Cheap Beach Wedding Centerpiece Ideas

Cheap Beach Wedding Centerpiece Ideas

A beautiful beach wedding centerpiece doesn't have to cost a lot. They are intended to add beauty to the guest table not break yourbudget!

With a little imagination and creativity, there are oodles ofbeautiful centerpieces that you could make to match your beachwedding theme AND save you money!

Before we get into some neat ideas, here are a couple of costsaving tips to consider...

If you are having lots of guests, instead of having a huge, multi layered wedding cake, have a simple two tiered cake for the bride and groom. Then have individual, single layer cakes decorated similarly as centerpieces at each guest table. You still have enough cake to feed the guests but you have eliminated the added expense of buying centerpieces!

Create centerpieces that can double as wedding favors! This killstwo birds with one stone and saves you money. A great example wouldbe to make bouquets out of single, long stemmed silk roses, each with your "thank you" note attached. At the end of the evening, the guests could take a rose as a keepsake.

Okay...here are some ideas for a beach wedding centerpiece that you can make yourself. Cheap and easy!

"Do It Yourself" Beach Wedding Centerpiece Ideas...

A glass or silver flower vase full of Fairy Tale Magic Wands would make a spectacular centerpiece for a Cinderella wedding theme. They are very cheap to buy and come in a rainbow of colors. You can find them with butterflies, hearts and stars adorned with netting, pearls, or ribbon. Tie a "Thank You" to each wand. They serve as a beautiful centerpiece and your wedding favor.

Take a glass rose bowl and place some sand, a few shells and a smallfloral scented candle inside. Nestle the rose bowl in the center of silk hibiscus flowers. The sand and shells are free and the votive candles and silk flowers are a super cheap. Get them at your local "Dollar Store"! Perfect for a tropical theme!

Here's a really simple beach wedding centerpiece idea. A small glass punch bowl full of fruit and topped with a pineapple would be really colorful and very "Caribbean"! You could even slice some lemons and limes to hang on the edges of the bowl.

Here's another fruit idea suitable for tropical, Caribbean or Hawaiian themes. Build and beautiful, edible fruit tree! It's simple and it can be made a day before needed and stored easily. Take a large styrofoam cone, found in any hobby or craft store. Cover it in a couple of layers of wax paper. Use strawberries, grapes, cubed cantaloupe, watermelon, and honey dew melon to build your masterpiece. Attach each piece of fruit with a toothpick. Center it on a bed of lettuce to add greenery. The tree will feed 8 to 10 people!

A glass flower vase with an arrangement of large multi colored lollipops would be beautiful for a rainbow wedding theme. Tie big brilliant bows on each lollipop along with your wedding "Thank You"! Everybody gets one as a wedding favor.

The same idea could be used for a butterfly wedding theme. Silk butterflies arranged on long stems in a vase mixed with flowers would make a beautiful centerpiece. The butterflies would appear to be "in flight".

Make your own treasure chests out of decorated cardboard boxes. Use quilt batting to stuff the boxes leaving enough room to put candy jewelry and coins on top. Perfect for that Treasure Island or pirate theme!

Colorful toy beach pails complete with the sand sculpting tools would be cool for a beach party theme. Fill them up with sand, throw in a few shells, a bottle of suntan lotion. Remember, if you are having a beach wedding, someone will need the sunscreen!

Most of these ideas for a beach wedding centerpiece are of a fun nature. If you are looking for a beach wedding theme centerpiece that is a little more romantic you may want to consider something more floral with candles.

If you don't have a creative bone in your body, not to worry! Almost any party supply store has a mega assortment of table centerpieces. Anything from palm trees to pink flamingos to coconuts to parrots. You are bound to find a suitable beach wedding centerpiece at one of them!

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