New Year's fun for children and adults at home. New Year's games and competitions
How to organize a New Year's celebration at home?
More than 75% of Russians celebrate the New Year at home or visiting relatives or friends. The tradition is wonderful, but in order for the holiday not to turn into a banal binge in front of the TV and for the memory to retain the feeling of a wonderful evening and night, you need to not only invite guests and treat them well, but also be able to entertain them. Of course, there are few people who are able to plan a New Year celebration as a serious cultural event, and not everyone is ready to take on the role of toastmaster, and a professional toastmaster in a home celebration will look, at a minimum, inappropriate.
Celebrating the New Year with your company and family is very fun and easy if you take a little time to think about everything in advance and do some “homework.” In this article we offer you several games and competitions that can be organized at home or outdoors.
It is better to come up with competitions in advance, taking into account the taste of the invited guests.
So, for example, if a company likes to play cards, then it is not at all necessary to play the already well-known “nine” or “fool”. You can buy a set of poker chips and master this game, beloved by many people around the world. To do this, you need to explain the rules to everyone, and then you can arrange an impromptu poker tournament.
It is more convenient, easier and more fun to conduct games and competitions with simple rules and a minimum of props. The only condition is that there must always be a person who organizes the game and explains its rules to all participants.
What's in the bag?
This game can be played when you have just arrived at the guest house or holiday cottage and unloaded your bags. The presenter takes a bag of groceries and, without taking out the item, describes it in words: color or shape, what it is for, what history happened with a similar item, and the like. He says it needs to be done in such a way that the guessers suffer a little and do not immediately give the correct answer. The one who guesses it gets the item, and along with it the task. If it is bread, then cut it. If it’s canned food, then open it, if it’s an apple, then wash it, if it’s charcoal, then put on the grill... And it’s fun, and everyone will be in business.
I am the only lunar rover
To participate in this game, you can already take a little, because it requires some courage. The leader (volunteer or chosen one) gets down on all fours and, moving on four bones, says quite seriously: “I am the only lunar rover, peak-peak starting the reception...” The one who laughs joins him and becomes lunar rover number two. So gradually the whole company becomes lunar rovers, and the one who doesn’t laugh wins. The phrase of the lunar rover can be expanded: “... I’m heading to the lunar base for refueling.” In a word, improvisation will only enhance the “ha-ha” effect.
"ABC".
The meaning of this game is as follows: in a circle, starting with the first letter of the alphabet, i.e. A, and further down the alphabet, those sitting at the table say a congratulation phrase. For example: A - “And I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!” And so on... Sometimes you get very funny phrases :).
"Mummy"
Several pairs of volunteers are called. In each pair, one of the participants must build a “mummy” from the other using a roll of toilet paper and come up with a name for it. The winner is the one who receives more applause from the audience and whose figure is the most interesting.
A la towns
In the fresh air, while, for example, barbecue is being prepared, children are getting underfoot, and adults have not lost coordination, the whole group can play a simplified version of the towns. To do this, you need to collect approximately identical pieces of firewood around the area and one stick that will serve as a bat. A circle is drawn on the ground, firewood is laid out in any shape (like a pioneer fire or a well), and each participant (distracted from the task for a while) from a certain distance knocks out as much wood as possible from the circle. But this is not so easy and you can’t do it the first time. If you replace the bat with a ball, you get something a la bowling.
Zoo
You only play at the zoo once in your life, and then it’s no longer interesting. If it so happens that there are no such lucky people in your company or there are only a few of them, you will have great fun. The presenter speaks the name of the animal into everyone's ear. Then everyone stands in a circle and firmly takes each other by the arms. The presenter names the animal. For example: “Which one of you is a crocodile?” And the crocodile must sit down sharply, and the non-crocodiles must hold him back. Then they call it a monkey. The same thing happens. But on the third click, the main thing happens. After the question: “Which of you is a hippopotamus?”, everyone falls to the ground together, and, realizing that they have been deceived, they laugh. Because the trick of this game is that all but one or two participants receive the same animal name.
