New Year's contests for a small company of children and adults. What is he, this Santa Claus? Merry Christmas game for the company "Tail"

Have you already started preparing contests for the new year 2019? Yesterday I decided to look for various games and contests for the new year, and I found many interesting ones that will help us enter the Year of the Pig with fun and joy.

How to prepare for competitions and games: fun and interesting competitions for the new year will help save even traditional New Year's family gatherings in the company with a TV, not to mention a party for a fun company. However, it is best to prepare a little.

Make a plan for games and competitions. A company of adults will need to eat, raise glasses for the new year, and dance, so the game program should be carefully woven into the natural course of the party.
Prepare props. Having decided what you will play for the new year at home, make a list of what you will need for a particular competition. It is best to arrange the props and prizes into thematic contests (I use small gift bags for this).
Stock up on prizes. People are very fond of receiving small funny prizes - sweets, chocolates, cute New Year's toys. It is better to take prizes with a margin.
Auxiliary materials are best done on cards - if you need to stock up on some phrases, scripts and texts, then write or print them on ordinary cards in advance, this is much more convenient than using one large script.
Pick up music, identify your assistants, prepare a place for games.

Collection of contests and games

"Wishes"

The simplest New Year's games and all sorts of contests are those where guests do not need to do anything - for example, they can be invited to burst balloons, inside of which there will be wishes.

It is necessary to prepare in advance a large bunch of balloons (their number should be more than the number of guests, just in case), inside which notes with wishes are inserted. For example, you can give a guest scissors and offer to cut off the balloon they like, and then read aloud to all the guests - such a simple but cute entertainment helps the company to have fun and unite.

"Numbers"

New Year's games and competitions built on the "question and answer" model always gather a lot of applause. It is not surprising - everyone loves to laugh, but there are no difficulties.

So, the facilitator distributes small pieces of paper and pens to the guests, and offers to write down their favorite number (or any other number that comes to mind). If desired, you can write down some sequence, and play a few circles. When all the guests have completed the task, the host says that now all those present will be able to learn more about each other - he will ask questions, and the guests will answer them, raising a piece of paper with written numbers and loudly announcing the answer.

It is best to choose simple questions - how old is this or that guest, how many times a day he eats, how much he weighs, how many times he stayed for the second year, and so on.

"Not a Word of Truth"

My favorite fun is funny contests for the new year. Of course, for a company of pensioners, you will need to pick up something more decent, but you can always have fun in your circle - for example, by playing the game "Not a word of truth."

The host will need to prepare in advance a lot of New Year's questions such as:

What tree is traditionally dressed up for the holiday?
what movie in our country symbolizes the new year?
What is customary to launch into the sky on New Year's Eve?
who is molded from snow in winter?
who on TV addresses the Russians with a New Year's speech?
the outgoing year is the year of whom according to the Chinese calendar?

It is better to write down more questions, you can ask about the New Year traditions of different countries, or the habits of guests. During the game, the host will have to quickly and cheerfully ask his questions, and the guests will answer without telling a word of the truth.

The one who makes mistakes and answers truthfully, according to the results of the game, can read poetry, sing a song or fulfill various desires - you can use desires to play forfeits, for example, the loser needs to put a few tangerine slices on both cheeks, and say something like “I’m a hamster and I eat grain, don’t touch it - it’s mine, and whoever takes it is the end!”. Explosions of laughter are provided - both during the game and during the "punishment" of the losing participant.

"Accurate shooter"

As entertainment for the new year 2019, you can play snipers. It is most fun to play this game when the participants are already a little tipsy - and coordination becomes more free, and there is less constraint, and it is already a little more difficult to hit the target.

The essence of the game is as follows - the guests are divided into two teams, and in turn, each player throws "snowballs" into the bucket. A bucket from the players is set at a distance of five to seven meters, as "snowballs" you can use cotton balls, crumpled paper, or just take a couple of sets of simple plastic Christmas balls that are sold in any supermarket.

I decided to improve this game for a party in honor of the new year 2019 for adults and use children's basketball hoops as a "target" - hitting them with a soft ball of cotton is even more difficult than hitting a bucket.

"New Year decoration"

Of course, New Year's competitions for adults can be less sporty.

All those present must be divided into teams of 5-6 people (depending on the number of guests at your party). The teams are tasked with building a New Year's ball. For manufacturing, you can use only toilet items, accessories and decorations that are on the team members. The team that makes the brightest and most beautiful ball wins.

By the way, a little hack- in every company there are people who do not actively participate in competitions and just try to sit out, which is why quite a lot of time is spent on persuasion. So, appoint them to the jury - you can make them score cards in advance, offer them to say a short speech into an impromptu microphone. So they will simultaneously be involved in the general fun, and at the same time they will not have to be persuaded and pulled out from the table.

And of course, the sight of her own mother, who heartily speaks into a glass of champagne instead of a microphone about how grateful she is to Mikhalkov and the film academy for the opportunity to see the battle on the ice in her own living room - is priceless. :))

"Come, forest deer"

By the way, if you are choosing competitions for a corporate party for the New Year or for a party that will not take place in a city apartment, then be sure to play Santa with his deer. Here you do not need to divide the guests into teams, just invite them to break into pairs.

Each pair has a “reindeer” and “Santa” (you can give one improvised antlers, and the other Santa hats - both are sold for mere pennies in a fixed price store before the new year).

