Outdoor games for a small company. Long jump - sports game

“Pantomimes” is a favorite game of soulful groups. A person thinks of a word and speaks it into another’s ear. The player's task is to show this noun using gestures. The game switches to new level, if you try to guess words that are difficult to depict, for example: abbreviation, inspiration, fidelity, eternity, phenomenon, and so on.

Game "Who are you?" Each player writes a noun on a small sheet of paper, then this sheet is glued to the forehead of the neighbor on the right. A person should not know what is written on his forehead; his task is to guess this word using simple questions that can only be answered “Yes” or “No”. For example, a person has a piece of paper with the word tiger on his forehead, he asks: “Is this a plant?”, other players answer: “No!” Then the turn goes to another player and so on. A move is made only when the answer to the question posed is negative.

Interesting game "Principle". One person steps aside so as not to overhear the others conferring. He is water. Those who remain come up with a principle for whom they will answer questions, for example, for the neighbor on the right. The water returns and begins to ask simple questions everyone in order, and they must answer according to the hidden principle. For example, water asks you: “Are you blonde?”, and you, even if you are the owner blonde hair, but your neighbor on the right is a brunette, you answer: “No!” The driver's task is to guess the principle itself. It can be completely different, for example: everyone is responsible for themselves or for the nearest person who has a piercing, for the water itself, and so on. Water should ask such questions, the answers to which are obvious to everyone.

You can also play the famous “Mafia”.

Competitions in nature

Competition "Storytellers". Two teams of three people, in total each team has a storyteller, a talking head and a gesticulator. The storyteller stands aside and tells an interesting tale. Role player talking head, sits down on a stump and puts his hands behind his back. His task is to open his mouth as if he were telling a fairy tale (do not forget about emotions and facial expressions). The gesticulator sits behind the talking head, hides his head. He must gesticulate what the fairy tale is about. Teams take turns showing and telling their tales, and those who did not participate in the competition choose the winning team. This is a very funny and fun competition.

"Captain". Two players are blindfolded - these are ships. Each of them has a captain. All other players are distributed in space and freeze in any position - these are icebergs. Captains must guide their ships to a certain, previously established point. The captain cannot touch the ship. He should give him verbal commands, for example: “Two steps forward”, “Squat down”, “Three steps to the side” and so on. The team that wins is the one that reaches the designated point faster and doesn't hit the icebergs. Icebergs are prohibited from moving.

Competition "Colorful Volleyball". Need to inflate a lot balloons. The territory is divided into two equal parts. There must be two teams with an equal number of people. Task: clear your territory as much as possible from the balls by throwing them to your opponents.

At the end of this competition, you can divide the remaining balloons in half between the teams and hold a “Mineweeper” competition - whose team will burst the balloons faster.

The long-awaited summer has arrived. Finally, you can move not only from home to office, but also by deviating from the standard route and get your short happiness in nature. I am lucky to live in an accessible environment of forest and parkland with a lake. One evening, heading along the path to the lake, I noticed a very unusual picture that brought a healthy smile to my face. There are offices on the ground floor of the house closest to the forest. Near one of the offices, right on the sidewalk, there was a long table covered with a tablecloth. The table was bursting with treats: salads, sandwiches, hot dishes, sweets, wine. Around the table, people sat on chairs, stools, and lounge chairs, bending over their plates. Flowers in a bucket placed on the steps crowned the whole event. It was clear from everything that there was a celebration going on, perhaps the company was celebrating the birthday of one of its employees. “How nice,” I thought, “people are tired of spending for a long time in a stuffy room, and they moved to nature along with tables and chairs. Their faces and posture said one thing - they were enjoying this sunny Friday afternoon.” It was the beginning of summer. These people, like pilgrims, were the first to break free, inviting us all by their example to plan for maximum stay in nature.

