My wedding stationery theme was wild animals that my husband and I have seen together. Each table setting had a bespoke place card holder in the shape of an animal - e.g. hippos, elephants and rhinos. There are other ways to make place card holders but the below worked for me.
STEP ONE - Order everything you need to start your bespoke wedding stationery project
You can choose whatever brands you like, the products I used are listed below.
Plastic animals - I used these children's toys
Primer spray paint - I used a Rust-oleum primer
Coloured spray paint - I used Edding metallic matt gold
Mini hacksaw - I found one in the shed, you can see what they look like in the videos below
Thick cardboard - I used an old delivery box
STEP TWO - Prepare your space. I recommend you spray paint outside where there is plenty of ventilation. I found not every animal stood up easily, so I placed them on their side on a large piece of cardboard. This made transporting them inside and outside easy.
STEP THREE - Prepare the animals with white spray primer
Spray the visible side of your animals with white primer and allow to dry overnight. The following day, turn the animals over and spray the other side.
STEP FOUR - Cut card slots
Use your mini saw to cut angled slots in the animals backs. It might take a few attempts to get the technique and angle right but once you get into the swing of it it’s easy. Have some place cards on hand to test your holders as you go.
STEP FIVE - Spray the animals a colour of your choice
Repeat step three with spray paint. I used metallic paint as gold was my wedding accent colour but you could choose anything you like.
STEP SIX - festoon your tables with one of a kind little animals your guests will be sure to love!
Tips
Chunky animals like hippos, elephants and rhinos work best. Giraffes would not stay standing up.
You can repeat the steps with any small plastic toy, not just animals.
Don't be tempted to spray paint inside, it will get on your stuff...speaking from experience!
Order more animals than you need to account for the learning process
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