The Unity Sand Wedding Ceremony, is ideal for outdoors as there is no concern with wind blowing out candles as there is with the Unity Candle Ceremony. The bride and groom, with The Sand Ceremony, combine two colors of sand into one container. This symbolizes two hearts, two families, two sets of friends, and two lives merging and becoming inseparable. Just as the sand can never be separated ,so too the bride and groom become as one.

Another beautiful adaptation of this ceremony is the Blending of the Family Sand Ceremony. In this ceremony, children from a previous marriage, each select a color of sand, along with the Bride and Groom. There are specific meanings attached to different colors. I would explain the meaning of each color as it is blended into one. Again, this would symbolize the blending of different families into one as each member of the family plays a role.