Just for Fun
At your Wedding Reception
Every bride looks for a way to make her special day, well extra special. Here are some ideas that cost just a few pennies.
Give each guest a mini bottle of bubbles. As the bride and groom leave, the guests shower them with bubbles. There are online sites that sell the mini bottles in several colors, you don’t have to use garish primary colored bottles.
Have a friend rent a container of helium and fill a balloon for each guest, couple or family attending. As part of the celebration have each of them write a short wish for the bridal couple and tie the paper to the ribbon of a balloon and then release them all at once.
Each guest writes a fond memory of the bride or groom on an index card. The cards are sealed in an envelope to be opened by the couple on their first wedding anniversary.
Many couples marry now at an age where they’ve already been living independently. They have most of what they need. In lieu of wedding gifts guests could make a donation to the couple’s favorite charity. Each guest then receives a thank you certificate from the charity at the wedding (amounts of the donation don’t have to be stated on the certificate).
Each guest brings a photo of the bride or groom. The photos can be recent, or from when they were children. If possible the guest should label the photo with the event of the photo and the date it was taken. The photos are displayed at the reception and then assembled in an album for the couple.
A wedding is a new beginning. Buy native-to-the-area wild flower seeds in bulk and repackage in small re-sealable plastic bags, just a teaspoon of seeds to each bag. Label the package with instructions that the guest is to broadcast the seeds in the dirt along the highway on their way home as a symbol of spreading the love witnessed that day.
Set up a table with crayons and paper. Invite each child to draw a picture of the wedding. Label with the child’s name and age and save the bridal couple.
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