Thank your wedding attendants and enjoy a relaxing evening before the wedding with a rehearsal dinner to celebrate with friends and family. Deck out the dining tables with eye-catching embellishments that personalize the festivities. Choose centerpiece materials to reflect the theme of your wedding, provide a touch of whimsy or add meaning and nostalgia.
Photo Collection
Design a quick and sentimental wedding rehearsal centerpiece by gathering framed photos of the bride and groom, the wedding party and additional family and friends. Determine the number of photo arrangements you'll need---count the number of tables at the rehearsal dinner location or place an arrangement every three feet if guests will be sitting at one long table. Design groupings of framed photos with different themes. For example, make one of the bride and groom featuring images from childhood to the present, another using candid shots of the bridal party taken during pre-wedding events, and another of the couple's parents and grandparents. Arrange the frames on decorative boxes or stacks of wedding-related books to produce a centerpiece with multiple heights.
Gift Assortment
Create festive rehearsal dinner decorations using the gifts that you plan to present to the wedding attendants later in the evening. Arrange the wrapped presents on a decorative platter or three-tiered dessert tray. Compile additional present-filled centerpieces that display door prizes or thank you gifts for family members. Wrap the packages in paper or gift bags that coordinate with your wedding colors as a decorative touch.
Water Bowls
Add beauty to the dinner table with shallow bowls of water and decorative floating elements. Gather an assortment of plain glass bowls. Add water to the containers until they're half full. Create centerpieces that feature your wedding colors by mixing drops of liquid watercolors into the water. Choose items to float on the surface of the water like decorative candles or the same type of flowers used in the wedding boutonnieres or bridesmaids' bouquets.
Interactive Elements
If the members of your wedding party are kids at heart, design wedding rehearsal dinner centerpieces that let them play while waiting for dinner to arrive. Fill colorful plastic buckets with items like Tinkertoys, Lego blocks, erasable drawings boards or action figures. Pile an assortment of foam blocks onto a decorative platter to see who can make the tallest or most artistic tower. Place small tablets of drawing paper and crayons, pencils and makers in a basket for the guests to doodle or play games like tic-tac-toe.
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