The "deer" needs to be blindfolded and make a harness - do not be wiser, a simple linen rope or lace that wraps around the belt will come off. The reins are given to Santa, who stands behind his "deer". A route is built from the skittles, the leader gives a signal and the competition begins. The winners are those participants who came to the finish line earlier than others and did not knock down the pins. Instead of pins, you can use empty bottles, cardboard cups for drinks or paper cones (we made them in the form of Christmas trees, it was very cute).

"Collective letter"

When it comes to New Year's games at the table, I always remember how my parents and friends wrote a collective New Year's greeting for everyone present every new year. You can use a ready-made text (as in the image), you can compose your own - the main thing is that it should not contain adjectives - guests should call them.

The host invites the guests to congratulate each other and say a big and beautiful toast - and waves a postcard on which he has already written a congratulation. Only now he did not have enough adjectives, and the guests should suggest them. Everyone randomly offers adjectives related to winter, new year and holiday, and the host writes them down and then reads out the result - the text is very funny!

"Turnip: New Year's Version"

Love New Year's contests for the whole family - then a turnip is what you need!

So, you need to prepare the participants - they need the number of characters in the fairy tale. Each participant gets a role in an impromptu performance. It's simple, the participant needs to remember the key phrase and the movement that he must act out when mentioning himself.

The turnip will slap its knees and then clap its hands with the exclamation "Oba-na!".
Grandfather rubs his palms and groans “Ta-ak-s!”.
Grandmother swings her fist at grandfather and says “I would have beaten it!”.
Dancing granddaughter sings "I'm ready!" in a high voice (when men play this role, it turns out just great).
The bug itches and complains of fleas.
The cat wags its “tail” and tentatively draws out “And I am on my own.”
The mouse sadly shrugs its shoulders and says "We've finished the game!".

After everyone has tried themselves in a new role, the host reads the text of the fairy tale (no changes here), and the actors play their role whenever they hear about themselves. The grandfather planted (rubs his hands and groans) a turnip (clap-clap, both-on!) And further in the text. Believe me, there will be enough bursts of laughter, especially when the fairy tale comes to an end, and the host will list all the participants in turn.

"Strictly alphabetical"

In one of the pauses, the host takes the floor and reminds everyone present that the New Year celebration is just beginning, but it’s already difficult to remember the alphabet. In this connection, the presenter suggests filling the glasses and raising them, but strictly in alphabetical order.

Each guest must say a short toast to his own letter of the alphabet. The first one starts with the letter a, the second must start with the letter b, and so on. Toasts should be simple:

A Absolutely must drink to happiness in the new year!
B let's be healthy in the new year!
IN let's drink to the old year!
E If we don't get drunk, we'll have to eat!

The task for all those present is to make toasts for each letter of the alphabet, and then choose the winner - the one who came up with the best toast, which is worth drinking for, becomes the winner!

"Bunnies"

If you want to pick up outdoor games for the new year 2019 - play bunny. For the New Year at home, it is best to play this game when there are many guests - it is suitable for a group of friends.

Everyone stands in a circle and holds hands, the leader walks around all the players in a circle and whispers to each the names of two animals - a wolf and a bunny, a fox and a bunny, and so on. Then he explains the essence of the game - when the leader pronounces the name of the animal aloud, the person to whom it was made up crouches, and his neighbors to the left and right, on the contrary, pull him up, not allowing him to sit down. You need to play at a good pace so that the participants enter the rage.

The main joke of this action is that absolutely all players have a second animal - a bunny. Therefore, after people alternately crouched on the names of other animals, the host says “Bunny!”, And the whole circle abruptly tries to crouch (trying to overcome the possible resistance of the neighbors, as was the case with other animals).

Naturally, general laughter begins, and a bunch of small ones gather on the floor!

"News from the New Year"

A great contest that you can play without leaving the table.

The facilitator will need to prepare cards on which unrelated words and concepts will be written - five or six words are no longer needed. Each participant receives a card and must quickly come up with a hot news from the New Year's issue, using all the words from the card. What to write on the cards? Any set of words.

China, dumplings, roses, Olympics, lilac.
Santa Claus, wheel, eraser, north, bag.
New Year 2019, fan, pantyhose, pan, scabies.
Santa Claus, pig, herring, stapler, barrier.
Nettle, tinsel, Kirkorov, fishing rod, plane.
Football, shovel, snow, Snow Maiden, tangerines.
Snowman, beard, tights, bike, school.
Winter, zoo, laundry, boa constrictor, rug.

How to make news? Set an example for guests to use all the words, and the weirder the news gets, the more interesting it is.

Well, for example, from the last example I gave, you can build something like this: “A rug was found in a boa constrictor in a Moscow zoo during winter washing.” There will be a reason to be surprised, and to laugh, and to drink so that all the news in the new 2019 will be just as positive.

"Jumping into the New Year"

We in the family circle often arrange jumping as entertainment for the new year, and 2019 will not be an exception, I'm sure - this is already a kind of tradition.

So, how it happens: after drinking for the outgoing year, the presenter brings felt-tip pens and pencils (the brighter, the better) and a large sheet of paper (paper paper A0-A1) and invites everyone present not just to enter the new year, but to jump in - so that it passes dynamically, energetically and brightly!

And so that all desires come true, you need to draw them. On a large sheet, everyone draws their desires - someone manages to draw a few miniatures, someone just draws what they want schematically. By the president's speech, the drawing is usually already finished or the finishing touches remain. After the president's speech, the host invites everyone to join hands, count the chimes in chorus, and solemnly jump into the new year and into the fulfillment of their own desires!

