Just how much confetti do you need?
Planning a wedding can be a minefield . . . it doesn't happen every day! You are thrown in at the deep-end with unusual wedding-day-specific decisions to make such as: does everyone need an individual menu or will one for the table be okay? What piece of music do we want playing when we sign register? Do we need a champagne tower and if yes, will a rather merry uncle Bob fall into it sending shattered glass everywhere??
Hopefully we can help with this decision: how much confetti should we order?
We LOVE confetti and we love talking about it! It's a brilliantly fun part of a wedding day, when all of your guests have been sat down, listening to you declare your undying love for each other, like coiled springs ready to explode with wedding merriment. We can't think of any better way to use all of that pent up energy than to throw confetti and cheer loudly.
Sooo, just how much do you need?? That's where our confetti guide comes in!
First things first, it depends on how you want your confetti to look and what your venue allows.
If there are no restrictions, the round tissue paper discs (biodegradable ones) stay in the air longest and make for the best confetti shots from our point of view.
A lot of venues ask for real petals only and there are loads of options within this, although they don’t stay in the air *quite* as long, real petals look beautiful afterwards wherever they’ve fallen.
Suggested Suppliers:
Adamapple (this is where we’ve ordered it from for our wedding at the beginning of 2022; we chose biodegradable paper discs in our wedding colours)
There are so many though, this is just the tip of the confetti iceberg.
Happy confetti shopping!
Confetti Calculator:
In terms of actual volume:
Flat packets: 1 per person
Cones: can often be 1 between 2, depending on size
No packaging: roughly 1 litre gives around 20 handfuls
You can use our table to help work it out!
Phew! You might be thinking all of this for only a tiny moment of your day?? Honestly, the rush you’ll get when everyone is cheering and you’re showered with beautiful confetti is one of the best feelings. Of course we’ll be there to capture it so you can watch it over and over again. This is one of the only situations that we really have to ‘stage’ during a wedding day. Unfortunately, people lining up to throw confetti over you just doesn’t happen naturally! As we've said - we LOVE confetti, especially me (Charlotte), I like to be surrounded by it at all times! If it’s important to you and your day it will be worth the teeny bit of effort beforehand.
Ps confetti fact: the word comes from an Italian word for sweets/candies and one singular piece would be called a 'confetto'
