DIY Wedding Decorations | Crates & Lanterns for an Outdoor Wedding
When my son and his fiancée announced they were getting married, she added me to a Pinterest board she’d created so I could see some of the wedding decorations she liked and wanted my help with.
One of the ideas she liked was a display made with rustic crates and lanterns. I have several antique crates, but needed a few more to create a similar display. I knew I would reuse the crates after the wedding (I’ll show you how later), but I wanted to share how I made them look rustic and how to create a display that could be used for any special event, or even as indoor Christmas decor.
Supplies used:
- Unfinished wood crates
- Wood stain
- Ivy garland
- Grapevine wreath
- battery operated pillar candles
- Adhesive back Velcro
I purchased two unfinished wood crates. You can find some similar in craft stores, but I ordered mine online.
I took them outside to stain so the fumes wouldn’t stink up the house and they would dry fast.
On one of the stained crates, I put one of my large cast iron lanterns inside a wreath wrapped with the string lights and ivy strand.
I used Velcro to attach the battery box for the string lights inside the top of the crate so it was hidden.
I put pillar candles inside the large lanterns and they glowed beautifully all night long. I’ll continue to get a lot of use from them.
I’ve used mini string lights in the past for my repurposed jar potpourri light.
I tucked fairy string lights inside a hurricane lantern and attached the battery box under the lantern with Velcro so it was hidden.
They looked beautiful after the sun set!
The other stained crate was used on the gift table.
More DIY Wedding Decorations Projects:
- How to Make Custom Canvas Wedding Banners
- Faux Flowers Baby’s Breath Grapevine Wreath
- How to Make a Small Faux Pallet Wood Sign and Transfer a Design on Wood
- How to Make a Rustic Pallet Wood Wedding Sign
- Budget Outdoor Wedding
I’ll share just a few more DIY wedding decorations soon!
Vaya con Dios,
I love how this turned out, Angie! Such a great idea to stain new crates to mix with the old! I love how the fairy lights look in the lantern, too…a very cozy space for the special day!
The fairy lights in the lantern were so pretty, Linda. I just might leave them there.
I just know they had a beautiful wedding, everything looks wonderful.Thanks Angie.