Top 30 Cheap Wedding Decorations

Wedding decorations add to the overall aesthetic and theme of the event. However, they can add up to a sizable amount to the total bill. According to The Knot and Event Brothers, that range is from $2000 to $10,000 or more.

Since they are not the focal points of the layouts and design, we can consider cheap, non-expensive, and affordable wedding decorations that are also of decent to good quality. Not only do they save you money, but many of them are reusable, while some are pretty keepsakes or giveaways.

1. Wedding Candles for the Reception Ceremony

These cute little candles for wedding events by Irenare are not only highly decorative and beautiful, but they are also lower-priced than most. They also come in an array of different styles and motifs, which can help you match your theme, color palettes, or set designs, and with easy-to-assemble holders with nifty designs.

Candle decorations add to the mood and color theme of your wedding, especially reception tables or photo spots. The little dainty details like these add a lot of ambience and creativity to your set designs.

2. Antique Gold Candelabra Candle Holder

Antique-style candelabras such as this from Afloral are elegant and simple pieces for your reception tables and other background decor. They are metal with a nice gold finish, perfect for different themes and wedding styles.

Gold is an easy-to-match color and can join other colors such as blue, black, pink, yellow, violet, and purple. The simple and timeless design looks great for most wedding set designs, modern or antique-themed.

3. Wedding Welcome Sign

Rehearsal dinners are the last activity on the evening before the big day. Guests, family, and close friends in attendance all join in an informal celebration after rehearsing the flow of activities.

This adorable welcome sign from The Craftsman Space is the perfect decor with a lovely function to welcome participants to the event, with the ever-classic bridal white and green (with organic wood brown accents) color palette. It adds a lot of care and attention to detail when welcoming guests and having an official event graphic.

4. Special Moments White Polyfoam Picture Frames

Dollar Tree has these cool and nifty white polyfoam picture frames you can use for decorating tables and other set designs for your wedding. The polyfoam material has a nice white finish. Instead of heavier materials such as wood, metal, or heavy plastic, it uses polyfoam, or polystyrene foam, which is lightweight and still durable, not to mention cheaper.

Place photos of your life together before becoming husband and wife. Be candid, sweet, wacky, or sentimental. Include family, loved ones, and friends in the collection of photos, too.

5. Marriage Prayer Canvas Wall Art Decorations

Walmart offers these simple but lovely marriage prayer posters to inspire guests and to fill spaces with color and inspiration. Reception decor can use posters like these to create a sweet ambience. These lovely and cute posters are also perfect for wedding dinner rehearsals, bridal showers, and other pre-wedding events.

6. Richland Pillar Candle

These gorgeous, unscented pillar candles from Richland come in deep red, perfect accompanying decorations for themed weddings that color coordinate perfectly with the dresses, color palettes, and wedding set designs. Valentine weddings can use these rich, deep red functional decorations to beautify photo spots or to add ambience for late afternoon and evening reception parties.

7. Battery Operated Cordless Wedding Centerpiece

The champagne pink awesomeness of this feather table lamp from Walmart adds lovely form and function for evening reception parties. The soft, delicate look and feel of the feathers and the light glow of its lamp add a touch of loveliness to your table design. No need to get expensive decor; you just need a little thought and some cheap but graceful-looking functional decor, such as this, to coordinate your theme

8. Rectangle Centerpiece Box

Rustic, multifunctional, and beautiful, these centerpiece boxes from Sola Wood Flowers make great table decor to hold flowers, napkins, and other table accessories. Couples can also incorporate them in souvenirs and giveaways, providing a DIY handcrafted vibe and design that’s unique and useful after the festivities. They are perfect for Boho and vintage themes, or rustic, artsy set designs.

9. Party Ceremony Stage Wedding Decoration

These ceiling drapes from REWOMC are elegant decorations that make use of lovely drapery chiffon fabric designs to match your theme and set designs. They are a no-fuss, easy-to-install, dramatic decoration that adds a lot of elegance. Use them to match and coordinate well with the design elements of your reception or wedding, very much like the wedding arch design and layout you’ll be using.

10. Custom Wedding Reception Decoration

Big receptions with many tables in the setup can surely use personalized table numbers, so guests and servers can easily find their way.

