Participants must put on swimming fins and use them to reach their destination. The task can be complicated by the fact that they will look in front of them through binoculars, and from the other end.
Break a vase
You need to hang a ceramic vase or jar on the stick, which can easily be broken (for safety, you can use an iron can). The participant in the game should close his eyes with a blindfold and give him a stick. Having twisted a little to lose orientation, he should be able to break the vase (jar) with his stick (or the sound of hitting an iron can should be heard).
Bucket relay
Team relay game. Each participant takes turns putting a bucket on one leg (holding it with his hand) and taking a broom or broom in the other hand. He must reach his destination, return and transfer the attributes to another person.
Swing
A game of dexterity and accuracy. A person swinging on a swing must be able to accurately aim and hit the target (can, box, etc.) with a projectile. In winter, the thrown objects can be snow globes, in the summer - balls. Since it is difficult to complete the task on the first try, you can set the number of rehearsal throws.
Tug of War
A game of team strength. Having divided the participants into two groups, you need to place them at opposite ends of the rope. Under the tensioned rope you need to make marks: middle, right and left ends. You also need to attach a mark in the center of the rope, aligning it with the middle mark under the rope. At the command of the leader, the group must begin to pull the rope in their direction. The winner is the group whose members are the first to match the mark on the rope with the mark on their side, pulling the rope towards themselves.
Push out of the circle
A game of sleight of hand. First you need to draw circles (2 pieces if two teams are playing). Let them be half a meter in diameter, and the distance between them 30-40 cm. In the middle of the circles you need to put small light cubes or boxes. Participants must use branches (about 120 cm long) to push their opponent’s boxes out of the circle and prevent him from pushing his box. It is better to limit the movements of your opponents by drawing a border in front of their circles that they cannot cross during the game. The winner is the one who is the first to push someone else's box out of the circle.
It has long been known that in the fresh air a person relaxes and becomes more friendly towards others. Competitions for corporate events in nature should increase the desire of employees to discover new interesting qualities in each other. Such a vacation can unite both people who have been working together for a long time, as well as a young team.
Preparing for the event
Selecting suitable competitions for a corporate event in nature is usually entrusted to specialists in the field of team building. This section of corporate culture is associated with the implementation of skills in managing a large mass of people to organize any type of activity. But if the management does not want to involve strangers in such an important event for the team, then the employees themselves can create a script for the corporate event. In the preparation process, it is necessary to: consider the time and place of the event; take care of drinks and food; prepare the necessary equipment. Also, as an incentive, it is worth coming up with incentives for competition participants - this could be a bonus or an additional day off. Such a generous gesture from the management will be appreciated by employees and will contribute to their active participation in the program.
Possible competitions for corporate events in nature
Whose job?
This competition is based on the well-known children's game - “edible-inedible”. Only they name not fruits and objects, but work duties. If the named duty concerns the player, then he catches the ball, if not, he throws it to the leader. The game can be complicated by stipulating in the rules that if the ball is hit, it must be directed to the employee who should be responsible for this work. This game has an element of training, as it allows you to specify the responsibilities between members of the young team and evaluate their attitude to work. It is better if the leader or a representative of the management team acts as the leader. Participants who answer incorrectly are eliminated from the game, and the one who never makes a mistake wins.
Swamp
Participants are divided into two teams, each given small cardboards, with the help of which they need to overcome any section of the terrain. You can only move by stepping on cardboards. You can complicate the task by naming at each step a word related to the work, or a solution to a pre-set task. Collective competitions for corporate events in nature should involve the possible assistance of the majority of participants to one. Then they will truly serve as a prerequisite for improving interpersonal relationships. For example, participants can help move cardboard boxes or suggest answer options.
Creative improvisation
To diversify the gastronomic break, which is an integral part of any outdoor recreation, you can offer a toast competition. An example of one of them:
Let's drink, brothers, to nature,
Long-awaited freedom!
The brain is relaxed! The body is breathing!
The heart sings like a nightingale!
The eye is squinting, the mouth is smiling!
In general, it hits us all! Wow!
Conclusion
To choose suitable competitions for an outdoor corporate event, you can adapt any well-known games and entertainment to the event. Then the organizers will have a lot of narrowly themed competitions in their arsenal that can make the upcoming vacation bright and memorable.
Corporate parties and other events are held on many occasions - a company’s birthday, the opening of a branch, the celebration of general holidays, and so on.
For employees to enjoy the event and benefit the team, it must be interesting and fun, and also have a well-thought-out scenario. Holding various competitions will help with this.
