Fun ideas instead of clicking glasses to kiss

lazydayz2003

Does anyone have any fun ideas for the guests to do instead of clicking their glasses to get the bride and groom to kiss? We have been to a wedding where the table had to sing part of a love song to get them to kiss but we want to do something different and new. Any ideas?

trix1223

Just skip it.  Anything you choose to "replace" clinking will be more annoying than the clinking.  I recommend kissing the first time glasses clink, ignoring it the second time.  People will get the hint.

If you want to kiss your new DH, just kiss him.  Don't wait for some cue to perform.

Good luck.

Nati05

I've seen cute little engraved bells that second as favors. But I don't think that qualifies as "new". Good luck!

jessicabessica

I agree with trix.  If you don't like clinking glasses, I don't see what the point is of finding a replacement.  Just kiss your new H when you want.  People will still be paying attention to you.  

aegrish

The knot store has place cards with little bells on them.  But I agree people will still clinck....no one would want to hear me sing.  My FI would refuse to sing.  That seems awkward.

jon&kara

I think that clinking glasses are a 'norm' when it comes to weddings. Anything you choose to do as a replacement won't be ass effective as you'd think because people are still going to 'clink' -

love2nap

We did a "kissing can". My family gets a little overboard when it comes to the clicking of the glass so we wanted to do something fun to control it a little bit. What we did: Beforehand, I made a list of couples (ones that I thought would be comfortable with this) and cut them up and gave them to our DJ. Anytime that anyone clicked the glass, the DJ would pull a name out of a hat, and that couple would need to go to the dance floor and kiss. We would either approve or decline the kiss, and then kiss ourselves! I thought it was fun and everyone had a good time with it!

cbratthauer

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[QUOTE]I've seen cute little engraved bells that second as favors. But I don't think that qualifies as "new". Good luck!
Posted by Nati05[/QUOTE]

This is what we are doing. I got nice silver bells to hand out and I found a poem on-line for people so they know what the bells are for. We are using these to replace bubbles when we leave the church and also using them at the reception instead of clinking glasses. I thought it was a cute idea and something different.

xoxLexi

Wow!  I clicked on this because I wanted to see some ideas too...
What I didn’t expect was meanness and rudeness...  I am reconsidering my joining in on anything!  I was hopeful that pettiness would not be a part of this. 

Here is my 2 cents for an idea that I saw...
A large foam dice with numbers and lips...
if the person rolls a number they have to kiss that many people if the lips were rolled then the bride and groom kiss!  It was cute and it got a lot of people involved.

Nati05

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[QUOTE]Wow!  I clicked on this because I wanted to see some ideas too... What I didn’t expect was meanness and rudeness...   I am reconsidering my joining in on anything!  I was hopeful that pettiness would not be a part of this.  Here is my 2 cents for an idea that I saw... A large foam dice with numbers and lips... if the person rolls a number they have to kiss that many people if the lips were rolled then the bride and groom kiss!  It was cute and it got a lot of people involved.
Posted by xoxLexi[/QUOTE]
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I always feel quick to defend OPs when I think people are being mean... but who was being mean here? No one was being rude today...

lazydayz2003

Thank you ladies who gave the ideas. I was thinking about having some questions and actions to write on a piece of paper and putting them in helium balloons. Then when people click they will have to come up on the dance floor, pop a baloon, and answer a question or perform an action (ex. do the macerena). I think it will get people out of their seats and will be funny to watch.

Invol

It seems like it would get complicated. Clinking works because it's a regional, everyone knows about it sort of thing. It doesn't have to be explained. When you have to explain everything then I think people are much less willing to participate.

trix1223

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[QUOTE]Thank you ladies who gave the ideas. I was thinking about having some questions and actions to write on a piece of paper and putting them in helium balloons. Then when people click they will have to come up on the dance floor, pop a baloon, and answer a question or perform an action (ex. do the macerena). I think it will get people out of their seats and will be funny to watch.
Posted by lazydayz2003[/QUOTE]

Sorry, but I don't think making your guests perform something that might well make them uncomfortable is a good idea at all.  I personally wouldn't want the words embarrassing and uncomfortable to be used as descriptors for my wedding.

I have to be honest.  If I saw another guest have to pop a balloon and then perform an action, I'd be gathering up my stuff and saying my goodbyes so that I wouldn't be put into that position.

Please rethink this and don't put your guests on the spot.  Not everyone is comfortable being put on the spot or in a spotlight.

trix1223

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[QUOTE]Wow!  I clicked on this because I wanted to see some ideas too... What I didn’t expect was meanness and rudeness...   I am reconsidering my joining in on anything!  I was hopeful that pettiness would not be a part of this.  Here is my 2 cents for an idea that I saw... <strong>A large foam dice with numbers and lips... if the person rolls a number they have to kiss that many people if the lips were rolled then the bride and groom kiss! </strong> It was cute and it got a lot of people involved.
Posted by xoxLexi[/QUOTE]


#1:  please tell me a single post that was rude.  Don't assume that ideas note being validated = rude.

And as for the bolded idea.....you think it's "cute" to make your guests kiss multiple people?  Suppose they're uncomfortable kissing random people.  I really think that's a very presumptuous idea.  And I suppose that you now find my answer rude.

But, gosh.....good luck to you.

Tiger_Tammer

We are doing the Balloon pop! As a guest, I have a lot of fun when people come up with fun things like this to do. The last wedding I was at, we had to come up on stage and Hoola hoop before the couple would kiss. There were some really good hoola hoopers, and they had to do some really long kisses!

Many of the ladies on here suggest you don't do anything because it's so offensive to "make" your guests do anything. What they fail to realize is, it it OPTIONAL to partake in any of these activities. The ones who do participate, enjoy it and find the antics fun. You don't have to like anybody's ideas, but if your going to be so prude to get up and leave over something so minuet, then I guess you were not a good enough friend to have been invited in the first place. Just my opinion...

amyderrah

One thing I've seen at a few weddings that was great fun; if you want the B&G to kiss, you have to get up and mimic the kiss you want them to do (Alone or with your partner).  This gets everyone kissing their special someone and it gets some good laughs too.  You can peck on the cheek or the hand (B&G do the same thing).  If you're super bold you swoop your special someone for 5 min then come up for air!  (you get a bit of both with this game).  I think I've also seen it done as the B&G have to "one-up" the kiss shown.  Even if you chose not to participate it was really fun to watch, and it's simple enough (or maybe all the guests were really, really smart and could understand the instructions).

chicks09

i really like the raffle type idea i may have to mention that to FI. he seems to be happy with wanting bells but i think those are a waste of money.

lazydayz2003

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[QUOTE]We are doing the Balloon pop! As a guest, I have a lot of fun when people come up with fun things like this to do. The last wedding I was at, we had to come up on stage and Hoola hoop before the couple would kiss. There were some really good hoola hoopers, and they had to do some really long kisses! Many of the ladies on here suggest you don't do anything because it's so offensive to "make" your guests do anything. What they fail to realize is, it it OPTIONAL to partake in any of these activities. The ones who do participate, enjoy it and find the antics fun. You don't have to like anybody's ideas, but if your going to be so prude to get up and leave over something so minuet, then I guess you were not a good enough friend to have been invited in the first place. Just my opinion...
Posted by Tiger_Tammer[/QUOTE]

I second this. I dont know why people would feel obligated to do this as it's all optional. It's not like the DJ is going to randomly put a spotlight on someone and say "Perform!" lol I love the balloon idea. And for the guests you can have a little frame on the table to explain how it works. I just wanted to see what other ideas were out there.