Upon arrival at the wedding reception, many guests head for the cake table so they can admire the cake. Some time later, the bride and groom come along for a picture opportunity and the grand cutting of the cake. Then everyone enjoys cake and it’s gone. Believe it or not, there are many more activities that can make the wedding cake more about fun and less about tradition.

Of course, watching the bride and groom push cake into each other’s mouths is a long-enjoyed tradition, but there are many more fun - and less messy - activities to consider as well.

One new option that’s gaining popularity is to have cupcakes instead of a cake. This is a method that is usually more affordable than having a cake and it can be a lot of fun. Cupcakes are decorated in alignment with the wedding theme, just as a cake is, but the cupcakes are instead arranged on tiered cake plates and displayed on a cake table until it’s time to eat them. The cupcakes can be simply handed out on plates to each wedding guest.

Now, what’s fun about using cupcakes instead of a whole wedding cake is you can save money, certainly, as many reception halls and caterers charge a per slice fee to cut and serve the wedding cake, but you can also build activities into the cupcake presentation. For example, the cupcakes that are for the bride and groom can have a different decoration than the ones for the guests.

As an extra touch, you can have the baker include a special prize in one or several cupcakes. A small charm or tiny toy can be baked into the cupcake. Whoever gets the charm wins a special prize. These prizes can range from a gift basket or gift certificate to a restaurant to a dance with the bride or groom.

Some brides like to use a Southern tradition and have charms baked into the wedding cake. Similar to the idea above for cupcakes, this involves baking small charms or tiny toys (but usually charms) into the cake. Those who get one of the charms are said to have good luck. You might even consider having charm bracelet charms baked into the cake, which are then made into a charm bracelet for the bride.

Not everyone enjoys cake. How about an activity for those who won’t be eating cake? They can be required to do the “Macarena” or the chicken dance during the time when everyone else is eating cake. If they manage to do the dance continuously while the other guests enjoy cake, they win a prize. Or they simply get to sit down, as now they are tired!

In keeping with the dance during cake theme, how about a requirement that in order to get cake, a guest must perform an impromptu dance first? Or there could be trivia questions about the bride and groom or about popular culture. Guests must correctly answer the questions before getting their cake. There could be competitions among tables or individuals for most questions answered correctly.

Many people believe that once the cake is cut, they are free to leave if they wish. Since cake cutting usually comes after the meal and after dancing and other traditional celebration activities, many people take the opportunity to leave the party after the cake is cut and enjoyed.

If the bride and groom want their guests to stay after the cake is eaten, it is worth some extra effort to build some activities into the cake-cutting event so people will stick around longer. This can be as simple as telling people not to leave, or can be more subtle and fun.

For example, each person could receive a slip of paper with his or her cake. These slips of paper could be prepared ahead and provided to the catering company with instructions that one folded strip of paper be placed on each plate with the cake. The paper might give an agenda for the rest of the evening or might ask its recipient to perform a little dance, to head over to give the groom or bride a kiss, or might ask them to take the flower girl out on the dance floor for a spin. The unknown will keep all the guests guessing and provide some entertainment as the instructions are carried out.

If you are planning a bachelorette party and want to include some naughty games, there are lots of possibilities. The games and activities can stretch into the naughty category or they can be all-out embarrassing dirty games.Before planning any of these games, make sure the bride is willing to play along with them and is outgoing enough for the “public naughty” games. You don’t want to put her on the spot or make her feel uncomfortable. However, if she’s game and willing, many of these games are very popular and extremely fun for girls who enjoy a good time.

First up is “Suck for a buck”. Buy a plain white T shirt and letter on it with fabric paint, “suck for a $”, attach Lifesavers candy to it and have the bride-to-be wear it. When you go out that evening, try to solicit men to suck the lifesavers off the T-shirt. At $1 a man, this is a nice way to pay for a few drinks while you’re out as well!
If the bride isn’t comfortable with the Lifesaver idea, have her wear a candy necklace or bracelet instead and have the men simply bite off a piece of the candy necklace/bracelet.

How about the game where you ask the guests which of them would like her virginity back? The women who say yes line up and are each given a maraschino cherry in a bowl. They are told they have to eat the cherry without using their hands. Doesn’t sound so hard, right? In fact, it gets a little tougher and messier when the host then adds a squirt of whipped cream to each bowl and the women have to find and fish out the cherry all without using their hands.
This activity isn’t quite so naughty, but it could be, depending on the bride’s expressions. As she opens her gifts, and this is assuming there are gifts at this bachelorette party, someone writes down all her expressions as she opens each gift. So there might be “oohs” and “aaahs” and “how cutes” coming from the bride. Once she is done opening gifts, someone says, “If we were outside (bride’s name) hotel room on her wedding night, this is what we’d hear” and you then list the various expressions and comments she made while opening her gifts.

