Useful tips
Whether you have been invited to a wedding, or you yourself are the hero of the occasion, or you want to celebrate your wedding anniversary, you always want something special
on this day.
What could be more original than a gift or decoration
made with your own hands.
Use wedding gift tips and ideas to create a unique, interesting surprise.
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There are a huge number of DIY gift ideas
. You can find some of them in our articles:
Interesting DIY gifts
How to make a gift for your mother, grandmother and sister with your own hands
DIY gift for dad, grandpa, brother and/or loved one
Use your imagination and you will bring joy to those for whom your gift is intended.
Wedding anniversary gift. Wedding commemorative capsule made from a New Year's ball.
For this craft you will need dry rose petals. You can use flower petals that were used to decorate your wedding, so this ball will remind you of it. You can use flower petals that you had at your wedding.
1. Prepare a transparent New Year's ball and remove the cap from it.
2. Pour petals inside, you can add some other little things that remind you of the holiday.
3. Cover the ball with a cap.
* You can make such a memorable gift for any holiday, so that in the future this craft will remind you of the bright moments of life.
Also read: Wedding trifles, decorations and DIY decor
Wedding Monogram Mugs
A great wedding gift idea would be paired mugs. Every morning, drinking coffee from your gift, the spouses will remember you! You can put a variety of inscriptions on the mugs: from the initials of the newlyweds and the wedding date to the family monogram or humorous images of the spouses.
Making personalized mugs will not be difficult for you, you just need to put in a little effort and creativity, following the step-by-step master class. To implement your plan, you will only need white circles and Sharpie markers.
An original wedding gift. Pillow for good luck.
This handmade gift not only looks beautiful, but will also remind the newlyweds of a happy celebration.
Making a cozy sofa cushion like this with felt appliqué is not at all difficult.
You will need:
- fabric for the pillowcase and what to stuff it with (you can use a ready-made pillow)
- felt scraps of several colors
- floss threads
- coins (in this example, Chinese, but you can use other coins or jewelry)
- paper
- scissors
- thread and needle or glue
1. Prepare paper and make templates of trees, leaves and birds from it.
2. Prepare felt scraps of the required size, fix paper templates on them, and then cut out the applique parts.
3. Sew all the parts cut out of felt and use a thread and needle to sew them to the pillow. Instead of thread and needle, you can use glue (but be prepared for the fact that the applique may not withstand washing).
4. If you have Chinese coins, now is the time to decorate your gift with them. According to legend, such decorations bring wealth and prosperity to the house.
As a bonus, you can embroider a warm wish to the newlyweds on the pillow, and decorate the edges of the pillow with ribbon.
Also read: Guinness Book of Wedding Records
Gifts for the bride
Original
- Handmade decoration
All women love jewelry, and this jewelry is much more valuable when it is made in a single copy. As a gift, you can make handmade jewelry for the bride, because it will definitely be an unforgettable gift.
Stylish creation using decoupage technique
DIY gift for a wedding anniversary. Time capsule.
A great idea for those who want to remember all the bright moments of their life together - this especially applies to newlyweds.
You can start with a box large enough to hold a regular envelope.
Decorate the box by wrapping it in colored paper, tissue paper, or colorful fabric (use glue to attach it).
You can also decorate the box with various other elements such as glitter, stickers, colorful buttons, etc.
Newlyweds can write love letters to each other and put them in a box. On each envelope write the date the letter was written.
Every year, filling the time capsule with letters, the husband and wife will remember the pleasant moments of their life together. All year, while the capsule is filled with letters with pleasant words, none of the young family reads them, and only at the end of the year, everyone takes out the letters intended for him (her) and reads them.
You can start the tradition on any day, but it would be nice to do it on your wedding day.
A kaleidoscope of cool and humorous wedding gifts
Funny certificates, contracts or diplomas
Introduce a moment of humor
At a wedding celebration,
you can use homemade comic documents and awards
, which can be presented by both friends and relatives of the couple.
For example, a son-in-law and mother-in-law (another option is daughter-in-law and mother-in-law) can enter into an agreement that the bride or groom undertakes to build a prosperous family life, and the mother-in-law or mother-in-law promises to assist them in this as much as possible and to oppose them as little as possible (on a special “ document” must be signed by both parties).
