Wedding reception bingo: a free printable game with host notes

Rules

1. Give every guest a card and a pen. Mix up the designs so that people sitting next to each other have different cards.
2. When something on your card happens, cross off that square.
3. The first to cross off a full row, column or diagonal shouts “Bingo!” and heads to the host.
4. Keep playing for a full card: the first guest to cross off all 16 squares wins.

Notes for the host or DJ

When: put a card at every place setting before guests sit down. Most squares get crossed off between the first dance and the cake.

Announcement: “You'll find a bingo card at your place. Cross off each moment as it happens tonight. First to complete a line, shout ‘Bingo!’ and come and find me for a prize.”

Checking: ask the winner to explain two of their squares — “So, who lost a shoe?” The room loves these stories.

Prizes: keep them small — the first slice of cake, a bottle of something nice for the table, a photo with the couple. You can reward the first line and the first full card.

All 32 moments on the cards

• Someone wipes away a tear during a speech
• Clinking glasses make the couple kiss
• Someone loses a shoe on the dance floor
• An 80s classic fills the dance floor
• Someone photographs the cake before it's cut
• A conga line snakes across the room
• A speech runs over five minutes
• Someone grabs the mic to sing along
• A child falls asleep on a row of chairs
• The newlyweds visit your table
• Someone makes a toast in another language
• The two families dance together
• A whole table bursts out laughing
• The whole room sings along
• Someone cheers when their song comes on
• A baby photo makes the room go “aww”
• Someone shows off in the dance circle
• Someone goes back for more cake
• Someone admits they cried at the ceremony
• Someone dances in sunglasses
• A speech reveals how the couple met
• Two guests break into a waltz
• Someone takes a selfie with the couple
• The room cheers during the first dance
• Someone gets the whole table up dancing
• Someone takes off their jacket to dance
• Someone teaches others a dance move
• Someone plays air guitar on the dance floor
• Three generations dance together
• Someone pulls up a chair at another table
• Someone calls it the best wedding ever
• Someone dances with a child in their arms