From a magic trick ice-breaker to a carnivale-esque stilt-walker, reception entertainment that’s borderline wild-child shouldn’t be frowned upon so quickly. Whether it’s a little sleight of hand, a penchant for pyro, or a reincarnation of that infamous Footloose barn scene, fab fun activities for all spread warmth and good cheer before you can say pouf!
cirque du oh yey!
Photo by Thomas Strobel
Lions and tigers and acrobats, oh my! Forego the tigresse and just hire an aerialist for an exquisitely lofty pursuit of eye candy. If your post-nupt wining and dining is taking place outside, consider these fantastical options:
A fire show bursts against the night sky, just as guests begin filing in to meet you upon the fair-grounds of love
Balloon artists keep the kiddies charmed and the inner child within cradled in nostalgia. Enjoy this toon-tastic treat amongst mason jars of penny candy and butter cream frosting
Bend minds with zesty jugglers, tongue-and-cheek pickpocketers, fortune tellers, and plate spinners – this season, impish is in
risque business
Photo by Portrait Workshop
When jest is done in good fun, a poke and a prod MAD TV-style tickles the funny bone just as well as any punch bowl sans the morning-after dry mouth. Invest in such Saturday-night-lovin’ acts as:
A caricaturist weaving and sketching his or her way through the crowd
A classy burlesque act replete with vintage-y fashion sense and plenty of pout
A flashy cabaret act shined and powdered in patent leather and garters
song and dance babe
Paleo-something or others vouch for the fact that dance was man’s first way of expressing happiness. Get your guests schmoozing and grooving to their internal rhythms by:
Assigning each table a fav’ tune - any time the band or DJ rolls out this particular track, it’s that table’s turn to dance. Don’t worry wallflowers, they can always use more cowbell
Hiring a belly dancer to perform for something a little more exotic and sensual
Scouting out a so-you-think-you-can dance pair of lyrical jazz dancers to perform a moving duet before kicking it into high gear and leading others out onto the dance floor
odd belle of the ball
Photo by Circus Malabaristas
Grecian gods and plastic scepters, juicy bubble-gum machines, and wind-swept pinwheels – closeted kitsch fetishes are free to run as wild as your imagination will let them. For a punch-drunk, what-the-? declaration of love, opt for:
Euro-inspired human statues - prepped for posing at photo-ops
Gorgeous origami artists – paper cranes are just the tip of the ice sculpture
Yarn-spinning story-tellers – for a more sedated mood come sun-down
