Your Wedding Rehearsal Dinner – Make it Fun!

Your big day is FINALLY approaching and now it’s time to plan your rehearsal dinner. For this fun get-together with friends and family, there are several options and venues to choose from. You could have a traditional rehearsal dinner, but why not have a little fun instead? Use these tips to make your dinner non-traditional:

Serve up a great barbecue. Hamburgers, hotdogs and salads make a tasty, inexpensive meal. Serve up some fun and games for your guests too. Award your winner(s) with a small gift from your local dollar store.

Dance the night away. How about hosting a 50s theme party? You could rent a juke box, crank up the music and host a dance competition! For desert? Hire a “soda jerk” to make shakes and sodas in souvenir glasses for your guests.

Take them to the alley. If you have fun-loving friends and family, take them bowling! A little bit of competition among future family members will surely get everyone acquainted. Food could be standard bowling alley fair like pizzas and burgers. Check with the alley to see if they’ll provide a pin for all of your guests to sign as a souvenir of your get-together.

Test their knowledge. Want to know how smart your friends and families are? Hold a trivia challenge, and pit your guests against one another for fun and prizes! You can randomly split your guests into groups or play in three groups-your family, his family and a “friends” group.

Play cards. For a great rehearsal dinner theme, host a casino night. Your guests will love playing against the odds-and each other. Your bridal party can act as dealers for the card games. As souvenirs for your guests, have poker chips embossed with your names and your wedding date.

Watch a game. Get the party started by planning your rehearsal dinner at your local baseball field. Many parks offer group discounts, and there’s plenty of fun for everyone. For gifts, give personalized baseball caps or plastic beer mugs. For keepsakes of your own: have all of your guests sign a game ball and see if the park will post a congratulatory message on the scoreboard for you and your soon-to-be spouse during the seventh inning stretch.

Tee up. If you and your fiance love to golf, share you passion for the links with your guests. Host your dinner at a country club or golf course, and let everyone perfect their swing at the driving range. Instead of dinner, hold a “cocktail hour” and offer light snacks or hors d’oeuvres. For gifts, think about personalized tees or golf balls with your names and wedding date on them.

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Lisa Bakewell writes wedding-related articles for Best Little Wedding Shop. Check out their website at http://www.best-little-wedding-shop.com

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