Each participant in turn receives a card with a certain phrase, which will need to be depicted so that the others can guess what exactly the participant showed. Thus, the participant shows, the rest guess, then change to a new participant until everyone tries themselves in the role of an actor. Example phrases that cards may contain:
- poor student at the board;
- a crying child who wants to eat;
- angry dog;
- Santa Claus brought gifts;
- dance of little ducks;
- the street is slippery, and so on.
And New Year is not New Year
Children sit or stand in a circle. Santa Claus or the presenter announces that now is the time to remember all the necessary things and objects that are elements of the holiday. In a circle, each participant takes turns naming one object. For example, a clock, a TV, a Christmas tree, a garland, Santa Claus, snow, a gift, and so on. A participant who cannot name the object is eliminated. The one who has the last word wins.
Secret for Santa Claus
The guys are divided into teams of about 10 people. Each team stands in a row, one after the other. The first participants receive a sheet - a letter, the information of which must be conveyed to Santa Claus, for example, on December 31 in the evening, hares and squirrels, deer and wolves, children and adults are waiting for you at the Christmas tree! At the command “start”, the first participants convey the information as they memorized to the second participant in the ear, trying to do it quickly and not loudly, so that the opponents do not hear, and so on in the chain. The team that is faster than the rest and, most importantly, correctly conveys the information to Santa Claus (that is, the last participant must say the original text of the letter) will win.
New Year on one leg
All children stand at the Christmas tree and, at the command of the leader, take the “stand on one leg” pose. A funny New Year's song comes on and the guys start jumping - dancing on one leg without changing it. Whoever gives up is out, and whoever holds out until the end of the song wins.
Happy New Year
The guys are divided into teams of 11 people, each participant is given a felt-tip pen or marker. For each team, easels with whatman paper are located at the same distance. Each participant must jump in a bag, like a wolf in the cartoon “Well, Wait a minute!” to the easel and write one letter at a time so that at the end you get the phrase “Happy New Year.” So, at the command “start”, the first participants jump in a bag to the easel and write the letter “C”, then jump back and pass the baton to the second participants, the second write the letter “N”, the third - “O” and so on. The team that finishes the relay faster and writes “Happy New Year” will win.
When it's cold outside
The guys are divided into teams of 5 people. Each participant must wear mittens. Each team receives identical puzzle sets (preferably with a New Year's theme) with a small number of parts. At the command “start”, the teams begin to put together the puzzle using mittens. The team that completes it faster will win and receive a prize.
Cap
Children stand in a circle and, to the music, they begin to pass the New Year's cap around in a circle. When the music stops, the participant who still has the cap in his hands puts it on his head and completes the task of Santa Claus. Usually, children prepare poems or songs for Grandfather in advance, so there are no overlaps here.
Remove all the needles from the tree
Two blindfolded participants stand in a circle of fans. 10 clothespins are attached to each participant's clothing. At the leader’s command, the guys must help each other get rid of the clothespins as quickly as possible. Everyone takes part in turn, with clothespins being attached to different places each time.
Savvy answer
The presenter asks questions that relate to New Year's characters and school subjects at the same time, and the children answer and the smarter and more interesting the answer, the better. For example: how is the Snowman related to geometry? (it consists of balls). How is Santa Claus related to geography? (he flies all over the world and delivers gifts to children at every point, so he must know geography to a solid 5). How is the Snow Maiden connected to the Russian language? (she signs birthday cards for children and must do it correctly). The more interesting the participant answers such questions, the greater his chances of becoming a winner.
Couple running
Guests of the holiday are divided into teams with the same even number of people. Then the participants are divided into pairs. The couple stands behind the couple in a row of their team. The first couples get one! a pair of felt boots. At the command “start”, one participant puts on the left felt boot, and the second – the right one and takes turns jumping forward on one leg all the way to the tree, and then turning around and back, passing the baton and felt boots to the second pair. It turns out that one participant in a pair jumps only on his left foot in felt boots, and the second participant only on his right. The team in which the pair's run in felt boots finishes faster and the first pair is again in first place will be the winner.
