Want to add the X factor to your wedding, something unexpected that will totally wow your guests and keep them well and truly entertained?  In this post we’ve serve up a big helping of inspirational ideas to make your big day even more fun and memorable.

Sports Day

Remember how much fun you had with sack races, eggs and spoons, bean bag throwing competitions, hula hoops and the tug-o-war?  Get everyone to release their inner child (easy once you’ve had a couple of glasses of Prosecco!) and may the odds be in your favour!  If you fancy this idea make sure you book a summer wedding and a venue like Clevedon Hall with lots of gorgeous outdoor space.

Palm or tarot card reader

Hire a palm reader to wander amongst your guests. Or get a tarot card reader to set up a table.  Everyone will want to know what their future holds and it’s a great way to get the conversations going.

Prosecco Pong

Like beer pong, just a bit more sophisticated.  You just need a table, some glasses and a few ping pong balls.  Each player takes attempts to throw a ping pong ball into one of the opponent's cups. If they succeed the other player has to drink what's in that cup.  The one who empties all their cups first is the loser (boozer?!).  Make sure someone is on hand to take lots of photographs.

Fireworks display

There’s no better way to round off your evening party than with a bunch of flashes, bangs, wheeees, ooohs and aaaahs!  Clevedon Hall, with its big gardens and gently sloping lawns, lends itself perfectly to staging this kind of grand finale.  Just talk to our team and they’ll be happy to organise everything for you.

Hot Chocolate Bar

This is great idea for a winter wedding.  Stock it with all the trimmings so guests can pimp their mugs to their heart’s delight – whipped cream, chocolate flakes, marshmallows, flavoured syrups (gingerbread, peppermint, and salted caramel are all awesome!).  For the grown-ups you could also add Baileys or Disaronno for a bit of an alcoholic twist!!

Limbo Competition

So easy to set up and guaranteed to be a barrel of laughs.  The merrier your guests get the easier it looks…but the harder it becomes.  Another one of those ideas it’s essential to photograph and video!

Doughnut bobbing

Dangle different flavoured doughnuts on a row of strings (the branch of a tree or line tied between two uprights will do nicely).  Get guests to clasp their hands behind their backs then attempt to take bites out of the sweet treats.  It makes a very colourful decorative touch and is hilarious fun to watch.  A great excuse for letting people indulge in a sugar rush!

Pimp your Prosecco station

Set up a bar with plenty of chilled Prosecco (Champagne or other sparkling wines work equally well) then provide a spread of things your guests can add.  Take your pick from:

Juices & purees - peach and orange are most popular juices for mimosas or a Buck's Fizz, but pineapple, pomegranate, mango, and berry puree are also delicious.

Cordials & sodas - flavoured fizzy waters, fresh lemonade, cream soda, ginger beer or elderflower cordial all work wonders

Liqueurs - these add a touch of luxe.  Try Chambord, creme de cassis, sloe gin, limoncello and Triple Sec

Fruit - fresh or frozen, summer berries, pomegranate seeds, orange segments, sliced apple, peaches, mango, pineapple, guava and dragon fruit.

Garnishes - orange peel, cucumber, springs of rosemary, thyme, basil, lavender or edible flower petals

Street food

If you’re struggling to decide on how to feed your guests in the evening a street food truck will work like dream.  It adds a festival vibe to the proceedings and there are so many great options to choose from these days – Thai, Mexican, burgers, pizzas, there are so many cool food trucks you could choose from.  Or maybe desserts are more your thing?  Hire an ice cream van, a Belgian Waffle tuk tuk, a Crêpe cart, or a doughnut waggon?

Circus Entertainer

How about a fire eater, acrobat, hoop performer, stilt walkers, juggler, mime artist, contortionist, tightwire dancer or a pair of clowns?  That’ll certainly help to break the ice!

Virtual Reality Games

Want to add an extra dimension to your evening entertainment?  Hire a company to set up a VR party arcade where guests can fly through space, walk the plank, escape from dungeons, fight zombies, race F1cars and do all sorts of other amazing things.  It’s not just for geeks (honest!).

Vodka Luge

A what?!  This is a big ice sculpture that has a hole drilled through.  A shot of vodka is poured in the top and winds its way down until it pops out lower down…straight into your mouth and deliciously chilled.  This makes a fabulous centrepiece and it's so much fun to watch your guests take on the challenge of catching all the vodka as they get tipsier.  Makes great Instagram moments!

Want some more ideas?

These are just a few of the more off the wall ideas our team came up with.  They have lots more!  Plus we have great contacts with local suppliers.  Get in touch if you’d like some more free inspiration!