By the way, my mother and I usually save the sheet, and next year we check who has what came true - also a topic for a table conversation, by the way.

"The best"

There are good New Year's entertainments without a host. A good way to keep guests entertained is to give them unique challenges, but few people want to compete just like that, right?

Therefore, we act as follows - we hang sweets or small gifts on the Christmas tree. It is best to opt for figured chocolate or other sweet Christmas decorations. We provide each with a note to whom the gift is intended, but we do not write names, but some definitions that guests will have to think about and get to know each other better (ideal when there are newcomers who need to join an existing company).

What to write on labels:

The owner of the most brown eyes.
The best high jumper.
The biggest hooligan (here you have to tell everyone about your hooliganism in childhood).
The owner of the best tan.
The owner of the highest heels.
The owner of the most dangerous job.
A couple whose sum of clothing buttons is 10.
The one who wears more yellow today.

I think you get the main message. Guests will independently begin to find out who rested where, who has a brighter tan, measure the length of heels and discuss work.

"Hat song"

By the way, almost all New Year's competitions at the table involve a game with a hat - they throw some notes into the hat in advance, and then they pull out and carry out the tasks of relatives or colleagues.

In the new year 2019, we will play a popular variation of this game with songs with our family. You need to write notes with winter and New Year's words into the hat, each guest blindly takes out a note from the hat and sings a song in which this word occurs.

By the way, you will be able to have fun even if during the feast you forget all the songs - most likely, your family, like my relatives, will have a great idea to compose a little song on the go to the most popular motive, or somehow remake one from famous New Year's songs of the past years.

By the way, this game is also suitable for a small company of any age - of course, a schoolboy is unlikely to recognize Soviet songs, but the result will be funny, and different age groups will be able to get closer during the game - after all, cool New Year contests unite!

"Mittens"

Naturally, new year contests for young people are not complete without flirting - why not help friends get closer?

So, the girls are put on dressing gowns or shirts, and the guys are given thick winter mittens. The essence of the competition is to quickly button up the shirts on the girls so that they do not freeze!

By the way, my friends, who love various New Year's contests for teenagers and youth, wanted to do this contest the other way around - freeing the girls from their shirts, however, they were forced to disqualify the participant - it turns out that even in mittens it is convenient to pull on the floor of the shirt and tear off all the buttons at once. Therefore, it is better to fasten it, it is not easy to do it in mittens.

"Let's draw Santa Claus"

Creative New Year contests for corporate parties are a great opportunity to have fun.

So, holes for hands are made in a dense sheet of cardboard. We give out brushes to the players, they must stick their hands into the holes and portray Santa Claus. At this moment they cannot see what they are drawing.

At work, you can divide the team into male and female teams, and give the task to one to portray the Snow Maiden, and to the other - Santa Claus. The winner is the team whose result is most similar to a fairy-tale character.

By the way, if you are choosing contests for a New Year's corporate party, do not forget to look for fun music as well - I use cuttings from Soviet children's cartoons for New Year's contests 2019, this usually causes the warmest emotions.

"Giving Roles"

You can start fun competitions for the new year for the family with such entertainment.

Prepare more attributes of fairy-tale New Year's characters, put notes with roles in empty capsules from kinders (you can just wrap them in wrapping paper in the manner of sweets) and start playing at the table for the new year with an offer to find out who still rules the ball.

Everyone present should draw out their role. It can be snowflakes, bunnies, squirrels, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, the Snow Queen, an overseas guest - Santa Claus and his deer. Distribute small attributes to all guests that will correspond to their role on this night - for example, a crown will suit the snow queen, Santa Claus can knock loudly with an elegant staff, and a company of overgrown bunny boys with white ears will decorate any New Year's photo.

Believe me, New Year's table games will take on a new color as soon as grandmother Zima or Mikhailo Potapych, who has specially woken up for competitions for the New Year 2019 and New Year's dances, starts to say a toast.

"Photo tests"

What cool contests for the new year without photos?

Make an area for photography and collect some props in this corner - guests will be able to take pictures in different images, and then you can arrange photo tests. So, you will need to determine who is suitable for the role:

the most decrepit snowflake;
the most sleepy guest;
the most cheerful Baba Yaga;
the hungriest Santa Claus;
the most generous Santa Claus;
the kindest Santa Claus;
the most beautiful Snow Maiden;
the most gorged guest;
the most cheerful guest;
the most cunning Baba Yaga;
the most evil Kashchei;
the most powerful hero;
the most capricious princess;
the largest snowflake;
and so on…

By the way, you can hold this competition a little differently - stock up on props, and invite guests to draw out the role in which they will be photographed without looking, and the rest of the participants should help with advice and deed to better embody the image. It will be possible to laugh in the process, and when you view the pictures - fortunately, you can do this in just a few minutes.

"Little Things from Santa Claus"

Tell the guests such a legend as Santa Claus walked through the forest with gifts, fell into a snowdrift with one foot and spilled gifts from a bag. The big ones stayed in the bag, but the little ones fell out. And you picked them up and now give them to all the guests.

Wrap all sorts of pleasant little things that you bought in advance in an opaque package, or, or you can wrap gifts in small pieces of cloth, like miniature bags tied with a thick thread or ribbon.

As pleasant little things can be: calendars, candles, key chains, pens, flashlights, kinders, liquid soap, magnets.

