Wedding Weekend Activities

By Francis Beall


Weekend weddings are becoming more popular, specifically as households are spread out further apart. They typically start on Friday night, continue with the wedding Saturday and conclude with a post-wedding morning meal on Sunday before everybody returns house.

Consider the wedding. Will this be a formal wedding with a sit-down dinner at its?

How will you keep people occupied throughout the long weekend? Will the wedding be near a lake?

One popular pre-wedding task is a scavenger hunt. Prior to the wedding weekend, a list of meaningful items should be prepared, and visitors put in 2 groups. The list should consist of things like "get a brochure from the jewelry store where (groom) bought (new bride)'s ring" or "take a picture of the team at the area where the couple got engaged". You will have to customize the scavenger hunt list to the area of the wedding and the energy of the guests who will be participating.

You can even provide luxurious prizes for the group that wins the scavenger hunt, such as present certificates or fine food and wine baskets. It could appear an evident option to divide the groups into groups who are or understand related to the bride and teams who understand or are connected to the bridegroom, but it might be a bit more fun to mix it up a bit. You can create groups of pals versus family, or men versus ladies (always a popular selection).

Another activity that's popular during wedding weekends is a competitive sport activity, such as baseball or flag football. Again, add a special twist. Offer prizes for efficiency (first crowning achievement gets a kiss from the bride-to-be) or make ridiculous guidelines, like members of the bridal celebration need to put on tiaras while running bases or participants of the groom's family must constantly have their shirts on in reverse.

It is very important that throughout the wedding weekend, coordinators remember that the weekend itself might be pricey for some visitors, especially those who had to fly in for the celebration and many of the tasks should be free, or cost-effective. If they are more costly, and planned for the whole team, they must be paid for by either the bride and groom or their households.

There are plenty of activities that don't have to be pricey, however can offer big bang for the little dollar, such as the scavenger quest suggested above. If the wedding weekend visitors will primarily be household, you can schedule a home movie-viewing occasion, including house movies from both the couple's families. For even more enjoyable, consider an activity where the films are mixed and the visitors need to guess which family's videos they are seeing. This could sound simple, however depending upon the contents, it could be hard, especially if the couple are babies in the pictures.

Will this be a formal wedding with a sit-down supper at its? Prior to the wedding weekend, a list of meaningful products should be drawn up, and visitors put in two teams. You will have to customize the scavenger hunt list to the location of the wedding and the energy of the visitors who will be taking part.

Another task that's popular during wedding weekends is a competitive sport activity, such as baseball or flag football. If the wedding weekend visitors will primarily be household, you can arrange a house movie-viewing occasion, including house motion pictures from both the bride and groom's households.




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