What's in a Wedding Box?

A pre-prepared wedding box helps a busy wedding celebrant get ready for a wedding ceremony.

If it is pre-prepared with stock items then just before a wedding, it can be efficiently checked and modified accordingly.

Having a box you can put everything into will help reduce the stress of preparing for a ceremony - it reduces the risk and worry that you may leave something behind. 

Most of the items I have in my box always stay there and many I never or rarely use, but it gives me reassurance and peace of mind to know they are there... just in case!


My 20 "must-have" items in my Wedding Box.


  1. White voile - to dress my wedding arch but also to  cover things in less commercial wedding venues. I have used it in the past to cover a rather ugly lectern, an unsightly piano and soft seating in the background of the ceremony.
  2. Commemorative Wedding Certificate - each one is personalised of course, but when printed early it is placed safely into the box.
  3. Wedding Ceremony Script Folder - not to be forgotten ever, but I do know celebrants who have turned up to a wedding and found they left it on the kitchen table. Aaaargh! 
  4. Additional Materials for any additional mini-ceremonies or rituals - not all wedding ceremonies require additional materials like handfasting cords, a sand ceremony kit or unity candle equipment, but in the box it will go if needed. 
  5. Electric cable & chargers - although I may have my sound system, phone and microphones all fully charged beforehand, I will still never leave home without cables just in case. 
  6. Spare batteries - even though my hand-held microphone will have fully charged batteries. Again, these are just in case. I don't want to be shopping for more on the morning of a wedding. 
  7. Clip-on & hand-held microphones - I carry these in my box even though I know I may not need them. Whilst essential for outdoor ceremonies, I have, on occasion lent them to family members who are signing at an indoor ceremony. 
  8. Matches - although essential if doing a unity candle ceremony, I carry them in the box all the time because you'd be surprised how many times the bride & groom have arranged beautiful lanterns to dress the ceremony aisle, but have then forgotten any matches. Being able to be resourceful and helpful will really add value as a wedding celebrant. 
  9. Safety-pins - essential for me when dressing my wedding arch with white voile.  But it is again, an item that is of great value in an emergency, not least if the groom or groomsmen need them for their buttonholes. 
  10. Luxury-looking pen in presentation box - used by the couple to sign their commemorative wedding certificate, it is set up before the ceremony with the certificate. It is also the first thing I pack up and immediately put back in my box, because I have lost them before. You know what people are like with nice pens!
  11. Insect repellent - if, like me, the mosquitos and midges love your blood, you'd be advised to have this in your box too.
  12. Screw-in hooks - used on windy days when I am dressing my wedding arch for an outside ceremony. 
  13. Anti-bacterial handgel - especially required if, like me, you are a handshaker. 
  14. Spare tissues pouches - not only for me but sometimes to donate to others. 
  15. Water-wipes (biodegradable wet-wipes) - remember you only need them when you haven't got them!
  16. Scissors - a small sharp pair, good for cutting loose threads in clothing.
  17. String - preferably jute which is strong, easy to cut and neutral in colour. Handy to have. 
  18. Cold & flu medication - I swear by these handy capsules to stop me sneezing, dry up a runny nose or clear my head if a cold appears just at the wrong time and the show must go on!
  19. First aid kit - never used it but it is there just in case!
  20. Small white linen table cloth - I use this to dress my little table that I always take to wedding ceremonies. I might not need it because all commercial wedding venues will normally provide a dressed table as a default for registrars. My preference however, is to get rid of the "registrars' table" if I can as my own table is more discreet and manoeuvrable. 

Learn more about how to prepare for and run a wedding ceremony with our "Confident Performance Masterclass" which is the 5th Module in Become a Wedding Celebrant from Scratch. 

Go to the Celebrant Training School YouTube Channel to also see me explain and demonstrate what is in my Wedding Box 
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