Every time it surprises with what trepidation the guests are waiting for these gifts ... Not only children, but even adults :-)

Well, and finally, be a good magician and fortune teller, another New Year's entertainment from the site:

Now you know how my holiday will go, and what games will you have for a New Year's corporate party or home party? Share your ideas, because it is better to prepare table games for the new year and interesting contests in advance, and 2019 is just around the corner!

The New Year is a special merry holiday with many symbolic associations. In order to celebrate it properly, it is necessary to come up with original Games and entertainment, quizzes and riddles that will help to perfectly organize a relaxed atmosphere and celebrate a significant event surrounded by happy faces.

How to organize a holiday

In order to have a good time and find the right approach to all guests, you need to choose entertainment for the New Year of a different nature, since all people perceive the same things in their own way. Don't force people to have fun. It would be more correct in the company of several people to start implementing the selected scenario, so that the rest would join the fun atmosphere with interest and enjoy the pleasant moments.

The most important thing on such an evening is not to be bored, to rejoice and have fun from the heart, not to think about the opinions of others about this and have fun. Shyness, excessive modesty are also inappropriate this evening.

You need to take care of the organization in advance by preparing modest gifts, cool entertainment for the New Year and the attributes necessary for their implementation. Pleasant musical accompaniment is also very important.

Entertainment for the family

Any holiday in the family circle is especially solemn and beautiful. Nothing can replace a circle of loved ones and relatives. It will be very fun to play funny fairy tales, and for dessert, arrange an original fortune-telling.

To implement such a scenario, you can take the simplest fairy tale familiar to the youngest family members and distribute roles. When the leader chosen by all begins to read the text, the rest stage actions. It is very interesting.

And for sweet fortune-telling, you can use kinder surprises. After eating the tastiest you will get to the toy, which will testify to how the next year will go. Fortune-telling can be interpreted in different ways, the main thing is to use your imagination as much as possible.

Extraordinary entertainment for the family will not let you get bored and will be remembered for a long time.

Diverse scenarios for kids 2-3 years old

To come up with entertainment for the New Year for the little ones is a responsible mission, because such an action requires awareness of child psychology and age characteristics. For kids 2-3 there are very entertaining scenarios that will provide an unforgettable holiday.

1. Snowballs. To do this, you must first make "snowballs" from foil or using cotton wool and glue.

Children can be told any fairy tale where it appears as which you can use a soft toy, and start driving it away with snowballs. The second option is to report that the room has become too hot and you should cool off by playing snowballs.

2. Dance ball. Children will be happy to dance and sing, especially if they are accompanied by their beloved parents.

It can be a dance of snowflakes to a mysterious, specially selected melody, complemented by tinsel, rain and other suitable attributes. The classic option is to dance around the beautiful Christmas tree. Another option is a dance with objects, which can be tambourines, maracas, scarves, etc.

3. Picking up something. It is very interesting for kids of this age category. You can start the game with the words: “The chanterelle was carrying balls, and along the way they fell and crumbled. She needs help” - etc.

Entertainment, games for children for the New Year

You can have fun with the kids in this way:

Regardless of the age of the guests, it will always be fun to play such simple games:

How else to entertain guests on New Year's Eve?

At the table, you can hold a competition with candy. The selected person must catch the contestant passing the candy, which is passed from hand to hand under the table.

In addition to competitions, do not forget about fun dance music, fervent video greetings, exciting games like "Twister", etc.

Presentation of gifts

No holiday happens without gifts, and especially such as the New Year. The process of presenting a present can also be played in a fun and uncommon way. Some ways how to do it:

This approach will emotionally set those present for a great pleasant evening.

Intellectual contests

For an erudite circle of guests, intellectual games and entertainment for the New Year are suitable, which will allow those present to show off their intelligence and ingenuity. Some ideas:

"Funny associations". In the absence of one of the participants, the company makes up a word. Then the person who left comes back and begins to guess the association invented by friends by the method of leading questions. The rest respond and enjoy a fun pastime.
"Investigators". Depending on the number of participants, one or more people leave the room for a few minutes, who, after returning, must “solve the crime”. They begin to ask questions, the answers to which are “yes”, “no”, “maybe”. The point is that there is no story, and the answers are given depending on the last letter in the question: vowel - yes, consonant - no, soft sign - maybe. The fictional story will turn out to be very fascinating before the investigators determine what the mystery is.
"banal expressions". More suitable for small companies. A certain topic is chosen, according to which each of the participants comes up with the 10 most common words and writes them down on a sheet. After that, points are calculated, which are set depending on the number of matches. So, if on the topic "Cities" 8 out of 10 guessed Moscow, then everyone gets 8 points for this word, and for Milan, who met once, and a point, respectively, 1. The one who scores the most points wins.

Organizing entertainment for the New Year of this type is very easy. They will definitely bring new emotions to the table gatherings.

A fun program for a corporate evening

Any entertainment for the New Year will be a joy for the company, because you really want to escape from everyday work and forget about all the problems. Interesting ideas for celebrating in a team:

Games for an adult company

Such competitions and entertainment for the New Year are preferred to be used in youth, student companies:

New Year games in different countries

Most people are very fond of traveling, but not everyone knows what New Year's entertainment for the New Year is the most common in exotic lands.

In Thailand, this is a coconut contest where participants roll the fruit and try to break it without using their hands. The one whose attempts are successful receives a prize - a coconut.