The groom can be given licenses to drive a washing machine and dishwasher, and the bride can be given licenses of various categories to drive a baby stroller.
The idea of passing certification for future husband and wife and receiving corresponding diplomas with grades is interesting.
Rate the newlyweds in comic disciplines:
- “scandal theory”;
- “shopping run”;
- “hiding wages”;
- “baby swaddling”;
- "repair of household appliances";
- “shooting with eyes”, etc.
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Funny jokes can be part of the show program or an original gift from guests or newlyweds to each other.
An example of a joke from guests could be a comic robbery: the lights in the hall turn off, robbers in masks run in, grab an envelope with money and run away, turning over the table with a cake.
Then the lights turn on, and the waiter solemnly brings out a real cake, and a huge homemade envelope with money, on which is written something like “We will give ourselves into the hands of newlyweds only.”
The following idea is an interesting gift for a prank from the groom to the bride.
In the morning on the day of the celebration, the groom's friend calls the bride and says that the wedding is canceled - the groom drank himself into unconsciousness and cannot even get out of bed. He doesn't answer the phone.
He asks the girl to come home to her betrothed so that she can see this for herself. An angry bride goes to her lover and finds herself in an apartment full of flowers and balloons.
An absolutely sober groom in a wedding suit comes out to meet her, hands his beloved a present and invites her to go to the registry office.
Funny interview
This wedding gift can only be given towards the end of the festive banquet, as it takes time to edit the unusual video.
As soon as guests begin to gather at the registry office or in a cafe, you need to interview them about the newlyweds and record it on camera. Then the video is edited, and the finished film is shown to guests.
The funny thing is that the questions and answers don't match. For example, the guest does not actually answer the question “What do you think of the groom?”, but describes Winnie the Pooh or another funny character.
The atmosphere at a wedding celebration depends
not only
from the professionalism of the toastmaster
, but
also from the gifts of the guests.
Memorable souvenirs of your own making, funny jokes, comic gifts - all this sets the tone for the holiday and will be included in the category of unforgettable impressions for the newlyweds about the most important day of their life.
Wedding gift for newlyweds. Love card.
You will need:
- PVA glue
- double-sided foam tape (can be replaced with PVA glue)
- scissors
- colored cardboard
- Frame
- old map or printout from Google Maps
1. Cut out 3 (or more) hearts from cardboard - these will be the templates.
2. Select on the map the places that are dear to the newlyweds - the place of the first meeting, the first date, the first kiss, the place of the wedding, the place where the house is. Place the hearts on the card (in those precious places) and circle them, then cut out the hearts from the card.
3. Attach double-sided foam tape to the hearts and then to a sheet of colored cardboard - this will give you three-dimensional hearts. If you don't have tape, just apply glue to the hearts and glue them to the cardboard.
4. On the colored side, write short notes about the places on the map that are indicated on the hearts. Cut out the notes and glue them to cardboard.
5. Insert the sheet with hearts into the photo frame.
Application options
What idea should you choose to create your own wedding gift? Consider your capabilities and talents, as well as the preferences of the newlyweds: if they like to cook, a kitchen board with a burned-in wedding monogram would be a great idea; if they like to travel, a panel of photo frames in which they will insert their joint photos from trips, etc. And these are just a couple of ideas for unusual gifts that you can make with your own hands!
The portal www.svadbagolik.ru has collected several ideas for wedding gifts for you. As you can see, this can be either an unusual lamp or paired mugs. In any case, if you make a wedding gift with your own hands, your efforts and creativity will be appreciated!
An original wedding anniversary gift
You will need:
- a sheet with printed words of your favorite song or first dance song
- Frame
- stationery paper (optional)
- scissors
- adhesive tape
- ruler
1. Prepare a sheet with the lyrics of a song or favorite story printed on it. It is advisable that the entire text be written in one paragraph, so that as many words as possible can be used in the craft.
2. Draw hearts on the printed text. You can make several hearts of different sizes, or you can cut out a heart template from cardboard and make all the hearts with text the same size.
3. Cut out paper hearts and arrange them on paper or glass photo frames the way you like. You can add one red heart (for beauty).
4. Use duct tape to attach the hearts to the glass or white background. You can glue everything straight or choose a specific style. If you want to make everything straight, then use a ruler to help.
