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If you dream of bringing a magical story to life for your child and throwing an Alice in Wonderland birthday party, then follow me.
I will give you five keys that will take you into a world of fantasy and extraordinary tasks. I am sure that if you use at least one, your child will remember the holiday with a happy smile , and the parents of other children will be surprised at your creativity.
Invitations
There are a huge number of options for creating invitations! Give free rein to your imagination. Remember, or better yet, reread/rewatch Alice in Wonderland. Use fairy tale details in your invitations. For example, make invitations in the form of packages that are read out by a white rabbit. Don't forget about details such as red roses, red cards, garden greenery and cards with the inscription “Read Me”, which will be a reference to those same sweets and bottles.
An interesting detail can be the keys and images of keyholes attached to the invitations. It is not necessary to look for real keys; you can easily replace them with drawn ones.
Also add character pictures to your invitations. These can be illustrations from a book or everyone’s favorite images from cartoons and movies.
You can also remember the crazy tea ceremony that Alice attended, where she met the Hatter and the March Hare. If you decide that your wedding will be like that same tea party, then feel free to write in the invitations that you are expecting guests for the “Crazy Wedding Tea Party.” This will definitely impress your guests!
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Stages of preparing a wedding in the style of “Alice in Wonderland”
Alice in Wonderland themed wedding invitations
Where does a wedding begin? Of course, with invitations. It is wedding invitations that will tell your guests the time and place of the celebration, indicate the theme of the wedding and allow you to communicate the rules of the dress code.
Wedding invitations in the Alice in Wonderland style should be bright and unusual. And match the theme and style of the wedding.
Original wedding invitations can be made in the form of tea bags, because the Hatter’s tea party is a cross-cutting theme of the Alice in Wonderland wedding . You're inviting friends and family to more than just a wedding reception, not an incredible wedding tea party. It’s great if the banquet starts exactly at 17-00, the time of the traditional English five-o-clock. You can be sure that your friends have never received more original wedding invitations.
If you want something less extreme, you can make your own invitations using Photoshop, using the most famous elements and characters from the fairy tale. This could be a playing card invitation, or it could be a scroll with a picture of a white rabbit, tied with a beautiful cord with a tassel.
A printed invitation in a retro style on aged paper is also a very beautiful and worthy option.
You can choose a cool wedding invitation text , in the style of “Alice in Wonderland” it could be, for example, like this:
All miracles and miracles!
Our favorite fairy tale friend!
We invite you to attend the Craziest Tea Party of the season - our wedding!
Shorks and mums are invited too!
On March 28, follow the White Rabbit.
We are waiting for you in Through the Looking Glass at: ________________________________________________
And remember, rabbits hate being late! Be there exactly at * o'clock!
Your Alice and the Hatter!
But it is quite possible to choose a classic text, for example, spied on the PoraPoParam.ru website.
Books of wishes
The image of a wedding in the style of “Alice in Wonderland” should be thought out to the smallest detail. Every detail must match the style of the celebration. This also applies to wish books and their replacement analogues.
- Classic book of wishes. It can be decorated in an antique style or have a faded color. The book may contain quotes from a famous book. As for illustrations, it is certainly a rabbit, a card deck, a hat and other characteristic attributes.
- Wishes frame. A wooden frame of wishes will fit perfectly into this wedding style if it is filled with wooden card suits with wishes printed on them.
- Wooden figurine for wishes. This can be a figure in the form of a deck of cards or a certain suit, a rabbit, a teapot and other objects accompanying a famous book.
- Tree of wishes. On such a tree, guests can hang not the usual leaves with wishes, but card suits with warm words printed on them.
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If you are expecting a large number of guests, prepare a special sector - a photo zone, where each of those present can take beautiful pictures or leave a few words in the wish book.
Arrange a quest with interesting tasks or a master class on coloring white paper roses!
The presence of a photo theater will also be of interest, which will allow both adults and children to take a lot of funny photos.
Outdoor games, darts using ball shapes, riddles and charades - all this will be appropriate for the holiday.
Bride's image
The “Alice in Wonderland” style look combines fantasy and English style from the 19th century. Blue wedding dresses are suitable. Lush, short... To your taste. Do you want to wear a white dress? No problem! Tie a lush blue bow around your waist and you are Alice.
