Little quirks for the evening do?

How about an ice cream tricycle. or sweet trees

At risk of being controversial I would say that all the things you mentioned weren't quirky at all, but pretty commonplace at many weddings. I'd probably think "oh another sweetie table/choc fountain/photo booth".

I'd prefer a corking good DJ or live band and a wonderful atmosphere and lots of laughter. Not quirky, but that's what make a memorable wedding for me!

We're having a magician!! So excited as it's the one thing we haven't told anyone about.

Oooo I like those ideas! What would the magician do? Card tricks etc? I like that!

I've never been to a wedding with any of them, then again I've only been for a handful of weddings

Fair point, these things do seem to be quite common these days. However, I've only been to 3 weddings in the past 3 years and neither of them had any of the things you mentioned so although they might be done all the time, your guests might not have seen them!

We're going for a sweetie table, which yes i know has been done a million times, but I reckon 85% of our guests wont have seen one - and we like the idea so what the hell!

For food Ideas I'd suggests a Cupcake Bar, a few different flavoured cupcakes already frosted, but with different toppings - Sprinkles, M&M's, jellybeans lol you get the idea! Can do the same with ice cream too. I do like the idea of old style popcorn and candy-floss carts, though.

You could hire a body artist/face painter, for the kids, they could get their faces done and the adults could get 'tattoos' we were toying with this idea as I'm quite heavily tattooed and I love the art so we were thinking of incorporating that into the reception as entertainment.

Depending on how you want the wedding to feel you could buy some inflatable novelties (caveman club, guitar, big hands, space hoppers etc) for your guests to 'battle' with. Board games, lawn games, Drinking games.. lol

Or theres 'street' magicians, you can hire arcade games, a caricaturist , endless possibilities!

The thing is, things like sweetie tables or photobooths are known to us because we've been researching this for about 18 months, but to people who aren't planning a wedding they won't seem common place, so I think they work for 'unusual'. We're having a dessert picnic table which will be decorated like a picnic, with posh finger food desserts, all set out in baskets on astroturf on the table.

We're also having a bouncy castle!

Picnic table sounds nice. There was a bouncy castle in the grounds of our reception venue (not our choice) and none of the guests went on it!

We had a rat pack singer who did a set as the evening guests were arriving. He also sang for me and my Dad to have a dance to "me and my shadow" (my dad used to sing that to get me sleep when I was little.) Not sure if thats quirky though... We just both really like Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin etc.

We had an ice cream tricycle and it was fantastic, really popular, cost us £400

Not sure if its been mentioned but how about a fun dress up box and photo booth?

How about the male guests doing a mass striptease and lapdance for the groom?

Just us then....

We had giant garden games which were a luagh and broke the ice. But the best evening activity was our band. They were fantastic, got everyone up on the dance floor and gave us such a great athmosphere.

Can't remember where I read it (rob here) but someone s having someone do charactures. I think that would be pretty cool!

If I had the cash I'd get a great band.... or maybe a fun fair. My TOGs just done a wedding with a helter skelter! This couple also had a silent disco, outside...

Whats a silent disco?!

Okay, poorly worded explanation coming up: Everyone has headphones (usually wireless) and can listen to whatever you like. Everyone's dancing, but without the headphones the whole thing is silent.

I do believe this might well fall under the terms quirky and unusual ! ?

Hi thanks for the recommendation mrsrawe2b :-)

We also offer ice sculptures and ice bars all of which we are able to personalise for your big day. A table plan set in ice is also a popular attraction for your reception?

Maybe freezing some pictures of you and your husband-to-be into a funky luge or some ice centre pieces. Email us on ****@********.**.** for more details or check out our website www.funkyice.co.uk

Maybe it's just me but why are so many of these ideas more suitable for a childrens' party than a wedding? I'm not six years old and don't want to decorate cupcakes/eat jelly tots and fizzy cola bottles/ put sprinkles on ice creams...! I would defintely avoid this kind of "entertainment" if it was provided.

I rather prefer the idea of a wedding being a "grown up" occassion. ☹️

Honestly AC- If you don't stop being bitchy about cupcake buffets I will tell the teacher!

As an aside- the striptease/lapdance fiasco at my wedding was not planned- I had expected a simple night of drinking dancing and bacon rolls.

Guess many of us must just be big kids at heart !

I'm having garden games not just so the kids have something to do but also because a few of us are quite childishly competitive so there will no doubt be a queue at the giant buzz wire with people trying to out do each other, I really wanted the buzzwire that had the helmet with it but thought people might not want there hair messed up on such a grown up occasion ?

Also having a chocolate fountain, while I'm sure my OH would happily feed me chocolate dipped strawberries on a stick (if I asked nicely) but I figure it's my wedding so I'll pay for a professional to do it ?

* keeps fingers crossed the fountain operator is a fine specimen of the male species *

I wanted a mechanical bull. Really wanted one.

What is funnier than competitive drunken men in suits on a mechanical bull clinging on for dear life?

H2B overruled it. ☹️

Ahhhhhh, that would be amazing!!

In terms of what we're doing, we're hosting a quiz between the ceremony and dinner; fiancé's brother and his ska band will then play a few numbers before the dancing starts.

Thats so nice to hear, thank you

Have you received a quote from us already, luges and sculptures aren't as expensive as people think!

We are having them as they are included in the package. What kind of games did you have?

The thing is, we had a photobooth/choc fountain/garden games, but majority of the guests just wanted to talk/dance/watch others.

The most popular bit of our evening was the band

BAH Mini...is it wrong just to want to EAT the bleddy cupcakes then, and not to want to be part of making the wretched things???

PS For what is "bacon rolls" a euphemism?

Well the spacehopper race was pretty funny.... ?

But in all honesty, if the things you want to do reflect you as a couple (we had dressing up stuff... we do that all the time!) then go for it. But if you are only doing it because you think you should then I wouldn't bother.

People entertain themselves at weddings.

alas bacon rolls means just that. My wedding wasn't a totally sordid affair.

Aw never mind!! ?

We have a candy cart, chocolate fountain and ice cream van for the evening xx