Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Games
02 Aug 2010
Wedding rehearsal dinners are a time to unwind, cool down and enjoy a quiet night-time before the big occasion the following day. But adding some fun and games into the rehearsal dinner isn’t such a bad idea. It’s a good way to help everyone let off some steam, settle down and enjoy one another.
If you are intending a sit-down formal dinner, fun games and activities can still be on the menu. As a matter of fact, if a formal dinner is part of the plans, consuming a fascinating activities on the agenda is not only a great concept, but also a fantastic one. There’s been a lot of planning, and a lot of strain and the wedding party and close family and friends will welcome the chance to have a little fun.
The success or failure of any games or activities largely depends not just on the planning but your venue. If you are having a sit-down dinner in a restaurant, try to get a private room. Then a myriad of fun activities may be planned, such as “pin the veil on the bride”, in which blindfolded guests spin around a few times, then endeavor to pin the veil on a picture of the bride. Silly, yes, but also fun.
One fun activity sure to help everyone blow off some steam is charades. Whoever is up will act out a scene from the bride or groom’s life, so it might be when graduating from college, or getting a massive promotion at work. The “it” person might choose to act out when the bride tripped and fell at another person’s wedding or when the groom saved a dog from getting hit by a car. This is a little twist on charades that helps people get to be aware of the bride and bridegroom better, and adds intimacy to what is already an intimate occasion.
If the wedding ceremony rehearsal dinner is a bit less formal and contained somebody’s house, there are many more activities that may take place. For example, how about a night of playing board games? Who needs formal food? You may have that the following day at the formal wedding. At this rehearsal ceremonial dinner, the games are center stage.
Bring in some sandwiches and tell everyone to wear their comfortable clothes and settle in for a night of board games. You can organize games on different tables, divide people into categories of 4 or 5 and have everyone rotate tables at designated times. You can even instruct game players that when they move to another table, the game stays out the way it is. So, for example, dad might begin playing Monopoly where the bride was and he’s tied to only a little money in the bank and no houses on Boardwalk.
So, let’s say the bride and groom are big into sports. If the marriage ceremony is to be incorporated the summer and the days are long, how about a game of touch football or baseball? You can play bride’s family against groom’s family, men against women, or for a twist, the bride plays with the groom’s family and the groom with the bride’s family. Any combination works. The idea here’s to have some fun, relax and enjoy each other’s company.
Other outdoor activities can include something that is physical and might help people blow off steam. Has the bride been more a “bridezilla” than anything? How about a game of tag where she’s it? Or you can make two bridesmaid’s dress-up trunks. Go to a thrift outlet, fill the trunks with old prom dresses and large-size shoes, and costume jewelry. Divide the guests into two different teams and have somebody sit with a timer. The team who dresses one or more of the men (ideally, the groom and best man or perhaps the two dads) first wins. Be certain to possess a camera at the rehearsal dinner/ occasion, because this is one activity you will need to have pictures of!
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