How to celebrate a calico anniversary (1 year of wedding): scenarios and ideas for celebration

Calico wardrobe

This competition is perfect for a chintz wedding. It's lively, musical, fun and will make for a great photo shoot once it's finished.

Props

A large bag or box, a bright colorful scarf, a baby cap (it can be made from a diaper), a chintz robe, a kitchen apron, a skirt made of chintz strips that are tied to an elastic band, a large chintz bow on a hoop, a large chintz bow tie for the neck.

Important! Items of cotton clothing must be large in size so that both a large man and a petite woman can wear them. In addition, the element should be easy and quick to put on and take off.

Participants

Everyone who came to celebrate their 1st wedding anniversary. Their number can be limited only by the number of clothes in the bag/box.

Conditions

Guests stand in a circle and, to the accompaniment of music, pass a bag (box) of clothes from hand to hand. As soon as the music stops, the participant with the bag in his hands must take out any item of clothing and put it on himself. After this, the music plays again, and the guests again pass the “wardrobe” to each other. This continues until the bag runs out of clothes.

Important! If the music stops on a participant who has already put on something, the right to choose clothes is transferred to the next guest standing during the transfer of the “calico wardrobe”.

Prizes

The prize for everyone will be a bright and memorable photo shoot. Guests can take photos of each other, take selfies or pose for a professional photographer.

Calico wedding in nature

Holding a chintz wedding anniversary in nature
If you decide to celebrate your 1st wedding anniversary in nature, rent a country house and decorate it . Decorate the veranda with helium balloons, and tie pieces of chintz fabric to the trees and greenery. Celebrating your first calico wedding anniversary in the summer is truly great. Fun dancing to modern music, tug of war or sack jumping. Just imagine how nice it will be to gather with guests in the fresh air, barbecue, swim in the lake and take vivid pictures as a souvenir. The highlight of such a holiday could be the launching of sky lanterns or a kite. A wonderful memory will be the launch of fireworks.

A calico anniversary is a special day, indicating a successful start to life together. There are a lot of options for carrying it out, so choose the one that suits your desires. By following the advice in the above article, you can organize an event and make the anniversary of the first year of marriage truly bright and memorable!

Scenario for a chintz wedding

The chintz wedding is conducted by a host, whom you can choose from your friends or use the services of an agency. He must entertain the guests with remarks, and also monitor the progress of the chintz wedding, which cannot be done without a well-written script. It can be in the form of poetry or prose. Create a script yourself or use our option.

The chintz wedding begins with a monologue by the host. Only guests are present in the hall; spouses must come up after the toastmaster’s speech.

Host: Ladies and gentlemen! We have gathered here for a reason. We have a special occasion - our dear friends (Wife's Name) and (Husband's Name) are celebrating their first year of married life. This is a difficult time for young people, because now the foundation of strong and strong relationships is being laid. But the love of the spouses will conquer everything - we are convinced of this by the example of the heroes of the occasion. Let’s call (Wife’s Name) and (Husband’s Name) here to rejoice with them on this significant date!

A couple comes out, the husband is wearing a calico shirt, and the wife is wearing a calico dress.

Host: Just a year ago she was the bride, and he was the groom. Today we have before us an already formed family, which is growing stronger every day, despite all the quarrels and disagreements. But in order for love to become even stronger, I propose to perform an ancient Russian ritual, symbolizing the strength of the relationship. Spouses, give your other half some cotton scarves! (husband and wife exchange scarves). Tie knots on them.

Husband and wife: How strong these knots are, so strong is our love!

Guests: Bitter!

The spouses kiss each other, after which the guests present them with their gifts. Traditionally, they give printed clothes, diapers for the couple’s unborn child, linen, and tablecloths. All participants sit down at the table, where relatives of the spouses tell them all their wishes and congratulations. The wife's mother (mother-in-law) says the words:

My children! If you only knew how happy my motherly heart is when I look at you! I am glad that I entrusted my beloved daughter to you, (Husband’s name). She is behind you, like behind a stone wall. Although you have only lived together for a short time, a year of marital bliss is an impressive period of time to talk about the strength of your relationship. So let the love never fade away in your couple, it becomes stronger every minute. Bitterly!

After the young couple kisses, a toast will be made by a good friend of the couple, who has followed most of their relationship.

Acquaintance: Dear (Wife's Name), and also (Husband's Name), having known you for a long time, I can say that you are a wonderful couple. I kindly envy you, because you cannot live without each other, like our earth without the sun’s rays. One day, luck smiled, uniting your hearts into one. I believe that you will be faithful to your soulmate until the end of your earthly days. Let's raise our glasses to the love of (Wife's Name), (Husband's Name)!

The guests drink, the next toast sounds. It should be said to the sister of one of the young people or the mother of the groom.