Great entertainment for the New Year for children with a ball is practiced in Laos. Boys and girls stand in two lines opposite each other and throw the ball in pairs. The one who does not catch him must complete the task of the thrower. Couples change as often as they want.

Cambodian residents have fun with the help of fruits that look like dates. In our case, you can use apples. Participants are divided into 2 teams and stand opposite each other. In front of each lies 5 fruits and 1 in each hand. Next, team members throw one apple in front of the standing opponent. The goal is to keep as many fruits as possible in your hands. The team that catches the least fruit loses, and the winners receive a prize.

How to celebrate the New Year for a couple in love?

Some couples in love dream of celebrating the New Year alone, while others associate such a thought with a terribly boring pastime. You should not be upset in advance if friends cannot come, or for some other reason you have to spend New Year's Eve only with your loved one. On the contrary, you can take advantage of such circumstances and get even closer by creatively organizing a fun program, having fun in full.

First of all, you need to jointly discuss all the plans and expectations, determining the style of the festive atmosphere. It could be:

Depending on the chosen atmosphere, it is worth choosing entertainment for the New Year, decorating the room and enjoying excellent moments.

The most important thing is not to lose heart and have fun in full.

After active dancing, sitting at the table, the guests participate in the next competition. The host offers to remember all the New Year's attributes. The guests take turns calling the Christmas tree, Santa Claus, etc. The winner is the one whose definition will be the last.

Merry mitten

Guests stand in a large circle near the Christmas tree, cheerful New Year's music sounds and a mitten with phantoms goes in a circle. The host can turn off the music at any time, trying to make it so that each of the guests has a mitten. On whom the music stops, he takes the fant out of his mitten and performs a certain action, for example, he dances a hopak or transforms into a president and congratulates his people, or maybe he sits on a twine or kisses a neighbor. In general, forfeits can be absolutely any (it all depends on the company).

New Year's chimes (funny)

When guests gather, some of them are given task tokens at the entrance, you can even sell them for more intrigue. The tokens indicate that at a certain time the invitee must complete some task. It's very funny when, in the middle of a toast, one of the guests suddenly crows or starts to dance a twist on the table.

New Year's villain

For this contest, you need to print several photos (pictures) of the New Year's villain, for example, Baba Yaga or the Grinch - the kidnapper of the holiday. From whole photos, the presenter must use scissors to make a kind of mosaic (just cut each photo in a chaotic manner). A mosaic of each picture with a New Year's villain is packed in a separate box or package. Guests are divided into teams of approximately 3 people. Each team receives a box with pieces of the picture, and at the “start” command, the guests begin to put the puzzle together. But that is not all. The whole picture (photo) with the New Year's villain will hang on the Christmas tree. And, as soon as some team successfully completed the puzzle and saw who the New Year's villain is, its participants must find this villain on the Christmas tree and save the New Year from him (just tear the picture from the Christmas tree). Who did - he won.

Everybody dance

Everyone is standing around the tree. The presenter turns on cheerful New Year's music and names a hero for each song. And the participants must dance in the appropriate style, for example, now snowflakes are dancing, and now hares, and now fur seals, and now shy Snow Maidens and so on. Prizes are awarded to the most artistic and mobile.

Burn it with fire

In China, there is a ritual - to burn money for the New Year, so that there will be prosperity and happiness in the coming year. This competition is best held at the height of the holiday, when guests after champagne are full of courage and enthusiasm. Which of the guests will burn (with the help of a lighter and a bowl) more than the rest (by amount) of money, he is recognized as the winner, and at the same time the richest person of the coming year.

Symbol of the year

When everyone is tired of running, jumping and jumping, you can take time for a competition for imagination and creativity. Each participant must in 5 minutes come up with what to make and actually make a symbol of the year, for example, make a muzzle or a whole pig (dog, rooster, and so on) out of food on the table. The symbol of the year can be made from anything that comes to mind (money and coins; Christmas decorations or any other interior items). According to the voting results of all guests, the most beautiful and creative craft will be determined, and its author will be awarded a prize.

Father Frost and Snow Maiden of different nationalities

Guests are divided into pairs and not necessarily only: boy-girl. In each pair, they determine their Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. Each couple takes turns taking out their fant from the bag, which indicates a specific nationality, for example, Chinese, Germans, ancient Russians, Egyptians, Armenians, Georgians, and so on. After all the couples have pulled out their forfeits and recognized their nationality, each couple in turn goes to the center and congratulates the guests in the corresponding nationality. It will be fun and interesting for everyone to receive New Year's greetings from Santa Claus - the Chinese and his Snow Maiden or from the Old Slavonic heroes of the New Year. And the prize, as always, is the most artistic and active.

masked

All guests honestly close their eyes, the host puts on masks for everyone. Only the presenter knows which masks will get to whom, the guest himself will not see his mask. When the masks are on, the guests open their eyes and look at each other. For some time, guests of the holiday should communicate with each other in the way that it is appropriate to communicate with a “hero” in a specific mask, for example, you can offer meat to a lion and call him “His Majesty” or “king”, you can ask Santa Claus when there will be gifts or how long to fly on a sleigh to our country and so on. Guests who quickly guess which character's mask they are wearing receive prizes.

Dolphins in a snowdrift

Participants are divided into two teams with an equal number of people and line up in a row. In front of each team there is a chair on which a basin or other container full of carved snowflakes is located. Among these snowflakes, the same number of sweets should be hidden as there are participants in the team. On the “start” command, each of the participants in turn runs up to the bowl, dives headfirst into it and takes out one candy, then the second, the third, and so on until the end. Whose team is the fastest to complete the task and pass their test, and is the winner.