Advantages of the chosen location
Holding a corporate event away from the city noise, in nature, is an ideal choice for any companies and organizations. If we list the advantages of such an event as briefly as possible, we get the following list:
- economical holiday– organizing a picnic, even a very large and long one, will cost the company less than a grand feast in a restaurant;
- the freedom of action– no room or venue will ever have so many opportunities to spend time pleasantly and usefully;
- team building by jointly solving the most complex problems.
Entertainment options depending on the time of year
A corporate holiday in nature can be held at any time of the year. The main thing is to choose so-called seasonal games, competitions and entertainment that will bring the team many pleasant moments.
Summer
Kissing marathon
A competitive game for a company with a young, cheerful team.
Each girl is assigned a certain number, and each boy is assigned a letter. They stand in groups on two sides of the clearing, in the center of which is the driver. He loudly calls the code - a combination of letters and numbers.
The girl whose number is called must run up and kiss the host, and the young man does his best to interfere with this. If he was unable to intercept the girl, then he himself takes the place of the leader.
Engine Chukh-chukh
A team, sports competition for the title of the most dexterous and fastest team, of which there may be several.
Teams form trains in a certain way: the leg is bent at the knee and directed back, one hand is on the shoulder of the person in front, and the other needs to support his leg bent at the knee.
Thus, At the signal from the leader, the participants must reach the finish line first without breaking the train.
Forced dive
An individual, active competition for agility, speed and skill in the water.
All participants stand in a small semicircle in the water of the river, and the leader stands on the bank in front of them. He horizontally unwinds a rope to which a small ball is tied, gradually lowering the height of the ball.
The participants' task is to dodge the ball as long as possible while falling into the water.. The one who was hit is eliminated.
Friendly bonfires
It is carried out if at least two colleagues play the guitar. One fire is lit for each team, the participants of which sit around.
The task of the teams is to remember as many songs as possible - pioneer, lyrical, tourist, bard.
For the point to be counted, You need to sing one verse and chorus to guitar accompaniment. The counting is carried out jointly.
Grape harvest
The team is divided into several teams with an equal number of participants.
Each group is given a bunch of grapes (must be the same). One of the participants will hold the branch with their teeth, and the rest will carefully tear off the berries with their teeth and put them in a separate basket for each team.
Competition time is 2 minutes. The group that collects the most grapes wins.
Delicious drinks
You will need to stock up on several (up to 10) types of compote in advance - apple, cherry, peach, blueberry, currant, etc., as well as many disposable cups.
Participants are blindfolded and asked to taste what each compote is made from. The winner is the one who never made a mistake in the definition.. 500 ml of each drink is enough for 10 participants.
Tracks
Everyone interested is divided into two teams. Two routes are designated - pins are placed (can be replaced with twigs or sticks), which the “caterpillar” will go around like a “snake”.
In this case, all participants hold onto the previous player with both hands, and everyone except the first one is blindfolded.
The team that reaches the finish line first and knocks down the fewest pins wins.
Loading relay race
We need two teams with an even number of players, for the convenience of splitting into pairs. The “loading” distance is determined, for example, 10 meters.
In a pair, one participant is the “wheelbarrow”, and the second is the “loader”. The first one stands on his hands, and the second one holds him by the legs so that the body is in a horizontal plane.
It is in this position that the pairs will need to go the distance as quickly as possible and return back, passing the baton to the next in the team.
Unicycle racing
Participants are divided into teams with a number of players that is a multiple of three. Each trio will need to cover the entire distance in a certain way and, returning back, pass the baton to the next trio.
Additional attributes: two durable volleyballs. One of the players stands on the ball and rolls it with his feet, the other two must support it on both sides under the elbows. Back you need to carry the ball while running.
Autumn
Harvesting
It is carried out in those places where you can collect enough cones.
To conduct the competition, you will need two basins and two buckets of cones pre-collected by employees (one per team).
The entire team is divided into two equal teams. After the leader’s signal, the participants throw the cones into their basin, taking one at a time. The team that collects the largest harvest wins.
Leaf creativity
Best suited for small creative companies who decide to spend a holiday in a deciduous forest.
There can be several teams, and they will complete the task of creating the best composition of colorful leaves.
Teams are given a certain time (about 30–40 minutes), during which they must independently collect the material and make ikebana.
Avid tourists
Two or three teams will work together to prepare any dish without prepared ingredients. You can only use what you find in the surrounding area.
Additionally, participants are given equipment - knives, dishes, seasonings, and water is obtained independently.
It is advisable to spend at least an hour for the competition. The taste of the dish, its presentation and, of course, the ingenuity of the participants, as well as the speed of teamwork, are assessed.