5. All that remains is to insert it into the frame and that’s it.
You can also make this project: a photo frame with a photograph against the backdrop of your favorite words from a song, story or wishes.
Additional decor for a wedding
Money box
At a wedding, it is customary for newlyweds to give gifts, which now often include money. This is the most practical gift for both the newlyweds and guests. Therefore, a very common trend is to purchase special boxes that form the first official family budget. It’s not difficult to make such a box yourself; even an ordinary shoe box will do. You can decorate it with scrap paper or any other beautiful paper, fabric, rhinestones, flowers, satin ribbons and floral arrangements.
The main thing is not to forget to make a slot into which an envelope or postcard can easily fit!
Its size depends on the number of invited guests and the scale of your holiday
Demaliya shows how to make a chest with your own hands in his master class :
You can order a transparent box engraved with the initial letters of the names of the young or other decorative elements, for example, doves or swans.
You can also collect money in a cute box decorated with flowers.
Or you can sew a bag with embroidery with your own hands and collect it traditionally: “For a girl!” or “On the boy!”
Decorations for the wedding procession
Proper decoration of wedding cars plays an important role, because a spectacular wedding procession initially sets the festive mood for the celebration. Flowers, rings, swans and doves, rings, soft toys, dolls, balls, bells, original inscriptions and signs - we use everything!
Let's start with the traditional decoration on the newlyweds' car - decorative rings. You can rent them, buy them, or make them yourself.
If you rented rings, then usually the rented decoration has a special magnet, due to which the decoration is attached to the roof. But at the same time it is necessary to provide a backing in the form of fabric or paper, because The magnet can scratch the surface of the car.
Katerina Surikova tells how to make rings for a car in her master class:
Decorative hearts are also popular in decorating the roofs and radiators of young cars. The blank for them can be made from cardboard, polystyrene foam or wire, and then you can start decorating it: with flowers from ribbons or paper, satin or chiffon ribbons.
Marine DIY Guloyan shows in his master class how you can make a delicate heart decoration from an old metal hanger, dish sponges and other elements:
Swans and doves will perfectly decorate your car.
They can be cut out of foam plastic, and the side part can be covered with white satin ribbon. You can cut feathers directly onto the foam, or it is better to cover the workpiece with artificial feathers or feathers cut from cotton pads. Don't forget to highlight the bright beak and eyes.
Or look at these cute doves:
If you decide to decorate the wedding procession yourself and make it yourself or purchase decorations, then you need to take into account that the hood has different lengths for different cars. Therefore, it is better to measure everything first!
You can attach decorations to the hood using special stretchers, Velcro, double-sided tape, satin ribbons, bright threads, elastic bands, magnets sewn into fabric bags. The cortege will look more impressive if it is designed in the same style and color scheme.
The main attention, of course, is paid to the newlyweds’ car. For the rest of the motorcade cars, door handles, mirrors, hoods and cars are decorated with decorative elements.
It is also customary to decorate the cortege with balloons; for this case it is better to choose balloons made of durable latex; they will withstand all the trials of this day.
Unusual wedding gifts. Funny vase.
There are a huge number of ways to make a beautiful, original and interesting vase with your own hands - you can find out about them in the article How to make a vase with your own hands
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Here is one example of a DIY vase that you can give to a young couple. Making such a vase is very simple.
You will need:
- a simple glass or porcelain vase
- white spray paint
- sandpaper
- double-sided foam tape
- scissors
1. Cut any shapes from double-sided foam tape (in this example, triangles and circles).
2. Wash/clean your vase, wipe it with a clean cloth and glue the cut out shapes to it.
* You can cut out details of the face of a man and a woman, and attach them to two vases - it will be a gift for the bride and groom.
3. Start applying white spray paint - apply several coats, but leave to dry after each coat of paint. You should end up with a completely white vase.
* It is worth noting that it is better to paint with this paint in the fresh air (in the yard or on the balcony).
*You can add a little glitter if desired.
Decorations for the newlyweds' table
Wedding glasses
Wedding glasses are no less important than the bride's bouquet, cake or hall decoration. They will also attract the attention of guests, and, unlike other accessories, they can be preserved for many, many years. And use it for your next anniversary! You can buy glasses at a wedding workshop or order them from a professional. But it’s much more interesting to decorate the glasses with your own hands!