"Seventh heaven".
This competition is especially attractive for children. At a certain height, a rope is stretched, on which surprise souvenirs are hung at different levels. The task of each participant is to run up and jump as high as possible and pick the souvenir they like.
"Bridge".
Motor coordination test. Participants must take turns walking along a straight line without ever leaving it. The complexity of the task lies in the fact that before starting the path you need to perform a simple movement: Grab your left ear over your knee with your right hand and make 3 circles around your axis.
"Line-ball."
Participants are divided into 2 groups, each of them is given a large canvas, which is used for a collective throw of the ball. One of the subgroups receives the ball. Task: throw the ball from one surface to another without dropping it.
"Reindeer Sleds"
The task is to divide into pairs to cover the distance. ½ distance, the pair walks around the cones, in the following position - the first player stands on his hands, the second holds his legs. At the last cone, players change places. Thus, all participants complete the distance.
"Snowballs."
Hit a snowball into a bucket. Each participant is given 5 attempts. According to the overall team result.
What other outdoor activities can there be in nature?
Taking a snow town, sliding down a hill and sculpting a snow woman
Lighting a fire, decorating a Christmas tree with improvised materials
Sledding, skiing, ice skating
Snowmobiling
Launching sky lanterns
Soap bubble generator (in winter they freeze and become covered with a pattern, like on windows)
Firecrackers, boom-fetti.
Meat on a spit, kebabs
Hot Mulled wine in a Samovar or in thermoses
Dumplings, pancakes with caviar, pies.
Round dance, dancing around the Christmas tree, dressing up as buffoons, gypsies, national Russian or Altai costumes
Games, competitions and fun make an ordinary New Year at home unforgettable. Impressions fueled by laughter last a long time. Next, professional entertainer Zakhar Sokhatsky shares his recipes for a cheerful home New Year:
The first thing you can do for a good mood is to radically turn off the TV. The best you can do is listen to the chimes, and after draining your glasses, press the red button on the TV remote control. After all, in recent years, New Year's Eve on television has been a failure, and it is unlikely that anything will change this time.
It’s much better to have fun chatting with each other, playing something, and shedding your seriousness for one New Year’s Eve.
In this sense, the “pajama party” method is very helpful - guests are asked to bring pajamas to the party (or some other purely home clothes - T-shirt, shorts) and change immediately upon arrival. I assure you, this will make your holiday much more comfortable than a prim reception in evening dresses. Besides, you don’t have to spend the whole December thinking about what to wear so spectacularly for the New Year. Less show-off - more joy.
Puzzle your guests in advance: ask everyone to prepare some kind of surprise. For example, everyone can learn a trick with cards or matches, or something else easy, non-stressful, for pulling. But do not demonstrate everything at once, but at some interval. Let this theme of homemade preparations run through your holiday.
Also ask each guest to bring with them a wish in an envelope that will go to one of the other guests. All the envelopes are mixed, each person making a toast takes one of them, reads it out - and undertakes to fulfill the chosen one. Wishes can be designed for immediate fulfillment (from the banal “sing a song about the Christmas tree” to an exotic wish to drink in one gulp, for example, a glass of cocktail made from cognac, vodka, champagne and coffee), and for the entire current year (get married, give birth, become deputy of the regional Duma, etc.). In a year, you will conduct a debriefing and see who really knows how to keep their word.
Immediately after midnight, everyone goes out into the yard together for a short time - just to shout, to relieve the tension that has accumulated over the year. This is what the workaholic Japanese do, and this simple method is quite effective. Having thus thrown off the negativity of the past year, we return to the warmth, to the already set table. By the way, what's on our table? A New Year in the Russian folk style or with classic “Soviet traditions” is good, but if this is already “boring”, an “ethnic” approach will help make the New Year’s table more original. Prepare dishes, for example, only from Hungarian, Argentine or other little-known cuisine. This is not difficult to do - there are many culinary reference books now. Preparing such a table will not only bring more pleasure than routine salads, but will also significantly expand the housewife’s “arsenal” for the future. The “ethnic table” will give guests completely new sensations, which fully corresponds to the very idea of New Year’s Eve. If the company is large and the organization of the table requires joint participation, you can agree in advance for each guest or family to prepare some kind of “ethnic” dish, a national drink, the serving of which may be accompanied by some national traditions.
