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Traditionally, reception guests will tap their champagne
glasses with their flatware as an audible request for the bride and groom
to kiss. As inviting, or ludicrous, as this may sound, there are other
alternatives to this age old tradition. Listed below are examples
submitted to
Bliss Weddings:
Tell A Joke
An alternative would be for the emcee to announce that if a guest wants
the newlywed to kiss, he or she must come up to the microphone and tell a
funny and clean joke.
Bells
Consider placing hand-held bells on each table at the reception. The
formality of your wedding dictates which kind of bells you choose. Whether
the bell is made of glass, silver or brass, it's a terrific way to
"ring" in an old tradition!
Sing A Song Of Love
If a guest wishes the bride & groom to kiss, he or she must stand up
in front of the crowd and sing a song that contains the word
"love" in its lyrics. Here is a poem that was placed on each of
my reception tables:
The bride and groom are newlyweds
And we think that it has gone to their heads.
So, if you clank the glasses so,
We know their heads will only grow.
So, instead we ask for one little thing,
We request that you only sing.
A line with the word Love in it.
And this will make the couple kiss.
Sing A Song Of The Bride Or Groom
I have heard of a bride and groom kissing if the guest sings a song that
contains either the name of the bride or groom in its lyrics.
Here's A Story...
Have the guest relate an anecdote about either the bride or groom.
Kiss In The Lyrics
Have a guest sing a song that contains the word "kiss" in its
lyrics.
Offer Marital Advice
One of the ideas I came up with is to have the guests come up with a
marital advice for the newlyweds. Some of the advice were hilarious! (Eg.
For the Groom, do not leave the toilet seat up)
Putt For A Kiss
I was at a wedding where the Bride and Groom decided that in order to have
them kiss you had to go up to the miniature golf tee and take a putt, if
you made the putt they would Kiss. It was a lot of fun, and there ended up
to be a lot of Kisses. (a surprise to the couple!!)
Answer Questions or Act Out A Suggestion
On a small piece of paper write down different questions or things for
people to do. For example:
Name three of the seven dwarfs
Yell like Tarzan
Name a pro hockey player
Dance a jig
Then fold up each question or action and stuff into a balloon. Fill the
balloons with helium, tie them around the reception hall, chairs, tables,
etc. When somebody wishes the couple to kiss they have to pop one balloon
and act out or answer the question for the couple to kiss. We did this at
our wedding and all of the balloons were popped. It was, to say the least,
very entertaining.
Toast To The Bride & Groom
It is our intent, at our wedding to have a guest toast the
bride & groom, family, and friends in exchange for a kiss. We have
created table cards for each guest. Their name will be written on the
front of the card and a suggestion for a toast will be written on the back
to make it even easier for them!
Scavenger Hunt
I was at a wedding where instead of clinking a glass, they had a scavenger
hunt. For example, guests who had baby pictures or a coin from the year
the bride or groom was born would provoke a public kiss from the bride and
groom. More entertaining then just clinking a glass.
The Guests Kiss
I was at a wedding where if you wanted the bride and groom to kiss, you
and your partner had to kiss. Then the bride and groom had to duplicate
your kiss in the same manner you did. It got pretty interesting and it was
fun.
Kissing Box
Get a shoebox and decorate it with paper, then cut a whole in the top. The
master Of ceremonies starts things off by putting a dollar or more into
the box. He then hands it to the bride & groom and they kiss. They
then pass the box to whichever couple they want to make kiss next.
Basically, you get the box, you kiss, you put money in the box and pass it
to whoever you want. That way, the bride & groom earn money for the
honeymoon while not getting chapped lips!
Trivial Pursuit
We bought the newest Trivial Pursuit™ game, and those who wished for us
to kiss had to come up and answer a question in the category of their
choice. This is a bit of a difficult one! Two guys who I play baseball
with actually answered a baseball question incorrectly. They went back to
the table and kissed another guy on the team. Oh yeah, and one of our male
friends got a question wrong and kissed the best man. It was
hilarious!!!!!
