75 Easy and Creative DIY Wedding Decoration Ideas

DIY wedding decorations aren’t for every couple who are planning their big day, but if you love making things and have the time and energy, they can add a really personalised and unique edge to your wedding celebrations. DIY wedding decorations are also amazing talking points for guests, who will be very impressed at your creativity and the effort you’ve gone to to make your wedding look fabulous.

Another positive about making your own decor is that it’s usually a lot cheaper than simply buying wedding decorations. And, if you’re smart you can create decor using things like mason jars and vases that you can then reuse at home. Don’t panic if you didn’t excel at art at school, because lots of these DIY wedding decoration ideas are really easy to do, and some simply need to be displayed or put together on your wedding day. Scroll down to find 75 of the very best budget, yet beautiful DIY wedding decoration ideas.

Give your little flower girls or bridesmaids a summery look as they take to the aisle with some homemade flower crowns. The beauty of these is that they look their best when they’re loose and wild-looking, so you don’t have to aim for perfection. If you’ve got a few to make ask your bridesmaids to join you in a craft session fuelled by some bubbly to make them a day or so before the wedding.

If you loved origami as a child, then this DIY paper flowers project is for you. Create instant wow factor at your tables or at your ceremony with colourful paper flowers, they make a great wedding table centrepiece idea. Keep it simple with individual blooms or cluster them together to create a pretty backdrop or wreath.

If your flower budget is a bit tight, then a really cheap but effective DIY wedding idea is a greenery table garland. Collect your favourite foliage (eucalyptus looks particularly effective) and twine it together using florist’s wire. Then lay elegantly along your tables. Dot candles among the leaves for a really romantic effect.

This is so easy and cheap but really looks amazing. All you need to do is collect some mason jars, buy or borrow strings of lights and artfully place them inside the jars. Dot them around your venue or along paths in the evening to make your wedding look magical.

If you’ve decided on an outdoor wedding venue or saying “I do” on a destination wedding then a brilliant DIY decor idea is a comfort station where you provide things that your guests might need like pretty fans, sun shades, blankets and water. Display these essentials in a pretty way and it can become one of your most photographed wedding decorations.

Let your guests get creative with a drinks station, where they can garnish their pre-reception drink with a whole host of lovely things. Pimp your Prosecco is a popular choice and you can provide edible flowers, fruit and different flavour syrups displayed in a pretty way that’ll wow your guests.

Scour your local antiques or flea markets for pretty mirrors and then use them as signs at your wedding by writing on them in pretty pens – a Sharpie oil-based marker is ideal as it shouldn’t rub off if guests decide to touch your handiwork.

Think about your wedding theme and then come up with a DIY wedding seating plan to match or even use a seating plan template. Perhaps it’s a map of the world at a travel themed wedding or pictures from your love story. Whatever you both love, use it as inspiration to help your guests find their seats.

You could always make the basket for your DIY confetti cones too. Upcycle a used wine boxed or wooden food box by painting it and adding your initials or take plain basket and jazz it up with some decor and ribbons that match your theme.

Even if you have a traditional gift list, guests will still bring a card for you on the big day. Make sure you have somewhere stylish to collect them by making your own card box. You could make a letterbox or just a simple box with a pretty sign or writing telling guests to post their cards.

As DIY wedding decorations go then don’t get much easier than this! All you need to do is fluff out some pretty paper pom poms in your wedding colours and then string them up around your wedding venue.

If you’re good at sewing and have access to a sewing machine you might want to add some summer fete style to your celebration with homemade bunting. Choose a fabric that works for your wedding and then sew strings of bunting to drape around your venue.

Walking down the aisle will be something you’ll never forget and your guests will be taking pictures of you every step of the way, so jazz up your aisle with some pretty DIY wedding decorations like flowers, candles, lanterns, bay trees, rose petals or pretty paper hearts on sticks.

Provide instant wow factor as your guests arrive at your reception venue with some DIY chair backs. DIY wedding decoration ideas can be as simple as some pretty chiffon tied in bows or as elaborate as floral arrangements, personalised signs, burlap or macramé covers.

Get the party started in style with an inviting drinks display. Of course there’s the traditional champagne glass tower, but you could also make a wall for champagne glasses, urns full of cocktails, a bathtub full of beers, or a rustic step ladder display. The only limit on this reception decoration idea is your imagination.

If you’re on a budget and don’t want to hire a Photo Booth complete with backdrop then it can be a brilliant idea to make your own. Read our guide to how to make your own DIY photo booth backdrop and find brilliant inspiration here.

These decoration ideas don’t serve a practical purpose but they look very pretty when you place them on top of a napkin! Simply spray paint the top of feathers gold and add some sparkle.

There’s often a bit of a lull between the ceremony and reception or reception and evening party so it can be a smart idea to provide some entertainment for your guests. A brilliant budget idea is to make your own rustic lawn games – we’re talking quoits, hoopla, giant jenga, skittles and croquet.

