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Beach-theme bridal shower decoration ideas please?

Posted by Jade Martins on Apr-1-2010

My MIL is one of several hosting a bridal shower for a friend’s daughter. My MIL is in charge of the decorations. The wedding will be beach-themed, i.e. sand, sea shells, silver-dollars.

My MIL needs some great ideas on how to decorate the main table at the shower. What can she use? Any home-made or bought decorations ideas? Certain flowers got better with beach-theme? Help me brainstorm, please. Any of you great wedding answerers have any awesome ideas? Thanks!
In USA; indoor bridal shower, far from the coast.

If you are serving cake, it can do double duty as a decoration as well.

Make a regular cake and while the tan icing is still fresh, sprinkle brown sugar on it and decorate with sea shell shaped chocolates. If someone is creative, the cake can be in the shape of a sand castle. The brown sugar and the shells will set a great beach theme. Or, have individual cup cakes made with the icing, brown sugar and a chocolate sea shell and a miniature sand shovel poking out of the top.

You can get fish netting at a craft store to arrange in the center of the tables and decorated with shells bought in bags at the dollar store. You can also find light house figurines, sun glasses and other beach related items at the dollar store to set in with the netting. Also check out the beach toys, too. Craft stores may have miniature Adirondack chairs to decorate. Burn coconut candles so it smells like suntan lotion.

Just walking through a party store, a fabric store, a craft store and the dollar store, will give you the inspiration to help begin decorating for this party.

Set up a beach chair and umbrella for a place for the bride to open her gifts.




  1. massgirl29 Said,

    Where is this taking place? Because I live in New England and the store The Christmas Tree Shop is popular around here and they have TONS of beach decorations. You can also go to any craft store. They will always have sea shells and sand and funky glasses you can use to decorate with. A popular ocean-y flower is a hydrangea. A nice little centerpiece idea is to get a few different size glass containers, put some colored pebbles at the bottom (found at a craft store), fill them with water and then put floating candles on top. You can also put a single stem rose in there, and secure it down with the pebbles.
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  2. Paige Said,

    Get a seine net or fishing net at a bait and tackle shop or on-line. Drape in undulating fashion in center of table. Attach starfish and shells with hot glue gun. Place beach bucket or buckets in center of table filled with flowers. Could also , put a vase of flowers inside the bucket and cover the vase with sand, so you don’t see the vase, just the flowers coming out from the top of the bucket.
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  3. seamstress Said,

    If you are serving cake, it can do double duty as a decoration as well.

    Make a regular cake and while the tan icing is still fresh, sprinkle brown sugar on it and decorate with sea shell shaped chocolates. If someone is creative, the cake can be in the shape of a sand castle. The brown sugar and the shells will set a great beach theme. Or, have individual cup cakes made with the icing, brown sugar and a chocolate sea shell and a miniature sand shovel poking out of the top.

    You can get fish netting at a craft store to arrange in the center of the tables and decorated with shells bought in bags at the dollar store. You can also find light house figurines, sun glasses and other beach related items at the dollar store to set in with the netting. Also check out the beach toys, too. Craft stores may have miniature Adirondack chairs to decorate. Burn coconut candles so it smells like suntan lotion.

    Just walking through a party store, a fabric store, a craft store and the dollar store, will give you the inspiration to help begin decorating for this party.

    Set up a beach chair and umbrella for a place for the bride to open her gifts.
    References :

  4. Jenny Lynne Said,

    didn’t read question right have lots of wedding stuff will list below

    for shower line food table with real (raffia) hawain skirts, use tropical flowers like orchids, calla lillies if can afford one large bouquet. Have a 12 inch or 18 inch round clear cylinder in center of table, fill with sea shells, can make it higher by making a styrofoam base, cover with something beachy and use tropical silk flowers coming out the top in a giant loose floral arrangement real or live tropical flowers are very expensive. Will not need too much more with this one large arrangement. Make seashell votives, buy plain ones and hot glue on one or two seashells. use pineapples and watermelon on food tables, hollow out and put fruit in and dip in pineapples use tops of pineapples for decorations coat with sugar water to make them shine.

    Have a key lime, pineapple or chocolate cake with mango sauce. You might find some thing on hubpages.com for doing own wedding favors or can use in shower.

    Other info for bride if you want to give it to her, since I have already looked it up.
    have a background plan in case of rain, watch hurricane season and tropical storms
    have a trellis covered in greenery and toipical flowers, can be silk, no one will know as live or real tropical flowers are very expensive
    tropical flowers are orchids, calla lillies, plumeria, bird of paradise, and antheriums
    have flower petas to scatter on sand, tiki torches, star fish, conch shells, tiki statues
    pineapples and flowers for decorations
    dress is casual, shoes optional
    have at early morning or sunset, middle afternoon is too hot
    reserve beach if necessary
    use sandal and shell wine glass markers
    have white buckets with ice and bottled water available for guests.
    four large rattain poles with drape with white gauze over it
    palm leaf fans or have oriental ones in each chair
    have candles or votives that smell like lime, kiwi, mango, papaya and coconut
    ocean green, sky blue and sand beige for bm dresses ( I like pale yellow)
    reggae music
    have bride announced with a conch shell horn
    captains boat log to have for guest list
    disposable beach themed cameras at WestportStyle.com
    for favors bags of flower bulbs for tropical flowers like plumeria or saltwater taffy
    beach invites on bellafigura.com
    suite101.com for ceremony ideas
    shell kissing balls for dec or let bmaids carry
    favors-flip flops with sea shell design, margarita drink mixes
    look at hubpages.com
    look at weddingwhimsy.com for beach themed cake topper, cake servers and knives, garters, sea shell tiaras, shell ring holder, seashell bridal combs
    go to beachthemeweddingshop.com for beautiful cake server and knife and campagne flutes and matching cake server set
    Please print and give to bride. Hope this helps.
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