Next, I can suggest playing “Yudashkin.” Guests are divided into two teams. In both teams they choose a “model” - a girl, preferably of a petite build, so that there is more room for imagination. Each team takes 3-4 minutes to dress a girl in the funniest way possible, putting everything on her, from fur coats to nesting dolls. We dressed, assessed, photographed - and now we undress the girl, and for a while. Without fanaticism, to the original state.
While dressing the girl, the guests have already become a little acquainted with the house where everything happens - it’s time to play “tax inspector”. We select two leaders who take turns ordering the participants to bring some items that are exactly available in the apartment. Children usually take part in the game with pleasure. The winner is the team that lays the most items at the feet of the stern taxman.
No matter how well the holiday goes, try sometimes to remember the inevitability of the morning. Morning will most likely come in the evening of January 1st. If the guests have not left before bedtime, you can cheer them up a little, for example, agree in advance: whoever drank the most will organize exercises in the fresh air for everyone. It’s harsh, but it invigorates and brings you back to life. You can plant some other intrigue in the evening: for example, a social burden (going to the store) on the least drunk person - so that no one wants to be this “lucky” person. It is advisable to plan the program for the “morning” in advance. But whether you can fulfill it depends only on you.
Happy New Year to you!
Target: creating a festive mood.
The second game was to feel and pull out tiny candies in a two-liter container filled to the top with buckwheat.
The third game was offered to all children, but the rules were different. On the rope, which was held by the ends by two adults, hung various prizes and souvenirs that had to be cut off with scissors in order to take it for yourself. The children chose the gift they liked, and then, blindfolded, tried to cut it off. The difficulty for them was to navigate the space and take the required number of steps. The youngest was not blindfolded, but they did not help him cut the thread with the gift.
For a 2-year-old child, these tasks were enough. The rest of the time he watched his brother and sister, who actively competed with each other.
Game "Cinderella"
Each participant is blindfolded and asked to sort their slide, in which 3 types of pasta are mixed, into groups. The ingredients can be changed depending on what you have in the house. This could be peas, beans, lentils, dried rowan, etc. The one who completes the task first wins.
Here the eldest grandson, who acted with both hands at the same time, won with a great advantage.
"Cooking Competition"
Within a certain time, the participants in the game had to create a New Year's menu. The granddaughter came up with a menu for the Snow Maiden, and the grandson for Father Frost. Dishes on the menu for the Snow Maiden must begin with the letter "S", and for Father Frost - with the letter "M". The one with the largest menu wins. At first, the children came up with dishes on their own, but very soon their parents joined them, which greatly enlivened the game and enriched the children’s vocabulary. This competition was won by my granddaughter, who has an excellent auditory memory and a large vocabulary.
Creative competition “Make a Christmas tree”
The children were asked to create their own version of a Christmas tree from the proposed fruits, vegetables and marzipan figures.
Place half an apple cut side down on a plate. A hole is made in this apple into which a carrot is inserted. It will be the “trunk” of the Christmas tree, onto which grapes and other fruits will be attached using toothpicks.
Game "Find the Treasure".
For this game you need to prepare in advance a drawing of the apartment in which the holiday takes place and make several photocopies. Then, on this drawing, mark with a cross the place where the treasure is hidden.