It’s better not to limit yourself to one pair of glasses for the newlyweds, but to stock up on a larger number, since they are used in the registry office, at a banquet and a photo shoot, anything can happen: they will break (of course, only for luck!) or be forgotten somewhere along the way.
There are many ways to decorate wedding glasses. It should be noted that this is a very painstaking work that requires patience and accuracy!
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How to decorate wedding glasses with your own hands
For example, sprinkling or gluing glasses with sparkles and rhinestones.
Decorating glasses with artificial and fresh flowers.
Painting with acrylic paints, and you can paint glasses with intricate monograms, flowers, or you can simply write the initial letters of the newlyweds’ names and so on.
Decorating glasses with polymer clay or mastic.
Elements for decorating glasses can be combined.
Wedding glasses with swans
For a purple wedding
Golden chic
You can even use ordinary thin twine, and classic lace and heart-shaped tags will add tenderness and sophistication to them. Such glasses are suitable for weddings, which are decorated with elements made from natural materials.
It never goes out of fashion to decorate glasses in the shape of a bride and groom. Here everything depends on the flight of fancy - glasses can be “dressed up” in entire costumes with the bride’s veil and the groom’s suit.
In addition, you can order engraving on glasses in the form of declarations of love, your family’s logo, your names, etc.
Wedding candles
At a wedding, candles are used to perform the ceremony of lighting the family hearth. A set of candles for him should consist of two thin candles for the young and one thick, symbolizing the family hearth.
You can purchase ready-made candles in a specialized wedding store, or buy simple candles and decorate them yourself. The third option is for needlewomen who have already succeeded in making candles with their own hands. The first two options limit you to the range. but if you know how to make candles yourself, then you are limited only by your imagination!
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How to make and decorate wedding candles with your own hands
There are many different ways to decorate candles. The simplest thing is to decorate candles with stylish wrapping paper...
...or wrap it in delicate white or sparkling champagne lace.
Rhinestones, beads, and seed beads are often used to decorate candles.
Satin ribbons and candle painting go perfectly together
Those who have already mastered the art of making candles with their own hands can make such candles in a nautical style...
...or make chic carved candles.
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Tatyana Abramenkova reveals all the secrets of decorating candles with polymer clay in her master class:
Artificial flowers made from all kinds of materials will be a wonderful delicate decoration for wedding candles. At the same time, remember the fire safety rules!
When decorating wedding candles, you can use beautiful fabrics, currently popular coffee beans, chains, cones, dried berries and herbs, and much, much more. All in your hands! Keep the warmth of your family hearth all your life!
Wedding champagne
Wedding champagne, like glasses, decorate the festive table of the newlyweds. A manifestation of excellent taste will be the consistency of all these in the same style. There are many options for decorating champagne: painting, decoration with ribbons, rhinestones, flowers. All technologies are consistent with those used in the decoration of glasses, because... These accessories come in pairs and complement each other.
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How to decorate wedding champagne and glasses with your own hands
It is better that one leading and predominant color be chosen in all this.
It is very popular to decorate bottles of wedding champagne in the form of a bride and groom with all wedding accessories: a veil, a full skirt for the bride and a suit for the groom.
Amina Creates shows how to decorate champagne with your own hands in her master class :
An alternative could be a beautiful champagne stand.
Tatyana Abramenkova tells how to decorate champagne with polymer clay in her master class :
Paper pompoms for wedding hall decoration
Bright pom-poms can be a wonderful decoration for a wedding hall . It’s very easy to make them with your own hands; you will need the most common materials, so the decoration will be very economical from a financial point of view.
For one paper pompom you need:
- 8 sheets of thin paper;
- lace or strong threads;
- large scissors;
- fishing line
Progress:
- Cut the sheets into rectangles with sides approximately 80*50 cm. Stack them on top of each other. Paper for crafts can be multi-colored or plain, but always thin, like packaging paper. The greater its width, the larger the diameter of the ball.
- Fold the sheets like an accordion, making even folds 3-8 cm wide. Fold until one strip remains on the table.
- Bend the strip exactly in half, and tie the resulting fold with thread, but do not tighten it too tightly.
