Celebrating outdoors is a fairly inexpensive way to organize a celebration, for which you only need to find a suitable place. But in order for everyone to be comfortable, you will need to carefully prepare and think through: where, what zones to place, and what entertainment to choose.
The main advantages of such holidays are that you do not have to pay to rent the venue, while there are beautiful views and a lot of free space around. These factors influence the fact that there are special competitions for outdoor weddings that can only be held outdoors.
Conscious choice of a wedding without a toastmaster
Preparing for a wedding includes traditional actions: selecting a venue, purchasing a wedding dress and suit, drawing up a guest list, menu, searching for a photographer and host. However, some newlyweds refuse to invite the toastmaster for a number of reasons:
- The guests know each other well. Cheerful, relaxed people do not need additional stimulation by the toastmaster.
- Future spouses are short on money and don’t want to spend money on inviting a professional presenter.
- The number of guests is small (10-15 people); under these conditions, inviting a toastmaster may not be practical.
- The wedding is celebrated in the company of relatives; not everyone will like the presence of a “stranger” at a family celebration.
The duration of the wedding is at least 4-5 hours, but “making toasts, drinking, eating, dancing” will not work, after 2 hours it will get boring, and the guests will go home. Therefore, in the absence of a toastmaster, it is important to think about how to entertain guests, how to make the holiday bright and interesting.
What is love?
- Participants: guests.
- Props: pieces of paper with pens.
Such a wedding competition at the table will fit into the format of any celebration. Guests are given pieces of paper on which they must write what love or marriage is in their opinion. The host collects the pieces of paper and reads them out loud, and the newlyweds choose the best judgment. You can even make several nominations: “The funniest judgment about love/marriage”, “The most vital”, “The most touching”, etc.
The portal www.svadbagolik.ru has collected 7 fun table competitions for you. Choose the option that your guests will like, and feel free to include it in the festive banquet scenario, then it will be fun and relaxed!
Table wedding competitions without toastmaster
Even without inviting a toastmaster, it is important to choose who will lead the process. These could be witnesses or the most creative friends of the newlyweds. You can assign roles: someone will be the presenter, someone will be responsible for the musical accompaniment, someone will be in charge of the competitions, someone will be in charge of the props.
Competitions for weddings without a toastmaster can be divided into mobile and table-based. During the first, guests dance, perform tasks for speed of reaction, change clothes, and act out skits. The latter serve to entertain guests at the table.
Competitions for weddings at a table without a toastmaster are varied. It is important to think through not only the topic, but also the time of their holding.
Musical ping pong
The first participant sings a line from any song, the next one needs to sing an excerpt from another song, but using one or two words from the previous one. You can do this in the order of the guests at the table or whoever remembers faster.
Example: “My little one, I miss you, I don’t receive letters from you...” - “I carry letters, letters personally to the post office, as if I were writing a novel with a sequel...” - “I’m writing a novel, the man of my life, I’m walking along eternal circle..." - "Oh, God, what a man, I want a son from you...".
Portray an emotion
The person in charge of the props prepares pieces of paper on which an emotion is written (fun, sadness, admiration), it could just be an emoticon or an epithet (“Cool!”, “Terrible!”, “Disgusting!”, “Cool!”). The leaves are placed in an opaque object (a hat or box). Guests take turns taking out one at a time and, using facial expressions and gestures, depict what is written. The rest of the participants guess.
Guess who's congratulating
The bride and groom leave the hall. Guests record a congratulation on video for them; it is better if everyone says 1 wish. The newlyweds must determine by ear who is pronouncing this or that phrase.
Tell the truth or drink
An analogue of the famous game “Truth or Dare” will help unfamiliar guests get to know each other better and relax. Everyone takes turns asking a tricky question to a neighbor sitting on the side or opposite, and he either answers it or drinks a portion of alcohol.
The questions may be different, the main thing is that they are not vulgar or offensive to the participants. For example: “What did you hide from your parents as a child?”, “Have you ever taken someone else’s property?”, “What do you like to do alone?” You can write questions in advance on pieces of paper and put them in a hat. Participants, passing it to each other, read the received piece of paper out loud, give an answer, or drink a glass.
