20 DIY Table Centrepiece Ideas

Inspiration

When your guests arrive into your wedding reception room you will want them to be wowed by what they see and a big part of this will be how you decorate your tables. To help get your creative juices flowing, especially if you want to give decor a go yourself today we’ve put together a list of 20 amazing DIY wedding centrepiece ideas. 

1. Fill large vases, one for each table with a different flower, keeping the colour scheme the same tones throughout. 

2. Antique vases filled with freshly cut flowers. 

3. Hurricane style lanterns lit with candles.

4. Sweetie jars filled with your favourite sweets or candy. 

5. Old bottles of gin (or your favourite tipple) filled with flowers – with the gin craze thats currently going on this is a super popular option! 

6. Wine bottles, jam jars and containers of different shapes sprayed in your metallic of choice and adorned with palm leaves – excellent for adding height. 

7. Vintage china tea cups and saucers with added flowers. 

8. Thick candles of different heights wrapped in leaves and ribbon – an odd number always works best for this. 

9. Potted herbs in pretty containers. 

10. Tall glass vases filled with pebbles from your favourite beach. 

11. Display your favourite books stacked high on small vintage suitcases. 

12. Fill terrariums with sand and succulents. 

13. Retro games such as Cluedo and Scrabble. 

14. Cake stands decorated with cupcakes or a mini wedding cake for guests to enjoy themselves. 

15. Large candelabras draped with pearls. 

16. Vintage teapots filled with flowers. 

17. Zinc buckets or jugs filled with flowers. 

18. Old photo albums with your guests photos. 

19. Pumpkins of different sizes and colours work beautifully for an autumn/harvest wedding. 

20. Mini Christmas trees with signature baubles for your guests to take home as their wedding favour. 

 

Image credits: Image 1- Victoria Somerset-How Photography / Whimsical Wonderland Weddings | Image 2- Liz Marie blog | Image 3- Jessica Grace Photography / Brides Up North | Image 4 via Plan Your Perfect Wedding