The New Year 2017 is coming - which means it’s time to get ready! People all over the world try to fill the holiday with competitions, games, and gifts. Preparations for the New Year tree are also in full swing in schools. We bring to your attention competitions for the New Year for children of primary and senior school age.
New Year's competition “Hold the snowflake”
From pieces of padding polyester or cotton wool you need to roll fluffy, not very dense snowflakes, such that they would easily flutter in the air from a light breath of air. Two players from each team are selected and given one such snowflake. Players on command throw up a snowflake and blow on it, preventing it from falling. Whoever stays in the air longer wins.
“Catch the Snowball”
All children should be divided into two teams and each should be given one large bag or a wicker basket. Santa Claus gives the command, and the snowman scatters a lot of snowflakes on the children (they are made of pieces of fabric or cotton wool. You can also make them from ordinary paper, strongly crumple it into a ball and decorate it with sparkles, wrap it in rain). Children must collect snowballs in their own basket. At the end, when all the snowflakes have been collected, Santa Claus counts the number of snowflakes for each team. Whoever has more wins.
“New Year's tantamaresques”
This type of organization of free leisure is not new. Back in Soviet times, different characters were depicted on Whatman paper, and a place was cut out to insert a child’s face.
They indulged in tantamares at holidays back in Soviet times
This kind of fun is suitable for a photo shoot or selfie, which is so popular among modern children. Currently, you can use the latest technologies and, having created a layout in Corel or Photoshop, print it and get an excellent tantamaresque banner for the New Year. If this is not possible, draw pictures on whatman paper, cardboard, old wallpaper, etc.
If there are a lot of Tantamares, then you can organize a game “Guess your character”. To do this, the child “tryes on” a banner with a cutout for the face and tries to guess who he is. The rules of the game are to ask questions that others can answer only “yes” or “no.”
With the help of tantamares you can play the game “Guess the Character”
For example, the following questions will help you uncover a character’s secret:
- "this animal?";
- “cartoon character?”;
- “fairy tale hero?”;
- “Is it red (green, blue, white, etc.) in color?”;
- "does he have a hat?" and etc.
So gradually, by asking their friends and receiving monosyllabic answers, the boy or girl must guess who they are portraying. On the eve of the New Year 2017, Tantamaresque can be presented in the form of a Snowman, Father Frost, Snow Maiden, Christmas tree, Christmas ball, Rooster.
"Snowball"
A beautifully decorated ball (paper rolled into a ball and decorated with rain) is given to the children, all players stand in a circle. Music plays, and Santa Claus or the presenter counts out loud to five, while the children must pass the lump from hand to hand. As soon as the presenter pronounces the number “five,” the music stops, and the kid in whose hands the lump remains must either read a poem, or dance, or let him guess the riddle (Santa Claus or the presenter makes the riddle).
“There are Christmas trees”
The children stand around the Christmas tree, do not hold hands, and Santa Claus explains the rules. He says the phrase: “There are Christmas trees...” and adds the words: “wide”, “narrow”, “high”, “low”. With the phrase “Christmas trees can be wide,” children should walk in a circle, making it as wide as possible. When Santa Claus says “Christmas trees can be tall,” children should raise their hands to the top and walk on tiptoes. With the phrase “low Christmas trees,” the children must sit down; with the phrase “narrow Christmas trees,” the children narrow the circle. The step in a circle does not stop. Thus, Santa Claus should confuse the children as much as possible, but not say phrases very quickly. The competition is fun and noisy
Competition “Crumple up the newspaper”
Two participants per team are selected, and a newspaper is laid out in front of them, fully expanded. Santa Claus gives a signal, and participants must try to squeeze the newspaper into a tight ball as quickly as possible, which would fit in one palm.
“Come up with words”
In the “Come up with words” competition, children will need ingenuity and knowledge
In this competition you will need to show your ingenuity and knowledge. This game is suitable for children of primary and secondary school age.
The goal of the competition is to come up with as many words as possible that begin with the letters of the Cockerel’s cry: “ku”, “ka”, “re” and “ku” again.
