What to do for the New Year's competition. Cool New Year's competitions and fun games
Fun around the New Year tree, decorated with tinsel, garlands and toys - such a holiday will probably delight any child. Games and competitions will make the celebration even more interesting. Relax.by knows what competitions and fun to arrange for children to make the holiday unforgettable.
New Year's competitions for preschool children
Round dance around the Christmas tree
To interest the youngest players, you need to try: kids lose interest very quickly if the activity does not catch their attention. In such a situation, round dances around the Christmas tree will save you. This is a win-win option that kids of all ages love. Usually round dances are performed to the song “The little Christmas tree is cold in winter” or “A Christmas tree was born in the forest.”
Game “What types of Christmas trees are there?”
The presenter (the Snow Maiden or Father Frost can act in his role) says:
- Look how elegant our Christmas tree is: all covered in beautiful toys and garlands. Guys, do you know where Christmas trees grow? Of course, in the forest! Christmas trees can be different: wide and thin, high and low.
Next, the presenter must explain the rules of the game:
- Guys, stand in a circle and take each other’s hands, and I will tell you what Christmas trees are like. If I say, “High,” you should raise your hands up, and if you hear, “Low,” you should sit down and lower your hands. If I mention wide Christmas trees, I need to make the circle wider. And if I say, “Thin,” you should make the circle narrower. Is everyone clear? One-two-three, let's start!
Music game
(to the tune of the song “Good Beetle” from the fairy tale film “Cinderella”)
1. Stand up, children, stand in a circle, stand in a circle, stand in a circle! Clap your hands without sparing your hands! Jump like bunnies: jump and jump, jump and jump! Now stomp, not sparing your feet!
2. Let’s grab our hands quickly, cheerfully, raise our hands up, and jump higher than everyone else! We will lower our hands down, stamp our right foot, stamp our left foot and turn our heads!
The game is repeated 2 more times.
Game "Dress up the Christmas tree"
Children are divided into two teams. Each has a box of Christmas tree decorations (preferably unbreakable). The essence of the game is that players must decorate an artificial Christmas tree, which stands at a distance from the teams. The child must take a toy from the box, run to the Christmas tree, hang the toy on it and return to his team. And so on until the last player. The team whose tree is decorated first wins.
Game "Cat and mouse"
Three players from the team are dressed up in cat costumes and given a stick with a long rope attached to it. A fake mouse is attached to the opposite end of the rope. Players, accompanied by cheerful music, wind a rope around a stick, and gradually the mouse approaches. The most agile cat, the one who managed to “catch” the mouse faster than the others, wins.
Games for primary schoolchildren 6–10 years old
Game "Christmas tree chants"
The presenter speaks quatrains, and the children shout out the words of each final line in chorus.
Looks good in her outfit
The kids are always happy to see her,
There are needles on its branches,
He invites everyone to a round dance... (Christmas tree)
Is on the New Year's tree
A laughing clown in a cap,
Silver horns
And with pictures... (checkboxes)
Beads, colored stars,
Painted miracle masks,
Squirrels, cockerels and pigs,
Very loud... (crackers)
A monkey will wink from the Christmas tree,
The brown bear will smile,
The little bunny hangs from cotton wool,
Lollipops and... (chocolates)
Old Boletus Man,
Next to him is a snowman,
Red fluffy kitten
And big on top... (bump)
There is no more colorful outfit:
Multi-colored garland,
Gilding tinsel
And shiny... (balls)
A bright foil flashlight,
The bell and the boat
Train and car,
Snow-white... (snowflake)
The Christmas tree knows all the surprises
And he wishes everyone fun.
For happy kids
Lights up... (lights)
Game "Who's first?"
Agility competition. First, hang a winter jacket with the sleeves turned out on the backs of two chairs, and put a fur hat, scarf and a pair of mittens on the seats. During the competition, players must turn out the sleeves of their jackets to cheerful music, then put them on and the rest of their winter equipment (hat, scarf and mittens). The prize will be given to the one who is the first to take a seat in his chair and shout: “Happy New Year!”
New Year's competition “Mask, I know you!”
Of all the guys, you need to choose only one player. The presenter puts a mask on him. Moreover, the player should not see whose mask he is wearing. The rest see what kind of hero this is. The player wearing the mask must guess who is depicted on it. He asks questions to other children and gets hints from them. Questions can only be answered “yes” or “no”. The person who guesses it correctly is given a mask as a prize.
Competition "Tinsel"
Competition-competition for two teams. As a prop, the presenter gives each child tinsel. A New Year's song is playing, for example Jingle Bells. To the music, in each team the first participant ties his tinsel in a knot on the hand of the second participant, then the second - on the hand of the third, and so on. The last player runs to the first and ties tinsel to him - it turns out to be a circle. The winner is the team whose members completed the task before their opponents and raised their hands with tied tinsel.
Game "Doctor Aibolit"
It's a team game again. This time the players line up. Doctor Aibolit wants to know: did anyone have a fever during the New Year holiday? The fairy-tale hero places a large cardboard thermometer under the armpits of the first participants of both teams. At this time, cheerful music plays. The second players must take the thermometer and put it on themselves, then the third players take the thermometer from them, and so on until the last child in the line. In the same way, the thermometer moves in the reverse order: from the last players to the first. The team whose first player returns the thermometer to Dr. Aibolit the fastest wins.
