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Wedding lawn games for outdoor wedding fun as seen on @offbeatbride #lawngames

Let the wedding games begin: 18 wedding lawn games + prize ideas

Outdoor lawn games are a killer way to keeps kids and kids-at-heart busy at a reception. They’re even more rad at a no dancing reception. Take advantage of a good season and some good outdoor space for badminton, ring toss, corn hole, and giant versions of your favorite nostalgic games like Jenga and 4-to-Score. Plus, it’ll get your indoor gaming friends out into familiar territory.

Let’s get to the games!

Non-dancing reception activities that bring your guests together

Bring everyone together with these collaborative non-dancing reception activities

“When planning our smaller wedding, we defaulted to dancing as the reception activity since that’s usually what happens, but it’s not really what we’d do for fun. We’d like to have another kind of activity that brings us together as a community. Any suggestions?”

Non-dancing receptions are becoming pretty common in offbeat circles, so it’s no wonder folks are considering different kinds of activities. I scoured our archives and did some brainstorming to see what non-dancing reception activities would bring your guests together. Here are some ideas…

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Cads About Matrimony: A wedding game for people who hate wedding games

Our sponsor Cads About Matrimony (aka “A wedding game for people who hate love.” aka “The most efficient way to humiliate everyone in your wedding party.” aka “About 1/10 the price but at least 1/4 the fun of a stripper.”) is back with a special announcement.

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Why dance when you can have a “first Rock Band song?”

If you’re not into dancing, how do you have a first dance, anyway? Can you skip it? Spoiler: you totally can. Crystal and Kalem opted to skip the forced dancing, which they weren’t into, and go with their roots: video gaming! Specifically, Rock Band. They rocked it out in front of their guests as their “first Rock Band song.”

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It’s all fun and games until an epic cueca starts (learn what it is!)

“The couple that plays together stays together” was the motto of Drea and Steve’s wedding. This was evident from start: the wedding invitation that was delivered in a cornhole bag! Drea is Chilean and took the first dance seriously. They performed a cueca, a traditional choreographed dance from Chile that mimics a couple’s courting with handkerchiefs.

Wedding games to play at your reception and pre-parties as seen on @offbeatbride

Game on, Wayne: our favorite games to play at your reception and pre-parties

You probably already know that a good portion of Offbeat Bride readers don’t love dancing. But they DO love games — board games, card games, lawn games, video gamesall games all the time, amirite?! We decided to team up with one of our favorite party games and sponsors, Cads About Matrimony (the wedding game that doesn’t suck!), to list out some of our favorite ways to get your party on.

PARTY ON, WAYNE. Gaaaaame on, Garth. Let’s do this…