What should our guests "throw" as we walk back down the aisle?

Usually nothing is thrown until you leave the reception. It is a send off. If you want it at the end of the ceremony you may want to add a tag. We are doing eco-friendly party poppers as we leave the reception.

Yeah, I agree with Misty. We are doing a sparkler send off after the reception, but nothing else will be thrown after the ceremony!

BUT if you want to have them do it as you come back down the aisle, then go for it! I saw cupcake sprinkles on pinterest and thought that was really cute! There's also rice, confetti, birdseed, bubbles. I like the little saying you put up!

Also saw this and it might spark some ideas...

http://anywayyouwantitevents.blogspot.com/2013/01/wedding-reception-send-offs-north.html

I thought about doing rose petals after the ceremony and bubbles after the reception. Check with your venue to see what is not allowed.

Note: I've hear people say the birdseeds hurt and were all down their clothes

I am doing bubbles as we walk back. Not sure if we will do a send off. Our wedding is in the morning and reception in afternoon so sparklers wouldn't work and can't do any confetti type stuff.

I think we are DIYing ribbon wands for the ceremony, and sparklers for the reception send off.

We're doing bubbles

The beach balls would be perfect since you are by the ocean!!! You would have to pick those up but I bet it would be pretty easy! And you probably wouldn't need one for everyone.

We want to do a toss, but since we aren't going anywhere after the reception (on hotel property), we were thinking of doing the 'toss' as we walk back up the aisle as well.

I was thinking the poppers that shoot streamers. They would be easy enough to clean up, since the streamers themselves are so long. I just need to find some for a decent price.

I love sparklers. They are fun don't create a mess and loos so pretty in pictures. Especially on the beach.

I might lose an eye if my guest throw what I'm making them. I'm having ribbon wands with little bells. They can use it in lieu of glass clinking for the kisses as well.

We paid for petals and made little cones with tags that instructed guests to throw the petals at us as we walked back up the aisle.. no one did

At one wedding I officiated, the guests threw white feathers (of course, it is difficult to throw feathers very far).

I love bubbles! But the petals idea sounds good too.

New Mrs B: That happened at our wedding as well, so I made sure they all did the bubbles when we came into the reception.

Can you try sand? Or would that be too messy?

NO, DON'T THROW SAND! It will get in people's eyes.

@Out the Window, we are doing the ribbon wands also. I thought the same thing about the kiss. No clanking glasses : )

Rehashing this thread... has anyone successfully thrown sprinkles? I loved the idea on pinterest.. but my mother said it could stain people's clothes...

thoughts?

I know a couple who had sprinkles thrown between the ceremony and reception. It was a horrible idea.. the blue sprinkles got in her cleavage and lace of her dress. Stained it blue. So they had to try to hide blue spots in pictures and the rest of the wedding.