Organized holiday

The above example can be called unorganized rest. Of course, the guys did their best: they took the furniture outside and prepared salads, but still it was just a feast. We will talk about outdoor recreation, which involves not only food, but also entertainment. An organized vacation is a planned event that includes an extended program of activities. Nothing will brighten up outdoor recreation more than games and competition programs. Play is something that captivates a person from childhood. Outdoor games make your vacation more fun and unforgettable. Organized recreation is more accessible to large companies, which, when going out into nature, negotiate in advance with representatives of holiday agencies, who organize entertainment for them. If the company’s budget does not allow such a luxury, then the employees themselves come up with activities for themselves on vacation, trying to bring it closer to an organized one. WorldofSovetov, promoting healthy image life, I’m ready to expand your horizons and replenish your knowledge with those games that will be useful to you on any vacation, for any budget, status and age. And most importantly: they will make your vacation memorable for long working days.

Types of games

Games on summer vacation can be divided into four types:

1. Sport games.
2. Entertaining games.
3. Team games.
4. Banquet games.

Sport games

This is the most common and known species entertainment on vacation. A soccer (volleyball) ball in the trunk of the car and badminton rackets will never hurt. While the kebabs are grilling, men can “drive in football", and women and children jump for the shuttlecock ( badminton).



To unite the whole team of vacationers, we recommend playing volleyball. The volleyball can be thrown over the net, but you can do without it. Then the participants stand in a circle and throw the ball to anyone standing opposite. The main thing is to hit the ball in time, not letting it fall to the ground.

If you are going on vacation where there is a body of water, you will also need a volleyball for playing in the water. It can be water volleyball And water polo.
Water polo is hand football. The group is divided into two teams. Each team must have its own identification mark: for example, different color headbands. At a signal from the self-proclaimed referee, the teams begin the game from the center of the pond. Goal: throw the ball into the opponent's goal. Gates can be symbolic, for example, sticks placed in the ground on coastal zone or items placed on the edge of the pool. The team that scores wins more goals at the gate.
It should be noted that water games are now becoming very popular, especially in Europe. Mass swimming in pools also gives rise to new games, such as frisbee, boomerang, water tennis, water balls:

• Frisbee- this is tossing a flying saucer or ring. You can play in pairs, standing opposite each other, or as a team in a circle. One player throws the plate to the other. The goal of the game is to catch the plate and prevent it from falling onto the water. This game may not have a winner;
• boomerang– can be played by one to several people. You need to take turns throwing out a boomerang, which should return to the player. The one whose boomerang lands on the water the least number of times wins;
• water tennis is a new generation of sports equipment designed for water. The essence of the game is the same as in table tennis, only here the ball bounces off the water, and not from the table;
• water balls- this is a game similar to our “pancakes”, when you look for a flat, not heavy pebble on the shore and throw it parallel to the plane of the water. Such a stone flies far from the shore, bouncing off the surface of the water. And you need to have time to count how many “pancakes” you got, i.e. how many times did the pebble hit the water? You need to do the same with special balls.

If we started talking about popular games in water, we also note beach (or shore) games that have European roots. This Frenchball(or bocce ball) petanque And bowls. All of these are similar games with metal or plastic balls. The rules of the game are similar to curling, but there are no brushes. Each team must roll their heavy metal balls as close as possible to a pre-installed small, distinctive ball, which in each game has its own name (and this is perhaps the only difference between these three games). Typically, each team has four players. With their balls they can aim and bounce the opponent's balls away from the central ball, which must remain untouchable. The game ends when all the balls are thrown out. The winner is the player or team whose balls are closest to the main ball.



Sports beach games in our country and abroad do not require special preparation, their rules are known to everyone, and they can be played both before and after the banquet, which is why they are so popular on summer holidays.

Entertainment games

These games are aimed at entertaining vacationers. They are distinctive in that their rules are unknown to most, which represents an element of surprise. And if there is a creative person in the team, he will not be lazy and will search in advance on the Internet for games that are not known to his employees. This same person most likely becomes the host when these games are played on vacation. MirSovetov has several original games, which you can take note of.
If you go on vacation not only with your team, but also with members of their families, or with another little-known company, then the first game we advise you to play is “Getting Acquainted”. If you don’t get to know each other at the beginning of your vacation, it won’t work out have a nice rest.
Game "Dating". The rules are as follows: the whole group stands in a circle, including children (if present). The presenter is the first to say his name and make his distinctive movement, for example, raising his hands up. After his introduction, everyone standing in the circle repeats his name and action. Then, in a clockwise direction, the next guest says his name and makes his own movement, for example, putting his palm to his heart. Now everyone repeats two names and two movements, starting from the leader. It looks like this: everyone says “Nikolai” and raises their hands up, then “Anyuta” and puts their palm to their heart. Next, the third player calls his name. Everyone again repeats both the name and the movement, starting from the leader. And so, having reached the last participant in a circle, the whole team will not only remember the names that were repeated many times, but will also have a lot of fun inventing and repeating different movements. The last circle must be pronounced at high speed; the presenter must warn the players about this in advance. The high tempo will set the mood for the final game.

