Open with a game that breaks the ice
The first game sets the tone. A how-well-do-you-know-the-bride quiz gets the whole room comparing answers and laughing, and it needs no one to know anyone else. You write the questions and the answers; Festafetti prints each question with a blank line to answer and keeps your answers on a separate host key, up to twenty questions.
- How did the couple meet, and in what city
- What is the bride's go-to coffee order
- Where are they going on the honeymoon
Give every guest a different bingo card
Free bingo makers give everyone the same board, so the game ends on the first two matches. Type your wedding words once and Festafetti builds a different card for every guest, up to 200, so the game runs until someone really fills a line.
A 4x4 board needs sixteen words. Mix wedding words with details about the couple so the card feels like this shower.
- Wedding words: bouquet, vows, honeymoon, first dance, registry, toast
- Personal words: how they met, the wedding city, the date
- A word scramble of the same list makes a good quiet second game
Collect advice for the couple
Advice cards give the bride something to keep. Festafetti prints each card headed Words For the couple, with ruled lines and a From line, four to a US Letter sheet. Set them out with a prompt, like marriage advice or a wish for the couple, so guests know what to write.
Time the games around the gifts and food
Run the ice-breaker quiz early, while people are still finding seats. Play bingo during the meal or gift-opening. Leave the advice cards out the whole time so guests fill them in whenever. Decide on a small prize for the bingo winner before the party, so you are not hunting for one mid-game.
The short version
Open with a how-well-do-you-know-the-bride quiz, give every guest a different bingo card, leave advice cards out for the couple, and space the games around the food. Type the details once and Festafetti prints the matching pack.