As the old proverb says, “a wedding dinner is boring if there is no fun at the table.” Not a single celebration dedicated to the birth of a new family is complete without games and competitions. After the ceremonial registration, guests and hosts of the holiday gather in the banquet hall, where refreshments await them.
It is impossible to devote most of your time to devouring delicious dishes, because those invited to the wedding have gathered here to truly celebrate this event with joy. Fun and interesting wedding competitions, thought up in advance, will help to cheer up those present.
Why are they needed?
To understand whether a guy and a girl are suitable for each other, they need to make repairs together. This modern humorous wisdom also applies to weddings. The coherence of the young couple in overcoming humorous obstacles is a sign that they will be able to come to an agreement in family life. Groovy tests liberate, create a good mood, and give positive emotions . If any of the event participants feel awkward, involving them in the competitive whirlpool will allow them to feel free. Note! A wedding is associated with family life, so the event should not be measured and dull. Natural lyrical moments must be generously interspersed with funny numbers, competitions and competitions, in which the main heroes of the holiday - the bride and groom - will take direct part.
Tips for choosing entertainment
To make the wedding banquet fun and interesting, the host needs to work hard to select suitable competitions. When choosing exciting games, the location, time of year and theme of the holiday are taken into account.
Attention! If the celebration is organized outdoors, moving dance competitions would be quite appropriate.
When choosing competitions for newlyweds, there are several points to consider.
- Guest participation. It is better to give preference to games in which, to some extent, not only the heroes of the occasion, but also everyone present are involved. Otherwise, guests will become bored at the party.
- Number of competitions. The host must take into account that a wedding is not a series of entertaining games. The newlyweds and guests should be given time for food, dancing and just communication.
Cool for newlyweds
When preparing cool tests for the young, which they will have to go through together, it is customary to pay special attention to the theme of love and fidelity. At the same time, it is important not to forget about delicacy.
Even for the sake of humor, you should not mention former relationships on one side or the other , or make inappropriate jokes that could offend one of the newlyweds. Competitions are well held in which they invite you to remember the joyful moments when the newlyweds met, demonstrate how well they got to know each other, and predict on what principles their family life will be built.
Swaddle the baby
For this competition you will need two fairly large dolls, preferably in the form of baby dolls, items of clothing for them, diapers and diapers. The bride and groom will need to demonstrate how prepared they are for parenthood . According to the rules, each of them needs to swaddle the baby as best as possible. To make the test more challenging, it can be carried out with a time limit, for example, within one minute. The winner is the one who, according to the guests, copes with parental responsibilities better than the other.
Eat, my dear!
This competition involves a very tasty prop: cream cake. The bride will have to feed her beloved with it... blindfolded. To preserve the cleanliness of the suit, it is better to first wrap the groom in film , and when performing these manipulations it is better not to talk about their true purpose. Guests themselves will make all sorts of assumptions, creating an atmosphere of fun.
Tied
For this competition you will need a red ribbon as long as possible. The ends should be tied around the young people and taken to opposite sides of the hall, as far from each other as possible. The facilitator asks each participant in turn a question regarding his or her spouse. For example, he can ask the bride what the groom’s favorite dish is, how many times he can do push-ups, whether he was sent to camp as a child. You can ask the groom what shoe size his beloved has, how old she was when she learned to swim, what type of chocolate she likes.
Before the participant answers the question asked to him, the presenter must clarify the correct answer with his other half. If the answers match, the young people turn around so that the ribbon is wound around their waist, and at the same time they become closer to each other. At the end of the competition, they must come together in close embraces and dance together .
Understand me
For this competition, the props are a hat or a box containing pieces of paper describing situations of future family life. For example:
- He came home drunk;
- She spent her husband's entire salary on shopping;
- My husband’s friend comes for all New Year’s holidays;
- She and her friends go dancing at a nightclub.
Interesting: it is allowed to call guests from the hall to make scenes from family life even funnier.
The host invites the bride and groom to demonstrate how well they understand each other . First, the bride takes a piece of paper out of her hat, reads what is written there and depicts it so that her beloved understands it. Then they change places.
Wedding portrait
In this competition you will need whatman paper and drawing tools: paints, felt-tip pens or pencils. Whatman paper is carefully cut in half, one part is given to the groom, the other to the bride. The task of each of them is to draw a portrait of their other half . The finished works are combined using tape to create a family portrait.