Sister: Marriage is a fragile thing if nothing binds the spouses. If there are connecting threads, then the likelihood that the young will live happily for many years increases. The main support of the spouses even in difficult times is their common child. Let's drink to our newlyweds to please us with the news of the imminent arrival of the first child in the family!

Everyone can say their wishes and congratulations during the feast. After all the guests have had their fill of food and chatted with the newlyweds, the entertainment program for the chintz wedding begins.

Host: Ladies and gentlemen! I guess that you have all had enough of our young people. It's time to start having more active entertainment! I suggest you take part in interesting games, competitions, and take a little break from the feast (you will find recommended competitions in the next section of the article).

At the end of the competitions, the ceremonial part of the evening takes place - the dance of the young people.

Host: What could be more exciting than a beautiful dance between spouses? The young ones are like two wildflowers in a huge field. Let's enjoy this action right now!

After the final dance, the newlyweds and the guests launch sky lanterns. If the weather does not allow this, the chintz wedding should end with a tea party. After this, the celebration of the calico wedding ends.

What competitions are suitable for a chintz wedding?

To brightly celebrate the first year lived together and consolidate the status of the spouses, it is necessary to create a rich evening program. Competitions to celebrate the first year of marriage should be interesting and fun. It’s good if they include tender kisses and tight hugs, and emphasize the new status of the newlyweds.

The most popular competitions:

• "Handkerchief." Everyone stands in a circle, the leader holds a cotton handkerchief in his hands. While the music is playing, he passes this scarf to the participants. As soon as the melody stops, whoever happens to have a handkerchief crows.
• "Beloved's legs." The young ladies are hiding behind a screen. Gentlemen should recognize their chosen ones only by their legs;
• “Tender words for your wife.” The status of a spouse obliges him not only to provide for the family, but also to pamper his beloved. The husband is given the task of coming up with affectionate nicknames for his other half that end in - ok (kitten, baby);
• "Baby's name." Guests take turns suggesting male and female names. The spouses determine the winner and present him with a pre-prepared gift.

Wedding anniversary competitions

Entertainment events during the wedding anniversary celebration will allow the spouses and everyone present to remember the sweetest and brightest moments of the wedding day. Original quizzes, table games, and comic competitions will set a good mood and charge all guests with positivity. Dancing and active competitions will prevent a fun celebration from turning into banal gatherings.

Everyone can take part in the game, including the heroes of the occasion. Players sit in a circle and light a match. Then they begin to take turns passing it to each other.

The participant in whose hands the match goes out or burns out completely can ask any question to the hosts of the holiday. Spouses must answer it honestly. If the match goes out in the hands of one of the spouses, then each player can ask any question of interest to the hero of the occasion.

Sample questions

Your favorite dishes. What does the word “Love” mean to you? What makes your family happy? Which countries do you want to visit?

Everyone can participate in the competition. They are divided equally into 2 teams and line up in 2 ranks. Each of them gets a banana.

The first player on each team squeezes the fruit between his knees (or elbows). His task is to pass the banana to the participant standing next to him without using his hands. The second player on the team must accept it with his knees (or elbows) and pass it to the next competitor, and so on, until the last participant has the fruit. If the banana falls, the relay race starts all over again - the fruit returns to the first player. The competition judge monitors the honesty of the participants so that they do not help with their hands.

The team that completes the task faster wins.

Everyone can participate in the competition. They will play the role of a magpie. Participants are divided equally into 2 teams.

Each group receives a regular hair tie. The first member of each team puts it on his nose, which is considered the magpie's tail. The rubber band symbolizes news from the magpie.

The essence of the competition is that the first player, without using his hands, passes the rubber band from his nose to the nose of the second participant, and so on, until the whole team has completed the relay. Cheating is prohibited. The leader controls the participants regarding deviations from the rules of the game.

The team that completes the task faster wins.

The game involves 6 people. To carry it out, you need to prepare cards in advance with the letters that make up the word “love” and put them in a box.

Each participant, in turn, approaches the box and draws any card at random. His task is to come up with as many wishes as possible for the letter that he comes across. For example, the letter “b”: prosperity, wealth, endless love, boundless happiness.

The player who pulls out a card with a soft sign can come up with different wishes. The main thing is that they contain a soft sign. For example: splendor, impeccability, freedom, impeccability, joy, mercy.

The player who names the most wishes wins.

Several married couples are participating in the competition. Each of them receives a thread of a certain length and a needle.

The task of men is to thread the thread into the eye of the needle held by the woman with their left hand (for left-handed people - with their right hand). The pair that completes the task faster than the rest wins.

To make the competition more fun, you can assign each pair a person who is supposedly responsible for the fairness of the game. But the main feature is that each caretaker has a voice recorder in his pocket. At the end of the competition, the main presenter collects all the recorders and tells the audience that he will now provide a sound recording of the first wedding night of each participating couple.

