How to Plan a Halloween Wedding
You’ve finally set the big date. You and your fianceé have decided to tie the knot on the spookiest day of the year. The only problem is you have no idea how to plan a Halloween wedding. Obviously, it isn’t going to be traditional. Instead, you want to plan a unique wedding that friends and family will talk about for years to come. Learn how to plan a Halloween wedding.
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Select the proper attire and makeup. The average dress and tuxedo won’t do at a Halloween wedding. Instead, why not plan to dress up as a zombie bride and groom? Better yet, why not say your vows dressed as Frankenstein and his bride? The key is to have fun and keep the Halloween spirit alive and well on your big day.
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Use Halloween invitations. Instead of choosing lacy invitations, choose simple Halloween invitations. Choose cards that have a Halloween cover that matches your particular theme and are blank inside. That way you can write whatever you like in the card.
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Request that your guests dress in Halloween costume for the occasion. What would a Halloween wedding be without guests in costumes? Obviously, it wouldn’t be any fun if everyone showed up wearing formal attire. Instead, encourage your guests to dress up. If you plan to be a zombie bride and groom, you may even want all your guests to dress as zombies, too.
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Prepare Halloween treat bags for wedding favors. Sure cookies with your names on them are cute, but this is a Halloween wedding. Why not make it fun by putting together treat bags filled with Halloween candy? You could each include some of your favorites so that the wedding favors have special meaning.
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Choose a festive location and decorate it to suit the occasion. A church isn’t the proper place for a Halloween wedding. Instead, you want to choose a setting that suits your particular Halloween theme. For example, a wooded location would provide the perfect backdrop. Once you add spider webs and other decorations, almost any site will be perfect.
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Skip the traditional wedding cake. When you plan a Halloween wedding, you really don’t think of white towers of cake. Instead, you think of a graveyard cake or even Halloween cupcakes. You could even create a large pumpkin-shaped cake out of orange-frosted cupcakes.
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Prepare festive food for the reception. If you want to plan the ultimate Halloween wedding, you can’t forget the reception. At the reception serve fun foods like fake finger cookies and spaghetti with fake eyeballs. The key is plan a wedding that’s fun and even a little bit silly.
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Tips & Warnings
Night is the perfect time to host a Halloween wedding.
Plan the reception the same way you would a Halloween party.
Depending on your priest or preacher, you may need to find someone else to perform the ceremony, such as a court clerk or justice of the peace.
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