Your wedding day is probably the biggest party you’ve ever hosted, even if your wedding is small, you are the ones hosting it and you want your guests to have the best experience.
Wedding entertainment can be so much fun and it’s also an opportunity to show off your personalities. What ever your interests, there’ll be something out there that you could share as entertainment on your wedding day.
Here are thirty five wedding entertainment ideas that I’ve seen at weddings…
1. FORTUNE TELLER
I must admit, this wedding has been the only wedding I’ve seen a fortune teller… but my goodness, it was soooooo fun and seeing all the guests reactions was priceless! Read more about this wedding here; A RELAXED OXFORD CITY WEDDING
2. PHOTOBOOTH
I’d say 90% of weddings I shoot have a photo booth set up after dinner. They are so much fun, and guests love having their photo taken with their mates – old mates and new ones they’e made at the wedding…
3. CROQUET
Another very popular garden game that is always a winner in England
4. ICE-CREAM VAN
Who doesn’t love this idea!! An ice-cream van can also be used for dessert after dinner.
5. MAGICIAN
Magicians are becoming quite popular to have at weddings, they are usually hired for a couple of hours to mingle with guests after the ceremony and before dinner.
6. FANCY DRESS ON THE DANCE FLOOR
I would highly recommend this! I’ve seen it now at so many weddings, people love a prop to act even more silly!!
7. SPARKLERS
There is something so magical about sparklers, I mean who doesn’t love playing with them anytime of the year!! For some top tips read this post; ARE YOU HAVING SPARKLERS ON YOUR WEDDING DAY?
8. GUESS THE BOOK (AND TAKE IT HOME)
I love this idea. The couple getting married were book worms and so this was ‘so them’ as the guests kept saying. On each wrapped up book is a quote and the guests had guess which book was inside, then they got to take the book home.
9. EL MARIACHI BAND
Oh yes, sooo much fun! This was at a Mexican themed wedding
10. TABLE GAMES
At this wedding the couple left instructions on the tables for guests to draw a dinosaur.. almost every guest got involved as it’s easy to doodle while chatting
11. PINBALL
A retro classic.
12. SILLY PROPS
There is something about silly props and weddings that seem to go so well together! They encourage people to get involved, take photos of each other, and just be silly!
13. LIVE MUSIC DURING DINNER
As the guests were walking into the reception to find their seats, this is the scene they were met with… epic doesn’t even come close
14. HOOPLA
Great for adults and kids!
15. JENGA
Another popular garden game that can be played outdoors or indoors.
16. PERSONALISED GUESS WHO
I loved this idea.. the wedding couple put photos of all their guests on the game of guess who
17. NIGHT TIME MUSIC
Band or DJ, nothing like getting everyone on the dance floor. For tips on choosing a band, read this post; Tips on choosing your wedding band from Ear Candy Oxford and for tips on filling your dance floor read this blog post; HAVING A WEDDING DISCO? MY TOP TIPS ON CREATING A BUZZING DANCE FLOOR.
Also, if you haven’t the budget for a band or dj and creating your own playlist, I can’t recommending reading this blog post first; THAT EVENT DJ – CREATE A WEDDING PLAYLIST LIKE A PRO
18. HANGOVER KITS
This went down soooo well!!!
19. EXTREME GARDEN GAMES!
Yes, this is a wedding!!! The guests had to run with wotsits and throw them at the other guests who were wearing a shower hat filled with cream!! The team with the most wotsits on their head won!
20. SACK RACE
Another way to get all your guests involved is to have a sack race
21. THROW THE BOUQUET
This tradition isn’t always done, but it is actually a really fun part of the day
22. SUPRISE CRAZY FIRST DANCE
No one would expect this kind of dancing on your wedding!!!
23. DATE NIGHT IDEAS
Always up for hearing ideas for date night.
25. BUBBLES
Giant ones are the best, and it won’t be just the kids using them!
26. TOASTING MARSHMALLOWS
This is a real cosy thing to do at a wedding, everyone snuggled around a fire chatting til early hours of the morning, toasting marshmallows
27. TABLE OF SWEETS
This idea is always a winner
28. PUNTING
Best entertainment idea! Especially if you are getting married in Oxford! The rest of this wedding can be seen here; RELAXED WEDDING AT THE PERCH OXFORD
29. TABLE FOODBALL
A table football is such an easy entertainer at a wedding, can be played in teams, or just as and when your guests fancy
30. SUPRISE DESERT
The guests loved this surprise desert and massive sparkler!
31. GLOW STICK BAR
This is great to be used for the dance floor
31. THE SHOT BAR
Lethal entertainment!
31. SILENT DISCO
If you’ve ever experienced a silent disco you’ll know how utterly cool they are!! This is great to bring out after hours….!
32. CULTURE VULTURE
This wedding had some really great mini-entertainment ideas, this being one of them…. Culture Vulture list for guests to fill out at their tables… great conversation starters
33. SINGING
I know I bang on about this one a lot, but honestly, it’s so high on my list of: SIX WEDDING CEREMONY IDEAS YOU WOULDN’T HAVE THOUGH OF
34. ARCHARY
Another garden game that works really well at weddings
35. SMOKE BOMBS
Obviously great for pics, but also great to play with
If I’ve missed any epic ones that you’ve seen at weddings please do get in touch and I’ll share.on this blog post.