Herbalists
Two or more teams can participate in this competition. The task for the players is this: in a short time (no more than 20 minutes) to find and collect as many different plants and mushrooms that grow nearby as possible.
They receive one point for each name. It is necessary to know the name of the plant and provide the judges with a part of it (leaf, flower, mushroom), otherwise the points will not be counted.
Modern Tarzan
This is a team game that will allow participants to compete in accuracy. Everyone is divided into paired teams of five players each.
First you need to build two pairs of swings - “bungee”. All players receive 25 cones (5 attempts each).
While swinging on a swing, you need to throw as many cones as possible into a target (pan, basin), using your attempts and passing the baton to the next one.
Fruit Gatherers
The fruits will be the cones found by the players. For the competition, you need several medium-sized boxes (40 ´ 60 ´ 60 cm) - one per team.
The team that can do it the fastest wins.
Winter
Snow shooting
You can play in teams or arrange individual competitions. Several trees of approximately the same diameter are selected - separately for the team.
At the leader’s signal, the participants begin to make snowballs and throw them at the tree. The team (or player) that manages to hit the tree the most times wins.
The shooting time is 1 minute in the team version, 3 minutes in the individual version.
Ski race
Individual competition for the title of the fastest and most agile skier.
The race track is prepared in advance - they are marked with flags, targets are arranged that need to be knocked out, a prize is hidden in a place indicated by a riddle, etc.
Skis must be prepared for each participant, so the competition is announced in advance.
Hey cab driver
You will need snowy weather and several fairly large sleds. Each team has six players. One strongman is selected who will lead the remaining five on the same sleigh along a given route.
From time to time the “strongman” can be changed. The team that loses the fewest players in the fall wins.(the one who falls is eliminated from the competition), and at the same time came to the finish line first.
Relay race
Teams of 4 people. A sled is provided for each. When sliding down a slide prepared and decorated in advance, the first one must hit the gate (two sticks at a distance of 2 m) and, upon returning, pass the sled to the next one.
The second player, moving down, collects the flags placed along the way. The third must hit the target with a snowball, and the fourth must throw the rings onto a stick in the middle of the track.
Artistic modeling
Several teams of 3-5 people compete in their ability to sculpt a Snow Woman. Each chooses a section of the clearing/forest where they will take snow and other components for sculpting.
Since this competition evaluates not so much the speed as the aesthetics of the snow creation, Baba must be decorated carefully, using twigs, cones, bark, etc. An hour of time is allotted for completion.
Men's fun
Used in men's groups. A circle with a diameter of 5 m is drawn in the snow with coals. All participants (6–10 people) enter the circle.
The task of each is to push everyone else abroad, remaining the winner. In this case, you need to stand on one leg, holding the other with your hand, and the second hand is hidden behind your back.
The participant who fell, pushed another with his hand, or stood on both legs is eliminated.
Spring
Badminton
This is not full-fledged badminton, but its team spring version for speed. Two teams of 4–6 participants line up in a column before the start.
The first players receive a racket and a balloon and, at the leader’s signal, walk with it, holding it in the air with the help of a racket, to the designated finish line. Back - just run.
The second, taking the baton, is already rolling the ball on the ground, the third - similarly to the first, and so on.
Wreaths
It is better to spend it in the forest, where there is dense undergrowth and many flowers. Participants will have to be the fastest to weave the most beautiful wreath from available materials.
Each team has a man and a woman. He collects flowers, and she does the actual weaving. You can make the task more difficult by instructing everyone to weave a wreath for their partner.
For this competition, a wreath weaving pattern will be useful:
Search for a prize
In a limited area in the forest, many (at least 50) balloons are hung, with a note inside.
One note says “Grand Prize,” another “Consolation Prize,” and all the others say “Good luck searching!”
The main prize is the first portion of kebab in sole ownership, and comforting - ice cream or pie.
Hat to the king!
Two teams simultaneously begin to fight for the title of best hat team. To do this, they need to build a semblance of a human figure from what was found in the forest - these will be the “kings”.
The main condition for teams is every king must have a headdress- hat or crown. The fastest and most creative team, whose hat is the most interesting, wins.
Give freedom to parrots!
You need to choose four to five trees standing in a circle not far from each other. They will symbolize the bars of the cage in which 4 “parrots” sit - a team of participants.
A rope is pulled horizontally at a level of a meter above the ground around the trees, above which the players must leave the “cage”.
The winner is the team that was able to leave the circle just above the rope without hitting it.
