Best thing to "throw" at a wedding?

two variations on the same theme I have seen at weddings:

1) takes some forethought but at one the bride had saved and dried the petals from all the flowers she'd ever been given then put them in paper cones tied with ribbons and had people throw the dried petals

2) and I absolutely loved this one - they had all kinds of bright coloured Gerbera Daises as centerpieces on all the tables and when they left they asked guests to pull the petals off the flowers to throw. All those bright multicoloured petals in the air and then on the ground were just gorgeous! You could really use any heavily petaled flower - roses would be pretty too, daises are just cheeper.

a variation on this that might be really nice for a fall wedding would be similar to the dried flower thing and dirt cheep - drive around and find trees with really gorgeous bright fall colours and gather dry leaves from several different ones (be careful not to crunch them up too much) and put them in paper cones for people to throw

I had some friends who had an outdoor wedding in July who handed out mini water guns while at my December wedding we just didn't do anything - being hit by snowballs just didn't appeal.

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Best thing to "throw" at a wedding?

Is there some kind of rule as to what should be thrown when the bride and groom walk out of the church? I've heard of rice, birdseed and blowing bubbles. It will be a fall wedding, so what is appropriate? Are there any other options other than throwing things?

Throwing rice is definitely a no-no, it's bad for song birds and makes a mess. If you really want to have some kind of send off, I would throw wild bird seed. It's good for the birds and environmentally safe, if a little messy. But nobody will feel cheated if you don't have this kind of part in your wedding. Usually, after the bride and groom are officially married, they will proceed down the aisle and then receive their guests, then pose for pictures, and make their way to the reception. There aren't really any rules anymore. Just traditions that you may or may not want to include in your special day. Good luck!

Did you know that the original tradition was to throw old shoes? No joke! I don't know the why behind it.

There are loads of options, but I don't think it's necessary. Keep in mind that things need to be cleaned up afterwards, so rice, flower petals and confetti especially would be a nightmare there. Birdseed is likely safe, as would be bubbles (which are not thrown, making the use of quotation marks PERFECT, cough cough). Bubbles can stain clothes though. Butterflies sometimes don't live to be released...sad, and gross.

Unless you really want it, I say skip it. If you do want it, birdseed is the best option IMO.

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You could throw petals of fall flowers.

Or you could blow bubbles

And you could have people let off balloons the colors of you color scheme

Also you could do eco-confetti (won't hurt the birds like rice)

A finally suggestion is: not throwing or letting go off anything just ring silver bells.

Hope you have a great "Big Day" =)

NEVER THROW RICE!!! can't remember exactly why it happens, but birds eat it and die. I'm going to have confetti made from petals, so that it's animal friendly, and it wont cause any damage. There's plenty of flowers that are seasonal and out around autumn/ winter time so you have plenty to chose from. We're releasing doves as well.

EDIT: Just remembered, dried rice, the rice you throw at weddings, expands in the birds tummy making the bird blow up. stay away from rice, even if you're not bothered about the birds, could you imagine everyone remembering your wedding day cos of birds exploding over head?

before deciding ,if its a church wedding check with the minister. lots of churches are a bit funny about the throwing of confetti etc. as it can make the church yard look 'untidy' and is banned. if its an indoor civil ceremony its normally impossible to use any confetti at all unless the pics are taken outside, so ask.

the most natural alternative though would be fresh flower petals from your garden.

Bubbles aren't really all that good. Sure it seems there's no clean up or anything, but like someone said before, the bubbles can stain clothing and if you wear glasses then there's gunk on your glasses. Also, whoever came up with the bubble idea I don't think thought it through. It's a bit of a pain. Most people don't want to blow bubbles at you and get goo on them and the few who will blow them don't make that much of a difference. You don't even really see them cause they don't make it far before they pop.

Monkeys like to throw their poop at their weddings....

("Throw" doesn't need to be in quotation marks in this context.)

Try dry rice, yeah. Or throw some of your wedding cake (just at each other of yourselves, the bride and groom)!

Personally I do not like to have anything thrown, I worry too much about an eye injury. Confetti maybe, bubbles but this is not necessary. Each wedding is different and do what you want.