The engagement party is a time when the families of the couple get together to get to know one another and in some cases, might be the very first time the families meet. Or maybe you want a party for your group of friends to meet their group of friends. Either way, most engagement parties are ice breakers and welcome events.
No matter who plans the engagement party (it will most likely be the bride's family, but it can be organized as a couple or someone else can throw the party for you), you should plan a few fun games and activities that are designed to help everyone at the party to get to know each other.
One popular icebreaker activity you can add to your engagement party games is commonly used at corporate functions or company parties but will work very well at engagement parties as well. When people enter the party, tape a blank index card to their back and encourage him or her to walk around and mingle with as many people as they can. This is great way for people to get to know someone they've never met before. Also hand that person a pen or pencil as they enter and tell them that when they get done talking to someone, they must jot down a quick comment about the person they talked to on the card on the other person's back.
Common comments are usually impressions your get when you meet the person, such as "he knows a lot about the weather" or "she has a beautiful smile". The mingling session usually lasts about twenty to thirty minutes at the beginning of the party. At the end of this period, the people get to take their cards off their backs and read them. This is the best of all engagement party games for people to get to know each other and also find out a little bit about themselves that they don't get to see from other people's perspective. Also tell people to be honest but keep hurtful or derogatory comments to themselves.
Another one of the engagement party games that comes to mind is a "Trivial Pursuit" type game that you put together with inquisitive questions about the bride and groom's lives. You can include questions that are just facts and events relating to both the bride and groom (such as how long until she said "yes", where did he propose to her, where did the couple meet, and so on), or you can ask questions that pertain to each of their separate lives before the two met. This is not only a fun game, but it can also be a quite entertaining way for people to get to know one another as well as the engaged couple.
For an activity that doesn't quite put people on the spot quite as much, consider letting the already married people help out the couple to be married. You place two poster-boards on the wall and title them "wedding planning advice from women" and "wedding planning advice from men". This provides great wedding planning ideas to the couple. Advice from the older people at the party can be a lot different from the younger men and women in the group, giving a wide range of ideas for the upcoming wedding.
Here are some more engagement party games to gather ideas from!
I enjoyed reading this. These are good ideas (for all kinds of occasions). It’s all about having a good time and communicating the happiness of the occasion. I am planning a wedding for my friend in one of the nicest wedding venues Los Angeles has, and I’d like to put some of these ideas in my pad. Thanks, and happy holidays!
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