To make the couple kiss

[ton_chicka]

Hello!
I am fairly new to One Wed. So glad I have found some people to get ideas from, etc. This is great!
I am getting married next summer - July 14 2007 to my best friend - Chris. Can not wait.

I am having a little bit of trouble with a kissing game - any ideas?

The ringing of silverwear on glasses is just too loud for my liking - annoying! and I want something more unique.

Look forward to chatting with you all!
Thanks

[cowboysbride]

Kissing bells is what we used or you can designate a word like your new last name...whenever you hear it KISS!........................

[AngelinLove]

I think someone else on the board wanted something more unique too, and I think that what was finally done was something liek putting index cards on the tables and having people write a short poem or piece of advice and if they wanted the couple to kiss that they had to read what they wrote. In the end the couple gets to keep all the poems and words of advice,

[bnd94]

Here are some links I found with some ideas:
http://www.blissweddings.com/library/kiss.asp

http://www.twojsmusic.com/wedding_kissing.asp

http://www.foreverwed2.com/music/kiss.htm

There are actually lots here is the google link:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=alternative+to+get+bride+and+groom+to+kiss

[ikkin510]

I was to a wedding where the guest had to sing a song with the word love in it to make the couple kiss. I thought it was a cute idea.

Welcome to the boards! I hope you enjoy it here. Everyone is very helpful. We look forward to hearing more about your big day!

[ton_chicka]

Thanks everyone!! :bbmrgreen:

What did or are you going to use for your wedding?

I like the idea with sing a word with the song love in it - that's cute.

[Kacie_bride]

Welcome to OneWEd!

[nikkiana]

I went to one wedding where the bride and groom had a little basket in front of them and you had to give money to get them to kiss.... Of course, they didn't specify a minimum amount so all the women at my table took out all of the change from the bottom of their purses and our table took turns taking up money one penny at a time. :D

[LaceyinPgh]

Thanks everyone!! :bbmrgreen:

What did or are you going to use for your wedding?

I like the idea with sing a word with the song love in it - that's cute.
We didn't do anything like this at our wedding. I didn't put out bells. As far as I am know, I don't think that anyone clinked their glasses. If they did, I don't recall hearing it. I don't think that I have ever been to a wedding where this type of thing was done, actually.

[WhiskeyGirl]

We didn't want to hear the clinking of glasses either...so we did a "put for a kiss". We put a mini putting green with balls and a putter and our guests had to get it in the cup for us to kiss. It was fun!! :D

[mj512]

I went to a wedding of my friends last sept, and she said she wished she didn't use bells for kissing because it evenutally got annoying. A good idea that my fiance found was that you have like a few questions about the two of you on a card and everyone gets a card, and if they answer them right then you kiss. My friend said that with the bells they were kissing contantly and couldn't do anything else lol

[hummingbird521]

This is a new one to me. I have never heard of it till now. But I think it is a cute idea.

[Jenn060306]

We wanted to do somthing unique as well... We had people make up poems and get up and share them with the crowd. It was great. We had some really sweet cute ones and some dirsty ones too lol.
My MiL had people sing songs with the world love in them. And my SiL had a trombone and you were required to play a note on it. (Her DH is a musician)
One thing i wanted to do that we ended up not doing was have the guests draw a picture of the couple (like pictonary) DH wasn't crazy about that idea. But i thought it would have been super fun!

[StaceyMc]

My friend and her new husband did something very cute. Anytime someone clanged the glasses for them to kiss, they drew a couples name from a basket and the couple had to stand up and kiss before the new Mr. and Mrs. would kiss. It was really cute and a great way to get to know the people at the reception.

I told her I was maybe going to steal that idea - she said that she stole it from someone else and I could use it free of charge.

[usahgrad]

At our wedding, we used bells because we didn't have silverware and glasses (we used plastic). We only put thirteen (we got married on May 13) on each of the three long tables, so not everyone had one, and we didn't really have a big problem with them ringing to often. We got the place card bells and then put love song lyrics in them. Like this:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/usahgrad/Wedding%20Pics/831%20Pictures/CRW_8563.jpg

My best friend just got married in the end of June and she had told her now-husband that this part was his job. He could pick out whatever he wanted. So he hit a party store and bought a bunch of party noise makers. It was cute and very much his contribution to the wedding, which was nice considering how little the guy contributes.

[blueeyedbride]

Welcome, My wedding which is 2 weeks from today yea, I ordered from oriental traing lill cards w/ bells on them with a cute saying... They r very cheap too.

[ton_chicka]

All of these ideas are really cute! Thanks everyone!