If you’ve decided to go for American-style escort cards rather than a table plan then you can have a lot of fun with how you display them. We’ve seen everything from escort card topped cupcakes and vintage keys with the cards as labels to potted plants and even shot glasses!

If you’ve got a pretty vintage bike or know a friend who has, ask to borrow it and then display pretty wild flowers in the basket and hang a sign to your wedding on the handle bars for a really simple piece of DIY decor.

Grab a disused wooden pallet, turn it on its side, paint it and use the wooden panels to write down the order of the day. Pretty it up with flowers to give it a wedding vibe.

This is a really easy DIY project. Collect some fresh lavender and then rub it between your hands to loosen the lavender petals. Sprinkle them on your table for some natural and beautifully-scented table confetti.

Light up the path to your big day or the toilets and bar if they’re outside with strings of fairy lights or festoon lighting.

Wedding guest books can be a bit boring, so make them more exciting for both you and your guests with a DIY polaroid guest book table. Leave some pritt stick out with a polaroid camera and ask guests to write their message next to a picture of them. This is a genius idea as it’s the guests who end up doing the work!

Got some spare wine bottles from all the engagement celebrations? Turn them into table numbers by creating personalised labels or by painting them and then adding the number on top.

A pretty centerpiece idea is to collect or make your own wood slices from your garden and then pile them up artistically on your tables before topping them with flowers.

Instead of having your dessert served to the tables why not make your dessert do double duty as décor too and arrange a selection of cakes, macarons, and mini desserts in different containers on a table with flowers.

This idea looks particularly amazing at destination weddings or an outdoor wedding. Buy some vibrant fresh fruit like oranges, lemons and apples from the market and then arrange it as a table runner along trestle style tables. Guests can then help themselves too.

Bring the romance to your big day with plenty of candles. Have some fun creating an eye-catching look with different heights and colours of taper candles.

Create your own Mr and Mrs/ Mr and Mr/ Mrs and Mrs banner out of colourful card or material and hang it behind your top table.

If you’re getting married or holding your drinks outdoors you can add some bling to the trees by hanging pretty decorations from the branches.

Have some fun with your dance floor with some DIY decor like an overhead fairy light chandelier, light up letters made from wood and light bulbs or even a monogrammed dance floor.

Create a pretty backdrop to your table, ceremony or any other area you want to light up with strings of lights hung vertically from a frame.

Buy some modelling sugar paste and try and make yourselves in bride and groom form for the top of your cake. Or perhaps something simpler like mini bunting or a foliage covered wire heart?

When it comes to working out the budget wedding favours often end up getting the cut as buying 100 little gifts can be rather expensive! By DIYing your favours though you can still treat your guests without spending lots. Homemade jam, chocolates, a mix tape of your wedding music, DIY candles, hot chocolate or cocktail mixes will all be received very happily.

Buy or borrow some old barrels and unleash your inner carpenter by turning them into tables. It’s actually a lot easier than it sounds and they will look amazing at a rustic drinks reception.

Inject some colour into your reception room with pretty paper pinwheels in jars.

Scour antiques shops for mismatched vintage china and then use it in your decor as either flower vases, table centrepieces or even to serve tea and coffee in after dinner.

Attach flower heads to long lengths of ribbon, which in turn are hung from a door frame or arch. The final effect will be an ideal ceremony or photo booth backdrop.

Who knew tying a few knots could result in something so pretty. Macramé plans pots look really stylish and add vertical interest to your foliage and flowers.

Clean leftover wine bottles and then coat them in glitter. These can then be used as candle holders or to display table numbers.

There are so many uses for leftover wine bottles at weddings, including using them as your table plan. Paint them in black chalk board paint and then once dry write names and the table number on top in white chalk.

Source some gorgeous fabric like velvet, silk, lace or chiffon in your wedding colours and tie lengths of it around the back of your ceremony and reception chairs. Think about layering different fabrics or add springs of flowers for a country garden look.

If your venue has beams then you could easily hang an impressive looking garland wreath from them. All you need is plenty of foliage to wrap round a metal hoop that you then tie up using lengths of rope.

This is quite an intricate project but it’s a sustainable one as silk flowers can be used again and again. Place a DIY material flower on each place setting or use them in arrangements to supplement real flowers.

Collect pretty shells from the beach and then attach them to lengths of string that you hang from a frame for a chic piece of seaside wedding decor.

Fairy lights look extremely pretty and romantic when you wrap the lights into a messy ball and then place them inside a small vase or jar on your tables.

Fill glass vases with water (add food dye if you want some colour) and then float candles on top for a pretty and budget-friendly DIY centrepiece.

End the party on a high by having your guests do a sparkler send off. Place sparklers in a box with a pretty sign so guests know exactly what to do.

At the end of the ceremony it can look amazing having all your guests waving ribbon wands. They’re simple to make and can be made in any colour and fit with any theme.