The route has been built
Not only the bride and groom, but also guests take part in this competition. The essence of the test is to navigate a route avoiding obstacles. The system of conditional alerts is preliminarily agreed upon:
- “B-i-i-i-p!” means left;
- “Prrrr” - to the right;
- “Fip-fip” - straight.
The groom is blindfolded, chairs and guests are placed in picturesque poses in the hall. His task is to go to the opposite end of the room. The bride helps to cope with the task by indicating where to move using conventional signals.
Wedding competitions for young people
The main competitions for newlyweds at a wedding are always considered a comic prophecy of the couple's future family relationships. The most popular of them:
- Cat in a poke . For the competition, you need a large bag into which various household items are placed: a ladle, a hammer, a TV remote control, a rolling pin, a garbage bag, etc. The bride and groom are blindfolded and asked to take turns removing items from the bag. They can keep them for themselves or pass them on to a partner . After all the items are finished, both are untied and solemnly assigned the duties that they have “chosen” for themselves.
Bag for the competition "Pig in a poke"
- Memories of the past . This is a funny competition in which the young people themselves and even their guests can describe the couple’s love story with humor or a touch of mysticism. The one whose story turns out to be the most entertaining wins.
- Stop the music . This is a music and dance competition in which everyone present takes an active part. Music tracks are cut and the participants begin to move in different rhythms. The task becomes more complicated - balls, cubes and other objects are thrown under the feet of the couples. You need to dance to the final and get a prize.
- Bobblehead . The bride and groom stand shoulder to shoulder and put one arm around each other's waist. Diapers, a diaper and a baby doll are placed on the table in front of them. They need to swaddle the “baby” with their free hands.
- Get to know your loved one . More interesting wedding games for newlyweds have not yet been invented. For the competition, the young people are seated with their backs to each other. First, the bride is asked questions about her husband. She should silently nod, indicating a positive response, or shake her head, indicating a negative response. The groom must say them out loud. The silent response rule then passes to the groom.
The more similarities there are in the young people’s answers, the better they know each other
There can be a great variety of competitions at a wedding. This interesting and unforgettable entertainment can be divided into 3 stages :
- Small coins are placed in the prepared pie. They cut it into pieces, the bride and groom take a piece each and eat it. The first one to find the coin will be considered the head of the family.
- Take 2 beautiful wine glasses, pour champagne into one of them, and lemonade of the same color into the other. The one who chooses a glass of alcohol will be in charge.
- Take a strip of paper and glue a coin to it in the center. The bride and groom take hold of different ends of the strip and pull each towards themselves. Whose side the coin ends up on is the boss.
Wine glasses for the competition "Who's Boss in the House"
Based on the results of three competitions, the winner is determined . An equally interesting and fun activity is to make plaster casts of the newlyweds’ hands. Very often this gift is given to themselves by the newlyweds or by one of the guests. Sometimes the toastmaster includes this process in his entertainment program. To do this, you need to order a kit for making impressions and a specialist who will perform the ceremony in front of all the guests. Amazing detail of all the curves of the body, accuracy of reproduction and realism - this is what young people will receive as a gift . Many years later, they will remember this moment with trepidation and also hold hands.
For the groom
The groom at the wedding should be prepared for the most active participation in competitions. It has long been the custom that demonstrating strength, dexterity and ingenuity is the lot of brave young men. That is why many competitions are designed for strong representatives of humanity. The witness and friends can help the groom in every possible way in overcoming trials , and the bride can reward him with kisses.
True or false?
For this competition, you need to prepare facts and fables from the bride’s past by writing them on a piece of paper. The host reads them out, and the groom needs to determine whether this actually happened or not.
An important condition: descriptions of situations must be written with humor. The more intricate and funnier they are, the more fun the competition will be.
Everything for your beloved!
In this test, the groom must reach the intended goal, for example, the opposite wall of the hall, carrying the bride in his arms . However, steps are allowed to be taken only under certain conditions: in the case of an affirmative answer to the questions that the presenter will read out. The list of questions may include:
- Will you always love your bride?
- Will you bring coffee in bed?
- Will you clean the house?
- Will you let her go to the party alone with her friends?
- If she wins a tour trip to the United Arab Emirates for one person, will you be against her going?
