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| Carnival Or County Fair Themed Wedding - WXII 12 Posted: 05 Sep 2010 01:22 PM PDT According to ezinearticles.com with Guy Antonelli there is a trend in weddings these days to get away from the expected and the traditional and instead to have more fun and be creative. A great way to achieve this is by having your wedding at a unique and fun venue like a state fair or carnival.Setting: Once you have made a decision then get in touch with a state fair, county fair or carnival venue that fits in with your idea of a dream wedding. It is also important to research the practicalities early on in the decision making process so that you do not get your heart set on having a wedding at a place that is not possible. When using an atypical location for your wedding, you could hire a wedding planner to oversee the details and ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible. But if you can't afford one then think cheaper. There are several ways to succeed in having your themed wedding.When you are having your wedding at a fun and unique place, you should definitely embrace the spirit of your site. For instance, there is no point trying to have a formal reception at a carnival or fair. Instead, get into the swing of it, by offering your guests cotton candy, candy apples, funnel cake, blooming onions, and other fair favorites. You can use your invitations to give your lucky guests a preview of your wedding. Design them to look like the admission ticket for a carnival by substituting your wedding details for the fair information, and blowing them up to a standard invitation size.Attire: The wedding party attire should also fit in with the special venue. The bride can certainly still wear a white wedding gown (expect a massive dry cleaning bill afterwards! or as brides are doing today "trash the dress" on that day), but it should be lighthearted and whimsical, not serious or very traditional. Handcrafted bridal jewelry in pretty colors would make a nice alternative to the classic strand of pearls. You can have your bridal jewelry handcrafted to match the color of your bridesmaid dresses, or even go for a fun tutti-fruity mixture of colored crystals, would which suit a carnival or fair perfectly.Photos: This is the type of wedding where hiring a really talented photographer is key, because you will have the opportunity to get some fantastic shots. Forget about posed group photos, and make your wedding album be all about capturing the enjoyable moments of your wedding reception. Take advantage of the special features of your reception site. For example, a Coney Island wedding would not be complete without some photos of the newlyweds on a wooden rollercoaster. The carnival offers many wonderful photographic backdrops, such as the Ferris wheel, carousel, and even the strong man contest (maybe the groom can ring the bell and win a prize for his new bride!)Photo booths are great to have all kinds of photos of the guests and wedding party.Your wedding is a time to have fun and celebrate. Choosing a unique and fun public place for your venue is one great idea to make your wedding a memorable and enjoyable time for your guests. As they say, let the good times roll!Foods: www.wedding-ideas-guide.com tells us, "you should set up stations so your presentation is done with a little flair. Like all the awesome carnival sandwiches. Have the components on a plate to eat with a knife and fork rather than on a bun. Funnel cake fries fresh made (there are recipes on line for it, and you can get it at the store sometimes and corn dogs too.,)popcorn set out in fancy bowls, a apple/caramel dish rather than caramel apples on a stick, etc"."Different interactive stations coupled with servers passing around fun mini food (like the fancy corndogs, sliders w/ milkshakes, etc.) you can have a station doing the fire-roasted chili-lime corn on the cob, maybe another doing italian sausage and peppers and other carnival type food. Dessert can be the most fun. In addition to your cake, I would have a frozen lemonade stand, snow cones, cotton candy, pretzels, candy apples, pop corn machines w/ old fashioned popcorn tubs. It should be really fun and interactive".If you are able to have the wedding in a backyard or even inside, according to www.countryweddings.com you could have a hot dog cart, a cotton candy cart, popcorn etc. Then for desert have maybe an ice cream cart, chocolate fountain, etc. In addition to cake and ice cream, consider serving small, novelty deserts like miniature pies, tarts and assorted baked goods. The décor could look like an old ice cream parlor with the vendors dressed in black, red and white. Popcorn served in red and white popcorn containers, hot dogs, candy apples and cotton candy.You can even build a concession stand for real carnival authenticity! WeddingsTheKnot.com says to think of a fair reception as serving down home comfort food. A mini-grilled cheese seems so much nore sophisticated if it's made with a different kind of cheese. Similarly, mini-corn dogs with a chipotle dipping sauce is the dressed up, grown up version of a carnival corn dog. Changing one ingredient can make a food seem new and gourmet. Go for something interactive along side it, like a live action cotton candy station or funnel cake station. You can have a casual setting with hamburgers, hot dogs, finger sandwiches, corn on the cob, pierogies, steak on a stick, stromboli, gyros, elephant ears, and even a lemonade stand.Have cigarette girls, dressed in costume, hand out candy or cigars if you have a smoking crowd.Decorations: Put up a tent in the backyard, and think of it as a Big Top. For lighting hang colorful lanterns throughout the tent and reception space. Or just go for the open spaces with picnic tables. Incorporate different crafts into your centerpieces, and display quilts or tablecloths with flowers on them. String flags of different colors across between trees or poles. You can use your wedding colors or the traditional carnival colors of red and white to decorate everything.Colorful balloons can go throughout the tent or around the yard. You can also have a brightly lit sign welcoming guests to the "House of Fun," along with the couples name and wedding date. Custom-designed pennants, can decorate the party with a carnival logo, hung from chain-link fencing to create an authentic look. Your wedding could have what a carnival inspired bar mitzvah had: swags of bright blue, green, orange, and purple fabric create a canopy effect over a white, high-gloss dance floor. Each table featured an over-the-top carnival game, a roller-coaster, or a Ferris wheel as its centerpiece. The Ferris wheel was personalized with small photos of the couple or wedding party sitting in each seat. Check out the photos in the slideshow to the right from www.partyspot.com. Games And Entertainment: Hire a fun band to play old-fashioned music, and square or line dance together. Hire a fire eater/breather, a magician, a fortune teller, and someone to make balloon animals, swords and hats. (The experts say don't hire a clown? Someone might be afraid of them!)Get creative and build or rent carnival games like a dunk tank, ring toss and other games. Set up with different carnival booths, including a fortune-teller, double basketball shoot, Dance Dance Revolution, Karaoke machine, and a party hat display where guests could create fabulous and outrageous hats to wear and take home afterward. Or just have different games separated from each other set-up throughout the yard or room.You may also want to have games set up such as potato sack races or apple bobs. Some booths with games (ring toss, ping pong water toss, ballons filled with paint) that kind of thing. Set up a board of balloons and give guests three darts each. Eat some pie at a pie-eating contest.Setup a prize wheel for the kids to get really fun favors like gift cards to cold stone (its 3.00 for a kids ice cream) or small things. Carnival Bingo—Winners get a prize! Guests can take home loads of carnival party favors: stuffed-animal prizes from the games, caricatures, photo strips from a photo booth, and the crazy party hats. Your guests can keep a few of the photos, and then they can put a few in an album with a special written note to you.You can have a beautiful and fun carnival/county or state fair wedding theme with all these ideas or just use some of them. The important thing is to enjoy and have fun on your wedding day! This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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