If you come on vacation with a team you know well, then we suggest making the “Telegram” game first.
Game "Telegram". The presenter tells in a playful way that the players must send a telegram home to their relatives. To do this, he calls one “code” word, for example, “field”. All participants must come up with the text of the telegram using the letters of the word “field”. For example, someone might get the following text: “Very helpful. Better - the euro." The task is distributed at the beginning of the game, and telegrams will be collected later, depending on the overall scenario. It is prohibited to swap letters in the code word. At the table, during the first toast, the winner can be announced. This is the player whose telegram turns out to be the funniest. A fun start to the holiday is guaranteed.
After lunch you can play very interesting game, which is especially suitable for children and also for mixed groups. It's called "Golden Gate".
Game "Golden Gate". You need to choose two people who don’t really like to move, these could be older people, for example. They stand opposite each other, take each other's wrists and raise their arms up. This is the gate. The remaining players stand in a “snake” position, pointing their faces at the back of the head of the one in front. The presenter stands at the beginning of the “snake” and begins to lead it, saying: “The Golden Gate sometimes lets you through. The first time is forgiven, the second time is forbidden, and the third time we will not let you through!” The snake passed through the gate several times while the saying was being read. On last sentence The “gate” should close (put your hands down), and one or two people from the “snake” will remain inside it. Those who "enter" the gate become the Golden Gate. They take the hands of the first two players to form a circle. The remaining participants again line up in a “snake” and walk, holding each other by the shoulders or waist towards the gate, passing and exiting through it. At the last phrase of the proverb, the “gate” closes again, leaving people inside. The game is repeated until the last player is left in the “gate”.

This game is very interesting with big amount of people. And especially if among the vacationers there are children with their parents.
It will be good later in the evening music game“Day-Night” for knowledge of songs.
Game "Day-Night". This game is suitable for those vacationers who have a guitarist or accordionist on their team. Everyone sits around the fire. Players are divided into two teams, for example, men's and women's. The ladies start first. They sing any song that contains words for which antonyms can easily be invented. For example, the girls sang a verse of a song with the words “girls.” Then the men remember the song with the words “guys.” The following antonyms can be examples: day-night, summer-winter, blizzard-heat, white-black. One team starts singing, the other remembers a song with the opposite word. The team that can remember the most songs wins. But everything is provided.

Team games

These are all types of relay games designed to create a competitive atmosphere. Team games should also include the currently fashionable trainings Teambuilding (team formation) and Teamspirit (team spirit), designed to develop favorable environment in the work team. Such games have become an integral part of corporate offsite events.
Teambuilding And Timspirit– these are team-building trainings that include a set of scenario games, in which each person is given the opportunity to express themselves both in a team and individually.
Now it has become fashionable to carry out themed team games. For example, you come with your employees to an island purchased by your company (a camp site, a sanatorium, a river bank), and there you are met by a pirate costumed crew led by Captain Flint. Half of your team falls into the hands of pirates, and the rest become warriors who must free the hostages and find a pirate chest with stolen provisions for your entire team.


And the game begins, which includes many difficult tasks. This may include quest- this is the completion of certain tasks on the map, to which the following description can be attached: “Stand by a tall pine tree, move east five steps, turn north and walk another ten steps, find a hint near the juniper bush that will orient you further in the area "

When a treasure is found using a tricky map, new tests begin, for example, paintball is a paramilitary game in which there is an instructor whose duties include giving safety instructions and telling the rules of the game. In this game, unlike a quest, you will see your opponent and start a real war with him. Only the cartridges will be filled with paint, not gunpowder. The winner here is the team whose camouflage has fewer paint stains.
Then “fate” throws you into the jungle, where you need to make your way through improvised vines (ropes) stretched like a spider’s web on trunks, branches, stumps and pillars. The main thing is not to touch the rope with your body. Those who pass this test move on, the rest are taken captive to the ship. There they will have to solve the real mysteries of Captain Flint. I guessed it right - free! Questions could be:

1. Where is the end of the world? Answer: where the shadow begins.
2. Two fathers and two sons found three treasures, but each had one. Why? Answer: they were grandfather, father and son.

