These 5 Interactive Ideas Will Keep Your Guests Engaged Through the Evening
Encouraging Guests to Participate and Have a Good Time
1. Provide Some Pre-wedding Entertainment
When guests first arrive there is often nothing for them to do until the ceremony actually starts. This can be an awkward time for the ones who attend alone. A good idea would be to extend the cocktail hour to let everyone get acquainted while you and the groom sit for your wedding portraits. Invite guests to have a drink and mingle (strolling bar idea). You can also have a welcome bag waiting for them on their chair as a nice way of saying “Thank You for Coming.”
Hint: The Welcome Bag is a great icebreaker for the single wedding guests!
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2. Video Messaging
Every guest would like to wish the bride and groom good luck. Greeting each guest individually would take up a large portion of your time, so here is a novel idea. Create a video messaging booth complete with an elegant backdrop and video camera set up so all they have to do is hit “record” and “stop” when they’re done. Guests can record a special message for the bride and groom to be watched later.
3. Designated Driver
If you have an open bar it is a nice gesture to offer guests a ride home when they become too inebriated to drive themselves. If guests from out of town are staying at local hotels, you could hire a car to take everyone back to their hotel after the festivities so no one has to worry about driving after the party.
4. Creative Party Favors
These should be fun and creative like making personalized place settings with their names engraved on a card they take home and frame. A thank you note with a jar of homemade brownie, S’mores, cookie or muffin mix makes a nice gift. You could also make a gourmet coffee or espresso mix with some dark chocolate-covered coffee beans.
5. Let Guests Choose the Song List

6. Let Female Guests Remove Their Shoes

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These are just a few ideas of ways you can make your guest feel more relaxed and welcome at your wedding and reception. You can borrow some of these ideas or come up with some of your own. You can also check out our budget-friendly wedding ideas for inspiration.
I love it when couples really look out for their guests! Regarding pre-ceremony, though, I've never seen a wedding improved by providing a bar before the ceremony. And wedding guests should not be arriving more than 20 minutes before ceremony time anyway; they should be able to take their seat and amuse themselves. The slipper idea is sweet! #SundaysBestLinkup
ReplyDeleteThese ideas are just suggestions. We know that ceremony wait can be a while before it starts. So, adding any of these ideas will definitely help with making wedding guests happy. Thanks for visiting. #SundaysBestLinkup
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