A wedding in a nautical style is suitable for freedom-loving natures who love expanses of water. A script, design tips, dress ideas for the heroes of the evening and guests will help you have a great day. For those who love water spaces, to celebrate events in an extraordinary way, a wedding in a nautical style is suitable. Ideas for an inexpensive but effective design will certainly help.
A nautical wedding - the main features
Depending on the desires and possibilities, the future spouses should choose a place for the celebration. This could be:
- on the seashore;
- at a seaside or onshore restaurant;
- on the ship;
- Outdoors.
On the seashore. It's nice to celebrate such an event against the background of the radiant smooth surface of the waves, to the sound of the surf, when a light sea breeze is blowing. You can put tables and chairs right on the beach. But it is better to take a tent with you or rent several hotel rooms in advance, where young people and guests can stay. Having agreed in advance, register right on the seashore. If there is no such possibility, but there is a river nearby, then its bank is also suitable for holding and celebrating a wedding here.
If you have sufficient financial resources, then you can rent a boat or motor ship. On board such a ship, the wedding will be unforgettable. It is necessary to think over the route in advance if it is a floating craft.
If this is a restaurant on the waterfront, then it is also suitable for celebrating a wedding. But if the restaurant is located far from the sea or river, then it will be necessary to agree in advance with the organizers of the event in order to decorate the room in the desired style.
If you have the soul of a sea wolf, but there are no reservoirs nearby, then you can celebrate such a significant event in nature. You will need to bring some nautical-themed elements with you to create the right festive atmosphere.
White fabric with blue stripes is perfect. You can turn such a canvas into tablecloths for tables, make napkins from it and even an umbrella for the bride and groom. It will be understood that the wedding is celebrated in a nautical style.
Take your seashells with you. They will also help out. They can simply be placed on clean, dry plates to create decorative elements. A small flag at the top and sweet blue mastic in the form of anchors will decorate the wedding cake. And two intertwined bundles of mastic will become a semblance of a sea rope.
The groom's boutonniere is also made of white and blue striped fabric. You can attach a small rope and a miniature ship's rudder to the front of this costume decoration element.
A fabric of a similar color will allow you to make a tent or arrange a roof over your head to exclude rainfall and dust from entering the festive table. Even small flaps can be used. You can tie the bridal bouquet with a ribbon so that it is made in a nautical style. You can also make a pillow for rings from such fabric. You will learn how to do it a little later.
Place a few blue cloth plaques on the table, which are framed in a white plastic frame. In the center, attach a heart made of white rope, which will act as a rope. If you have freestanding tables, cover each with a striped tablecloth. If there is one common table, you can cover it with a light canvas, and lay the napkins in the form of a small boat. If you made paper ones as a child, then you will cope with this task. If not, then see how to make a paper boat.
You can make sugar mastic in white and blue. Combining these colors, complete the decoration elements for the cake. Tie a vase of flowers with a small ribbon of this style. Turn over a few flat shells, pour some sand in them, and on top put on a white bead that will act as pearls. Place these decorations on a white and blue platter.
Buy wholesale blue socks with white anchors and hand them to male guests and friends of the groom so that these accessories also create the right mood. Interlace the ropes to form balls that look like sea knots. And flowers made of white fabric, gathered together, will look great with bridesmaids who are dressed in blue dresses.
You can tie such bouquets, or made from hydrangea, also with white and blue ribbons. If there is no such canvas, then blue will do. You can sew a tablecloth and napkins from it.
To make a garter for the bride, you can take a blue braid and decorate it with a white anchor. If a nautical wedding awaits you, you can do without a veil. A beautiful rope weave on the head will become a hair ornament and a variation of this wedding accessory.
A boutonniere made of three shells, which will temporarily turn into white flowers, will become a worthy accent of the groom's attire. They need to be glued together and wrap with tape at the bottom. Tie a bow and glue a starfish on top. If the bride wants a nautical-style veil on her head, then a net can be used, which will be at the same time as the net. Transparent vases made of blue or blue glass will also look great on a festive table, especially if it is on the shore of a reservoir.
If the bridesmaids have blue dresses, then you can take flowers of almost any contrasting color, even decorative sunflowers. And lilac flowers will decorate white curtains that will help create a kind of arch on the river bank or become an element in a gazebo. Take a flower ball or a styrofoam ball and stick short-cut roses into it. You will get such a picturesque circle as in the central photo. Tie a string to it, which can be used to hang this decorative element.
You also need to think about what the pads for the rings will be. Check out a few options.
How to make a nautical ring cushion?
You can use seashells. If you have one, consisting of two doors, then you need to carefully wash it first, then dry it, and then paint it with a shiny color spray. It is better if it is in harmony with the rings. If the shell is single, then you can put rings here, and also place pearls, a starfish next to it. If you don't want to put anything else there, then you can tie the rings with a thin satin ribbon so that they do not fall and get lost at the most crucial moment.
