We've all been to those boring receptions that make you want to leave early. You know, the ones where we welcome the new married couple, watch them dance, eat the cate with them, take some pictures, eat some food and go home. But creative and fun receptions are often filled with exciting games that involve everyone on the guest list.
Including all of the guests at the wedding reception is an great way to involve people, getting them out of their chairs, get them meeting people they may not otherwise know, and make them feel like they are part of the actual celebration, not just petty observers.
One of the active wedding reception games that everyone, including grandparents and young children, is called "Want it Now". In this fun game, a designated master of ceremonies (a DJ can also serve this role) will have a list of "wants" prepared prior to the reception. Everyone will sit at their assigned tables and wait to hear the command. The MC will say something like "I want a person with painted toenails." Every women with painted toenails must run up to the front of the room toward the MC. When a table sends someone to the front of the room first, they receive a point.
Points will be tallied up during the course of the game and prizes will be awarded at the end of the game. When you are putting the game together, you must come up with some unique but obvious "wants" such as with the painted toenails or like a man with a mustache. To make it interesting, also include some surprises such as "a man with a Coach purse" which requires one of the men from a table to find a woman with a Coach purse and will run up to the front of the room with it.
Here's more fun wedding reception games including all your guests. One is a creative game of musical chairs using the men at the reception as the chairs. Every man in the room lines up and kneels on one of their knees. All of the women then begin playing the game of musical chairs, walking in a circle around the men. But when the music stops, the women must find a man's knee to sit on. None of the "chairs" are removed during the game, but people are eliminated when either the man or the woman falls down. Just make sure to warn everyone about falling as they can get hurt when they fall.
Wedding reception games are also a great chance for people to get to know one another, especially if many of the guests have to travel for the wedding. This is also a great chance for everyone to get to know the bride and groom better. You'll need the MC for this game as well. The wedding reception guests are broken down into two groups, which can be done by having everyone count off "1, 2, 1, 2" and so on until all of the guest list is either a "1" or a "2". Then each of the two groups gather together for the duration of the game.
The MC offers a predetermined series of questions relating to the bride and groom. Each group will work together in order to answer the questions, then as fast as they can, provide the answer. The bride and groom confirm whether the answer is correct or not. This is a perfect way for an otherwise "stranger" guest to get to know each other and have some fun in the process. Guests will also learn a lot about the bride and groom that they didn't already know.
Organizing wedding reception games can be a wonderful way to get people active and involved during the ceremonies and will make them feel that they are indeed part of the festive celebration. It's also a great way to fill in some time during the reception. If you know the guests aren't the dancing type or if you just want to loosen people up a bit, these games can do the trick. These games will work for just about any group.
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