Centerpieces

• 1). Check the bottom of the buckets to ensure they have no holes. Fill sap buckets halfway with water.
  
  
• 2). Hold up tall flowers next to the bucket. Use sunflowers, daisies or wildflowers; roses are too formal for this type of centerpiece. Trim off a bit of each stem, if necessary, so the blooms will stand up just over the top of the bucket.
  
  
• 3). Fill the bucket with flowers, adding more blooms until the water is no longer visible from overhead. Place one bucket in the center of each table.
  
  

Ice Bucket

• 1). Wrap a length of ribbon around the middle of the bucket. Once the ribbon is wrapped all the way around the bucket, measure out an additional 24 inches and cut the ribbon off the roll.
  
  
• 2). Fill the bucket halfway full with ice just before the wedding. Wrap the ribbon around the center of the bucket and tie the ends into a bow. Attaching the ribbon before you fill the bucket can result in the ribbon getting wet.
  
  
• 3). Push a bottle of champagne or wine into the bucket. Arrange one bucket at each table for guests to use for a toast or arrange buckets at the bar.
  
  

Candles

• 1). Buy wooden boxes that will fit inside the sap buckets and are around half the height of the buckets. You may also stack up several smaller blocks of wood inside the buckets if necessary.
  
  
• 2). Place each box inside one sap bucket. Place a dot of hot glue on the top of each wooden box. Attach a single pillar candle, or add more dots of glue and attach several smaller votive candles. The candles should not be tall enough that they stick out of the top of the bucket.
  
  
• 3). Arrange the buckets along pathways and tables. Light the candles just before the wedding; the light will illuminate the metal of the bucket and placing the candles near the opening of the bucket means plenty of light will show.