Wedding rehearsal dinners are a chance to unwaind a little and enjoy a quiet evening before the big day. But adding some fun and games into the rehearsal dinner is a good idea. It’s a good way to help everyone let off some steam, calm down and enjoy each other’s company.

If you’re organizing a sit-down formal dinner, fun games and activities can still be on the agenda. There’s been a lot of planning, and a lot of stress. The wedding party and close friends and family will welcome the opportunity to have some 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 many of fun activities can be organized, such as “pin the veil on the bride”, in which blindfolded guests spin around a few times, then attempt 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 decide 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 the 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 at the formal wedding. At this rehearsal dinner party, the games are center stage.

Bring in some snacks and tell everyone to wear comfortable clothes and settle in for a night of board games. You can set up games on different tables, arrange 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.

Let’s say the bride and groom are really 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.

Make sure to have a camera at the rehearsal dinner/event, because you’ll want to capture the fun!
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