A roundup of fun wedding ideas: Make your reception uniquely you with uncommon, personality-filled touches!
For couples who are planning to hold their wedding ceremony or reception, deciding on the details of the event can be quite a challenge.
Some may think, “I want to include the classic elements I’ve always admired,” while others might want to “create something that all the guests will truly enjoy.” There are many different wishes and ideas.
Among them, many couples also want to “incorporate something uniquely us that will become a once-in-a-lifetime memory.”
In this article, we’ll introduce some slightly unusual and fun wedding ideas.
These are especially recommended for couples looking for wedding elements that guests likely haven’t experienced at ceremonies they’ve attended before.
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Summary of fun wedding ideas: Make your reception uniquely you with rare and original touches! (21–30)
Shoes of Oath
This is a shoe vow ceremony that incorporates the Cinderella story everyone knows.
In the tale, the prince carries the shoe Cinderella left at the ball and tries it on various women, right? This performance recreates that within the wedding.
The shoe to be tried on is a visually stunning glass slipper.
It’s also fun to have a friend dressed as a royal attendant carry it into the venue.
This production, which combines entertainment with a proposal, comes highly recommended.
Recreating the Disney parade
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Disneyland parades are so dazzling, fun, and exciting, aren’t they? How about bringing that lively parade atmosphere into your wedding or reception? While it might be hard to prepare full parade floats, you can practice the dances performed in the parades and create a fun show by moving and dancing like a parade! Depending on the season of your wedding, it’s also a great idea to incorporate dances from seasonal parades.
You can also prepare items like the headbands sold at Disneyland to help create a joyful parade vibe!
Air Bazooka
How about using an air bazooka to make your wedding reception really spectacular? As the name suggests, it’s an air cannon that shoots out glittery streamers and confetti.
You often see it at artists’ concerts, right? That’s how much it can capture the audience’s attention.
The quickest way is to ask the venue and place an order through a rental company, or find one sold online and buy it.
With that one blast, let’s deliver happiness to everyone’s hearts!
Guess the dress color using glow sticks
Let’s make the most of the couple’s outfit change time by hosting a fun quiz to guess the color of the bride’s next dress! Guests will answer using glow sticks, a familiar item from live concerts.
When the couple re-enters, have everyone light up their glow sticks in the color they think the dress will be.
Once the couple comes in and the dress color is revealed, you could award a prize to those who guessed correctly.
With a simple, easy-to-understand color-guessing quiz, guests of all ages can join in and have a great time!
String art
Chic and cute string art.
It’s an art form where you hammer nails into a board and wrap thread, yarn, or wire between them to create various patterns.
Its dimensional, festive look makes it perfect for weddings.
A welcome board is a given, but making little bottle motifs to hold flowers and placing them on each table is stylish, too.
You can also set out an unfinished heart shape and some yarn at the reception with a note saying, “Please help complete the heart,” and let guests wrap as much yarn as they like.
It’s a classy touch and will become a wonderful keepsake!
Flying Ring Relay
While it’s common for a ring bearer boy or girl to carry the wedding rings, this ring relay style has all the guests deliver the rings to the bride and groom together.
It creates a sense that everyone’s wishes for happiness are carried along, making for a very touching and memorable moment.
To pass the rings around as a relay, hang a stuffed animal from a balloon and set the wedding rings on the stuffed animal.
Plan ahead for the number of balloons and the weight of the stuffed animal so that the balloon with the plush attached floats at just the right height.
surprise entrance
If your venue has plenty of entrances, why not try a surprise entrance? Normally — or rather, as a matter of course — the bride and groom enter through the main doors when the time comes.
This idea flips that by having them appear from a completely different spot.
Imagine opening the curtains to find the couple waving from a garden area lush with greenery, or watching them descend a decorated staircase under a spotlight.
You could even have them slip in quietly, take their seats, and suddenly—there they are at the head table before anyone realizes it.