What ‘fun’ wedding activities were actually fun?

[Blinko]

I am in the throngs of planning my wedding and trying to think of fun activities my guests can enjoy. It’s a late Summer wedding in a country house.

We are doing a pub quiz (teams will be the tables) as that’s how we met. There will be a prize as I just think that gets people actually into it.

There is a very pretty lawn so we will be putting out croquet, boulles, quoits etc.

And setting up board game (along with some of our fav snacks) on each table as that’s a big part of our family get togethers.

What fun activities have you ACTUALLY enjoyed? I’ve personally enjoyed tug of war at barn wedding but that wouldn’t exactly fit our vibe.

I know some will say all these games and stuff are just not necessary butI personally enjoy them. And just want the option of doing them

One of my friends had table games out for her wedding in the evening and hardly anyone played them. I think by the evening the day guests are a bit weary and evening guests want a bit of a knees up!

It sounds fine. The only mistake you made was describing them as ‘board games’, which makes people think of monopoly or Trivial Pursuit.

Having a few sets of Jenga & Connect 4 type games on the tables isn’t going to pressurise anyone. You might want to put them all out on one table tho so people can choose what they want to play. Other suggestions would be Operation or Buckeroo.

The lawn games also sound nice if the weather is good.

Having recently read a thread about things going wrong at weddings - MAKE SURE THERE’S PLENTY OF FOOD - and the guests aren’t hanging around for too long getting hungry while waiting for the photos etc.

Have a lovely day!

no organised "fun" - put out some games etc but leave it to people to use them. nobodys wants to be forced to have fun

Are they quick board games or will people find themselves involved in a 3 hour game of monopoly?

I wanted a quiz at my wedding but was persuaded against it. So I definitely had to have one at my 40th. I just did a table quiz with sheets dotted about for people to join in if they want.

At work Christmas parties I've organised I've had a "Never have I ever" sheet at tables that got everyone chatting and having a laugh. At another event I had a sheet with things like "highest number of instagram followers / facebook friends"; "most number of letters in full name"; most miles travelled to the event" etc, then each table added up their score and there was a daft prize for the winning table. It got the chat going between everyone.

Do the quiz instead of the speeches

I went to a wedding where everyone had a little booklet that was like a sort of puzzle book, there was a mini word search, a multiple choice quiz (about half a dozen questions as I recall) about the bride and groom e.g. "where did Dave and Sue meet? (a) a pub, (b) dance class (c) at work" , "What is Dave's favourite food" type things. There was a little "souvenir" pencil with it, and it was just meant as something to doodle/mess about with while waiting for things to happen.