Believe it or not, there are hundreds of products you can buy for steamy bachelorette parties. From fake penises to pin on pictures of hunks on the wall to portable stripper poles, it’s all out there. How about a penis piñata? You could make a game out of who gets to hit the piñata. Turn any drinking game into the piñata game. For example, if the guest would normally take a drink, instead they hit the penis piñata. You could fill the piñata with the always- popular candy, but you could also fill it with sex toys, just to add to the spice of the game.

If the bachelorette party is going to be held at a bar or somewhere other than home or in a hotel room, there are a myriad of activities you can come up with to entertain the girls. For example, create a series of challenges. One challenge might be to wander up to a man at a bar. If he were munching the bar-supplied nuts, the challenge would be to say, “Mmmmm. I love a man with salty nuts”.

If you have a wedding in the family, and you are planning to host a bridal shower, you have many games you can choose from which depends entirely up to you. How you want your bridal shower to be as the games can be serious games and some are silly games which can be player. After the entire bridal shower is about having fun with the bride before she is married off. You can have so many games we give below the list of the games which can be enjoyed at the party.

First can be to put the bride in the fix and ask the questions about the grooms earlier days. Here some one from the brides side can make a questionnaire and take down all the answers from the groom to be. The question can be simple ones like where he was born or where he finished his studies from. Then you can ask the bride to be the same questions which she will have to answer and if she answers at least half then you can give her some gift or something which she will cherish whole her life.

The second one all time favorite is toilet paper wedding dress. Here you can make 2 groups which can be 2 or more than 2 but not more than 5. You can start by giving each a roll of toilet paper and make them fashion a wedding dress out of it. Any team member can volunteer as a model. They can have real jewelry or shoes but the dress is to be designed from the toilet papers only. Give them time limit and bride to be vote for the best dress. Here also you can give out gifts for the best dress.

Third game can be making the bride to be dress with a blind fold. The bride to be need to think she is on honeymoon and the lights have gone off or she is getting dressed for her wedding. You can give here suitcase full of all the accessories. You can include all the fun things like oversized sun glasses or silly things like garden gloves etc. bride to be and you can take photos of such silly event and enjoy.

The other game can be a silly game like taking the purse of all the guests and point the stuff inside the person having the most points can be the winner. Earlier you can assign the points on the usual stuff found in the purse but the extraordinary thing found in the purse can have some extra points.

You can create a Bingo game in which you can give the pictures of the items the bride is going to receive and ask the guests to tick mark all the items. The person who marks most can win the prize.
The next is the popular game which can be changed for bachelorette parties and can involve a stripper. Here When the party starts after 30 minutes ask the bride to be to leave the room and pass out pieces of paper. Have everyone write what they have seen on the bride like her ring, toe ring etc. Is she wearing a closed pair or open paired shoes. What color blouse is she wearing? You can make a list on the paper and the person whoever gets it all right can win the prize.

During the wedding most of the times the couple is busy meeting up with the guests and the other guests are left aside to get bored. So what can be done to keep them occupied during the reception and they can enjoy the wedding. The main thing while seating who will take the centerpiece on the table is the big question and you can make a game and activity out of it. The centerpiece when a good piece can be eyed by people at the table.

You can easily make a game of who gets the centerpiece which can be a good enjoyment for the guests and the deserving can get the centerpiece. Some of the ideas are given below to make the game of getting the centerpiece.

You can play the game of twenty questions, you can start by giving the guests the piece of paper and pen and the DJ can ask twenty questions. Initially, the DJ can give them the information about the background of the people or any place, May be it can be a national monument or a political leader or an actor. Then the people seated on the table can ask questions and the DJ can say YES or NO and the person who guesses the name first gets the centerpiece. The game can repeat for all the tables.

The bride and the groom can put the numbers on the chairs and they call out the numbers randomly and whoever is sitting on that chair gets the centerpiece. These games can be twisted in many different ways. You can give the numbers and ask one of the numbers to do certain things like dance or sing a song or some other trick. And the person with some unique activity can win the centerpiece.

The other way to enjoy can be the DJ asks the table to produce some unique item from the pockets of the people seated on the table and it can be anything from a quarter, or a mint, or certain gum packets etc. The person who gets the thing can earn the centerpiece.

The easier way can be to offer the centerpiece to the oldest person sitting on the table or to the youngest person. You may twist and give to person who has the strange talent.

You can play the old fashioned game of musical chairs or passing the parcel. Here you can give the centerpiece to the person who is out first or continue the game till the last person and he can win the centerpiece.

You can also offer the centerpiece that has his/her birthday just close to the day of the reception. Or to the person who has the longest hair or the strangest pair of shoes etc. The married couple who is longest with each other can be offered the centerpiece.

