This 10-year anniversary is called a pink wedding. This is the first “round” date that must be celebrated. And in order for the wedding anniversary celebration to be successful and enjoyable for the guests and the celebrants themselves, you need to carefully prepare for the celebration.
Relatives receive the invitation in the first place. Which one to call is up to you. But it is simply necessary to invite a close family circle. Those couples of your friends who attended your wedding 10 years ago also deserve an invitation.
What is the tenth anniversary of marriage called?
What kind of wedding is celebrated when 10 years of marriage have passed? This wedding is called tin or pink.
The date is called rose day because this flower is a symbol of love. It represents perfection, passion, fertility, virginity.
The thorns of a rose mean those obstacles and difficulties that the spouses were able to overcome along the way.
In the myths of Ancient Greece, the rose served as a symbol of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. The 10th anniversary is called a pink wedding in Germany, and in other countries: England, France, Scandinavian countries - it is called a tin wedding. Tin is a flexible material, just like the relationship between spouses, which can adapt to each other.
10 years after the wedding, the newlyweds learned to negotiate among themselves, make joint decisions, and respect the opinion of their significant other. Such an event cannot be ignored.
Traditions and rituals - ancient and modern
The wedding anniversary, 10 years ago, has its own beautiful traditions. Moreover, some of them have been preserved since ancient times.
Previously, the heroes of the occasion used to make a wreath of roses for their tenth anniversary, then hung it outside the gate.
There was a belief that the thorns of these flowers drove away all negative energy, and the buds created a favorable atmosphere.
Until the wreath dries, it was left on the gate. Then the amulet was removed until the next anniversary - a steel one.
There was also another tradition, according to which the bed of the spouses was strewn with petals of symbolic flowers. Directly on the anniversary day, a man should give his woman a bouquet of roses, in which ten flowers should be red and one white. Red flowers mean that the couple have lived together for 10 years. During this time they loved each other deeply. The white rose symbolizes that the culprits will live together for many more years.
According to another name for the anniversary, it is customary to put a tin spoon in your pocket and walk around with it all day. At night it is placed under the spouses’ pillow. It was believed that such a ritual brings happiness.
According to another tradition, spouses must exchange tin rings. On such engagement rings you can make inscriptions in the form of some romantic phrase.
Agree, all rituals are beautiful and quite doable. Why not include them in the anniversary celebration scenario? This will add a touch of mystery and charm to the celebration.
How to celebrate a tin anniversary
Celebrate your first anniversary with joy. To do this, you can order a large table in a restaurant and invite all those who were present at the very first wedding to the celebration. It is advisable to hire a toastmaster who will entertain the guests, and a photographer - he will take pictures of the most important moments of the celebration.
You can have a big celebration at home. It is important to think through the holiday menu in advance and decorate your home.
If you want to have a romantic celebration, then organize a picnic. More modest options for celebrating the anniversary are also possible in the form of going to the theater, cinema, or bowling.
10th Anniversary Wedding Theme and Design
The main symbol of the holiday is roses. Place a bouquet of these symbolic flowers in the middle of the table, decorate the house with buds, wreaths, and petals. Send beautifully designed invitations to your guests that feature roses.
Pay special attention to table design and tableware. It is desirable that pink color predominates in everything (tablecloth, curtains, dishes). Napkins should have images of roses. You can also use plain paper napkins, which are beautifully folded in the shape of a flower of love. If possible, use pewter.
It is important not to overdo it with pink in your design. Follow the rule of the “golden mean” in everything. Remember that the combination of bright scarlet and white looks no worse than delicate pink shades.
Outfits of the young
You don't have to wear themed colors for your tin anniversary. It is better to take a closer look at more diluted shades of pink. Pay special attention to accessories.
For your wife, a soft pink dress with a floral motif or an outfit with a fluffy skirt reminiscent of rose petals is suitable.
Flowers in your hair and boutonnieres will go well with your main outfit.
The spouse's clothing can also match the floral theme. This could be a tie or a neck scarf with flowers. The husband can wear a classic suit with a salmon-colored jacket and a white shirt.
Guests may also have a dress code. For example, each of those present should be wearing a pink item or the outfit should be decorated with a rosebud.