For example, the following words can be named for the syllable “ku”: pendant, kudelki, vitriol, turmeric; on “ka” – carriage, pocket, cardboard, Carlson, map; on “re” – repair, craft, record, rib, etc.
The last one to name the correct word wins.
“Crush the ball with your foot”
This competition is held between two players, each is given a small balloon (inflated and tied), the balloons are placed on the floor in front of the players, and the players themselves are tightly blindfolded with a scarf. A command is given, and the players must step on the ball (each on their own) and crush it. The whole joke of this competition is that the balls are secretly removed from the players and they try to crush the non-existent balls.
"Mousetrap"
The children are all designated as mice, all the adults stand in a circle and hold hands. On command, children run and must run inside the circle, while adults lower their hands from time to time, thereby closing the “moustrap”. Those children who are “caught” also join hands with adults, expanding the circle. Gradually the circle becomes larger, and all the mice fall into the mousetrap.
New Year's competition for high school “Newton's Law”
The children themselves choose a player from each team; the players are given ten peas or small caramels, the kind that would easily fit into the neck of a champagne bottle. On command, the children each stand over their own bottle and, without bending over, try to throw all the peas (caramels) into the neck of the bottle. Champagne bottles can be replaced with three-liter jars, but in any case, bending down to throw candy or peas is prohibited.
"Cock-fights"
This competition will appeal to both boys and girls.
Such competitions are more suitable for boys, but girls are also welcome to feel like cocky cockerels - a symbol of the coming year according to the Eastern calendar.
This fun competition does not require any special preparation. To carry it out, you need a small drawn circle in which the fighting of the cockerels will take place. Children stand on one leg, hold the other with their hand and try to push the opponent out of the circle. Instead of a circle, you can use a small carpet to mark boundaries.
“Draw the symbol of the year”
Whoever connects all the dots faster wins
This competition is held in teams. For each team, numbers from one to ten (according to the number of players) are depicted on a piece of paper. By sequentially connecting one number after another, children should see a picture of a Rooster.
Whichever team does this faster and more accurately wins.
This competition can be carried out by two, three, or four people. In this case, each participant must have their own piece of paper with the task.
Competition “Crow”
The Kukareku competition will require musical talent from participants
The essence of the competition is the performance of well-known New Year's songs in the style of a rooster. Instead of all the words in the song there should only be “crow”! You can come up with tasks together, or you can write them on pieces of paper in advance and let each participant in the competition draw out their own version.
The task is not easy... But children who play such a game will have so much fun and positivity! The singing can be accompanied by cock dancing.
How to entertain children at a New Year's party with their family, kindergarten or school group - parents and organizers are puzzled by this question every year. I want something new and unconventional, not off-putting and interesting, intended for children of the same age or for a universal children's company. An active mother rushes to the rescue and offers TOP-5 competitions for children for the 2017 New Year in four categories.
New Year's competitions for the youngest children (preschool age)
Preschool children love competitions for cohesion - it is not important for them that there must be a winner, just the words that friendship won is enough. However, the game should be active enough so that kids don’t lose interest.
"Speed"
Divide the guys into two teams. Give those who stand first large spoons, preferably wooden ones. Place a small unbreakable ball in each of these spoons - this is important, because playing with glass is too dangerous.
To the sound of cheerful music, children must run to the indicated goal (for example, to a chair on the opposite side), and then return to their team and pass the spoon, and so on until the last participant.
Prizes can be awarded as follows:
- a team whose members completed the task earlier;
- a team whose members dropped the ball less often;
- separately for the child who has never dropped the ball.
"Bad Memory"
Children really like music competitions, especially when they also need to prove themselves. Prepare a stanza of some famous children's song in advance:
A friend will not leave you in trouble,
He won’t say anything offensive
This is what a true, faithful friend means!
Usually kids know these songs well, so it won’t be difficult for them to name the mistakes in the verse. Give the one who named them first some kind of sweet prize, and also play a song with original words for a couple of moments - it will be a good musical break, during which the children can dance for thirty to forty seconds.
