Reddit reviews 10 PCS Yellow Chinese/Japanese Paper Lantern/Lamp 10" Diameter - Just Liroyal Brand

Okay, first off, instead of the clinking cups to make you kiss - let them do it once, and then explain the new rules - Folks have to do their best star wars imitations or quotes.

If you can spare it, and I don't know how many people there are in your wedding party - and if there's not enough aka about 8 or so people - get some close family members. Buy cheap plastic light sabers and as you are walking away from the ceremony after being pronounced husband and wife, do a Light saber arch - Military folks do a normal sabre arch, you can have them turn on the light sabers and boom! Star wars nerdy version!

Lets see, what else off the top of my head. Since it's informal, there's tons of ways to incorporate all your things. The games that you guys love, if there's any recognizable symbols in them, you can get cupcakes - as opposed to cake and cupcakes are kid friendly to boot - with yellow icing and fondant/gum past symbols on the top - or made of paper and toothpicked onto them. You can get grey cupcake liners made of paper

You can also hang These around the yard, strung up by twine (you can buy grey twine! ) And they sell (look just below the picture at the "bought with these" little LED lights that you hook inside them. You have nice color theme lighting, that informal, nice and keeping in with a nice backyard wedding. Decent priced as well. You can intersperse grey and yellow streamers here and there, or grey and yellow balloons.

Hmm what else... Man, I woudl totally plan your wedding out for you if I lived near you :laughs: I loved planning my own backyard wedding. If you have time, PREP YOUR GARDEN. Find out which flowers will bloom around when you have your wedding, and the colours. Make sure they are planted and prepped in the appropriate time. Also, religiously cut the grass in your yard every few days for a month before the wedding, and make sure that you clear any grass cuttings. You can rent chairs, aim for as wide a foot on your chair as aesthetically possible, because if they super skinny, they will sink into the ground when a person sits on them, depending on how damp the ground is. Make back up plans in case of rain - Mind you, it rained cats and dogs two hours before my wedding and hail, then stopped for the wedding, then a few hours later, rinse repeat.

Also, for the kids, pizza. period. Cheap, kids will be happy, hire a babysitter or two -depending on how many kids - to keep an eye on them and all your guests who are parents will love you because someone will be herding their kids and they can relax and enjoy. I had three teenagers at mine, and it went perfectly. They were in a side room at the Lions Hall and the parents relaxed.

You can also do each table as a horror movie theme, whether you are doing assigned seating, or just going to do tables with benches/chairs in rows and let folks sit where they want - we opted for that in the hall. Bridesmaid/groomsmen gifts can be copies of your favourite horrow movies/game. Flowers can be white and yellow with grey ribbon covering the stalks.

You can get little small party favours and do trivia to break up the dinner and the reception, make them earn their wedding favours! A DJ is a good idea, and make sure to invite your neighbours to the reception, as they will be much more forgiving of loud music and such, if they are known that they are welcome to join etc etc and set a time for when the music MUST be turned down/noise ordinance goes into effect. Usually like 9 or 10.

If doing it in backyard for sure. Hire a bartender. Discuss with them what you want, and they can easily tell you what your going to expect to spend. Odds are that they will not provide the alcohol, but you can easily then go out, buy the base for the drinks and spirits and beer, and they can serve. Check to see if you will need a permit for that - you probably be an event permit and easy to get if required or the bartender will be able to secure it. But it will be worth it to hire a bartender.

I can dig up/think up more with some more thinking. Like I said, I loved planning mine and I love helping others with theirs! I love weddings!