Do you have to give away the centerpieces??

At the end of the wedding. My mom says I have to but I dont like thoses games.

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You don't have to but it is easier getting rid of them, you might wind up with them or depending on the catering hall they will throw them out or give them to the employees. I know this because I work in a catering hall.

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I was at a wedding last week where the bride didn't do any give aways of the centerpieces. My BM & I just helped ourselves to 1 each on the way out

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Your guests look forward to being able to take it home-I think most people expect some sort of 'game' but you can just let it be up to them if you'd like.

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We just let whoever wanted them take them.

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Oh ok thats fine. If they throw them out fine and if people help themselves Im happy.

Thanks

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You don't necessarily have to play those games but there are always guests who want to go home with a centerpiece and the games are a way of having someone win it fairly. You don't want someone getting upset if someone decides to take the centerpiece.

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It makes it easier to give them away. People tend to fight over who takes them home, so to be fair people devise a game to give them away.

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I have never been to a wedding were you play a game to win a centerpiece, and I've been to alot of weddings. I think who ever wanted it, took it. Or maybe I just don't pay attention. What kind of game do you play?

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They usually have the Dj tell everyone to look under thier chair and if there is a penny they get the flowers, ot he dollar game. the dollar gets passed around at the table and when the music stops that person gets the floweers

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my centerpieces have a mirror, candle stick, votive holders and a ring of garland and flowers. All separate pieces. Can't see anyone wanting to take all that with them. Any suggestions?

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personally, I don't like the games -we didn't do them. I've been to weddings where they do the games and while its cute, I think it assumes that everyone is vying for the centerpiece and thats often not the case.

At our wedding, some guests took centerpieces and some tables left them there. The ones that were left were scooped up by our mothers who were thrilled to have them.

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one game I've seen played is the person who'd travelled the farthest to get to the wedding gets the centerpiece. Great, but some of those people probably flew there - they're gonna take a centerpiece on the plane?

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Our DJ did a really funny thing, he had everyone looking under their chairs for a penny (there were none) and then he had a woman at each table stand up and tie their napkin in a knot and pass it around to music the person who ended up with the napkin had o untie it and drap it on their arm and he said the would be the tables drink server for the night! Then they passed the napkin to the right four people and they got to take the centerpeice home. It was pretty funny!!

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Sl you hall..because maybe the florist can give some tissue papaer and they take the venterpieves outside and when peole leave they each get a part of it... wedid that abd ony ended up with the flowers from the venterpieves...Ask the florist,,,,

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I like what Lisat did. We are jsut going to leave them, if people ant them they can have em. If not Im sure my family will take them home

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I wanted to guarantee that my mom got hers so I told the dj to just make an announcement that the person with the closest birthday gets the centerpiece - quick and simple (and my moms b-day was 9 days after the wedding)

my mom ended up giving it too my cousin

also when people were leaving...if they had a centerpiece with them...I was able to wish them a happy birthday

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yabbobay - I love that idea!

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I have never been to a wedding where they did any games and don't think I want that doe at my wedding either.

My centerpieces are very big heavy floating candle dishes with glass stones & a lighthouse in it. Don't think they will disappear to easily.