Wedding Origami Ideas
Making favour boxes, decorations and invitations by hand creates a personal and intimate feel and because you can get paper in just about any colour, shade and pattern, it is a real opportunity to make your wedding day unique. Better yet, unlike other wedding crafts, origami is clean to carry out, needs no special equipment and can be done weeks or months before the big day.
Classic Cranes
Traditionally a symbol of loyalty and honour at Japanese weddings, as the birds are thought to be monogamous, paper cranes make gorgeous wedding table decorations and can be used as table scatters, highlights or place name holders. Legend has it that if you make 1,000 paper cranes, you will get your heart’s desire.
You could even string cranes together to create garlands and backdrops. They are one of the simplest origami techniques to master, and they hold their shape well. To add texture and interest, use papers that fit your wedding colour scheme, but with different patterns.
Hearts And Flowers
Hearts petals are a classic wedding motif and origami versions can be as simple or elaborate as you like. Very quick and easy to make, origami hearts fashioned from coordinating papers or the pages of old books can add a signature touch to simple invitations, thank-you notes and favour boxes.
Origami flower styles such as kusudama and lilies mimic the form of flowers, but at a much more affordable price. Kusudama flowers have five pointed petals with stamen style ridges in the centre. They look great as wedding table scatters, extra details or to disguise fastenings and can also be grouped together to form a hanging ball as an alternative to paper pom poms.
Lily origami flowers have, as you’d expect, more of a trumpet shape and are a great option for table centrepieces. Origami flowers can also be a thrifty and allergy-friendly alternative to real or silk flowers in your wedding scheme.
Boxing Clever
Paper boxes are a classic way to present gifts and favours to your guests, but it is possible to make your own versions entirely from a single sheet of paper. Making origami boxes is easy and a great task to delegate to eager friends and family members who want to help. You could even invite them over for an origami party to show them the technique and give them paper to use.
Origami boxes and favour containers don’t have to be square, either. Rather than giving boxes filled with a gift, why not make the origami the gift? You could make containers filled with origami lucky stars to decorate your reception and ask guests to take one as they leave. They are gorgeous to look at, quick to make and fun to give. You could even use a lottery or raffle ticket to make them really lucky for some!
Look online for great tutorials and check out our wholesale wedding supplies—and if you don’t have the patience to make them yourself, there are plenty of people online who will make your paper dreams come true.
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Wedding Origami Ideas
Making favour boxes, decorations and invitations by hand creates a personal and intimate feel and because you can get paper in just about any colour, shade and pattern, it is a real opportunity to make your wedding day unique. Better yet, unlike other wedding crafts, origami is clean to carry out, needs no special equipment and can be done weeks or months before the big day.
Classic Cranes
Traditionally a symbol of loyalty and honour at Japanese weddings, as the birds are thought to be monogamous, paper cranes make gorgeous wedding table decorations and can be used as table scatters, highlights or place name holders. Legend has it that if you make 1,000 paper cranes, you will get your heart’s desire.
You could even string cranes together to create garlands and backdrops. They are one of the simplest origami techniques to master, and they hold their shape well. To add texture and interest, use papers that fit your wedding colour scheme, but with different patterns.
Hearts And Flowers
Hearts petals are a classic wedding motif and origami versions can be as simple or elaborate as you like. Very quick and easy to make, origami hearts fashioned from coordinating papers or the pages of old books can add a signature touch to simple invitations, thank-you notes and favour boxes.
Origami flower styles such as kusudama and lilies mimic the form of flowers, but at a much more affordable price. Kusudama flowers have five pointed petals with stamen style ridges in the centre. They look great as wedding table scatters, extra details or to disguise fastenings and can also be grouped together to form a hanging ball as an alternative to paper pom poms.
Lily origami flowers have, as you’d expect, more of a trumpet shape and are a great option for table centrepieces. Origami flowers can also be a thrifty and allergy-friendly alternative to real or silk flowers in your wedding scheme.
Boxing Clever
Paper boxes are a classic way to present gifts and favours to your guests, but it is possible to make your own versions entirely from a single sheet of paper. Making origami boxes is easy and a great task to delegate to eager friends and family members who want to help. You could even invite them over for an origami party to show them the technique and give them paper to use.
Origami boxes and favour containers don’t have to be square, either. Rather than giving boxes filled with a gift, why not make the origami the gift? You could make containers filled with origami lucky stars to decorate your reception and ask guests to take one as they leave. They are gorgeous to look at, quick to make and fun to give. You could even use a lottery or raffle ticket to make them really lucky for some!
Look online for great tutorials and check out our wholesale wedding supplies—and if you don’t have the patience to make them yourself, there are plenty of people online who will make your paper dreams come true.
Previous Post: Six Projects For the Groomsmen
Next Post: Ceremonies For Secular Couples