Games for the new year for children and adults at home

Home New Year's holiday is a long-standing good tradition. The older members of the family want to give the younger ones a fairy tale, miracles, joy... On New Year's Eve, the younger members of the family have a wonderful opportunity to learn folk customs, try themselves as a host (after all, you need to meet guests and come up with an interesting program together with adults), and also - it is the birth of family traditions.

Mysterious Flags

Prepare a garland of flags, write a riddle on the back of each flag (if the guys are familiar with rebuses, then draw a rebus). During the holiday, remove the garland, hand out the flags to the children and spend Guess-ku (if the children cannot read, read the riddle). The guys can take turns reading the riddles aloud, you can hold this competition before lighting the Christmas tree: after the last riddle is guessed, the Christmas tree lights up.

Snow on the fields, ice on the rivers,

The blizzard is walking. When does it happen? (In winter.)

I am small, like a grain of sand, but I cover the earth. (Snow.)

The tablecloth is white, dressed the whole world. (Snow.)

Who builds a bridge on a river without an ax, without nails, without wedges and without planks? (Freezing.)

They go into the forest - they lay canvases, they go out of the forest - they re-lay. (Skis.)

Not a beast, but howling. (Wind.)

I twist, hum, I don’t want to know anyone. (Blizzard.)

There is a tree, this tree has twelve shoots, twelve shoots have four rods, a rod has six brushes, the seventh is golden. (Year, months, weeks, days of the week.) Walks in summer, rests in winter. (Bear.)

The black cow overcame the whole world, and the white one raised it. (Day and night.)

It does not burn in fire, nor does it sink in water. (Ice.)

Bel, but not sugar, no legs, but go. (Snow.)

No arms, no legs, but he can draw. (Freezing.)

There is a mountain in the yard, and water in the hut. (Snow.)

The uterus is angry, but covered the children with a duvet until the red day. (Winter.)

Downhill - a horse, uphill - a piece of wood. (Sled.)

Two Palashki run into the woods with their toes turned up. (Skiing.) Errands run, crawlers crawl. (Horse and sleigh.) Three brothers live: one loves winter, the other loves summer, and the third does not care. (Sled, cart and horse.)

Guess

Santa Claus offers to put his hand into a bag in which various small objects are hidden, to feel for one of them and, without removing it from the bag, say what it is. If the item is named correctly, then the player takes it for himself. You can put a chocolate bar, a wrapped gingerbread, a pencil candy, a lollipop, an eraser, a coin, a pencil sharpener, a calendar, a tennis ball, an apple, etc. in the bag.

Circle of wishes and predictions

Turn off the lights and light the candles. Have the guests sit in a circle, and place a chair in the middle of the circle. Guests take turns sitting on a chair. The leader blindfolds them. The rest of the participants say New Year's wishes to the person sitting in the center. Such an exchange of wishes creates a friendly atmosphere and gives the celebration of the New Year a little magic.

Turning proverbs and sayings

Invite the participants of the game to decipher the turnarounds of proverbs, book titles, lines from poems and songs. You can offer to guess three shifters (one of each type). Points are awarded for a correct answer. The time for thinking is limited - 10-20 seconds.

Happiness moves in heaps	Misfortune never comes alone
Move away from the new washing machine	Stay with a broken trough
Bald head - male disgrace	Spit - girlish beauty
From courage the back of the head is small	Fear has big eyes
Alien shoes closer to the feet	Your shirt is closer to your body
On a policeman, boots get wet	The thief's hat is on fire
Don't go below your heels	You can't jump above your head
Hid that algae - get out of the aquarium	Gruzdev called himself get in the body
Chicken boar girlfriend	Goose pig is not a friend
You can fix borscht with sauce	You can't spoil porridge with butter

glowing ball

Show the audience a table tennis ball. Count to three and light will appear inside the balloon. The light is moving!

To achieve this effect is very simple. There should be a light source three meters from the ball, for example, a simple electric light bulb. And in the ball - a round hole with a diameter of up to one centimeter. When you show the balloon to the audience, you cover the hole with your finger. Counting to three, turn the ball with the hole towards the bulb and, removing your finger, open it. This is where the audience gets the impression that light appeared in the ball. And in order for the light to move, you just need to move the ball up and down and left and right, but do not rotate it.

Five seconds to think

This game can be played in different ways. Rule of thumb: 5 seconds to answer. The number of correct answers is the number of reward points.

Option 1. Prepare the required number of cards with questions and invite the player to take any of their choice (agree in advance on how many cards to take). And then - according to the rules.

Option 2. Ask, for example, five questions to the first player, five to the second, and so on.

Option 3. You can ask questions in turn to several players at once. Just make sure that all players answer the same number of questions.

Note. If several participants scored an equal number of points, you can offer them the final round.

	girl's daughter
	Has no bad weather
	The green one that kills the flies
	Jacket for a diaper	vest
	Letters lined up for roll call
	Grandma's audio system
	donut epicenter
	Alien fur hunter
	Fair fixture that makes your head spin	Carousel
	Folklore Intelligence Test
	A new building for a pensive ram
	The word against which there is no judgment
	Reverse side of the neck
	The part of the leg that is often compared to being bald
	Sheepskin coat, which skaters often have triple

Five seconds to think (continued)

	Part of the face that is sometimes hung
	Hostel for horses
	Account unit for autumn	Chick
	A note that is a sin to pour on a wound
	Oil skiing enthusiast
	Anniversary, she is round
	It's time, which in September is a woman's
	Wise time of day
	Ostrovsky's favorite atmospheric phenomenon
	Light after bath
	Cool tool to roll Sivka
	Bedroom for Chicken Ryaba
	Devilry scientifically	Poltergeist
	Sausage unit
	firewood house

Own bingo

Prepare cards for each guest or for a couple, threesome, etc.