When the whole team reunited, they were holding a bottle with a note indicating where the chest was buried. But the found missing item is not so easy to obtain. You must first cross the log to the other side, and there the “pirate” will give you the chest if you guess what is in it by asking the “pirate” leading questions.
Instead of a “mysterious island”, your team may end up on a “submarine”, in the “distant past” or in the “future”, on a “hot air balloon”, and in a “dragon cave”. The scenery may change, but the games remain pretty much the same.
If you are planning to spend your vacation without involving specialists in organizing holidays, MirSovetov offers you a list team games simpler:

• long jump– two teams start jumping. The first players jump from the line, and all subsequent players from the place where the player in front landed. The team whose jumps make the longest path wins;
• ball on a tray– players line up as if in previous game. The first players are given a tray and a tennis ball is placed on it. All other players hold a ball in their hands. The player must run to a certain mark and return back to the team, passing the tray with his ball to the next player. The second players place their balls on the tray and run to the mark with two balls on the tray. And so on until the last player. The point: you need to run so that the balls do not fall from the tray. The team that makes the least mistakes wins;
• find the treasure– this game is similar to a quest, but here each team hides its treasure and draws up a description map for the enemy. The point: find the treasure on the map. The team that finds the treasure first wins;
• throw a ring on the bottle– the presenter arranges the bottles in a row or like skittles. Each team in turn must throw three rings on their bottles. The team that completed the task more accurately wins. The ring can be made from wire or cut out of thick cardboard;
• don't spill the water– each team lines up in a line parallel to the line of the other team. In the left hand of each player of each team is a glass of water, in right hand Each player has empty cups. The point: at the leader’s signal, each team must pour water from its own glass into the opponent’s empty glass. At the same time, the opposite team does the same. The winner is the team that fills the opponent's glasses with water without spilling a single drop;
• pantomime- each team prepares a theatrical pantomime, depicting the word or phrase that the presenter asked them. The opposing team must guess the word in pantomime. The one who guessed right wins.

If you add your own sack jumping and blind man's buff to our games, then your holiday will be filled with a healthy competitive spirit, ingenuity, creativity and good mood.

Banquet games

These are table games. There are situations when outdoor games are impossible or they need to be “diluted” with games festive table. And then banquet games come to our aid.
Words– the presenter names the letter. You need to come up with a word that denotes a gastronomic item on the table. For example: starting with the letter “S” – salt. Goal: get ahead of the enemy. Whoever comes up with the word first becomes the leader.

Deaf phone– the presenter whispers a word into the ear of the person sitting next to him. He passes it to another, and so on until the end of the table. The last player says the word out loud. The presenter checks the correctness of the named word. If the word is returned incorrectly, the presenter begins to look for the “weak link”, starting from the person to whom he entrusted his word. The one who made a mistake becomes the leader.
Questions– the presenter asks comic questions prepared in advance. For example: “What should you do if, while parking at the office, you broke the headlight in your director’s car?” The point: come up with the most original and funny answers.

Toast song– each participant is given a poetic text, for example, congratulations to the birthday person. The text may be the same for everyone. During the entire feast, guests rise and sing their text (like a toast) to various music, prepared in advance and turned on by the host. There is no need to look for a winner here, but in the name of the result, you need to demand high-quality completion of the task.

The final

It is customary to end any organized holiday with a concert. MirSovetov offers you the idea of ​​the final game, namely a concert. But it won't be quite ordinary. In advance, within a month before the corporate vacation, specialists in dance, vocals, original genre and balancing act will come to your company. They will conduct master classes with those employees of your company who have talent and want to perform in these areas. The issue of costumes will also need to be decided in advance. And when the company comes on vacation, the magnificent final stage will be a concert held on its own, but its quality may not be inferior to the skill of the invited “stars”.



