15 Fun Engagement Party Games And Activities
The revelry from your party will be legendary with these interactive and fun games.
An engagement party is the first official celebration of a pre-wedding ceremony. It is not just about the mouthwatering food and sparkling decorations – it’s much more than that. Such parties are arranged to celebrate the occasion and let the guests from both sides get familiar with each other. And indulging the couple and the guests in some engagement party games will make it fun and memorable. So, if you are still at the planning stages of the party, be sure to check out the following games and give your guests a party they will remember for a long time. These crowd-favorite activities can keep even the most cynical guests engaged. Scroll down!
In This Article
15 Fun Engagement Party Games And Activities
Here’s a rundown of the 15 best engagement party games to spice up the celebration.
1. Bridal Bingo
Bridal Bingo is just like regular Bingo, except the squares are filled with wedding-related words instead of numbers. Design the Bridal Bingo cards with some well-known wedding symbols or words, and the quickest person to cross out the symbols in their card wins.
Signs and symbols like an engagement ring, wedding cake, bridal dress, flowers, garters, and suits are some of the classic picks to include on the Bridal Bingo cards. You can also look for templates and designs online for inspiration.
2. Bridal Jeopardy
The name is self-explanatory, but for those who don’t know, this is how the game is played – create a board with six categories (or as many you want). These categories may include famous couples, brides, grooms, weddings, showers, and parties.
Each category can have as many questions as you want, and you can customize them to suit the party theme. Whoever raises their hand first gets to choose the category and how much they can wager. The guest who gives the maximum correct answers wins the game.
3. Carnhole-y Matrimony Contest
This game is a worth-adding option for an outdoor engagement party. It’s the beanbag toss game, but with a twist. Divide your guests into two teams, and they have to answer assorted questions about the couple. Each team earns a beanbag with every correct answer. To make it more interesting, you can assign different points per beanbag. In simple words, the trickier the question, the more points they will score.
4. The Shoe Game
Shutterstock
The engagement party shoe game is a classic that involves the happy couple. Ask the couple to sit back-to-back, swap one of their shoes, and hold it along with their own in either hand. The host will ask them questions about each other along the lines of “who has the best taste in music?” or “who is more romantic?” etc. You can have the guests participate in this game by asking them to come up with their own questions.
The affianced couple will individually raise their own or their partner’s shoe to answer, without looking at each other. It’s an exciting way to see the couple’s compatibility and to check whether they agree with each other or not while unveiling some funny truths.
5. Match The Memory
Ask your guests to match up memories to one-half of the soon-to-wed couple in this fun game. Pull together some of your favorite memories and challenge the attendees to evaluate fun facts such as “Who loves to indulge in a secret hobby?” and “Who traveled most countries?” etc.
What’s great about this party game is that it can be as relaxed or as wild as you like, depending on the memories and questions. This is one of the best engagement party games for guests to be better acquainted with the couple and feel connected.
6. Ring Hunt
Counted amongst the ultimate wedding engagement party games, Ring Hunt is similar to Treasure Hunt. But there’s a catch, of course! For this game, you have to collect rings in the form of candies, inflatable props, or drawings and hide them at the venue. Ask your guests to search all the hidden rings. In the end, the person who finds the most rings wins the game. Make sure to choose unexpected hiding spots to add some thrill to the game.
7. How Many Kisses Are In The Jar?
Another fun engagement party activity is to fill pots with chocolate kisses and ask guests to guess how many kisses are in the jar. You can prepare the sign, guess cards, and other printables in pretty designs. Give out gift vouchers as prizes to ensure participation.
8. Signature Cocktail Challenge
Shutterstock
To start the game, divide the guests into several teams, each with the same stow of the cocktail Fixin’s. Challenge the groups to create a signature cocktail that represents the couple. The drink should be strong, just like the couple’s bond, or must include ingredients that relate to the couple somehow. The couple will then taste each creation before announcing a winner. You can raise the stakes by ensuring that the winning cocktail finds its way to the wedding menu.