Tournament
For the competition, you will need a wide, stable log and several narrow and long balloons. You can play out the whole action like a fairy tale.
Anyone can apply and participate in the tournament. They will need to fight with balls on a log, trying to make their opponent fall off it.
The winners fight among themselves until the main Knight of the Log is determined.
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A field, a river, a forest - these are the places where city dwellers are drawn on holidays and weekends. There you can retire to the shore with a fishing rod, pick meadow flowers and strawberries, and read a book in a cozy hammock. It’s good to spend time in nature not only as a family, but also as a whole group or team. Today, team building events are very popular, they are called team building. In late spring and summer, they are best spent outdoors. A well-organized corporate event helps strengthen the culture of interpersonal relations of the entire company. The scenario of a corporate event in nature needs to be carefully thought out or contacted by special organizations involved in team building.
Corporate goals
Sometimes employees can express themselves precisely in informal conditions. It is in outdoor games that the motivation of colleagues increases. During corporate events, the leadership qualities of some employees are revealed, and hidden shortcomings in the interaction of colleagues are revealed. The organization of corporate events has the following guidelines:
- bringing the team closer together;
- strengthening corporate spirit;
- onboarding of new employees;
- learning to work and act in a team;
- identifying the best qualities of colleagues;
- establishing friendships;
- demonstration of the company's success in the market;
- increasing employee motivation;
- motivating a sense of pride in one’s company and belonging to it;
- demonstrating the high level of the company to competitors;
- formation of corporate ethics and corporate identity.
Conducting team building activities
The best collective outing into nature is a well-organized outing. Many special companies organize such holidays. If there is no desire and opportunity to contact them, then the managers decide to take on the organization of the corporate event themselves. For this purpose, an initiative group is selected from among colleagues (3-4 active people). In some companies, special managers do this. The organizing group does the following:
- Calculation of the exact composition of team building participants.
- Choosing a suitable location. The organizers first go to this district themselves to make sure the safety, size, and ease of access of the place.
- Menu creation. Most often, colleagues in nature prefer barbecue or shish kebab.
- Counting funds for the event. This includes paying for travel to the place, purchasing food, and prizes for competitions.
- Development of scenarios and competitions for corporate events in nature.
After all the above actions, a date for team building is set, previously agreed upon with all colleagues. Such trips are usually arranged on weekends, which is convenient for most colleagues.
Sample scenario for a corporate event in nature (fashion quest)
What do you most often do when going out into nature? They barbecue, sing karaoke, play guitar, and dance. To involve all employees, it is better to come up with games. The scenario for a corporate party in nature in spring or summer may consist of a quest. Today many people love it. What is its essence? The entire team is divided into teams. Each of them must complete prepared tasks and solve riddles. This will lead the leading team to their cherished goal (maybe a prize). There must be a presenter at a corporate event with a quest. It sets the tone for the entire event. Here is an approximate plan for conducting a quest (scenario for a corporate event):
- The goal of all teams will be a small chest with a prize. It is hidden in advance in a secret place (in a clearing under leaves, under a bush or tree). The lock of the chest is closed with a key and hidden in a completely different place (they can bury it). Teams will have to go through many trials and adventures to open the treasured chest. This is something similar to the adventure TV show "Fort Boyard".
- Each team should have 4-6 participants. Each of them will have their own task. First they must decide on a team name.
- The host of the corporate event takes the teams to the chest and informs them that they must complete tasks to find the key to it.
- Once a team completes one task, they must complete the next challenge.
- The company that finds the key first will win. She will take the prize.
While passing the tests, colleagues can compete in dexterity, ingenuity, and erudition. The main thing is that they unite the team. Here are sample tests for the quest:
- Tear down the sign on the tree. It is hung on a tree at approximately such a height that it can only be reached by standing on a friend’s shoulders. It indicates the next test.
- Participants join hands and pass the hoop to each other. In this case, you cannot unclasp your hands. Using movements of the head and neck, the hoop is thrown onto the head of the next participant in a circle.
- Friends are invited to solve the puzzle with the encoding of the next test.
Thus, one of the teams will be the first to find the treasured key. This corporate event scenario in nature allows colleagues to show their erudition and imagination. The quest can be geographical (for knowledge of geography), historical or literary.
"Gift to a Friend"
Scenarios for corporate events in nature can be different. Where, for example, can you start getting acquainted with the clearing? How to settle in a new territory? Most often, the team building leader first announces the “Best Gift to a Friend” competition. It must be found directly in the area where the participants stopped. Girls prefer to collect and give original bouquets. Many people show dexterity and give mushrooms, a bunch of strawberries, a handful of blueberries or other berries as a gift. For men, the most needed gift in nature can be an armful of brushwood or a log. Unusual leaves, cones, and branches can become memorable gifts. Each participant must justify the choice of this or that item as a gift. Here colleagues will compete in wit. After all the gifts are presented, the winner of the competition is selected and is not left without a prize.
