10 Great Ideas For Beach Theme Weddings

You can find a lot of wonderful ideas for beach theme weddings that can be found around the web. Check out these 10 fun and interesting suggestions for a unique twist on a seashore marriage celebration.

Seashells and Pearls

Incorporate a variety of different kinds of seashells and pearls within your theme.

For example, you could use clam shells, scallop shells, conch shells, snail shells, and mussel shells as decorations, as wedding favors, and on your invitations.

Pearl types are: Tahitian black pearls, fresh water pearls, golden or white South Sea pearls. Drape (fake) pearls on centerpieces, add to favor packages, and decorate your food tables with strings of pearls.

Caribbean Calypso

Set your wedding theme within the Caribbean and surround your guests with island sites and sounds.

Play reggae and and calypso music, include steel drum beats.

Don't forget the rum bottles, pepper sauce, Bajan seasoning, and cane sugar, which are very popular in the Caribbean.

New England Nautical Theme Wedding

Add maritime magic to your wedding. Decorate with lobster traps, wooden buoys and glass floaters, old salt figurines, lighthouse decorations, ship lanterns, wood dock pilings, fishermen's nets and small sailboats.

Depending on whether your wedding reception is formal or casual, serve: New England clam chowder, corn meal Johnny cakes, oysters, or have a clam bake.

Mythical Creatures From The Sea

You can plan a wedding theme around one or a variety of mythical sea creatures, such as mermaids/mermen, Nereid's, or water sprites.

Other (real) animals related to the ocean waters are seahorses, sea lions, and seals.

Pick one of these nautical beings as a focus for your theme.

Sailing the High Seas

Bring the "high seas" onto land with decorations and favors reflecting the time of tall schooner ships, carracks, galleons, and longships.

Decorate with nautical colors, anchors, life preservers and netting. Use unbleached muslin toppers for your table tops and scatter small seashells and beach rocks around centerpieces.

Exploring A Coral Reef

A coral reef is one of the most beautiful sights with its abundance of colorful fish and intricately shaped corals surrounded by a deep blue ocean.

Use the brilliant colors and various fish species as inspiration for this wedding theme.

Set fake coral (available from any place that sells aquarium supplies) inside rounded glass bowls and float candles on top for lovely under-the-sea centerpieces.

1950's Beach Party

Casual ideas for beach theme weddings would include a fifties wedding theme, for sure.

Play 50's party music, use beach balls for decorations and favors - even for your wedding invitations! Colorful beach towels could become themed table runners, and be sure to set up a "caddy shack" as the bar.

Sand buckets with shovels, funky sunglasses or a 50's music CD make great wedding favors.

More Ideas for Beach Theme Weddings - Choose a Movie

There are a lot of great movies out there that you could use as your beach wedding theme, such as:

• The Little Mermaid
• Finding Nemo
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean

Conclusion

As you can see, these are all wonderful ideas for beach theme weddings. You don't need to stick with just sand and seashells.

The trick is to use a little imagination and have a good look at what is associated with a beach and the ocean. Then plan your seashore wedding around what appeals to you most. You're sure to end up with a unique and memorable marriage event that people will talk about for years to come.

10 Great Ideas For Beach Theme Weddings by Rose Smith
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