How can i honor my friends without having a wedding party?

Ask them to get ready with you and write them a heartfelt thank you card.

Hi Meagan! My fiancé and I have a similar situation. Our families are both large, so our cousins and siblings will be our wedding party. If we added our friends to that, the ceremony would be a lot of walking down the aisle!
Instead, we are having my “Bride Tribe,” and his “Grooms Crew.” These people are our best friends; they aren’t going to be in the bridal party but they are going to our Bach/elorette weekends and helping set up our wedding shower. They are also getting ready with us so that they’re in our wedding photos. We will be giving them small tokens instead of bridesmaid/groomsman gifts. Maybe you can honor them in a similar way.
I like the idea of having one of your groom’s best friends do a reading. Maybe the other friend can open the ceremony with a prayer if you two are religious.

I’m not having a bridal party for other reasons but mainly bc I just can’t choose. I have too many close friends who I connect with in different ways and some can’t make it at all to the wedding - it’s complicated. So I chose not to have anyone. Instead, I’m having some of their kids in my line up and it’s SO cute to think I’ll have 6-10 kids in cute white dresses and mini tuxes!
Honestly SO many women don’t have a bridal party whether having a big or small wedding(Meghan Markle , princess eugenie etc.) you can honor them best by having their KIDS be in your line up a ring bearers or flower girls . You can also have them be in the room getting ready with you and some pre wedding day festivities. Most people understand a small intimidate affair makes it awkward to have a line up I mean it’s just too small.
In my case, we’re planning on a 100 person wedding and my FH is having 6-7 groomsmen but they’re mostly military so really the idea of bridesmaids just doesn’t fit the theme of our wedding.
Good luck !

We're doing the same. For us it will be our parents and possibly siblings and they will be staying with us, getting ready with us, walking us down the aisle, holding rings, corsages, boutonnières, etc. I'm paying for the moms' pampering (hair & MU).