If you and your significant other are the type who find weddings boring and stuffy you may want to consider having a themed wedding. They can be very casual and light-hearted, and you will certainly be giving your guests something to remember.
There’s nothing like a well thought out theme to make your wedding celebration unique and memorable for a fraction of the cost. A wedding theme should tell your guests something about the two of you as a couple and as individuals because that’s what makes it unique.
Think about what you and your future spouse. Are you absolutely fanatical about something? Perhaps you share a love for sports, maybe a sports themed wedding would be right for you. Or maybe you met on the beach, where you would likely want to choose a beach themed wedding. Once you’ve decided on your wedding theme, you are going to want to make sure all elements of your wedding celebration reflect that singular theme.
One thing to remember when brainstorming wedding theme ideas: Choose a theme that is appropriate for all guests. It might be difficult for some people to rent or purchase special outfits for a theme party, so try and make it something that is accessible and affordable for every guest. Also, with theme weddings, it's even more important to send out invitations well in advance. Below are some wedding theme ideas to get your imagination started.
Wedding Theme Examples
Hawaiian or a beach theme. You can approach a beach-theme wedding in two different ways. You can have a destination wedding at a beach, either local or a destination wedding on a beach away from your hometown, or you can have a beach-theme away from a beach, such as a your backyard, poolside at a hotel, or even in an indoor venue. Just make sure all the decorations, as well as the attire, scream "BEACH." For decorations, you could place a few surf boards nearby, and serve tropical drinks in coconuts.
The Roaring Twenties wedding - Swing music and 1920's style dress will make this one a blast.
The 1960's wedding - With all the Peace signs, flowers, and psychedelic colors about, your guests may have such a great time they won't even remember it.
The Sports wedding - For all you sports-lovers out there. The groomsmen can dress in their favorite teams uniform and the bridesmaids can dress as cheerleaders. Make the wedding favors part of the theme too using hockey pucks or baseballs.
The Fairyland wedding - You can add fairy wings to your dress and your guests can dress as all sorts of mythical creatures.
The Disney wedding - There are so many memorable Disney characters that you use to build a perfect wedding. Winnie the Pooh, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, the Lion King, Cinderella. The options are unlimited.
The Pirate wedding - Decorate your reception hall to look like an old saloon or the deck of a ship. Peg legs, hooks for hands and eye patches make nice touches to your pirate costumes. Use a treasure chest to store your wedding gifts.
The Star Wars wedding - Why not dress up in costume and have Princess Leia marry Han Solo? The best man may be a little warm in a Chewbacca costume, but you can bet there will be silence when Darth Vader asks if anyone has objections to the marriage.
The Star Trek wedding - Or if you are a Star Trek fan, you can get married on the bridge of the Enterprise. Mr Spock can be the best man and the groomsmen can be Scotty, Chekhov and Sulu. Your reception will look like an interplanetary meeting of Klingons, Romulans, Andorians, and Vulcans.
The Lord of the Rings wedding - You can get married as Aragorn and Arwen, with the ceremony performed by the wizard Gandalf. Children will make perfect little hobbits.
Butterfly wedding theme - You can decorate with butterfly shaped decorations, as well as release butterflies after the wedding ceremony.
Las Vegas wedding theme - If you can't make it to Vegas for your wedding, bring Vegas to your wedding! Hire an Elvis impersonator, rent some gaming tables and dealers, and you will have a great Las Vegas wedding theme.
Western wedding theme - Plan a shotgun wedding with a western wedding theme. Western outfits are fairly easy to create, and a western cookout will surely keep your wedding reception costs down. Just be sure to check the Colt 45s at the door.
When it comes to wedding themes, the possibilities are only limited by your own imagination.
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