Classy Mad Lib Guest Book Cards in a Pretty Folded Napkin!

 by nomij
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I was looking for something for guests to do at the reception tables while the room filled up.
I was looking for some creative idea for the guest book.

So when I came acroos the idea for a mad lib for weddings, I thought, AND GUEST BOOK CARD!!!  For those guests who did not want to do a mad lib, I created a space on the back of the card for a note, or even a picture for the creatively inclined, or the kids!  I LOVED how it turned out!

We received soooo many hilarious notes!  And it gave the guests something to break the ice.  We received so many hand drawn pictures from kids and adults on the space provided on the back.  And because of the space, people said more than just "Congratulations" and their name, it encouraged them to write fun notes!  These cards are all part of my guest book card book, such a wonderful memory of our wedding!

To save $$ we decided to use paper napkins.  So when my friend came into my room and said, "Look what I found at the dollar store!  Blue AND Butterfliy Napkins!!!!"  (The colour and theme of our wedding)!  But I did like the large blue napkins that we had already chosen....   solution?  I found how to combine them, and used them to hold the cards, and again... LOVED how it turned out! 

For those new to mad libs, it's a fun word game in which you don't know what story or letter you're creating, but you are asked to choose certain words... nouns, verbs, to complete it. It works the best if you don't know the context in which you are putting the words.  Some of the results are hilarious!


 

 
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Step 1: Come up with the Mad Lib

When I came up with the mad lib, I had already decided that I wanted all the blanks in a column to allow for a hidden story, to fold it away.

So, my mad lib turned out to be:
                               We are  (Emotion)
                       to be at your (Adjective)
Wedding! It’s the biggest (Noun)
                                   since (Historical Event)
    My advice would be to  (Advice)
                         before you (Verb)
         Ben should always (Verb)
                          Naomi’s  (Noun)
and, Naomi, never ever  (Verb)
                  We wish you  (Number)
years of happiness and  (Adjective)
                                            (Plural Noun)

                               Yours  (Adverb)
                                            (Your Names)



It's hard to illustrate on the with this font, but I did justify it properly on the actual card... see the pic.
The BEST part that made me laugh the "We wish you ____________years of happiness and _______  ___________. "

I did add a little help at the bottom of the card, (only on the side that you see when the right is opened.)  I said...

Adjective: Describing Word (Funny, Loud) , Noun: Person, Place or Thing, (cat)
Verb: Action (swim, sing)  Adverb: Ends in "ly (happily, crazily)


Feel free to surf the internet for more wording ideas... just type "Wedding Mad Lib"!
omicronomicron says: Apr 3, 2013. 9:05 PM
am a year late BUT loved this. have a set of cardboard spoons - flat ones but very ornate - which you can dot around the table hidden in napkins, half under dishes etc... on each one is a question such as 'What does the person next to you do for a living?' - so people have to ask...meet new people... get to know the guests etc. Conversation pieces I guess. BUT this is better... the small drawing idea on the back is geniusm since if at a special occasion, you'd gather them all up and stick into albums for wedding/party keepsakes... and the funny bits, read aloud after four or so top-ups of chamers, would be playful and funny... LOVE IT! You are clearly still part-child - a complement indeed.
nomij (author) in reply to omicronomicronApr 4, 2013. 3:40 AM
I totally love that cardboard spoon conversation starter! Almost as much as I love the compliment... I am clearly still part child... definitely a compliment indeed! Thanks! :D
michdibble says: Nov 29, 2012. 10:56 AM
Hello! Do any of you have the word doc for this?

I am very interested in it.
terrillionc says: Feb 11, 2012. 10:01 AM
This is a great idea!!! Voted!
glgraves1983 says: Feb 5, 2012. 8:52 AM
Amazing! I LOVE this idea, I have been searching for xomething unusual and brillaint and now i've found it - thank you!
cloudifornia says: Aug 10, 2011. 7:16 AM
This is a great idea! Voted!
nomij (author) says: Aug 7, 2011. 9:32 AM
If anyone is interested in the word doc of our Mad Lib to change for themselves, feel free to private message me! (I'll trade for a vote!!! LOL!)
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