Cool wedding competitions at the table - laughter and fun for guests

What are they?

The main task that wedding table competitions solve is to entertain those present and prevent the banquet from turning into a banal drinking party.
Therefore, competitions should be fun and humorous: there is no place for sadness and boredom at a wedding. However, vulgarity should not be tolerated. Table wedding competitions can be divided into several large groups:

1. shouting games;
2. congratulation games;
3. quizzes;
4. lotteries;
5. comic games;
6. music and creative competitions.

Important! It is necessary to discuss with the newlyweds which competitions and prizes should be used and which ones should not. Not everyone will be happy about a lottery in which the winner is a roll of toilet paper or a toothbrush. If you don't know which prize to choose, use sweets (sweets or small chocolates) - they will suit almost all guests.

And after 50 years, life is like in a fairy tale

The Golden Wedding is a fun and joyful holiday. But sometimes the age of the heroes of the occasion, and even the guests at the holiday, no longer allows them to often frolic and dance playfully. Therefore, there will be a perfect place for a calm but interesting competition. A competition in which guests must be smart and apply their memories from the fields of literature, theater and cinema. Each guest in turn should wish love to the spouses and compare them with the main characters of novels, films, plays, and so on, for example, “I wish you young love, as if you were Romeo and Juliet,” or “I wish you sincere and reverent love, as if you - teacher and Savchenko from the film “Spring on Zarechnaya Street” and so on. At the end of the game, all guests, of course, are given small gifts, and the gift for the “golden” spouses will be those same warm emotions, sweet comparisons and good wishes from relatives and friends.

Toast games, congratulation games

Usually at the wedding table the order of toasts and congratulations to the newlyweds is established according to different principles:

• by kinship : first the closest relatives - parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters;
• by place at the table - starting with those sitting closer to the young people and further in order;
• voluntarily.

However, this order can also be established with the help of a fun game.

Unusual alphabet

In advance, small cards with the letters of the alphabet are laid out on the back of the chairs or under the plate - from A to Z (if there are more guests, you can use the letters two or three times). When the time comes for congratulations, the host suggests that the guest who has a card with the letter A be the first to congratulate the newlyweds, then B, and so on.

We wish the young

So that guests do not get tired of toasts and feasts, you can invite them to organize a collective congratulations to the newlyweds , illustrating it with gestures. The presenter announces that his words of congratulations must be accompanied by actions:

1. if words about love are heard, you need to draw a heart in the air;
2. if it’s about health, men show off their biceps, and women check and admire them;
3. if the word “luck” is pronounced, everyone makes the “Okay!” sign;
4. When it comes to happiness, guests blow a kiss to the newlyweds.

Golden wedding: congratulations from children and grandchildren

Children and grandchildren can congratulate the “young people” by acting out a comic original scene in which they will portray the heroes of the day in their youth. You can translate their dating story or a funny incident from life into a sketch. You can compose ditties about spouses. There are a lot of ideas, there’s already a lot of ideas here.

Also, children can take upon themselves the entire organization of the holiday and even act as toastmaster

Parents will be very pleased with such attention

It is best to say congratulations in your own words and in prose, this way it will turn out most sincerely and sincerely.

For example, you can take the following congratulation as a basis: “For half a century, you have followed the same path and, having recently celebrated a ruby ​​wedding, you made a promise to the guests that they would also live together until the golden one! You did it and didn’t go away, didn’t lose your feelings and love. Today we all raise our glasses in your honor and drink to your health! We admire you, you are an example for us! Long live our big, friendly family!”

Originally posted 2018-02-01 06:26:25.

For newlyweds - “Who is the boss in the house?”

While the guests are getting to know each other, it’s time for the young spouses to distribute responsibilities around the house. You can choose different options: use pre-prepared notes with comic duties, such as “brush a strand off your spouse’s forehead during a quarrel,” “sing songs in the morning on the balcony,” and others. You can invite the guests to make a list of responsibilities: let them write them down, and the host will invite the young people to take turns taking notes out of the bag.

Options for props can also be different:

• small balloons;
• paper daisy with tear-off petals;
• a bag or box where the notes rolled into a tube will be placed;
• a lotto bag, where the role of barrels will be played by containers from “Kinder surprises”: inside them there are notes with responsibilities.

Preparing for the celebration

It is customary to celebrate the tenth anniversary of marriage on a grand scale - this is the first round anniversary of the wedding, but the choice of how to celebrate the anniversary still remains with the spouses. In order for the event to be perfect, the heroes of the tin celebration must draw up a list of guests - good, beloved people who themselves will make the day unforgettable. Separately, think about the presence of a child or children if they appeared at the time of the tin anniversary celebration.

Then comes the drafting of the script. Tin anniversaries must warn guests in advance if they are going to organize a themed celebration with a dress code. Send out invitations several weeks in advance to give guests time to prepare.

At this big celebration, it is important to have a photographer who will capture the tin celebration in photos and videos.

Watch the video that will help you make unique invitation cards with your own hands:

Decoration of the celebration venue

The issue of decor depends on which symbol the celebrants of the day chose. Combining pewter and pink decor can create an interesting decoration for a banquet hall. For example, the table can be decorated with figurines of tin soldiers, and the fabrics decorating the room (napkins, curtains) can be found in a beautiful silver shade. Several bouquets of beautiful roses on the table, a pink tablecloth, and other elements of this color will add tenderness to the celebration.

Tin anniversaries will have to show their imagination when choosing the design of the celebration.

Musical accompaniment for the anniversary

The ideal musical accompaniment will be live sound. If the heroes of the tin celebration are not limited by finances, it will be possible to invite a good group playing calm, melodic instrumental music. Otherwise, tin anniversaries can independently select a playlist for the event.

For parents - “Who will be born first?”

The presenter introduces the parents of the newlyweds and talks about the difficult path they went through while getting their children on their feet. After the parents say their parting words, the presenter asks if they dream of grandchildren and offers to find out who will be born first in a young family - a boy or a girl.

Future grandmothers make up one team, future grandfathers another. Each team is given a head of cabbage. The presenter says that a coin is hidden inside each head of cabbage. If the grandmothers are the first to find her, the first-born of the young family will be a girl, if the team of grandfathers is the first child, a boy will be born.

Future grandparents, on command, “undress” the cabbage to the music. When a bare stalk remains and no one has found the coin, the presenter says: “Dear parents! You’re adults, are you really still looking for children in cabbage?”

Lotteries, quizzes

Lotteries and prize drawings are a traditional part of the wedding party. They are suitable for both adults and children . You can attach a token with a number under the seat of a chair or put it under a plate in advance, and during the feast you can hold a comic win-win lottery. You will need to think about prizes for her in advance - prepare them and small poetic descriptions.

Interesting! Another win-win option in the literal sense of the word for a table competition at a wedding party: simple comic questions and no less comic answers, and as a prize - small souvenirs, the same sweets as a gift from the newlyweds.

Finish the sentence

A popular game is when the presenter invites one person to choose a question or half a phrase at random, and his neighbor to complete it. No one knows which answer option will appear and sound, and such a quiz causes a lot of laughter.

Through the mouth of the people

The host says the beginning of a proverb about family life, the guests must finish. For each correct answer - a small prize or token. Then at the end of the game, the one who has the most tokens can be awarded the “Most Smart” medal.

A slightly modified version of the game: before the toast, guests are invited to select and name as many synonyms for the word “drink” as possible. Whoever names the most wins.

Musical

This is one of the most popular entertainments during a wedding feast. There can be many options:

• remember and perform the song according to the first line;
• who knows more songs starting with a certain letter;
• who knows more songs in which some kind of paint is named (an excellent option for a “rainbow wedding”, and for any “color” it can be changed: for example, for red - sing songs about everything that has a red color, for blue - everything , which is associated with shades of blue, and so on);
• who knows more songs with a certain word (for example, “love” - wedding!);
• and, finally, a traditional competition similar to the television game “Guess the Melody”, when the participant needs to guess the song by 3, 4... 7 notes.

Guests like such musical games; they can be used during a pause when guests are sitting at tables, for example, while waiting for hot food. Their main advantage is that both young people and representatives of the older generation, who find it difficult to endure, for example, dance marathons, play with pleasure.

I know this song

The conditions are simple: a melody sounds, and the first guest to guess it wins a prize. As a prize, you can prepare sweets or small chocolates in advance, wrapping them in a wrapper with photographs of the newlyweds (these can be ordered at any printing house). The interesting thing about the game is that you can record not only modern hits or old songs, music from famous films, but also the sounds of nature, sounds made by animals, and advertising tracks.

Who will sing who?

This is a game for two teams - they could be, for example, guests sitting on the left side of the bride and groom and on the right. The presenter gives each team a task in turn, asking a question with a line from a song (it is better to select the musical accompaniment in advance). Participants must remember a line that could answer the question, for example:

1. “Why do birch trees make so much noise in Russia?” - “Because someone loves an accordion player”;
2. “Where are you, my black-eyed one, where?” - “There, beyond the horizon”;
3. “Why are you indifferent to me?” - “Because, because we are pilots”;
4. “Tell me, Snow Maiden, where have you been?” - “Somewhere in this world, where it’s always frosty...”

How to entertain guests at your 50th wedding anniversary celebration?

Fifty years of marriage is a significant date that is usually celebrated solemnly, among friends and family. Nowadays, when more than half of marriages break up, it is not celebrated very often. It is not surprising that this anniversary is called golden, comparing the relationship of spouses who have lived together for half a century with this precious metal.

Perhaps no other anniversary is associated with as many traditions as this one. It can be held at the Wedding Palace, and then a gala dinner can be arranged for the heroes of the occasion and guests in a restaurant or at home. On this day, you need to get together with the whole family, warmly and sincerely congratulate the heroes of the day, thank you for everything they did for their loved ones.

Spouses are showered with gold coins, confetti or any yellow grain. This custom means a wish for happiness, health, love and prosperity. Then the couple is given a loaf of bread on an embroidered towel. First the celebrants and then the guests try the bread. It is believed that this ritual emphasizes family unity.

Another tradition is to organize a variety of games and competitions for the golden wedding for the couple and their guests. We will tell you what competitions can be included in the entertainment program of such a holiday.

Table competitions for the golden wedding

A golden anniversary is a wonderful occasion for spouses to remember the days of their youth when they met. The competition for the 50th wedding anniversary “Bright Past” will help to achieve this.

The husband will need to answer the questions:

• What month did you meet?
• Where did you go on vacation for the first time?
• What affectionate name did your wife call you?
• What did you give her for her silver wedding?

Questions for the wife:

• Where did you go on your first date?
• Where did your husband confess his love to you?
• Where did he propose to you to marry him?
• What was the most original gift he gave you?

To hold the next competition, all women present at the golden wedding celebration, including the hero of the occasion, must give the host some of their things, for example, jewelry (rings, earrings).

The hero of the day will have to find among them those that belong to his wife. It is advisable that it be an old thing that she has not worn for a long time.

The spouse celebrating her anniversary will also complete a similar task. She must find among several men's things what belongs to her life partner.

Other competitions for 50th wedding anniversary

Another competition is also held for recognition. The husband is blindfolded, several women and his wife stand in a row or semicircle. The task of the hero of the day is to find his soulmate using his hands (nose, earlobe or hair). If he fails, he will have to fulfill some of her wishes, for example, perform any concert number.

Then the heroes of the day are presented with a large daisy made of thick paper. On each of its petals is written a date that is significant for the spouses (for example, the birthdays of children, grandchildren, the day of moving to a new apartment, etc.).

The heroes of the occasion will need to remember each date, telling the guests what happened then in their lives. This golden wedding competition should remind them how many bright moments they experienced together, and how happy their life was together.

When the spouses answer all the questions, the guests will evaluate how well they completed these tasks. And then you can present them with medals “50 years of marriage” or a certificate of honor “The best couple in the world” as prizes.

After this celebration, in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary, you can hold competitions for guests. Participants are given sheets of paper that list various household duties, and on the right there are two columns, above one of which is written “husband”, above the other is “wife”.

Guests must check the first or second column, depending on which spouse performs this duty. Then the marks are counted and a conclusion is made who is the most responsible in the family.

The presenter asks the children and grandchildren questions regarding the heroes of the day (for example, name their favorite activities, favorite colors, songs, movies of their grandparents, list the names of all their brothers and sisters, etc.), and the younger generation must give the correct answers.