Tumbling For Kisses
Believe it or not, I heard of one wedding where they cleared a part of the
room and placed tumbling mats on the floor. If the bride and groom were to
kiss, the guest had to do a somersault or cartwheel. Apparently, all kinds
of people in formal attire took on the challenge and tumbled for kisses in
long dresses and suits.
Wedding Bells
For my wedding, I am planning on giving out tiny bells placed on
a free standing card with a printed verse. These bells will be used at the
reception to witness the Bride and Groom share a kiss. This just replaces
the old "clinking of the glass" tradition.
"Let the bells ring for they're husband and wife,
Ring out for joy for their new life,
Ring for laughter or ring for a kiss
And ring that this couple will always find bliss."
Lego
We wanted something different for our "kiss" so we placed a
small bowl of Lego® on every table and had the guests make things out of
the pieces. Then, the guests had to come up to the head table and tell us
what it was that they made.
This Kiss
For my wedding, I figure that the Faith Hill song "This
Kiss" should satisfy many of our guests. Especially since it will be
three whole minutes of nothing but "this kiss." Hope we can pull
if off ;o)
Love Quotes
For my sister's wedding, we decided that a guest had to come up to the
podium and recite famous quotes that contained the word "love."
Or he/she could name two cartoon couples. No clanking of the glasses!
Making A Basket
My brother, Hal, and his friends are basketball fanatics. So, in order to
get Hal and his bride to kiss, people had to shoot a basket into one of
those little hoops that hang off the back of the door. Anyone who wanted
to try had to place their name in a hat. The best man would pick a name
every 5 minutes or so. The shooter was given 3 tries and if the ball went
in the basket, Hal had to kiss Michelle. Too cute!
Hammers
My Grandpa made little wooden hammers and painted them white. At the place
where the handle and head meet, glue a ribbon in the color of your wedding
palette. When guests want a kiss, all they have to do is pound the hammer!
Guess The Decade
At a friend's wedding, they had six sheets of paper stapled together with
big bold decades printed on each. The first with 1950, the next 1960 and
so on until the year 2000. When a table wanted the bride and groom to
kiss, they would hold up the piece of paper with the decade in which they
thought they knew the title and composer of the most songs. The D.J. would
then play a part of a song from that decade and the table would
collaboratively decide the song. If they got it correct, then the couple
would kiss.
A Kiss For A Buck
For our wedding, we are putting out a basket and collecting a dollar ($1)
for a kiss. Proceeds will go to charity. In our case, we will give to The
Red Cross.
Q & A
This is a bit of an extension of the bell idea. Silver bells sound so much
nicer than clinking of glasses. Ahead of time, make trivia questions about
either the Bride, Groom or the couple on pieces of paper. Questions such
as 'What is the brides favourite colour?', or 'What is the groom's dog's
name?', 'Where did they meet?', etc. Place the questions in a nicely
decorated box. When a table wants the couple to kiss, the guests at that
table ring their bells and the M.C. randomly draws a question from the
bhox. If the table gets it right, the couple kisses. It allows the guests
to get to know little things about the couple that they may not have known
before. Some questions can be pretty funny or bizarre and the answers can
be even funnier!
Table Centerpiece
I'm getting married in June. My fiancé and I are both college students.
We are paying for the wedding ourselves, so we are on a strict budget.
I've never really felt comfortable with the bride walking around with a
money purse as if she's "begging" (for lack of a better word)
for money. So we decided to let our centerpieces double as the monetary
gift holder. We found a store that sold wishing wells for only $8! At each
table will be a wishing well, mini envelopes and heart shaped paper for
monetary gifts and blessings. That way guests could leave not only a
monetary gift, but a good wish for us that we can read and appreciate
later. It is also a way we can keep track of those who gave us money and
send them thank you cards for their "monetary blessing". And it
can become a great ice breaker (ask guests to write on the paper how they
met me or the groom, funniest moments with us, etc.) But most importantly,
we won't have to spend a lot for centerpieces! A multi-purpose
centerpiece/ice breaker/decoration/monetary gift receiver idea!
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