I am getting married in April of 2006 and I am trying to get a few ideas. I would really appreciate it if anyone had ideas for games, if that's what you want to call them. It don't really matter if they are g-rated, I will read all ideas and possibly use them.
Maybe you could do an old fashioned raffle drawing. Give a card with a number on it to each guest when they come to the reception, put each card in a box, have a drawing for "prizes". The prizes could be some really neat things, like a mini barbeque grill or something like that. You could also raffle the bride's bouquet, or some of the wedding flower bouquets. Or a special dessert of some sort (pie, cake, etc).
Have your guest write a poem for you and your new hubby. You can give them the start by having the top of the page (no bigger than a 4X6) read Amanda and "Joe" were wed today.... And have them fill in the rest. Then have the MC or a guest from each table read it to you and the other guest. I makes a cute keepsake for you too!
My favorite to do at a bridal shower is to come up with a list of questions specific to the couple (i.e where was your first kiss? first date? biggest pet peeve? favorite movie? favorite feature about the other? favorite food, etc). A few days prior to the shower (try to get as close to the actual shower as you can) meet with the groom and interview him using the questions. Then, at the shower have all the guests write down their guess as to how many answers the bride will match with the groom. Then, ask the bride the same questions you asked the groom. You can also actually video tape your interview with the groom and show it "live" at the shower as the bride answers the questions. Or you can first ask the bride the questions in front of everyone and then arrange to call the groom when you're ready to do the game and put him on speaker phone and have him answer the questions live! Whichever guest gets closest to guessing the number of answers she thought the groom/bride would match, wins a prize. Take Home the Table Centerpieces To determine which guests got to bring home the table centerpieces, our emcee asked a question. The guest who answered the question correctly, got to bring home the table centerpiece. For example, our emcee asked the question "Who is carrying a picture of their mother-in-law in their wallet?" The first guest to raise their hand and show proof, was the lucky winner! I attended a wedding where the bridal party had pre-arranged a funny idea. The emcee made an announcement that since the bride was finally married, everyone who had a key to her apartment had to give it up. Tons of guys came up and dropped a key into a bucket, including one of the waiters. When it came the groom's turn, the only people that came up to drop off a key was another guy and an elderly lady.
Maybe I am too old for this! (lol) Do people really play games at wedding receptions? I just can't imagine it. I know that there are games at bridal showers. Between the receving line and the toasts and dinner and all that dancing, why/when would there be time for party games?
Blindfold the bride, pick a few men guests at the reception to go up to the front. Have them seated, and then the bride will find her groom by touching only their faces.
I went to a wedding two weeks ago and they had a really cute game that they played. It was kind of a game of musical chairs except they would have to run out in the audience and get a sock, a 100.00, cuff links, etc. They had only 4 people for the bride and four for the groom. Each time that they would leave their seats, one chair would be gone. So the bride and groom cheated a little bit so that they would win. So at the very end there was one girl and one guy...thats when they had to get the 100.00. The DJ said that since they were such good sports they could both have half... Then they played for the ty breaker. The money did go back to the person who gave it away and it is a fun game and everyone gets into the excitment. The only thing is, it would be better to have that at the beginning of the reception or close to the end, because they had a hard time making the rest of the evening quite. Hope this helps you a little, if you got any better ideas, please let me know!
I'm getting married in Cabo next Feb and I've also been thinking of a few games to get the party started(although with my friends and his friends....I'm not too worried about that) my wedding planner told me about a game she saw recently, you sit a bottle of tequila in the middle of the floor and you get all your guests to dance and you pick a person to take a shot and then they have to pick the next person and so on, you might have some really drunk guests but it will be fun as long as they can hang,you can pick the same person over and over again(as long as it isn't the bride or groom)
We're in our 40's and getting married this October. Our wedding is a casual picnic style affair and we'd like to do things a little differently ... I'm not much for same ol', same ol'. One thing we're doing is hiring a caricature artist instead of paying for a DJ. We're calling this "The Faces of Family and Friends". The other thing we're doing is playing "The Newlywed Game". We'll have an emcee, a list of questions, posterboard cut into squares for the cards and even the TV theme song on CD to play in the background. We'll choose a variety of couples from both sides who we think would be good sports and then separate them and ask the questions and record the answers. Basically just following the game format from the classic TV show. I think it will be a blast! I'm sure I've done the chicken dance and the hokey pokey at every wedding I've ever attended and none stand out in my mind today. But if I'd ever taken home a caricature portrait or been involved in the Newlywed Game I'm sure I would remember! Have fun and do whatever makes you smile!