Everyone who wants to congratulate the married couple participates in the game. Each participant receives a piece of paper and a pen. The presenter gives them the task to write 5 adjectives that come to mind first. For example: wonderful, sympathetic, kind, sweet, best.

After this, he gives each participant a sheet of paper with printed text. There are gaps in it. The players’ task is to insert their own adjectives in place of the spaces. The text is given to everyone the same.

Example text

Exactly a year ago, on this... day, we gathered to celebrate this... holiday. Our...married couple tied themselves with the most...marital ties. From the bottom of my heart I would like to wish all the best in the family.

Tips for preparing the script

If the newlyweds decide to celebrate a year of marriage in a noisy company of friends, they cannot do without a clear, detailed script. The host should be one of the guests who has experience in conducting such events. The scenario, which describes the entire chintz wedding with its traditions and ancient competitions, should include congratulations to the newlyweds, competitions, competitions, toasts at the table, and presentation of gifts.

Here are some important recommendations:

1. The main moment to be played out should be the date - 1 year, love between spouses.
2. You can hold competitions for tight hugs, tender kisses, and involve guests in competitions.
3. It’s worth finding a photographer from among your friends, a toastmaster, and preparing props and costumes in advance.
4. It is advisable for all those invited to participate in competitions and have fun from the heart.
5. You can celebrate the anniversary of family life in a restaurant, at home, outdoors, it depends on the wishes of the spouses and the weather.
6. It is necessary to decorate the room with chintz fabrics, flags, toys, souvenirs, and cover the tables with tablecloths made of bright chintz.
7. For competitions you should also use scarves, nosepieces, toys, you can hang up appropriate pictures on the wedding theme, reminding that the first year of the wedding is called chintz.

You can make the witnesses leading and repeat the same competitions that were at the wedding. If there are a lot of guests, let everyone offer their favorite game, that will also be fun. The main thing is to prepare small souvenirs for the winners in advance: handkerchiefs, oven mitts, towels, so that everyone will be interested and have fun.

Recommendations and tips for holding a celebration

• You can spend your anniversary outdoors, at home or in a restaurant - it all depends on the season, your preferences and financial capabilities . If the “cotton wedding” holiday falls in the summer, do not miss the opportunity to celebrate your anniversary in nature.
• In order to involve all guests of the event in competitions, a friendly and inviting atmosphere should reign at the festival . The presenter will help with this - it can be your friend or a person with experience in this area. You can also invite a toastmaster and a DJ.
• To leave pleasant memories of the holiday, take care of inviting a photographer . Bright photographs will perfectly complement your family album. And guests will be pleased to receive reminders of how they shared the event with you. You can also create a so-called “press wall” against which guests will take colorful pictures. You can decorate it with the date and names of the spouses, hearts or inscriptions.
• Props and costumes, interiors and competition themes - everything should revolve around the main reason - a happy year of marriage for the spouses . If you decide to spend your first chintz wedding anniversary with your family at home, cover the table with a chintz tablecloth or place souvenirs and toys made of this material on the shelves. Don't forget that design is also very important. Strive for a harmonious arrangement of objects in the same style.
• Consider competitions of different types: funny and silly, intellectual and serious, so that every guest finds something for themselves.

Entertainment program for a wedding anniversary

If you are entrusted with organizing an entertainment program for your wedding anniversary, we will be happy to tell you how to entertain guests and celebrants.

Since husband and wife are always young at heart, it is worth paying attention to such entertainment from which the spouses will not get physically tired, but will be emotionally delighted. After all, a wedding anniversary is a holiday not only for guests, but to a greater extent for the celebrants themselves, and friends should make sure that lovers do not get bored this evening

Memories

In addition to congratulations and gifts, any wedding anniversary should include fun games, competitions and other entertainment. One of the most romantic entertainments for guests and the husband and wife themselves will be a film about how the couple’s relationship developed. Children, grandchildren and friends of the anniversary can create a short video in advance using photos of the couple. You can play up the video with humorous phrases written on each funny photo.

Cartoon

If you have an artist in your company, you can ask him to draw caricatures of the husband and wife. You don’t have to pose for this – a real artist spends the whole evening watching those around him, so he can easily depict a couple on canvas.

You can also ask guests to draw portraits of the lovers - this is quite a fun activity, especially if many of the guests do not have artistic talent. Give the finished drawings to the heroes of the day.

Men bake a cake

If the banquet is held at home, the men's team can give a gift to the women - bake some simple cake and decorate it with a scattering of edible pearls, if it is a pearl wedding, for example. Representatives of the fair sex will be able to laugh heartily at how their gentlemen try to cope with kitchen utensils and learn to understand the purpose of certain products.

Required details

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2. Handkerchiefs (handkerchiefs) for young people with embroidered names.

