Wedding rehearsal
dinners are a time to relax, calm down and enjoy a quiet evening before the big
event the next day. But adding some fun and games into the rehearsal dinner
isn't such a bad idea. It's a great way to help everyone let off some steam,
calm down and enjoy each other.
If you're planning a
sit-down formal dinner, fun games and activities can still be on the menu. In
fact, if a formal dinner is part of the plans, having some interesting
activities on the agenda is not only a good idea, but also an excellent one.
There's been a lot of planning, and a lot of stress and the wedding party and close
friends and family will welcome the opportunity 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're having a sit-down dinner in a restaurant, try to get a private
room. Then a myriad of fun activities can be planned, such as "pin the
veil on the bride", in which blindfolded guests spin around a few times,
then try 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 huge 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 know the bride and groom better, and adds
intimacy to what is already an intimate event.
If the wedding rehearsal
dinner is a bit less formal and held in someone's home, there are many more
activities that can take place. For example, how about a night of playing board
games? Who needs formal food? You can have that the next day at the formal
wedding. At this rehearsal dinner party, 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 set up games on different tables, divide
people into groups 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
stuck with 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 wedding is to be held in 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 is to have some fun, relax and enjoy each
other's company.
Other outdoor
activities can include anything 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 create two bridesmaid's dress-up
trunks. Go to a thrift store, fill the trunks with old prom dresses and
large-size shoes, and costume jewelry. Divide the guests into two different
teams and have someone sit with a timer. The team who dresses one of the men
(ideally, the groom and best man or perhaps the two dads) first wins. Be sure
to have a camera at the rehearsal dinner/event, because this is one activity
you'll want to have pictures of!
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