Ways to involve guests in the wedding ceremony

[amylouise]

We are really non-traditional and are thinking of ways to involve our guests in the ceremony so that it's not boring. 

 

We are thinking of putting fans on everyone's seat, with a quote on the back, and at a point in the ceremony, the officient would ask each person to read what is written on their fan. That way we don't have to pick one or two people for readings and everyone feels involved. I think it would be a bit of fun too!

Does anyone have any other ideas? 

[karyc]

a nice idea that i'm going to use is doing one of those sand ceremonies -- and then have all of your guests put a bit of sand in your container of choice before you and your fiance put it in. i haven't come up with the wording we're going to use yet, but you can say something about how all of those guests help to form part of the foundation of your relationship....
 

[amylouise]

That's lovely! We were thinking of doing the sand ceremony too. 

There's a few others that I've found:

 

Ring Warming - the rings are passed to each guests so they can be blessed and warmed, I wuite like this one

Rock blessing - everyone is given a small rock at the beginning of the ceremony and these are collected afterwards, displayed in a nice jar. You could do this with seashells too.

Hand Fasting - we may do this - the officient ties your hands together with fabric (maybe fabric from my grandmother who is unable to attend)

[Bride2B0713]

Thats a great idea! How many different colors of sand would you use?

[karyc]

Originally Posted by Bride2B0713 

 

Thats a great idea! How many different colors of sand would you use?

 

i think three? one for guests, one for groom, one for bride? good question, i hadn't really thought about...

[Speckles121]

Originally Posted by karyc 

 

a nice idea that i'm going to use is doing one of those sand ceremonies -- and then have all of your guests put a bit of sand in your container of choice before you and your fiance put it in. i haven't come up with the wording we're going to use yet, but you can say something about how all of those guests help to form part of the foundation of your relationship....

 

 

 

We're doing this as well..we bought small bottles from amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Package-Small-Mini-Glass-Stoppers/dp/B004ZXW4MK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345133002&sr=8-1&keywords=SMALL+SAND+BOTTLE) and plan on asking the guests to fill it with sand from the beach

[karyc]

nice find! i also found these on etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/59301419/25-clear-glass-bottles-vials-with-corks
 

[Tulumbride2013]

We're doing this as well..we bought small bottles from amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Package-Small-Mini-Glass-Stoppers/dp/B004ZXW4MK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345133002&sr=8-1&keywords=SMALL+SAND+BOTTLE ) and plan on asking the guests to fill it with sand from the beach

That's a cute Idea! Love those bottles.Amazon is the best!!

[karyc]

does anyone have examples of sand ceremony scripts when guests are involved? or know of any bdw forums on that topic? thanks!
 

[RNtoBe]

Photobooths are awesome, guests seem to love them!