Competition "Christmas tree toy"
In front of the two players, the presenter places a prize wrapped in bright wrapping paper on a chair and says the following text:
“At New Year's hour, friends,
You can't go without attention!
Don't skip the number "three"
Take the prize, don't yawn!
The Christmas tree greeted the guests.
Five children came first,
So as not to be bored on holiday,
Everyone began to count on it:
Two snowflakes, six firecrackers,
Eight gnomes and parsleys,
Seven gilded nuts
Among the twisted tinsel,
We counted ten cones,
And then you got tired of counting.
Three little girls came running..."
If the players missed the prize, the presenter takes it and says: “Where were your ears?” If one of the players turns out to be attentive, the presenter concludes: “Those are attentive ears!”
Game "New Year's Changelings"
Santa Claus says phrases, and children must answer “yes” or “no” in unison, regardless of the rhyme.
You friends came here to have fun?
Tell me a secret: were you waiting for Grandfather?
Will frosts and cold scare you?
Are you ready to dance by the Christmas tree sometimes?
A holiday is nonsense, let's get bored instead?
Santa Claus brought sweets, will you eat them?
Are you always ready to play with the Snow Maiden?
Can we easily push everyone around?
Grandfather never melts. Do you believe this?
Do you need to sing a verse in a round dance at the Christmas tree?
Competition “Make Nesmeyana Laugh”
For the competition, you need to prepare the details in advance: funny masks, false noses, ears.
Princess Nesmeyana knows where the Snow Maiden is hidden, but cannot reveal the secret to the children, as she constantly cries. The contestants' task is to make her laugh with funny movements and dances. To complement a bright image, children can use funny props.
For children from 10 years old
New Year's Costume Competition
For this competition you will need the following props: paper (large enough - at least A4), tape, pins, scissors and glue.
In a certain time (say, 10 minutes) you need to come up with and make a New Year's costume. The task is complicated by the fact that it is necessary to have time not only to make an outfit, but also to present it to the public, tell what exactly it means and what it serves (for example, is it an evening outfit or a fancy dress). The jury evaluates the result with applause. The team that earns the loudest and longest standing ovation wins.
Competition "Ball with a surprise"
You need to write funny New Year's tasks on sheets of paper, place notes in balloons, and then inflate them. Each participant should be given a ball with a task. You have to burst it without using your hands. When the participant copes with this, he will need to complete the written task (for example, sing a song, dance the dance of little swans, etc.). The one who makes it the funniest will win.
Competition "New Year's Chain"
For this competition you should prepare A4 sheets, a glue stick and scissors. Two teams must take part. Within a certain time (5-7 minutes), participants must cut strips (3 cm wide and 12 cm long) and then connect them into a New Year's chain. The team that makes the longest chain wins.
- 01 Remember that children switch their attention very quickly. Therefore, competitions should not be made too long.
- 02 You should not hold several competitions at once. Dilute them with a dance program or concert numbers.
- 03 Be sure to reward and encourage winners.
Competitions and quizzes for the New Year holiday.
Fun games and competitions for adults on the New Year's holiday
Round dance
The players stand in a circle in the order “boy - girl”, Grandfather Frost (leader) is in the center. Grandfather Frost says: “Are my hands good?” Everyone answers: “Yes,” takes their neighbors’ hands and walks around the leader while the music plays. As soon as the music stops, Grandfather asks again: “Is my stomach good?” The players grab the bellies of their neighbors and continue the round dance. What else is good about Grandfather Frost and what you will have to hold on to while dancing in a round dance depends on your mood and degree of intoxication.
Snowballs
To play you will need “snowballs” (you can crumple up napkins or newspapers, the more the better) and chairs according to the number of players.
Participants are divided into two teams. Players of one team line up on chairs. The opponents’ task is to choose the most accurate one, and he must send as many projectiles as possible to those standing on chairs from a distance of 10 meters. “Targets,” in turn, can dodge. Then the teams change places.
The team with the most snowballs hitting the target wins.
Hockey
For the game you will need the following props: a children's plastic stick and a puck. Several couples participate: the woman represents the goal with her feet, and the man must drive the puck into the “goal” from 3-4 meters away. The winning couples advance to the second round, where men and women switch places. The funniest thing about this game is the comments from the “hockey players” and fans.
Gyre
Players form 2 circles: outer - men, inner - women. The presenter announces what needs to be done to the players, and they complete the tasks. The nature of the actions is determined only by the leader’s imagination, for example: greeting each other like wife and husband after a long separation, hugging, strangling each other neighborly, scratching each other behind the ears, etc. After each action, the outer circle moves clockwise.
Amazing creatures
Each guest is given a piece of paper. The player must draw a head on top - a person, an animal, a bird. Then the sheet is folded so that the image is not visible - only the tip of the neck remains. The drawing is passed on to the neighbor. Each participant in the game ended up with a new sheet of paper with an image that he had not seen. Everyone draws the upper part of the body, again “hides” the drawing and passes it to a neighbor so that they can complete the limbs on the new piece of paper they receive. And now you can expand all the drawings and see what creatures are depicted on them. The presenter can announce a competition for the best story about amazing creatures.