Take a look at these customizable transparent, frosted, and opaque color table numbers from ArtistGiftRey. Elegant and inexpensive, they add a touch of class and opulent golden accents to your reception table design and set up. With 4 variations to choose from, you can easily match these designs to your color palettes.

11. Balloon Frame Arch

The Wedding Scoop has previously tackled wedding arch design, composition, and colors that are well-suited for different weddings. This 8-by-9-foot metal arch is a lovely addition to your wedding reception party.

A metal arch or two can add Instagram-ready photo spots or guest entrances, and their decoration possibilities are endless. One option is balloons, adding a festive vibe, along with a sign at the back, or a party reception backdrop. You can also go with theme-coordinated flowers, artsy layers, drapes, or DIY made signs that are fun and festive.

12. Washed Cotton Dinner Napkins Set

Add a touch of class and high-end design to your wedding reception dinners and lunches with these exquisite cloth table napkins from LinenLark. Available in sets of 4 in various colors, they are perfect for matching your theme and color palettes.

These elegant cloth napkins are also perfect souvenirs, and you can package them creatively. Either way, they add functional and colorful accessories for your table setups that are easy to combine with other items.

13. Richland Small Glass Jar with Topper

These vintage glass bottles with toppers from Save on Crafts are multifunctional accessories for your reception table decor. They can hold flowers, greenery, and various accessories.

Couples can also use them as part of their souvenirs, favors, and giveaways with that vintage and artsy feel. No matter what their function, they exude lovely vibes and gorgeous looks with simplicity, elegance, and open-endedness for customizing their design.

14. Vintage Glass Flower Bud Vases

Speaking of functional and decorative glassware, this Koyal Vintage style hot pink glassware set of 6 from Walmart is a lovely addition to your reception tables or set designs. They can hold flowers, accessories, or just beautify your surroundings as standalone items. The lovely pink hues are also perfect additions to various themes and color palettes, from spring and summer to Boho and lavish settings.

15. Flower with Vase Flower Centerpieces

Artificial flowers such as these from KIRIFLY are great decor options. They are unaffected by temperature, humidity, and long periods of storage. You can order them in advance and choose proper color combinations that fit your theme or color palette.

These flowers can adorn your set design, photoshoot spots, reception area, and reception tables. They can decorate multiple spots from your wedding ceremony to your afterparty, and you don’t need to worry about them looking fresh and vibrant because, unlike real ones, they will stay good no matter what.

16. Custom Wedding Puzzle Favors

Wedding favors can be fun, unique, and memorable, and they are often inexpensive, such as these unique puzzle blocks from TimbersandTwinesCo. They are fully customizable with engraved dates and messages that become meaningful keepsakes to remember your big special day. You can package them in inexpensive wrappers and also use them as table decorations as well.

17. Artificial Flowers Row For Wedding Decoration

These beautiful gold flower stands from DYRABREST are pretty decorations for your wedding ceremony set design and your reception party.

These elegant gold colored metal stands are perfect for artificial and natural flowers, offering many design and layout options. You can easily match these gold holders with different types of flower color combinations. The combination of tall flower stands with small boxes gives a variety of flower layout options for different types, sizes, and lengths.

18. Personalised Ferrero Rocher Heart Wedding Display

One Ferrero Rocher chocolate piece is a hearty dessert that most people love. How about a whole Ferrero Rocher pyramid stand? This is a great idea for desserts on your guests’ reception tables.

While there are a few pre-made stands available from online stores abroad, here is one easy-to-do kit from Ferrero Rocher itself that costs almost nothing to do. You can use an all-Ferrero set, or put other types of chocolates and sweets one another, or combine both in one pyramid, along with other customizations you can think of.

19. Artificial Flower Swag Kit

Beautiful artificial flower sets such as this offering from Serra Flora are versatile and can adorn your wedding ceremony set design or your reception. They are easy to install on wedding arches as well. They are already arranged in a bouquet with green leaves as the base and are basically put and set with no need to organize.

Artificial flowers are inexpensive and won’t wilt, and will stay in form, no matter how long in storage, until the day of your wedding. They are impervious to indoor and outdoor conditions and remain reusable long after the event.

