Having and planning a Halloween themed wedding is a lot of fun and it will be an unforgettable experience for everyone. For couples who enjoy Halloween, love to have a laugh, and don\’t like conventional affairs, this is a perfect theme. With some creativity, advanced planning and a whimsical imagination, you can have the perfect non-traditional wedding.

The Wedding Attire – No Scary Costumes Please!

If you want to wear a white dress, you can still incorporate the theme into your gown by having a fall colored or black ribbon on the waist of the dress. If you are adventurous and willing to step way outside of the norm, wear a stunning ball gown in black for the ceremony or have a black gown to change into for the ceremony. The bridesmaids can either wear black or fall colors that include reds, oranges and browns. A black dress with a small orange accent ribbon can provide just the right amount of color to go with the theme of the day. Give your bridesmaid bracelets with little crystal skulls to wear with their outfits. The groom and groomsmen can wear a traditional black tuxedo with a fall colored tie, bow tie, and/or cummerbund.

Flowers & Bouquets Inspired by the Season

Use fall colors such as red and orange, tie the bouquets together with decorative ribbon and include tiny Halloween decorations such as spiders or skeletons as part of the bouquets. The groom and groomsmen can wear a single orange flower with a tiny skeleton attached.

Halloween Wedding Decorations

The decorating part will be a blast when you shop at a Halloween store for the majority of your wedding reception decorations. The party can have an \”elegant\” feel without being tacky by using black or brown linen table covers and burnt orange cloth napkins. Make centerpieces from miniature pumpkins that have been hollowed out with votive candles inside, use several different sized candles placed on the tables and use Halloween spider webs in the center of each table under the centerpieces. Serve beverages from witches caldrons and have carved pumpkins by the entrance ways. For the place seat markers, use miniature gravestones. When decorating for a Halloween theme, it is best to find one or two ideas and use those throughout the event. For example, use skeletons and pumpkins, instead of having one of everything that is Halloween related.

Food & Cake to Die For

Have a buffet or a barbecue that includes ribs and chicken or you can have an elegant sit-down dinner that still brings some of the fall season foods into the meal, such as a spiced pumpkin soup or souffle. The wedding cake could be a devils food cake or, for a \”bloody\” effect, serve a red velvet cake. Have a dessert table and candy buffet that includes candy apples, caramel apples, popcorn balls, cupcakes with plastic spider rings on top, and bowls of Halloween candy. Use a Halloween themed cake topper designed to look like bride and groom skeletons. Have several skeletons, pumpkins, spiders and spider webs placed around the food table and placed strategically around the cake. Use more of the \”fun\” elements of Halloween rather than the grotesque or scary to keep the atmosphere lighthearted.

Wedding Favors

Choosing the wedding favors for a Halloween theme is about as easy as you can get. Create a trick or treat bag for each guest by using cellophane party bags filled with plastic toys and candy, use miniature coffins filled with candy, fill small witches cauldrons with candy pumpkins, or make decorative masks for each guest to wear. You can give each person a Halloween themed bag or jar filled with orange and black jelly beans, or just let them fill them on their own at the candy bar on their way out.

Keep in mind that Halloween themed weddings are meant to be a fun time for the bride and groom as well as their guests. If planning the wedding several months before stores begin selling Halloween items, you can either shop online or plan the bulk of the wedding and reception beforehand and shop for the Halloween items when they are available in the stores.

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