In order to plan pre-wedding events and activities, you should always keep in mind the distance some guests have to travel to attend your wedding and always keep activities relevant to the level of fatigue they may be experiencing. As you go about planning exciting activities for the wedding, you must keep in mind other factors as well.
For instance, will many guests have children with them? Will childcare be provided for your guests or will you allow children to participate in the pre-wedding activities? If you have several older guests, maybe you should have activities tailored so they can participate as well.
Some more popular pre-wedding activities include things that can relate directly to your wedding like a group manicure. Every women in the wedding party or those who are close to the bride (but this is not all inclusive to women as some men like manicures or just want to hang with the ladies) can head on over to a nail salon and have their nails done. This can also help relax the women and provide a welcome respite from all of the stress involved during the wedding period.
Another great activity for the women is to get their hair done as a group. This can not only be fun, but can be very beneficial to everyone as well. It can help all of the wedding party women match hair styles and can significantly reduce the amount of money needed to get everyone's hair done.
And don't forget that all of the women and all of the men can go as groups to find their dresses and tuxedos. This is also recommended so everyone matches perfectly and a consensus can be reached on dress and tux styles. Be sure to ask the store owners if they offer discounts for group purchases.
The men of the wedding party may choose pre-wedding activities a little more like men such as choosing to play golf as a group or play other games such as tennis or basket ball. These activities help give the men something to do while the women pretty themselves up.
Here is a fun pre-wedding activity that can be done a week or so before the wedding. Have someone, preferably the best man or maid of honor, begin a creative gift basket. A theme of the basket could be "Advice for the Couple".
The basket would be taken to someone's home, perhaps an aunt or cousin, and leave it on the doorstep with directions. That person will add an advice item such as a book on how to end spousal arguments or a CD containing romantic music. Once they add a gift, they take the basket to another relative or friend's house (preferably one who will be attending the wedding). Let everyone know in advance that the gift box is circulating around so it won't get lost or not passed around.
Keep in mind that the gift basket idea is only good if most of the guests who plan on attending are local. An alternative method of delivery is to have someone volunteer to take it around from house to house to keep good track of it.
Once the gift box is fully circulated, the person in charge of it can put the basket items together and wrap them all up as a gift for the rehearsal dinner or as a wedding gift in itself.
There are many traditional pre-wedding activities to consider as well such as a bachelor and bachelorette party, wedding rehearsal dinner. But on top of that, you can have a separate game night for anyone that wants to attend, a luau, a lake or ocean cruise on a party boat, karaoke, or even night of dancing.
Many brides and grooms choose to have structured activities for their guests a few days prior to their wedding. But be sure to include everyone so no one feels left out. Think about what everyone likes to do and center your pre-wedding activities on things that everyone can participate in. Be sure that you limit the drinking and partying as this might not sit well with some family members, unless of course your entire family loves to party.
You can check out some more pre-wedding activities that can help make your special day even more memorial by visiting one of my blog pages (this is a post) called Wedding Activities using the navigation bar on top of this page.
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