20. Floating Glass Frames

A lovely and elegant ‘floating’ variation of the classic photo frame decor from Koyal adds adorable vibes for your wedding. Its thin, flat form occupies less space and gives a stylish frame to your photos, designs, and wedding graphics.

Gold is easy to match with most common wedding color palettes and themes, instantly giving opulent tones and accents to your set design or reception tables.

21.  Mr and Mrs Wedding Cocktail Napkins

These silver-motif wedding napkins from Veny Taya are a very nice and elegant touch. The lovely details and silver-stamped motifs are fit for making your reception tables more dazzling than usual, with added attention to detail. They are both decorative and functional, and can also be part of your wedding favors and souvenirs, for their lovely design and easy collectability.

22. Message in a Bottle Wedding Guest Book

Just like The Police or Taylor Swift song, you too can create messages in a bottle, sent to you, the newlyweds, in the form of this clever and super artsy guestbook from CelebrationCustomGif.

These kinds of art direction and engagement-heavy decor become memorable parts of your reception party. It’s also quite a treat to unwrap and read each and every personal message at the end of your celebration with your spouse, as opposed to a standard guestbook.

23. Wedding Reception Guest Sign Board

This customizable wooden guest 3-dimensional sign board from Decor Maniacs is a unique and very artsy welcome sign to your reception. Instead of the typical flat printed signs, why not have one that is full of life and dynamic?

Their wooden board set comes with an option for the pretty floral arrangements included. Or you can order it as a custom standalone sign and have your own choice of flowers and other decorations inside the box for a fully custom welcome signboard that more closely fits your wedding theme or set design.

24. Diamond Champagne Glasses Set for Wedding Reception

Opulent champagne flute glasses for your wedding need not be expensive but still look elegant. These glass sets from Gurudar look amazing and expensive, with their choice of silver and gold alloy with a heart-shaped pave ring motif. It includes a set of 1 cake diamond knife and a piece diamond pie server with intricate pattern designs on its handles.

25. Wedding Seating Chart Template

Having an extensive guest list can add difficulty in organizing your table seating, layouts, and floor plans. This pre-formatted and editable digital design table of guests from MarieThomasPaperie helps organize them into tables and provides an easy-to-use visual guide. It’s a PDF download that you can fill in wth your details for easy creation and is print-ready once you input your list of guests and number of tables.

26. Gold Wedding Card Box

OurWarm‘s wedding card boxes are perfect for both beautifying your reception tables, spaces, and set designs, and for holding cards, gifts, offerings, cash, tokens, messages, and other items for the newlyweds.

Available in silver, brown, white, and gold, they come alive with built-in LED lights, making them shine for evening celebrations. These wonderful boxes use thick, sturdy wood with a beautiful finish, and are very durable, living on well beyond the event, both as a memento and a practical, usable item.

27. Personalized Wooden Candle Circles

The lovely wooden candle circles from emrc53 are both great favors/souvenirs and as decor for your reception hall or tables. They are cute, well-crafted, and highly collectable, making for unique wedding items that you can use or keep as a remembrance of that special day. It uses real dried flowers with a customizable note on each heart motif.

28. Wedding Arch Decorative Flower Runner

You can go almost overboard with your wedding set design without breaking the bank. This beautiful wedding arch flower runner set from FlowerVA uses artificial floral arrangements with pink, orange, and white flowers, and lovely light green and green bundles of underlying leaves. They are perfect for decorating your wedding location, reception hall, or photoshoot spots. They look exquisite without needing to be super expensive.

29. Chocolate Wedding Favors for Guests 

Who doesn’t love chocolate? Both the newlyweds and their guests will surely love these customized, individually wrapped chocolates in a beautiful box from BOL. Couples can either have them as personalized desserts or as giveaways or favors. Both options work, as no guest would be able to resist one, a few, or even a whole box of these delicious treats.

30. Bridesmaid Bouquets Table Decoration

Artificial flowers have proven to be inexpensive and easy-to-use decor for your wedding ceremony and reception area. These collections from Tinge Time are available in 3 color combinations for prettifying and accenting your tables and wedding sets with flowers that will look beautiful no matter the setting. They are inexpensive alternatives to ordering a big bunch of fresh flowers that need arrangement and proper placement.