How to Make your Own Dried Leaf Wedding Confetti | DIY Wedding Tips
Cones are the most popular way of delivering wedding confetti - perfect for your guests to pour and scatter all over you as you run down the wedding aisle!
Now that you know you want to have those epic wedding aisle confetti throw photos, the next question is—where or how are you going to get that confetti?
For the DIY brides (or grooms!) among us, there IS a way to make your own, super sustainable, eco-friendly, and biodegradable wedding confetti!
Read on below:
How To Make Biodegradable Confetti Yourself
If you're on a budget or quite strict in your aesthetic, you can easily make eco-friendly and biodegradable confetti.
Dried Leaves
Dried leaves can be easily repurposed as confetti with a few simple steps. You'll only need some dried leaves and a hole punch to make this. Make sure to use a spectrum of hues for the leaves, and add some visual interest by using different-shaped hole cutters if you have them.
Dried Flower Petals
Your preserved blossoms will keep for up to a year if kept in a cool, dry location, so you can steadily amass them from flowers given to you as gifts leading up to the ceremony. Try out a variety of flowers in the weeks leading up to the nuptials to see which ones you like best.
Fresh, in-bloom flowers are ideal; roses are a good choice, but many others will do the trick. Remove the petals from the flower, avoiding those with browning margins that will lose much more of their hue in your chosen drying process, listed below.
This lovely assortment of dried flowers - full of colours - from Tessa and Scottie’s wedding at Landing at Homebush
The Drying Process
Using a Microwave
Lay a paper towel on a microwave-safe dish.
Spread out a single layer of flowers on a piece of paper towel. Overlapping flowers will bond to one another, so separate them as much as possible.
Apply another sheet of paper towel over the flowers.
Put the dish in the microwave and cook it on high until the flowers are dry to the touch (the exact duration will rely on your microwave). Drying your flowers may take 1-2 minutes, but try drying them in 20-30 second increments for your first attempts.
Store your dried flowers in a dark, quiet location until the big day!
Using an Oven
Place parchment paper on a plate and arrange the flowers on a single sheet, ensuring they don't overlap if you're using an oven. Put the baking sheet on the lowest oven rack and set the temperature as low as possible. Initially, check on the flowers after 10 minutes and then again every 5 minutes after that.
Air Drying
Even though it takes a few days, this technique is as effective as any other. Simply arrange the flowers in a single layer on a tissue or paper towel sheet on a baking tray. Put the tray in a toasty spot like a ventilation closet and check on it in three days.
Dried Herbs
Confetti made from herbs like lavender, thyme, sage, and rosemary would be both lovely and aromatic. Leaves can be plucked from sprigs and placed in paper cones, containers, or boxes for visitors to help themselves.
The Key Is To Get Creative
There are many eco-friendly options you can try out for your confetti alternatives. You can try birdseed, rice (it does not hurt birds, contrary to popular belief), or even bubbles! Your imagination is your limit, as long as you remember to consider Mother Nature in your choice!
Want to know more about the different types of wedding confetti and the best ways for your guests to shower you in them? Click here to read more about wedding confetti!
Just some ultra romantic wedding confetti petals to convince you that YES it’s worth having your confetti aisle moment after you tie the knot!
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