The Book of Love

Interesting and fun reception activities (as suggested by random internet users) - I went to a wedding recently where thay had no speeches, just an open mic for participants and guests to get up and say something if they felt like it. It was really very lovely, a few tears, a few comedy anecdotes, one hilarious sing-a-long and general good vibes and love for all.Tip: If wine is flowing have an MC to log requests, allocate spots and limit the time to a couple of minutes. Something we did that was really fun is instead of numbering all our reception tables, we gave them cryptic names related to our courtship (i.e. “The Hearty Handshake”—what Mr. Go Banana got after our first date). Everyone at the table was supposed to decided what the name referred to, and then nominate one table member to come up and tell the story. Best story won prizes for the table. This was great because:-it got table members chatting-there were impromptu speeches that were really amusing-we got to share interesting bits of our life together with the guests My best friend got married two weeks ago and instead of guests clinking the glasses to make the couple kiss (which, OMG, please don’t let them do that), she put envelopes on every table which detailed what the table had to do to get them to kiss. She customized them for every table, so that the table with elderly aunts had “give the happy couple marriage advice,” and another table of younger people (many who were dancers) had to Riverdance, for example. The hit of the evening, though, were the table of her crazy friends whose task was “exchange clothes with someone at the table, preferably of the opposite sex.” Seeing the whole table enter in drag led to some really fantastic pictures and a really memorable moment. Send children on a photo scavenger hunt with this game of i-spy! They have to spot a variety of typical wedding day occurrences / outfits and tick them off on their list. This works really well for older children 7-11 who will be able to do this independently but younger children will need adult help or help from older siblings Instead of tossing the bouquet to the bridesmaids, set up a jar of marbles in colors that match the wedding reception decor. Make an announcement during speech time that each unmarried female attendee must guess how many marbles are in the jar. The guests should write down their answers on their name placement cards. At the end of the evening, collect the answers and determine the winner, who is then presented with the bouquet.

Interesting and fun reception activities (as suggested by random internet users) -

  • I went to a wedding recently where thay had no speeches, just an open mic for participants and guests to get up and say something if they felt like it. It was really very lovely, a few tears, a few comedy anecdotes, one hilarious sing-a-long and general good vibes and love for all.

    Tip: If wine is flowing have an MC to log requests, allocate spots and limit the time to a couple of minutes.
  • Something we did that was really fun is instead of numbering all our reception tables, we gave them cryptic names related to our courtship (i.e. “The Hearty Handshake”—what Mr. Go Banana got after our first date). Everyone at the table was supposed to decided what the name referred to, and then nominate one table member to come up and tell the story. Best story won prizes for the table. This was great because:

    -it got table members chatting
    -there were impromptu speeches that were really amusing
    -we got to share interesting bits of our life together with the guests
  • My best friend got married two weeks ago and instead of guests clinking the glasses to make the couple kiss (which, OMG, please don’t let them do that), she put envelopes on every table which detailed what the table had to do to get them to kiss. She customized them for every table, so that the table with elderly aunts had “give the happy couple marriage advice,” and another table of younger people (many who were dancers) had to Riverdance, for example. The hit of the evening, though, were the table of her crazy friends whose task was “exchange clothes with someone at the table, preferably of the opposite sex.” Seeing the whole table enter in drag led to some really fantastic pictures and a really memorable moment.

  • Send children on a photo scavenger hunt with this game of i-spy!

    They have to spot a variety of typical wedding day occurrences / outfits and tick them off on their list. This works really well for older children 7-11 who will be able to do this independently but younger children will need adult help or help from older siblings

  • Instead of tossing the bouquet to the bridesmaids, set up a jar of marbles in colors that match the wedding reception decor. Make an announcement during speech time that each unmarried female attendee must guess how many marbles are in the jar. The guests should write down their answers on their name placement cards. At the end of the evening, collect the answers and determine the winner, who is then presented with the bouquet.

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