3. Calico runners “MATRIARCHY, PATRIARCHY, EQUALITY”.

4. Two tied glasses with honey water.

5. A napkin with seven lines on it. The first two lines are filled with the names of the young people (if there is already a child in the family, his name is on the third line).

6. On the tray are 2 bottles (wine and vodka) and 2 calico ribbons of red and blue.

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8. A bed (preferably an old one with a net) with pillows.

9. Bed linen set.

10. Clip (love story) “We are already one year old!”

11. Calico rompers (red and blue)/or 2 ropes and cut ribbons (for tying on a rope).

12. Gifts for guests participating in the competition (handkerchiefs, towels, oven mitts).

13. Bag with things made of chintz: apron, apron, Panama hat, scarf, nightgown (large size, family panties (large size), etc.

14. Glass vase and set of colored sand for a sand ceremony.

Characters: presenter, DJ (musician), newlyweds, guests.

Congratulations on a chintz/gauze wedding - 1st wedding anniversary

A year has passed since the wedding. Love is alive - everything is fine. The first year is the hardest, the year of grinding in between us.

We spent our honeymoon and the days of everyday life began. What happened this year: And tears of happiness and adversity,

They made up and fought again, And at night they made love in the bedroom. We got to know each other better and welded our lives together.

Congratulate us on our first year! Let chintz be like satin! It cannot be torn apart by hand - We will live until the golden wedding!

Congratulations on making it through the first year of your long and happy married life! We wish you that in the subsequent years of your love and prosperity, the chintz on your bed changes as often as in the first year of marriage. Love and good health to you!

Congratulations guys! Calico wedding - exactly one year! You have already gotten used to each other, Eh, you both are very lucky!

We wish you to continue to move through life, And sharing laughter and grief, So that there is happiness along the way, And you go, collecting it in armfuls!

***

As if Mendelssohn's waltz sounded yesterday, They gave gifts, smiles, flowers. There was a honeymoon... And there were “grinding in” - the two of you lived together, making your dreams come true.

So the year flew by and has already sunk forever, But you, “resolving” the family tension, lived to see the chintz wedding. Guys! It's your holiday today. Pour a glass.

***

Our best friends have already been married for a whole year, Having met once, you can’t be apart now.

Here is the chintz wedding, Congratulations from all of us, May your estate be full of happiness every hour.

Understanding, patience, There is a big life ahead, And go without regrets, You have a long way to go!

***

It seems like just recently, Gorko!” they shouted at you. And now - a chintz wedding, They didn't wait long!

A whole year of marriage, you can congratulate. Let respect continue to rule in your home.

Let love not leave, Let children be born. We wish you to be the best family in the world. ***

A year has passed since your wedding, you are a great family! We have become closer and dearer, And without this it is impossible!

Guests have gathered at the table, The two of you are busy, We give you chintz as a symbol, And we drink champagne again!

Live together for a long time, And appreciate every moment, After all, love is not given to everyone, Its a fabulous spring!***

Fate gave me good luck. Very generous to you and me! For her, for love, especially, we should celebrate such a day! It’s too early for us to sum it up. But for now we are happy together. After all, my very legs carry me. I’m only waiting for news from you! How funny they called the date... a chintz wedding... that's hilarious! We'll hardly figure this out. The family's holiday is coming soon!

***

The beginning of a long and happy married life has been made, for which we congratulate you. This year, for sure, was as bright, colorful, variegated, smooth and natural as chintz. Let it continue like this. Love, appreciate, respect and take care of each other. We wish you health, patience and regular replenishment.***

A year has passed since you got married. Bravo! A flurry of applause. It's good that this is so.

This means that everyday life did not torture you, but love saved you. You need a bunch of kids so that things can go well.

Option #1

The newlyweds will be greeted by two young people with a pre-prepared cotton roll and chamomile wreaths.

1st guy: My box is full of colorful chintz, it will decorate the celebration with all the colors.

2nd guy: But the chintz runner will be suitable for the spouses. Now they will walk along it and become happy!

Next they spread out a roll of chintz

1st guy: So that all the wishes and what the spouses have in mind always come true, pave their path with flowers.

Young girls appear. They stand on the sides of an impromptu path, holding vases with daisies in their hands.

2nd guy: To make the wedding a success, let's invite someone who will host it!

Host: Good evening! I invite the newlyweds to walk along the chintz path, collect flowers and present them to their parents.

A flower waltz begins to play, the heroes of the occasion walk across the chintz and take daisies from the vases.

Host: Newlyweds, present flowers to your parents as a sign of gratitude. They put a lot of effort into you. All this year, your parents have been there, protecting and supporting you. They helped you get family status.

Popular wisdom says that a rainbow appearing in the sky promises happiness. We made our own rainbow for you. We wish it to bring happiness and joy to your home.

The girls bring a rainbow of pieces of chintz of different colors into the hall.