The difficulty in reading the drawing lies in the fact that three-dimensional objects are presented on it as two-dimensional ones, therefore, having quickly understood where to look, the children could not find the hidden object for a long time. For example, knowing that his grandson easily reads diagrams, the grandfather hung the “treasure” on the curtain rod on the side of the balcony door, which was impossible to understand by looking at the drawing. The game took place in two stages. At the first stage, the children looked for treasures together because, firstly, the granddaughter had to learn from the experience of her older brother and learn to read the apartment diagram, secondly, joint activities unite, and finally, there were gifts for everyone, and the youngest grandson had to complete this task independently not yet possible. I borrowed the gift idea from the “Merry Holiday” store. There, small jars with the name “Ambulance” were sold for 380 rubles. For money", "Ambulance. From disgusting studies”, etc. Inside these jars were some sweets of very dubious composition. I thought that I would print labels on a color printer, come up with positive names for the Ambulance, buy sweets that I have no doubt about the quality of, and get wonderful souvenirs for a much lower price. These jars were hidden for the children in the bathroom inside a washing machine loaded with clean clothes. The names I came up with are:
AMBULANCE
"RAZUMIN"
Nourishes the brain
Guarantees
excellent study.
AMBULANCE
"VITAMIN X"
Increases obedience.
Reduces stubbornness.
Increases immunity.
I regret that I didn’t take a photo of these jars, because I didn’t plan to post this material on the blog.
Game "Find the turtle."
The turtle is a magnet that hangs on the refrigerator. The game is that I put a turtle in a visible place in the room, and the children must find it, but not scream with joy, not take the turtle in their hands, but sit calmly on the sofa and wait for the other participant to complete the task. I play this game with the children in the garden. It helps to cope with impulsiveness and develops observation skills. Children do not immediately manage to follow these rules. Despite the fact that I always put the object in a visible place, they search for a long time, and if they find it, they cannot contain their joy and break the second rule. Here the presenter has to be inventive in order to find places in the room that, on the one hand, were visible, and on the other, masked the magnet. Instead of a magnet, you can take the simplest objects: a box of matches, an eraser, a paper clip, etc.
Game "MEMORY"
This game requires paired pictures that are placed face down. There can be 20 or more pictures. It all depends on the number of players and their age. Players take turns. The one who walks opens any two pictures. If they turn out to be the same, the player takes them for himself; if the pictures are different, they are put back in place face down. The turn passes to the next player. The one who gets the most pairs wins.
While playing, you need to look carefully at the pictures and remember their location. The beginning of the game is the most difficult moment, because there are a lot of pictures and the unpaired ones are almost always opened. During this period, it is necessary to maintain confidence in children that they will soon be lucky and be able to win. We play this game with a mixed group, since adults and children have equal chances.
There is also the “MEMORY” option, when the pictures are different, but the words used to denote them are the same, for example: scythe, board, counting, pear, bow, mouse (computer), charger (for a mobile phone), roller (special vehicle), butterfly ( tie), etc.
For the New Year, I came up with a sweet version of the game. After we played the usual variations, I announced a super game. Instead of pictures there will be candies and chocolates, which I will cover with opaque disposable cups. Everyone knows how to play next. You open identical candies, take them for yourself, and cover them with a glass of different ones. We played it twice and everyone really enjoyed it.
True, I took the photo later, just to show the principle of the game itself.
Master classes
I like it when children draw, sculpt, and become familiar with beauty, so at the holiday I invited them to do work using the plasticineography technique. Everyone, including the youngest grandson, chose a blank for themselves and began to “draw.” Upon completion of the work, a “vernissage” was held for the parents.
Last year, my son showed his creativity by painting the children’s faces with makeup. They really liked this process, with the exception of the youngest, who categorically refused.
Activities for adults
At the festival, tasks are offered to everyone. They are not difficult, accessible even to schoolchildren, but require attention and the ability to think logically. It’s often that everyone doesn’t have enough attention to answer without errors. Of course, the questions are presented in printed form according to the type of test. All that remains is to highlight the correct answer. Here is an example of one such task.
