Fun Ways to Engage Wedding Guests

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When deciding your wedding invite list, you want people there who can and will appreciate the sentiment of the day and want to join you in celebrating your love for each other and the start of a new journey in your life.

And when you have a room full of guests, the last thing you want is for the ambiance to be brought down by guests who are detached from what is happening and aren't engaged or enjoying the day.

But how can you ensure that your guests are excited to join in with the celebrations? One way is to ask for their input during the planning process. You can create polls or surveys to gather their preferences on various aspects of the wedding, from the menu to the entertainment, and use their feedback to tailor the event to their liking.

Interactive Points

By making your wedding interactive and involving the guests as much as possible, you can excite their interest and get them to be a more significant part of the day. This not only enhances their experience but also adds a unique and memorable touch to your wedding, making it more than just a ceremony but a truly engaging celebration. 

You can include QR codes on name tags on seats for people to scan on their phones, which gives them challenges to complete on the day. It can be snapping pictures of different things in the day and adding them to an online album or Instagram account, from the first dance to the cake cutting, filing the best-dressed attendee or best dancer, etc. It can be anything you wish, but it's a great way to get people more involved.

Entertainers

It is not just your musical entertainment, i.e., DJs or wedding bands, but people who are mingling in the crowd and getting them to have more fun. These entertainers, whether they're leading a flash mob or performing magic tricks, play a crucial role in creating a lively and interactive atmosphere, encouraging guests to participate in the day's festivities.

Games

Having a games section for your wedding day can be a fantastic way to get people to enjoy themselves. It can be classic games you used to play as kids, carnival games, life-sized board games, or even VR headsets for some virtual reality fun. You might find that a pop-up casino can be perfect for you, or even an outdoor assault course or mini golf if you want something truly different but still fun.

Food Trucks

Sit-down meals can be an excellent option for many weddings, but if you're looking for alternatives that ensure people engage with you and each other, spend more time out of their seats, and be involved with everything going on, food trucks are a great option. You can have a range of different food, drinks, and sweet treat trucks. You can have food truck catering for a range of different foods from one or various vendors. From alcoholic beverages, coffee trucks, burrito trucks, and pizza food tricks to burger vans, there are so many options to choose from.

Fireworks

If it is allowed at your venue or location, fireworks after dusk can be a really effective talking point and a way to gather all attendees together for something that really catches their eye. A professional fireworks display can be the perfect photo opportunity, a way to mark the end of the day, or simply a way to break up the evening. It's entirely up to you.

Treasure Hunt

Treasure hunts aren't only great ways to entertain younger guests at weddings to keep them occupied but also another interactive way to keep guests busy. You can leave clues in various places around the venue, you can have them on tables, outdoors, and they can be as obvious or creative as you want to hope, challenge guests and give them something to do if they do not want to take part in other traditional wedding activities.

Pass The Parcel

Pass the parcel is a fun way to get tables talking to each other. It helps people introduce themselves and have some fun at the same time. Add presents to certain tables, and when they unwrap them, have instructions on what table to hand them to so they can carry things on until the last piece of wrapping has been removed and the prize is revealed.

How you engage your wedding guests will depend on how you want your wedding day to look and the theme and vibe you are aiming for. But for something a bit more fun and out of the box, these ideas tick both of these boxes.