spending lots.  Homemade jam, chocolates, a mix tape of your wedding music, DIY candles, hot chocolate or cocktail mixes will all be received very happily.

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Wine Bottle Table Plan

There are so many uses for leftover wine bottles at weddings, including using them as your table plan.  Paint them in black chalk board paint and then once dry write names and the table number on top in white chalk.

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Ceremony Chair Bows

Source some gorgeous fabric like velvet, silk, lace or chiffon in your wedding colours and tie lengths of it around the back of your ceremony and reception chairs.  Think about layering different fabrics or add springs of flowers for a country garden look.

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Silk  Flowers

This is quite an intricate project but it’s a sustainable one as silk flowers can be used again and again.  Place a DIY material flower on each place setting or use them in arrangements to supplement real flowers.

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Wooden Wedding Cake Stand

A large, thick tree slice can make for a wonderful cake stand at a rustic wedding.  Personalise it by adding your names and dates using a pyrography pen.

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