Offer to remove any items from purses and pockets and put one item at a time on empty cells, just in case, prepare a bag with small items. Agree in advance which cells should remain empty: horizontally, vertically, diagonally. And now - in a circle ... Each player (or a player from each two, three) takes one item from his card, lifts it up and loudly says the name of the item to those present, for example, "telephone". All players who have a phone on the cell remove it from their cards. The next player repeats everything again, and so on. This continues until someone who has certain cells left empty shouts: “Bingo!”.


	Free

Game "Identity"

In advance, ask guests to bring a photo of themselves as an infant (preferably no older than one year old).

Prepare pencils, paper and labels (you can use name badges).

Before the game, all photos must be collected, numbered and placed on a wall or table (this must be done in the absence of guests). Guests need to pin labels or badges with names on their clothes.

Guests are invited to a room where photographs are hung or laid out. They must "identify" each of the guests from the photo and write down the number of the photo and the name of the guest on the piece of paper. On "identification" is given no more than eight minutes. The one with the most correct answers wins.

childish and not so 🙂

How to celebrate the New Year fun and with enthusiasm?

We are actively preparing for the New Year holidays!

What is the new year without contests and fun? We offer you a variety of competitions for children, competitions for families and schoolchildren, there are competitions for adults in the piggy bank. Competitions will delight the whole family on the eve of the holidays.

Happy New Year 2016!

New Year's competition "Mummy"

Four volunteers are called, two teams are made up of them, and more can be called. One of the players in each team is a “mummy”, and the second is a “mummy”.
Game: the "mummy" must wrap the "mummy" with "bandages" as quickly as possible. Toilet paper is usually used as bandages. Audience fun guaranteed! After wrapping, you can reverse the operation by winding the paper back into a roll.

Competition for the new year "Hold the snowflake"

What you need: Cotton.
Preparation: lumps are made from cotton wool, resembling a snowflake.
The host is Santa Claus.
Game: at the signal of the leader, the participants begin to blow from below on the lump so that it flies like a snowflake. The task is not to let the "snowflake" fall.
The winner is the participant who kept the "snowflake" in the air the longest.

Contest "Tomato"

Two volunteers are called. They stand facing each other on opposite sides of the same stool. The host puts a banknote on a stool and announces that at the expense of “one, two, three ..” “whoever puts his hand on the banknote first wins (for more excitement, the banknote can be given to the winner). Further, the task becomes more complicated: a new bill is placed, the players are blindfolded, (blindfolded they check whether it is in place) and at the expense of “one, two, three ...” they unanimously clap their hands on ... a tomato, which the presenter put instead of a bill during the count .

Competition "Gemini"

people approach each other and embrace with one hand (one takes the partner’s waist with his right hand, the other with his left). It turns out that each of them has one free hand. Then they are given a task that they must complete as if they were two hands of one person. For example, cut out a shape. The 1st participant holds a sheet of paper with his left hand and directs it correctly, with the second right hand he cuts with scissors. I prefer the following version of the task: lace up the shoe, put it in a box, pour flour from the bag into the jar, close it with a lid, put it back in the box, and close the box and tie it with a ribbon. For the successful completion of the task, 2 candies are given.

"Christmas trees exist"

We decorated the Christmas tree with different toys, and in the forest different Christmas trees grow, both wide and low, tall, thin.
Host - Santa Claus explains the rules:
So if I say
"high" - raise your hands up
"low" - squat and lower your arms
"wide" - make the circle wider
"thin" - make a circle already.
And now let's play! (Santa Claus plays, trying to confuse the children)

"Telegram to Santa Claus"

The guys are asked to name 13 adjectives: “fat”, “red”, “hot”, “hungry”, “sluggish”, “dirty”, etc. When all the adjectives are written down, the presenter takes out the text of the telegram and inserts the missing adjectives from the list into it.
Telegram text:
"… Santa Claus!
All ... the children are looking forward to your ... arrival.
New Year is the most ... holiday of the year.
We will sing for you ... songs, dance ... dances!
Finally, the New Year will come!
How do not want to talk about ... study.
We promise that we will only receive ... ratings.
So, open your ... bag as soon as possible and give us ... gifts.
With respect to you ... boys and ... girls!

Christmas decorations

We will play an interesting game with the guys:
What we decorate the Christmas tree with, I will name the kids.
Listen carefully, and be sure to answer,
If we tell you right, say "Yes" in response.
Well, if suddenly it’s wrong, say boldly “No!”
- Multi-colored crackers?
— Blankets and pillows?
— Folding beds and cribs?
- Marmalade, chocolates?
- Glass balls?
- Wooden chairs?
- Teddy bears?
— Primers and books?
- Are the beads multi-colored?
- Are the garlands bright?
- Snow from white cotton?
- Backpacks and briefcases?
- Shoes and boots?
- Cups, forks, spoons?
Are the candies shiny?
Are the tigers real?
- Are the buds golden?
Are the stars radiant?

dress up the Christmas tree

They make several Christmas toys from cotton wool (apples, pears, fish) with wire hooks and a fishing rod with the same hook. It is necessary to hang all the toys on the Christmas tree with the help of a fishing rod, and then remove them with the same fishing rod. The winner is the one who manages to do it in a set time, for example, two minutes. A spruce branch fixed on a stand can serve as a herringbone.

tangerine football

They play on the table, each “player” is the index and middle finger of one of the children, the ball is a tangerine.