1. You are running a marathon and overtake the runner who was running second. What position do you take now?
Second first this is impossible third
2. Is there a February 23rd in the USA?
No, only for the military, only for men
3. You are running a marathon and pass the last runner. What position do you take now?
Second first last penultimate this is impossible
4. Winnie the Pooh is...
Boar piglet boar pig none of the above
5. How many animals did Moses take into his ark?
Unlimited quantity of none, two of each type, one of each type
6. There were 5 glasses on the table. Misha drank one glass and put it on the table. How many glasses does it cost now?
7. One corner was sawn off from a rectangular table. How many angles are there?
8. There are 3 carrots and 5 apples on the table. The child took one carrot and ate it. How many fruits are left?
9. The distance between points A and B is 500 km. A car left point A to point B at a speed of 100 km/h. At the same time, a car drove towards him from point B to point A at a speed of 120 km/h. which one will be closer to point A when they meet?
(The car is considered a material point).
10. The product first rose in price by 10%, and then fell in price by 10%. What is its value now?
101% 100 % 90 % 99 % 109 %
11. How many times does the number 4 appear in numbers from 1 to 50?
1 14 4 6 10 15
Right answers:
1. second 2. yes 3. this is impossible 4. none of the above
5. none 6. 5 7. 5 8. 5 9. they will be at the same distance from point A when they meet (the task is overloaded with information, but it is enough to turn on imaginative thinking to instantly find a solution) 10. 99% (with an increase in price by 10 % the product began to cost 110, 10% of 110 = 11, therefore, after the reduction in price it will cost 99%) 11. 15 times (they often forget that there are two fours in the number 44).
At the New Year's holiday it is impossible to do without riddles, songs and dances. We also had them, but I will not describe them, since such a task was not set.
Participants are divided into several teams and each team receives a task: to come up with their own country, give it a name and come up with New Year’s traditions and customs for its inhabitants. For example, the same Tilimilitryamtiya, where they decorate the Christmas tree with clouds, there is no Santa Claus,
The clock strikes 12 and we draw
Each participant receives a sheet of paper and a pen (pencil) and in 12 seconds must draw as many New Year’s items as possible on their sheet of paper (tree, ball, snowman, gift, Olivier salad, etc.). The participant who can draw the most New Year's items in 12 seconds will win and receive a prize.
Tangerine rush
The first stage of the competition is that each participant receives a tangerine and, at the “start” command, begins to peel it and then divide it into separate slices. Whoever is first, well done, get a prize. And then the second stage begins: each participant is blindfolded and given the same toothpick. All tangerine slices are laid out on a table or chair (in a circle). Participants stand in a circle or semicircle and, at the command “start”, begin to collect tangerines on their toothpick. Whoever chops the most tangerine slices in 1 minute is the winner.
Don't tell me the truth
For this competition, the presenter must prepare various questions on the theme of the New Year, for example, what do all people dress up for the holiday? What salad is considered to be a symbol of the New Year? What do people launch into the sky to celebrate the New Year? and so on. The presenter asks such questions quickly and deftly, demanding the same answer. Only every guest must remember that the answer must be incorrect, that is, not the truth. The one who gives the correct answers - at the end of the competition fulfills various wishes or recites poems.
Favorite number
Each of the guests writes on a piece of paper their favorite number or the number that came to mind. Then the presenter announces that now he will ask everyone a question in turn, the answer to which will be a number written on a piece of paper, that is, the guest must answer the question posed by raising a piece of paper with a written number and calling out this number loudly. Questions could be of the following nature: how old are you? How many times a day do you prefer to eat? How many toes do you have on your left foot? how much do you weigh? and so on.
Oh it's a New Year's movie
The presenter names catchphrases from New Year's films, and the films are mixed: Soviet, and modern, and Russian, and foreign. Whoever guesses the films more than others wins. Examples of phrases: “Whether you’re sick or in love, it’s all the same for medicine” - Sorcerers, “There are 15 people in this house, but for some reason all the problems are only because of you” - Home Alone, “Rely on Santa Claus, but you don’t bad” - Yolki, “Is there life on Mars, is there life on Mars - this is unknown to science” - Carnival night and so on.
Do you believe in New Year's signs?
