Let's be frank - the more the new couple expects from the wedding and its celebrations, the more the wedding guests expect too. Nowadays, when couples are increasingly trying to surprise their weddings with something that has never happened before, guests are also waiting for surprises. A few attractions throughout the evening are no longer enough to entertain guests - they want to relax, experience, enjoy.

LĪGAVĀM put together several ideas to help you plan your guests' entertainment.

Transport from one place to another

Izklaidēt viesus nenozīmē tikai organizēt dažādas atrakcijas saviesīgajā vakara daļā – pārsteigumi var sākties jau daudz ātrāk.

For example, transporting guests from the wedding ceremony to the place of celebration. The guests will surely be surprised if a yellow Ikarus bus or motorcycles with sidecars, ready to take the guests further, will arrive at the ceremony site. In the latter case, it will be more convenient if the place of celebration is not far away.

Refreshments already before the wedding ceremony

We are often used to, in a sense, traditional wedding events, knowing roughly the order in which things will happen. The guests will be surprised and at the same time entertained if you change something from the seemingly usual order, for example, on a hot day, by serving refreshing drinks - personalized lemonade bottles or cocktails already before the wedding ceremony.

Surprise with care

Undoubtedly, every person likes to feel appreciated. The guests will not only feel appreciated, but also surprised if you have prepared a personalized evening package for each of them, including, for example, a small bottle of champagne, some snacks, personalized napkins if you cry during the ceremony and a card specially written for the specific guests.

Guestbook as entertainment

You will definitely want to preserve the beautiful memories and feelings of that day after the wedding, so a guest book is a must have at every wedding.

Of course, they should also be made interesting for the guests. If it really is a book, then provide some additional activity, for example:

• Polaroid for pictures to stick in it.
• Or choose a more unconventional solution, such as a guest book as a puzzle with a picture of the two of you, where each guest has the opportunity to write something on the other side of the puzzle piece.
• Of course, you can depart from the form of written wishes altogether and, for example, set up a video station where each guest has the opportunity to express their wish in video format, which would later be assembled into a short film. You can make this process even more interesting and invite guests to confess some secrets related to you or themselves.

Gifts for guests with an entertaining meaning

Most of the time, everyone becomes a great dancer at a wedding, but if you're worried about filling the dance floor enough, take care of it in advance.

1. First of all, trust your closest friends to invite other guests to dance and make sure that there is always someone on the dance floor.
2. Second, if you've decided to give your guests some personalized "Thank You" gifts, why not homemade musical instruments like shakers or maracas that will also give the right beat?

Musical surprises

Your wedding guests will definitely be delighted by various surprises from your side, for example, an unconventionally staged first wedding dance, a flash mob or a flash mob*, already involving some of the guests in the preparation process, in a song that you both have learned especially for this event (this option will surprise in cases where the couple has nothing to do with singing).

Also, a great surprise and at the same time entertainment for the guests are some special guests of the evening:

• a music group known to everyone;

• magician's performance;

• komiķa uzstāšanās;

• improvisational theater performance or whatever.

Wedding theme – masquerade ball

Recently, more and more couples choose to assign a specific theme to their wedding, for example, turning the wedding celebration into a masquerade ball, where each guest has their own mask prepared. It will definitely surprise and entertain guests, especially if they don't know anything about it. In addition, such identity changes will allow people to loosen up much more.

Various attractions - still relevant

Of course, you should not forget about the apparently traditional guest entertainment, namely various games and attractions. But the recommendation –

try to come up with something original, as well as understand whether your wedding guests will be ready to participate in these attractions.

It is not recommended to complicate them and make them too long, otherwise it may turn out that the entertainment of the guests was intended at the beginning, but in the end it tires them too much.

Photo: AINARS MAZJĪNIS , BILLIJS LOCS , JĀNIS RATNIEKS , GIRTS RĀGELIS , PINTEREST.

*flash mob – from English.