Prize in riddles
Any item that can act as a prize is wrapped in paper. The contents of any riddle are glued to the wrapper. This package is wrapped again, and the riddle is stuck again. This operation must be repeated 10 times. The players sit in a circle. The presenter gives one a prize wrapped in ten wrappers. The player removes one wrapper, sees the riddle, and reads to himself. If he guessed right, he says the answer, if not, he reads the riddle out loud. The one who guessed it gets the right to further unwrap the prize, and everything continues according to the same pattern.
The prize is given to the one who guesses the last riddle.
For this game you can use the following humorous riddles and questions:
What can't you eat for breakfast? (Dinner and supper)
Who doesn't get their hair wet in the pouring rain? (Bald)
If he gets up, he will reach the sky. (Rainbow)
About 40 million people do this at night. What it is? (Internet)
A dead man lies in the desert. There is a bag over my shoulders and a flask of water on my belt. For many kilometers around there is not a single living soul. What did the man die from and what was in his bag? (The man died from hitting the ground, and in the bag there was a parachute that did not open)
The 12-story building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor; from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. Which button in the elevator of this building is pressed most often? (Regardless of the distribution of residents by floor, button “1”)
Where does the snow woman come from? (From ZIMBABwe)
What is it - the color of lilac, it sees backwards as well as forwards, and jumps higher than the bell tower? (White blind horse, because lilacs are white, and the bell tower does not jump at all)
What is it: the eyes are afraid - the hands are doing it? (Phone sex)
What is the world's kindest ghost with a motor? (Zaporozhets)
What is it: there is a head, there is no head, there is a head, but there is no head? (The lame man behind the fence)
How good it is for you and me, I’m under you, and you’re on top of me. What's happened? (The hedgehog carries an apple)
What is it: flies and shines? (Gold Tooth Mosquito)
What is: 90/60/90? (Speed with traffic police inspector)
Earrings for simpletons. (Noodles)
What's on a woman's body?
On the Jew's mind
Used in hockey
And on the chessboard? (Combination)
What question will no one ever answer “yes” to? (Sleeping person to the question: “Are you sleeping?”)
When the goat turns seven years old, what happens next? (The eighth will go)
Can an ostrich call itself a bird? (No, he can't talk)
What needs to be done to keep four guys in one boot? (Take off each person's boot)
He left his grandfather and left his grandmother... (Sex)
Cross-eyed, small, in a white fur coat and felt boots? (Chukchi Father Frost)
What is it: two bellies, four ears? (Cat wedding)
Wrinkled Titus amuses the whole village. (Lack of youth in rural areas)
How fast must a dog run without hearing the clink of a frying pan tied to its tail? (The dog must stand. This task in the company is immediately identified by the physicist: the physicist replies that it needs to run at supersonic speed)
A bald hedgehog is walking - how old is he? (18 - he is drafted into the army)
Why are you looking at me, undress, I'm yours. (Bed. Option: hanger)
Now hanging, now standing, now cold, now hot. (Shower)
Just remember it a little, it will be as hard as a potato. (Snowball)
Small, gray, looks like an elephant. (Baby elephant)
A hundred clothes, all without fasteners. (Bum)
The hunter walked past the clock tower. He took out a gun and fired. Where did he end up? (To the police)
It nourishes in the fall, warms in the winter, cheers in the spring, cools in the summer. (Vodka)
What do money and a coffin have in common? (Both are first nailed down and then lowered)
The boy fell down 4 steps and broke his leg. How many legs will a boy break if he falls down 40 steps? (Only one, because his second one is already broken)
Four brothers stand under one roof. (Brigade)
What word always sounds wrong? (The word "wrong")
Which wheel does not spin when making a right turn? (Spare)
Santa's Staff
The chairs are placed in a row, with the seats alternately in different directions, and the players sit on them. Santa Claus (the driver) picks up his staff (mop) and begins to walk around those sitting on the chairs. If he hits the floor with his staff near someone, that player must get up from his chair and follow the leader. So Grandfather walks around the chairs, knocking here and there, and a whole round dance of “snowflakes” and a herd of “bunnies” follows him. The driver begins to move away from the chairs, walks in circles, like a snake; the rest repeat all the movements after him. Suddenly, at a moment unexpected for everyone, Santa Claus knocks on the floor twice. This is the signal for everyone to immediately take their seats. And this is not so easy now, since the chairs face in different directions. The driver himself tries to be one of the first to take a seat. Now the one who doesn't get a chair is driving.
Crawl to the Christmas tree
Using colored chalk, several intersecting, intertwining “paths” of different colors are drawn on the floor, ending at the Christmas tree. Under the Christmas tree, of course, there is a prize. At the beginning of each path, a card is placed with a description of the method of movement: crawling, goose-stepping, backwards, jumping on the left leg, without the help of legs, etc. Players, having chosen their “path”, try to reach the end of the path as quickly as possible in the manner described in the card. Whoever reaches the goal first is the winner.
New Year costume
The presenter calls two couples and offers to make a New Year's costume using only newspapers, pins, clothespins and scissors. The winners are determined by other guests.
Fanta from a bottle
At the party, everyone is given two or three pieces of paper, and everyone writes their wishes on them. For example: “Depict a snow woman who has begun to melt,” or “Kiss Santa Claus,” or “Perform a striptease at the Christmas tree.” Next, these pieces of paper are rolled into tubes and put into a bottle of mineral water or cola. Everyone sits in a circle and plays spin the bottle, but the rules are as follows: whoever the bottle points to, takes out one note, reads the wish and fulfills it. The highlight of the game is that the player can get his own phantom, so a reasonable amount of sadism and masochism in coming up with desires is welcome.
