Handmade ideas for a marriage certificate
When it comes to weddings, there are many keepsakes you’ll want to hold onto, and it’s natural to be particular about them.
Among those, the marriage certificate comes in many forms and styles, and it’s something many couples want to personalize or make by hand.
Here, we’re sharing plenty of DIY ideas for marriage certificates.
From easy, budget-friendly options to designs that use store-bought items or templates, as well as certificates where guests can help on the day—these are memorable pieces you can display even after the ceremony.
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Handmade wedding certificate ideas (11–20)
Handmade with 100-yen items
Wedding items tend to be things you want to be particular about, and the costs can add up.
So how about making your marriage certificate by hand using items from a 100-yen shop to keep it affordable? You might think, “From a 100-yen shop…?” but with the variety and quality available at today’s 100-yen stores, it would be a waste not to make use of them.
You can even create a book-style certificate using wood for under 600 yen—it’s that inexpensive, yet it doesn’t look cheap at all.
You can display your favorite photos from your pre-wedding shoot, turning the certificate into a photo frame full of wedding memories.
Guest-participation jigsaw-style certificate
It’s an idea for a marriage certificate that’s completed by having guests insert small alcohol-ink plates.
You could use store-bought plates and have guests write their names or the vows, but how about making the plates from scratch? For example, try alcohol ink art using shrink plastic (puraban).
You can even start alcohol ink art with supplies from a 100-yen shop.
It takes a bit of effort, but it will be all the more memorable!
Certificate using Jenga
A game that can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike: Jenga.
It’s a balance game played with wooden blocks, and here’s a wedding certificate idea using those wood blocks.
Give each guest a wooden block, have them sign it, and then slot it into place.
After everyone has added theirs, the bride and groom insert the final blocks with their signatures to complete it.
It has a playful spirit, but at first glance you wouldn’t even realize it’s Jenga.
A simple and charming wedding certificate.
Stamp lease
At first glance, it looks like a simple and lovely wreath illustration—a frame, really—but it’s actually a marriage certificate.
The wreath is completed by guests stamping it.
You set out leaf-shaped stamps and ink pads in colors that match the kind of wreath you envision, and each guest presses a single leaf onto the wreath.
Inside the finished wreath are the vows, and below it the two of you add your signatures.
Certificate made with pressed flowers
A wedding certificate made with acrylic panels is nice and simple, but if you feel it might be a little too simple, how about decorating it with pressed flowers? Choose flowers you like, make your own pressed flowers, and glue them around the wedding certificate you’ve traced onto the acrylic panel.
Pressed flowers may seem difficult, but using a microwave makes them incredibly quick and easy.
With minimal effort, you can create a one-of-a-kind certificate in your favorite flowers and lettering style!
Jigsaw puzzle
This is a guest-participation wedding certificate that uses a plain white jigsaw puzzle you can customize with your favorite picture or photo.
Place a photo of the couple in the center, surround it with guests’ names like a frame, and have guests fit the puzzle pieces into place.
As it might look a bit plain as-is, try adding color over the guests’ names with a stamp sponge or decorating with pens.
The center section doesn’t have to be a photo—you could also make it a certificate where you add your signatures there instead.
In conclusion
We’ve introduced lots of handmade ideas for marriage certificates—did any of them make you want to give them a try or copy them? Many of these can be displayed as-is after the ceremony and really convey your guests’ feelings.
Guest-participation styles are also popular, so be sure to use them for inspiration!