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Originally Posted by sillafeliz View Post

 

Hehe. I'm so glad this is a Canadian tradition!! Its a big 'fundraiser' where all of your family and friends get together for a party and play games and drink and win prizes...all profits go towards your wedding! :) We had our three weeks ago and made a cool $3,000 (about average for our area). Every little bit helps!

Aww, I am from Canada and never heard about this until coming on here.

 

Maybe it is just eastern Canada?

 

I sure wish it was a tradition around here too!

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Oh, that's too bad! :( Its very common in my area - I would say almost expected. Unless you have a very low key wedding, you are sure to have a buck and doe / jack and jill in amongst all the wedding celebrations! :) I've heard some of these can make a lot of money too if you have the right people and lots of people come - one bride and groom made $10,000!!! :) I'll still stick with my amount - its going to help pay for the photographer and wedding package! :)

 

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Aww, I am from Canada and never heard about this until coming on here.

 

Maybe it is just eastern Canada?

 

I sure wish it was a tradition around here too!

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Originally Posted by Lydia1120 View Post

 

Sillafeliz, we are also having a jack and Jill....do you have a list of the games you played?

Are there games specific to a Jack and Jill? If not, we did the "Left Right" game and my shower and it was really fun. The shoe game is also a good one. 

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Oh gosh,
Welll....we did a tropical themed party....so we had:

 

50/50

raffle prizes - that I must say, were AMAZING

Grand prize - blackberry tablet

Jail - rented, and people could throw other people in jail. (I spent a lot of time in there!)

mini putt

toonie toss

pie in the face

Great Canadian Whack Off - a.k.a. - hammer and nail - This was  HUGE hit - got people off their lazy butts! LOL :)

 vase with the shotglass - sink the loonie in the shot glass, win a drink on us.

We also had a 4'x6' cutout of a beach scene that people took their pictures in - it was awesome!

 

If you have a need for anything, all my stuff from it is up for sale! :)

 

 

Originally Posted by Lydia1120 View Post

Sillafeliz, we are also having a jack and Jill....do you have a list of the games you played?
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These games are money makers - which is the point of the jack and jill....to raise money for the bride and groom. :)

Originally Posted by LKocelko View Post

Are there games specific to a Jack and Jill? If not, we did the "Left Right" game and my shower and it was really fun. The shoe game is also a good one. 

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Oh darn,

we also did fish insurance - but instead of having someone eat a live fish, we had them lick a dead one from the grocery store. I didn't want a fish being swallowed!!

And, we did a lucky card - $ 2 per card, win $20.

 

Originally Posted by Lydia1120 View Post

Sillafeliz, we are also having a jack and Jill....do you have a list of the games you played?
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Originally Posted by Mady28 View Post

 

I like the card idea. I'm trying to come up with games that will make money for us. cheesy.gif

 

Play a game of poker! We aren't having a Jack and Jill although man do they sound fun!!!!! But at our housewarming a few years ago, we had a casino themed party. We bought all the stuff from Party City- the felt tablecloth that is actually a poker table, chips, and cards, people bet actual money and I served them drinks and my friend played the "house" or dealer. He won us $300 and that was at a small house party with 20 guests! So maybe at a bigger party you can win some moolah!

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Originally Posted by sillafeliz View Post

 

Oh gosh,

Welll....we did a tropical themed party....so we had:

 

50/50

raffle prizes - that I must say, were AMAZING

Grand prize - blackberry tablet

Jail - rented, and people could throw other people in jail. (I spent a lot of time in there!)

mini putt

toonie toss

pie in the face

Great Canadian Whack Off - a.k.a. - hammer and nail - This was  HUGE hit - got people off their lazy butts! LOL :)

 vase with the shotglass - sink the loonie in the shot glass, win a drink on us.

We also had a 4'x6' cutout of a beach scene that people took their pictures in - it was awesome!

 

If you have a need for anything, all my stuff from it is up for sale! :)

 

 

Are the items you have for sale here on BDW? 

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