1. Consider your venue. Are you into art? Have your reception at an art gallery. Do you love gardening? Go to a Botanical Garden. Not into dancing? Set up a lounge area where your guests can kick back and socialize.
2. Hire professional dancers, hula hoop girls, belly dancers, a steel drum band or a mariachi band. What is the style of your wedding?
3. Bring out a "Breakfast Buffet" later in the evening. Mimosas and Bloody Mary stations?
4. Serve food and drinks that are regional. Do you live on the East Coast? How about a delicious seafood soup? Are you a southerner? Add sour-cream cornbread to your meal.
5. Add a cigar roller to your event. Even if you don't smoke cigars, this will be a huge hit!
6. Bring in an artist. Find someone that can do caricatures or water color paintings. This takes care of your guests favors.
7. The photo booth is always a popular and fun idea. Have some props available. You can even make this part of your "guest book". Have your guests take their pictures then glue them into a provided book and leave you a special message.
8. Go with a Carnival Themed wedding. You really can't go wrong with cotton candy machines, carnival rides and games!
9. Have yard games available. Set up a frisbee golf area, play some croquet, or just kick a ball around.
10. Hire a professional band and make your reception more of a concert. I worked with a couple that did this for their reception. They weren't expecting most of their wedding guests to come, but they all did and danced all night...it was great! They brought pizza in around 10pm to keep the energy alive in the room {the band even MC'd the garter and bouquet toss}.
What are you going to do at your wedding reception? Leave us a comment and share your details.
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