Cake auction at a wedding - original and funny ideas

According to a beautiful and long-standing tradition, any wedding ceremony continues after the registry office with a banquet, at the end of which the wedding cake is brought out and cut. The tradition is symbolic, so it has been preserved for several generations. In every country in the world, people believe that bread is miraculous, and with its help you can achieve true happiness.

In Rus' they believed that distributing bread at a wedding meant increasing your own happiness, wealth and well-being. Currently, the ritual has changed a little. The newlyweds share not bread and pies, but a real sweet dessert. Very often, a confectionery product is not just given to guests, but sold.

The essence

The toastmaster puts up lots for sale, guests place bids, and the winner takes the item. The money raised from the sale is ceremonially handed over to the young people. Everything seems simple, but there is a catch.

Auction participants do not know what exactly is being sold. They hear the announcements, but they cannot see the item for sale with their own eyes - the toastmaster hides it for the time being.

At the same time, everything should be accompanied by jokes and cheerful calls to participate in the competition.

“Dear guests, do not refuse your courtesy, be so kind, on a gratuitous basis, to make a small contribution and save the family’s budget! We are selling a prize, its side is green, it falls down.” We are talking about a cactus here. Why is he falling down? Because it's heavy! "Attention attention! A charity auction is being announced for the benefit of newlyweds! We ask everyone who wants to take part in it to come to the toastmaster and take more money with them!”

There are a lot of options, you just need to ask the toastmaster to choose among them the funniest and most suitable for the celebration contingent.

Interesting! Read about how to hold a wedding without a toastmaster. And here is the link for 20 cool competitions for weddings.

Wedding competitions

- Recognize the bride by her knee. This is one of the most popular, simple and favorite wedding competitions. The girls sit on chairs in a row (to make it funnier, you can sit a guy among them), and the groom, blindfolded, must guess his beloved's knee. The same competition can be held for the bride; she is also blindfolded and must guess the groom's hand from among several people. The main thing is not to get confused - we look for the bride by the knee, the groom - by the hand.

This competition has many analogues, for example the competition for collecting a harem. To participate in the game you will need an odd number of girls and boys, the more the better. We select two participants, send each of them to different corners of the hall, having previously blindfolded them with a scarf. Form a circle of participants in the center. The task of each guy (sultan), blindfolded, is to choose girls for his harem on his hand If the Sultan chose a guy instead of a girl, he automatically becomes the new Sultan, and the previous one becomes part of the general circle. The game lasts until only guys remain in the circle. The sultan who has the most girls in his harem wins.

Another analogue of this wedding competition is that several assistants of the groom and the groom himself take part in it. And of course there are a lot of girls. The female part of the team must leave lipstick marks of their lips on the paper. The male part needs to find the imprint of his wife’s lips using the prints on the paper. The groom is actively helped and advised by his friends.

- Discoverer. We are discovering new habitable planets. A simple task for the participant is to inflate balloons as quickly as possible, and then draw little figures of people on the balloon. Whoever has the most populated planet wins. Only fully-fledged people are counted, and not disabled people, which adds the necessary excitement when calculating the results. Well, you have to try hard to win.

- Simple prize drawing. An ordinary competition, interesting for its entertainment, simplicity and accessibility of the prize. Two participants stand opposite each other - there is a prize on a chair in front of them. The leader counts: one, two, three...one hundred, one, two, thirteen...eleven, etc. The winner is the one who is more attentive and who is the first to take the prize when the presenter says three.

- Chicken. We write like a chicken with its paw. Each participant has a piece of paper on the floor in front of them, and a felt-tip pen is tied to their leg. You need to write foot , for example - bride. It's simple. Whoever writes the fastest and most legibly wins.

- Clothespins. Doubles. Several couples are called (a man and a woman, a boy and a girl) and everyone is blindfolded . We take and attach 5-6 clothespins to each participant, and the pairs must, without peeking, find these clothespins from each other and collect them. The first couple to collect their clothespins wins.

- Pass the orange. Two teams stand in two lines opposite each other. The players in each team, from the first to the last, must pass each other some kind of round thing - an orange, a ball, etc. In this case, you can only use your chin or shoulder . You can't take it with your hands. If the object falls, start over. The first team to pass the item from start to finish wins.

- Guess what. This competition is held for the bride and groom. 5-6 men are invited and each is given a glass of water, and only one glass actually contains vodka. To the music, everyone takes turns drinking the contents, trying not to show with emotion that they have drunk. And the bride and groom must guess by their facial expressions who drank the vodka.

— Seekers. Players are given cards with certain letters. The participants’ task is to attach (and hold) all the cards to those parts of the body whose names begin with the indicated letters. The winner is the one who can place the most without dropping it.

- Broken phone. Introduction: Misunderstandings often appear in life, because everyone understands even simple things differently. You select five people from the audience, four of them leave the room. To the fifth one you give the text: “The father had 3 sons. The eldest was a smart kid, the middle one was so-so, the youngest was not at all himself.” So, the fifth participant must show this text without words to the fourth person, that person to the third person, that person to the second person, and then to the first person. Then, starting with the very last person, you ask what the story text was about. The resulting stories are quite incredible and implausible.