Host: Our dear spouses, walk through the rainbow and sit down at the table.

Today is your family's anniversary. Such a date comes around once in a lifetime. Fill your glasses and congratulate the heroes of the occasion.

Those present make toasts, congratulations and wishes, and give prepared gifts.

You can fill the script with various fun games and choose funny competitions. The main thing that needs to be taken into account is that everything must correspond to the theme of the celebration. After all, everyone has gathered to celebrate your first anniversary and new status.

A real man (a real woman)

A cool competition suitable for the first wedding anniversary for participants of both sexes and any age.

For the competition you will need a women's handbag and backpack. In the bag you should put curlers, a set of tips, brasmatic, highlighter, green face concealer, lipstick, foundation, powder, comb and other cosmetics. The backpack should contain “male” items - pliers, screwdrivers, a set of bits for a screwdriver, a wobbler, a decoy, an expander, a spool valve, a pressure gauge, etc.

Man-woman couple. Spouses can also participate.

First they call a man and give him a woman's handbag. Within three minutes, he must find in it items from a list consisting of curlers, tips, brasmatic, highlighter and concealer, and then say how to use these things.

A woman receives a similar task, only she will have to find a set in her backpack consisting of pliers, a wobbler, a decoy, a spool valve and a pressure gauge. There are no winners in the competition, because it was designed to entertain guests.

As a thank you for their participation, you can give the couple handmade soap or medals with the inscriptions “Real Man” and “Real Woman.”

Gorgeous wedding

You can say the following words to the host-toastmaster: the bride and groom have already received their gifts from you, and now they want to give you the prepared souvenirs. The principle of the game is this: prepare paper bags in advance, which should be made from sheets of paper (but not necessarily). On each bag, write all the letters that appear in the word “wedding.” This way you will have 7 packages. Place a gift in each of them. Hang them up so that the word wedding appears. The name of the gift must match the letter written on the package. For example, in a bag with the letter “C” you can put a saber or a jump rope. In order for the guests not to get tired of playing, you can come up with tips that could be something like this: this is a decoration for girls if there are earrings or beads in the package, but this is what men had in ancient times (saber), etc. In a bag with the letter “B” you can put a fork or a bucket, of course, a toy one. For the letter “A” prepare an apricot or a toy car. Place a pipe in the bag with the letter “D”, and a brooch with the letter “B”. Unfortunately, the words don’t start on the soft sign, but you need to put something in the bag. There is also a way out of this situation. Place a soft toy or any soft thing there.

Calico wedding scenario - celebrating 1 year of marriage!

Let's not talk about the fact that a wedding is the very first important event of a young family and requires special preparation. We will also omit the importance of the correct approach to setting the date of a wedding event.

Let’s assume that all this is already behind us and the couple in love slowly but surely began their family journey across the ocean of life... And on this journey there are small joyful islands called “wedding anniversaries”, which should never be forgotten.

After all, with each island the family grows stronger, gaining unsurpassed experience and worldly wisdom. The strongest couples “reach the golden and red anniversaries.” This, in general, is the meaning of the planned trip.

What could be a wedding anniversary scenario?

If the toastmaster is not there for the anniversary, the husband and wife can come up with competitions and entertainment themselves, for example, arrange dance competitions between couples in love or hold competitions in which relatives will answer questions about their family. Also, the option of celebrating an anniversary together involves a romantic evening, a night in a hotel or a week of relaxation in warm countries. In this case, only young people decide everything, focusing on their tastes.

The dates 10 years and 15 years from the wedding date are a little similar. Each of these dates is very important for a married couple, since not every family manages to live together for so many years in love and prosperity. The tenth wedding anniversary is called pink or tin, which means that gifts can be very different. In this case, the wedding should be decorated in pink tones; the emphasis can be placed on flowers and materials for decorating tables and chairs.

The first round anniversary must be celebrated magnificently, as it is very important for the family, for their relationships and love

Therefore, many psychologists advise inviting friends, relatives and colleagues to celebrate such an important event. The bride can wear a pink dress on this day, and the groom can wear light shirts, which can be combined with a light suit

You can come up with cool competitions and entertainment as a scenario. You can come up with separate competitions for children so that they can have fun too.

The fifteenth wedding anniversary is called crystal or glass. On this day, it is customary for married couples to give crystal or glass items. Since the material is very fragile, this means that the happiness of the young is also very fragile, so it must be protected. In competitions, you can focus on the long family life of the couple, on wishes of happiness, success and love. If there are children, the couple can wish for one or more children, and as a competition, come up with a lottery in which the family will find out who will be born next - a boy or a girl.

To pink

A mixed group of young and middle-aged people gathers for the tenth anniversary of marriage. They already have decent life experience and certain professional achievements. You can involve the spouses themselves and their parents in competitions, and it will be interesting for guests to watch.

