Wedding Program Ideas

When looking for wedding program ideas, search for ways to add more meaning to your ceremony for your guests.

The wedding program is used to provide the order of events to your guests during the ceremony and makes a great keepsake for your friends and family.

The program can be printed on the same stock you used when making your wedding invitations.

It can be a single sheet, fan, fold-over, multiple pages, or folded like a brochure.

Be sure to print as many programs as guests plus thirty.

The wedding program is the last thing to print in case of any last minute changes to the wedding ceremony. However, you can create a template in advance and then make any corrections or changes a few days before the wedding.

A Wedding Program Should Consist Of:

• Name of the Bride and Groom.
• The date, time and place.
• Order of service.
• Music performed.
• Officiants name.
• Parents name.
• Wedding party names with relationship to bride and groom.
• Thank you for attending.
• Dedications, maps to reception, special thank you, poem or verse, photo of Bride and Groom, tributes to loved ones that have passed away.
• Any communications to guests: examples, “Please turn off cell phones” or “Please remain seated until the ushers dismiss you”.

SINGLE-PAGE WEDDING PROGRAM EXAMPLE:

MULTIPLE PAGE WEDDING PROGRAM IDEAS

Programs vary as much as wedding ceremonies do. If your ceremony is going to be long, you might want to include songs, readings, anything that may require special participation, or any unusual elements you want to explain to your guests.

If you have a multi-page wedding program, here are some suggestions of what to be sure and include:

On The Front

• Name of the couple or something like "The Marriage Ceremony of Ericka and William".
• The date
• The place
• You can also adorn the cover with a design or symbol that is unique or special to the couple.

The Inside Front Cover

• This is where you thank family and friends for their support.

The Next Page(s)

• List everyone involved in the ceremony - the officiant(s), the bride and groom, their parents, and the wedding party.
• List the music - include the prelude, the processional, any music or songs during the ceremony, and the recessional. If hymns are song, include the hymn numbers.
• Include any readings
• If you have guests who may not be familiar with the ceremony traditions, include a detailed ceremony.

The Back Cover

• On the back cover, put a meaningful poem, verse, or blessing.
• Any communication to guests.

UNIQUE WEDDING PROGRAM IDEAS

• Make your wedding program look like a playbill. You can announce the wedding, list the names of all the participants and the roles they are responsible for, acknowledge those who provided services, and any other distinctions.
• Have your program handwritten and presented in scroll form.
• For an outdoor wedding, print the program on a paper fan or on paper cups that hold ice drinks.
• For an outdoor wedding, you could print up yard signs listing listing the order of events and participants.
• Project a program on the wall in a place the guests will see as they enter. Be sure that it does not interfere with the ceremony itself.
• Include the story of how you and the groom met or any other personal story.
• Include a short description of each member of your wedding party. It is a great way to honor your bridesmaids and groomsmen and your guests will feel that they know each attendant a little better.

As you can see, there are many wedding program ideas that can be used. Your wedding program can be a small booklet or an elegant single page. Most of all, it will be a lasting keepsake of your wedding day.

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