9. Perfect Match Puzzle Challenge
The Perfect Match Puzzle Challenge is one of the best fun engagement party games. Divide the guests into several teams and give them a customized puzzle with an image related to the couple. For instance, it could be an image of the venue of their first date, their first photograph, their dog, or something totally obscure. Ask the teams to complete the puzzle and guess why the image holds significance. The group or team that solves the puzzle first wins the game.
10. Put A Ring On It
If you are looking for outdoor engagement party games, you must add this to the list. To play the game, arrange bottles in a soda crate and ask your guests to score points by tossing a plastic or rope ring around the bottlenecks. Assign extra points to soda bottles of a specific brand to make it more challenging. After the game, ask the guests to slip messages into each bottle as a keepsake for the couple.
11. Guess The Famous Couple
Shutterstock
To start the game, allow your guests to write down the names of about ten famous romantic couples (real or fictitious, together or divorced, alive or dead) in individual chits and place them in a bowl. Now, split the guests into pairs. With each pair going one at a time, one partner is the clue-giver, and the other is the guesser. The clue giver picks the name of the famous couple out of the bowl and gets their partner to guess the correct name. The guesser can ask the clue-giver up to 20 yes-no questions to find out who the mystery couple is. Set a timer for a minute or two to add more thrill to the game and see how many famous couples each pair can clear within the specified time.
12. Pop The Questions
To play this game, prepare a list of questions for the couple. These questions must be related to them, such as “Who hogs the streets?” or “Who made the first move?” etc. Write each question in a chit and load it in one balloon each. Select two different colors of balloons or confetti to put in the balloons to represent who among the couple the question is about. Pop the balloons to reveal the question. The guests will jot down their guesses, after which the couple will give out the real answer. Guesses that match the answer win a point.
13. Marry-oke Singing Showdown
Turn the engagement party into a fun karaoke battle with Marry-oke Singing Showdown. Ask the couple to create a playlist of their favorite romantic songs and then turn that list into a sentimental karaoke set. The participants will pick a different song from the set and perform karaoke. The attendees will then vote for the performers who sing the set with the most soul.
14. Set Up A Photo Booth
This is for the guests who love to click photos. Pick a theme, and set up a faux photo booth. Make sure to add all kinds of fun props to the photo booth so your guests can click some funny and memorable photographs. A wide range of printable photo booth props are available online, and you can pick any of them that suits your party theme. Once everyone is done taking pictures, the couple will review them and pick the winner.
15. Two Truths And A Lie
If you are looking for icebreaker games for engagement parties, your search ends with this perfect game. It is a classic, and the same rules apply here. Participants in the game will tell the audience two truths and one lie about themselves. The other guests must tell which of the three statements is a lie. To grow more familiar with the participants, you can ask them to talk about the two truths in detail.
Wrapping It Up
Engagement parties and pre-wedding ceremonies often involve guests from both sides who have never met before. And fun engagement party games are a great way to break the ice and have the guests mingle and learn more about the couple. So, if you haven’t decided on the fun part yet, take ideas from the article and include these fun games in your party. All the activities will ensure that the guests have a great time, enjoy themselves, and make wonderful memories.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who pays for the engagement party?
Traditionally, the bride’s family pays for the engagement party. It is celebrated to unite the two families.
How much money do you give for an engagement party?
There is no hard and fast rule for the amount of money spent on the engagement party. It completely depends on the number of guests and arrangements.
How long should an engagement party last?
An engagement party can last up to 4 hours. Everything like partying, drinking, games, and speeches should be planned accordingly.
Key Takeaways
- An engagement party involves guests from both sides who will be interacting for the first time.
- Fun activities and engagement party games are the best way to get the guests to mingle and have a great time.
- Games like Bridal Bingo or Beanbag toss games can keep the guests entertained and allow them to let their hair down and have some fun.
- You can customize most of the games to fit an engagement party theme.
