Wah Chan Gold & Jewellery: 10 Super Awesome Gatecrashing Games for Grooms

Have you heard the recent news of a wedding gone wrong and called off just because the groom and his groomsmen (aka heng dais) disagreed to play the gatecrashing games arranged by the bridesmaids (aka ji muis)? In the past, marriages were pre-arranged by parents, thus the games were more of an icebreaker for the groom and bride who were strangers to warm up towards each other on their first night.

As time passed, the pre-arranged marriage is rarely practiced among Chinese community (phewww), but the games tradition continues. To make the occasion more light-hearted, we have compiled these 10 great ideas according to four themes for you – take your pick! After all, we want to see true love – and admittedly the red packet too. As the saying goes, no money, no honey…

Food Battle

1. Tongue Twisters

That's right. Find a list of tongue twisters and get each of the guys to try saying them while chewing a mouth full of biscuits. Can be really funny! Some of the popular choices: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, how much wood could Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck and so on.

Tongue Twister in Chinese is even funnier!

2. Table MADner

Prepare some utensils such as long chopsticks, toothpicks, or a spatula etc and food that are hard to eat with the utensils. Write them down on small pieces of paper and put them into 2 separate boxes. Then, get the groom and his heng dais to draw a utensil and a food, finish the food using the utensils they picked. Imagine toothpicks and peanuts, long chopsticks with ice J

Eating with the wrong utensils proved a guy's determination

3. The Price is Right

Prepare some ready-to-eat food, for example a small pack of carrots, a 1L box of milk, a pack of biscuits etc. Split the groom and his groomsmen into 2 groups and get them to guess the price for each item. Team with the closest price value will win and the losing team will have to finish the food.

This is what will happen when you lose...

GOTCHA

4. Copy from Me

Line up the guys on one side; with the first and second groomsmen standing back to back. The first groomsman will be given an action (e.g. riding a roller coaster, washing clothes, taking wedding photographs) written on a piece of paper to act out without making any sound to the second groomsman, and so on. If the groom fails to get the right answer, the game will restart all over again!

We really need some comical guys here who are good
in impersonation

5. Light as a Feather

Instruct the group to jump continuously on a skipping rope while hugging each other. They can stop once the camera snaps a photo of them – but who knows when the bridesmaids will click on the button!

Alternatively they can have free jumps without rope -
but still hugging each other

6. Face Off

How close are you with your buddies?

The groomsmen are the groom’s best buddies – or are they? Get one of the guys as the model, and one will be the makeup artist. The makeup artist has 1 minute to put makeup on his model, but he must be blindfolded so he has to trust on the directions given by the other heng dais such as “slightly on your right, higher, lower” etc. You'll need makeup: lipstick, loose powder and blush. Stay away from things that could injure an eye, such as eye shadow and mascara.

7. Yoga Horror

Show some pictures of partner yoga poses, let the groom and his groomsmen choose three of them and re-enact the poses, for 1 minute. Sounds easy? Try and you’ll know!

Yoga poses are always a gatecrash favourite!

All about Her

8. What’s in the Box?

Put several favourite items of the bride into a wrapped box (a recycled cardboard will do), preferably small items such as the first anniversary ring, a keychain, or a phone accessory. The groomsmen will take turns to put their hand into the mystery box and describe each item to the groom who will make a guess. Well, make sure your heng dais are descriptive and adjectives-rich.

Grooms, do you still remember what you have given to
her as gifts?

9. Is That Hers?

Mix a few photos of different hands. With the help of his groomsmen, the groom has to guess which is the hand of his bride. Dear grooms, are you nervous?

10. Password

And, how well do you know your bride?

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This can be the last game before the group is allowed to enter. Prepare a list of questions about the bride to ask the GROOMSMEN (yes, not the groom!), for example: When is her birth date, what is her favourite song, when the couple had their first date etc. The groom has to make his best without making sounds to tip the answer to the heng dais, but more importantly he has to know her well.

Girls can put in a lot of effort to set up the door games, so dear grooms and the groomsmen, be well prepared! But this can be time to trigger the sweet and romantic memory of the couple too, like when they see the first anniversary ring.

Right, maybe we can give you some ideas for your first anniversary gift too?