Keep Your Wedding Guests Pumped Up Through The Wedding! Here's How

Wake up! Your wedding guests are here to celebrate your big day. And these celebrations don't stop just at the feast or on admiring your carefully thought out choices for decor, outfits and the playlist. Your guests have taken the time to be part of your big day and want to be involved in it.

After all, these are your closest friends, relatives and colleagues who have taken out the time to celebrate your big day. You can be sure they are not here just to enjoy what's on the wedding menu (though food is definitely an important part of the celebrations). Your wedding guests need to be a part of the festivities and not just the wedding pictures. Isn't that right?

Here are some of our choicest ways and techniques in which you can do just that. So, pay attention people! Your wedding guests are what makes your celebrations grander, so being the couple who is tying the knot it is every bit your responsibility to make them feel important and as a part of your big day. From keeping them entertained to keeping them involved in your wedding festivities, this piece will give you a rundown of various ways n which your wedding guests will enjoy every bit of your wedding festivities just as much as you will. 

Keep it active, for your audience, for your wedding guests

Like the script for your favourite Bollywood film, your wedding needs to flow seamlessly, so that your wedding guests follow through with it. This means scripting it right, planning it right and setting up activities that everyone can take part it. You would also want them to know when they can disperse and grab a bite to eat or when you would want to bring things to a close.

That also means announcing your plans in the right way. So, here how you can get the flow right, without stepping down from your stage and picking up the mic each and every time.

1. Have a schedule of events, with a script for your wedding guests

A good event depends on the depth of thought given to it. This happens when you really think about your wedding ceremony, planning it to a T. Etch it out with a formal outline of events in a sequence, alongside to-do tasks for the hosts, different wedding vendors and your loved ones.

In fact, if you're planning on a few events and games to keep your guests entertained, think about a script for the show too.

2. Add activities for everyone including your wedding guests

Your wedding doesn’t have to be a boring or super formal event at all. By putting up interactive stalls with lots of fun activities for both adults and kids, you’ll please your guests in no time.

You can even include popular wedding games and plan them with your host in advance, coming up with a list of prizes you can hand out to the winners and ensure that no one goes home empty-handed. The idea is to spread cheer among your guests and keep the excitement going.

3. Don't ignore your wedding music

There is so much you can do with music during your wedding festivities. You can get a live band to perform, a separate segment for the Baraat, a well-curated playlist for your guests and even singers for the rituals.

You can experiment and tweak these ideas as per your convenience and ensure that your guests can never get bored by offering lively background music at all times and keep things exciting.

4. Dance like no one’s watching

Get a choreographer to entertain your guests during the wedding parties. With a trendy playlist and an enthusiastic crowd, you can end up having a lot of fun! Get your choreographer to teach your guests a few easy and popular dance steps on the spot so that everyone can dance along and feel like they’re a part of the celebrations.

This will work for guests of all ages, and will definitely be a crowd favourite especially when a really popular song comes on.

5. Think about the children

Making the venue kid-friendly and taking special efforts to provide really good entertainment options for kids will go a long way in keeping your guests happy. You’ll earn major brownie points if you provide options like video games, ping pong tables, and lots of colourful balloons. Include invitations for all your guests’ kids and make your wedding special by making them feel extra special and welcome on your big day.

6. Add your personal touches for your wedding guests

Even concentrating on things like trivia about the couple and other couples at the venue who’ve been together for a long time can be a major winner at the wedding celebrations. The point is to make it less formal and switch things up a little. How? By organising fun contests and introducing the couple’s interests and personalities into the activities. This would make your wedding schedule a truly special affair.

You can also think of handing out quick prints (like the one above) to quirky pictures of your guests before they leave the venue.

7. Let your drinks flow

Ensure that all of your guests - from the children running around to the elderly grandmas, uncles and aunties are well hydrated through your big day. How? Talk to your caterer and offer refills to everyone with their favourite brew. It could simply be Tang and fizzy drinks or tea and coffee in case your day falls on a winter day. 

What's more, you could tie the beverages into a set of fun games, by adding cues and notes under the glasses and announce prizes for those who get the lucky numbers.

Remember, keeping your wedding guests involved through your special day is how your wedding would be remembered. So, make it a memorable one, with equal thought to all of your invitees.

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