Close circle of friends
Prepare pieces of paper with the names of body parts, fold them so that they cannot be read, and put them in a hat. The first two players draw out a piece of paper and press against those parts of the body that are indicated on them. Then the third participant pulls out a piece of paper that says which place he should touch, and so on down the chain. Then everything starts for the second round. In this case, the chain should not be broken. The first one grabs the last one, the second one grabs the first one, and so on until the papers run out or until there is enough flexibility.
Ded Moroz and Snegurochka
All the girls present and the presenter remain in the room in front of the Christmas tree. Each person chooses a Christmas ball and remembers it. Then the men come in one by one. The man who enters chooses any ball from the tree and, if he guessed some girl, drinks with her at the Brudershaft or takes off one item of clothing from her. After all the men have chosen once, they go out the door again, and the girls change the hidden balls. The winner is the one who hits the same girl two (three, four) times. The winner becomes Father Frost, and she, naturally, becomes the nude Snow Maiden.
A selection for a cheerful adult company for your feast. Suitable for children and the whole family, a cheerful group of adults and pensioners!
Many quizzes with questions and answers, competitions, quests for adults and children on the topic pigs. There is a culinary quiz, about Peppa Pig, an intellectual quiz, an acting competition with Winnie and Piglet, a pig test, a funny snack, a quiz about proverbs, films, interesting questions about pigs, boars, piglets, etc. all on the theme of the symbol of the year - the pig.
10 fun competitions for adults and children. Everyone is connected in one way or another with the dog's new year. “Dog Fight”, “Guess What?”, “Dog Song”, “True Friends”, “Bloodhounds”, “Torn Shoe”, “Snowman or Dogman”, “Like a Cat and a Dog”, “Multi-Remote”, “ Dog professions."
If you need a warm-up after a hearty feast, the presenter holds competitions on stage: “Baby Boom”, “Dance with a Ball”, “Ball Football”, “Rhinoceros”; competitions with clothespins: “New Year tree No. 1 and No. 2”, “Daredevils”; competitions with candy: “Both for you and me”, “For candy”; paper competitions: “Drawing”, “Dorisulki”; competitions with mittens.
Three multiple-choice quizzes for adults or high school students about Santa Claus, countries, cities, famous personalities, historical facts and myths.
Eight unusual entertainments for adult guests: “New Year’s Treat”, “New Year’s Wish”, “New Year’s Song or Poems”, “New Year’s Tree”, “New Year’s Gift”, “Snow Maiden”, “Guess the Melody”, “Dancing of Heroes”.
We offer 10 fun competitions for holding in a cafe or at home using alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks that are on the table, for example: “The Last Hero”.
Comic competitions involving close contact. This could be kissing, hugging or close contact. Acceptable for married couples or lovers.
Sweets and chocolates are the best supplies for fun New Year's entertainment. Sweets go to the winners!
At a corporate party, you can play games using toilet paper. It turns out to be a lot of fun!
Humorous entertainment with cotton wool snowballs or paper snowflakes. You can spend it with colleagues or with your family.
Laughing games for adults that guests will remember forever!
For your choice: “Mandarin”, “Competition of Wishes”, “New Year’s Wish”, “Blind a Woman”, “Dance with a Ball”, “Variety Star”, “Situations”, “Chain”, “Sharp Shooter”, “Masquerade” .
A cure for boredom: the best competition-games on New Year's Eve: “Alarm Clock”, “Decorate the Christmas Tree”, “Lottery”, “Understand Me”, “Five Clothespins”.
At home we are having fun with new competitions and tasks for family and guests: “Song, pour over the edge”, “Compliment”, “Mouth of olives”, “Symbol of the year”.
Competitions about the most important characters of the New Year's holiday: D. Moroz and the Snow Maiden, as well as everything connected with them: “Gifts from Father Frost”, “Compliments for the Snow Maiden”, “Make the woman of your dreams from the snow”, “Alphabet”, “Fool” -Snegurochka”, “Father Frost”, “Father Frost and sclerosis”.
Comic competitions for adults at NG Rooster: “Cockerel on a stick”, “Decorate the Christmas tree”, “Lady from the snow”, “Song of the year”, “Masquerade”, “Competition with clothespins”, “Neon show”, “Golden eggs”.
We offer 5 comic competitions for the year of the monkey: “The symbol of the year is the macaque”, “Monkey’s tail”, “Monkey’s tricks”, “Smile”, “Cheerful banana”.
Five humorous competitions related to the year of the goat: “Kochanchiki”, “Nickname”, “Milk the goat”, “Bell”, “Drawings with a goat”.
Questions with multiple choice answers on horse topics, from books, fairy tales, life.
New Year's competitions for children
Collection of entertainment for children. For matinees, at a party at the Christmas tree, at home, in kindergarten, at school.
We offer fresh games for children for the year of the pig. Entertainment can be included in any festive New Year's program, fun at the Christmas tree, in a recreation center, at home, at school or in kindergarten.
Interesting home competitions: “New Year’s chain”, “Pass the orange”, “Snowflake”, “Dressing up the Christmas tree”, “Snowman”, “Homework”.
