Wishing Well....?

Question

I'm giving my cuz a Bridal Shower in June.....I know I have seen or heard about this wishing well....It's made out of laundry basket, mop, broom and cookie sheets....Have you heard of it?? Is it easy to put together? Should I use tape, should I cover it with white paper??

HELP!!

Answer 1

This is a neat idea - I found a bit of information online about it, hopefully it helps :)

To make a wishing well for your bridal shower, use cardboard and decorates it with silk, lace, and flowers. The well portion, a box or cylinder, becomes the receptacle for gifts or wishes. Small wishing wells can also be purchased or rented. If you need a larger well for gifts, you may have to construct it.

One of the oldest traditions is to use the well for small household items brought in addition to the main gift. Items such as stamps, batteries, or measuring spoons are ideal. The gifts are generally unwrapped, unlabeled, and opened after the shower, as they are meant to stock the newlywed's home. Other wishing well gift suggestions include cookbooks, a fancy corkscrew, or perhaps an accessory to each guest's main gift.

If the shower has a theme, the wishing well can be incorporated into it. For example, a kitchen themed shower might yield cooking items for the main gifts and spices or recipes for the wishing well. If the shower is a traditional bachelorette party, the well could be used for anything from racy honeymoon favors to personal spa items.

Another way that a wishing well is used is for monetary gifts. Sometimes the guests and hostess may pool funds for a specific item or project, such as the couple's honeymoon or accessories for their wedding. A collection is made at the shower by using the wishing well. If the bride wants to receive monetary gifts, explain this in the invitations and have the gifts dropped anonymously into the well as the guests walk into the bridal shower.

The bridal shower wishing well can also simply be used for wishes, greeting, poems, and to share memories with the bride. Make sure to mention your wishing well requests either in the invitation or at the door as the guests arrive. If you are asking for wishes at the door, provide index cards and pens for your guests. Later, pull the cards out of the well and read them aloud for a memorable shower event.

These are just a few of the fun ways to enjoy the traditional bridal shower wishing well at your event.

Answer 2

While some people might think they're tacky, wishing wells are very traditional in my hometown. Sure, it may be an outdated tradtion, but whatever. If someone's offended by it, they don't have to bring something for it.

I've never seen one made from laundry baskets and cookie sheets. Since they're so popular in my hometown, most florists have them available for rent, so you may want to check with yours. You can also try a party store.

Unless you're crafty, something like you describe would be hard to put together properly and difficult to transport to the shower site. You may be better off trying to rent one.

You also need to include a reference to it in the shower invitiation since most people may not know it will be there. My MIL put a poem in the invitations for my shower. Very helpful for those who were unfamiliar with the tradition:

Detergents and grocery items
and gadgets galore!
You buy several dozen,
but you still need more.
If each of our guests
brought a small one of these
our bride, ___________,
would surely be pleased.
Wrap it in paper,
but your name please don’t tell!
It’s just a little something
for her Wishing Well.

Answer 3

You can use tape to hold it together, but cover it with pretty wedding wrapping paper. Wishing wells are very traditional and useful when it is taken apart. You can put "Wishing Well" on the invitation- people usually bring a small wrapped gift like kitchen utensils, cookie cutters or laundry detergent to fill the well. Good luck!

Answer 4

1. Id wish to be a girl I hate being a guy 2. Wish for cool vocal skills 3. Wish for good things to happen to my family.

Answer 5

never heard of it