Whilst synonymous with Halloween, there’s nothing spooky about using pumpkins in your autumn wedding décor.
Far from a cliché, this seasonal fruit can be incorporated tastefully throughout your wedding scene to ensure a nod to the season and a welcome pop of colour. Pumpkins are also super sustainable décor additions thanks to their all-natural, eco-friendly and biodegradable status.
Here we explore seven ways to use pumpkins to add an autumn-inspired flourish to your big day.
1. Define your aisle style
Nothing says autumn like a smattering of pumpkins and what better way to put this prized fruit centre stage than by decorating your wedding aisle with them? Line your aisle with pumpkins to mark out your route to the altar. Add more texture to your pumpkin displays by laying each pumpkin on a bed of autumnal leaves and blooms.
Pumpkin aisle displays can also be filled with flowers and hung from chairs to ensure a wedding aisle that exudes style, charm and plenty of seasonal flair.
2. Add variety to your tables
Pumpkins don’t just come in orange. They can be found in green, red, yellow, blue, purple, pink, black and even teal to give you a whole host of colours to work with when customising your wedding décor with the season in mind. Each pumpkin colour has its own meaning too, which makes for some interesting reading!
Use a combination of colours to create your very own, unique pumpkin table runner. As well as incorporating different colours, use different shapes and sizes to make your wedding tables extra quirky and utterly adorable.
3. Go white with your pumpkin choice
Sometimes the most understated wedding décor scheme makes the biggest impact. Going white with your choice of pumpkins can unlock the creativity you’ve been searching for, especially when designing wedding centrepieces that stand out.
Wedding Pioneer shares just one idea for using white pumpkins as the starting point of your beautiful wedding centrepieces:
“We love how this harvest floral arrangement, which uses a white pumpkin for a vase, is composed mostly of differently colored leaves rather than the traditional flowers. The effect is just as beautiful and lush, though! Our favourite detail here is the little orange pumpkin placed among the leaves. This is undeniably a perfectly fall-inspired wedding centrepiece!”
4. Craft some stunning signage
Do you have a talent for pumpkin carving? Don’t keep those skills under wraps until Halloween! Carve your own wedding signage from pumpkins for a uniquely ‘you’ addition to your wedding décor. You could even use an array of pumpkins to carve out your new married name.
5. Create the perfect postbox
Crafting your very own pumpkin post box is a great idea that puts this fabulous seasonal fruit on display in a classy way and gives the pumpkin a very practical purpose. Better yet, you don’t need any intricate carving skills to guarantee a beautiful finish.
6. Offer an alternative guest book
One of the most frustrating wedding day challenges marrying couples face is getting guests to sign their guest books. Those words of wisdom after all don’t share themselves. Making your guestbook interesting and fun to sign however is just a pumpkin away.
Instead of going for the classic paper book, invite your guests to sign your pumpkin guest book – yes, really!
7. Give pumpkins as wedding favours
Unbeknown to most, pumpkins have many, many uses. They can be used to create some delicious dishes. Pumpkins can also double as garden planters and vases with the right prep. Wild animals love pumpkins too, with the seeds adored by garden birds.
Add a makeshift pumpkin patch to your wedding décor and ask guests to pick their own to take home. Pumpkins make interesting and creative favours that are certain to keep guests talking long after your wedding has been and gone.
Want more advice for accessorising for the season ahead? Check out our autumn style guide for brides, grooms, bridesmaids and guests.
