I know it is your wedding and everything, but would you really like to get married in front of a bunch of grumpy guests, who go back home and regret spending any money and effort to come to your wedding, because they had no fun at all? I think not. So then, how do you keep your wedding guests engaged and entertained? You can make your wedding the most fun place ever by arranging wedding reception games.
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Traditionally, wedding games included things which were specific to cultures like dancing, and throwing the garter, and collecting coins for kisses, clinking for a kiss and other such things. However, if you want to spice things up for your wedding and make it more exciting than everyone else’s, you can check out some of the more unique, fun, and engaging wedding games, which will have your guests talk about your wedding forever.
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1. Giant wedding Jenga
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Jenga is one of the most engaging games ever, and when you have a giant Jenga set for your wedding, your guests are bound to be one happy lot. The rules, too, are simple. Your guests have to pull out one piece from anywhere in the middle and place it on top, so that the whole structure does not topple! You can also have your guests sign the pieces instead of keeping a guest book.
2. Flip cup tournament
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Organizing beer pong at your wedding might become too adventurous for a solemn, romantic event, but you can replace it with a game that is as much fun – like the flip cup tournament. Guests have to flip the cups so that they land up in a designated spot on a table, and if they fail, they either have to drink, or do a task!
3. Spin the wheel
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A wedding is the time when guests get to have fun with the bride and the groom. Have a large wooden wheel at your wedding reception, so that your guests can engage periodically in games like Spin-the-Wheel, so that the bride and the groom, or anyone else specified on the task slip, has to perform it for the guests!
4. Hoola hoops!
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Hoola hoops are a favorite, no matter what the situation is, or what the average age group of the crowd is. Although it is stereotypically associated with little girls, have your groomsmen hoola hoop their way through your wedding, and keep interesting prizes if they manage to succeed without dropping the hoop to the ground.
5. The customized cornhole board
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This is a traditional wedding game that you have to include in your wedding, if you are keeping games at all. Guests have to throw mini sacks of corn into the hole, which if they succeed, will earn them 3 points. If it lands anywhere else on the board, then they earn themselves 1 point. You can have separate cornhole boards for the bride and the groom, or one large, customized board!
6. Burlap sack race
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If you want to organize wedding reception games which are cheap and within your budget, yet pack in a whole lot of fun, get hold of a dozen burlap sacks or even simple potato sacks, and have your bridesmaids and groomsmen race each other for a superb entertainment for your guests.
7. The shoe game
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This is one of the most interesting wedding reception games that you, your groom and your guests can engage in. If just the two of you are playing, then your shoes will do. If you want all your guests participating, make sure you hand out tokens which symbolize the bride and the groom. The game is simple. A question is asked and then the bride and the groom answer it by holding up the shoe which symbolizes either themselves or their new spouse. It is bound to include some hilarious and scandalous revelations!
8. Bridal piñata
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There is nothing better than a piñata if you are thinking about bridal games at your wedding reception. You can fill your piñata with lots of goodies, which your flower girls, ring bearer, other kids, guests and bridesmaids and groomsmen can take part in trying to win. The best part is that everyone can go home with the treasure!
9. Advice slips on tables
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Although this isn’t a game per se, this is a great way to engage your guests during your wedding reception. Keep a bunch of empty cards on every table and have your guests fill out cards with options like “What should we do on our post-marital dates?” or “What should we name our kid/dog?” or “Some marriage advice?” This is a great game for the shy guests.
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10. I spy
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You can put a romantic twist on this classic game which children love to play. Distribute disposable cameras to your guests and give them a list of moments that you would like captured for your wedding. Make a frame where they can hang their snaps up. This is not only a great wedding reception game, but also a great way to get photos which your professional camera person might miss, and also makes for a lovely picture wall.
11. Mini golf for indoor games
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If you do not want your guests to venture out of doors, you can arrange for mini golf indoors, which is sophisticated, requires concentration, and is definitely a lot of fun!
12. Wedding bingo!
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Make several sheets of customized wedding bingo flyers for your guests and hand them out and watch your guests go around making new friends and having the time of their lives. This is also a great ice breaker, if you have a large wedding party.
13. Ring toss
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The possibilities with a game like this are endless. You can make DIY bottles which have to be ringed. You can even use papier-mâché to make the rings look like wedding rings. If you’re feeling generous, then you can have your guests take the prizes which they manage to ring.
14. Giant cross and knots
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Who says that you can’t play board games at your wedding? Arrange for a bunch of ropes and rings and wooden crosses, which can make for a great game of tic tac toe for your guests to keep them engaged and entertained.
15. Limbo wedding game
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All the paraphernalia that you need to arrange for this game are a pair of sticks propping up another stick horizontally, at any height that you please. It is legit, that easy. Now you can relax and watch your guests have the time of their lives.
16. Wedding slam book
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If you think that you would rather prefer less physical games at your wedding reception, hand out these beautiful, personalized slam book sheets for your wedding guests, and you can spend your post-marital time going over all the funny answers that your wedding guests have left for you
17. The classic ring hunt
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This is a super fun wedding game that is going to keep your guests on their toes for a substantial period of time. Hide about 40 rings in various different places in the venue and whoever has the most rings by the end of the party wins something big! Don’t worry though; your rings can be cheap plastic ones!
18. The pin collector
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If you don’t want your guests to ransack your house or your wedding venue searching for rings, try this alternative, where guests have to collect pins from people who use the taboo words. Those with the most number of pins at the end get a fabulous prize!
19. The pillow joust
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Instead of wasting a whole lot of cake or getting violent by shoving things into each other’s faces, have your guests stand on small raised platforms and try to push each other off with sticks which have fluffy pillows stuck on their ends.
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20. Giant lawn Yahtzee
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Yahtzee is a super popular game which requires you to throw five dices which fall in different combinations, which have different points. You can arrange for a large bucket with DIY colorful dices, so that your guests can engage in some large scale dice throwing.
A lot of people might think that having games at their wedding is unnecessary. But what is worse is your guests going back with less than fond memories of the most special day of your life. In order to keep your guests entertained and in order to have fun yourself, organize some cheap, fun, and engaging games, for a successful wedding reception party!
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