Catch the snowball

The game is played by 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. On a signal, everyone starts throwing snowballs into the bag, the partners also help, trying to catch them. The team with the most snowballs in the bag wins.

Trap

In the game, a leader is chosen - a Snowman or Santa Claus. Having run away from the leader, the children stop and, clapping their hands, say: “One, two, three! One two Three! Well, hurry up and catch us!” With the end of the text, everyone scatters. Snowman (Santa Claus) is catching up with the children.

Snowball

The redemption of New Year's prizes from Santa Claus's bag can be arranged as follows.
In a circle, both adults and children pass a specially prepared "snowball" - made of cotton wool, or white fabric.
“Kom” is transmitted and Santa Claus says:
Snowball we all roll,
We all count to five
One two three four five -
You sing a song.
Or:
And you read poetry.
Or:
You dance to dance.
Or:
You have to guess a riddle...
The person who bought the prize leaves the circle, and the game continues on.

Newton's law

What you need: 2 bottles, 20 peas (you can dragee).
The host is Santa Claus.
Game: Two bottles are placed in front of two players, each is given 10 peas. The task is to lower the peas from above into the bottle without bending (hands at chest level) at the signal of the leader.
The participant who puts more peas into the bottle wins.

Mousetrap

The two tallest participants or two adults stand and hold hands. They hold their hands up (such a mini round dance) and say:
“How we got tired of the mice, they gnawed everything, everyone ate. Here we put a mousetrap, we will catch all the mice.
The remaining participants - mice - run between the arms of the catchers. At the last words, hands drop, the “mousetrap” slams shut, whoever is caught joins the catchers. The mousetrap increases, the game repeats. The last mouse wins.

We answer in chorus

Mindfulness game. We answer yes or no. It turns out pretty funny.
Santa Claus is known to everyone, right?
He comes exactly at seven, right?
Santa Claus is a good old man, right?
Wears a hat and galoshes, right?
Santa Claus is coming soon, right?
He will bring gifts, right?
The trunk is good for our Christmas tree, right?
It was cut down from a double-barreled shotgun, right?
What grows on the tree? Cones, right?
Tomatoes and gingerbread, right?
What, our Christmas tree is beautiful, right?
There are red needles everywhere, right?
Santa Claus is afraid of the cold, right?
He is friends with the Snow Maiden, right?
Well, the questions are answered
You all know about Santa Claus.
And that means it's time
All the kids are waiting for.
Let's call Santa Claus!

Pick a potato

What you need: baskets according to the number of participants, cubes, balls, balls - an odd number.
Preparation: “Potatoes” - cubes, etc. are placed on the platform.
Game: Each player is given a basket in his hands and blindfolded. The task is to blindly collect as many "potatoes" as possible and put them in a basket.
The participant who has collected more "potatoes" wins.

Great Houdini

What you need: ropes according to the number of participants
Host: Santa Claus.
Game: Participants have their hands tied behind their backs with a string. At the signal of the leader, the players try to untie the ropes on themselves.
The first player to be released wins.

Robin Hood

What you need: a ball or an apple "basket" from a hat, buckets, boxes, rings, a 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. in the "basket" at a distance.
c) The task is to throw rings on the legs of an inverted stool.
The winner is the participant who coped with the task better.

Musketeers

What you need: 2 chess officers, fake swords made of rubber or foam rubber.
Preparation: A chess piece is placed on the edge of the table.
The host is Santa Claus.
Game: Participants stand 2 meters from the table. The task is to make a lunge (step forward) at the leader’s command and hit the figure with an injection.
The first player to hit the figure wins.
Option: A duel between two participants.

Crumple up the newspaper

What you need: newspapers according to the number of participants.
The host is Santa Claus.
Game: An unfolded newspaper spreads on the floor in front of the players. The task is to crumple the newspaper at the signal of the presenter, trying to collect the entire sheet into a fist.
The winner is the private trader who quickly gathered the newspaper into a ball.

The Snow Queen

What you need: ice cubes.
The host is Santa Claus.
Game: participants take an ice cube. The task is who will be able to melt the ice faster at the command of the presenter.
The first person to complete the task wins.

Crush the ball with your foot

What you need: balloons according to the number of players.
The host is Santa Claus.
Game: In front of the players at a distance of 4-5 steps, a balloon is placed on the floor. The task is to approach the ball with a blindfold at the command of the presenter and crush it with his foot.
The participant who crushes the ball wins.
It's funny if after tying the balls are removed.

Dance with hoops

What you need: hoops according to the number of participants.
Game: Several players are given a plastic (metal) hoop. The host - Santa Claus - gives different tasks to the participants in the game.
Game options:
a) Rotation of the hoop around the waist, neck, arms ...
The participant whose hoop will rotate the longest wins.
b) Participants, on command, send the hoop forward in a straight line with their hands.
The winner is the participant whose hoop rolls further.
c) Rotation of the hoop around its axis by moving the fingers of one hand (like a top).
The participant whose hoop will rotate the longest wins.