If you want to be more original, experiment with the images of the Red Queen or the March Hare and the White Rabbit.
Shoes
The fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland" was written in the second half of the 19th century during the Victorian era. This means that all the nuances of steampunk wedding dresses apply here too. Lace-up ankle boots, lace... All this will suit you perfectly. If you choose the image of the Queen of Hearts, then choose shoes in red shades. An excellent and original solution would be shoes decorated with red hearts or white ballet flats. Plastic hearts or painted ones - it's up to you.
Hairstyle
Let's remember what Alice's hair looked like in the cartoon version and in the movies.
Disney's Alice has a bow on her head and flowing hair. You can play up this image however you like, using bows of different shapes and sizes. Wicker wreaths and hairpins with flowers, small hats and crowns - all this will help create the image of the Alice girl who once chased the white rabbit.
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Tim Burton's Alice is curls. These are easy to do yourself, using curlers or a curling iron. However, we still recommend that you consult a specialist. Perhaps he will recommend a much more interesting version of this hairstyle.
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If you want to use a hat, try to match it harmoniously with your outfit, bouquet and of course, the groom's hat and boutonniere.
Makeup
Makeup can be almost invisible. After all, Alice was a little girl. But you, as an older girl, are allowed to experiment. Be magical, gentle. Pastel colors for more delicate natures and burgundy lips for more sensual “Alice”.
Manicure
When creating a manicure, add details that reflect the wedding theme. These can be images of heroes, card suits, sparkles, bows and locks with keys.
Accessories
There is no need to overload the image with details. If your hair is tied up, you can wear earrings in the shape of keyholes or keys.
Bouquet
As you remember, the main flowers in the book were roses. The same white roses that Alice suggested painting with red paint. There is a variety of two-color, white and red roses “Empress Farah”; but finding them will be difficult. Why not follow the path suggested by Carroll? – Paint white flowers with red paint.
Of course, not only roses will suit your Alice-style wedding look. These can be peonies, daisies, and any flowers in general. The main thing is that the bouquet fits harmoniously into your image. For example, use the same flowers as for the groom's boutonniere.
Since the wedding is fairytale and crazy, your wedding bouquet can be made from buttons. Add themed paraphernalia and voila!
Remember how Alice shrank and ended up in Wonderland when she was very tiny. All the plants seemed gigantic to her. This fragment can be included in your wedding. Replace the bouquet with one flower. True, the flower should be larger than your head.
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Bride's wedding dress in Alice style
In order to feel like Alice in Wonderland, you don’t have to wear a blue dress with an apron to your wedding, like the cartoon heroine. Just remember that your image should be bright and playful.
Of course, it could be a fabulous blue dress, but only in a delicate cocktail version.
In general, as a bride’s outfit for an Alice in Wonderland wedding, you can safely choose a classic white wedding dress or a Victorian-style dress. If you add a couple of bright accessories to the dress, you will get a great fairy-tale option.
Much the same can be done with a short wedding dress.
By the way, a short wedding dress is generally ideal for our themed wedding. A huge selection of short bridesmaid dresses allows you to create your own unique image: daring, mischievous or romantic.
Another important issue is the choice of wedding shoes. First of all, the bride’s shoes, of course, should be comfortable. And only the second - beautiful and suitable for the theme of the wedding. We advise you to pay attention to Victorian-style shoes or ankle boots. Moreover, it is not at all necessary that they be a classic white or cream color - at a fairytale wedding anything is possible, even black boots and striped leg warmers to go with them!
The best hairstyle for a wedding based on the fairy tale about Alice is one that involves accessories like a hoop or ribbon. It’s good if they match the dress, shoes or waistband.
Groom image
You have already guessed that the image of the groom will be copied from everyone’s favorite character in this wonderful book, the Mad Hatter. First of all, you need a cylinder. You can decorate it yourself or turn to professionals. In addition to the hat, you will have to get a frock coat (or a jacket similar to it), a vest and a watch on a chain. It doesn't seem complicated. The main thing is to arrange everything correctly, choose accessories and a boutonniere. The groomsmen can also wear matching top hats or matching neckerchiefs. It will be best if everyone is dressed in the same or similar costumes.
