How to Plan a Wedding Shower On a Budget

Planning a wedding shower for a friend or a loved one is a big part of the wedding experience. Planning the shower on a limited income can be difficult, but here are some tips to help you!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Find out how much help you have. Talk to the others who are helping throw the shower. If you are in the wedding party ask the other bridesmaids to help. Sometimes family members, such as Aunts, are throwing the shower. Make sure to include everyone you think will want to pitch in.

2. Decide how to divide the cost. Adding everything up and dividing the cost at the end is a fair way to do it. Otherwise giving everyone a responsibility and having them pay for that can be another way of splitting the costs. For example, one person pays for the games, one person pays for decorations, etc.

3. Having the shower at someone's home rather than renting a hall can help cut costs. If that's not an option sometimes church halls are less expensive than other halls.

4. Many dollar stores have started carrying wedding shower decorations. Check there first and then fill in what you didn't find at another store.

5. Making the food yourself instead of buying pre-made food is a good way to cut costs. If you don't have enough money for a whole meal only serve snacks and cake.

[hnatalieann]

on 7/29/2009 Great tips! 5* and rec!