Active Wedding Reception Games
We've all been to receptions that are standard – we welcome and celebrate the new married couple, watch them dance, and enjoy cake with them. But creative couples often enjoy planned with fun games that include the total guest list.
Including the guests is a superb way to get people out of their chairs, meeting people they might not otherwise know and feeling like they are truly a component of the celebration, not just observers.
One fun and active game that might be played by all your invitees, including grandma along with the young ones, is “want it now”.
In this game, you designate a master of ceremonies ( if you have a DJ for your wedding location, this person can serve as the DJ). The MC will have a list of “wants” prepared before the reception. Everyone sits at their tables, and waits to hear the command. The MC says he wants a person with painted toenails. All the women with painted toenails run to the front of the room, toward the MC. Each time a table sends someone to the front first, they get a point.
Points should be tallied during the course of this game and prizes awarded at the end of the game. Be sure to have some obvious “wants”, as is the painted toenails, or a man with a mustache or a youngster with a pink dress. But also include some surprises, like “a man with a brown purse” which will have to have a man to find a female at his table with the brown purse and run up to the front of the room with that.
Another fun wedding reception venue game that includes all your guests is musical chairs using men as the chairs. All the men line up and kneel on one knee. The women begin playing the game of musical chairs, but when the music stops, they must find a knee to sit on. No “chairs” are taking away during the version of the game, but instead people are eliminated when either the man falls down when the woman finds his knee or when the woman falls down. Both are out one way or the other, and if both subside, they are also both out then ( along with perhaps a bit bruised). This is a fun game that often brings on gales of laughter and adds to a relaxed reception atmosphere.
If many guests are traveling a good distance to the marriage ceremony or don't know a number of other guests, it's always fun to add a game that will allow them to now only get to know each other but the the couple as well. For this game, you may need a MC again, which can be a very outgoing member of the marriage ceremony party or the DJ. The reception guests are burgled two groups, which may be as easy as having people count off “1, 2, 1, 2″ and so on until the total guest list is either a “1″ or a “2″. Then the two groups band together for the duration of the game.
The DJ, or MC, offers a series of questions relating to the bride and groom. The teams should work together to resolve the questions, then as quickly as feasible provide the answer. The the happy couple will confirm if the reply is right or not. This is a fantastic method for otherwise “stranger” guests to get to know one another and have some fun in the process. It's also a superb way to get to be aware of the bride and bridegroom!
Organizing games at a wedding venue is a good way to get people involved and make them feel they are truly a part of the celebration. It's also a method to fill time, if the wedding ceremony planners know this isn't a “dancing” group or if you want to loosen people up for a long night of celebrating. Whether a small or large wedding, reception games work for just about any group.
In addition, don't assume wedding venue guests will be offended or annoyed by these active games. Most people report to wedding planning companies they truly enjoy being more active and having fun games to play during a wedding reception.



