A wedding idea that’s a little bit different…
Wedding Ducks 🦆💍
Paint your love story and turn it into part of your wedding day.
Looking for unique wedding ideas, personalised wedding table decorations or an unusual alternative to traditional wedding centrepieces?
Create your own collection of hand-painted Wedding Ducks, inspired by the people, places, pets, hobbies and memories that mean something to you.
Paint Your Wedding Ducks →🦆 What are Wedding Ducks?
The idea is wonderfully simple. Paint a collection of wooden ducks that represent your story as a couple, then use them as part of your wedding decorations.
You could have one duck on each wedding table, create a special pair for the top table, turn them into quirky wedding table centrepieces or use them as personalised wedding table names.
Best of all, they’re not wedding decorations that get thrown away afterwards. Take them home after the wedding and you’ve got a collection of personalised wedding keepsakes filled with memories from your day.
💕 Tell your story, one duck at a time
This is where Wedding Ducks become really personal. Instead of choosing decorations simply because they match your colour scheme, each duck can actually mean something.
✈️ Favourite places
Where you met, your first holiday, where you got engaged, your honeymoon or somewhere you both love.
🐾 Your pets
Turn your much-loved dog, cat or other furry family member into a wedding duck.
🎬 Things you love
Films, music, books, hobbies, sports, games or something you’re both obsessed with.
💗 Special memories
First dates, adventures, funny stories or moments your family and friends will recognise.
🎨 Your wedding theme
Use your wedding colours, flowers or overall theme to create a coordinated collection.
👰 The two of you
Create bride and groom ducks, or designs inspired by your personalities and lives together.
🍽️ Looking for unusual wedding table name ideas?
Instead of simply numbering your tables, your Wedding Ducks could become the inspiration for your wedding table names.
Imagine tables called:
- Paris — where you got engaged
- Ibiza — your favourite holiday
- Your pet’s name — with a duck painted in their colours
- Your favourite film — represented by a themed duck
- The Beach — remembering your first seaside date
Place the painted duck beside a little table-name card and you’ve got a unique wedding table decoration that gives your guests something to talk about too.
✨ Ways to use your Wedding Ducks
If you’re planning your wedding and looking for alternative wedding decoration ideas, there are lots of ways to use them.
- Wedding table names
- Wedding table centrepieces
- Top-table decorations
- Welcome-table decorations
- Guest-book table
- Cake or gift-table display
- Personal touches around the wedding venue
- A bride-and-groom duck pair
- Wedding keepsakes to display at home afterwards
They’re particularly lovely for couples who want their wedding to feel personal rather than having every decoration bought ready-made.
🥂 Make painting them part of the fun
You don’t have to sit and paint every duck yourself!
Bring your partner, bridesmaids, groomsmen, friends or family along and make painting the ducks part of your wedding preparations.
Give everyone a different table or theme to work on and spend a few relaxed hours creating them together.
It makes a fun pre-wedding activity and could even be incorporated into a relaxed creative hen party or get-together before the wedding.
Nobody needs to be artistic either — Arty Boat’s sessions are completely beginner-friendly.
🎨 How do we paint our Wedding Ducks?
We’ve deliberately kept it simple. There isn’t a separate wedding package and there’s nothing special you need to book.
Simply book into one of our normal 3-hour hosted painting sessions at Arty Boat in Exmouth.
- Book the number of people coming to paint
- £3.50 per person reserves your seat
- Your reservation includes a drink and biscuits
- Choose your wooden ducks when you arrive
- Pay for the items you choose on the day
- Paint them during your session
- We’ll seal your finished creations
- Take your Wedding Ducks home the same day
That lets us know what you’re planning before you arrive.
🌊 Planning a wedding in Devon?
Arty Boat is based in Exmouth, Devon, making this a fun option for couples planning a wedding in Devon, Exeter, East Devon or the surrounding area.
If you’ve been searching for unique wedding ideas in Devon, DIY wedding decorations, wedding craft ideas, personalised wedding centrepieces or unusual ways to make your wedding feel more like you, Wedding Ducks offer something genuinely different.
Your wedding doesn’t have to be in Exmouth either. Come and paint your ducks with us, then take the finished collection home ready to use wherever you’re getting married.
💗 Where did the Wedding Ducks idea come from?
Like lots of our favourite Arty Boat ideas, this one started with something personal.
While planning our own daughter’s wedding, we decided to put a painted duck on each table, with the ducks themed around different things that mean something to the couple.
And then we thought — why keep such a fun idea to ourselves?
So Wedding Ducks were born.
There’s no complicated package to buy. It’s simply another way to use the wooden duck painting experience we’ve been running since 2022 — this time to create something completely personal for your wedding day.
❓ Wedding Ducks – FAQs
Do we need to book a Wedding Duck package?
No. Book our normal painting session through the Arty Boat Book Now page and leave us a comment saying you’re creating Wedding Ducks.
How much does it cost?
It’s £3.50 per person to reserve your seat, including a drink and biscuits. Choose and pay for whichever wooden items you’d like to paint when you visit.
Do we need one duck for every table?
No. You can create as many or as few as you like. One per table is just one of the ways you could use them.
Can friends and family help us?
Yes. Everyone attending simply books a seat and you can paint your collection together.
Do all the ducks need to match?
Not at all. The whole idea is that every duck can represent something different.
Do we need to be good at painting?
Definitely not. Our sessions are beginner-friendly and we’re there to help. Simple designs can look just as effective as detailed ones.
Can we take them home the same day?
Yes. We seal your finished wooden creations in the studio, ready for you to take home before you leave.
💍 Make your wedding a little more you
Your favourite places. Your pets. Your hobbies. Your memories. Your story — painted onto ducks.
If you’re looking for a wedding decoration that nobody else’s wedding will have, come and create your own at Arty Boat.
Paint Your Wedding Ducks 🦆
Arty Boat • Exmouth, Devon • The Duck Place in Devon
Painting Ducks Since 2022