A Bozo Buckets or ring toss wedding game: your new glass-clinking alternative idea
In case you’ve never heard of it (it’s totally regional), the tradition of guests tapping their glassware and making the couple kiss is A Thing. And when you’re trying to eat your high-priced dinner, kissing every two seconds can get tiresome. So we rounded up some ways to save the glassware and make it a challenge to make you to kiss at the reception. Andrea’s idea was to use the concept of Bozo Buckets/ring toss. Toss ping pong balls into numbered buckets and set up the rules for each.
Want to see some make-outs? Pony up for charity instead of glass clinking
We love this alternative to the glass-clinking-kissing tradition. Instead of having guests clink their glasses to get the couples to kiss, they solicited a small donation for a worthy cause, the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. See how Hailey and Delainy did it, what signage they used, and why they chose to celebrate a cause instead of just some smooching.
Your new glass-clinking hack: this hula hoop kissing game
Andrea and Chris had fire dancers with hula hoops at their forest-y wedding which created a kick-ass opportunity for an alternative kissing/glass-clinking game. In this case, they had a quirky meet-cute story which involved Andrea being hit in the noggin with a crumpled piece of paper. When hula hoops met crumpled paper, the rest of this game was history: a hula hoop kissing game.
Stop the violence against glassware: 6 glass-clinking alternatives
Are you like me — a person who HATES the glass-clinking tradition? If you aren’t comfortable kissing on command, or bringing out the bitch face, here are some useful glass clinking alternatives from Offbeat Bride readers…