"Just Married" – The Decorated Wedding Car Says It All

It's the tradition that lets everyone in town know you were just married: the decorated wedding car. Everyone is familiar with the sight – and sound – of the newly married couple driving away in a car covered with balloons and crepe paper streamers with tin cans tied behind the wedding car and dragging noisly in the back. The decorated wedding car is a practice that a few friends and family members traditionally took care of without the bride and groom's awareness.

Like other traditions that have been "modernized," such as rice throwing replaced by the more environmentally sound birdseed throwing or bubble blowing, traditions of wedding car decorations have also changed with the times. While balloons and streamers and tin cans tied behind wedding cars still make perfect decorations, new options are also available as decoration for cars for just married couples.

Static Window and Body Decals

One of the most popular wedding car decoration ideas is the static cling rear window wedding decal. Imagine a giant "Just Married" that looks as if it's painted in the rear window. The decal attaches using static cling, so it can be peeled off easily. You can even have the rear window decal personalized with the name of the bride and groom and the wedding date. It makes a perfect keepsake after the wedding day is over.

The same type of static-cling decal is available for the decorating the body of the wedding car. Cover the car with "Just Married" decals. It looks like paint, but it peels off without causing any damage to the paint. Suction-cup window signs that display "Just Married" or "Newlyweds on Board" are also popular wedding decoration ideas for cars for just married couples. Or write your own wedding car message using car-safe window markers. You can also add a "Just Married" license plate cover to complete the wedding car decoration.

Posters

One of the easiest ways to decorate the wedding car is to create a colorful "Just Married" poster and attach it to the trunk. The poster can be decorated to match the wedding theme or the personal style of the bride and groom. The poster can be detached from the car and placed in the reception hall or honeymoon suite after the wedding.

Flower Streamers and Garlands

Among ideas for wedding car decorations with flowers is flower streamers and garlands tied to the trunk, so they can dangle behind the decorated wedding car as it drives away. The flowers can be selected to fit in with the wedding theme. For a Hawaiian-style wedding, try palm fronds along with tropical flowers. For a Christmas wedding, try pine garlands.

Flowers and garland can also be wrapped around the edges of the wedding car windows. However, be careful that the decorations don't limit driving visibility in any way. That goes for all wedding car decorations. While it's wonderful to be creative with wedding car decorations, remember that safety is most important. And take care that the wedding car decorations don't harm the car either.

Don't Forget the Relatives

Wedding car decorations aren't limited to the bride and groom's car. Create personalized messages on the car windows of the bride and groom's parents and everyone in the wedding party, using poster board or special car window markers.

Rent Something Fancy

Decorations aren't the only consideration when it comes to wedding car traditions. You might also want to rent a special car, such as a vintage car or sports car that fits in with your wedding theme.