"Guess the pantomime"
A corporate party scenario for adults will be interesting if it includes a pantomime competition. The game involves two teams (everyone is interested). Each team chooses a captain. The players of each team come up with a concept, and then one person will try to depict it using gestures and facial expressions. The team captain chooses the player to represent and hints at what area the concept is from (dishes, fruit, wood). Teams take turns trying to guess the pantomime. The group that guesses the most silent scenes will win. For each correctly guessed pantomime, you can be awarded stars, and at the end - a prize.
Sports competitions
Sports competitions are a real attribute of every corporate event. They remove shyness and add excitement, without which the holiday will not be fiery. Here are the competitions that a summer corporate party may include:
- "Ball Hunters" To conduct this competition you need two dozen balloons. Two teams must consist of 5 people each. One group takes red balls, the other blue. Players inflate balloons and tie them to their feet. The participants' task is to hunt for the opponents' balls. They are only allowed to be broken with feet. The team that is the first to eliminate the competitors' balls wins.
- Archery, dart throwing. These competitions reveal the most accurate ones. Darts can be thrown alternately - either with your left or right hand. You can make this option more complicated and try throwing several darts together. The most accurate competitor will receive a prize.
- Kayaking, boating, catamarans.
- Various relay races: in bags, with buckets on their feet.
- "Obstacle course".
Competition for writing the best story
Very often in the summer, companies organize a corporate party in nature on the occasion of the company’s birthday (anniversary). If how to start such an event has already been mentioned in our article, then we should mention the possible end of this holiday. The entire team needs to be divided into groups of 4-5 people. Each group must compose a story “As we noted, 15 minutes are allocated to complete the task. The peculiarity of this competition is that instead of epithets (colorful adjectives), there must be gaps in the essay. Then the captain gives the completed story, and the opposing team must fill in the gaps funny adjectives. The main thing is that these descriptions are not offensive. Finished stories are read aloud and the owner of the most original and funniest essay is determined. The winner receives a prize.
A fairy tale for a corporate party
It is often practiced at corporate events to stage original fairy tales in a new way. So you can write a fairy tale about all the employees of the company. The boss can act as uncle Chernomor, who has a certain number of heroes under his command. Each employee of the company can be associated with one or another fairy-tale hero. A special feature of the tale will be its focus on what the company does. If you write a funny poem about each employee in a fairy-tale form, you can get a funny story.
Young people love impromptu theater with instant fairy tales, where you need to quickly change clothes. So, many groups have already fallen in love with the fairy tale “Turnip” in a new way. The actors' task is to make the fairy tale funny and show off their wit. So, for example, Turnip can utter the phrase: “Don’t touch me, I’m still underage!” The granddaughter may say: “Grandpa, grandma, hurry up, I’m rushing to the bar.” You can experiment like this with any other fairy tale.
Features of spring corporate events
At the end of spring, you can organize a real holiday for the team in nature. The object for such an event could be a forest clearing or a park area. It is in the spring that you can arm yourself with footballs, volleyballs, and badminton. May is the perfect time for a great picnic! It is possible to conduct not only outdoor games, but also gambling. The game “Mafia”, beloved by many, awaits those interested.
Collective holiday in summer
A corporate event outdoors in summer is wonderful. The difference between summer team building and spring is that events can be held not only on land, but also on water. A great entertainment is the rope park. A summer corporate party involves traveling with tents. In summer, a corporate event on the seashore is possible.
Summer is wonderful! Guests will find clearings, logs, stumps, gazebos with benches, and barbecues. Particularly popular in the summer is pictorial team building to create a corporate oil painting.
The role of the presenter
The success of future team building largely depends on the leader. In big cities there are a lot of sought-after presenters with experience. They masterfully communicate with guests and the public. It is very important to skillfully organize those present to participate in competitions. An experienced corporate event host will definitely choose an approach for each employee. He will also take into account all the wishes of his clients. Many presenters themselves develop a scenario for a corporate event in nature, thereby helping management inspire employees to new joint ideas.
Where to order a corporate party
It is best to entrust an outdoor corporate event (script, competitions) to the reliable hands of professionals. Any team building with them is doomed to success. Today there are many organizations or centers for holding corporate events. These people don't just organize, they enjoy it. Corporate event centers approach each customer individually. They are very effective in helping employees look at each other from an unusual perspective. Where else, if not at corporate events, can you get adrenaline and strong emotions? As a result, holding creative events leads to the creation of a team that works like a clock!