- Cut the edges of the strip in the shape of a semicircle - at this moment the sheets must be held firmly with your hand so that they do not move apart.
- Carefully unfold each edge from the center, holding the fold with your free hand. Unfold the folds slightly along the fold lines.
- Separate each sheet of paper from each other and gradually fluff the ball.
Tie a fishing line of the required length to the craft and attach the pompom to the ceiling or in another part of the banquet hall. also looks interesting on trees when the wedding takes place outdoors.
Paper pompoms for decorating wedding interiors
Extraordinary congratulations
Slide show
Those who have known the newlyweds for a long time and have access to their photos have a luxurious opportunity to make a pleasant surprise. If you have basic computer skills, you can create a cool video or slide show with an unusual plot.
Flashmob
It will be very creative if you congratulate the newlyweds by organizing a festive flash mob. This could be, for example, a rousing dance or a perky song. More often than not, neither guests nor newlyweds simply expect such a surprise, which is why it creates an absolute sensation. You can come up with any plot to surprise a married couple. The presented event will be relevant before the start of the fun, when the newlyweds arrive at the restaurant.
A bottle of champagne for the newlyweds
You can decorate champagne bottles in the same style as wine glasses. Or use other techniques, materials, various elements.
The bottles are original and are decorated with satin ribbons.
Loaf
If it is not fundamentally important for newlyweds that their parents greet them with a royal painted loaf, then kneading and decorating the hearth bread can be entrusted to the child. And it’s the parents’ job to bake.
To make the dough tasty, just choose a recipe with baking, that is, the composition must include butter, milk or sour cream. A child can easily twist leaves, flowers and braids onto the surface of a loaf without anyone’s prompting or help.
Master class: wedding ship made of candies
It’s easy to make a sweet gift with your own hands or just an option for treating guests with goodies - a ship made of candy. It will take several hours to create, so it’s worth freeing up the evening.
First of all, before starting work, you should make a sketch on paper: what size the ship will be, the height of the masts and various decorative details
Then you need to prepare the necessary materials:
- Styrofoam;
- polyurethane foam;
- organza;
- satin ribbon;
- PVA glue and heat gun;
- double sided tape;
- wooden skewers;
- foil, corrugated paper;
- candies.
Progress:
- Cut out the base of the ship from foam plastic and fill its interior with polyurethane foam.
- Cover the outside of the polystyrene foam with corrugated paper. It is important to do this carefully, without leaving gaps.
- Use skewers to depict masts with slats. Cut sails from satin fabric and fasten them to the masts. Install the masts “on deck”, sticking them into the mounting foam.
- Glue the candies to the base of the ship using double-sided tape. Alternatively, you can make small cones out of paper, stick them into the “deck”, and put candy in the holes.
Additionally, the ship can be decorated with a decorative anchor, a lifebuoy and figurines of the bride and groom.
Wedding ship made of candy
"Layout" of the wife
Completing of the work:
- At the top of the oval we draw the hairstyle and face of the young wife. After this, ask your child to finish drawing the bride’s veil.
- Next we begin to depict the neck and shoulders of the bride, as well as the upper part of her dress. Now you can draw the hands and complete the veil. We finish the drawing by depicting the bottom of the dress and erasing the extra lines of the base.
- Then let the baby paint the portraits with colored pencils and decorate the white space with small flowers, butterflies, and hearts. We roll the finished drawing into a tube and elegantly tie it with a satin ribbon.
The couple will be delighted with such children's creativity; receiving a souvenir will be much more pleasant for them than dozens of expensive bouquets.
Car decorations
One of the most important stages of preparation is car decoration. After all, not only guests, but also all passers-by will look at your motorcade.
Advice from professionals will help you think through the details.
- When choosing a car, choose classic colors. White is for the bride, black is for the groom.
- Be sure to discuss the decor of the car company if the car is rented, so as not to compensate for damages for damaged paint.
- In the cortege, bright cars ride at the end.
- For young people, after the registry office, there is a special decor: rings, dolls, a heart.
- We decorate dark cars in light colors and vice versa.
- Position the decor so that it does not interfere with your view of the road. By tightly securing the accessories, you will know for sure that they will not fly out while the vehicle is moving.
- Don't overdo it with bows and lace? with ribbons so as not to look funny.