Let’s not forget about the main name of the 10th anniversary – tin wedding. Notes of shine would be appropriate in jewelry and accessories. But if you wish, you can choose outfits in more metallic shades.
What to cook for the holiday table
The menu can include any bird with pink sauce. For alcoholic drinks, rose wine is suitable. Instead of black tea, use hibiscus and offer rose petal jam to your guests. For dessert, prepare a cake decorated with symbolic flowers.
The rest of the menu may include the usual hot and cold appetizers, aspic, cold cuts (vegetables, fish, meat). For salads, prepare a classic Caesar or Greek salad.
You can also play with the number “10” - 10 changes of dishes or 10 types of mini-snacks, 10 cocktails to choose from or a sweet table with ten types of pastries.
Wedding Invitation Templates
Examples of the beginning of classic invitations:
- Our dears ______________!
- Our _______________!
- This summer we will become a family!
- We're getting married!
- We'll get married soon!
- One of the most important days of our lives is approaching - we are getting married!
- The important day is coming soon - our wedding day!
- A very important day for us is coming soon - we will become a family.
- We are pleased to inform you that our wedding will take place…
- We hasten to announce the good news - we are getting married!
- ______________ invite you to a gala event dedicated to their wedding day!
- ______________ invite you to their wedding, which will take place ______________
- ______________ invite you to share with them a festive evening in honor of the marriage registration, which will take place _____________
- Our dear and beloved _____________! You are the ones who always supported us, listened and shared the brightest and unforgettable moments in our lives, came to our aid, filled our lives with the most sincere and warm emotions.
- Dear _________________, we ask you to attend our celebration!
- Dear _________________! We invite you to our wedding!
- ________________! We will be glad to see you at our celebration!
- We cordially invite you
- We'd love for you to join us!
- We will be delighted with your presence!
- We invite you to celebrate with them!
- We invite you to our wedding!
- Please share with us!
- We invite you to celebrate our wedding!
- We invite you to join us!
- We invite you to the best and most exciting day for us!
- We invite you to take part in our celebration!
- We will be glad to share the joy with you!
- We would like to see you at our celebration!
- Our beloved ones! Share with us the most touching day of our lives!
What to give for a pink anniversary
What is a wedding without gifts, especially when the couple have lived together for 10 years. All previous anniversaries symbolized the fragility of the relationship between husband and wife. A pink anniversary already speaks of the strength of the family union, so gifts for it should be beautiful and romantic.
Congratulations on the 10th wedding anniversary, in addition to the main gift, should be accompanied by roses - the main symbol of the celebration.
Young people are also given objects made of tin and things with images of flowers. But you can move away from the theme of the holiday and please the celebrants with useful, necessary gifts. Or add a touch of humor - comic, cool surprises will be very useful.
Congratulations, cool gifts from friends and acquaintances for 10 wedding years
Friends and acquaintances can congratulate the spouses on their 10th wedding day by presenting themed or comic gifts.
It could be:
- pewter coffee service;
- a set of wine glasses with a pattern of roses;
- pewter utensil sets;
- tin candlesticks;
- wall clock or mirror in a tin frame;
- quartz pink lamps;
- Tin picture frames;
- tin vase.
If you decide to give paired gifts to the anniversaries, buy a beautiful set of bed linen in pink or with a rose pattern.
This linen looks chic and fully matches the theme of the holiday. Bathrobes and a set of towels will do - the main thing is that the number is a pair. A useful present is household appliances. Given the speed of innovation development, new products will always be in demand.
The original version is a tin bell or a tin horseshoe. These symbols will attract positive energy.
Do not give the hero of the occasion sharp or cutting objects: knives, forks, sewing kits - despite the fact that they fit perfectly with the tin theme.
Gifts for children: to give or not
Usually, by the 10th anniversary, the spouses have a child, and maybe more than one. It is not customary to go on a visit empty-handed, especially on a big family anniversary. Since children are also part of the family, take care of small souvenirs for them.
Congratulations to the children of the spouses on the tin wedding may include the presentation of toys, souvenirs, and jewelry.
The boy can be given a tin car or a set of tin soldiers. For a girl, a soft pink toy, a doll or various bows, bracelets, and beads are suitable.
How to congratulate your husband on his tin anniversary
For the husband, the wife can present various tin objects: a flint, a beer glass, a bracelet.
He will also like a tin cigarette case, an ashtray of an unusual shape, a tin lighter, and a box.
A gift for your husband does not have to correspond to the symbolism of the anniversary. You can give a practical gift based on the interests of your spouse. The gift can be inexpensive, the main thing is to present it with all your heart.
Congratulations, gifts to your wife on the 10th anniversary of marriage
Some interesting gift ideas include:
- pink underwear;
- tin jewelry - bracelet, earrings, rings;
- small original mirror;
- tin figurine.
If you can’t find pewter jewelry, then any other products with rose figurines will do.
You can also give her a tin coffee pot and cup, a beautiful jewelry box. In addition to the gift, give your wife a huge bouquet of roses.
Flow of the scenario
At the beginning of the holiday, guests gather in the room chosen for the celebration. The presenter lines up those present in two columns near the door through which the heroes of the occasion will enter. Guests are given bags with rose petals.
Presenter : Dear guests! I am sure that each of you knows the plot of the wonderful fairy tale by H. H. Andersen “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”. Its hero, a one-legged tin soldier, bravely endures all the difficulties that befall him and carries the love that has settled in his tin heart throughout his entire life. And so, today we have gathered here to congratulate our dear ones (names of the newlyweds) on an important event - the 10th wedding anniversary. Like the brave hero of this kind children's fairy tale, they confidently carry their love through the years, not allowing life's hardships and troubles to extinguish its bright flame. Let's greet our young people!
Solemn music sounds. The door swings open and the tin-haired newlyweds enter the room. The guests greet them with joyful exclamations, applause, and shouts of “Congratulations!” The heroes of the occasion are showered with rose petals, while the guests say: “Tin and roses are the color - we wish you many years to come!”, “The tin wedding is a very glorious date!” The young people walk along a lively corridor and stop, turning to the guests.
Presenter: Our dear (names of the heroes of the occasion)! Your family is having a wonderful and tender holiday today. 10 years ago, you first promised each other to always be together and never be separated. Time has shown that your vows turned out to be as strong as tin! Therefore, today we are all gathered here to congratulate you on your wonderful anniversary - your tin wedding! Dear groom, in honor of the event, you are given this tin spoon. Hide it in your pocket, and when night comes, don’t forget to put it under your pillow. This will ensure the strength of your union for many years to come. Dear bride! You are beautiful and tender, like a flower bud! Accept this lovely bouquet of roses as a symbol of your beauty and the beauty of your relationship. Don't part with him!
The presenter hands the young people objects, the guests applaud, after which cries of “Bitter!” are heard. Next, the Host invites everyone to take a seat at the festive table. The newlyweds sit at the head of the table so that everyone can see them. The time is coming for congratulations, gifts and treats. The parents are the first to congratulate the young people, then the floor is given to everyone in turn. Congratulations alternate with dances and competitions announced by the Host.
Competitions and games for the tin anniversary
Competition "Life Plans"
Props: A large sheet of paper (whatman paper), colored felt-tip pens or markers.
Progress of the competition:
1. The presenter reminds that although the young couple already have ten years of marriage behind them, many, many more happy decades await them. And for everything to go smoothly, you need to make a plan.
2. After this, the Leader invites the spouses to think about what, in their opinion, should appear in the life of the family in the next ten years, what they would like to achieve.
3. The bride and groom are asked to take markers and draw their ideas on whatman paper so that they always have a plan before their eyes.
4. The host involves the guests in the game, inviting them to add their wishes to the drawing.
5. The result obtained is proclaimed as a visualization map of desires for the next ten years.
Competition "Bridge to Each Other"
Props: not required.
Progress of the competition:
1. The host tells the guests that over ten years of marriage, the newlyweds have learned well how to find approaches to each other and “build bridges in relationships.” “It’s time for us to learn from them!” - exclaims the Presenter.
2. The bride and groom stop opposite each other at some distance. The host asks the guests to build a “living” bridge that would connect them. To become part of the bridge, you need to name a word on the topic of family, relationships, feelings. The next participant selects a word of the same theme, starting with the last letter of the previous word, and then takes the first player by the hand.
3. The bride and groom, as experts, can help guests if they have any difficulties.
Competition "Pass the Rose"
Props : live rose. Since the tenth wedding anniversary is also called a rose anniversary, you can hold a competition using a live rose.