The decoration for the pillow can be very different. If you have a hair clip or an octopus brooch, this is also great. If you have a small wooden chest, paint it white and apply blue stripes for a nautical look. If you have a wooden box with a lid, you need to paint this container blue. When the paint is dry, rewind the container with twine, and glue the starfish on top. You will put the bridal rings inside.
The string will also help secure these accessories to the fabric ring cushions. Choose a white striped canvas for a marine theme or a light one, against which an applique in the form of an anchor or a boat, made of blue fabric, will look good. These appliques can be sewn on to the front side before filling the pad with filler. Or you can sew on your hands using a seam over the edge.
Now see how to make a ring cushion in the following tutorial.
This is how it will turn out.
Take:
- two pieces of fabric striped for the pillow;
- satin fabric;
- scissors;
- glue;
- thread with a needle;
- a piece of felt in the form of a square with sides of 10 cm;
- 30 cm satin white fabric;
- filler.
First, you need to cut out two squares from the fabric, adding for the seams, taking into account the fact that after filling this accessory with padding polyester, the pad will slightly decrease. Fold over to the wrong side on all sides of each square by 2 cm and iron here with a hot iron to fix these edges in this position.
Now join both squares and sew them on the wrong side on all sides, but leaving one side not fully sewn so that you can fill the pillow with filler. Which is what you will do.
Cut a circle out of the felt and glue a satin band in the center of the circle to hold it in place.
Decorate your ring cushion with a fabric flower. Now you can secure them to the glued satin ribbon.
If you do not know how to make such a lush flower, then check out another master class.
With its help, you can decorate not only this accessory, but also make lush bouquets for the bride and her bridesmaids, decorate shoes, postcards, and complete other elements of decoration for the wedding. For a nautical look, use white, turquoise, blue, or blue fabric.
And for this you need this:
- felt square with sides of 10 cm;
- circle made of cardboard;
- light fabric of the desired color in an amount of about 1 meter;
- a lighter or matches or a candle;
- scissors;
- glue or heat gun.
Take a cardboard circle with a diameter of 8-10 cm. You will need this template to cut felt circles. Do it.
To shorten the work steps, fold the fabric in several layers and you can cut several circles at once.
You will need 10 to 15 circles. To prevent their edges from wrinkling, you need to hold these areas over the flame for a few seconds. Now take the first one made in this way in a circle and bend it in half, then in half again. So you need to arrange all the circles.
Place a circle of felt in front of you and start glueing these volumetric petals, similar to bags, to it.
This will style the edges. This will take about 7-8 petals. Now fill in the rest of the middle.
Here is what a wonderful flower made of fabric. With such elegant accessories, a wedding in a nautical style will be bright and extraordinary. But this is far from all the accessories that may be present at this event. Check out how to invite guests in writing.
How to make nautical wedding invitations: photo and master class
You will need several glass bottles, so it's best to stock up on them in advance. From this container, you need to remove the labels by placing it in hot water. Then dry the bottles. Write on thick paper or print invitations. Roll up these messages with a tube and tie them with a ribbon. Place the invitations inside the bottles and close each container with a stopper. You can additionally glue starfish or other shells outside, but first degrease the glass.
Other options for postcards are also possible. Print them out on heavyweight paper or cardboard, then hand-write the name of each invitee to whom a specific message is addressed. At the top, glue a piece of burlap, with the edges made in the form of a fringe. Attach the faux pearls and seashells to the top using a hot gun. Then place these messages in envelopes.
Of course, such invitations cannot be sent by mail, it is better to hand them over to the addressees or ask someone to do it.
You can print invitations on white sheets of paper, print an anchor image at the top. Cut a sheet of blue cardboard so that its small sides are semicircular. Fold them to the middle, and glue the message on the central part of the rectangle. Tie it up with a red satin ribbon. Such an invitation is shown in the photo on the right.
In the middle photo, the wedding invitation is made in the form of a bouquet. It also looks interesting. In another photo, such a message is written on white cardboard and decorated with a gold emblem with a nautical theme. You need to make a hole with a hole punch, fix here a strong rope that will cover the card from prying eyes.
How to decorate nautical-style glasses for a wedding?
This also needs to be done in a nautical style. The container must first be washed, dried and degreased with alcohol. Wrap the legs of tall glasses with twine, at the same time gluing its turns to the glass. This will help not only achieve the desired mood, but it will also be more convenient to hold the glass by such legs, and they will not slip out of your hands. Decorate them with more small seashells. Or you can simply tie a bow of blue and white striped fabric.
If there is no such canvas or you want something else, then you can simply glue the shells to the pre-primed and painted glasses, decorate their legs in the same way. If you want to glue pearls and fabric flowers to the top of the containers, do so.
