French-English wedding games: bilingual cards for your guests
At a French-English wedding, guests often split into two groups: each one talks in its own language, and the mixed tables go quiet. It's rarely unwillingness — people just lack a first sentence.
The “Find someone who…” game gives them one. On a bilingual card every field is printed in English and French, so everyone plays the same game and goes looking for each other across the room.
How a bilingual card works
The card has 16 fields in a 4 × 4 grid. Each field holds one prompt in both languages, one above the other. The instruction at the top of the card is in both languages too.
Every guest gets a different card, so nobody can fill it in with the person next to them — they have to get up and talk to someone new, often from the other family.
Prompts that bridge the languages
The prompts that work best make the other culture an advantage rather than a barrier: teaching someone a word, a toast in another language, a wedding tradition from another country or a family recipe. A few examples from our library:
EnglishFind someone who can teach you to say “I love you” in another language
FrançaisTrouvez une personne qui vous apprend à dire « je t’aime » dans une autre langue
EnglishFind someone who will say “cheers” with you in another language
FrançaisTrouvez une personne qui trinquera avec vous dans une autre langue
EnglishFind someone who knows a wedding tradition from another region or country
FrançaisTrouvez une personne qui connaît une tradition de mariage d’une autre région
EnglishFind someone who speaks at least two languages
FrançaisTrouvez une personne qui parle au moins deux langues
EnglishFind someone who knows a family recipe passed down the generations
FrançaisTrouvez une personne qui connaît une recette transmise dans la famille
EnglishFind someone who can share a fun fact about their hometown
FrançaisTrouvez une personne qui raconte une anecdote sur sa ville
Side A and side B
Some fields can be about one side, e.g. “Find someone from side B who has known one of the couple since childhood”. At a wedding of two cultures the sides often follow the languages, so these fields send guests straight to the other family. A key with your names is printed at the bottom of the card.
Practical tips
Ask your best man, maid of honour or DJ to announce the game in both languages. Put the cards and pens on the tables before the starters, and set an end, such as the cake cutting.
Guests who share no language only need a smile and a finger pointing at a field on the card. That's a conversation too.
How to make the cards
In the creator you choose the main language (English) and the second one (French). Library prompts come with translations, and you enter your own prompts in both languages. Print the PDF at home or at a print shop on ordinary A4 or US Letter paper.
Make your cards in two languages
You can download a sample card and test the print before you buy.
Create your cards