Any wedding is incomplete without the dancing and we all look forward to the Couples first dance and the brides dance with her father. It is the time when all the members of the guests of the wedding party enjoy.

To add more enjoyment to the party wedding planners can add some more fun and surprise in the dance floor with some activities. There are many fun games and activities which you can do on the dance floor and they will give equal enjoyment to the couple, their family members and the guests.

You can try a game of “Chicken Dance”. Of course it is not an original idea but this one makes all the guests standing up from their tables and take part and this will be fun with all of the guests joining in.

The second one is the tables you are sitting on are numbered and when the DJ announces a number that number table has to get up and dance that number.

The numbers can be taped to the chair or the full table depending on the crowd at the wedding. This way all are invited to dance and they can mingle around and meet up with all the other guests.
The other activity is getting a dance instructor to the wedding reception. The instructor usually will teach the people around a little before the music starts and then they can all follow the steps. He/She can do waltz, tango, or any other form of dance.

Many people want to learn dancing and therefore most of them will like to take the chance of learning a bit from the instructor and hence will be ready to participate in the fun and frolic. This will help the guests to be more confident and learn the skills and can be ready before the dancing begins.

The other kind of fun activity is “Snowball” dance. This is a good one for every one to start. Here’s how the snowball dance works. The full wedding party heads to the dance floor for fun, the music will be fast something like a disco or a fast song that most people have heard. After few minutes the music stops and the female of the wedding reception gets one male member from the party and dance with him. And the male members get the female from the party and it is done till all the guests are on the dance floor and enjoying themselves. It’s truly a snowball effect!

The responsibility of speaking in front of others on a microphone gives jitters to people. Especially if you have to makes a toast at the wedding party. Even though the person concerned just need to say a few words. They are scared of speaking in public. If you have a wedding coming up in your house and you know most of the people in the party will like to speak in public then you can have a toast activity as the wedding activities. Make it traditional with the Dad, Best man, and others doing public speaking.
But if you feel people will not be ready to take on the microphone you can do lots of other fun activities which are listed below.
You do not need to make a toast at the wedding reception; it is not at all necessary to do that. The wedding should be unique and the bride and the groom should feel comfortable.
To the people who do not want to talk in public can toast in front of the camera and later on the video can be presented to the couple. This is not a very original idea, but it serves the purpose of people wanting to say something special to the couple.
If the crowd at the wedding is the friendly types then you ca pass the microphone around and ask the people to speak about the couple. This can work either way, like a serious toast or the fun kind where every just speaks for the fun of it. Most people enjoy the silly games and you can add fun to these games. In this if the first speakers name ends with T then he will need to find the person whose first name starts with T and pass on the microphone to the other person. This method works as people when hearing others toast they will want to add something to the toast.
You can ask one person from each table to give a toast to the couple. This way one person, from each table would like to speak and toast the couple. The others can enjoy or give their inputs. You feel there are many people who would like to speak, but you fear they will speak something which you do not want them to speak about. You can ask the best man or maid of honor to give the topic to the person who asks for the microphone. Which has already been kept in the bowl? The speaker can choose the topic from the list or pull a paper which has been pre written.
Or the speaker would like to finish the sentences which have been written on the sheet of paper which the speaker has chosen. Here you can get something interesting and silly. But will help the couple in keeping their most silly moments secret.

The wedding rehearsal dinner is the time to relax and enjoy the evening before the final big event the next day. You can add some games to the rehearsal dinner will be a lot more fun and you will be able to enjoy yourself by being close to your family and friends.

If you have planned a dinner in a restaurant you can still have fun, at a formal dinner you can have some of the games and activities which will involve every one and you can have fun filled evening. You deserve to relax and enjoy yourself after the hectic planning of the wedding and the family and friends will also be able to enjoy themselves.

If you have a dinner at a restaurant and it is in a private room, you can start off with a game called “Pin the Veil on the Bride”. Here the guest is blindfolded and spun around and asked to pin the veil to the bride’s photos. This is a silly game but lots of fun. You can play charades with a difference, like you can act out a scene out of the bride or grooms life and that will be fun guessing what it can be. This helps the guests on both sides to know little bit about the bride and the groom.

If you have planned a rehearsal dinner a casual affair, there are many more fun activities which you and your guests can enjoy. Like playing cards, or board games.

Since the next day is going to be a formal party, who needs two formal dinners. You can have a relaxing time with your friends and families. You can arrange for some few snacks and enjoy the night away. For everyone to enjoy, you can make a group of four or five people and ask them to rotate after they finish one game. This will give a chance for everyone to play with everyone around.
If the bride or groom are players or enjoy playing football or baseball you can arrange a game and play the bride against the groom and their family backing them. Or you can play men against women. It will be a time to relax and enjoy before the big day.

