Wedding Games: To Clink or Not To Clink

One wedding reception tradition is clinking the glassware to make the bride and groom kiss. Many couples enjoy this tradition while others are less than thrilled with it. For those who would prefer an alternative, this article’s for you.


Demonstration Game


If someone wants the bride and groom to kiss, they must first stand up and plant a big kiss on someone else thus demonstrating the correct way to kiss. After the demonstration, the bride and groom will follow the example.


Golf Game


Set up a small putting green at the reception. Before the bride and groom will kiss, a guest must make a hole-in-one on the putting green. You could even have three different places to try your luck from to add more fun. The closest starting point to the hole would only require a kiss on the hand, the middle distance would require a kiss on the cheek and the starting point furthest back would be a kiss on the lips.


Question Game


Before the bride and groom will kiss, the requestor must answer a question about the happy couple. If the requestor answers correctly, the couple will kiss. If not, the requestor must sit down. If the bride and groom don’t want to have to kiss on demand very often they can make the questions really hard or can have “penalties” for incorrect answers. Example penalties could be do a hula-hoop for 30 seconds or dance to the YMCA by yourself for one minute.


Riddle Game


If a person or table would like to have the bride and groom kiss, they must answer a riddle asked by either the happy couple or by the emcee. To indicate that someone wanted to answer a riddle, the person could use a party noisemaker or could clink a glass.


Song Game


To get the bride and groom to kiss a person or group of people would have to sing a verse of a song with the word “love” in it. Warning, this one can be hazardous to your ears!


Trivia Game


This is the same as the Riddle Game except that instead of a riddle, the guests must answer a trivia question.


Weakest Link Game


This game is based on the TV show of the same name. To get the bride and groom to kiss, everyone playing would have to get a string of 8 correct answers. There would be no banking in this game. This game could be done with individuals playing or could be done using whole tables to answer a question. The questions could be trivia based on the couple or regular trivia questions.


Who Wants to See a Million Dollar Kiss Game


This game is based on the TV show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”. The whole reception plays at once. To answer a question, everyone at a table must stand up and announce “We want to play!” Then the emcee will ask a bride and groom trivia question and give four possible answers. The table can talk amongst themselves to come up with the answer. After answering the question, the table sits down to give others in the room a chance to play. If the question is answered correctly, the bride and groom kiss. The kisses could start out at blowing kisses to each other and progress until the million dollar kiss.


The three lifelines are available during this game and are very similar to the show’s lifelines. The 50/50 takes away two wrong answers, “poll the audience” gives everyone at the reception a chance to indicate the correct answer using applause, and “ask a friend” would be directed to the head table. Once a lifeline is used, it is no longer available to any of the tables.