Nothing is worse than having a reception filled with seated wedding guests who look tired and perhaps a little bit bored. Perhaps this wedding doesn't feature a DJ and rockin' music. Or maybe the guests are not into that whole dancing thing.

What to do? It's not that hard. There are a myriad of activities you can organize that will not only engage and entertain the everyone, but also help them get to know each other and – more importantly - the bride and groom just a little bit better.

Here's one that's fun and might remind you just a little bit of a football game. Make a placard for each guest. On one side, letter "Bride" and on the other, "Groom". Someone, usually the weddingemcee asks a series of questions. They might be easy, such as "who was born in Seattle"? Or they might be more complicated, such as "who, at age 9, broke their arm when they were playing with their Golden Retriever dog"?

Guests don't shout their answer, but rather show their placard, turning it to the "bride" side if they think the question relates to the bride or to the "groom" side if it's the opposite. The guests' guesses can be revealing, but even more revealing, are the true answers. It's a great, fun way for all the wedding guests to get to know a little more about the bride and groom.

One word of caution about the above activity: Keep ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends out of the questions and don't ask anything that might be a little too revealing or too risqué. Remember, grandmothers and grandfathers and young children may be be present!

If it's too much work to make signs for each guest, you can make just two signs and organize two teams - a team of men and a team of women. Grouped together, the teams can work together to decide on the answer and answer as a group. This "men versus women" concept is always popular and sure to be fun for everyone.

One silly game that's always popular really puts the groom in the spotlight. How well does he know the feel and touch of his new wife? In this game, everyone finds out. You can do this several ways. You can enlist just the wedding party in this game, or as many of the wedding guests that want to participate.

Line each participant up and blindfold the groom. Put the bride somewhere in the mix, and send the groom on a hunt for his bride. The participants can either shake the groom's hand or give him a kiss on the cheek. In some versions, he might feel their hair or their leg. The details are up to you.

Depending on how far you want to take this game, you can add a fun element to it that is sometimes popular. You have the groom feel the leg of each participant. The best man, or other male member of the wedding party, rolls up his pant leg, puts on a garter and has the groom feel that. The groom has to kiss whoever he thinks is his bride, while still blindfolded. Often, he ends up kissing a man.

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