While rain falls can clear up any mess left on walkways by birds, it may not rain for several days. There are alternatives to rice and seed, such as wheat germ, tiny noodles or even small foam beads like those used in furniture. Throwing any type of food, while it is earth friendly, is considered a waste by many young couples and they may not like the thought of food items being thrown when others may by suffering from malnutrition or not getting enough to eat. Biodegradable confetti is an option that will keep everyone happy. Like rice or seed, it is still a very inexpensive option.

There are many ways to purchase wedding confetti. Sometimes people like to shoot off the shreds in wedding confetti poppers, which are launched into the air. It can also be purchased in bulk or in large bags. This a good option for those who plan to make their own favors or let people throw the stuff in large quantities. Products come in a wide array of colors, so they can be coordinated with the color theme of the day. Poppers can cost as little as $3 each, depending on how many are purchased. A four quart bag in mixed colors can cost as little as $4, at craft supply stores.

To give you an idea of what is available, one website has a comprehensive range of fabulous metallic confetti shapes in great colors available in 0.5 oz. or 1 oz. bag (7.5  and 14 grams, respectively). A 1 oz. bag will be enough to scatter into three tables of a 10-seater round banquet table. Remember that a wedding table will have plates, forks, knives and centerpieces already, thus leaving a small space for your confetti, so you don’t really a lot- just enough to provide additional sparkle on each wedding table to complete the over-all theme.

You may choose from dots, stars or heart shapes in various colors, which you can mix and combine according to the color motif of your wedding. They also have a newly sourced product called the Diamond Drops, which are delightful diamond looking pieces in pastel colors that will definitely add a touch of elegance to your wedding reception.

Another great website that offers wedding table confetti is factorydirectcraft.com. They have assorted acrylic gems available in clear, black, pink, red or green colors. A clear and black combination will provide an eye-catching contrast to any table setting, or a pink and white gems combination will create a very dainty picture, or for December weddings, you may combine red and green with clear gems for that Christmassy atmosphere as well. Each 7 oz. bag costs $4.99 and consists of approximately 34 pieces of bling bling gems.

These are not only great as table confetti, but look just as good as floral fillers as well. Aside from acrylic gems, they also offer gold or silver foil confetti, cut into bells, champagne glasses, doves, cupid, or “just married” or print-outs of the bride and groom’s names. These will serve as great decorative pieces on your wedding table with some personal touch to it.

If you have the time and family or friends who are very much to help, these can also be made at home- just buy a decorative metal puncher from any craft store, with your preferred design, and some gold or silver foil wrapper, and punch away. You will not only save some money, but have some bonding moments with friends and family as well.

Another great idea is the use of real flower petals confetti. This is the confetti of choice of some couples who prefer a biodegradable confetti instead of the acrylic ones. You may choose from a basket of pink or lilac delphinium real petal wedding confetti. Or you can get a mixed rose petal wedding confetti basket. It’s also available in individual organza purses or wedding envelopes to be distributed among your guests, and for scattering after the wedding ceremony as the newlyweds walk out of the church. There is also biodegradable confetti for weddings sold in poppers and other packaging made of material that dissolves when it gets wet.

Again, these can also be prepared by friends or relatives during your wedding day. You just need to be ready with fresh roses and set aside some time to carefully hand select each petal. This will truly add a romantic ambiance to your wedding, and made even more special if friends or family helped together to make it.

Some people choose to construct their own confetti, although a far majority opt to buy the pieces of paper at various party stations and wedding stores. When a person purchases confetti, he or she can have it produced in such a way that it becomes personalized to the occasion at hand. Here are some wedding confetti ideas for personalized wedding confetti:

If a woman wants the confetti at her wedding to be reminiscent of her and her husband, she may choose to have the confetti molded with her own name and her soon-to-be husband’s name, or she could even have the confetti formed as objects that are unique to their relationship (e.g., boats if they both like boating together). Because tossing pieces of paper at the bride and groom after the wedding can be not only costly but also polluting to the surrounding areas, many churches today try to restrict the tossing of pieces of paper at or around their premises.

Although many churches do ask the wedding guests to stop the practice of throwing confetti after the service, it is important to realize that there are still many churches that allow, and even advocate, for the couples to have paper confetti tossed at them.

Contemporary paper wedding confetti, although it has been thrown on brides and grooms for about a hundred years or so, is a relatively new phenomenon in the wedding practices of humans. The usage of confetti itself at weddings, though, is not entirely all that novel.

For example, scholars have been able to document cases in which people with no organized religion (e.g., druids and pagans) threw objects (e.g. petals, thorns, leaves, etc.) onto the married couples after the wedding ceremony had ended. To the druids and pagans, tossing items that grew from nature onto the bride and groom was believed to increase the couple’s chances of having many children and living a most successfully bliss life together.

Thus, they used superstitious behaviors as ways to ensure that the married couple would be well-protected for the future, which is somewhat similar to how confetti works in modern societies today. For example, petals from flowers may still be used as confetti at weddings today, thus emphasizing how the past practices are still held by individuals in present societies.

A booming fad for pro-economists and those individuals who advocate against pollution is biodegradable confetti for weddings, which is confetti that can be thrown into the air or onto the ground, with little to no trace of its existence. Because there is little trace of its existence, it could be hypothesized that confetti at weddings may soon become popular again, as church officials will not have a reason to be upset at the messy environment outside their parishes.

When it comes to throwing confetti at weddings, there are various designs made to make it easier. There are wedding confetti poppers, cones and even a confetti canon. The canon may be a bit much for a wedding!

There are other types of wedding confetti than what you throw. For example, there’s wedding confetti for tables. Wedding table confetti and wedding confetti petals are sprinkled or spread on the reception tables simple to make them look more decorative.