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Choice of outfits
Of no small importance for holding such a themed celebration is not only the decor and design, but also the choice of costumes for the bride and groom. They must match the style of the book. The groom's outfit may resemble the Hatter's appearance: a vintage tailcoat, an English vest, knee-length trousers, colored knee socks, funny shoes and, of course, a large colorful top hat. If this suit seems too bold for you, you can choose a classic retro tuxedo, complemented by a scarf, or a colored jacket with a bow tie (which can be worn with bright, fun sneakers).
An indispensable attribute is an antique pocket watch on a chain. In a word, the image of the groom should have a certain amount of humor, brightness and madness.
If the groom at such a holiday will play the role of the Hatter, then the bride, of course, will play the role of Alice. Therefore, she needs an appropriate outfit. The classic option is a fluffy blue dress with a white apron, white knee socks, elegant shoes with bows and a satin ribbon in the hair. But you can approach the choice of costume in a more original and creative way. For example, you can decorate your hair with a small and elegant cylinder hat. The bride's bouquet, like all the details of the holiday, should be unusual and whimsical.
Ideally, all wedding guests should also support the style of the holiday. To do this, indicate the wedding theme in the invitation and note that a “crazy” dress code is required. Guests can be dressed differently, but certainly bright, unusual and shocking. They can complement their looks with colored top hats, masks, multi-colored ties, bright funny shoes and other details.
Decor
If your wedding begins not with the registry office, but with on-site registration, you will need a wedding arch. If the ceremony will take place in a garden or park, you can simply arrange it near a large tree decorated, for example, with a clock. When decorating an arch, use elements such as roses, keys and locks, clocks, white rabbits, huge flowers and mushrooms, and even top hats.
The degree of stylization of a wedding can be different - from a slight hint of the plot with the help of details to a complete transformation into the heroes of a fairy tale with the help of costumes and makeup. Whichever option you choose, remember that the main decorative details for such a wedding should be a watch on a chain, playing cards, tea china, hats, tags with the inscriptions “eat me” and “drink me”, vintage keys and images of a rabbit. If it is possible to do a photo shoot with live, rather than drawn, rabbits, then it would be ideal.
Pay special attention to the decorations: the more red and white roses there are in the interior, the better. Let this be an allusion to the episode where the gardeners repainted the rose bushes in the garden. Flamingo figures will also fit perfectly into the wedding style. Your main task is to create an atmosphere of light madness, so the more unusual the better. These could be chairs of different heights and colors, large alarm clocks on tables. Don't forget about the clock, there should be a lot of them in your wedding decoration. Remember how the Rabbit hurried to give the duchess the gloves or how the Hatter and the mouse Sonya quarreled with Time? You can attach place cards to your keys. Keys can also be used in the bride’s bouquet and other decorative elements. You can mark seats for guests with playing cards. Let each guest be assigned a card of a certain suit and value. If you have more guests than there are 54 cards in the deck, you can come up with additional suits, such as red clubs.
A suitable place for a wedding in the Alice in Wonderland style would be a beautiful park or garden in the English style. This place is perfect for off-site registration and subsequent tea drinking. If the weather is not conducive to gatherings in nature, choose a suitable cafe or restaurant. The decorations and general design will be made from it into a real English garden.
The Zazerkalye restaurant in Moscow has already been decorated for a wedding in the style of Alice in Wonderland.
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Menu, sweet table and cake
Even if you invited guests to a “tea party in Wonderland,” you still can’t do a wedding without a traditional menu with hot dishes. Therefore, it is best to organize a buffet with hot food served separately. By the way, it will be great if the menu is written, beautifully designed and presented somewhere in a visible place. And it is imperative that the names of the dishes be fabulous, for example, “quasi-turtle soup”, “cod that does not crack”, “guinea pig in a bag”, etc. Be sure to put classic English sandwiches with butter on the table - these are what the Mad Hatter chews throughout the entire Alice story. A sweet table can fulfill not only its intended purpose, but also become a wonderful decorative item. One of the most important details of the story about Alice is the tea party. Flags and signs “Eat me”, “Drink me” simply must be there! They can decorate cupcakes and macarons.
The cake can even become the main character of the evening (after the bride and groom, of course :)). Here you can't restrain your imagination. Hats and bunnies, roses and card suits... The main thing is to find an excellent pastry chef who will create the perfect cake according to your plan.
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