Christmas Wedding Decoration Ideas: The Gift Of Christmas

For anyone planning a Christmas wedding theme, one very excellent Christmas craft decorations book that shows with step-by-step pictures how to make Christmas decorations that can be used to deck out the ceremony and/or reception site is The Gift Of Christmas: Create Ornaments, Floral Arrangements, Gifts & More (The Home Decorating Institute, 1996). With the many easy to understand Christmas table decorating crafts, decorations for wedding reception tables will not be problem. In fact, for a Christmas wedding theme one could use The Gift Of Christmas as the only guide to make Christmas decorations for the entire event.

Christmas decor for the tables of the reception could be as elegantly simple as a forest of shingled trees and miniature gift ornaments, all nestled in fake snow for a wintry flourish, like those shown on page 52. This whimsical assemblage of cheap Christmas decorations is a unique Christmas wedding centerpiece that is big on looks. The shingled trees are amazingly simple handmade Christmas decorations crafted of foam cones wrapped with green paper twist to which are glued miniature wooden shingles. Then, simply paint the shingles, wait for the paint to dry, and finish up by gluing desired embellishments in strategic locations.

For someone willing to craft Christmas decorations that are a little more involved, the shingled trees Christmas wedding centerpiece idea can be expanded upon through the addition of a pair of carolers and a lamppost. Yes, there are in-depth instructions and step-by-step pictures detailing how to make these Christmas table decorating crafts starting on page 59. Necessary skills for constructing these props run the gamut from drilling to sawing to sewing to painting. As I said, these Christmas craft decorations are involved, but will add a visual delight to the snowy forest wedding reception table centerpiece decorations.

If a little drilling and gluing is not too daunting, perhaps folk-art wooden Christmas decorations will do as table top wedding decorations. One such Christmas wedding centerpiece idea worth considering is tiered wood trees like the one shown on page 55. As explained in the accompanying text on that same page:

… the tiered wood Christmas tree is made by stacking graduated lengths of screen molding on a wooden dowel. The branches of the tree are movable, allowing for ease in storage…Finished trees can be decorated with miniature ornaments or garlands, if desired.

Two other wooden Christmas decorations that could be used for wedding table centerpieces are the wooden baskets shown on pages 104 and 105; one features end pieces with a tree shape, while the other uses end pieces with s snowman shape. These craft Christmas decorations are fairly simple to construct, though it will require the use of a jig saw or a band saw to cut the end pieces to shape. Patterns for the end pieces are provided in the book. Like the tiered tree mentioned above, project instructions call for wooden screen molding, which is used to make the basket slats.

One great thing about embellishing tables at a Christmas theme wedding with any of these Christmas table decorating crafts, decorations for wedding reception tables can be given away as wedding favors to members of the bridal party. And it can be done with some level of certainty that they will be used as Christmas decor for the tables of the recipients for many Christmases to come. There are plenty more projects for handmade Christmas decorations in the book that I haven’t mentioned. Get a hold of a copy to discover more terrific, cheap Christmas wedding decoration ideas.