"Cold"
First, present to the kids a sketch about how the Snow Maiden walked home for a long, long time in a strong snowstorm and was very cold. Because of this, her hands froze (it is advisable at this moment to demonstrate some blue gloves worn on the hands of an adult playing the Snow Maiden). In order to help Santa Claus's granddaughter recover, you need to play an outdoor game.
Gather the children around the leader. The rules are simple: energetic music plays, the guys walk in a circle. Suddenly the song turns off, and the adult says that he will freeze - “I’ll freeze my nose!” Round dance participants must quickly cover their nose with their hand. The one who doesn't have time is eliminated. At the end, the remaining two or three children solemnly remove the Snow Maiden’s blue mittens and also receive prizes from her (toys, candies, etc.).
"Time of Wishes"
At home, the New Year is usually celebrated with a large number of relatives. Children usually have an idea of the character and habits of their grandparents and so on. The task is as follows: the child must guess what their loved ones will wish for the New Year.
The prize is awarded:
- for each wish guessed (if there is only one child, keep in mind that you can play along);
- for the number of wishes guessed (if there are two or more children).
"Candy"
Don't little children love sweets? Decorate the Christmas tree with candies and blindfold the child. Within a certain time, he must collect and eat the treat by touch.
Competitions for the 2017 New Year for children 6-10 years old
At this age, children love to show off their knowledge, since they are already going to school and for them this is an achievement. Therefore, this point should be used in competitions.
"Dress up the Christmas tree"
At first glance, the competition is quite familiar, but everything is not so simple. We divide the children into small groups of three or four people and give each team a small artificial Christmas tree and a small bag of toys. Things from the bag need to be attached to the tree so that it turns out beautiful and elegant.
Only ordinary jewelry should not be placed in the bag. Show your imagination and put something there that an ordinary person would never think of hanging on a Christmas tree - a cup, a protractor, and so on. The more unusual the item, the better.
You can complicate the task and blindfold the participants - let them decorate the Christmas trees by touch.
"Journey"
To conduct the competition, you need to collect information in advance about how the New Year is celebrated in different countries of the world. Then there are two possible options:
- conduct a game in the form of a quiz so that participants can guess the country themselves;
- provide participants with information on pieces of paper and tell them to try to depict what is written there, so that others can guess the country. The one who guesses gets the right to show next.
For example, in Italy there is a tradition of eating twelve grapes for the New Year, and a child can demonstrate this.
"Going to the Library"
The competition is perfect for a room where there is a closet with books, and they do not lie too high. Or you can place several adults next to the small library who will help the children.
Santa Claus has a bag of gifts, but he won’t just give them away! He prepared riddle tasks for the children, the answers to which have already been prepared and are in certain books. The presenter simply gives the contestant a piece of paper on which is written: the shelf number, the book number according to the account (right or left), as well as the numbers of the two pages between which the piece of paper is inserted.
The child must say the code word from the piece of paper in order to receive the gift.
The competition is only suitable for a small company (two or three children), because with a large number of children chaos will begin on the bookshelves.
"Search"
Prepare some bright, noticeable props. Eg:
- pencils of the same color;
- colored ribbons (red, yellow or orange);
- small soft toys of the same type (bears, bunnies, etc.).
These things need to be hidden around the house. Participants compete with each other to see who can quickly find the necessary things.
Another option for the game is to hide letters around the house so that the children can find them and make up some word related to the New Year.
"From what was at hand"
During the celebration, a lot of tangerines and oranges are eaten. Why not keep the kids busy? Invite them to make the most beautiful and unusual Christmas tree decoration from fruit or its peelings.
This competition will require the help of adults. It is also better to carry it out when the child is already tired after active games.
New Year's competitions for teenagers
Teenagers are hard to please, but it’s quite possible to come up with an interesting New Year’s competition for them too. It should be based on a mixture of children's and adult games. Active games should be alternated with calm ones.
"Modern processing"
For this competition, you need to prepare popular songs in advance, but not in their usual form, but in a slightly modified one. To do this, run the text through a translator in advance (for example, insert a Russian verse, translate it into English, then into Hebrew, and then back into Russian). It is advisable to take small choruses to make it interesting.
