Wedding games and photo challenges your guests will love
Garden games, table games, reception games and a ready-made photo scavenger hunt that fills your album.
Updated · 6 min read·By the DropSnaps team
Quick answer
The best wedding games need almost no explaining: giant Jenga, giant Connect 4 and quoits for the drinks reception, a wedding quiz or bingo during the meal, and the shoe game in the evening. A photo scavenger hunt runs all day and doubles as your album: give each table a list of shots to capture and share.
Questions people ask
What are some fun wedding games?
Giant Jenga, giant Connect 4, croquet and quoits outside; a wedding quiz, bingo or guess-the-baby-photo during the meal; and the shoe game or a dance-off in the evening.
What is a wedding photo scavenger hunt?
A list of photos for guests to take during the day, like "a selfie with the couple" or "someone crying happy tears". Guests share them to your photo page, so the game fills your album.
How do you play the shoe game?
The couple sit back to back, each holding one of their own shoes and one of their partner's. The host asks questions like "Who's the better cook?" and each raises the shoe of the person they think it is.
Games keep a wedding moving: they fill the gap between the ceremony and the meal, give tables something to talk about, and get people who've never met laughing together. The best ones need almost no explaining. Here are the ideas that work, from garden games to table quizzes, plus a ready-made photo scavenger hunt that fills your album at the same time.
Garden and lawn games
Perfect for a summer drinks reception, especially while the couple are off having portraits taken.
Giant Jenga. Everyone knows the rules and the crash gets a cheer.
Giant Connect 4. Quick rounds, good for all ages.
Croquet. Very British, very slow, very funny after a glass of fizz.
Quoits or ring toss. Easy to set up and easy to play in wedding shoes.
Bean bag toss (cornhole). Great for team rivalries between tables.
Kubb. A Scandinavian throwing game that people get oddly competitive about.
Boules. Works on gravel paths as well as grass.
Giant dominoes or noughts and crosses. For the guests who'd rather stand and chat.
Table games for the meal
The wedding quiz. Ten questions about the couple ("Where was their first date?"), one answer sheet per table, results announced before the speeches.
Wedding bingo. Squares like "Someone cries during the vows" and "The best man mentions an ex".
Guess the baby photo. Baby photos of the couple or the wedding party, with names to match.
Advice cards. Fill-in-the-blank cards that double as a guest book: "The secret to a happy marriage is…"
Find a guest who… Icebreaker cards: find someone who's been to Australia, someone who knew the bride at school.
Table trivia about the year they met. Music, films and news from that year.
Reception and evening games
The shoe game. The couple sit back to back holding one of each other's shoes and raise the right one to questions like "Who's the better cook?". Always a hit.
The anniversary dance. Married couples dance, and the host calls out "married for more than five years… ten… twenty…" until the longest-married couple is left.
A dance-off or limbo. Ask the DJ or band in advance.
Musical chairs or musical statues for the children, early in the evening.
The wedding photo scavenger hunt
A photo scavenger hunt gives guests a reason to take the photos you'd love to have. Print the list on a card for each table, or share it before the day. With DropSnaps, add each challenge as a moment tag: guests pick the challenge when they upload, and every photo lands in its own album.
Each challenge can be a moment tag, so photos sort themselves into albums
A selfie with the couple
Your whole table pulling your best wedding faces
The best dance move of the night
Someone crying happy tears
The oldest and youngest guests together
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
The view from your seat during the speeches
The cake, before anyone touches it
Two guests who've just met
The most stylish outfit in the room
A toast with someone from another table
The best shoes on the dance floor
The flower girl or page boy in action
Something that makes you think of the couple
The couple laughing (not posing)
Your favourite detail of the venue
A guest wearing something from the photo booth props
The first dance from where you're standing
Someone asleep before midnight
A group photo of everyone who travelled the furthest
The best "before" and "after" of a hairdo
A candid of the parents
The bar staff (with permission!)
The last song of the night
Your best photo of the day, any photo at all
Games for children
A small activity box goes a long way: colouring sheets of the couple, a "spot the details" picture hunt, bubbles outside, and a disposable or children's camera with their own photo challenge list. Give a responsible adult the job of keeping it stocked.
Tips that keep games fun
Keep everything optional. Some guests want to play, some want to chat.
Time it right. The drinks reception and the gap before the evening do are perfect; the speeches and the first dance aren't.
Name a host. One confident friend who explains the rules and rounds people up.
Show the results. A slideshow of the scavenger hunt photos on a screen gets everyone talking. See our guide to live photo walls and slideshows.
