Wedding Games and Activities: Creative Ideas for an Unforgettable Celebration
A wedding is a celebration of love, laughter and shared memories. Entertaining games and activities are essential to get everyone into the party mood and break the ice.
In this article we will show you classic and innovative games that are guaranteed to be great fun for the bride, groom and guests alike. The games will create a wonderful fun atmosphere and are also great for taking funny photos that will create memories for a lifetime.
Wedding Games for the Newlyweds
The Marriage Aptitude Test
The marriage aptitude test is a classic wedding game and guarantees laughs and a good atmosphere. For this game the bride and groom sit in two chairs with their backs to each other. Each of the couple holds one of their partner’s shoes in their hand. The newlyweds are then asked a series of prepared questions, for example, “who can park better,” “who is better with money,” or “who makes more of a mess?” The couple answers by holding up a shoe. Since the bride and groom have their backs to each other, only the wedding guests can see if they have the same opinions.
Balloon Dart Game
For this entertaining wedding game, you will need to design a photo poster and stick it onto a large corkboard. As decorations for your corkboard, you can use the wedding date, pictures of the bride and groom or floral patterns. You will also need balloons for each guest, darts, pens and a few pieces of paper. Each guest now writes a personalised voucher, such as a neck massage or a barbecue on a piece of paper and sticks it in a balloon. The inflated balloons are then attached to the photo poster with drawing pins. At the wedding reception, the bride and groom can take turns to aim darts at the balloons. The happy couple can then redeem any vouchers from the balloons they have burst.
Cutting Out a Wedding Heart
This wedding game is a popular choice and perfect after the bride and groom leave the church or registry office. You will need a white bedsheet, on which a large heart is painted. The names of the newlyweds and the wedding date can be written inside the heart. The bride and groom then have to cut out the heart together using blunt nail scissors. The blunt scissors represent the challenges couples may face in their marriage and the game is seen as their first challenge. Once the heart has been cut out, the couple can climb through the heart-shaped hole together. This game is great fun and symbolises the couple's strong bond and working together for a wonderful marriage.
Helping Around the House
This entertaining game shows who is faster, better or more careful when it comes to jobs around the house. The happy couple needs to sit opposite each other at a table. Various items are placed on each side of the table, such as a chopping board, vegetables, an iron, pieces of fabric, buttons, a needle and thread. Now they both have to complete various tasks within a certain time limit, such as chopping vegetables, mixing cocktails, wrapping presents, sewing on buttons or ironing shirts. Don’t forget to decide on the rules about winning the individual tasks in advance.
Games & Activities for Your Wedding Guests
Photo Memory Game
A memory game with photos is a wonderful way to entertain guests and create wonderful memories. You can individually design your own photo memo and create pairs of cards from photos of the bride and groom showing different stages in their relationship. The cards are laid out face down on a table and guests take it in turns to turn over two cards to find the matching pairs. Each time you find two matching cards, the bride and groom or the guest can tell a short story about the photos. This interactive game is particularly suitable for small wedding parties. This game will be great fun and full of laughter and emotion from all the wonderful memories. The individual cards can be shared out amongst your wedding guests as special mementos.
Trip to Jerusalem
This classic is most likely well-known from children’s birthday parties or school festivals. However, this game is also perfect for loosening up the atmosphere at your wedding. Using chairs, helium balloons with long strings are first attached to the ceiling above the dance floor. There should be enough for every player minus one. The guests dance to music and as soon as the music is turned off, everyone has to try to snag a balloon from the ceiling as quickly as possible. The player who does not manage to grab a balloon is eliminated.
The Weekly Post
To make the magic of the wedding day last as long as possible, you can first divide up 52 postcards among the guests. The guests can write a small message or their best wishes on the postcards. Then each one is labelled with a date on which the guest should send the happy couple their postcard. These are a wonderful surprise for the happy couple and they will bring back memories of their special day.
Memorable Wedding Game
With a beautifully designed canvas and a splash of colour, the newlyweds and their guests can create a wonderful memento. It's best to place a canvas and different coloured paints at the entrance to the wedding reception. You could paint a tree, for example, and the guests could create a wonderful crown with colourful fingerprints. You can also use our photo canvas for your design to make it even more personalised. Using a design and editing program, you can add the names of the bride and groom, the wedding date and a tree as an image file. You can then upload this file via the ifolor Online Editor and print it on a canvas. Your work of art can then be personalised and finished off with the guests' fingerprints.
The perfect wedding games and activities will help to keep your guests entertained, break the ice and lighten up the atmosphere. When choosing your games, you should therefore make sure that they suit the wedding party and incorporate the special relationships and stories of the guests. This will turn your wedding reception into a fantastic celebration that will create wonderful lasting memories.