There are many more games which can be played at the rehearsal wedding and you can use the internet to check out some more funny games which will help the bride, the groom and everyone around relax and enjoy them. For all this just keep the camera rolling and you can have such good memories of the event that you would want to cherish it the whole of your life.

At the wedding reception, the entire guest head for the Cake to admire it. Once the bride and groom reach the table, they take this opportunity to get their pictures taken with the cake and then the big ceremony of cutting the cake. And then all of them all of it is gone.

But, there is more to the cutting cake ceremony, and can be made more fun. Of course, watching the bride and groom push the cake into each others mouth is enjoyed by all present. But there are more fun and not very messy activities that can be played.

The first option is having small individual cakes instead of one big cake. This becomes less expensive to the couple and can be lots of fun. Cup cakes are placed on the cake table in a tiered format and can be given to the guests on a plate.

The cup cakes for the bride and groom can be of different design and shape and decoration.

You can ask the baker to place a gift inside the cake in some of the cakes. The baker can add a small toy or a charm and bake the cake. The person getting the charm can be given a prize, either a dance with the bride or groom first or a gift certificate.

Some of the couples use the tradition of south by place a charm inside the cake and who ever gets it is said to have good luck bestowed upon them. You can also opt to get all the charms baked inside the cake and then later all the charms can be made into a bracelet for the bride.

All the people do not eat cake, so people who are not eating can be asked to do the chicken dance during the time. This also can be fun and the guests who dances for a longer time get the prize.
The people who come to eat the cake can be asked to dance a few steps then only they can get the cake to eat.

Or, they will be asked some questions about the culture or current event. And the cake will be given only if the answer given is correct.

Since cutting of the cake is the last event most people leave immediately after eating the cake. If the couple wants they can weave in some extra activities for the guests to stay and enjoy themselves.

With the cake the guests can be given a piece of paper with the task to perform. This will keep the guests guess and enjoyable for the couple and the guests.

The wedding without music is a dull and drab affair. It is like there is no life in the wedding and the guests will have nothing to look forward to. The music is the most important ingredients of any wedding.

Therefore, whether you have a DJ or live music or a band the music is needed and it can be termed the life of any wedding and the bride and groom can also enjoy themselves.
With the music you just think of dancing but there are other activities which can be fun at the weddings. The most popular game is of Musical chairs which young and old can all play and enjoy at the wedding. The musical chairs just can be played with anything they can use the dining room chairs or the version where the guests are needed to sit on the floor and get up again and again once the music starts.

The other option is using the men as the chairs and the women can sit on their hands or one knee. Some of the couples like to play musical chairs to give any the centerpieces.
The guests can play follow the leader and the way one person dances the other person has to follow them and do the same thing on the dance floor as the leader does. This is much loved by younger people and it can be fun to watch as well as play.

The guests can play name the tune and they can hear the first part of the music and guess what song or tune it is and can bid for the time like in how much time they can guess the tune. This is the game which any one interested in music can play whether young or old.
The dance is the most traditional activity which all the guests and couple enjoy and you can make changes to it and perform break dance etc which will be fun and much enjoyment to the guests and couple.

Usually the wedding gets over once the reception is done with but many couples now a days extend their post wedding activities by one more day. If their families are big and they have come from far away places then couples can think of including breakfast the next morning.

The breakfast becomes the obvious choice as most of the guests who have come from far do not pack their bags leave the very day the reception ends as it may be very late in the night and they prefer to stay the night and start early after having breakfast to their destinations.

The family members and friends also get the chance to share memories of the earlier day and they can chat and check with everyone and relate their experiences. Since this will be an opportunity only for the close family the breakfast can be arranged at a family house or alternatively in a restaurant.

This is a good chance for the family members to see the presents which the bride and groom can open during the breakfast. The opening of gift can be made a fun activity. Each and every person present has to guess what is in the package and they can open the largest first or the smallest one as this will turn into a game which everyone can enjoy. Each and every present can be opened and displayed to all the family and friends and can be talked about. While the guessing game is fun you can add a prize for the person who guesses the most right.

The family members can help the bride in storing the gown and the flowers or bouquets to be preserved. The bride and the groom can also plan a scrapbook or an album of the photographs of the wedding and the guest’s signature or autograph on them.

The couple can preserve all this for future use and can have memories which can last them life time which will be great when they grow old and they can show it to their children. The gifts which opened the next day, the guest can help the couple in making thank you cards for the others and that also they can make a fun activity.

There are lots of cards to make and every one can help in making the cards and help the
couple to sign and send them to the guest.

Planning a picnic breakfast or lunch the next day helps the family members to unwind
themselves. After the hectic schedule of the planning and arranging a party they are all
entitled to relax and sit back and enjoy. They can also arrange some group games like
basketball or throw balls etc.

This is also a good end to the fun and frolic filled weekend of wedding activities which
everyone enjoyed and can remember all their lives.