24 Unique Wedding Ideas to Make Your Wedding Day Fun and a Little Different!
Wedding Ideas
You'll remember your wedding day for the rest of your life, but it's often the smallest and unexpected details that will make the day most memorable.
We have hand-picked our current top … unique wedding ideas that will help transform your day from a wedding into the most talked-about and unforgettable event ever.
Tip: pick out the ones you think the majority of your guests will appreciate the most, that fit within your budget and the existing theme if you have one.
24 unique wedding ideas
Drinks (Wedding) Coasters
Handy custom printed coasters are a fun way to keep drinks off the dinner table while guests are having fun on the dance floor – guests can also take them home as small gifts.
Bring guests closer during the ceremony.
Why not switch up the seating layout from formal straight rows to chairs arranged in a circle around you? This not only makes you more visible to all guests but also fosters a sense of involvement, creating a more intimate ceremony overall.
Colourful wands
Easy to make and less cleanup than confetti. Strings in any color are attached to "wands". A simple craft to do at the bachelorette party, perhaps?
Gifts for the little bride beaks/beaks
Embroider a message on a gift for the little ones. They have an important role on your wedding day, and a personalized gift is special no matter the age.
Your bouquet can be so much more than just flowers
Attaching something to the bridal bouquet can be a nice way to carry something sentimental – a photograph of a loved one or a piece of jewelry – it can be visible or discreetly placed among the flowers.
New ways to throw a garter
Garters can be tied to soccer balls, rugby balls, or even tightly wrapped around a golf ball. Then, simply throw it as hard as you can.
Wedding piñata
Ask your guests to write a message for your first anniversary. Then, fill the piñata with these messages to be opened on your first wedding anniversary.
Balloon splash board
If your style is original and unique, then this is perfect for you. Fill balloons with paint, attach them to a large canvas, give your guests a dart each, and ask them to try and burst the paint-filled balloons. This creates an amazing painting made by your guests that you can keep as a unique memory from your special day.
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Capture a photo of your weddingrings alongside a newspaper from your wedding day. This creates a beautiful photograph with a reminder of what happened on your special day.
Dance down the food
Assign a song title to each table, and when that song plays, all guests at that table must hurry up and hit the dance floor.
Cake to go, please!
You've had a beautiful cake created for your wedding day but some of the guests couldn't get enough of the goodies - make sure you have some small boxes that hold a slice or two for your guests to take home, nothing goes to waste.
Something for the morning after
Wedding receptions can sometimes go on well into the small hours. Put together some fun “morning-after” goody bags with a few bits and bobs that will be appreciated the morning after a grand partyYour guests will thank you.
Desserts in large quantities
Desserts can be part of the menu, but you can offer your guests a unique and delicious experience. Let them design their own cupcakes or other pastries with various sprinkles and frosting. This is something your guests will remember for a long time.vv
Dress the chairs dinner-like
A simple chair can be decorated to match the theme you have on your wedding day. A beautiful ribbon can be tied around the back of the chair, attached beautiful flowers to match the bridal bouquet, yes the possibilities are endless. Let the imagination flow.
Consider the guests
With high heels and lots of dancing, the ladies’ feet may start to ache. Place a basket of slippers, ballet flats or flip-flops on a table if you’re having a summer wedding in the premises. Guests can now dance the night away.
Wedding activities for the youngest
Keeping the children entertained is important both for them and for you adults. If there are several children taking part, it might be a good idea to hire someone to entertain them with games and activities.. Have a room where the children can relax, play games, do crafts and play.
Creative lighting
Good lighting effects don’t have to be expensive and are a simple way to decorate a room. Lighting can be particularly effective when used to transform a space from day to night, and you can create all sorts of effects with lighting and by projecting patterns, your own images and videos on bare walls.
Tight budget?
Gifts for your guests don't have to cost money. Why not give something you've created yourselves as a token of appreciation - perfect for a smaller wedding?
It doesn’t have to be a book….
As an alternative to the classic Guest book – why not give your guests something different to write in? In or perhaps on? Some options could be for guests to write their messages on a photo frame, on lovely little cards to hang up at home, or why not record a video where guests can share their good wishes and messages?.
Follow that balloon
If it is a short walk from the ceremony to the party room, a fun idea could be to give each guest a helium balloon so that they can follow one another and then release the balloons together at the same time – what a fantastic photo opportunity for your wedding album.
Baking, crafting, pottering about
If you're on a tight budget or simply prefer to bake and create yourself, there's so much you can do. Bake cookies for the dessert table or perhaps even bake the wedding cake - that would be something to brag about to your guests. Making your own jam, juice, or other delicious treats to offer guests is always appreciated. Add a personal touch with a handwritten label, for example, tied around the jam jar.
Bring out your inner child!
Bouncy castles for the children (and for the inner child in adults too, of course) can be an excellent idea if there’s enough space inside or outside the venue. There’s a wide variety of bouncy castles available, including some suitable for a wedding party. It will no doubt provide the opportunity to take some of your favourite photos of the guests.
Say it with lanterns!
Your bridesmaids don't need to have flowers in their hands; they can instead carry feathers, and fans, or if you have an evening wedding, why not let the bridesmaids carry beautiful lanterns?
Music evokes vivid memories
If you have family or friends who are musical, why not ask them to write an original song that you can use for your first dance?
What wedding ideas have we missed? We'd love to hear from all you incredibly creative people planning your own unforgettable day, and what tips you have. Maybe you've used something from our list above? Or come up with a new twist on something more traditional? Whether you go the traditional route or get a bit more adventurous, we know your wedding day will be fantastic and unique.