A sure way to get a good boost of cheerful mood for at least six months is the opportunity to spend a well-thought-out, organized vacation in the company of your friends. Your ingenuity, talent and agility will “reveal” a different side of you, and your colleagues will become even closer to you. And so that the friendship does not fade away, take a piece of paper, a pencil and slowly start sketching out a plan for the next event after the summer -

A trip to nature by a friendly and large team is always a positive emotion. Music, barbecue, informal communication - all this is conducive to this type of recreation and makes it especially popular. In order to make it even more interesting and memorable, you need to prepare in advance various competitions, and then everyone will have the opportunity to have fun and recharge positive emotions for all working days. Fortunately, today there are no problems with choosing entertainment: just go to the Internet and you can choose any competition from hundreds of presented ones. This article is intended to help a little, which also talks about various fun competitions and competitions for corporate events. So, let's begin!

Competitions in nature

Potato

To hold the competition, you will need two teams, each consisting of 5-7 people, several kilograms of potatoes, which can then be baked in a lighted fire, and two buckets. The potatoes are divided in half, the teams line up along a line, opposite which a bucket is placed at a distance of 5 m. The task of each team is to throw as many potatoes into their bucket as possible and make as few mistakes as possible. They throw everything one by one, without going beyond the line.

Tug of War

This fun is hundreds of years old, but it is still relevant! Two teams, a car rope with a mark in the middle - and a competition for advantage in physical strength we can start!

It must be said that very often the winner is not the team whose members have more muscle volume, but the one whose members were able to achieve greater coherence and organization of actions.

Swamp

Everyone probably remembers this game from childhood too. The clearing is a swamp, the cardboards are the hummocks laid out on it, and the two teams are tired travelers who need to cross the swamp and back as quickly as possible. The winner, of course, is the team that does it faster..

Jumping over the fire

The jumping over the fire stated above is a rather dangerous activity, so it is better to jump over Kostya. He ate, drank and fell asleep next to a pile of backpacks, and therefore let him serve the purpose of entertaining the team, which must jump over him without disturbing the vacationer’s sleep. By the way, the number of jumps should be even, because Kostya is still growing and growing. And if you don’t have Kostya in your team, look at the drinks box - there will definitely be someone there to replace you.

Loaders team

The competition is exciting and fun, and a sandy beach is chosen for its holding. Two teams, two buckets and two sieves. The team lines up in front of the bucket. The one who is farthest from him scoops up the sand with a sieve, passing it along the relay race. The time is fixed, the team whose bucket is fuller wins.

Nimble jumper

There is every reason to hold this competition outdoors: it is moving, “wet” and noisy. The participant holds a glass of water and jumps over a rope, which is rotated by assistants. The winner is the one who has at least some water left in his glass by the end of the sports session..

Rain, rain, drip-drip-drip!

Another water competition, but here almost everyone will have to get wet: the presenter sprays water around him, and team members collect it in the glasses provided. Whoever has the most water in his glass wins.

Ladies don't have a chance

Participants in the competition are given newspapers or advertising brochures. Each participant can take the most comfortable place for him, sitting or standing - at his choice. Participants are given the task: roll up the trouser leg on their right leg, while reading the given text loudly and with expression. Ideally, it would be good to read loud enough to shout over everyone else. But the funny thing is that in this case you won’t get a prize. But if the exposed calf is the hairiest, victory is yours! It's a pity, You can only do it once in one company: such a burst of laughter awaits everyone at the end.

Cossack robbers

This name even hides not a competition, but a whole adventure that requires preliminary preparation. A treasure is prepared, which can be anything: from a bag of candy to a box of beer, cards are drawn, clues are hidden, and the whole cheerful company looks for the treasure with laughter and jokes.

To introduce a competitive spirit, you can either split into two companies, where the winner will be the one who completes their mission faster, or arrange it so that one part of the team will hide the treasure, and the other will look for it.

Pyramid

To hold this competition, you need many, many apples or oranges - enough to form a neat pyramid of two of them. From the erected structures, at a distance of 15-20 meters (as space allows), both teams line up. Each participant runs to his own pyramid, grabs, no, carefully takes the fruit and runs to his own, where he needs to build exactly the same figure. The goal of the competition is to complete your task faster. If desired, you can tighten the conditions, making the destruction of the old pyramid unacceptable.