- Mummy. You only need 3-4 rolls of toilet paper. 2-3 pairs are selected. In a pair, the first player is the mummy. The second is a mummifier. Each couple is given a roll of toilet paper. The mummy must completely wrap the mummy in paper as quickly as possible. The game is rated based on quality and speed. The game can also be played in a group, then each team jointly wraps their mummy.

— The best dancing couple. Couples are invited to the dance floor, and sheets of newspaper of the same size are laid on the floor for each couple. Participants stand on the newspaper and dance to the music without leaving the newspaper. After a minute, the newspaper is folded in half, thereby reducing the area for the dancers. And so on. Whoever can’t stay on the newspaper and gets off it is eliminated. The last pair remaining wins.

- The best speaker. For this competition you need to prepare a certain amount of Chupa Chups. Participants take turns pronouncing some tongue twister. After which each participant puts one candy in his mouth and tries to repeat the tongue twister, etc. Anyone who fails to pronounce the tongue twister clearly is eliminated from the game. The last remaining participant wins.

— Competition with a large number of participants. The players line up behind each other and grab the person in front by the waist. Then they squat down. The wedding toastmaster informs them that they are portraying a cheerful centipede who leads a full life. You need to complete all the tasks, depicting how: she sleeps, stretches, gets up, washes herself, does morning exercises, has breakfast and leaves, dancing.

- Unwrap the candy. A very simple and entertaining competition. Several pairs are needed. Give each couple a piece of candy. Their task is to unwrap and eat the candy without using their hands. The couple that completes this task the fastest wins.

Also, among the wide variety of competitions and games, there is a fairly simple way for newlyweds to earn extra money - a wedding auction . Conducted according to all auction rules, this competition will be an exciting and quite fun game in which everyone can take part. A lot of a wedding auction can include a wide variety of things and items, it all depends on the program and wedding scenario. The starting price can be the minimum ridiculous cost. Don’t go up to large sums; it’s better to limit yourself a little and make the auction more humorous than serious. As soon as the price reaches a certain limit in the region of 100-300 rubles, shout “sold” and feel free to hand over the next prizes. So, we put it up for sale:

• The latest Bentley
  is a model car.
• Kitchen set “Zepter”
  is a set of disposable tableware.
• Washing machine "Whirlpool"
  - laundry soap.
• Shoes from "Carlo Pasolini"
  - Czech.
• A universal stain remover
  is nail polish remover.
• Washing multifunctional vacuum cleaner "Thomas"
  - broom.
• The latest model smartphone with a vibration alert
  is a rattle.
• beads
  are beaded beads.
• Electric sewing machine "Singer"
  - needle and thread.
• Multifunctional calculator
  - children's abacus.
• Swiss watch
  - hourglass.
• Chinese Ding Dynasty vase
  - bottle.
• SLR camera "Canon"
  - mirror.
• Gas stove "Zanussi"
  - a box of matches.
• Painting by a famous artist (add author, title of the work)
  - sticker or candy with the image.

Of course, the lot being played is not shown immediately. In fact, the guest is buying a “pig in a poke.”

Leading

After the auction, guests must be thanked. To do this, the groom should stand up, look around the audience and express heartfelt gratitude, but not for the money, but for the fact that they came and did the great honor of taking part in the competition. Valentine

A stand with a shelf under the lid is placed next to the table. This is where our goods will lie. The hammer and board are installed and the bidding begins. Moreover, each lot must be accompanied by a joke.

• The first lot will allow you to easily drive on any roads and at any speeds, although only in your sleep.
• Do you always want to know how much time is left until your next wedding? Then you'll love our next item.
• Tired of walking around in “non-pedigreed” clothes? Pay attention to the new collection from Versace!

Interesting! Pay attention to other table entertainment for guests. Some of the most popular ones are intellectual ones.

There is nothing complicated here, you can even improvise. The main thing is not to squeeze money out of guests. A wedding is a fun event, not a charity event. You can also organize an auction competition for a wedding in verse.

Greed is greed, and you shouldn’t raise price tags. It is customary to set the starting price for all goods from 1 to 10 rubles. Believe me, the guests themselves will drive up the price by getting excited. In extreme cases, no one owes you anything.

How to sell a cake at a wedding: original ideas

The bride and groom always want to make their wedding special, unlike others. Auctions and competitions tribute to age-old customs add originality to the celebration.

Description of the tradition

In the distant past, the newlyweds bowed to all participants in the wedding feast with special rich bread. The festive loaf symbolized fertility, satiety and well-being. The upper part of such rich bread was decorated with intricate figures in the form of spikelets, rings, doves and flowers. In return for the pieces given to the guests, the newlyweds received gifts and parting words for the young family.

Selling the cake by the piece has become a modern option for presenting a festive loaf to guests. In the Western tradition, it is also combined with the presentation of gifts. Guests approach the newlyweds, give the prepared gift and receive their pieces of dessert.

