Ways to personalise your ceremony

Sand ceremony

This ceremony uses coloured sand to show two lives becoming one.

You will need:

  • 3 containers of sand (different colours)
  • 1 large container to hold the mixed sand

What to do:

  • each partner pours their sand into the large container
  • the celebrant can pour a base layer first
  • the sand forms a pattern that you can keep as a memory

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