Striptease competition

The name reflects the fact that participants will have to undress during the competition, so it is better to warn everyone in advance to wear swimsuits under their clothes, so as not to put anyone in an awkward position. All participants are divided into two teams, after which they begin to undress, laying out their clothes in a line. The team whose track is longer will win. The piquancy of the situation can be added if the participants in one group are men, and in the other – women. In addition to reaction speed, intelligence is also trained, because sometimes clothes can have a complex shape, and the success of the team depends on how exactly it is laid out.

Poke the ball

This competition can be held indoors, but in the open air everything is much more intense and fun. To carry it out you need buttons, balloons according to the number of participants and an adhesive plaster. Each of the revelers gets puffed up balloon, tied to the back of the waist, and a pushpin glued to the forehead. Hands are tied behind your back, and the fun begins - you have to save your ball and burst the balls of your opponents.

You can play for yourself or as a team. The winner is the one who remains “alive” last.

Water-Land

This game is simple, but you can have a lot of fun while playing it. A line is drawn, the players line up along it, and the leader begins to call out: water now or dry land. When you hear the word “water,” you need to jump back from the line, when you hear the word “land,” you need to jump forward. Everything would be too simple, but instead of “water” the presenter can say “river”, “sea” or “lake”, and instead of the word “land” - “island”, “mountain” or “mainland”.

Fill your cart

If a corporate event takes place in the forest or on the edge of the forest, one of the competitions may well be a competition to see who can collect a full basket or bucket of cones the fastest. Then, with their help, you can light a fire, and make the competition a team competition for more laughter. However, you should not neglect safety measures and pre-treat your clothes with an anti-tick product..

Running in sacks

This competition requires very little - a couple of garbage or propylene bags, as well as a decent supply of enthusiasm and fun. You can choose a slightly rough track for jumping, having previously made a supply of plaster and brilliant green.

Glass of vodka

To hold this competition you will need several real strong men. The presenter's command sounds, and all participants drink what is poured into their glasses. All the glasses (except one) contain water, and only this one contains vodka.

Men should not show emotions and not show what was poured into their glass.

The guest who correctly guesses which participant gets vodka wins.. The rest of the participants can get their glass of vodka after the competition.

Roll, roll away!

The required attribute for this competition is a pair car tires. The participants' task is to roll up their tire as far as possible with one push.. If you race cross-country, the results will be unpredictable and it will be a lot more fun.

Grandmother Hedgehog Races

For two teams - two brooms. A distance is selected, a turn sign is placed, after which each team member must “fly” to it on a broom and return back. The same broom is used as a relay baton.

Hunting with a harpoon

A stick with a nail is used as an improvised harpoon, or rather, two for each team. The fish can be foam or paper, they are laid out “in the sea” - in a clearing, and fishing begins. The players' task is to catch as many fish as possible.

Accuracy

Here, not only the most accurate player wins, but also the one with the best vestibular apparatus. The goal is marked, a stick is placed in front of it and a ball is placed. The player must not only score the ball, but do it after turning around the stick five times. The number of attempts is limited, and the one with the most successful throws wins.

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Motorcycle racing

If you take children to a corporate event, then it is quite possible to arrange races on their tricycles. The spectacle of adult men and women spinning miniature pedals is extremely comical, and if it is done at speed, then it is doubly funny. The final part of the corporate event can be another event, which can be framed as a competition - this collecting packages of bottles and other rubbish. This kills several birds with one stone: a spectacular end is put at the end of the evening, the environment is in order, and next time it will be much more pleasant to come to a clean clearing. And one more small portion fun competitions conducted outdoors for a corporate event awaits you in the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31UUjbT8ny8

Auntie Bad Weather and the Ghost Shurshik

Needless to say, the beginning of June does not please us with warm and sunny days - it’s only 15 degrees outside, rain, wind... Therefore, I came up with this holiday idea: Auntie Bad Weather comes to visit the children and adults sitting at the table by the smoking grill and a ghost named Shurshik.

The bad weather threatens to take away the warmth forever and deprive everyone of summer (it’s so harmful). But those present have a chance: they need to complete all of Auntie’s tasks, and then she will return the warmth. I got the role of Bad Weather, and my 6-year-old son was the ghost. For participating in games and winning competitions, he handed out candy to guests.