Quiz “You are the coolest”, competitions “Speed Christmas tree”, “Blind Santa Claus”, “Snow intuition”, “Snowball”, “Fashion show”.
Good competitions for children indoors: “Snowball”, “New Year’s song”, “Tangerine slices”, “Snowflakes from matches”, “Snowmen”.
Competitions for first and second graders: “Guess”, “Cinderella”, “Cabbage Prize”, “Harvest”, from Masha and the Bear, “Slippers”.
If there will be a lot of children at the holiday, we need competitions that will not leave anyone unattended: “Baby Elephant”, “Announcement Competition”, “Centipede”, “Growing Round Dance”, “Helpers of Father Frost and the Snow Maiden”.
At home for families with children, you can conduct the following entertainment: “Wardrobe”, “What’s in my name?”, “Piano”, “Friendliest of all”, “Ice competition”, “Guess who?”.
If you want to organize a holiday in a themed style, then for the year of the snake we recommend competitions: “Tongues”, “Dance of the Snakes”, “Feed the Snake”, “Find the Snake”, “What does the Snake Eat”.
Games for the New Year
Funny children's games for the New Year's holiday: “Who is Baba Yaga”, “Chopping the Christmas tree”, “Find the Christmas tree”, “Mom’s hands”, “Twister”, “New Year’s lottery”.
Nine comic games for an adult company: “Who is who?”, “Competition for the best drawing”, “More eloquent than Pushkin”, “Forfeits”, “Bartender competition”, games with cards: Blitz-tale, Word dance, Crossword, Twister...
Unusual options for games for the family at home: “Gift”, “Electric impulse”, “With eyes closed”, “Quiz”, “New Year’s summer”.
The year of the dog is coming, and we have prepared fun activities for you with children so as not to get bored during the holiday. Suitable for both kindergarten and school.
Seven interesting ideas to see off the Year of the Goat and welcome the Monkey: “Recognize the Goat”, “Pantomime”, “Dog and Monkey”, “Samovar”, “Fairytale Bazaar”, “Entering the New Year”.
Riddles for the New Year
25 dog-themed riddles: bone, kennel, puppy, cat, dog, wolf, muzzle, leash, dachshund, husky, poodle, diver, tail, scent, etc.
Children's riddles about forest animals and pets, Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, a snowman, a Christmas tree, New Year's items: icicles, cones, mittens, fairy tale characters and more.
Funny riddles with answers for a noisy group of adult guests. About: champagne, Coca-Cola, Olivier, Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, Christmas tree, corporate party, tinsel, etc.
As a continuation of the previous page, we have collected adult riddles with solutions about pyrotechnics, hangovers, ice, alcohol, confetti, etc.
In the year of the rooster, riddles about: cockerel and hen, chickens, eggs, feathers, nest, New Year, comb, as well as comic riddles, fables and with a trick, will be relevant.
In the year of the goat, riddles for children about a goat, horns, kids, milk, bells, grass, wolves will come in handy...
Adult riddles for a cheerful company of jokers: about the year of the goat, more suitable for corporate gatherings.
Many riddles for the year of the snake for your holiday. Adults will enjoy the hidden meaning and humor in the riddles.
A children's selection of riddles on a dragon theme. In the New Year, with the symbol of the year “Dragon” will come in handy.
The New Year holiday is the most beloved and anticipated celebration that adults and children look forward to. On this night, you not only want to please your guests and family members with exquisite and tasty dishes, but also have an interesting time. Joint leisure time will help diversify competitions for the New Year 2019. Think through the scenario of this event in advance so that all those present will have an unforgettable experience and a great mood.
- New Year's games with family
- Guess the face
- New Year's Pathfinder
- Family relay races
- Round dance
- Cheerful artists
- Repetitions
- Surprises from the New Year's bag
- Table competitions
- Say the letter word
- Secretary and boss
- Find your match
- Toasts
- Competition for the best classroom design
New Year's games with family
Most people traditionally celebrate the New Year with family and friends. People gather for a festive feast with pleasure, prepare gifts for each other, and children learn poetry. New Year's games and entertainment for the family are easy and relaxed. Everyone knows each other, there is no constraint or tension. You can arrange a lot of fun with your family that will appeal to adults and children.
Guess the face
For the competition, you will need medium-sized mittens so that they can fit the hands of both an adult and a child. Another necessary attribute is a thick scarf. Everyone, without exception, can take part in the fun. The game is played as follows:1. Someone who wants to guess the face is brought to the center of the room.
2. A scarf is tied over the eyes of the guesser.
3. Put the prepared mittens on your hands.
4. In different orders, family members approach the guesser and present their face to him.
5. A blindfolded relative, feeling his face with his hands in mittens, must determine who is in front of him.
6. You are only allowed to touch your face and hair.
7. As soon as the guesser pronounces the correct option, the bandage is removed.
To make the competition more difficult, those who are guessed can be misled by changing their height or hairstyle.
New Year's Pathfinder
For this competition, you should prepare cut out snowflakes in advance. You will need at least 30 of them. One of the household members is sent to another room, while the rest of the family hides snowflakes throughout the room. Places for hiding can be very different and unexpected. You can put a snowflake in your pocket, throw it on a chandelier or hide it under a salad bowl.