Progress of the competition
The rules of the competition are simple: all guests stand in a circle and pass the rose around in a circle accompanied by cheerful music. As soon as the music stops, the person who still has the rose in his hands at that time is eliminated from the further game, but before that, the eliminated participant must sing, dance, or wish something to the heroes of the occasion. Then the game continues until there is only one winner left, who can be given some kind of symbolic gift as a memory of the celebration.
Competition "Find out your match"
1. The heroes of the occasion and several other married couples are invited to participate, the more the better.
2. All participants in the game are divided into 2 teams: a men’s team and a women’s team.
3. Each team is given sheets of paper and pencils. In 10 minutes, they will have to draw a portrait of their spouse, naturally, without showing the drawing to their other half.
4. Next, the drawings of the men’s team are hung up and, in turn, each member of the women’s team must find her own portrait, which was drawn by her husband. Then the works of the women's team are hung up and the men find their portraits. The one who finds his portrait receives an incentive prize.
Competition "Find Your Wife"
1. Married couples are invited to participate in the competition.
2. Participants are divided into 2 teams: men's and women's.
3. Women stand in a line and extend their arm forward, while they must stand quietly, without giving themselves away.
4. Next, all men are blindfolded. Everyone must know by his hand whether his wife is standing in front of him. Instead of a hand there may be, for example, an ear, a nose, a finger, etc.
5. Those who have found their soul mate receive gifts prepared in advance. This competition can also be held in the “reverse direction”, when wives will identify their husbands by some part of the body.
Competition “Drawing a Picture”
1. A comic competition to test the coherence and cohesion of a married couple.
2. Only the “tin” anniversaries themselves are invited to participate in it.
3. Place a sheet of paper, pencils or markers in front of the pair. Then they are blindfolded and the wife's hand and the husband's hand are tied with one ribbon.
4. In a few minutes, with their eyes closed and “one hand”, they should draw a picture with their joint efforts. You can ask them to draw their house (as a symbol of family), a rose (it’s a pink wedding, after all), portraits of children, or a dream car.
5. And at the end, guests come out to evaluate the result of the work and see how harmoniously and harmoniously the couple has learned to interact after ten years of family life.
Competition "10 words"
1. Spouses and several guest couples are invited for this competition. The main thing is that there is an equal number of men and women.
2. You need to prepare pieces of paper with letters written on them in advance. The leaves with letters are rolled up so that it is not visible what is written on them and placed in a bag or any other container.
3. Men and women are divided into pairs, and each man takes turns drawing out a piece of paper with a letter. Then, the man who pulled out the piece of paper with the letter must say 10 affectionate words to his wife for the letter that he came across.
4. To complicate the competition and make it more fun, you can write rare letters, for example “F”, “Yu”, “X”, etc.
5. The man who completes the task faster and more original receives a gift.
Competition "Tin Spoons"
10 years of marriage - a tin wedding. You can hold a competition with tin spoons. As a last resort, you can get by with ordinary ones, calling them tin.
1. From those invited, 2 teams with an equal number of participants are selected. And each participant is given a spoon.
2. Then, two chairs are placed, on each chair a plate with peas, beans or other similar small items is placed. At an equal distance, 2 more chairs are placed, but with empty plates.
3. The task of each team member is to transfer all the peas from one chair to another using a spoon, but everything is complicated by the fact that using hands is prohibited. The winner is the team that completes the task faster and better, and carries all the peas without losing them along the way.
Game "True or False"
The game will allow you to check how well the spouses have gotten to know each other over ten years of family life.
1. Each spouse quietly tells the presenter 10 facts or events from his life, so that no one hears anything. Some of these cases are true and actually happened, and some are fictitious.
2. The presenter reads the list in turn, first to one of the spouses, then to the other. And the one to whom it is read must quickly answer whether it is true or false. Guests can give you hints, it will be even more fun. To make the game more interesting, it is important to find some rare and little-known facts that your spouse did not previously know. This will also allow you to learn something new and, perhaps, look at your other half from a different perspective.
Game "Long Path"
1. Guests are divided into two, or three teams of equal number of people.
2. In order for the marriage of the heroes of the day to be strong and long, each of the teams needs to make the longest path. And you will need to make a path from objects (clutches, handbags), accessories (chains, bracelets, belts), wardrobe parts (scarves, ties, belts), etc. team members.