Hairdresser dad
This competition can be held if there is a girl at the wedding with fairly long hair that is not tied up in a complex hairstyle. The essence of the test is for the groom to prove himself as a future dad who can handle anything. Including brushing my daughter’s hair when her mother is not at home. To accomplish the task, he is given multiple props: all kinds of combs, bows, hairpins, ribbons. With all this in mind, he should soon demonstrate to those present his hairdressing masterpiece.
Carefully! When creating a hairstyle, you need to be careful so that careless movements do not cause pain.
Battle of fashion designers
For the wedding, all the guests gather especially carefully: they buy new outfits, jewelry, and do beautiful hairstyles. Therefore, the topic of clothing and appearance in general at this holiday is especially relevant.
"The Longest Tie"
A competition for couples in which the girl must tie a tie made of toilet paper around the guy's neck . It can be either a butterfly, a bow, or a regular tie. But the difficulty of the task is that the girl must use the entire roll of toilet paper . How she will handle it, how many times she will wrap it around her partner’s neck or how many meters she will stretch it across the hall - all this depends on her imagination. And the author of the most stylish tie, in the opinion of the audience, will receive from her partner a number of kisses equal to the number of times she wrapped the tie around his neck .
"Beauty Club"
Also a pair competition, but this time the male half of the team acts as the designer. The girl holds a ball of ribbon in her hands, and the guy takes the end of it with his teeth and must wrap his partner with this ribbon without using his hands to create some kind of item of clothing . It doesn’t matter what it will be - a skirt, top, dress or bra. The main thing is that the “designer” invests in the allotted time, and his “model” looks stylish . Upon completion of creating the image, you can arrange a comic fashion show , during which the audience will determine the winners with applause.
"Dress someone else"
Another competition in which participants are divided into teams of two. But, unlike previous games, they do not have to come up with an outfit for their partner, but simply put any item of clothing on him . The difficulty of the task is that the person who performs this “mission” will do it blindfolded . Such a competition will not only amuse the participants themselves, but will also greatly lift the spirits of the guests watching this action.
For the bride
Brides are so diligent in preparing for their wedding event that they often approach it in a state of great stress. Participation in competitions allows them to relax and feel the festive atmosphere.
When selecting tests that involve the participation of the newlywed alone, it is necessary to correlate them with the character of the bride, her level of physical fitness , wedding image and other factors. So, if the bride is pregnant, you should not prepare competitions for her with a pronounced sports component. A young woman will not demonstrate Olympic success in a complex outfit with a long train, and a modest woman will find it difficult to participate in broken competitions.
Find out!
The props for this competition are minimal - a blindfold. The essence of the test is for the bride to recognize her betrothed from a number of other representatives of the stronger sex. Men are selected from among the guests and stand in a row. The presenter blindfolds the bride and leads her to the participants. According to the rules, a girl must identify her husband by touch . A small correction: only noses or earlobes are allowed to be touched.
Clean the testicle
For this competition you will need boxing gloves and a hard-boiled egg. The presenter means that it would not hurt the wife to have strength skills so that her husband would respect her. She is ceremoniously put on boxing gloves. And, of course, she can easily cope with any culinary task. Especially something as simple as peeling eggs. The essence of the test is to peel the egg while wearing gloves. The competition can be made more difficult if it is held with a time limit . For example, you need to peel an egg in one minute.
Home stylist
A good wife always takes care of her husband's appearance. To prove this fact, the bride is given a roll of toilet paper, from which she needs to make a tie for her beloved . The task is not easy, since the entire roll must be used up. However, there is some relief: the design of the tie can be absolutely anything. Obviously, a roll of sanitary purpose is needed as a prop for this competition; it would be good if it was pink so that the tie would be elegant.
The music connected all the guests!
What's a holiday without music? And if the music is live and songs are performed by guests, it’s doubly fun . There are a huge number of singing competitions for weddings. Here are some of them:
"Musical Cacophony"
Two people are invited to participate. The presenter gives each of them a task - to perform a song, but these songs must be different for the participants. They simultaneously begin to sing as loudly and expressively as possible , and the one who doesn’t get lost even once (or stumbles the least number of times and sings the song louder) wins.
"Book of Song Records"
Teams of several people compete in the competition. It is even possible for all guests to participate in it, but they must be divided into two groups: maximalists (or simply maxi) and minimalists (aka mini ) .
