Another Way: Games and Activities for the Guests
If you want ways to keep your guests occupied and involved
during the waiting period and reception, here are some ideas for
passing the time:
- Coloring! You don't have to be a kid to enjoy coloring pages. A
great way to keep this activity with the theme of the wedding is to
create coloring pages from pictures of you and your honey. Upload
your picture via Crayola.com or Scrapcoloring.com and turn it into a coloring
page for free.
- Reception Bingo. You can generate a bingo card on
bingo.saksena.net/bingo for free. If you want more variety for each
guest, come up with 100 things for the bingo cards, or - if you
trust them - you can provide blank cards for them to fill in on
their own. There can be things like:
- A lady wearing purple.
- The bride and groom kiss.
- The best man says the words "I have a story to share" in his
toast
- The bride dances with her dad
Some can be easy, and some can be harder. If you want to give
prizes out to the first five people (for example), feel free! It
can be something simple like candy. But you don't have to give out
prizes if you don't want to.
Tip: Don't take on tasks like this if it will create
more stress than it will help.
~See the appendix for a list of ideas for bingo.
- Lawn games. If the reception is outside, than you have the
option of offering lawn games, such as Bocce Ball, Croquet, Ladder
Golf, Corn hole, Horse shoes, Giant Jenga, Frisbee Golf, Badminton,
Ring Toss, Kubb, or any others you can think of.
- Photo scavenger hunt. Create a print-out list of things people
can photograph.
~See the appendix for a sample list
- Board games. Have a table in the reception hall or just outside
it topped with all sorts of board games like Candy Land and Yatzee.
Have a wide variety so kids of all ages have something to
play.
Tip: Party games can get loud and rowdy. You may
want to avoid those.