There are companies that vacation on the coast of Crimea, on the Golden Sands of Bulgaria, and some in the Canary Islands. But not everyone is so lucky. Most employees of medium-sized companies sit in stuffy offices, counting the days until vacation and grumbling at their colleagues sweltering from the heat. Needless to say, labor efficiency in such organizations is low, and corporate spirit is completely zero. In such a situation, it’s time to put everything aside and go outside the city - to the forest, to the river, to the sea, to the mountains, in general, to any pleasant vacation spot located not far from your city. You can leave for one day, but it’s better for the whole weekend.
Sample event plan
You can create scenarios for such events, but given that there are many other interesting activities in nature, it is best to create a program of long-term entertainment and small games to diversify your vacation a little and plan the overall order of events. For a picnic without an overnight stay, the following program is preferable:
● Site inspection. For a short picnic, you need to find a convenient place in advance. You may have to clear the found clearing of debris and dry branches.
● Setting up camp. Includes determining a place for a fire, organizing seats, pulling an awning from rain and sun, etc. If the journey to the place took more than two hours, you can have a snack with sandwiches brought from home.
● Collecting firewood for the fire (if you went “savages”). In some cases, it is easier to bring firewood or coal for the barbecue with you (you can buy them in tourist stores). If you are camping, you receive firewood along with your campsite or buy it.
● Division into those who prepare barbecue or bake meat, and also do housework - cutting salads, unpacking provisions, arranging the table, and those who, while waiting for a treat, play various games, swim, sunbathe.
● The actual picnic.
● Entertainment after meals: quizzes, joke and “hunting” story competitions. If some kind of performance was being prepared (a concert, a comic “cabbage show” on the occasion of a holiday, congratulations to birthday people), it is best to hold it at this time.
● Group game (like “Capture the Banner” or “Search for Treasure”). It is very important that everyone present is involved.
● Sports games (football, volleyball, rounders). At this time, lovers of a more relaxing holiday can sunbathe, pick mushrooms and berries, play cards, dominoes, and fish.
● A second portion of barbecue for the hungry or a sweet table. If your team includes lucky mushroom pickers, fishermen or hunters, you can prepare more exotic dishes: mushroom soup, fish soup or game baked over a fire. In addition, in nature, herbalists can collect and brew aromatic tea from herbs and berries.
When it gets dark, you can sing songs around the fire, dance under the starry sky, night swims or fireworks. Or just sit, look into the fire and talk about life.
If you decide not to return home in the evening, wait until it begins to get light, put things in order at your place of rest and, inspired by new creative plans, go home to sleep before the work week, which after such a holiday will certainly be successful and fruitful.
What to do in nature?
Cooking. Besides the fact that food cooked over a fire seems much tastier than restaurant dishes, and even the most avid ascetics awaken an appetite in the fresh air, “cooking by the fire” is a creative and interesting process in itself. You can bake meat and fish in a pit under a fire, fry meat on a spit, or smoke it over the smoke of resinous logs. Teas made from flowers, herbs and leaves will be incredibly tasty and healthy. And from the tree mushroom chaga and a can of condensed milk, a “coffee” drink is obtained. In general, the process of cooking can turn into both exciting experimentation with brought products and forest gifts, and into a fun culinary competition.
Bonfire. Collecting wood for a fire can be played as a game. If there are many experienced tourists among those present, it is interesting to organize a fire-making competition. The tasks in it can be both theoretical (who can list the most types of fires or name the firewood from which trees are more suitable for a given case) and practical (light a fire with one match, boil a pot of water faster than others).
Games in the water and on the shore. In summer, in hot weather, the best place for a picnic will be the shore of a reservoir (lake, river, sea). The presence of a reservoir allows you to organize many additional entertainments - swimming, fishing, water sports (water polo). And you can build castles from sand on the shore. It's also fun to bury each other in the sand. You can make souvenirs from clay to remember the picnic and burn them at the fire.
Hut. If you don’t have a tent and are afraid of rain, you can make a canopy from brushwood and spruce branches. But even if the weather is sunny, you can still remember your childhood and build yourself a forest house, or several houses, or a new office, and then hold a competition of forest architects. Just please, take care of nature and do not cut down green trees.