The presenter prepares a description of various signs about the New Year, both true and fictitious. In turn, he reads out a sign for each of the guests, and he answers whether he believes it or not. The one who guessed the most correctly wins. Example signs: tearing a dress on New Year's Eve means a passionate romance, yes or no? (yes), in Cuba on New Year's Day they prepare 12 grapes for each guest, they must be eaten during the chiming clock and under each grape make a wish that will certainly come true, yes or no? (yes), in Cyprus they say goodbye to the old year in complete darkness and turn on the lights only with the onset of the new year, yes or no? (yes), in China there should be a butterfly flying in the house for New Year, yes or no? (no) and so on.
Profession for the New Year
At the command of the host, each guest must make his own list of a person’s professions for the New Year and the more creative the professions, the better. Whoever can come up with the longest list of unusual professions in a minute, such as, for example, tangerine peeler, firecracker, champagne pourer, and so on, will receive a prize.
New Year in rhyme
Each guest takes turns taking out his own forfeit from the bag, which contains 4 New Year-themed words. The task of each participant is to create his own rhyme for each word, for example, Santa Claus - Partos, Snow Maiden - chicken, chimes - duelists, snowflake - tangerine, and so on. But then the presenter surprises everyone and announces that now they need to compose a New Year’s quatrain, using their own words and rhymes to them. The guest who comes up with the funniest and most beautiful poem will receive a prize.
Drunken bunnies from the matinee
Each participant is a drunken hare who has had too much at the matinee and whose ears are tangled. On the head of each participant are simple tights, pre-tied with 10 identical knots. At the “start” command, participants begin to untie the “bunny ears” - knots on the tights, without removing them from the head. Whoever is first is the winner.
Many of us think about how exactly to celebrate the New Year long before it arrives - but often this only applies to the choice of outfit and festive menu. And yet, the celebration will be much more fun and entertaining if you have exciting competitions prepared for the New Year. At the same time, it doesn’t matter at all in what company you plan to celebrate the New Year - with your family or with friends - because fun is appropriate everywhere. Of course, it is worth considering that there are very shy people, and participation in such events causes them to panic - treat with respect for other people’s desires, and if you see that a person is not inclined to take part in active competitions, then do not insist, believing that he will “get involved.” In addition, in addition to active and active competitions, there are others that do not require special movement - for example, riddles for ingenuity. Choose a varied program in which any participant in the celebration will find something interesting for themselves! If you want your fun to be remembered for a long time, then do not forget to take photos of what is happening. By the way, this task can be entrusted to particularly shy guests who do not want to participate in the general “madness” - this way they will feel like they are part of what is happening and at the same time will not feel tense or uncomfortable. In general, take care of the holiday program in advance, as well as small gifts for the winners, and your efforts will be remembered by all guests for a long time!
Cool competitions for the New Year
Competitions for the family at the table
1. New Year's predictions. For this part of the New Year's program, you should prepare in advance. You will have two bags at hand (can be replaced with hats) in which you should put pieces of paper with notes. So, put pieces of paper with the names of the participants in the prediction in one bag, and in the other - with the prophecies themselves. The bags are passed around the table in a circle, and all guests take a piece of paper from each. First, the name written on it is read from the first piece of paper, and then from the second the prospects that await the owner of this name in the New Year are announced. 2. Honest confession. This game also requires preliminary preparation - write funny words on small pieces of paper (kikimora, deer, capricious, booger, and so on). So, someone pulls out a candy wrapper with one of the words (for example, capricious), and with a serious face, looking into the eyes of his neighbor, tells him: “I am a capricious person.” If no one laughs, then the neighbor picks up the baton, and so on in a circle until someone laughs. After this, the laugher begins the fun again. 3. Phrases of congratulations. This is a very funny competition in which it is better to know when to stop. Fill your glasses and make a celebratory toast. Each person sitting at a common table should say a congratulation phrase in turn, but it is important that they begin with letters in alphabetical order (first a toast with the letter “A” is said, the next participant says a toast with the letter “B”, and so on until everyone will have their say). You can start the next round of toasts with the letter you stopped on. Prepare small prizes in advance - each time one of them should be awarded to the person who comes up with the funniest toast in the round. 4. Guess the riddle. For this competition you should stock up on regular balloons, as well as small notes with funny riddles. Roll up the pieces of paper and place them inside the ball, subsequently inflating it. The participant needs to burst the balloon and guess the riddle. If there is no answer from his lips, then he will need to complete the task invented by all the participants in the game. Examples of such funny riddles: “What does a student have in common with a lizard?” (Ability to get rid of the “tail” in time), “How many pairs of shoes does a woman need to be happy?” (One more pair than we already have), “What goes from one city to another, but remains motionless?” (Road) and so on. You can come up with similar riddles yourself or download them below.
