Include a collection of crayons, colored pencils, and a small notebook at each place setting so kids can document their findings. This tradition has a range of variations. Usually, the bride and groom toss the bouquet and garter into a crowd of single guests.
How to play: Though more extensive versions exist, tossing the bouquet and garter into a crowd once indicated good luck in love for the lucky recipient. Many couples are now replacing this tradition by tossing a breakaway bouquet—one that allows everyone to catch a flower, by holding a flower ceremony, or by simply having a girls-only dance off with the bride.
Keep things exciting for years to come! Set up a fun spot for guests to suggest date night ideas for all your years together.
How to play: In the cocktail hour area or the dining room, leave a place for guests to come up with unique or traditional date night ideas for your marriage. Either keep their ideas secret with a special box for collecting the cards, or set up a fun display for everyone to see. Get hesitant dancers on the floor with this throwback. The DJ stops the music abruptly while the bride and groom act as judge. How to play: Interactive dancing games are a great way to break up the last several hours at the end of the night.
During one particular song, get all the kids and adults up on the dance floor to show their craziest moves, only to freeze when the DJ abruptly stops the music. The bride or groom—or perhaps some younger members of the wedding party—can choose the winners after several rounds. Turn a favorite photo into a page from a coloring book! Include colored pencils and a spot for guests to hang their art.
How to play: Use an online resource or you own artistic skills to turn a favorite photo from your past into a coloring book page. Spread copies throughout the dining tables so guests can dive into this creative task the moment they sit down for salad. Break the ice with this group questionnaire game. Guests stand up when they agree with the funny question or statement. How to play: A great way to get stories flowing! When the DJ plays two seconds of the upcoming song, name the tune first for a prize or a special place on the dance floor!
How to play: A great way to get your DJ in on the fun is to incorporate a game of Name That Tune into the dancing portion of the evening. As the DJ plays a short portion of the song, the crowd has to guess the song. Vary the songs throughout generations, and even include the kids in on the fun.
How to play: Set up simiarly to corn hole, two teams of one to two people toss their ball-and-string combo onto one of three rungs. This is an easy DIY with some piping, paint, golf balls and twine. Change up this classic game by adding small pictures of your guests at the wedding for personalized fun. This makes for a great wedding party game for guests who have known the bride and groom during different life stages.
Two players pair up against one another and each secretly choose one of the players in their mind. Who will end up with wedding cake on their face? Let the guests decide!
Leave out jars for bets on either the bride or groom. The jar with the larger amount decides whether the bride or groom ends up with the cake on their face! Puzzle-loving crowd? Create your own crossword for your guests with hints and questions from you relationship. This crossword puzzle game also gets the table guests chatting and making new friends. Invite guests to include a message of love before placing their block at the top of the tower. Try not to topple the tower!
How to play: Guest books come in all forms now—why not make yours interactive for the rest of your marriage? Set out a Jenga tower with instructions to write a message on the block itself. Guests can either play the game as they write, or build the tower up from the bottom. Play with the message-filled set after the wedding or arrange the blocks in a large picture frame as a unique collage.
Keep everyone crafting away with some old fashioned origami fortune tellers. Include plenty of art supplies for decorating. How to play: Popular since elementary school, these fun-to-fold fortune tellers add a special romance and excitement to sitting down to dinner. Be sure to include a visual instruction for newbies and an adult on hand to help with writing and folding for the little ones.
Include a collection of cards at the dinner table that encourage guests to share their own marriage advice for the newlyweds. Include a place for guests to both write and place their advice cards, and later turn these into a unique guest book.
For a special touch, arrange a wine bottle for each upcoming anniversary and ask guests to enter cards for each landmark year. What will be said during the toast portion of the evening?
How to play: There are always a few standard sentiments in each maid of honor and best man speech. Create bingo boards for each dinner plate and let your guests play along with you. Remember to provide bingo chips and a fun prize for whoever reaches bingo first!
Name each dinner table by song title. When the song plays, the whole table must rush to the dance floor to get things moving! Fynsys Wedding Salon. Slimmer Face Real Makeup. Makeup Slime Cooking Master. Makeup Slime Cooking Master 2. Pretty Box Bakery Game. Baby Emma Bridesmaid Outfits.
FooFoo, Go! Baby Taylor Thanksgiving Day. Pretty Bride. Baby Hazel Flower Girl. Bridal Rush. Mine Sweeper. Rotating Rubiks Cube. Halloween Match 3. Pixel Bricks And Balls. When you want more than just guests from each reception table to interact, bring in the entire group with wedding games to please the masses. Ice breakers aren't just for business meetings; they can also be wedding games to help guests get to know the bride and groom that much better.
One popular example is the Wedding Shoe Game , in which the bride and groom are seated in chairs back to back.
Shoes are removed so that the groom holds one of his own and one of the bride's, and vice versa for the bride. Either the DJ or a member of the wedding party reads the questions out loud for the entire reception group to hear. In response, the couple raises the shoe of the person who the answer to the question best represents.
To get your guests more involved, have them submit questions into a box prior to the start of the game. For preset questions, consider the following:. DIY Tip: A great way to get guests involved is by giving each person a stick with a picture of the bride's face on one side and the groom's on the other. When each question is asked, guests can hold up the picture that corresponds to their guess.
Want to encourage mingling among your guests? Another wedding games ice breaker is Bingo. In this version, guests don't sit and mark off a card as numbers are called. Instead, they have to take their card around to the other guests to find someone in the room who can claim "That's Me! When creating the cards, try to avoid being too generic with descriptions and think about unique clues to describe your guests. Here are some ideas:. Don't forget about the wee ones at your wedding!
Not only do they bore easily, but sitting still during ceremonies and dinners can lead to antsy pants. Set up a wedding games area just for them or pack their table with wedding games and fun activities to keep them entertained. Not sure where to begin with your wedding planning? Take our Style Quiz and we'll pull together a custom wedding vision and vendors to match, just for you. After that, create a free, personalized wedding website to keep your guests informed and excited!
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