When all the snowflakes are hidden, the person who will look for them is called into the room. Relatives should help the search with comments like “cold” and “warm.” As soon as the seeker is very close to the hiding place, the relatives should start shouting “hotly”. Children especially love this competition.
Useful!
Take care of your shooting device. Family photos or videos of fun times are great keepsakes. Live faces and spontaneous funny pictures will give you unforgettable emotions and memories every time you view them.
Family relay races
Relatives gathered at the same table during the feast can take a break without leaving the table. All those present should be divided into two teams. You can categorize participants by gender, children and adults, or by generation. The competition is held as follows:1. You need to pass the apple held between your chest and chin to the next team member as quickly as possible. The receiver must also pick it up by grabbing it with his chin.
2. Each family member is given one toothpick, which he must press between his lips. The first in the chain is to put a ring on the toothpick. The task is to pass the ring along the chain as quickly as possible using toothpicks held in the mouth.
3. The first participants need to quickly whisper a word, which they must also quickly and quietly pass on to the next one after the “Start” command. The team that at the end correctly names the word given by the presenter wins. Speed and whispers can play a funny trick. The last one in the chain may end up with the most unpredictable option or set of letters.
There are many competitions for children and adults gathered to celebrate the New Year. You can play Crocodile, sing songs, ask riddles.
New Year's entertainment for kids
For children, New Year's holidays are often held separately. When the chimes strike, most often the kids are already asleep or very capricious. Organize your children's party separately. This could be an event in kindergarten or at home. In addition to treats, consider different entertainment. It will be great if one of your loved ones dresses up as Father Frost and Snow Maiden. Select an appropriate musical selection from New Year's and children's songs.
Round dance
What New Year's Eve celebration would be complete without a friendly round dance around the Christmas tree? Place a dressed up green beauty in the middle of the room and walk around her, humming a well-known popular song. It is better to mix children and adults so that the procession is friendly and fun.Who can name more New Year's songs?
It is worth preparing a bag with small gifts, sweets or fruits in advance. Children are asked to name as many songs as possible that mention winter, New Year, Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, Christmas tree, snowflakes, snow and gifts. Reward the kids with a small prize for their answers.
Cheerful artists
For the competition you will need two large sheets of paper. You can glue 4 sheets of A4 size or regular notebook pages using tape. Children are given one marker of a different color and divided into two teams.
Large sheets of canvas are hung on the wall. The task is to draw each child one element of how he sees the New Year. Each team must draw one picture in total. For example, one child runs up and draws a Christmas tree, another - snowflakes, a third - Christmas tree decorations, etc.
There is no need to determine the winner in this competition. Both teams should receive equal prizes. Prepare sweet gifts, books or toys for each participant in advance. Homemade paintings made together can later be framed and kept as souvenirs.
Repetitions
A presenter is invited for the competition. It’s better if it’s Father Frost or Snow Maiden. Children are placed in a semicircle. The goal of the game is to touch yourself on that part of the body that the host says out loud. At the same time, he touches himself on completely different parts of the body. For example, Grandfather Frost says “Ear!” and grabs his nose.This is a very fun competition that develops children. The leader must alternate between correct and incorrect actions. It is difficult to identify a winner in this fun, so you can reward all participants with sweet prizes.
Surprises from the New Year's bag
The presenter or Santa Claus goes to the center of the room with a bag in which small gifts are hidden. These could be sweets, fruits, small toys, mini-books. Children gathered around must guess riddles. It is not necessary to touch only on New Year's themes; you can ask fascinating questions about fairy-tale characters and animals. The fastest and most active should be rewarded with a gift. Make sure that not a single child is left without a reward.Useful!
If one of the children is shy, Santa Claus can pretend to be deaf and approach a separate modest child to hear the answer.
Table competitions
During the celebration of the night of transition to the next year, guests should not only be deliciously fed, but also interestingly entertained. If the premises do not allow for active games, table competitions will come to the rescue. They liberate everyone present, get to know each other better, and allow them to be creative.
Say the letter word
The table competition is suitable for both children and adults. The leader at the table names any letter of the alphabet, and all guests must name words starting with this letter, which they can show in the room. For example, many objects can be named with the letter C - table, chairs, napkins, etc. The last one to name the word wins. If you liked the fun, you can complicate the task by naming some less popular letter. For example, B, F or Yu.Secretary and boss
To play the game you will need to make a small text in several copies in advance. Everyone gathered is divided into pairs. One of the tandem participants needs to stuff his mouth with nuts, bread or fruit so that it is difficult to speak. This is the "boss". He is given a piece of paper with the text. His partner, the “secretary,” will have to write down the words that his boss dictates to him. The winner is the pair whose version is closest to the original. Showing the “secretary” what is written on the sheet to the “boss” is prohibited.
Find your match
You should prepare stickers in advance on which you need to write the names of famous couples of fictional, fairy-tale or movie characters. For example:Ruslan and Ludmila;
Romeo and Juliet;
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie;
Galkin and Pugacheva, etc.
Men and women have their names pasted on their foreheads in a chaotic manner. It is forbidden to give hints to each other. Everyone’s task is to find out through questions whether they are a couple of the person being interviewed. His interlocutor should answer only “yes” or “no”. The result is a very fun idea.
New Year in an adult company
A feast in an adult company and at parties for young people is often accompanied by drinking. Cool competitions with alcohol can be organized to excite guests and make New Year's Eve fun and sociable.
