The needs and wants of everyone should be considered when choosing wedding reception activities.Think about what you like to do.If your wedding reception is indoors, you can play games, encourage karaoke, and host a poetry reading.croquet, cornhole, or horseshoes could be played at your reception outdoors.Hiking, sightseeing, and canoeing are fun activities you can do with your guests if they are staying overnight.
Step 1: Play bingo with wedding guests.
Wedding guest bingo is a variety of bingo designed to get your wedding guests talking and having fun.If you want to make a wedding guest bingo sheet, you must have everyone reply to their wedding invitation with a fun fact about themselves.Place these facts onto a bingo card, with each fun fact consolidated into a few words within one square of a series.Your guests can play the game by asking each other questions inspired by the criteria in the bingo squares.When your guests find someone who matches the criteria you were looking for, they could place an "X" over that square.The person who got a full row or column of bingo squares filled with X's first would win.If you wish, you can create more than one layout.
Step 2: You can play the shoe game.
In order to play the shoe game, you and your spouse have to take off their shoes.You will swap shoes and hold your other shoe in your hand.A guest will play the role of the emcee and ask questions about the two of you.You and your partner hold up the shoe of the person who is the answer to the question, either you or your spouse.If the emcee asked, "Who is the better driver?" you would hold up your shoe.You would hold up their shoe if you thought it was your spouse.Your spouse will do the same thing.The game makes your guests laugh because you can't see how your spouse answers.It will be funny for your guests if you disagree with your spouse.If you wanted to, you could help the host craft a list of questions to ask the other guests.
Step 3: A couples quiz is being hosted.
Six guests can be chosen by you and your spouse to form two panels of three people.You and your spouse will be asked a lot of questions.If one team does not know the answer to a question, it goes to the other team.The first panel to answer 10 questions correctly won.Where did my partner and I meet?Which one said, "I love you first"?Where was our first vacation?
Step 4: Love song karaoke should be encouraged.
The wedding reception activity involves getting you and your spouse-to-be to kiss when your guests sing a song containing the word love.Inform your guests that they can request a song from the DJ and if it contains the word "love" you and your partner will kiss.
Step 5: Provide forms for your guests to fill out.
Mad libs are short stories with missing words that make them funnier.If you are a creative type, you could leave the mad lib sheets on the table for your guests to fill out if they wanted to.Encourage your guests to read.The funnier the content, the funnier it will be.A wedding guest might use a mad lib example to write a sentence like, "Jen and Edwin are really looking forward to visiting foreign nation."
Step 6: Guests can make skits about you and your partner.
Your wedding guests are familiar with you and your partner.You can convince them to make a short skit about you and your partner if they are dramatic or creative types.Their skit would provide a lot of laughs.A good skit should take a habit or style of interaction you have with your partner and exaggerate it to make it funnier.The guests should prepare the skits before the reception.
Step 7: A poetry reading can be hosted.
A poetry reading involves guests reading poetry for the pleasure of the assembled guests.Guests should love poems and other wedding-appropriate poetry.You can suggest guests to read something from John Donne, Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 or "Love Explained" by Jennifer Michael Hecht.
Step 8: A napkin is used to search for words.
Instead of giving your guests plain old white napkins, order some custom napkins for the occasion.The napkins should have rows and columns of letters.Some of the letters make words by connecting up and down, left to right, or in a diagonal fashion.Your wedding guests should look at the napkin to see what is written on it.Choose words that are related to the wedding.You could hide the words "love," "wedding," and "bride" amongst the other letters on the napkin.
Step 9: There is a game of cornhole.
Cornhole is a great game in which you and a few wedding guests toss a series of beanbags towards a wooden board, the furthest edge of which is raised slightly and has a hole in it large enough to allow a beanbag to pass through it.At the end of five minutes, whoever gets the most beanbags through the hole will win.If you or one of your friends is particularly creative, you can modify your cornhole board with wedding-related imagery like hearts, marriage rings, or some similar motifs.
Step 10: You can play horseshoes.
Similar to cornhole, horseshoes is.The horseshoe game involves tossing horseshoes from one stake to another.The stakes are close to each other.You want to get more horseshoes than the other person around the stake.Walk over to the other stake and toss your horseshoes back towards the one you started from.
Step 11: A croquet set is needed.
Croquet is a game in which a mallet is used to hit a ball through a series of small arches.Whoever can get their ball through the most strikes is the winner.It is similar to golf, but without the great distances.croquet is a great game to play at a wedding reception.
Step 12: Pick the right location.
A location that can comfortably accommodate all of your guests will please you and your spouse.Discuss themes you might like at your reception with your partner, based on the location.If you're planning on having a wedding reception outside, you might want to look for a public park or a country club that rents space outdoors.The local nature center or mountain lodge could be a good location for a wedding reception.You should get to know the venue.Does the place you have your wedding reception fit all your guests?Does the space have good acoustics?You should visit a few times with your partner to figure out what the setup will look like on the wedding day.It is possible to host your rehearsal dinner and bridal shower in the same location as your wedding reception.This will give you a good idea of what to expect at your wedding reception.
Step 13: There are a lot of wedding reception activities.
If you have been to a wedding reception before, you can identify fun activities that you might want to incorporate into your own wedding.Write any activities you wish to do at the prior wedding on the list.Your partner should draft a similar list.Some activities you and your guests will enjoy can be found on your lists.
Step 14: Make a budget.
A wedding reception can cost a lot.Adding up the costs of the wedding reception activities, as well as the food and drinks, the DJ, and the space, is necessary.Make a list of everything you want at your wedding reception and compare it to the amount of money you are willing to spend on the wedding.If you find that you are over budget, look for a cheaper alternative.You can get an order from the Italian place instead of the Tex-Mex restaurant if you think it's too much.
Step 15: A varied menu is what you should develop.
The wedding reception meal should have a mix of dishes.You should provide options of space for guests to include special considerations on your wedding invitations.Special needs and requests should be considered when searching for a venue.You should include vegan and vegetarian dishes.Provide dishes that can be enjoyed by people with allergies.Wedding guests want a full meal, not just a few items from the menu.It is important that you accommodate your guests.If you know that some guests have dairy allergies, include several dishes that are dairy-free, not just one or two items from the main course.
Step 16: You can offer dancing opportunities.
Dancing moves the body to the music.Ballroom, tango, disco, and all of the above could be performed at your wedding reception.If you want to have dancing at your wedding reception, talk to your spouse.You will need music if you are dancing.You can hire a DJ or live band.The personal touch of having a live band might be worth it to you since you will be paying for the services of only one guy (versus the price of three or four guys in a band), but a DJ is probably more affordable.Think about what kind of reception you want.
Step 17: Kid-friendly activities are available.
If your wedding guests bring children, you should give them some activities to do.You could provide a coloring station with sheets of paper and boxes of crayons.These activities will keep them from getting bored and making fun of themselves.Children love playing games.Kids can play games at the station.Cornhole and horseshoes are regular activities that children can participate in.If you are worried about the kids becoming crabby, or if there are many children in attendance, you might want to have a separate room for them.Hire a babysitter to watch the kid-related activities in the separate room for the reception.