New competitions for 2018 for adults
1. Drunken checkers. For this entertainment you will need a real checkers board, only the checkers themselves are replaced with stacks. How to distinguish between white and black new “checkers”? Replace black ones with shots of red wine, and white ones with white wine. The rules are the same as in regular checkers, but once you get your opponent’s “checker”, you will have to drink it! Of course, you don’t have to use wine - it can be any alcoholic beverage, just different in color. 2. Driven. For this competition you will need two radio-controlled cars. Accordingly, two people play, each of whom places a glass of alcoholic drink on their machine. Now a certain point is randomly selected in the room, which will become the final destination for the cars. The goal is to get your car to the finish line without spilling your drink. The winner drinks his shot. Then the baton passes to the next pair and so on. 3. What's in my mouth. To conduct a competition for the New Year, prepare in advance a separate container with products that will be used in this experiment, but will not be on the holiday table. Let it be seven or eight unusual products. The player is blindfolded, and you give him a taste of this or that food - the contestant must guess on the first try what exactly is being offered to him. You can use other products with the next player. The one who gives the most correct answers wins.
Funny and interesting games
1. Snowballs. The competition will take place indoors, and, of course, not with real snowballs, but there is still an alternative - just crumple up napkins or paper towels (you should stock up on this material in advance). You will also need chairs according to the number of players, who, in turn, should be divided into two teams. The competitors of one team stand in a line on their chairs, and the participants of the second, in turn, try to hit their opponents with a snowball. By the way, the “targets” have the opportunity to dodge the snowball. When all opponents on the chairs are defeated, the teams switch places. The team with the highest performance (more snowballs reaching the goal) will win.2. Roll the ball. Competition for several couples. Each team is given two balls, which are usually used to play ping pong. The man should roll the ball from his partner's left sleeve to his right, and the woman should roll the second ball from her partner's right pant leg to his left. The team that manages to cope faster wins. 3. Clothespins. Another game for couples. Participants in the competition are blindfolded, and clothespins are attached to any part of the clothing of all players. After the sound signal, you must try to remove all the clothespins from your partner. The couple that completes the task faster than others will win. Of course, we need a leader who will control this process. 4. To the touch. The two players are blindfolded and have thick gloves or mittens placed on their hands. Guests stand in front of each contestant and are given 10 seconds to guess each guest by touch. Players play in turns. The participant who completes the task faster will win. Subsequently, the next pair of players is determined. 5. Pop the balloon. Couples of different sexes are chosen to play and are given a balloon each. The couples must hold the “props” between their bodies, and at the sound signal the balls must be “burst.” The first couple to complete the task will win. This is followed by the second round with a more complicated task: the balls need to be “burst” with their backs or even their butts.