The first team must perform the most:
- hot,
- wet,
- sunny,
- collective,
- sea,
- air,
- domestic,
- passionate,
- loud,
- women's,
- nursery,
- smart,
- a funny song.
After each performance of the maximalists, their rivals must, in contrast to them, sing the opposites of their hits, namely the most:
- cold,
- dry,
- lunar,
- single,
- land,
- earthly,
- foreign,
- boring,
- quiet,
- male,
- adult,
- stupid
- sad song accordingly.
The winner is the group that comes up with all the proposed song options. If the teams scored an equal number of points, you can arrange an additional round : remember the largest number of “most wedding” songs.
Question answer
The next competition is “Musical Questions and Answers” . Its essence is that one visiting team asks the opponents a question in the form of a line (or several lines) from any song , and they, in turn, must answer it with words from another hit. For example, to the question “Why do birch trees make so much noise in Russia?” you can answer: “Because it’s impossible, because it’s impossible, because it’s impossible to be so beautiful in the world!”
How to organize?
The selection of competitions for a wedding needs to be approached individually . Dance entertainment and active challenges are suitable for a sports couple, song entertainment - if the bride or groom has musical abilities, romantic newlyweds will be happy with beautiful competitions using candles, guys with a sense of humor will enjoy overcoming cool obstacles.
Important! The host needs to coordinate the selected tests with the newlyweds in advance to avoid unpleasant surprises.
In order for the atmosphere at the wedding to be fun and relaxed, and for all guests to receive positive emotions, it is necessary to pay attention to the following points:
- For competitions that involve complex props and dressing up, it is better not to invite ladies with tall, complex hairstyles;
- If one of the guests stubbornly refuses to participate in competitions, you should not force him;
- When holding competitions, you should not forget about taking photographs, because it is in these moments that you can capture the most genuine emotions of the participants.
Even the simplest test can lead to unbridled fun if the host and the participants themselves actively use humor. You can comment wittily on what is happening, use funny props, and make fun of the guests. Those who know how and love to joke can actively help in holding competitions .
But you shouldn’t organize too many competitions in a row. Both participants and other guests may get tired of this. In addition, there are many other important things to do at a wedding. After holding a couple of competitions, the host must assess the situation and decide whether to arrange another test or let the guests raise a toast, have a snack, and dance.
It’s not the best situation when only newlyweds participate in competitions, and guests act only as spectators. Competitions should alternate according to their focus: for the bride and groom, for guests, for witnesses . Separately, it is possible to provide competitions for parents of young people.
Spicy competitions should not be held at the beginning of the evening . Their time comes 2-3 hours after the start of the celebration, when guests have time to relax from the festive atmosphere and intoxicating drinks. Care should be taken when conducting such competitions so as not to cross the line of decency. Especially if the participant is the bride.
Summary
Anyone can organize a cheerful holiday banquet - read more here. To do this, it is not necessary to invite a professional toastmaster.
No special attributes are required to conduct the proposed competitions. They are simple to perform and will not make either guests or newlyweds bored.
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Both small teams and all guests, divided into two groups: one half - the invited grooms, the second - the brides, can take part in competitions for the transfer of objects. You can come up with a lot of variations of such games. Here are a few of them:
“A magpie in heels brought it”
Girls participate in this game. They are divided into two teams, line up in two lines, and within the allotted time they must pass each other a plastic bracelet , which symbolizes the news of the wedding. The difficulty of the competition is that the participants pass the jewelry without using their hands - it is hung on the heel of the first of them, and she must throw it on the heel of her neighbor . The team that completes the task faster wins.
"Fire of Love"
The item being passed on in this competition is a matchbox cover . Guests can play this game without leaving the table. The first participant places the lid tightly on his nose, then he attaches it to his neighbor’s nose without using his hands , and he passes it on in the same way. You can complicate the task by placing a candle and a box of matches without a lid at the finishing end of the table . The last participant to reach the lid removes it from his nose and uses it to light a match from the box and a candle. The team that completed the task first wins.
"Pass the ring"
A competition in which participants pass a bagel to each other by placing it on their neighbor's finger . Moreover, you cannot use the other fingers to help. The last participant must also eat this bagel . Find out your soul mate! At any wedding it is impossible to do without competitions for the bride and groom to recognize each other:
"Recognize your sweetheart by her knee"
The groom, blindfolded, must touch the knees of the girls standing in front of him one by one. He must determine which of them is his beloved.