A themed rehearsal dinner can be as simple as choosing a particular type of food to serve to your friends and family. Some of our favorite ideas include Italian, a crawfish or clam bake, and barbecue. These food themes tend to work well for rehearsal dinners since the food encourages family style platters, sharing and a convivial mood. Simply cover the tables in casual paper tablecloths (red and white checkered cloths work well for all three themes) and lots of candles – voila! An instantly quaint, pulled-together look and theme for your rehearsal dinner.

The first step to planning a rehearsal dinner is to pick out the invitations. The rehearsal dinner invitations set the mood for the party that is to come, and communicates the formality, style and essence of the event. Though the rehearsal dinner invitations can mirror the rest of your invitation suite, many couples view the rehearsal dinner as a separate event with its own, more casual invites.

For our three rehearsal dinner ideas above, we’ve searched high and low to find three cute and modern invitations. And at around $2 per piece including professional printing, you get the look you want without breaking your wedding budget.

Italian Rehearsal Dinner Invitation

Candlelight, breadsticks and a modern taupe and soft red color scheme make this Italian invitation irresistible.

Crawfish Bash Rehearsal Dinner Invitation

For a casual, seaside rehearsal dinner, use this invitation to ask guests to join you for crawfish, beer and corn on the cob. It’s a wonderfully casual, low-key way to celebrate with your loved ones.

Vintage Bar-B-Q Rehearsal Dinner Invitation

Who can resist a delicious barbecue? Friends and family will love the tongue-in-cheek nature of this vintage style barbecue rehearsal dinner invitation.