Fishing, hunting. Fishing and hunting are activities that require special training and the choice of a special place. But if among the company’s employees there are avid lovers of getting their own food outside the store, they can be tempted by the opportunity, for example, to go fishing not far from the picnic site. By the way, you can specially go fishing or hunting with the whole company - this will unite the team and strengthen the corporate spirit.
Collection of mushrooms, berries, nuts, herbs. Some inherited a passion for hunting from their ancestors, others for gathering. It is only important that the enthusiastic gatherers be led by a real forest expert, who will make sure that no one puts toadstools or wolf berries into the common pot.
Sport games. Volleyball and football are favorite games for picnics. You can try something more exotic: bandy, rounders, gorodki, water polo, even golf, baseball or cricket (especially if you invited your foreign partners on a country trip).
Sports competitions. By dividing into two or three teams, you can have fun starts, including running over rough terrain, crossing rivers, jumping over bumps, walking on a log, etc.
Orienteering. The main difficulty of this event is the need for a fairly detailed map of the area. If you have such a card, detailed entertainment is simply necessary. The best way to do this is as follows. Several sets of terrain maps are produced (according to the number of teams). For each team, five points are determined where a snack is hidden (this could be, for example, candy and cookies or chips and nuts). These points are plotted on each team's map. The final, sixth, point is common to all teams. Next to it is the gathering place for all competition participants. At the final point, “drinks” are hidden - thermoses with tea or stronger drinks (depending on the composition of the teams). The first team to reach the final point takes the main prize. However, after the end of the competition, all the food found is laid out on the common table.
Robinson competition. For people who rarely visit the forest, a competition in which teams quickly light a fire, set up a tent, cook food, and chop wood will seem exotic. Experienced tourists, who are best served as judges and spectators in these competitions, will also have a lot of fun.
Nature quizzes. If you have time to prepare for the holiday, you can draw up questions aimed at identifying the knowledge of its participants in the field of flora and fauna. Questions (with subsequent explanations) about poisonous mushrooms and berries, first aid methods, signs of bad weather, ways to determine cardinal directions, etc. will be useful.
Songs. It’s good when on a trip you discover that your accountant plays the guitar well, your boss has a luxurious baritone, and the girls from the customer service department demonstrate such abilities as if they spend all their working hours rehearsing. Live music is more suitable for gatherings around a fire and brings people together well.
Dancing. A disco in the forest is an unusual and fun activity. The music here is more melodic and romantic. In any case, unless you have climbed into the remote taiga, think about the comfort of people relaxing nearby.
Hunting tales. Many people have such stories in stock - about a huge fish, an incredible size mushroom, a hundred dollars found in the thicket of a forest, meeting a beautiful green-haired girl near a swamp, etc. When the stories are over, you can tell jokes.
Forest fashion. Why not have a fashion show? Skirts made of reeds, mysterious branched staffs, wreaths and garlands of flowers. Of course, it’s easier for women to choose outfits, but men will be grateful spectators and picky experts.
Fireworks. In the dark sky, above the surface of the river, in silence, this spectacle is magical and unforgettable. But in order to leave only positive emotions from it, always remember the fire safety rules.
OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT
Throwing cones
Participants find five cones for themselves, and then take turns throwing them, trying to hit the indicated tree. If several participants have the same number of hits, a final round is held between them, and the distance to the tree increases. The winner receives a prize point.
Search for food
The players are given the task of finding something edible in the forest in 10 minutes (if there are really a lot of edible berries and mushrooms around, the time needs to be reduced). The one who copes with the task better than others receives a prize point.
In the competition, the important thing is not whether the player actually brings something edible, but how he argues for its edibility.
Treasure Hunt
For the competition, a platform with sand (approximately 2 x 2 m in size) is required. The leader buries several small objects in the sand. The participants' task is to find these objects. The winner is the participant who finds one of the items first.
Knife throwers
A target is drawn with colored chalk on a tree trunk. Participants are invited to throw knives (or darts from the game “Darts”) at a target. For the competition you need to choose an old tree with thick bark.
OUTDOOR GAMES
dragon tail
Participants stand in a row one behind the other, and each holds onto the belt of the player standing in front. The goal of the first player in the chain is to catch the last player. In this case, the chain should not be broken.
Another version of the game is when the participants stand sideways to each other and hold hands. The game requires a large space.
Seine
At will or with the help of a rhyme, two drivers are selected. The remaining players scatter, and the drivers join hands and try to surround one of the players. If they succeed, the caught player joins the chain of drivers, and now the three of them run around holding hands, trying to surround another player. Each player caught joins the "net". The last player not caught is declared the winner.
If two leaders fail to surround anyone for a long time, choose a third leader and limit the space of the playing area.