You can decorate glasses not only with shells, but also with bows. And if you want to paint the containers, then you first need to degrease them, then stick adhesive tape strips at the same distance from each other and paint the gaps between them blue. When the paint is dry, remove the tape and you will have a drawing similar to the photo on the right. Glue small plastic circles here to act as a lifeline.
Various lamps will be appropriate as a decor for a table or surrounding space; inside you can arrange shells or install candles. It would also be good to put candles in glass jars.
You can leave the containers open or cover them with lids, in the center of which air holes are pre-made. Shells will also be excellent candlesticks. But you need to put small candles here.
The shells will be the main element of the next accessory.
How to make a nautical bridal bouquet?
To create one, you need:
- seashells;
- hot glue gun;
- fabric flowers;
- wooden sticks;
- decor elements.
If you have the same flat shells, then you need to glue them together in a checkerboard pattern, attach small ones to the center. At the bottom, fix this bouquet by gluing the blanks to wooden sticks. Decorate with sisal ribbons. You can fix a large starfish at the top, from which small shells and flowers made of fabric or paper peep out. Bulky seashells also look great in bouquets.
Lush compositions are also created from seashells. These can be spiral or flat shells. In the latter case, from these, you can make a semblance of a lush white rose.
It is interesting to dream up over the bouquet, add bright points made using the outline.
Wedding in a nautical style: images of the bride and groom
It is good if the newlywed is wearing a light flowing dress, like a sea breeze or a breeze. It can be done in blue, aqua, white. If you have chosen blue or a color close to it, then it is better to use a bunch of bright flowers so that they set off the outfit. But you can complement the delicate image by taking white flowers.
Pale pink tones are also suitable. A girl will look like a real mermaid if she wears a white translucent dress decorated with blue sequins.
If the dress is white, it would be nice to complement it with a blue bow or tie a satin ribbon of this color as such a belt.
Dresses made of airy light fabric and a Greek-style dress are perfect for a romantic wedding in a nautical style.
You can dress up the bride so that her image resembles the style of the sixties. Then you need to sew a fluffy skirt and use a petticoat. If the dress is blue, you need to decorate it with a white collar, which will resemble a sailor suit. Tie it coquettishly in the front, this accessory will look like a neckerchief at the same time.
If the bride is slim, a striped outfit will suit her. This dress is made in a nautical style. In the top photo you can see how you can tie a beautiful rope to make a head ornament for the bride. A silver or gold pendant in the form of an anchor will complement the look, like flowers in blue and white tones.
If you have light-colored shoes, then you can color them to get these striped ones.
Use a nautical theme for the bride's garter as well.
To do this, you need to take:
- white satin ribbon;
- satin blue braid;
- wide elastic band;
- a needle and thread;
- decorative metal anchor.
Sew a blue strip into the center of the wide white tape. Leave a small hole on the side unstitched, insert the elastic here and sew the ends together.
The elastic should be of such a size that it does not crush the girl's leg, and the garter does not accidentally fall off. Make a bow out of the blue ribbon and singe the ends over the candle flame. Sew this decor element onto a garter, and attach an anchor to the center of the bow.
The wedding hairstyle should also be nautical. You can glue a hairpin to the starfish, a hairpin to the back, and attach a flower from ribbons to the front.
A hairstyle made of the following materials looks beautiful, from:
- chains;
- twine;
- seashells;
- decorative stones.
Take the chain and glue the shells to it. If you can make holes in the decorative stones, then you will need to glue large chain elements here in order to decorate the frontal part with such decoration. Weave a kind of net from the twine and also glue some shells here.
And if you attach hairpins to the back of the shells and starfish using strong glue, then you can decorate your hairstyle as follows.
If there is a comb or hairpin of this type, use superglue to attach the shells pre-painted in blue and silver to it, and you can put such an accessory on the bride's head.
Starfish look great against a background of flowers made of stone or plastic. Such elements are attached to the headband, and you get a wonderful head ornament for a bride in a nautical style.
Girlfriends should also be dressed up for this theme. Let them have blue dresses with straps, flared to the bottom. Chinese umbrellas from the sun will help hide from its scorching rays and complement the image of such cute mermaids.
If the bride is wearing a white monochromatic dress, then let the image of the bridesmaids be brighter, their dress is made of blue fabric with white stripes. Wide red belts and bouquets of this color will complement the image.
As for the groom, his attire may include gray, blue, blue, white. If a guy wants to look modern, then even jeans, a blue T-shirt and a light blue jacket will do.
Let a blue scarf peep out of his pocket, and the young man will have a tie of such a color to achieve harmony of style.
If the boy has a blue jacket, a white shirt and a scarf of that tone will do. On the sandy shore, some even go without shoes during the wedding. What could be more beautiful, during such an evening, do not constrain your feet with boots and shoes.