The costumes were made from what was found at the dacha: an old sheet turned into a ghost cape, knitted shirtfront- in an intricate hat, etc.

Summer chant

At the beginning, Bad Weather wanted to see how much those present were looking forward to summer. We need to shout this out loud. And this summer chant helped us (I composed it myself from lines of various poems that I found on the Internet):

Host: The sun is shining brightly. There is warmth in the air.

Presenter: And wherever you look - Everything around is light!
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

Presenter: The meadow is full of bright flowers and grasses.
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

Presenter: Everything is beautiful, the sky is clear, Everything in the area is blooming!
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

Presenter: Everything around has turned green, turned red, turned blue!
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

Presenter: Summer laughs joyfully at us through the open window,
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

At the beginning of the game, it is stipulated that after each phrase of the leader, the participants must shout in unison in rhyme:

- This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

It turns out noisy and fun. Such a chant allows you to immediately stir up all the guests, even the most modest ones, and include them in the action 😉 You can hold such a competition right at the table.

Music competition in nature

Our favorite autoradio has this game: The caller must guess the song, the lyrics of which are read out in a “clumsy” literal translation. And we held our own competition based on this game. But we encrypted not only foreign, but also Russian songs.

In advance, I downloaded the lyrics of 4 foreign and 6 Russian songs from the Internet, printed them out, and at the same time recorded the compositions themselves onto a flash drive. I chose these:

1. Pan Americano – Pamericano – Yolanda Be Cool – We No Speak Americano (this modern version, which was a hit in 2010, and the full original version is Renato Carosone - Tu Vuò Fa’ L’Americano).
2. Boney M - Sunny.
3. PSY - Gangnam Style.
4. Scooter - How Much Is The Fish.
5. ESTRADARADA - Vitya Needs to Get Out.
6. MATRANG - Medusa.
7. Philip Kirkorov - The color of mood is blue.
8. Olga Buzova - Not enough halves.
9. Eljay & Feduk - Rose Wine.
10. Mushrooms - Melting Ice.

Of course, only adults can guess these songs. For children, you can additionally select several children's songs. We chose songs to our taste, from the most famous, hit and a little funny. I didn’t come up with a description of the song in advance, I just took the text and read out some phrases, keywords or just said what the song was about. When they guessed right, she played the song (not the whole thing), Shurshik gave her some candy. Whoever wanted to danced

Example: "A song about a woman who wanted to escape from the hustle and bustle. She succumbed to the influence of the night, and with the advent of darkness she felt that passion had power over her. Goosebumps ran through her body, and, holding panties (bikini) in her hands, she felt like a goddess” (Kirkorov - The color of the mood is blue).

Something like this, I made it up on the fly, it turned out cool :))) You don’t have to read the whole description. The best thing to do is to pause and let yourself think. For each song guessed, Shurshik awards a prize. By the way, our little Shurshik was a little tired by this time, so we gave this role to an adult.

Musical competition in nature: Option 2

And last year we held a competition with musical “predictions”, at the same “Hello, Summer!” party. But that time I was the Summer Fairy. The Fairy put a wreath on everyone’s head and an excerpt of a song sounded, supposedly a prediction for the coming summer.

Game in a circle “Jumping - not jumping”

It's time to get out from behind the table and do a little stretching. Everyone stands in a circle. The presenter reads out the names of animals, birds, objects that “jump or don’t jump.” When the presenter names a jumping object/animal, everyone jumps; if not, they don’t jump. The presenter starts slowly, then the listing of items speeds up. The one who makes a mistake is out of the game.

I managed to come up with the following list of jumping/non-jumping objects and creatures:

• ball, watermelon, kangaroo, cucumber, bucket, hare, apple, man, pie, snowman, tit, cabbage, tennis ball, rabbit, chair, cat, mushroom, trampoline, grasshopper, log, orange, flea, log, axe, hammer , nail, thrush, lantern, pillar, beads, leopard, snake, snail, lion, slipper, boa constrictor, jaguar, hedgehog.

Whoever stayed wins, Shurshik gives him a prize!