New Year's competitions for a fun company
1. New Year's crocodile. Famous entertainment that will appeal to contestants of all ages! So, we remind you of the principle of this rather simple and exciting game. Participants are divided into two teams, each of which selects one person. The presenter says a word to those chosen, and they must “show” it to their teams without making any sounds. The team that completes the task faster will win. You can play differently - one of the participants “shows” the word to everyone else, and the one who guesses first wins. To avoid suspicion that the word was invented on the fly, we recommend writing it down on a piece of paper in advance. Since we are talking about celebrating the New Year, it is advisable to come up with words on this topic. 2. Bows. Funny and cheerful fun. To participate in the game, you need at least six people to be divided into teams of three. The gender of the players does not matter. One of the participants stands in the middle of the room, while his two teammates are blindfolded. One of the partners is given ten ribbons, and, according to a sound signal, he must tie them to the one standing in the middle of the room. The second partner, who is also blindfolded, looks for the bows by touch and unties them. Similar actions occur in the second team. The company that completes the task first will win. 3. Drawing blindly. Two people play in the competition. So, the participants have their hands tied behind their backs and an easel is placed behind them. Now the players must arm themselves with felt-tip pens (hands remain behind their backs) and draw on the canvas the symbol of the coming year - the Dog. The rest of the guests should act as fans and suggest in which direction the contestants should draw next - to the left, higher, and so on. The winner will be the player who manages to more accurately portray the cheerful guardian of 2018. Then the next pair of competitors enters the game, and the competition follows a similar principle. 4. Hat. Another exciting competition in which absolutely everyone celebrating can take part. The essence of the entertainment is quite simple - players must pass a hat to each other, putting it on the neighbor’s head without the help of their palms (you can use your elbows or mouth). The one who drops the headdress is eliminated. The winner is the participant who will be left alone in the end. Of course, this game is unlikely to appeal to ladies who have decided to make a complex hairstyle, but, as you know, New Year's hairstyles for 2018 imply simplicity and carelessness, so there should not be any special difficulties. 5. Song in a hat. A very funny and memorable competition that will especially appeal to people who love to demonstrate their vocal talents. You need to stock up on small pieces of paper in advance, on each of which you should write a word. Since we are talking about a winter holiday, you can write words related to this topic: Christmas tree, Olivier, cold, snowflakes, reindeer, and so on. Place all these candy wrappers in a hat and invite each guest to take out a piece of paper in turn. Now the contestant must perform a short song, invented personally on the spot, making sure to use the word he was given several times.
Children's games for New Year's celebrations
Check out our list of fun new activities for kids. Draw the symbol of the New Year As you know, children like to portray various characters, so they will probably take part in this competition with particular enthusiasm. Tell the kids that the symbol of the upcoming New Year 2018 is a dog, and invite them to portray this animal and also talk about it. The participant who manages to most reliably show an adult dog or puppy will become the winner of the competition. However, there may be several winners. Of course, don’t forget to prepare some sweet incentive prizes for the most diligent guys. Sweets This game is more suitable for children of primary school age, and not for babies who have barely learned to walk. The fact is that this entertainment requires precise coordination of movements and the ability to control one’s actions. Also note that only one child can play the game. So, first, hang a couple of your child’s favorite candies on the holiday tree - the child should not see exactly where you placed them. Blindfold your child and lead him to the tree, asking him to find candy on the tree within a certain time. Of course, the player will have to act very carefully so as not to damage the toys, tumble the tree itself, or fall himself.
“The mice dance in circles,
The cat is sleeping on the stove.
Quiet the mouse, don't make noise,
Don't wake up Vaska the cat,
How Vaska the cat wakes up -
It will break up the whole round dance!”
When the last words of the final phrase begin to sound, the cat stretches and at the last word “Round Dance” opens his eyes and runs after the mice who are trying to escape. The caught “mouse” turns into a cat, and so on in a circle. Drawing or letter to Santa Claus Most likely, all children will enjoy this entertainment, but for this you should stock up on sheets of paper and markers or colored pencils in advance. Tell the children that now they have to prepare a letter for Santa Claus, but they don’t need to write anything in it - they just need a drawing. In this drawing, invite the children to depict how they see the coming New Year and what they want. We can talk about some trips, gifts and the like. Please clarify right away that, most likely, Santa Claus will not be able to fulfill all your wishes, but he will still take some of them into account.
Fun entertainment for corporate events
If you want your corporate party to be fun and unforgettable, pay attention to some exciting games.