To make the holiday a success, the newlyweds and guests have fun, you need to think over which scenario you will approve. We offer you the following.
Scenario for a wedding in a nautical style
Here is the program for the evening:
- Meeting with guests.
- "Boatswain's choice", assignment of roles.
- Stop called "Desert Island". There will be congratulations from the parents to the newlyweds and the dance of the newlyweds. At the same time, it will be necessary to light a symbolic lighthouse.
- The swearing of an oath by the bride and groom.
- Toasts from guests.
- Stop "Sea Friendship". Here it will be necessary to hold contests that will help those present to rally.
- The stop is called "Treasure Island". Here festive toasts from friends are heard, those present are presenting gifts to the young.
- "Island with reefs". At this stop, everyone will have fun dancing.
- Stop called "Sirens". Kidnapping the bride.
- Feast, speech of parents and friends, toasts from friends.
- Fun contests, dances, cake making.
- The bride throws the bouquet, the guests are seeing off.
It is necessary that there be a leader. He asks those present how they think, what are they standing on? Someone says: on the asphalt. Others say that on the ground, on the grass. But the presenter explains that now they are standing on the coastal bridge and very soon they will go on a trip on a ship that symbolizes the family happiness of the newlyweds.
But in order for the voyage to go smoothly, it is necessary to fulfill the ship traditions.
To gain strength, you need to bite off as much of the loaf as possible, but first you need to salt it well. After all, what is the sea without salt? Whoever bites off more will be the captain of the ship.
The second tradition is to smash a bottle of champagne against the side of the ship. But for this you need to choose some kind of curb stones or other suitable attribute.
Here's how a nautical-style wedding goes on. As you can see, it is not at all necessary to be on the shore of the reservoir for this. Now the host says that the sea is insidious. So that travelers do not get lost and get confused in its vastness, they need to go through the fishing net.
Now he invites everyone to take their places. In fact, the guests and others present will sit down at the tables. But if you use your imagination, it will be a ship. You need to prepare flags in advance and put your own ones for each guest.
The host encourages the guest group to take turns raising these attributes. First, he tells the bride's parents to signal with flags. He appoints them as helmsmen. Now calls for honking the groom's parents. He tells them that they will be skippers.
Then he calls the witnesses to do this, the witness is the pilot, and the witness is the navigator. Now the presenter says that the sisters and brothers of the bride and groom should do it. Then other relatives will honk. This will be followed by the friends of the groom, and then the friends of the bride. The host says that they will all be sailors.
Now no less interesting manipulations await everyone present. After all, the presenter calls for signaling according to what parameters. He says, check those boxes:
- who wants the young to be happy;
- who wants the newlyweds to have three or more children;
- who dreams of getting married;
- who gets drunk today;
- who are glad to be at this wedding.
In advance, you need to attach a whistle under the chair of one of those present with tape. Then the presenter will say that let everyone see if he has this attribute? Anyone who finds this item under the bottom of the boat will sometimes whistle to call everyone to order and lead the sailors.
This is followed by toasts on the marine theme. Those present wish the newlyweds to manage their family ship well, so that love and understanding reign here.
The toasts are followed by an interesting game. The presenter invites everyone to name the nautical terms in turn. Whoever is the last to say a word on a given topic wins. The host will ask this person to make sure that everyone writes a parting word to the newlyweds in the wish log.
But suddenly a bottle was nailed to the side of the ship. The presenter takes out a note from there, the oath of the young is written on it. You can use this text for your nautical wedding. The newlyweds take turns reading this oath and then signing on the canvas. Roll it up again. Put the note in a bottle and seal it with a lid. This attribute will now be kept in their family.
It's time to dance, but the presenter says that there are reefs ahead of the ship. Therefore, everyone urgently needs to get together on the dance floor. He encourages everyone to stand in a circle and play ritual dances. To prevent the ship from landing on the reef, those present must follow the leader's commands. Here's what they can be:
- the right of the rudder, while everyone leans to the right;
- to the left of the rudder - those present lean to the left;
- keep it up, while the guests must take each other's hands;
- stop the car, everyone stops.
All this must be done with music. If the participants do not know how to do something, the facilitator will show them.
Now you can sit down, continue the feast and say sea toasts to the young.
Everyone rested, it's time to arrange active games.
Evacuation
For this game, you need to split the volunteers into two teams and put two chairs. The music of the sea dance "Yablochko" is turned on. When it ends, players with one team should all take one chair, and the other - another. Whoever does it faster will win.
Here are some other contests:
- Tie and untie the sea knot.
- Arrange a mermaid race. For this competition, the girls are tied around the ankles with ribbons and each one in turn must bring a pearl, which was previously placed on the other side.
You can include the program and other contests to make your nautical wedding easy and fun.
The video will show what a competition can be:
If you want to plunge into this atmosphere and understand how you can decorate the surrounding space on this topic, then watch the video:
