The celebration should not only be sweet and touching, but also lively and bright, and for this it is necessary to think about entertainment for all those present. The most common option is to include funny wedding competitions in the script that will cause a smile or burst of laughter, introduce guests to each other and unite them into one team.
Such comic competitions can be chosen for any wedding, regardless of style, since the scenario can easily be adjusted to different themes.
Why are such entertainments needed?
For a long time, the tradition of holding a wedding cheerfully and noisily has been preserved, but at different times the entertainment was different. Now funny competitions for wedding guests are the most common way to keep people from getting bored. And symbolic prizes will remind them of the special day.
In addition to the fact that this is a kind of tribute to tradition, wedding games allow guests to relax, get to know other guests better and simply have fun. Even shy people who usually don't want to participate in competitions enjoy watching others do it.
You need to choose funny competitions for your wedding day individually, taking into account their character and the style of your own celebration. Competitions are selected in such a way that no one is embarrassed, embarrassed or uncomfortable. If desired, guests can also prepare games for the newlyweds, their parents and witnesses, for mother-in-law and mother-in-law.
Features and Variations
A competition for the bride at a wedding will help make the celebration unique. They allow the bride to show her best qualities: intelligence, dexterity, sense of humor, ingenuity, creativity. Such competitions differ from others in their specificity, because there is only one participant in them - and this is the bride herself.
Basically, they can be divided into 2 large groups: active and mental. In the first, participants need to move, and in the second, they just need to show their ingenuity, intelligence and creativity. For the bride, you can choose both types of competitions, or only one.
But do not forget that often the future wife has a lush and not very comfortable outfit. This point must be taken into account. To make the competition go smoothly, try to focus on the girl’s strong character traits, eliminating possible awkward moments. Here you can read about competitions for the groom.
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Funny table competitions at a wedding can be held during the preparation of more complex entertainment, so that guests do not get bored at this time. Artem Kuzmichev
"Georgian toast"
If all the guests have already congratulated the newlyweds, you can organize a “Georgian Toast” competition. The host invites the guests to say a few individual words related to the wedding in one way or another, for example, bride, ring, baby, romper, mortgage, etc. All this is written down with a marker on separate tablets.
After this, the host says that Georgian men are always distinguished by their special eloquence at feasts, and it would be nice to learn this skill from them. Two volunteers are selected from among the guests; for greater effect, they can wear Georgian caps and false mustaches.
The men try to say the most eloquent toast for the newlyweds, and at this time the host unexpectedly shows various signs with pre-written words. The speaker must quickly find his bearings and use them in his speech to make the toast sound. The most realistic “Georgian” is awarded a prize.
"Newlyweds Calendar"
All guests can take part in the fun game “Newlyweds Calendar”. The presenter explains that the first year for the newly-made spouses will be difficult and filled with different events. To support them at the beginning of their life together, the guests will promise to help them with some household trifle.
For the game, a tear-off calendar is prepared, on the sheets of which there should be free space for notes. Weekends and holidays are chosen based on the number of guests, and a small promise is written on each piece of paper. All the blanks are put into a hat, after which the guests take turns choosing one of the notes and reading it out loud. This comic promise does not have to be fulfilled later if there is suddenly no free time. The game is played for fun.
The content of calendar sheets can be selected from the following options:
- for the winter months - take the young ones to an ice skating rink or a mountain slope, steam them in a bathhouse or warm them with hot tea and delicious pastries;
- for the spring months - wash windows, help with seedlings, improve your health with vitamins or take them to barbecues;
- for the summer months - a ride on a motor ship or a Ferris wheel, help with flower beds in the country, drink homemade lemonade and feed ice cream;
- for the autumn months - help dig up potatoes, give garlands or Christmas tree decorations, arrange gatherings on the veranda under a warm blanket with a cup of cocoa.
At the very beginning of the banquet, when the guests have not yet begun to congratulate the newlyweds, you can hold a table relay race. This competition is suitable if guests are sitting at two long tables. A glass of champagne is poured for everyone, the host gives the start command, and, starting from the edge of the table, the guests clink their glasses in a chain, saying a short wish to the newlyweds. For example, you can wish for a lot of money, a big house, a strong family, five children, a kind mother-in-law, etc. The winner is the team that rings their glasses faster than the other to congratulate the newlyweds.
Interesting! At the table you can play intellectual competitions. Even those who don’t really like to draw attention to themselves will be able to take part in them.
"Round bellies"
As a rule, this entertainment is suitable for males. However, everyone can take part. To carry it out, you need to inflate the balloons to their maximum size. At the belly level, we tie one ball to each of the participants in the competition for adults for the New Year 2022 using a rope or tape. After this, we pour out one box of matches near each player. On command, participants bend down and begin to collect matches. The one whose balloon bursts is out of the game. You can turn on music to make the game even more fun.
Bride ransom - how to make it more original
Entertainment is provided not only for the banquet part of the event. There are also funny wedding competitions for bride price. The groom is put to the test, proving that he is worthy to ask for the hand and heart of his beloved. Competitions are prepared by the bridesmaids or relatives.
"Serenade for my beloved"
The first competition is called “Serenade for your beloved.” For it you will need to prepare any objects that make any sounds, for example, you can take standard musical instruments - a guitar or harmonica, and unusual ones - a pan with a spoon, a rattle, a whistle, etc.
The task of the groom and his team is to stand under the bride’s window and perform a melody, while singing a love song. If a girl likes the serenade, she can throw her lover a small bouquet from the window.
If the song and performance do not impress the bride, she can replace the flowers with a bunch of parsley or dill.
"Portrait of a Bride"
Cuttings of parts of the bride's face and other girls, famous or not, are prepared for the groom. It is better to print all the blanks on a printer and cut them out so that there is no noticeable difference between magazine paper and photographs. The groom is invited to create a portrait of his beloved on a sheet of whatman paper within a certain time using cutouts and glue.
"Dancing 'til you drop"
You can also arrange a dance competition for young men, for example, “Dancing until you drop.” For it you will need to prepare several musical compositions. The groom is invited to perform a dance, but only in such a way that it fits the music. Recorded songs must be switched quickly so that the young man does not relax, and a fine must be imposed for a long delay in movements.
"Footprints"
To test the groom's dexterity and ingenuity, the "Traces" competition is held. Shoe prints cut out of paper are laid out on the stairs, and the young man must step only on them, bypassing the steps. To make it more interesting, the footprints should be placed further away from each other so that the groom thinks about how to get to them.
If he gets his bearings, he can ask his friends for help - they can transport him to distant prints. When reading the rules, this possibility does not need to be mentioned, but there are no restrictions on teamwork.
Interesting! The “Chamomile” competition is also considered very popular for ransom. You can read more about it here.
Wedding competitions for the groom
Mom's voice
The groom and mother of the bride are blindfolded. Within one to three minutes they must find each other by voice. The groom shouts “Mother-in-law!”, and the bride’s mother shouts: “Son-in-law!” However, they are disturbed by other guests who also periodically shout these words. If the mother-in-law and son-in-law have not found each other during this time, then they are obliged to dance together in order to get closer together.
On the road of love
The groom is taken as far as possible from the bride and told that he will be able to take a step only if he gives his wife some kind of compliment. Everyone counts how many steps it will take the groom to get to his beloved - the more there are, the better. You can make the competition more complicated and ask that each compliment begin with the letter of the alphabet that begins with the bride's name.
Memorable photos
For this competition, the presenter must prepare, or rather, edit photographs from the couple’s life together. Only the faces and bodies of the bride and groom should remain in the pictures, and the background should be darkened or painted over with all kinds of colors. One by one, the presenter shows the groom and everyone else pictures that show the bride and groom, and the groom must remember the reason for which this photo was taken and the place where it was taken. For a correctly guessed photo, the bride kisses the groom, and for all the correctly guessed photos, the groom receives a prize, for example, a frame for a wedding photo.
Coffee in bed for your beloved
The groom is brought a tray with a full cup of coffee (coffee can be replaced with any liquid). The groom stands at a certain distance, about 20 steps from the bride. On the “start” command, the groom must reach the bride within a certain time, for example, 1 minute, and not spill a drop of coffee. If the groom completes the task, he receives a kiss from his beloved as a reward.
First build the house, and then the son and the tree
The groom is given a deck of playing cards and must use all the cards to build a house in a minute. All the guests support the groom, and he, in turn, tries to quickly and deftly build a house. If the groom manages to build a house within the specified time, he receives a prize - a kiss from the bride and, for example, a keychain for the keys to the future house.
So that there is no shame at the ball
For this competition, the host must stock up on melodies of various dances, and the groom must stock up on enthusiasm and inspiration. The presenter takes turns playing excerpts of melodies of various dances (Greek, hopak, 7:40, tango, waltz, and so on). An excerpt of a song plays and the groom dances. It will be interesting for everyone to watch how the groom quickly finds his bearings and switches from dance to dance, each time showing incredible talent, for example, not to get confused and at the moment of tango take a chair or mother-in-law, grab a knife from the table and masterfully dance the lezginka. As soon as the melodies are over and the groom has successfully completed all the dances, he will be awarded a diploma as a skilled dancer, with whom the bride will not be ashamed to appear at the ball.
We will have as many
The presenter takes turns calling the groom categories from life, and the groom, in turn, says: “We will have as many _as_,” and how many should be related to the parameters of the bride, for example, as many children as my bride has eyes; as many trips a year as my bride weighs; there are as many quarrels as the bride has karate belts, which means none, and so on. For the ingenuity and ingenuity of the groom, the couple at the end shout out loud and wish everything to be so.
The host or one of the guests reads out an impromptu poem or story about the love of the bride and groom in words that can be shown, and the groom must reveal his “pantonymic” talent and comment on each word with facial expressions, for example, I (points to himself) love (shows heart) for you (points to the bride) and so on. The story can be of any direction, for example, You are the eighth wonder of the world, your eyes are like the blue sky, your smile shines like the sun. I love you very much and will always be your super hero. The groom is awarded a prize for a talented and brilliant performance.
Family advertising
The groom must show his ingenuity and advertise his family, or rather, each family member: himself, his new wife, mother-in-law, father-in-law, father-in-law and mother-in-law. For example, only today, only now in front of you is an incredibly beautiful and breathtaking chick, sweet as wine with a slight tart aftertaste of passion and charm. Eyes like the ocean, a look that moves your hearts and a kind heart that will open up vast expanses of joy before you. Who is this, you ask. I think you know it yourself. And the guests must guess who the groom is advertising. This is my mother-in-law. If the guests liked the groom's "commercial videos", he receives loud applause and a prize.
Modern entertainment
There are very funny wedding competitions that are suitable specifically for the youth audience. For example, the simplest option is a karaoke competition.
The rules are simple: you need to sing the selected song as close to the original as possible, and the words are shown on a separate screen.
"In Search of Treasures"
If you are interested in more complex modern funny wedding competitions, pay attention to the “In Search of Treasures” quest. There are clues hidden throughout the banquet hall or in nature, depending on the location of the celebration. By collecting several of them, you can guess where the treasure is hidden.
For this task, you can divide into two teams, for example, the bride and groom's side or those who wish the newlyweds a boy or a girl as their first child.
Another option is every family or group of friends for themselves. The hidden treasure could be a bag of sweets, a bottle of wedding champagne, or even something stolen from the bride - a shoe or a garter.
When choosing new funny competitions for your wedding, keep in mind that the older generation will most likely not like such entertainment.
Fanta
Everyone present at the banquet can play wedding forfeits. To do this, each guest is given an inflated balloon with a task on a piece of paper inside. You need to burst the balloon, read the contents of the note to the whole room and do what it says. The tasks should be easy for everyone.
To create an exciting mood at the wedding, you can hold a festive lottery. There are two options: either each guest receives tickets at the entrance, or they are given out as prizes for other competitions.
During the celebration, symbolic prizes are drawn in a lottery that will remind guests of the wedding. The entire competition can be divided into several stages to fill the pauses between congratulations or during preparation for other entertainment.
Additional Tips
Wedding entertainment can be provided either by a professional host or by the newlyweds themselves, their relatives, witnesses or close friends. The funniest competitions at a wedding are those that are fun, enjoyable for everyone, and do not cause shame, awkwardness or even anger.
For winning comic competitions, prizes are awarded - ordinary memorable trinkets or little things related to the wedding. Awards in competitions at thematic celebrations are especially carefully thought out. Some games also provide for penalties, that is, tasks that must be completed for losing. Most often this is a toast, song, dance or other simple action.
The more interesting the entertainment part and the funnier the wedding competitions, the more effective the videos, which both guests and newlyweds will then watch with interest.
"Clothespins"
, as well as several other willing couples, must take part in this competition Two or four will be enough. All participants must be blindfolded and placed opposite each other. The facilitator should also attach clothespins to each participant's clothing. Six pieces will be enough. Next, the presenter turns on the music, and the players begin their work. Each participant must find his partner and remove all the clothespins from him. It is worth noting that the music in the background should play no more than three minutes. As soon as the music stops playing, the competition must end. The winner is the one who collected the most clothespins.
If someone removes all the clothespins before the music stops playing, then the competition can be ended and the winner can be announced. The losers will face a fine - a glass of vodka.