In this case, the participants of the competition can line up in one line, and the one who gives the correct answer will take a step towards where the heroes of the day are standing. This competition should show how close the connection is between relatives and how strong family ties are. The main prize for the winner is a joint photo with the heroes of the occasion.

The host will then invite six people onto the stage. They will choose cards that have one of the letters of the word “love” written on them. In this competition to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary, the winner will be the one who, in one or two minutes, lists the most wishes for the family starting with this letter.

For example, with the letter “b”: prosperity, wealth, endless love, boundless happiness. The one who received the soft sign can come up with wishes starting with any letter, but with a soft sign in the middle or end of the word.

Dance competitions for the 50th wedding anniversary

After this, the presenter will ask the heroes of the day to perform the dance that they danced 50 years ago. The couple goes out into the middle of the hall and dances to the music, soon joined by their relatives and friends. You can then hold golden wedding anniversary dance competitions for the guests.

Small teams or pairs are given pieces of paper with the name of a dance. It could be a gypsy, waltz, tango, lezginka, dance of little swans, etc. When the participants prepare for the performance, completely different music will sound. Dancers must perform their dance without paying attention to inappropriate musical accompaniment.

Afterwards, five women and six men are invited to the dance floor. Women stand in a circle and join hands. When the music starts, they should move clockwise. Men also stand in a circle, extending their arms, and move in the opposite direction to the music.

When the music stops, participants in this competition need to quickly hug a member of the opposite sex. The man left without a partner chooses the woman he likes, and both leave the dance floor. This dance competition continues until the winner is determined.

A golden wedding only happens once in a lifetime, so take the time to prepare for this celebration! Thanks to a well-thought-out entertainment program and various competitions for the 50th wedding anniversary, the celebration of this date will become a joyful and memorable event.

For guests

To cheer up those present at the wedding and give them a break from food and alcohol, you can offer the following competitions for guests:

Greedy

Everyone sitting at the table can participate in the competition. The prize is placed in the middle of the table, and the presenter announces that it can be claimed on the count of 3. But the trick is that the count is not in order, but randomly: 1, 2, 50, 34, etc. The prize will go to the one who is attentive.

Why not Pushkin?

The host offers the guests a few words from which they need to make a toast in poetic form. Rhyme is required. Another version of the competition: guests are given a line of a romantic poem. You need to recite your version of the continuation.

My light, mirror

The host gives any of the guests a small mirror. While looking at it, the participant in the game must say at least a dozen compliments to himself, and at this time the rest of the guests must knock him down or try to make him laugh. It is important not to smile or lose your temper, then the guest gets a prize.

For a small company

For a small company or family celebration, you can choose games that do not require many participants.

For example, you can pass the baton of toasts and congratulations using a regular (or unusual) alarm clock. The presenter sets a timer on it. Guests pass the alarm clock from hand to hand. In whose hands it rings, give a toast and congratulate the newlyweds.

Please note: many music competitions also do not require a large number of participants (this does not apply to team competitions, where, on the contrary, as many guests as possible are welcome).

Balloon competitions

At a wedding celebration where a large number of guests are not planned, competitions and games with balloons are often held:

1. who can inflate the balloon faster?
2. lottery: each ball contains a task. The guest, approached by the host, must choose a ball, burst it and complete the task;
3. the balloons may not contain tasks, but wishes that guests have written in advance on small pieces of paper. Even before the wedding ceremony began, the hosts placed them in balloons, and the balloons were attached to the backs of the guests’ chairs.

Chipmunk Speaker

The presenter gives the participant a card with a written word, the player must put as many small candies or nuts on his cheek as possible and say the word or phrase written on the card. The rest of the guests must guess. So that all the guests feel not “bitter”, but “sweet”, let everyone be “chipmunks”.

Kiss and bite

When the company has become so cheerful that friendly kisses with a neighbor will not cause jealousy in your spouse, you can hold “kissing competitions.” The following tasks can be included in the game “forfeits”:

• The host asks the guest to name the place in the neighbor’s house that he likes (for example, his hairstyle) and the place that he doesn’t like – for example, the earrings in his ears. After this, the guest is invited to kiss the neighbor in the place he liked and bite in the place he doesn’t like;
• A variation of the game is to pass a small soft toy around in a circle. When the music stops, the host invites the guest, who is holding the toy, to kiss it in the place he likes. After this, it is proposed to kiss the neighbor in the same place.

How to beautifully decorate a room

Decorating a hall in gold for a wedding can be emphasized and complemented in the following ways.

• Inflate a lot of balloons with helium, tie a decorative ribbon for flowers to each one and twist the tip a little.
• If the ceilings in the room are not very high, then a completely filled room with such balls will no longer require other parts of large elements. When funds are limited or there is not enough time for the entire room, the balls can be collected in bundles of 5-7 pieces, tied to something heavy and placed in different parts of the room. They will look more beautiful if, in addition to gold, another color is used.
• Organize a photo area, for which you will need a stand with a stretched background. You can order a banner print at a photo salon and rent a special frame. These are most often indicated by the date and names of the newlyweds; for a wedding in gold tones, you should consider the design and color scheme.
• Since it is customary to give flowers for a wedding even during the painting, vases painted with gold spray paint can take care of their storage during the banquet. The paint is sold in a craft store, and vases can be bought cheaply even in a supermarket.
• The walls can be draped with golden organza from a curtain store.

It is better to divide the scope of work into the room itself and the tables. It will be much more convenient this way.

Guest tables

It is best to play with contrast on the table, so you can use either gold dishes or gold tablecloths separately. As an option: the tablecloth is laid in white, and one gold table runner is placed on top; napkins under the place settings are also used in gold.

• Placement cards are easy to make in gold. If you have a limited budget, you can print them on regular white thick paper, and apply beautiful patterns with gold gouache on top using a stencil.
• If the backs of the chairs allow, they can be decorated with a wide gold ribbon.
• Tables can be decorated with small vases coated with gold paint, into which various prop elements for photos will be inserted: mustaches, glasses, hats, and so on. This is suitable for a youth wedding so that guests can take pictures of themselves during the banquet.
• You can place a flat bowl in the center of the table and place floating candles there. Soft light will add warmth to the room, and the golden color will sparkle in a completely different way. If the wedding is during the day, then this idea should be left until the evening, when the celebration comes to an end.

Newlyweds table

Finding wedding glasses with gold rims is easy, but if you want, you can have something unique made to order. Paired glasses with decorative beads and crystals look beautiful; there are also options with the glasses decorated with gold lace.

The newlyweds' table should be the brightest, so special emphasis should be placed on it. Often a decorative arch of flowers or balls is made near it, which will be located behind the backs of the newlyweds.

Other useful tips:

• the newlyweds can inform the guests in their invitations that the wedding will be in gold, so that they can think through their image in advance;
• Prepare small souvenirs for guests on the seating cards: gold butterflies for men and ribbons on the arm or as a headband for women.

Interesting! Consider other beautiful options for decorating the hall. For example, in ivory color.

Total

When choosing competitions for your wedding feast, consider the audience. Talk to the newlyweds in advance: how many young people will be among the guests and how many elderly people. Games should be chosen so that all guests, regardless of age and income, do not get bored. Alternate active games with calm competitions and do not forget that guests want to do more than just play. Give them time to eat, dance and just chat with each other and with the young people.

And most importantly, remember: both the young people and their guests came to relax. There should not be too many competitions - do not overload the script, distributing them evenly throughout the celebration. If the guests have fun and interest, everyone will remember the wedding for a long time as a fun and joyful pastime.

Gifts for guests

Conventional bonbonnieres can be replaced with truly unexpected options by giving:

• handmade soap in a holiday-appropriate style, or the same original candles;
• chocolate bars in edible gold or handmade truffles;
• personalized medals stylized as gold;
• printed gingerbread cookies.

The gift is decorated with ribbons, beads, and lace. You can put the gift in miniature baskets, boxes, or gold bags.

A golden style wedding is an elegant luxury full of charm and splendor. A holiday that makes a dream come true is remembered for a long time and becomes the foundation that will cement the union of two loving hearts forever. And, decades later, the young-at-heart spouses will remember their wedding and look at each other with love.