Don’t know where to start with getting maid of honour speech ideas for your sister’s wedding? Can’t think of a single anecdote to use? Use this list – created especially to generate a stack of maid of honour speech ideas for sisters – to conjure fresh, original material that will make your speech shine.
Don’t worry about spinning these ideas into speech format for now – and don’t stress if they’re not hilarious.
Later, you can weed out any ideas that won’t work, and polish the best ideas into a golden wedding speech.
But that’s later! Right now, it’s all about noting down as many ideas as possible to get the ball rolling. No idea is a bad one!
So, make your favourite drink and grab a sheet of paper (or open Google docs or the notes app on your phone). Let’s start jotting some ideas down.
10 prompts to spark great maid of honour speech ideas for sisters
- What’s your earliest memory – or a significant early memory – of your sister? Were there any clues then to hint at the way she’d turn out as an adult?
- When did your sister first introduce you to her partner? What were your first impressions?
- When did you know your sister and her partner would be together for the long-haul? Was there a particular meal? An outing? Something her partner helped your sister with?
- What’s one trait you admire about your sister? Can you think of a time this trait really shone through?
- What’s the biggest fight you and your sister ever had as children, that – and this is important – you can both laugh about now? What did that say about your sister as a person?
- Does your sister have any hobbies? What do these say about her as a person, and a life partner?
- What’s one trait you admire about your sister’s partner? Can you think of a time this trait really shone through?
- What key things do your sister and her partner have in common? Do you recall the first time you found out they had this shared interest?
- What’s one thing your sister and her partner’s relationship has taught you? Is there an instance where you noticed this aspect of their relationship?
- Do you have any emails or WhatsApp messages from when your sister was dating her partner in the early days? Did your sister say anything that hinted at the relationship to come?
Easy as that! Hopefully, these prompts sparked some maid of honour speech ideas for your sister’s wedding speech. Allow yourself to marinate on these ideas for a while, and be sure to ask your parents and your sister’s friends if there are any stories that stand out to them from these prompts.
Once you have your stack of maid of honour speech ideas, it’s time to:
- Select the best ones
- Structure them into a speech
- Polish the speech writing to make the speech shine
- Nail the delivery
Hoping to write a funny maid of honour speech? Don’t worry if your stories don’t seem that humorous at first.
The best stories aren’t inherently funny on their own – it’s the way they’re told that gets people laughing.
If you want help turning regular anecdotes into humorous stories, check out my 5 Step Guide to Writing a Funny Speech. I go into detail about how professional comedians transform regular anecdotes into hilarious, memorable tales – and show you how to do exactly the same.
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