Auction scenario

The wedding cake selling ceremony is carried out in a certain sequence. It is best to think through the scenario in advance and discuss its steps with the toastmaster. Most often, serving dessert and bidding looks like this:

1. The cake is carried out by hand or rolled out on a special cart and shown to guests. It is better to entrust this task to the waiters.
2. The bride and groom begin cutting the confectionery starting from the top tier, using a large knife or dessert spatula.
3. The host announces the start of sales and encourages guests to purchase the first pieces cut young.
4. The waiters deliver the “bought” slices to the auction winners.

The newlyweds can keep the first pieces or even the entire top tier of the cake for themselves. Usually the next few servings of dessert are sold, and the rest is given away as a treat. To speed up the serving of the cake, the waiters complete the slicing.

Words to sell a cake

An experienced toastmaster always has prepared speeches for competitions and sales included in the script. All participants who are assigned roles at the event must know exactly what they are doing:

• The restaurant staff prepares tea, coffee and dessert serving utensils in advance;
• the person responsible for the wedding music is ready to play a touching melody;
• the newlyweds are at their table;
• the waiters are waiting for the go-ahead to bring out the cake;
• contractors responsible for photography and videography occupy convenient positions;
• The presenter announces the appearance of the cake and the beginning of the auction.

Guests are prepared for the final part of the festive evening by being seated. The words preceding the auction for the sale of a cake at a wedding could be:

“And now I ask for a moment of attention from everyone present! Our festive evening in honor of the creation of a new family is nearing completion! And so that the life of the young people is sweet, we will end the feast with the most wonderful dessert! Those who want to become happier and attract good luck to themselves will have the opportunity to be the first to try a tasty piece of cake from the hands of the newlyweds! Let's applaud! A wedding cake!"

At this moment, the DJ turns on the musical accompaniment chosen by the bride and groom during the pre-wedding preparation process. At this point, the audience is completely emotionally ready for the auction.

How to transfer money to young people

All proceeds are put into a three-liter jar. But you can’t just give them to the bride and groom. The fact is that almost all the guests will be burning with curiosity - they will be interested in knowing how much money has been accumulated. Don't hide this information from them, keep people in a good mood.

The toastmaster spectacularly pours money onto the table and publicly counts it. After this, the presenter loudly announces the amount, saying that the generosity of the guests knows no bounds, and everyone will be grateful to them for the rest of their lives. Next, the money is put back into the jar, which is given to the newlyweds.

On the first day of the celebration

So, the guests are not tired yet, they are full of energy and eager for competitions. It's time to invite them to take part in cool cash competitions for their wedding by spending some money.

1. "Boy or girl?" A fairly well-known money competition, somewhat reminiscent of voting. Witnesses are involved. They are given stockings - the man is blue, and the girl is red. At the toastmaster's command, they run through the rows of guests, asking them to put some money in their stockings. After a full circle, the collected funds are laid out on a pre-prepared chair or table and counted. If more money is in the blue stocking, then the young couple should have a boy, and if red wins, then a girl.
2. "Wedding Sale" The most popular item at a wedding is a cake. More precisely, its first piece. At the richest weddings, guests give millions for it! The sale is carried out in the form of an auction. The toastmaster sets the starting price (usually 200-300 rubles), after which guests begin to place bets. The highest bidder takes the piece. You can also sell souvenirs with the image of the newlyweds, things of the bride, for example, a garter and even her kiss!
3. "Pay for the dance." It is also held in the form of an auction, but the “product” is a dance with the bride. Moreover, there is a strict rule - no close touching. Not only can this make the groom jealous, but the girl will also be very uncomfortable. The price is again set by the toastmaster, but bidding usually starts at 500 rubles.

Interesting! One of the most popular competitions is an auction. Read more about it here.

But the once popular trade in alcohol is now fading away. Why? It is not clear, but the fact remains a fact. The point is that the newlyweds take a bottle of alcohol, preferably good wine or vodka, autograph it and “put it up for sale.” You can sell a drink at a fixed price, but traditionally this alcohol is sold according to auction rules.

Summary

The wedding auction competition sparks excitement among guests. They are not interested in the essence of the product, they want to have fun. Considering that the event is held with funny stories and jokes from the toastmaster, the mood of the entire audience will rise to the highest level, and will not subside for several days. Just don’t turn your own wedding into a money grab. People came to be happy for you, not to spend a large sum. So if there is an auction in the program, then it is better to cancel one of the additional planned cash competitions!

Olesya Tregubova

Wedding planner, wedding blog author

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Funny wedding competitions for guests

As a rule, wedding entertainment is provided by an invited toastmaster. They are included in the program of events of every professional presenter. If desired, the newlyweds can discuss the nuances, make adjustments to the holiday schedule , add or change ready-made games.

However, if you want to save money, then you can carry out such events yourself. Choose one of the funniest and most mischievous guests, draw up your own plan for holding competitions and do not forget that the person you have chosen must have not only a sense of humor and be active , but also a subtle talent as a psychologist. After all, different people are invited to the wedding.