Ten years later

Parents of spouses are invited to participate. The presenter asks one of them to leave for a while, and asks the other several questions. For example:

• When and where did you meet?
• How did your spouse first confess his love to you?
• How did he propose to you?
• How many guests were at your wedding?
• How did you celebrate your first anniversary?

You should not ask more than five questions - this will tire the guests. After one of the parents answers, you can invite the second one into the room and ask the same questions. If the answers coincide, then we can summarize: “We wish today’s heroes of the occasion to also retain romantic moments in their memory, just like their parents.”

Advice! If the answers do not match, it is proposed to divert the attention of those present to a toast to the joyful event, which became the beginning of the story of a happy life and the reason for today's celebration.

Praise each other

When else can a married couple say a lot of nice words to each other, if not on this day? Prepare pieces of paper with letters written in advance. The spouses will take turns pulling them out and saying affectionate words starting with the written letter. And the one who says the most pleasant things will win.

New road signs

The couple is given painted road signs. The presenter announces:

Your family life is like a road, and there will be many obstacles on it. But show persistence and patience and you will find another explanation for the signs.

After this, the husband and wife must come up with new meanings for the usual signs. For example, “Stop” means prohibiting quarrels before breakfast and after dinner, “avoiding obstacles” means not drinking alcohol and not smoking.

How to celebrate a paper wedding at home

Some young spouses prefer to celebrate this date together, in an intimate setting, especially if they have not yet managed to acquire an heir.

Dinner by candlelight, with a bottle of wine and light snacks, exchange of words of love and lovely gifts - such a romantic atmosphere strengthens relationships

Holiday attributes can be: a beautiful snow-white tablecloth, paper napkins, garlands and lanterns.

How the two of you can celebrate 2 years of marriage after the wedding can be discussed in advance, or you can surprise your soulmate by first decorating the room, setting the table and preparing a romantic dinner.

Romantic dinner for two

Psychologists advise those who have a small child and who want to share the joy with their closest and dearest people - their parents, to spend their second paper wedding anniversary in the family circle. A nice family dinner, a leisurely conversation at the table can turn into a tradition of gathering with a narrow circle of the closest people, which today is of particular value, because in the whirlwind of everyday life, relatives do not have time to meet at the family table. To meet your family, you can prepare a multi-course lunch or dinner, buy a bottle of good wine, stock up on dessert, and the success of the event is guaranteed.

A married couple can invite relatives and friends to visit, and then the celebration will be more magnificent and festive.

You need to carefully consider how to celebrate the second paper wedding anniversary, how to decorate the interior and make the event not boring. You can pre-send creative invitations to guests, which are best done with your own hand, writing the original text in verse.

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Near each cutlery you can put small paper cards on which guests will write down their wishes and congratulations. Then, from these cards, build a symbolic tree of wishes, which will stand in a prominent place and remain as a keepsake for the couple.

You can prepare a photo zone in advance, where guests, along with the heroes of the occasion, can take photos for the family album

Here you can place: paper doves or cranes, lanterns, butterflies, garlands of cardboard flags, hearts, flowers. On the press wall, place an inscription about the date of the event and the names of the newlyweds or wedding photographs.

Anniversary celebration for two

Don't be upset if you can't celebrate your anniversary on a grand scale. Be sure to celebrate it alone with your significant other . Here are some tips for the two of you to celebrate 1 year of marriage after marriage:

1. Being in a constant cycle of activities and events, we often forget how important it is to spend evenings with your loved one. Your little family anniversary is a great occasion for this. Order ready-made food (pizza, sushi or burgers), watch a romantic movie, look through photos from the wedding and feel pleasant nostalgia. It wouldn’t hurt to give symbolic gifts to each other. If you like to “go out”, a festive dinner in some restaurant overlooking the city at night is what you need. Feel free to buy plane tickets and have a second honeymoon. A change of scenery for a few days will only strengthen your relationship.

Romantic dinner by candlelight

1. Do something special on this day: skydive, fly in a hot air balloon, ride an ATV, etc. Dedicate this day to yourself and each other: go to a spa for relaxing treatments or just go to an unfamiliar place. Celebrate your anniversary in such a way that you will remember it for a long time!

1. If you couldn’t gather a noisy group, you can have fun together. Try playing this game “Which one of you?” by drawing two signs with each other’s names. Find a list of questions on the Internet (for example, which of you jokes funnier or takes longer to get ready, etc.), you read them out and immediately raise the sign. At the end, you can count how many matches there were and how well you know each other.

Celebrating at home

Celebrating at home automatically places additional responsibilities on you: you will have to come up with competitions and entertainment yourself. But competitions should not be too much; there is no need to prepare too many of them. Hold a quiz during which you ask guests all sorts of questions about your wedding that took place a year ago. Come up with active games - they will amuse the company.

