What are some good ideas for throwing an Alaska themed wedding reception?!
What are some good ideas for throwing an Alaska themed wedding reception?
This party will be a backyard bash for a sendoff for our Alaskan honeymoon in Virigina. I'm already serving Salmon for dinner and maybe some crab, and chocolate "moose" for dessert (food seems to be my speciality here). We will have a fire pit out back. Need ideas for cake, party favors, decorations, or some other items to make it more of an Alaska send off. Maybe something to do with puddle jumpers. Any one know of widely available Alaskan beer?
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What in the heck are puddle jumpers? And we don't have igloos all over the place, seriously. Baked Alaska would be a great desert, better than moose actually. The fire pit is awesome, and will do good. Beer, I always see my parents go for Alaskan Amber... don't know if it is good or not. If you have a cake, try having pinecone decorations on it or maybe like fly fishing gear wrapped around it (just don't do hooks lol) something outdoorsy looking. There was a wedding here where the couple got married on a muskocks farm, and a lot just out in the mountains. The best decoration would be some kind of fishnet little goody bags, tied together with fishing string and inside of it put those sweedish fish in it. Leave those on everyones table. There is soooo much you could do, for sure, look up alaska bride on google and I am sure you will find stories and ideas that will help you plan!
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Have lived in Alaska my entire life!
Get some smoked salmon & and some other kind's of fish
You could make little igloos out of styrofoam balls, and/or make snowshoes out of pipe cleaners and string. Or you could make an igloo shaped cake, maybe use a bundt pan.
Check out Alaskan Brew Company's website as they have lists of distributors - you can even order online!
As for things for the theme ... what about a rock climbing wall? Completely unexpected but tons of fun!!
As for decorations I once saw these really cool lights that projected very detailed shadows of aspen trees and mountain backgrounds that were very very cool. Trying to find that site again ... It was on gifts.com that I found it originally.
Contact the Alaskan Tourist Board for information on what can be exported. I have a friend that lives there who managed to give us all Reindeer Poop Pins at a class reunion and they were great! You can also look at what the National Flower and Bird is and incorporate that into your theme. When i think of Alaska, I think of the Denali Mountain Range, lakes, salmon, snow, and wild berries. Good Luck!
Instead of cake, have "Baked Alaska"--it's really not that difficult to make.
Re-name your favorite punch "Iceberg punch" and float giant hunks of ice in it.
start charging everyone $4.50 a beer(thats the price up here) then add a bunch of crime and natives standing around drunk. Take away any pines trees and replace with small skinny spruce and for the wildlife effect you will only need moose (never seen anything else here). You could also get a fan that blows winds 80 miles and hour and some rain (if you want the summer feel,) or alot of dry Ice and cold ,,,try to get down to -30 for the winter feel. That sounds like a good start.
Get an igloo ice sculpture
snow and snow flakes everywhere