Wedding reception
Wedding reception bingo
Guests watch for the moments that happen at every wedding: the bouquet toss, the cake cutting, someone crying during the speeches. Leave a card at each place setting, or show a QR code at each table and the cards deal themselves to every phone.
Play it live
Questions on the TV, guests answer from their phones, the reveal and the scores are automatic. Free for up to 15 guests.
Set up a live gameFree printable
A print-ready PDF in US Letter or A4, with a different card for each guest, plus matching signs for the gifts, cards, favors and drinks.
How to play
- 1Give every guest a different card with a free centre square.
- 2As each gift is opened, or each phrase is said, the host calls the item.
- 3Guests mark called items on their card.
- 4The first guest with five in a row, across, down or diagonal, calls bingo and wins.
Running it for your group
- A small group
- With fewer than ten guests, play to a full card instead of five in a row, so it lasts the whole gift opening.
- A big room
- Print one card per guest, or let phones deal the cards. Have one person call items so nobody argues about what was opened.
- Guests on a video call
- Phones are the easy way: each remote guest gets their own card, and called items update for everyone at once.
The 28 items
- Bouquet toss
- Cake cutting
- Someone cries during the vows
- Best man tells a story about an ex
- The couple kisses on request
- Glasses clinked with a spoon
- First dance
- Father-daughter dance
- A grandparent on the dance floor
- Someone takes off their shoes
- A child falls asleep at the table
- Somebody spills a drink
- Line dance
- The DJ plays a slow song
- A toast mentions how they met
- Photo booth props spotted
- The couple sneaks off for photos
- Someone catches the bouquet
- Garter toss
- Champagne toast
- Conga line
- Someone asks when the cake is
- A speech runs long
- Guest in a hat
- Group photo
- The couple dances with the parents
- Someone sings along loudly
- Sparkler send-off
Questions people ask
- Who calls the items at a reception?
- A friend of the couple, the DJ or the planner. They call each moment as it happens, and guests mark their cards.
- When does wedding bingo end?
- When the first guest gets five in a row. Most hosts keep it going for second and third place during dancing.
- Can we play this live instead of on paper?
- Yes. Put the questions on a TV or laptop, guests join from their phones with a QR code, and the answers are revealed on the big screen with scores kept for you. It's free for up to 15 guests.