I did not relaize that this is not something that is done everywhere.

During the reception you have unique ideas like these to get the new couple to share some kisses!

I want something that people dare to do - something unique - and something that doesn't have me and my husband to be lip locked the whole supper ! haha

I have 2 sisters - one did the whole love word song or poem - or give the couple advice - or tell a story about the bride or groom. and the other sister did the love word song or poem - along with copy cat which another couple would have to get in front of the head table and kiss - and the new couple copied the kiss - it was really unique! However I did not find enough people did this - a bit too shy I would say.

Hrmmm.... Which idea to use...

Thanks for all the suggestions -

Love this board - this is great!!

[AngelinLove]

Here are some ideas...some have already been mentioned and some have not:

1. Bride and Groom Trivia. Make up questions about yourselves (like where was your first date, where are you going on your honeymoon, the first movie you saw together, where and when he proposed, favorite foods, where you met, etc.). When glasses start to clink, the DJ can ask questions during the reception and you kiss only when someone shouts out the correct answer.
Some question ideas
Where was B born? Where was G born?
What were B & G's first jobs?
How long have B & G. been "officially" a couple?
How long have B & G been engaged?
Where did B & G meet?
Who introduced B & G? ...etc

2. If you're into gambling, have a pair of fuzzy dice for someone to roll. even you kiss, odd they have to kiss someone

3. If you're into golf, have a putting contest. Designate an area and have a putting matt on hand. Have your DJ or bandleader let your guests know what has to happen in order to get you to kiss. They can even do some type of drum roll every time someone gets up there. An added bonus…If they miss, you designate whom they kiss. You can even use other ideas…shoot a puck into a net (if you’re hockey fans), kick a soccer ball into a net (soccer fans) etc.

a poem for number 3.
To this formal affair
We added a bit of flair
Do NOT clink your glasses
To get us to kiss
Instead you must putt
And try not to miss
If you sink the ball in one shot
We will kiss on the spot

4. Have noisemakers on the table (kazoos, harmonicas etc.---you can by the cheap kid's kind) and the table has to play Here Comes the Bride for you to kiss.

5. A guest has to get up and tell a story about you, your husband or both. After they're done, you kiss. I've seen this done and the stories range from hilarious to very touching.

6. Show us how it’s done -Every couple that attends the reception has their name in the bowl (use your RSVP cards), and when people start clinking glasses, someone can pull out a name. In order for the B&G to kiss. That couple that gets pulled has to kiss, and then the B&G have to kiss the same way. Make sure you pull out single guests and those guests that would never participate.

7. Each table has to get up and sing a song with the word LOVE in it in order for the bride and groom to kiss. You could also do songs using the word Kiss.
Poems to use To this formal affair, we've added some flair. We won't do a thing if we hear your glass cling It will take more than this, if you want us to kiss. In your suits and dresses, you all look so grand. Now gather your table everyone must stand. Sing us a song in which the word "Love" appears. Only then will we listen. only then will we hear. Give it your best, it's your chance to star. We promise the result will be best by far

8. Make a "list" of "groups" attending out wedding. The first time the glasses are hit you and the groom kiss, the next you or the DJ will ask that our parents kiss their spouses, the next the wedding party, grandparents etc. and so on from there

9.Select a charity and kiss only when a donation has been made to the charity in a jar supplied by the bridal couple.

10. have each guest write a hakui (a japanense poem) about the G, B, B&G as a couple, about their wedding day. Remember a hakui is made by Syllables 5 syllables on the first line 7 syllables on the second line 5 syllables on the thrid line example...

On your wedding day
Bob and Jane comitted love for life
Lovely bride and groom

Sally and Robert
Kissey faces all the time
will have lots of kids

[Jena1984]

what we are doing for our wedding is we made 2 giants dice out of felt and bean bag chair filling. If our guest roll an even number we kiss and if they roll an odd number they have to kiss someone else!!!!

[septemberbride06]

I too have never been to a wedding where this has been a tradition. I knew nothing about this as funny as that sounds. I love the idea though.
:panda:

[kevinsbride2B]

I was at a wedding a couple of years ago and in order for the couple to kiss 1 person had to stand up and sing a verse from a love song. By the end of the night guests were making up their own. It was great and it made for an awesome video.

[chrissgurl2007]

At my cousins wedding they had to sing but it had to be a made up song so it got quite hilarious towrds the end of the evening

[HalloweenBride]

I had wanted kazoos, but we decided it was just too much STUFF on the tables (centerpieces, favors..uh..dishes..) oh well.