7 Decorations You Can Make to Have a Beautiful, Low-Cost Wedding
When we think about weddings, we often imagine big halls, lots of decorations, bows, and flowers. Organizing elaborate weddings can cost a fortune, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. Sometimes, the smallest and most simple decorations can bring more cheer and joy than anything else.
5-Minute Crafts prepared simple yet really unique ways to make decorations and have a very beautiful wedding day without spending too much money.
1. Wedding candy box
What you will need:
🟣 Artificial flowers
🟣 Scissors
🟣 Small plastic containers with caps
🟣 Dry flowers
🟣 Candy
🟣 Wheat
🟣 Ribbon
🟣 Dried pampas leaves
🟣 Super glue
🟣 Step 1: Take the artificial flowers and remove the leaves.
🟣 Step 2: Using scissors, cut the branches near the ends of the flowers.
🟣 Step 3: Unpack the plastic containers and remove the tops.
🟣 Step 4: Add the dried flowers to the containers.
🟣 Step 5: Add the wheat inside the containers.
🟣 Step 6: Next comes the candy — remove the plastic wrappers and put them inside the container.
🟣 Step 7: Close the container with its lid and add 2 pieces of ribbon, making a cross shape. Glue them to the top and sides of the plastic box.
🟣 Step 8: Glue the flowers to both ends of the ribbon and put dried pampas leaves under the ribbon. The wedding candy box is ready!
2. Vase from a bottle
What you will need:
🟣 White glue
🟣 A sponge
🟣 A glass bottle
🟣 Glitter
🟣 Step 1: Take one clear glass bottle and put some white glue on it.
🟣 Step 2: Using a small piece of sponge, tap the glue onto the bottle.
🟣 Step 3: Take glitter of your choice and sprinkle it over the bottle.
🟣 Step 4: Make sure that you’ve covered all the places and, if needed, repeat some places by tapping white glue and more glitter.
🟣 Step 5: Once the first layer of white glue is dry, apply white glue over the layer of glitter. Leave the bottle to dry.
🟣 Step 6: Put flowers inside the vase and place it wherever you want!
3. Candle
What you will need:
🟣 A candle
🟣 Tape
🟣 White glue
🟣 A sponge
🟣 Glitter
🟣 String
🟣 Step 1: Place a piece of tape around the candle, dividing the candle in half.
🟣 Step 2: Using a sponge, tap white glue onto the uncovered portion of the candle.
🟣 Step 3: Take some glitter of your choice and sprinkle it over the glue.
🟣 Step 4: Once the glitter is dry, add one more coat of white glue to the candle.
🟣 Step 5: Carefully remove the tape.
🟣 Step 6: Measure a piece of twine and wrap it over the candle. You can tie it at the end or simply glue it using any kind of glue.
🟣 Step 7: The candle is ready!
4. Slap bracelet corsage
What you will need:
🟣 A white slap bracelet
🟣 Hot glue
🟣 A green artificial flower
🟣 Blue artificial flowers
🟣 Step 1: Open the bracelet and place it on a flat surface.
🟣 Step 2: Glue a green artificial flower onto the middle of the bracelet.
🟣 Step 3: Add 2 more flowers from each side of the green flower and glue them using hot glue.
🟣 Step 4: The bracelets are ready!
5. Slap bracelet corsage with leaves
🟣 Step 1: Open the slap bracelet and glue one branch of artificial leaves.
🟣 Step 2: Using hot glue, stick on the second branch of artificial leaves facing the opposite side of the slap bracelet.
🟣 Step 3: Add flowers to the middle of the bracelet, where the 2 ends of the branches end. Glue them with hot glue.
🟣 Step 4: If you’d like, you can glue more artificial flowers to the left or right. The bracelets are ready!
6. Bridal shoes
What you will need:
🟣 White shoes
🟣 Tape
🟣 Silver glitter glue
🟣 A paintbrush
🟣 Step 1: Take the white shoes and cover their bottoms with tape.
🟣 Step 2: Take silver glitter glue and start painting the shoes.
🟣 Step 3: Remove the tape from the bottoms of the shoes.
🟣 Step 4: The shoes are ready!
7. Decorative staircase holder
What you will need:
🟣 A pool noodle
🟣 White fabric
🟣 Zip ties
🟣 Artificial vine garland
🟣 Artificial flowers
🟣 Step 1: Put the pool noodle on the staircase holder.
🟣 Step 2: Wrap it with white fabric or a white sheet, but make sure to cover the whole pool noodle.
🟣 Step 3: Secure the sheet and the pool noodle with white zip ties.
🟣 Step 4: Wrap the artificial vine garland around the staircase holder.
🟣 Step 5: Add artificial flowers onto the artificial vine garland. You can put on as many as you want in any colors you’d like.
🟣 Step 6: The staircase holder is ready!