3. The team whose track is longer will win. Participants must use only those things or objects that they have on them; taking anything additional from guests not participating in the game is not allowed.
Competition "Wedding Wish"
1. To conduct it you will need 2 or 3 teams, not necessarily equal in number of participants.
2. It is necessary to prepare pieces of paper in advance on which different words will be written. The pieces of paper are rolled up so that participants cannot read what word is written.
3. Each team randomly draws 10 words for itself and then it must compose a wish in verse for the spouses celebrating their wedding anniversary in 10-20 minutes. Moreover, it will be even more interesting and fun if, in addition to the traditional words found in wishes (love, wedding, children, gift, etc.), there will be unexpected words that are not related to the theme of the wedding anniversary (suitcase, cat, mezzanine, potatoes and others).
Game for the celebrants themselves “Total Recall”
1. Each spouse tells the presenter in advance what he remembered most in the first year of marriage, in the third, in the fifth and in the tenth year of marriage.
2. The facts are told by the spouses separately, and they should not know each other's answers.
3. At the anniversary, the answers of the husband and wife are read out. I wonder if the memories of our life together will coincide? Depending on the memories, the game can turn out to be interesting, funny or touching. It will allow spouses to learn something new about each other, and guests will learn more about the heroes of the occasion.
Competition “Through the Mouth of a Baby”
Props : microphone and heart-shaped balloons on a stick.
Progress of the competition:
1. The presenter invites children who will probably be present at the celebration to participate in the competition.
2. Guests are informed that now the little experts will be asked important questions. You can introduce another character, for example, a foreign reporter in appropriate clothing and with a microphone, so that children are more willing to join the game. The guys are asked various questions about what love is, family, how to “live happily ever after”, what fairy tales about family are their favorite, how they see their future soul mate. This interview is definitely worth filming so you can watch it later with laughter and tears of emotion in your eyes!
3. At the end of the competition, the Presenter (Reporter) hands the children heart-shaped balloons and offers to give them to the one they love. And it reminds adults that love needs to be shared and given to others.
4. If someone has several balls, then he transfers some of them to other participants in the celebration - so the balls will be evenly distributed among everyone.
5. Little contestants should be thanked and given nice prizes (for example, chocolate eggs, beautiful lollipops).
After the competition, it's time for a family waltz. The couple goes to the center of the hall and spins to the sound of music. Guests support them by swinging balloons. Gradually, those who wish can join the heroes of the day.
Host: The wedding anniversary waltz has finished! But our holiday is not over yet! The most enjoyable and delicious part is ahead! We'll have a tea party with wedding cake!
The cake is brought into the hall, cut, and distributed to the guests. The cake can be decorated with many roses as a reminder that the occasion for celebration is a pink wedding anniversary. You can also order interesting individual cakes with a theme, including a humorous one.
Happy 10th wedding anniversary cards and pictures
Themed pictures with a 10-year wedding anniversary are ideal for decorating a banquet hall, collages, and wall newspapers.
Congratulations on cards on the 10th wedding anniversary will complement the gift or can become an independent present if they are decorated in an unusual way or used to present money.
Cool responses to a wedding invitation in writing
Let the clink of glasses mark the upcoming solemn day with a noisy event.
We appreciate the nobility of the groom and the sincerity of the bride.
We accept the invitation with the best thoughts!
We have received good news from you and are looking forward to this date!
We gratefully accept the invitation to the wedding and believe in your love.
It is a great honor for us to be present at your wedding ceremony.
We look forward to this day as the most important day in your life and gladly accept the invitation.
With gratitude, (names).
May your love be crowned with a strong union, and may snow-white wedding doves flap their wings and bring new meaning to a happy life.
It is a great honor for me to be a guest at the wedding, but, unfortunately, due to life circumstances, I will not be able to be with you on this day.
Best wishes, (names).
Cool and informal wedding invitations are a great and fun way to convey the mood of the future newlyweds and their serious attitude towards their decision. The text can be either funny or strictly official. Friends often write invitation cards with humor to their closest relatives to bring a smile and set the mood for a fun holiday. Templates for wedding invitation cards can always be supplemented with words from the heart for each guest individually.
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