Beach Wedding Reception Ideas
  
Looking for beach wedding reception
ideas? After all that gushy romance, it's time to party. Here are some ideas for a wedding reception on
the sand itself, or at a reception site with a beach-inspired theme.
Beach Wedding
Music
For fun and frivolous beach wedding reception ideas, have your guests boogie down to the beach
tunes popular in the 1960s like the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, and the Mamas and the Papas. Hire a local band
that specializes in this kind of music, Hawaiin shirts and all. Have a limbo contest, a shag competition, or
a conga line to add to the summer fun festivities.
Beach Wedding
Food
Ask your caterer to fill the guests' plates with gifts from the ocean like crabs, lobster, and
salmon. For appetizers, make Hawaiian puu-puu platters of shellfish and pineapple. Serve exotic cocktails
with umbrellas in them. Or, if you are looking for a more Cape Cod-style event, have an old-fashioned clam
bake. For a truly casual beach affair, rent a beach house - so after your oceanside ceremony, you can all
head back to the yard for a barbeque.
Almost There
If you're having your reception inside, you can still pretend you're out on the cliffs. Hang
antique liferafts for decoration, or place your beach wedding favors
on a surfboard or in beach buckets. Line the dance floor with seashells, or stack them in buckets around the
room mixed with seaglass. Bring in deck chairs for the lobby.
Shell Cake
Extend your ocean dreams even to your beach wedding
cakes. Ask your baker if they can make shells, starfish, or seahorses out of fondant, chocolate, or icing
to decorate your cake. Ask for tropical fillings like pineapple. Or, accentuate a simple wedding cake with
the real deal - surround it with real starfish, shells, or other beachy items to bring your cake into the
nautical theme.
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