Other fun activities besides the "anniversary" dance?

I should read before I type ... sorry!!

Honestly .. I would just let everyone enjoy themselves. Mingling, eating, drinking and dancing are enough activities for a wedding IMO.

I don't know much about it, but I've heard couples do the shoe game...

What @FMG said.

@MRSFALLBRIDE @FMG that's what I'm thinking, it won't be too boring right? That's the only thing I'm worried about lol. I know MOH wanted to do a planned choreographed dance but i was like "nope and nope i have a million things to do and can barely remember how to dance with FH."

@Victoria yeah I've heard of the show game and think it's so cute! But I haven't put much thought into it since people say it's more of a shower game. I've seen the cutest videos of it though. I'll have to ask FH what he thinks

Forget the shoe game and the anniversary dance. It gives guests the opportunity to go to the bar or restrooms, though.

I've seen "He said - she said," which sounds like the shoe game, done at bridal showers and it was fun. Guests had sheets of answers and had to guess who said the quote. Didn't take too long; everyone was laughing.

Shoe game is cute for a couples shower but not a wedding.

Good music, good food, and flowing alcohol is all you need for a good time. You have those and guests won't be bored.

Honestly, just eating, drinking, chatting and dancing is all I want to do at a wedding.

Please don't do the shoe game. The eating, drinking, dancing and mingling will be the activities!

I went to a wedding that had a lot of these activities and it was a drag. It took forever to get the party really going and there wasn't much time for dancing. If you want more activities, I'd add things on the side, such as a photo booth, if it's in your budget.

Thanks everyone! Usually I like to see the anniversary dance, or I'd love to see the shoe game at someone else's wedding. I think it's really cute, but I think I'm the odd ball out and love couples incorporating different things in their wedding. But not sure about how our guests would feel. Shoe game would be neat at the shower but we're doing all girls.

Honestly don't really wanna deal with "okay in ten mins it's the shoe game. And then 20 mins later we are cutting the cake and then doing the other special activity" I think just having a fun evening without the activities is what we'll do!

No, it won't be boring if you have alcohol and good entertainment!! I promise :-)

@mrsfallbride the one thing FH wanted was an open bar, I easily agreed lol.

No one will be bored. Rather they will praise you for how well you hosted them.

@stairsinwaves that's a good compromise i forgot about adding in a photo booth! Thank you

Just say no to games.

And line dances if you can help it. The key is to have good food, good drinks, and an exceptional DJ who can read the crowd and adjust the music.

If I was at a wedding and the couple chose to do a game, I would choose that time to go hang with the smokers outside. I find them annoying, I want to stay on the dance floor with a drink in my hand all night!

One thing that we did that worked really well was as we weren't doing the bouquet toss and garter toss was a ladies dance and a gentleman's dance. It worked well for us because we had 20 or so people, and everyone participated, but it is totally a know your crowd thing.

OP, I made the decision to do the anniversary dance, in lieu of tossing the bouquet, soon after getting engaged. I would simply hand the bouquet to whoever won the dance. Two months before the wedding, my grandfather passed away. I was devastated. The week before the wedding, my DOC was going over the day-of details with me and asked about the anniversary dance. I immediately had the same thought as you. How could I do that to my grandmother? I spoke with my parents about it, and they reminded me that my grandfather was THE MOST excited about my wedding, as I was the first of his grandkids to get married, and he would have hated knowing that I changed my plans because of his passing. I ultimately kept the anniversary dance, and my grandmother was absolutely okay with it.

Everyone is different, and of course, you should do what you think is best, but maybe keeping the dance wouldn't be the worst thing after all.

Just let t be organic; food, drink, great music. Mingle with everyone and try to introduce people to each other. It'll be fine!