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Why Would You Use a Bamboo Wedding Arch?
Bamboo has a lot to recommend it. The natural hue and coloration gives it an elegant look that can be honed for elegance and polish, or for an outdoor and rustic style. Subtle alterations can take you and your guests to the sandy beaches of Hawaii, or provide an elegant oriental formation.
It’s also incredibly durable and flexible, which means with careful application of pressure, time and the proper technique, it can be shaped into whatever shape and design you like. It’s also a resilient material that can withstand most, if not all, weather conditions.
Materials for bamboo arches are easily sourced, and environmentally sustainable, in addition to being beautifully colored. They’re often cheaper than regular woods used for arches, like oak or walnut. They’re easier to repurpose than metal, after the wedding, or they can be added to a yard or garden in their arch form.
Guide to Creating the Perfect Bamboo Wedding Arch for Your Wedding
As with everything relating to your wedding, you must have a set style or design in mind, so let’s start there. Despite the rather tropical connotations with bamboo, these arches can be designed and adapted to suit any kind of wedding. This may include the traditional white wedding, or an outdoor wedding
Combining your wooden
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The beachy look
Adding some lightweight fabric and neutral-toned flowers really create such a soft, tropical feel. It produces the ultimate beach style wedding ambiance.
The geometric arch
Beautiful blooms soften the sharp angles in this gorgeous arch.
The floral arch
Use your arch to frame a stunning focal point and it can act as the perfect natural photo booth.
Sunflowers
Sunflowers are just the perfect bloom for a casual beachy wedding!
Like I said, the possibilities are absolutely endless. These just give you a few ideas on how to style your bamboo arch for your wedding. Now, let’s take a look at some DIY ideas to make your own. If you’re not feeling crafty, stick around, we’ll discuss where to buy them, too.
How to make your own DIY bamboo wedding arch
Depending on the style you’re going for, a bamboo arch is relatively easy to make. Not to mention, it’s adaptable, cost-effective, and as with all DIY projects, it’s totally unique to you. I searched around for some of the best DIY tutorials so that you can make your very own
A bamboo arch is relatively easy to make depending on the style you’re going for. Not to mention, it’s adaptable, cost-effective, and as with all DIY projects, it’s totally unique to you. You can make yours with custom design and feature beautiful colors that match your taste. I searched around for some of the best DIY tutorials so that you can make your very own bamboo
Natasha Nuñez, a DIY wizard, states that you can create a bamboo arch in an hour, for less than $50. This is by crafting the bamboo arch and a paper garland to go alongside it. Essentially, all you need is pretty standard products, like buckets, masking tape, shovels etc. It’s a super easy, lovely idea – perfect for all those on a strict budget. What’s best – you can pop this arch up anywhere, in minutes. Check out the DIY tutorial here.
If you’re more of a visual person, keep reading for some of my favorite YouTube bamboo arch tutorials.
Adding Your Own Personal Touch To A Bamboo Wedding Arch:
Traditional decorations include flowers, greenery, long swags of cloth, or even strings of lights draped over the arch and the sides. However, those aren’t the only options for those who are looking to go a non-traditional route.
Here’s some ideas for you if you want to add an individual touch to decorating a bamboo arch for their wedding:
Want a beach-side look?
Add seashells in colorful random or geometric patterns against your bamboo.
Alternative shapes?
An arch doesn’t have to be a squared off rectangle or an elevated rainbow arch. It can be in any shape you can imagine, as long as you have enough tools and skill to shape it that way. Circles, hexagons and other fantastic shapes are all potential options for you.
Your own crafting touch?
Handmade garlands are an option. So are DIY macrame curtains to ang in the back and sides (these curtains can also be repurposed afterward for your home).
Braided or uniquely patterned fabric designs that you create can be used to ornament the tops or the posts.
Multicolored fabrics and lights?
Most wedding decorations stick to one or two colors in lights and fabric decorations. But there’s no reason you can’t be bold and go vibrant and multi-colored, or even rainbow for your arch.
How about a little bit of music?
For an outdoor wedding in good weather, wind chimes can be used to add a little bit of music to the background, in whatever tone and octave you like. You can even have bamboo wind chimes, if you want.
Bells are also an excellent option for your arch.
Have you considered motifs and messages?
Try decorating with designs and shapes that you consider special, or have unique meanings to you and your partner.
As a twist on this, you can have friends and family put up fabric strips or panels on either side with all their best wishes and congratulations for your wedding, so you can get married surrounded by the well-wishes of those who love you.
You can even arrange to get tokens from people who are unable to attend, so their thoughts can be with you.
DIY Bamboo Arbor
While this one was actually made for a garden, there is absolutely no reason why you can’t make this wedding arbor for your big day. It helps you attain the elegant setting befitting for an amazing wedding. It’s a three-part video, so make sure you go on to the next one here
Bamboo Joint Lashing techniques
Joint lashing is one of the hardest parts of putting together a bamboo arch is the joint lashing. This is the term used to essentially put together your bamboo arch, and ensure that it’s sturdy. You don’t want your
This video here will explain some of the best techniques. Afterwards, you can cover up the joints (if they don’t look the way you envisioned) with a flower bouquet or fabric.
How to make a flower arrangement for your wedding arch
Lastly, you have to decorate your bamboo
We will always recommend using silk flowers for this, as they will always stay fresh and colourful – and are much easier to work with for beginners. Tina Le graced us with a wonderful DIY arrangement tutorial, which should help you.
What about locations?
The location of your wedding should influence your choices on the design of the bamboo arch.
For example, a Hawaii destination wedding should have its arch themed with fresh flowers, possess flower ball accents and other native Hawaii features.
Where to buy a bamboo wedding arch
Now, if you’re planning on creating a beautiful bamboo masterpiece yourself, Etsy could be your best option. Buy a complete arch kit that’s ready to assemble on your big day or just the pieces you need to create your own.
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Complete Bamboo Arch Kit
While there are quite a few other bamboo
The only major downside? It costs $160 to ship, which is almost as much as the base price itself.
Just the Bamboo
Etsy has a surprising amount of sellers which are selling high-quality bamboo poles, which are readily treated. The above is listed as safe for beach decor and assemblage.
Fabric for drapes
If you’re looking for the classic sheer fabric, to really put together your
Flowers and greenery
Sticking with the beachy feel, I saw these artificial eucalyptus plants and thought they would match perfectly. You can find them in the PaulettaCrafts shop on Etsy, along with plenty of other beautiful options.
How to rent a bamboo wedding arch
If DIY options aren’t on the table for you, don’t worry. You can still get that elegant
Obviously, renting furniture for your wedding comes with multiple benefits both financially and for your peace of mind. Renting locally is always your best bet. Most renting companies will allow you to choose any color or fabric that you want, and the setting up and taking down is included in the price. Plus, if anything goes wrong- it arrives damaged, doesn’t look right, etc- you can easily take it back and swap it out for a good one.
Finding arches for rent in your area shouldn’t be particularly challenging. Start by calling up your florist and asking for recommendations. If they can’t help, Eventlyst has a section for arch and arbor rentals, and you can choose to display results just in your area. Or, just search “bamboo arch for wedding near me” in your favorite search engine.
I hope this guide on creating the perfect bamboo arch for your wedding helps you! Trust me, you won’t regret finding a way to incorporate one into your big day – DIY or not.
Do you have any tips or favorite ideas for the perfect bamboo arch for a wedding? Share below!
I’m a freelance journalist/writer/content marketer with BA Hons in Journalism.