Zoo
A children's game, but with the appropriate mood, it goes off with a bang in adult company. Participants sit in a circle. Everyone chooses an animal and comes up with a movement to represent it. Participants then take turns demonstrating their movement so that others can remember. The game begins with one of the participants showing his animal and the animal of any other participant. The one whose animal is shown must immediately react and show his animal and the animal of any participant. The game is played for fun, you can play for elimination or forfeits.
Examples of movements depicting animals:
Giraffe - a raised hand with a bent palm.
Crocodile - clap with straight arms extended forward.
Snake - wave-like movements with one hand, forward, in a horizontal plane.
Hare - place your palms pressed together on the top of your head.
Hedgehog - raise both palms above your head with fingers spread.
Bird - several strokes of the arms (like wings).
Orangutan - make several blows with clenched fists to the chest curved like a wheel.
Horse fight
Players are divided into pairs. In each pair, the lighter player, the “rider,” climbs onto the back of the more massive and strong player, the “horse” (can be divided into riders and horses by gender). A horse fight begins, in which the task of each pair is to knock the riders off the other horses. The last rider remaining in the saddle and his horse are declared the winners.
In addition to this game, you can hold competitions between horse riders:
who will run the distance faster;
who will push the opponent out of the circle;
ball games, etc.
It is safer and more interesting to conduct “horse fights” in the water.
Ball in a circle
The players form a circle. The driver with the ball stands in the center of the circle and tries to knock the ball out of the circle (with his feet). And the players prevent him from doing this by hitting the ball. If the driver still manages to knock the ball out of the circle, the player who missed the ball becomes the new driver, and the previous driver takes his place.
Players in a circle must stand at least an arm's length apart from each other.
You can choose not one, but two or three drivers. In this case, the game can be played with either one or two balls.
Cockerels
A circle with a diameter of 2 m is drawn on the ground. Two people participate in the competition at the same time. Each participant stands on his right leg, holding his left leg by the ankle with his right hand. The left hand is hidden behind the back. The goal of the players is to push the opponent out of the circle. The one who succeeds is declared the winner. In addition, a participant who lets go of his left leg or uses his hands during the fight is considered a loser.
For the game, it is advisable to choose a referee who would ensure that all rules and safety precautions are followed. Players must be of the same weight category.
Balloon battle
Each player has a balloon tied to their right ankle. After the starting signal, all participants try to pierce the balls of other players and protect their own ball. Participants whose balloon bursts are eliminated from the game. The last person remaining in the game is declared the winner. The thread of the ball should be no longer than 30 cm.
Heel-toe
The game requires 12–20 people, who must form two circles: outer and inner, with the same number of players in each. One person from the inner circle and one from the outer circle form a pair (everyone must remember their partner).
At the command of the leader, the participants in the spring circle begin to run clockwise, and in the inner circle, counterclockwise. The leader will give commands that each pair must carry out, and very quickly. The pair that comes out last is out of the game (or gets a penalty point).
For example, if the leader commands: “Back to back!”, then the couples should connect with these very parts of the body. The winner is the pair that remains last in the game (or the pair that scores fewer other penalty points).
The leader's commands can be as follows:
palm to palm;
ear to shoulder;
knee to palm;
heel to heel;
knee to shoulder;
elbow to heel;
back to back,
heel to toe;
elbow to shoulder blade;
back of the head to the lower back.
Transmission of motion in a circle
All participants, including the leader, stand in a circle. All players except the leader close their eyes. After this, the leader begins to transmit some movement or sound signal to one of his neighbors. A participant who receives a signal transmits it to its neighbor, maintaining the direction of propagation of the signal (that is, if it received a signal from its right neighbor, it transmits it to its left neighbor).
The presenter can also try to confuse the players by sending one signal to his right neighbor and a completely different one to his left neighbor. The presenter first waits for the signal to travel the entire circle and return to it before starting a new signal. Over time, the pace of the game increases and several signals are simultaneously transmitted in different directions in a circle, which gives the game additional excitement.
The game is played for fun, without determining winners and losers.
Examples of signals transmitted by the master:
pat your neighbor on the shoulder;
pat your neighbor on the head;
pinch your neighbor's hand;
grab your neighbor by the nose;
transmitting any sounds or phrases to a neighbor’s ear;
hug your neighbor, clinging to him;
pull your neighbor's hand several times;
shake your neighbor's hand;
kiss your neighbor on the cheek;
tickle a neighbor;
hug your neighbor around the waist;
hit your neighbor between the shoulder blades;
give your neighbor a massage;
push a neighbor.
