18 nostalgic wedding lawn games for your outdoor reception fête #Reception Advice#games#lawn games#no dancing#outdoor#reception April 6 2017 | Catherine Clark bijouxandbits Photo by Phil Bourne Outdoor wedding lawn games are a killer way to keep 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 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! Rustic wooden cornhole Hand-made cornhole boards by Etsy seller JTBsWoodWorks You can even get JTBsWoodWorks to add custom logos, cupholders, and scoreboards! (Our own editor Megan is using these for her wedding lawn games.) Or you can even add LED lights to your rustic wooden cornhole boards… LED cornhole(!) LED corhole boards by JTBsWoodWorks Comes in four colors (blue, red, green, or white)! Nighttime receptions will look so rad. You can even get cornhole bags in custom colors to match your theme. Giant Jenga (with custom names!) Giant Jenga (with custom names!) Ring Toss Game Ring toss game Giant 4-to-Score Giant 4-to-Score Bocce Ball Bocce Ball Lawn bowling Wooden Lawn Bowling Giant Inflatable Bowling Set Giant inflatable bowling set Or how about inflatables that look like real bowling pins? Lawn Yahtzee Lawn Yahtzee Giant Dice Game Giant Wooden Dice Game More dice, less problems, I always say. Yazoo Disc Toss Game Yazoo Disc Toss Game In Yazoo, players attempt to knock bottles or cans from perches on vertical poles. Watch for heads! Spikeball Spikeball This game was a Shark Tank darling. The object is to bounce a ball onto a trampoline-style net. Probably won't hold people… fair warning. Croquet Croquet If you're feeling fancy! Kubb Kubb Set The object is to knock over wooden blocks, known as kubbs, by throwing wooden batons at them, known as "haselsticks." Like bowling meets horseshoes! Molkky Mölkky The players use a wooden pin (also called "mölkky") to try to knock over wooden pins (also called "skittles") of almost similar dimensions with the throwing pin, which are marked with numbers from 1 to 12. Lawn Darts Jarts Lawn Darts The MUCH safer version from the ones that were banned when we were kids. Rubber horseshoes Rubber horseshoes Air Scoop Ball Air Scoop Ball And a custom sign to get everyone to the game area! Lawn Games sign More ideas to rock your reception: Zones, props, and tattoos: 13 ways to make a reception more fun If you're stressing about ways to make your reception as fun as it can be, we hear you. Any wedding planner can tell you that party planning is an art… Read More Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo Catherine Clark Catherine Clark is Offbeat Bride's Senior Editor. In her spare time she loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur baby, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com. @enidjcoleslaw @bijouxandbits @bijouxandbits PREVIOUS How fake grass + picture frames = the most kick-ass seating chart display NEXT Gifts, loans, and student debt: the importance of being clear about money Show/Hide comments [ 0 ] Join the conversation Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. Biz owners & wedding bloggers Please just use your real name in your comment, not your business name or blog title. Our comments are not the place to pimp your website. If you want to promote your stuff on Offbeat Bride, join us as an advertiser instead.