Sobriety check
These wedding competitions for guests without a toastmaster would be appropriate at the height of the feast, when everyone has already drunk enough and relaxed:
- "Patter". You need to read or repeat the tongue twisters. The funny thing is that if pronounced incorrectly, they look like swear words: “I’m driving through a pothole, I won’t get out of the pothole,” “I had 2 hats, one is fashionable, the other is not fashionable.” When children are present at a wedding, it is better to limit yourself to simply complex consonances: “Coconut makers cook coconut juice in short-coconut cookers,” “In Kabardino-Balkaria, valocordin from Bulgaria.”
- “Don’t overfill it.” Each participant takes turns pouring some alcohol into a container and passing it on; whoever spills it must drink the contents of the container.
- "Shifters." You need to guess the intended phrase by the one where all the words are replaced with antonyms. This could be the title of a movie, book, or catchphrase. Example: “Turkey is a friend to a boar” - “A goose is not a friend to a pig”; “Someone else’s shoes are further away from their feet” - “Your own shirt is closer to your body.”
Other games at the table without a toastmaster are also possible: collecting money for the birth of a boy and a girl in multi-colored tights, wishes to the newlyweds starting with dropped letters, reading funny poems about spouses in roles, a quiz for the bride and groom on knowing each other.
It all depends on the age, status, temperament, and lifestyle of the guests. It is also worth taking care of small gifts for the contestants; guests will be pleased to receive them and leave them as souvenirs.
Tell about yourself
- Participants: guests.
- Props: two boxes, pieces of paper with questions and answers.
Two boxes are sent across the table, in one of which there are sheets of paper with questions, in the second with answers. They turn on the music, the guests pass the box to each other. When the music is abruptly turned off, the guest who still has it in his hands takes out a piece of paper with a question, reads it out, and then touches the piece of paper with the answer - and answers. Questions could be:
- Do you like to drink?
- Do you steal food from the refrigerator at night without others knowing?
- Do you like to gossip?
- Do you often miss work?
- Do you quarrel with grandmothers near the entrance?
- Do you knock on your neighbors' radiators at night?
- Do you like to spy on what others are doing?
Answers:
- Yes, drunk.
- Sometimes, when you really want to.
- Rarely, but I want more often!
- Almost always!
- Yes, the doctor prescribed this for me.
- Yes, my mother told me as a child that I should always do this.
- No, but I would like to.
In order for almost all the guests to participate, it is better to hold such a wedding competition for a small company, when there are few people sitting at the table, otherwise the game can drag on for a long time.
Fun dance competitions
Fun competitions continue on the dance floor. You need to remember the nuances:
- you should not force someone who does not want to participate to participate;
- tasks should not be difficult;
- the duration of 1 competition is no more than 15 minutes;
- you need to take sufficient breaks between competitions.
It is important to organize musical accompaniment taking into account the tastes of the guests.
One of the fun competitions is “Reincarnation as the opposite sex”: girls depict how young people dance, and they depict how they move like girls.
“Dance while sitting”: men sit on chairs in a row and move to the music. The 1st melody plays, only the legs dance, the 2nd - only the arms, the third - the torso, the 4th - only the head. It will look especially funny if the 4th melody is the most rhythmic and intense.
“Back to back”: an equal number of men and women stand with their backs to each other, clasping their hands at the elbows. Couples dance to the music; when the music stops, they change partners. Whoever does it slower is eliminated from the competition.
Wedding games without a host in nature
In summer, if the weather is good, it makes sense to hold a wedding outdoors. This option has many advantages: fresh air, a romantic atmosphere, and the photos and videos will be of excellent quality. In terms of savings, this is one of the most inexpensive options: you don’t need to rent a room, a tent will do instead.
Difficulties in nature can arise with music; you need to stock up on batteries and think about a backup option for accompaniment. And it is better to approach snacks more carefully; you should not use quickly perishable products. A big plus is that in nature it becomes possible to cook food over an open fire.
It is important to come up with a wedding scenario in advance without a toastmaster with competitions suitable for the given conditions.
What’s good about nature is that there is a lot of space, so the emphasis should be on active competitions. Young people love relay races, such as running in fins, bags, with a ball or plastic bottles clamped between their legs.
Another option is blind man's buff. The driver, blindfolded, stands in the center, and the participants move in a circle. When the “stop” command is given, the driver must determine what kind of person is standing opposite. This game is more suitable for groups of people you know well.