“How much can you say?”
It is necessary to prepare artificial snowballs (from cotton wool, for example). Divide the teenagers into small teams of three or four people, select two scorers, whose task is to take turns throwing snowballs at the teams. The task of the group members is to catch the balls, trying to do it so that as few as possible fall to the floor.
More complex version: team members are not allowed to move.
"New Year's Mafia"
This New Year's competition for children 14-15 years old is built on the principle of the famous card game "Mafia". You need to prepare character cards in advance and choose a leader (he has no role).
The plot of the game: some Wolves led by the Old Wolf (gift thieves) robbed Santa Claus. Now he is looking for criminals, and the Snow Maiden and peaceful celebrants who really want to receive their gifts help him in this. The problem is that at night the peaceful celebrants sleep, and Father Frost and the Snow Maiden are left alone with the Wolves, and during the day the gift thieves pretend to be peaceful celebrants...
Positive characters:
- Santa Claus (1 pc.) - plays the role of the Commissioner, his task is to recognize the role of one of the players every night in order to help peaceful celebrants identify the gift thieves;
- Snow Maiden (1-2 pcs.) – plays the role of the Doctor, her task is to treat one of the characters every night, thereby saving him from leaving the game;
- peaceful celebrants (from 2-3 pieces) - civilians whose only weapon is their voice, since they sleep at night.
Negative characters (gift thieves):
- Wolves (from 2 pcs.; depending on the number of players) - play the role of Mafiosi, have the right every night, after consulting, to remove one character from the game from among the peaceful celebrants;
- Old Wolf (1 pc.) - plays the role of Don of the mafia, the main enemy of Santa Claus (Commissioner), whom he searches for at night, learning about it from the host (in one night, the Old Wolf can check only one player, the host will tell him, Santa Claus it or not).
Additional roles (if there are many players):
- Fox (1 pc.) – plays the role of a Thief, at night he can rob any character, depriving him of his turn and the right to vote for a day, but plays for peaceful celebrants;
- Bear (1 pc.) - plays the role of a Maniac, plays for himself, his main goal is to take everyone out of the game, during the day he pretends to be a peaceful celebrant.
The basic principles on which the “New Year’s Mafia” is built are the ability to deceive and persuade. It is forbidden to disclose your roles. During the daytime voting, each player expresses his opinion, says who he suspects and who he puts up for voting. For example, players A and B were put up for voting. If seven people vote for A and eight vote for B, then player B is eliminated from the game.
The presenter must have experience in the game, because you need to carefully monitor the process and not miss anything. During the day, he announces the results of the night (did Father Frost correctly point out the Wolves, who was cured by the Snow Maiden, who was taken out of the game by the Wolves, who was deprived of a move and voice by the Fox, who was taken out of the game by the Bear).
The winning team (peaceful celebrants or gift thieves) receives a prize at the discretion of the presenter.
"Staying Alive"
The presenter announces to the participants that they are on a desert island. You need to prepare a “test” in advance - an excuse for the player to drop out of the game and “sail away” from the island. Players need to justify why they should stay, based on their personal qualities, hobbies, and skills. By voting, the teenager who performed less convincingly is selected and is eliminated from the game. The presenter must also prepare a punishment for the loser in advance.
Examples of "challenges" (one player must leave the island because...):
- there is not enough food for everyone;
- The huts were built in such a way that there was no room for one person.
"Choose Right"
The competition is structured as follows: the presenter places a box on the table containing either some kind of New Year's souvenir or counterfeit banknotes. The audience is divided into two wings: some persuade them to choose a prize, others persuade them to take the money (no one except the presenter knows that it is fake). The presenter, in turn, praises both gifts. The player's task is to make a choice. He takes for himself what he prefers.
Competitions for the 2017 New Year for a group of children of different ages
If there are children of different ages at the party, then it is necessary to lure them into a game that will be based on support and help. The elders can be at one with the younger ones, who are not yet capable of being independent competitors, but, nevertheless, are already showing character.