Include a chintz photo shoot in your entertainment. This type of photography is suitable for celebrating at home, in a restaurant or outdoors.

As you can see, there are many good ideas for celebrating. You can develop a script yourself, using only some of the points discussed above as a basis. When the anniversary, or rather its celebration, comes to an end, launch fireworks or Chinese sky lanterns. There should be as many lanterns as there are guests you invited - then everyone can launch them, believe me, everyone will like this idea. And what could be more touching and beautiful than such a finale to the holiday?

We wish you to celebrate the first year of married life with your closest people, get a lot of pleasure from the holiday and look at the photographs taken on this day on your golden anniversary!

Holiday with toastmaster

In order for the anniversary to go off with a bang and you can celebrate the holiday well and emotionally, without turning it into a simple feast, you should carefully think through the scenario of a chintz wedding and include competitions and sweepstakes in it. If you are celebrating in a cafe or restaurant and your budget allows, invite the toastmaster to entertain the guests, this person’s competitions are always fun and mischievous!

By the way, you can contact an old acquaintance - the person who was the host at your wedding. Just warn us right away: competitions should not be repeated!

It is also desirable that the script be as adapted as possible to the theme of your holiday - the status of the celebration corresponds to the theme, then the evening will be a success and will be remembered for a long time! You can take part in creating such a scenario yourself. The following development of events can be taken as a basis.

Preparing for the celebration

To ensure that your chintz wedding goes off with a bang, treat the preparation process with due attention. Find a suitable room, decorate it, then select musical accompaniment

Find or create your own script for a chintz wedding - prepared in advance, it will help to avoid force majeure circumstances. And the cool competitions that will be present in the script will amuse all the guests at the chintz wedding.

Decoration of the celebration venue

Chintz is a symbol of the first anniversary; stock up on light chintz curtains, tablecloths, and napkins. Modern textile stores offer a variety of chintz products made in a festive style. The overall color scheme should be white or other pastel shades, so you should choose light chintz decorative elements. There are many rituals associated with calico fabric, so purchase several pieces of calico in reserve.

Place pots or floor vases with green flowers around the room. Greenery symbolizes the relationship between the young. Tie containers for flowers with chintz multi-colored ribbons.

To decorate a chintz wedding at the highest level, watch this good video example that clearly demonstrates how to decorate a holiday:

Warn your guests about the celebration of a chintz wedding, and about the appropriate clothing. Inform invited guests that calico attire is encouraged. The guests themselves choose what they will be, bright or modest.

Musical accompaniment for the anniversary

During the chintz wedding, various musical compositions by domestic performers will be used. So, at the beginning of a chintz wedding, it is necessary to include the well-known “Oh, the box is full, the box is full.” When the newlyweds enter the hall, Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers" sounds. Such pleasant songs should sound throughout the evening, then the guests will feel relaxed throughout the wedding and be willing to participate in competitions.

Scenario

We provide an approximate scenario for the holiday and separately provide a selection of competitions. The presenter, taking into account the situation in the hall and at the table, must independently determine the time for meals, entertainment, musical breaks and rest.

The couple, dressed in ordinary clothes, greet guests. When all the guests are seated at the tables, the couple disappears to change into brightly colored print outfits.

At this time the presenter comes out: Hello, dear guests! Today is a special day - we are going to celebrate the calico wedding of the family (Family name). For a whole year, (Spouse's Name) and (Spouse's Name) learned to find a common language, adjusted their everyday life and cherished the flame of love. Let's invite a couple into the hall and invite them to walk under the arch so that their future life will be happy and bright. I need two assistants.

Invites former wedding witnesses or any two invitees from the hall, gives them an arch. Guests lift it so that the spouses can pass under it.

Presenter: (Name of spouse) and (Name of spouse), we are waiting for you!

The couple enters in bright outfits and passes under the arch and sits down at the table.

Host: Your family has already been a year old! During this time, you, as children, have learned (with the help of your parents) to hold your head up, sit, stand and walk, as well as speak, finding understanding among each other. So let's fill our glasses and drink to the first achievements of the calico newlyweds! Bitterly!

The guests begin to celebrate. After some time, you can begin the competition program.

Tongue Twisters

An interesting and fun competition. You can watch the video to see how to do it:

A fun and active competition that will bring joy to the audience.

Calico table runners (optional), liquor bottles or skittles, several thick blindfolds.

Everyone of both sexes. Guests invited to the 1st wedding anniversary are divided into male-female pairs.

Partners are placed at a distance of several (ideally 5-6) meters opposite each other. Paths are laid between a man and a woman, on which 2-3 bottles of alcoholic drinks or skittles are placed. Men act as sappers who must walk blindfolded through a minefield to their partner and avoid stumbling upon bottle mines. The highlight of the competition lies in the fact that after putting on the blindfolds, the presenter quietly removes the bottles from the path and gives the start to the “sapper” movement.

