Active Wedding Reception Games

We have always attended to traditional wedding receptions – we welcome and celebrate the newly married couple, watch them dance and enjoy the cake with them. But, there are couples who are creative and enjoys coming up with fun wedding reception games and activities that includes the entire guest list.

Including the guests in an activity is an excellent way for them to get out of their chair, meet new people and feel that they are truly a part of the celebration, and not just mere observers.

One fun and active game that can be played by everyone in your guest list is the game called “want it now”.

In “want it now” wedding reception game, there would be a master of ceremonies, usually DJ in your wedding reception. The master of ceremonies will have a list of things he will be asking from your guests, the list is usually compiled before the reception so as not to consume too much time thinking of what to ask.

Everyone will wait at their table for the emcee’s command, if the emcee said that he wants someone who have painted toenails. All the women or even men with painted toenails will run to the front towards him. A point will be given each time a table sends someone to the front.

The table with the most points after the game wins and will be awarded with prizes. So make sure that people in your table have those obvious “wants”, like painted toenails, man with a mustache, child in a pink dress, single women, married women, and the list goes on. But there would also be “wants” that can come as a surprise, like “a man who have a lipstick in his pocket”, which will require that man to borrow a lipstick from a woman at his table and put it in his pocket before running to the front.

Another fun wedding reception game that will include all your guests is the musical chairs, but this time, the men will act as chairs. All the men will form in a circle while kneeling on one knee. The women would then begin playing the game musical chairs, and when the music stops, they must find a knee to sit on. A couple will be eliminated when either the man falls down when the woman finds his knee or when the woman falls down. If they both fall down, they are both out. This is a fun wedding reception game that brings laughter and adds to a relaxed wedding reception atmosphere.

If most of your guests are travelling to the wedding or don’t know many other guests, it is great to have a wedding reception game that will allow them to mingle and get to know other guests aside from the bride and the groom. For this wedding reception game, you will be needing an emcee again, it can be the DJ or a very outgoing friend or member of your wedding party. Break the wedding reception guests into two grups, by simply having them count off “1,2,1,2” and so on until the entire guest list belongs to either “1” or “2”.

The emcee will give a series of questions relating to the bride and the groom. The group needs to work together to answer all the questions correctly and as quickly as possible. The newlywed will then confirm if the answer is correct or not, making this game an excellent way for guests to know one another while having fun and also an excellent way to get to know the bride and the groom more.

Organizing wedding reception games is a great way to involve your guests and make them feel that they really are a part of the celebration. It is also a way to fill the time, so there would never be a dull moment during the reception. It also makes people loosen up for a long night of celebrating. No matter how small or how big your wedding is, wedding reception games work for about any group.

Never assume that your guests will be offended or annoyed when they are needed to join the games. Most wedding guests tell the wedding planners or the family of the bride and the groom that they did enjoy the whole wedding reception including being active and having fun in the wedding reception games.