"Wrong" New Year's crocodile
Divide the children into teams of two. It is advisable to have an older and a younger child on the same team, it will be easier. Prepare in advance cards with words that need to be shown, as well as various New Year’s decorations, toys, candies...
It’s very easy to show the word without unnecessary props in your hands. How, for example, can you show a teapot if you’re holding a New Year’s garland? The competition should prove the team's cohesion. One participant shows the word, and the second responds “yes” or “no” to the other players’ attempts to guess the word.
You can time it. If they guess the word, then the team has the right to take back the props that they had.
“Put on your hat!”
For this children's New Year's competition you will need a bag with New Year's hats from Father Frost or Snow Maiden. Children are divided into small groups (three to four people in each). At the command of the presenter, accompanied by cheerful music, participants compete with each other to see who can put the most hats on their heads. The winner advances to the finals, where the winners of all groups will compete.
The winner of the final receives one of the hats, which he chooses for himself.
"Balloons"
Inflate balloons in advance, inside which you need to put notes with simple tasks. It is better to divide the children into pairs (one pair should have an older and a younger player to make it easier for small children). You need to burst the ball without using your hands, take the task and complete it.
Examples of tasks:
- depict an animal - a symbol of the coming year;
- sing your favorite New Year's song.
"New Year's Mummy"
The children again need to be divided into pairs and given New Year's garlands to each. Within a certain time, a person must wrap a garland around his partner from head to toe and escort him to the New Year's table, where he is fed tangerines. The faster the team completes this task, the better. The prize is at the discretion of the presenter.
"Holiday Carnival"
Put a variety of clothes in your basket, some funny and some not so funny. There should be everything there, from masks to national clothes and headscarves. While the music is playing, the players dance and pass the basket to each other. When the music stops, the person holding the basket must take one thing out of it without looking and put it on himself.
In the end, everyone looks very funny.
It is advisable to play the game in a family circle, since when there are a lot of people, there simply is not enough clothing for everyone, and there is no comic effect in this regard.
After a hot, sultry summer and golden autumn, winter comes, accompanied by cheerful New Year's lights and festive fireworks. It's time to think about how to spend the New Year, in what company, what to give to whom and, most importantly, what entertainment to come up with so that everyone, both adults and children, will be interested.
It is coming, and we all know that the rooster is a cocky but playful animal of the eastern horoscope. This means that it is best to celebrate the New Year with games, jokes and noisy fun. And best of all, they are suitable for both a family holiday and a celebration with a cheerful company. competitions for the New Year 2017.
In the family circle
Competition "Herringbone"
For this fun activity, you need to prepare two small artificial or live (in this case, spruce branches) Christmas trees. Having divided into two teams, you should note the time and take out toys, garlands, stars, snowflakes and tinsel from one box. The team that completes the task faster wins.
The process of giving gifts can also be made fun: you should hang small souvenirs on strings, having previously wrapped them in gift paper. Blindfolded participants must each tear off souvenirs for themselves. Cockerel figurines, candles, notebooks and even candy are suitable as prizes.
Game "New Year's Tale"
To get into a fairy tale with your whole family, you need to take any children's art book from the shelf. It could be “Turnip” or “Mitten”. The presenter must distribute roles between those sitting at the New Year's table and read the book, and the characters mentioned in the text must make characteristic sounds. For example, a mouse will squeak, a door will creak, and a cat will purr.
Competition "Snowballs"
For this wonderful game you need to split into two teams. You should roll 32 balls out of cotton wool in advance - these will be “snowballs”. You also need to prepare two buckets. Teams must position themselves in single file at the same distance from the buckets and, one member from each team, throw snowballs into the buckets. The thrown snowball goes to the end of the chain. Teams can be divided into adults and children, or into female and male genders.
Game "Black Box"
In principle, absolutely any box or box is suitable for this competition. The whole point is that each of the guests and household members gathered at the New Year's table, in turn, pretending to be a knowledgeable magician or psychic, puts his hand into this box and tries to guess what is inside. You can feel a certain object located there and artistically make guesses. It turns out to be a very interesting and fun game. A separate prize is given for artistry.