I'm also getting married in November 19, 2005 and I was also looking for games to play at the reception. And I came across this book called 100+ WEDDING GAMES. They have it in www.Wal-Mart.com or go to the books web site which is www.TheBrainstormCompany.com. They have pretty good games, Even for Bacchelorette parties, Bridal showers and Receptions. I hope you can find some great games in this book. And I hope that every one has fun in your wedding recepion, Melissa. And the sames goes for the other brides that are looking for wedding games. ( HAVE FUN !!)
My favorite wedding game...and I am planning to play it at my wedding is this...The Bride and groom take off their shoes and trade one shoe...so both are holding a bride shoe and a groom shoe (the bride gets a chance to show off her shoes, too). Then the couple are placed back to back and are asked questions by the emcee such as...Who is most likely to...clean the bathroom, handle the finances, wash the dishes, splurge on a large purchase without telling the spouse...etc...you can think of some really funny questions. Anyway, if the bride/groom thinks its the bride...they raise the bride's shoe above their head...if he/she thinks it is the groom...they raise the groom's shoe. It's funny to see which questions they agree on and which they don't ;)
Put a baloon in the crotch area of the bride an the groom. Don't blow it up all the way. This will make it harder to pop. Now make them hugh and kiss. The last ones baloon to pop has to chug a lug a beer. Or has to sing a song to the other.
Another game is to blindfold the groom....have four or five friends (not the bride)... Remove their shoe and raise their pant legs.... Now just by touching the feet...the groom has to guess which one is the bride.... Hysterical.
Have all the singeal girls line up in two rows facing each other with about 4-5feet between them you sit at one end and you husban stands at the other. The dj plays music. Then the hubby walks towards you whenever you or the dj tell him to stop he has to take of some clothing.
I am getting married June 17th of this year and thanks for all the great game ideas on here...I have something a little unique that I am doing as well. After the bride and groom throw the bouquet and the garder. Our flower girl will throw her own bouquet and the little ring bearer will take off a garder from our flower girls wrist and throw it. This is just for the little kids so they don't get trampled with our rituals..
Trish I dont think this is some kind of joke. People are really looking fror advice here. Email me at bigman9in@yahoo.com so we can talk about this in a more private & serious way.
Yeah like Brad's being anymore serious big man 9 in...yeah...anyway... One game that was palyed at a wedding that I attended was they played conga and they didthe line and once the music stopped they split into four lines and the pasted balloons down the line (total 10) and the first line that got all of them popped was the winner and they got a cute little gift.
Get a 3 x 3 inch piece of paper for each guest, and write a guest's name on each. Then give each guest a pen (use multiple colored pens) and randomly hand out the pieces of paper - the guest needs to find the person whose name is on the paper and drawn them on the 3 x 3 inch paper. This not only gets guests mingling, but also once you've collected the drawings you can paste them on a big piece of cardboard and the bride & groom will have a great memento. If you want to see an actual example of one, let me know - we did this at a recent wedding and it went down great.
Hey Pete. How can I get an example of the wedding game you described? It sounds perfect! My mom and step-dad are renewing their vows and they're doing it up BIG. Lol I need all the help I can get with keeping people busy and happy. Lol
Hi guys, I hope you don't mind me popping on here. I am in the same predicament in a way. We are getting married June 16th, and at our reception we are having dancing, but my side of the family doesnt dance, and some are very religious. I want to keep the whole crowd enjoying themselves, and have a couple variety of activities to go w/ the evening besides the dancing. If anyone has any mellow activies, please email me..
Getting married this weekend, Feb 10th. These are helpful tips, going to try the musical chairs, and perhaps the poems. Maybe the drawing of people would be fun, also.
What do you think about this? Print out an odd photo of you and your spouse on an 8X11 peice of paper. The photo should be one where you really don't know what's being said write what they think is being said or thought. Eventually the DJ will collect each paper, put the photo up on the projector if one is available, and read what each table came up with for the photo. This alwasy gets a lot of laughs. The people at the table with the best interpretation get's a prize.
Getting married July 14, 2007
The games that we are doing are when couples arrive they fill out a piece of paper(couples only), when they request for the bride and groom to kiss, one of the couples wil be picked and they will have to show the new bride and groom how it is done. Another game is before dinner.. Before a table is aloud to get their food someone or the whole table has to sing a song...Ex..happy birthday, barney theme..anything.
Good Luck and Have Fun.