“Who has more balls”: divide into 2 teams, one for the groom, the other for the bride. During the agreed time, participants are transferred with balloons. Whichever team has fewer balls left on its territory wins.
There are other moving competitions for weddings that are funny without a toastmaster. But you can play something calmer. Interesting entertainment - “Who are you?” Participants take turns placing a card with a word on their forehead (example: “refrigerator”, “fish”) and try to guess it by asking leading questions to those around them. The answers to them can only be “yes” or “no”.
Interesting games for wedding celebrations at home
It is possible to hold a wedding at home, especially if you are planning a small number of friends or a celebration in a narrow family circle. The advantage of a home wedding will be a free venue, a cozy atmosphere, and the possibility of the presence of elderly relatives who can rest in the bedroom.
Preparation for such a celebration includes home decor; for this you can use purchased and homemade decorations and posters. You also need to select competitions for a wedding at home. True friends and girlfriends of the newlyweds can come to the rescue. They will help you design posters with wishes to the newlyweds.
Cool wedding competitions for guests without a toastmaster, which can be held at home:
- Dress up games. Funny things are put into a dark bag: caps, large-sized underwear, bibs, Panama hats, wigs, shoe covers. Each participant in the feast, without looking, chooses an accessory to wear for part of the evening. There is another option - to dress up your significant other.
- Creative competitions. You can hand out sheets of words and perform together, role-playing funny wishes and parting words to the newlyweds in poetry or prose. Drawings with markers on whatman paper blindfolded on a given topic, making a “Cocktail of Love for Newlyweds” will also become quite fun and interesting competitions.
- “Guess who we’re talking about”: each of the guests writes on a piece of paper 5 things that he likes and doesn’t like, folds the paper without signing, and sends it to the common “cauldron”. Players take turns guessing who wrote each note. Or only newlyweds guess. You can write your favorite and least favorite films, musical groups, and your character traits.
- In a small group you can play “Fanta”, “Mafia”, “Crocodile” and other fun games.
A wedding celebration at home with such entertainment will be cozy, playful and relaxed.
Film show
- Participants: guests.
- Props: projector with a large screen, cutting of films about love.
If there is a large screen with a projector in the banquet hall, you can hold such a competition at the wedding for guests sitting at the tables. They are shown short episodes of famous films about love, and they must guess what kind of films they are. You can award prizes to the most active ones or arrange a competition between tables or relatives of the bride and groom.
Creating a wedding atmosphere without a toastmaster
Competitions have been invented, prizes have been prepared, and the room has been decorated. Now all that remains is to breathe life into it all, to create a relaxed, light, cheerful atmosphere. Guests should feel comfortable from the moment they enter and not be bored.
Modern animators offer a whole list of entertainment that will stir up even the most phlegmatic guest:
- Inviting a cover artist or band. The original sound of everyone’s favorite melodies will be remembered for a long time by both the newlyweds and guests. Many of the artists also work well with the public, so they can partially replace the toastmaster and give the selected host of the evening the opportunity to rest a little.
- Soap bubbles show. What could be more romantic than with guests shouting “Bitter!” kissing inside a giant soap bubble. Even an adult has pleasant childhood memories associated with this, so everyone will enjoy the show.
- Fire show. It fascinates, excites the blood, frightens and attracts at the same time. This is not forgotten.
- Performance by illusionists. A now popular entertainment genre during the holidays. A good magician can make you laugh and surprise you.
- Bartender. Juggling bottles, shakers and glasses, setting fire to ready-made drinks, delicious cocktails will delight and amaze guests.
- Artists who draw cartoons.
- Artists of the humorous genre, masters of parodies, are also dearly loved by the Russian public since the times of KVN and Full House. And it will be even more interesting to look at their work in life. After all, a true comedian is also a master of improvisation.
There are many options for decorating the evening, the main thing is to find out in advance about the invited artist, read reviews, and evaluate how interesting this genre will be for guests.
Everything was thought out, the script was calculated to the minute, cool wedding competitions for guests without a toastmaster were prepared, but suddenly something didn’t go according to plan. There is no reason to be despondent, because this unpredictability makes each couple’s wedding unique and unforgettable.