New Year's games for kids
Competition "Ribbons"
The game requires three participants, two of whom are given ribbons. While blindfolded, the children with ribbons must tie bows on the third participant. After all the ribbons are tied, you need to untie the bows, but now you can’t use your hands.
Game "Labyrinth"
Children love outdoor games. You can make them have fun by organizing an intricate labyrinth, only 10 centimeters wide, made of tinsel. It is necessary for the kids to walk through narrow passages, trying not to step on the fences. At the end of the maze, a sweet prize awaits everyone who passes through it.
Competition "Hairdresser"
The “victims” need to be seated on chairs and, on command, young hairdressers must create beautiful hairstyles on the clients’ heads using hairpins, elastic bands and combs. The best hairstyle wins. As a New Year's paraphernalia, you can add a Christmas tree shine to your hairstyles: use small toys for the Christmas tree, tinsel and rain.
Competition "Pantomime"
This competition is very popular among children. You just need to say a three-word sentence in your child’s ear so that he shows it to adults, without speaking out loud or moving his lips (without saying it in a whisper). Guests must guess the phrase said to the baby. When the sentence is guessed, the winning child (and he won, since he showed the phrase well) is presented with something sweet.
Competition "Mosaic"
To encourage the kids a little, you can offer them an exciting “edible” game. To do this, you should prepare pieces of fruit cut into cubes, triangles and slices in advance. You need to place two plates in front of the child: one empty, and put chopped fruit on the other. Now you just need to invite the child to independently assemble a portrait of Grandfather Frost on an empty plate from pieces of fruit mosaic.
Competitions for adults
Game "New Year's Crocodile"
Everyone likes this fun, regardless of age, and besides, it will never get boring. And on New Year's Eve you can give it some festive meaning. The essence of the game is simple: you need to show the hidden object or phenomenon without the help of verbal speech. The one who guesses goes to the place of the one showing. In honor of the holiday, let all the words made in one way or another relate to the New Year. You can divide into two teams, if the number of players allows, and arrange collective competitions. You can also do an individual swim of “green critters”. In this case, it is not the whole team who makes the word, but the previous “crocodile”.
Competition "Who has the longest"
A bit of a frivolous game, best played with good friends. So, you need to form two teams and each, along the chain, must take off everything your heart desires (within the limits of decency, of course). The team whose clothing chain turned out to be longer was the winner.
Competition "Predictions"
We all sometimes become interested in knowing our future. During the New Year holidays, this desire is especially strong. On the beautiful night from December 31 to January 1, you can try to lift the curtain on the future, or at least dream about what awaits us in the coming year?
For this mysterious game you need notes with predictions (you can give each guest a pencil and a piece of paper) and balloons. Notes should be thrown into balloons and inflated, after which they should be hung around the room or throughout the apartment. Each guest in turn needs to be blindfolded and given scissors in their hands. Let them choose their own predictions for next year. Of course, they should all be positive and kind.
Home bowling
To play bowling, you don’t have to call all the billiard halls on New Year’s Eve in the hope that there is a free room somewhere. This game is easy to play at home. Moreover, it is very easy to turn it into a real competition for the New Year 2020 for the family. To do this you will need small rubber balls. Plus, you need plastic bottles, which should be filled with some kind of grain.The bottles are placed in a row like in a bowling alley. The game begins. Guests are divided into two teams and one leader is selected. Participants take turns trying to knock down the “plastic pins.” The team that manages to do this the most times wins. The presenter’s task is to record who managed to knock down the pins and how many, and also to carefully monitor that none of the guests cheated.
"We sculpted, we sculpted..."
If the snow fell knee-deep on New Year's Eve and has not yet melted, why not take advantage of this moment and go out to have a little fun in the yard. All children and adults must become part of two different teams. One team can have both only adults and children and adults, or only children.
Team tasks:
1. Come up with a name for yourself.
2. Come up with your own motto.
3. Make a snow woman (person, animal or someone else) who would fully personify the name of the team.
The team that does this much better than the opponent wins. It is advisable that this competition for the New Year 2020 for the family be held for a while. For example, participants are given no more than fifteen minutes to complete all the tasks assigned to them.
