Fill vases with acorns for a rustic look for your fall or summer wedding. Vases with acorns and branches look beautiful as wedding centerpieces on tables. The best acorns to use for weddings is Northern Red Oak Acorns, Southern Red Oak Acorns and Shumard Oak Acorns. These are all pretty acorns for weddings as favors or in vases. How many acorns will you need to put in a vase? It depends how big the base is. We sell acorns by the pound. 1 lb. of Northern Red Oak Acorns is about 80 acorns. A typical brown lunch bag for kids holds about 3 lbs of acorns. You can fill the bag with peanuts to get a rough idea how many lbs of acorns you will need to fill your vases. This is an inexpensive way to do it and you can eat the peanuts (in shell) when your done testing. Acorns make great wedding favors. You can use plant an oak tree wedding favors that come with seeds, planting instructions and in a cute bag see: http://www.acorno.com/plant-an-oak-tree-wedding-favor-kit
