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After treating your wedding guests to a beautifully choreographed wedding ceremony, celebrate your nuptials with a lively and entertaining wedding reception. Your guests will want to party all evening long if you offer games for the children, musical entertainment, an interactive photography booth for all ages and signature beverages exclusive to the wedding reception.
Games for All Ages
Both children and adults enjoy playing games at a wedding reception. Set up a table with coloring books or a simple bean-bag toss game at an indoor reception and a horseshoe game for an outdoor reception. Adults keeping their eyes on little ones can play the games with the children while socializing with other parents. If you expect many children at the wedding reception, hire a clown, magician or storyteller to entertain the children in a small room adjoining the main festivities.
Musical and Dance Entertainment
After dinner, keep guests entertained with music. Hiring a disk jockey to play your favorite music, a band to play live music or a soloist to sing your favorite numbers will give guests something to tap their toes to. If your family and friends are hesitant to use the dance floor, The Knot suggests hiring professional ballroom dancers or colorful flamenco dancers to start off the dancing for the evening. Guests will enjoy watching the performance and be inspired to try their own dance moves.
Photo Booth
When taking a break from dancing or listening to musical entertainment, guests of all ages can enjoy stepping into a portable photo booth. After a few seconds of grinning for the camera, guests will take away a digitally printed keepsake of their evening at the reception. If many children will attend the wedding reception, entertain them with a box of props to use in the photo booth. Oversized hats, long necklaces, funny glasses and feather boas will keep the children's attention.
Signature Wedding Beverages
Work with the wedding reception venue's bar staff to create two or three signature drinks for your wedding. By adding a splash of fruit juice to champagne, fresh fruit kabobs to wine or combining the best ingredients from your favorite drinks, a bartender can create beverages that will get guests talking. Give the drinks festive names, such as "The Honeymooner" or "Wedd-tini." Always offer a non-alcoholic signature drink, such as a Shirley Temple, to please guests who don't drink alcohol. For a warm summer wedding, consider creating a fruit-flavored iced tea or a custom lemonade flavor.
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