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Life-size Jenga and Connect Four?! Yes Please!

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    ecofriendlybride    September 17, 2011   Houston, TX

    So here is the back story:

    My famiy and I are extremely huge on game night, and my fiance is a major video game nerd (so much so, his groom's cake will be an XBOX)! Anyways, my fiance and I were at a barcadia (half bar/ half arcade) and what was there.....Life size Jenga and connect four!

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    Life-size Jenga and Connect Four?! Yes Please! :  wedding Connect Four

    So......would it be tacky to have a life size connect four and jenga at our wedding? We are not having a formal wedding and we want people to have fun (even those that don't dance). My only fear is that this would take attention away from "us" at the wedding.

    Comments please!

     
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    bunnyfoofoo    May 14, 2011   Wilmington, NC

    OMG I would be all over that in a heartbeat!! Great idea!!!!

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    that is SO AWESOME!

     
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    ecofriendlybride    September 17, 2011   Houston, TX

    And they are so simple to make! The Jenga was made out of wood blocks that could be found at Home Depot or Lowe's or simply by cutting 2X4's. The connect four are paint can tops spray painted! So cute and easy!

     
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    It would be awesome! That would be such a fun thing to have for people to do, I love it

     
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    Valhalla    June 26, 2010   Vancouver, British Columbia

    We have a bar in Vancouver that has the exact same concept. I love it. I think you should totally do it at your wedding :)

     
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    babylou    October 15, 2011  

    Fun idea! Very different without being too weird. :)

     
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    bakerella    September 11, 2010   Toronto, ON

    I love it! I totally want it for our house too :)

     
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    red_pepper_gal    July 7, 2012   Edmonton, Canada

    We were totally going to do this until our wedding wound up being more formal than we had originally planned.

     
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    heather5743    March 10, 2012  

    This is such a unique idea!!  I love it!!!

     
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    MissHoneyBun       Dallas, TX

    There's a Barcadia by my house!

     
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    Lee_Ann    October 20, 2012   Pittsburgh

    I love it too! I would soo play! I'm not much of a dance person so i would definitely appreciate having some other form of entertainment.

     
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    pink.sequins    October 1, 2011   NorCal

    This looks so FUN! I love it :)

     
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    Mrs.tobe    September 30, 2011   the middle of there

    @bakerella: I totally want them for the house!

     
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    littlemissmango    July 7, 2012   Oahu, HI

    FUN! I think it's kind of becoming a "thing" in the wedding world to provide games for guests to play. And big, huge giant ones of classics like these are so killer. People will be talking about it forever after your wedding! How are you going to get them though? Rent them from this place you were at?

     
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    MsPanda    August 17, 2013   Oregon

    I would dance and play!!!n I LOVE the idea!!!

     
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    Mrs.tobe    September 30, 2011   the middle of there

    @littlemissmango: I think they could be made pretty easily... Especially the Jenga. I love these!

     
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    LetThereBeLite    October 17, 2015  

    Great, great, great idea!

     
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    Prewitt    June 19, 2011   England

    @ecofriendlybride: No it wouldn't take away from you at all, go for it, people will love it. One of the venues we saw had these included but we didn't go with them in the end.

     
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    dodgercpkl    October 15, 2010   California

    We had that for Easter last year when my hubby and I were in the Netherlands.  :)

     

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    Miss Godiva    June 1, 2012   California

    Totally go for it!!! That would be so much fun, and people would talk about your wedding for ages!

     
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    littlemissmango    July 7, 2012   Oahu, HI

    @Mrs.tobe: True that. My man's a carpenter, maybe I need to steal this idea!! :D

     
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    Miss Godiva    June 1, 2012   California

    @littlemissmango: haha I think you *need* to steal this idea :)

     
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    Mrs.tobe    September 30, 2011   the middle of there

    @littlemissmango: Doooooo it!

     
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    adw2c    June 2011  

    Thats so cool!! Never seen it before.

     
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    Treasure43    September 18, 2010  

    That would be super fun! When we went to Jamaica we played life sized chess and it was so much fun!

     
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    mistyeyes    August 18, 2012  

    Lol Love this idea!

    @dodgercpkl: I would have been terrified of one of those blocks dropping on my foot. They look enormous!

     
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    ecofriendlybride    September 17, 2011   Houston, TX

    @Miss Godiva: You could totally use this idea!

    To all: Thanks so much for the reassuring comments! We are also planning on leaving markers to write wishes or words of wisdom on the blocks :)

    @ Little Miss Mango: We are going to "try" (keyword TRY) to make them! I will post pics of how it goes!

     
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    dodgercpkl    October 15, 2010   California

    @mistyeyes:  Haha!  They weren't really heavy enough to worry me and we all had a blast with it!  :)  It was one of the favorite games that day.  :D

     
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    MrsSl82be    October 24, 2009  

    Awesome idea, I wish they had this around my way!!

     
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    miss jenny    September 15, 2012   Albany

    That would be so much fun. People will remember your wedding! Great idea! I want one for our house, great for parties!

     
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    EdBdCJ    March 18, 2012   Houston

    I went to Barcadia last night and saw the same thing and had the same thought. Did you include or are you including this in your wedding?  Did you rent it or make it? If you rented, where?

    Thanks!

     
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    jdsmiss    March 17, 2012   Long Beach, CA

    My fiance and I are board game lovers too.  I think this is the BEST. IDEA. EVER. and will make for awesome pics!!!

     
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    bookworm88    August 4, 2012  

    USE LITTLE JENGA BLOCKS AS ESCORT CARDS!!

    that's all I have to contribute but COME ON IT'D BE GREAT!

     
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    atalante    May 19, 2012  

    I heart this. :)

     
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    bebe25    June 30, 2012   dallas

    This is such a great idea that i looked for one online instead of tyring to make it myself. I googled a site and found www.tumblingtowers.com, they sent me a custom set for our wedding and it came so fast. Everyone has loved playing with it so far. Thanks for the great game idea :)

     
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    BayStateBride    September 1, 2012   Cow Hampshire (wedding in MA)

    These would be awesome for the cocktail hour in the garden at my wedding!

     

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