Toasts
For fun, you only need guests, their imagination and a good mood. Each person present in turn must make a New Year's toast, after which they should have a drink and a snack. It is important that the intervals between toasts are not small, otherwise all participants will quickly become intoxicated. The next person’s task is to deliver a speech without repetition.
Poured, drank, ate
To play you need two chairs, two bottles of strong drink, two shot glasses, two saucers with snacks cut into slices. All guests are divided into two teams and located in one part of the room. Chairs, alcohol, dishes and snacks are placed on the opposite side. After the starting command:
the first participant must run up to the chair, pour an alcoholic drink into a glass and return back;
the second participant must get to the chair as quickly as possible, drink the contents of the glass and return;
the third participant must quickly arrive at the chair and take a bite;
the fourth participant pours again, etc.
The winner is the team whose bottle is drunk faster and whose snack is all eaten.
Useful!
You can place lemon without sugar on a saucer. The company will receive a lot of positive emotions looking at the faces of those who have the fate of having a snack.
New Year's lotteries
In the company of adults, you can hold comic lotteries. To do this, a variety of small items with shocking and humorous descriptions are prepared in advance. For example, a light bulb can be characterized as an antique crystal chandelier from the 19th century, an ordinary pen like a Louis XIV feather, an ordinary piece of fabric like Philip Kirkorov’s pocket. All small prizes must be hidden in a bag or box.
The lottery itself for the New Year is carried out in the following sequence:
all guests take numbers from a hat;
the presenter calls the number;
reads out the description;
gives a funny gift.
The more interesting and pompous the description, the more expectations the guests have and the funnier the result. Comic lotteries can be held both at home and at corporate events.
New Year's competitions at school
School holidays provide a great opportunity for children to express themselves. For schoolchildren, you can announce a competition for the best classroom decoration, hold a New Year's costume ball, and perform performances by artists.
Dance winter
This competition is suitable for the winter holidays. For the competition you need to prepare notes with winter phenomena or things. Examples of notes: blizzard, snowflake, snowman, wind, sled, skis, ice, Snow Maiden, Santa Claus. The essence of the competition comes down to the fact that the participants of the competition must draw out a note and, through dance and movements, depict what is written on it. The most original dancer is given a gift, for example, a snowflake made using the quilling technique.
Shot Push
Two teams compete in the shot put. True, the core here replaces the balloon, but “push” it is not so easy. Who will become the champion? The places where the ball falls can be marked on the floor with colored chalk, which will indicate the name of the “pusher”.
Auction
Santa Claus says:
- There is a wonderful Christmas tree in our hall. And what toys she has on her! What kind of Christmas tree decorations do you know? The person with the last answer will win this amazing prize.
The players take turns calling out the words. During pauses, the presenter begins to count slowly: “Clapperboard - one, firecracker - two...” The auction continues.
Klutz
Anyone who wants to receive a big prize lies down on the sofa and covers himself with a blanket. The rest wish for an object that the player will have to take off. He tries to guess what is hidden, and if he is wrong, he takes off the very thing he named. In the end, there is practically nothing left on it, because what was intended was a bedspread! At the initiative of the presenter, this word is written down on paper before the start of the game.
Song
The players make a song and take a word from the initial line. The driver asks everyone any question. The answer must contain the word in the same form as it appears in the song. For example, if the line is “If there were no winter in cities and villages,” then to the question “Shall we go for a walk?” The first participant in the game can answer, for example, like this: “If it’s warm.” When everyone answers the questions, the driver must put together a song line from the words.
Gifts from Santa Claus
Three teams of 5-6 people are formed - mothers, fathers, children. Their task is to illustrate the presenter's story.
“On New Year’s Eve, Santa Claus brings gifts to the family. He gave dad a comb. Let everyone show with his right hand how dad combs his hair. He gave his son skis. Please show how your son skis, but don’t stop combing his hair. (In the future "Every new movement is added to the previous one.) He gave his mother a meat grinder - you need to pretend to rotate the meat grinder with your left hand. He gave his daughter a doll that bats her eyelashes and says “mom.” And he gave his grandmother a Chinese bobblehead that shakes its head."
Prizes are given to those who managed to show all the given movements without losing their way.
Who can guess?
The presenter asks participants to guess how many pages there are in the book? What is the doll's name? How many nuts (candies, etc.) are in the transparent bag? What's in the box? (Or a bag - by touch). The person who answers receives this item as a prize.
Catch the snowball!
The game involves two teams. One child from each team has an empty bag in his hands, which he holds wide open. Each team has several paper snowballs. At the signal, everyone begins to throw snowballs into the bag, and partners also help, trying to catch them. The team with the most snowballs in the bag wins.
Greed is not a vice
This competition is for those who are not afraid to get dirty. The essence of the competition is that two participants sit in front of a table and place a banknote in the middle of the table. At the same time, they keep their hands below or on their knees. At the leader’s command, they must cover the bill with their hand as quickly as possible. But this is just a warm-up. After the first trial time, each participant is blindfolded, and they do this number again. But instead of a bill, you can put a tomato or something less dirty.
Guess Who
A familiar game of guessing words shown by gestures. Participants are divided into teams and make wishes for characters from New Year's Fairy Tales. We select the winners according to the following principle. There will be two nominations. First nomination - Who showed the characters better and funnier. Second nomination – Who guessed the best and fastest.