All participants receive prizes - they are given diplomas for successfully passing the minefield.

There are a lot of ideas for competitions for a 1-year wedding anniversary, but few interesting ones. We hope that the options that we have selected for you will allow you to have an unforgettable and fun holiday.

Competitions for the second wedding day or wedding anniversary.

Of course, the second wedding day or the anniversary of the wedding is usually not prepared as carefully as the wedding day itself. However, these days are no less important and are designed to remind and consolidate the most pleasant impressions of the wedding. After all, now a much narrower circle of close friends and relatives is invited. This means that their entertainment should, perhaps, not be very large-scale, but certainly carefully thought out and fun.

What would be fun without games and exciting competitions? Here are some easy ways to entertain your guests.

Option No. 2

Only guests are in the banquet hall; the newlyweds will appear after the host’s monologue.

Presenter: Dear ladies and gentlemen, we have been brought together in this wonderful place for an equally wonderful occasion. Our close friends (wife's name) and (husband's name) today celebrate the first year of their lives together. Right now they have opened a very exciting page in their lives; they have to build a strong family filled with love. We believe that their feelings will only flare up year after year, and their status as loving spouses will grow stronger. Let's invite the heroes of the occasion to celebrate this date with them!

Spouses in calico robes enter the hall.

Host: Just a year ago you were the bride and groom, and today you have acquired a new status, you have become a family that is becoming stronger every day. And in order to strengthen them even more, we will perform an ancient ritual. The knot will become a kind of amulet for your young family, protecting it from adversity and quarrels.

The spouses exchange cotton handkerchiefs, tie knots on them and say: “As the knots we tie are strong, so are our words. Just as the wind and a reveler wakes up a cornfield in a field, so joy and happiness will remain with us forever.”

Host: Let's seal these amazing words with a big kiss! Bitterly!

Next comes the time for presenting gifts, after which the guests take their places at the table. During the feast, everyone makes a toast. Then you can hold competitions, and the celebration will be completed by a dance of the newlyweds.

Festive table decoration

A chintz wedding is characterized by simplicity and modesty. Don’t go to great lengths to prepare a large list of dishes, just make a few healthy ones.

• Salads, fresh vegetables and fruits, beautiful cuts and original presentation - all this will definitely be remembered by your guests;
• Canapés are a practical and satisfying snack;
• Drinks: champagne, wine and cold freshly squeezed juices;
• An unusual cake with inscriptions and figures, ordered or baked at home;
• Cakes, sweets and lollipops.

Festive table setting for 1st wedding anniversary

If you are worried that your guests will remain hungry, order, for example, country-style meat and potatoes or any other hearty dish. Place your photos and some cute little things on the holiday table.

The very first family pier - a “calico” wedding

It is celebrated by young people after the first year of life.
This is a bright event, very similar to the wedding itself. It differs in that the scenario is tied to the “chintz” and everything is based on this “peg”. When celebrating the date of the first anniversary, it is not recommended to postpone it to another day. If the wedding was on Saturday, then generally the anniversary falls on Sunday.

We invite relatives and closest friends. The event is figuratively divided into a ceremonial part (which can be held near the house, or in a community center, or in front of a cafe) and a table part.

Unusual options

Surprising a child means leaving a mark in his memory for a long time. Original competitions for children at a wedding will make kids remember the celebration they attended with admiration and delight.

1. "Wedding Balls" Children are divided into two teams. Each team is given several deflated balloons, in which pieces of paper with tasks were previously inserted. One player from both teams is called up. Children inflate balloons. Whose balloon bursts first announces the task to the opponents.
2. "Ariadne's Thread" Each participant is given a ribbon. The baby’s task is to wind it into a ball and find the prize. It is more interesting to play the game outside, then the ribbon can be passed through tree branches and other obstacles.
3. "Cabbage". Children stand in a circle. They are given a small gift, wrapped in several layers of paper. The “cabbage” begins to walk in a circle, and each child can remove only one leaf from it. The prize goes to the one who removes the last piece of paper. In order for all the children to receive prizes, the winners need to be turned into active fans, adding pace and excitement to the game.
4. "Wonder Beast" The presenter asks the children questions about non-existent animals, for example: “Who is a telebison?” or “Where does Stovirat live?”, and players must answer them in detail. Winners can be identified in several categories.
5. "Find the treasure." This game is best played outdoors. All children are united into one team, which will have to go in search of treasures. The guys are given the first note, which indicates where to look for the next one. The last of the notes says the place where the treasure lies (sweets and gifts).
6. Competition for children at a wedding “Bring me...”. Children are divided into two teams. The presenter calls one player from each team and asks them to bring him an item, for example, red lipstick. A point is awarded to the team whose player was the first to bring the required item. The team whose players score the most points wins.

The competition for children at the wedding in the video below turned out to be very fun: