Games/events for a wedding.

June 20, 2009 7:09 PM

SO I want to have a few games at my wedding. Not organized sack race kind of game but non scheduled like a table with count the jelly beans or take this trivia quiz. I like getting prizes so I want reasons to give out prizes!

Kids and grown-ups games/puzzles all welcomes.
I thought I might do a trivia question game that had all family sides questions on it. It MIGHT get people talking , etc.

Thanks!

posted by beccaj to grab bag (10 comments total)

What a fun idea! I wish the weddings I've been to had fun stuff to do.

There are some fun ideas in this thread for a bunch of game-stations during a party-run.. I was thinking that you could take some inspiration from these, since they're meant to not be done at the same time.
posted by amethysts at 7:32 PM on June 20

If you're really into trivia and have assigned seating, it could be cute to have little trivia sheets, Trivial Pursuit-style, set up as name cards or just in the middle of the tables. I'm not sure how you could work prizes into that, but it would be good for conversation.
posted by oinopaponton at 7:37 PM on June 20

The "12 = M in a Y" (months in a year) type puzzles have been hits as table games at some (work-related) events I've helped with.

They also lend themselves nicely to prizes if you put together a sheet of 20-30 ranging from really easy to difficult. You can do rankings by how far people manage to get or just prizes to everyone who completes the sheet.
posted by clerestory at 7:41 PM on June 20

How about a scavenger hunt?
posted by bwanabetty at 7:57 PM on June 20

At my brother's wedding this year, they had a cute game. Each table had a category (candy, books, movies, favourite places, songs, etc) Each person's place card was a simple folded-over bit of card with their name on it. When you unfolded it, you found an item that matched the category for your table. Eg the people at the Candy table had peanut butter cups, snickers, crunchie bar, jelly beans etc.

The game was for each table to agree on which of the items were favourites of the groom and which of the bride. The MC went around with the microphone and someone from each table read out the lists, and my brother and his bride commented on the choices and if they were correct or not. It was very sweet. There weren't prizes, but you could have prizes for the table. I just noticed you said non-scheduled, so you could have the answers written down instead of going around the tables.
posted by slightlybewildered at 9:21 PM on June 20

Apples To Apples
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 12:16 AM on June 21 [2 favorites]

I was recently at a wedding where every table had a crossword puzzle. The answers all had something to do with the bride & groom or their family. The first table to complete the crossword won small prizes for the whole table. It was lots of fun, and it got the table talking to each other. It was helpful that the tables were evenly split between brides guests and grooms guests so that we could help each other out.
posted by Arbac at 1:05 AM on June 21

At camp we used to play a game (not sure of the name) where every table was a team. There was a person with a microphone who would ask the teams to produce a certain item(s). For example, the microphone-wielding judge might ask for 3 red lipsticks so everyone at each table has to scramble through their purses and whichever table brings those 3 lipsticks to the front first wins that round. Team with the most wins gets a prize.
posted by wild like kudzu at 5:50 AM on June 21

Seconding the scavenger hunt. What about wedding guest bingo? The cards have wedding guests names (or characteristics like, "uncle of the bride") on them and you have to get their signatures. It's a great ice breaker.
posted by B-squared at 7:03 AM on June 21

wild like kudzu: "At camp we used to play a game (not sure of the name) where every table was a team. There was a person with a microphone who would ask the teams to produce a certain item(s). For example, the microphone-wielding judge might ask for 3 red lipsticks so everyone at each table has to scramble through their purses and whichever table brings those 3 lipsticks to the front first wins that round. Team with the most wins gets a prize."

We called that a Dutch Auction. I don't know how well it would work at a wedding where people have paired-down purses though.
posted by radioamy at 7:23 PM on June 22