Who will collect the most snowballs?
Two children play. Snowballs made of cotton wool are scattered on the floor. The children are blindfolded and given a basket. At the signal, they begin to collect snowballs. The one who collects the most snowballs wins.
With signs
At the entrance, each guest receives his new name - a piece of paper with the inscription is attached to his back (giraffe, hippopotamus, mountain eagle, bulldozer, bread slicer, rolling pin, cucumber, etc.). Each guest can read what the other guests are called, but, naturally, cannot read what he himself is called. The task of each guest is to find out his new name from the others throughout the evening. Guests can only answer “Yes” or “No” to questions. The first one to find out what is written on his piece of paper wins.
Robin Hood
Inventory: Ball or apple “basket” of hat, bucket, box, rings, stool, various items.
Game: presenter - Santa Claus offers several options:
a) The task is to knock down various objects standing at a distance on a stool with a ball.
b) The task is to throw a ball, an apple, etc. into the "basket" at a distance.
c) The task is to throw rings on the legs of an inverted stool.
Winner: The participant who completed the task better.
Find a Christmas tree
There is a “herringbone” air deodorant for cars, it is sold in all spare parts stores and has a very strong smell (not necessarily Christmas tree). The competition is to find a previously hidden “Christmas tree” by smell.
Where to invest money?
The presenter calls two couples (a man and a woman in each pair): “Now you will try to open a whole network of banks as quickly as possible, investing only one bill in each. Receive initial contributions! (Gives the couples money in candy wrappers). Pockets can serve as banks for your deposits , lapels, and all secluded places. Try to arrange your deposits as quickly as possible, open as many banks as possible. Get ready.... Let's start!" The facilitator helps the pairs complete the task; after one minute, the facilitator sums up the results. Presenter: “How many bills do you have left? What about you? Great! All the money is invested in the business! Well done! And now I tell the women to quickly withdraw all deposits, and since a deposit in a bank can only be withdrawn by the one who deposited it and no one else “You will withdraw your deposit blindfolded so as not to see other people’s deposits.” (The women are blindfolded and the men are swapped at this time). At the command of the presenter, the women enthusiastically withdraw their deposits, suspecting nothing.
Biathlon
Any number of people can participate, the main thing is that there is enough “fuel”. One of the participants is kicked out of the room. Three containers (shot glasses, or preferably glasses) are placed on the table: two of them are filled to the brim with vodka, and one with water. Then the expelled person is invited back. His task is to take one glass without looking closely or sniffing, drink it and immediately wash it down with a second one.
Dance Marathon
This competition is great to do in a fun company.
Select several couples from the party guests.
It is advisable to choose these couples on the dance floor,
so that you can evaluate the dancing abilities of the guests before the competition.
This task requires the help of musicians.
Since the couple will be given the opportunity to depict a dance (waltz, gypsy, tango), but to the music of a different genre.
For example, a gypsy girl will play, but you need to perform a dance of little ducklings.
Real pig
It’s funny to hold this competition on New Year’s Day, for a fairly tipsy company.
Guests who were born in the year of the Pig are invited to take part in the competition.
We place a plate with any dish in front of the participants (you can squeeze a little sweet cream into the plate and put fruit in it, or you can use any salad).
The task of the participants is to hide their hands behind their backs and eat what is on the plate.
Whoever does it the fastest is awarded the title Real Pig and receives a prize.
Adult kids and Santa Claus
The participants of this competition, Santa Claus and adults, who will return to childhood, and remember how they celebrated the New Year when they walked under the table, receive gifts from Grandfather Frost. Santa Claus will call each child, ask him to stand on a stool and read a poem, or guess a riddle by answering it in sign language, or dance. As a reward for pleasing Grandfather Frost, each speaker will receive a gift, preferably fun and useful, for example an alarm clock in the shape of an owl or a soft toy hare with candy fillings.
Who is this?
In life, we are used to seeing each other: what we are wearing, how we look today. What if you close your eyes?
This competition gives you the opportunity, so to speak, to feel out the people you know.
The presenter calls a participant (Person - 1 piece). Blindfolds him.
Then he invites several more people to take part in the competition.
The first participant, blindfolded, must guess by touch who is in front of him.
If he guesses all the participants, he wins. If at least 1 person remains, then the most unrecognized one wins.
Wipe your feet
This competition is most interesting to conduct between teams.
At the beginning of the game, the leader determines the distance (usually 10-15 steps).
Then each participant is given three sheets of newspaper.
Then the players are invited to stand with their feet on sheets of newspaper and have one in their hands.
On command, the players place the sheet on the floor and step on it with their feet, move the vacated sheet further, step on it, etc.
So all participants need to cross from the start to the finish in turn.
The team that covers the given distance the fastest wins.
Frozen
This is a competition for the New Year holidays. For the competition, you will need to prepare pieces of paper on which you need to write parts of the body, for example, lips, arm, leg, ear, little finger on the left hand, nose. These pieces of paper are folded into a box or hat so that what is written on the piece of paper is not visible.
Two participants come out, each takes one piece of paper, they must join each other with the indicated parts of the body. Thus, the two participants freeze to each other. The next participant approaches them, he and one of the first players each take one piece of paper and freeze each other. Another participant comes up and so on. It turns out to be a very funny chain. Don't forget to take a photo of it.