To make the presentation of the teams more creative, you need to take various New Year’s accessories with you from home - hats, beads, rain or bows. With them, the participants' business card will look more impressive and larger.
"Fanta"
Positive and over which time has no power. You need to throw neatly folded pieces of paper with the names of each guest into the hat. There should be exactly as many pieces of paper as there are relatives and friends at the table. The presenter takes turns taking out a paper with the name of one guest, after which the rest must consult among themselves and come up with a task for him. How fun the game will be depends solely on the participants themselves, and more specifically, on their imagination. There is only hope for her.
An example of tasks for playing “Fanta” could be the following:
1. Portray the hero of the film or book that the participant last read or watched.
2. Tell a funny joke on a certain topic (the topic is chosen by the guests themselves).
3. Do something that would make the other guest laugh.
4. Wash the dishes after all the guests (such a question will obviously only benefit the hostess).
5. Portray joy or sadness.
6. Demonstrate what the symbol of the current year would look like if it could have a human form.
7. Tell a New Year's poem or sing a New Year's themed song.
8. Dance a slow dance with one of the guests.
9. Confess your love to a cat or dog (if there is any animal in the house).
10. Imagine that the participant in the game is the President of Russia, who congratulates all residents of the country on the upcoming New Year.
The list of tasks for the New Year 2020 competition for the Fanta family can easily be supplemented with any of your own suggestions. One head is good, but when there are more than a dozen guests in the apartment, it’s even better. The participant in the game whose name is about to be pulled out of the hat will obviously not take his place at the table until the others are convinced that he has really completed his task well.
"Detective"
Fans of detective stories (hello, Sherlock Holmes) will definitely love this game. Both adults and children can take part in it. The essence of the game is that a person (or several guests) is blindfolded with thick cloth and asked questions that should be directly related to what is currently happening around him.It is not at all necessary to warn the game participants about this. Let the unexpected blindfold be another little New Year's surprise for them. The only thing that should be done in advance is to appoint a presenter. He will have to be careful to ensure that none of the guests try to peep. If there are several participants in the game, the presenter’s task is to see who can answer the most questions, which means that they can receive a valuable prize.
List of questions for the “Detective” competition for the New Year 2020 for the family at the table:
1. How many people are in the room now? (Attentive guests should know how many other people besides them were invited to the holiday).
2. What is the table set with? (This question should definitely interest the fair sex. They, like no one else, always notice what the hostess has new on the menu this time, and how to then prepare it all for their family).
3. What are women or men wearing (the correct version of the question will be chosen depending on who exactly the presenter asks it to - a man or a woman).
The competition should be accompanied by fun musical compositions so that guests do not get bored while the participants are trying to remember the answers to the questions asked of them.
“Let's tell our fortunes!?
On the eve of the New Year, each of us wants to know what else awaits us in the future. However, not always and not everyone succeeds in lifting the curtain of secrecy. New Year's Eve is the best time for miracles. Why not invite guests to look into the future to find out what the year holds for each of them. To do this, you will need to prepare fortune cookies in advance. You can make it yourself or buy it ready-made in the store. In addition, such cookies can be purchased from one of the city confectioners, having previously agreed that inside he will put exactly the predictions that the customer wants to see.On New Year's Eve, all that remains is to distribute fortune cookies to each of the guests. Knowing who will get which cookies, it is easy to prepare for a person exactly the prediction that he so expects to hear.
What could be the predictions?
1. For indecisive people, the prediction should be such that it pushes the person to action.
2. If a person is lonely, it is worth writing in the prediction that next year he will definitely find a close friend or soulmate.
3. For those guests who have everything they need for a comfortable life, it is worth preparing cookies with a fortune, which will say that next year he will only increase his spiritual and material wealth.
In a similar way, you can make predictions for all guests. “Let's tell our fortunes!?” - an excellent positive competition for the New Year 2020 for a family where there is no place for losers.
