The bouquet toss is a famous wedding ritual: the single ladies gather, the bride turns her back to the anxious crowd, and throws her bridal bouquet over her shoulder. The garter toss tradition is somewhat similar, only it involves the groom removing a fancy garter from the bride's leg before throwing it towards a waiting group of men. If you’d like to include a bouquet toss or garter toss into your wedding, read below for some fun tips and advice.
Most guests will concur: the bouquet toss is much anticipated and a fun part of the wedding. Any bride would want to incorporate this into her wedding! The theory behind this tradition is that the woman who catches the bride’s bouquet will be the next one to get married. Because of this, only single women should line up to catch the bouquet – no married or engaged couples allowed!
If the bride wishes to preserve and keep her bouquet, which is quite common these days, then she should have a second bouquet created specifically for the toss. Your florist will make an arrangement which is similar to the flowers that you carry down the aisle, but it will be smaller and lacking in expensive embellishments. Most brides who opt to order a tossing bouquet and keep their ceremony flowers are very glad that they did so.
Oftentimes a bouquet toss can turn into a bit of an ordeal, which isn’t pleasant for anybody. While a small scuffle can be fun for the audience, it can also be dangerous and turn into a dramatic event. If you know that your guests are likely to be intoxicated and rowdy by the end of your reception, it might be a good idea to have your toss a little earlier in the evening while everybody is still calm.
Now for the men: the garter toss. Many couples consider the garter toss to be the other half of the bouquet toss, and so really want to include it. To keep it clean, the bride should wear the garter just above her knee. The groom should also be brief while he is seeking the garter and not make a huge production of the ordeal. Especially if there are children around!
Luckily most garter sets come with two pair of garters – one for the bride to keep and one for the tossing. Since such a special garter is going to be a keepsake item, the bride can keep that one and have a less fancy one for tossing.
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