Relay game "Sponges"

4 people participate. You will need: 2 small basins and 2 saucepans, 2 foam sponges for washing dishes, 2 chairs.

Participants are united in two pairs. Empty basins are placed on chairs, and pairs of participants stand opposite them, at a distance of 5 meters. The first participant holds a saucepan of water, the second, at the leader’s command, must pick up water with a sponge and transfer (squeeze) it into an empty container as quickly as possible.

Initially, each couple should have an equal amount of water (measured in glasses). The winner must not only move all the water the fastest, but also as much of it as possible.

At the end of the relay we also used glasses to measure the amount of water transferred. It’s interesting that one team got only 1.5 glasses of water out of 4. Where did the remaining 2.5 glasses go?

Relay race for adults “Bring the snack”

2 people participate. You will need: 2 plastic glasses filled with popcorn, chips or salted peanuts, 2 glasses of vodka or 2 glasses of beer, 2 chairs.

“Snacks” (nuts, chips, etc.) are poured into glasses, and then they are placed on the toes of the participants’ shoes. Task: to bring the snack in this form to the chairs with “drinks” without helping yourself with your hands. It's not that easy to do, but it's damn fun! The one who reaches the finish line takes off the glass with the snack (or what was left of it while he was carrying it) from his shoes, drinks and has a snack.

Option for children: Carry the glasses on the toes of your shoes to the chairs, and then pour them into plastic bottle using only one hand.

Summer flash mob in nature

Now the song “Medusa” (MATRANG) is gaining popularity. And I came up with a flash mob with sea movements to this song. Movements on bridge and verse:

1st movement: We march on the spot (we go to the sea).

2nd movement: We put our hand to our forehead with a “visor”, rising on our tiptoes (we are looking for a jellyfish in the sea).

3rd movement: We pinch our nose with one hand, with the other hand we make a smooth movement from top to bottom and squat, as if we are going under water (diving into the sea).

4th movement: We spread our arms to the sides (swim).

5th movement: “Swim” with breaststroke.

Movements on the chorus (the words there are: “jellyfish, jellyfish, we are friends”):

6th movement: Hands to the sides and make wave-like movements with them, depicting a jellyfish.

7th movement: We turn the torso first in one direction, now we bring our hands together and also make wave-like movements, imitating the movements of a jellyfish, then in the other direction.

Auntie Bad Weather shows the movements, and the others repeat with her. All movements are repeated approximately 5-6 times. We danced the first verse and chorus with Auntie’s movements, and then composed it on the fly. Adults and children offered their own “sea” (and not only) movements. Before turning on the music, the movements can be spoken and shown, as if including the entire company in the plot. It turns out not just a flash mob, but a real marine musical game “jellyfish” for a group of adults and children.

I saw the movements on the chorus in this video, I’m giving a link, maybe it will help you 😉

Summer drawings

We have a small asphalt path next to our house, so competitive program completed the asphalt drawing competition:

• Draw what the word “Summer” means to you.

Sweet prizes for creativity to everyone.

Ritual with a candle

In conclusion, Auntie Bad Weather rejoiced at how well the adults and children completed all the tasks, actively participated and had a blast. Therefore, she returns warmth to us:

Tested in practice - the listed competitions are really very fun, suitable for adults and children, and will help you have a great time outdoors in the summer, even when it’s not the best time. good weather. However, we still have a few more in our collection. interesting ideas competitions for a fun company.

Other Amazing Summer Outdoor Competition Ideas

We have held these games before, and they also went off with a bang. Instead of Auntie Bad Weather, last time the Summer Fairy came to us, wearing a wreath of wildflowers and a summer dress. The party also took place outdoors, in the summer, at a table with barbecue.

• Relay race “Planting Potatoes”(a very relevant game for the garden). Participants line up in 2 lines (2 teams). The first runs with a shovel and “digs a bed”, the second “makes holes” (puts hoops), the third “plants potatoes” (drops small balls into hoops), the fourth runs again with a shovel, the fifth runs with a watering can (watering). You can come up with your own variations and equipment. The team that “plants potatoes” the fastest wins.
• Musical comic competition"Summer Predictions". The presenter dresses up as a “summer fairy” who arrives all dressed up in a wreath and a summer dress. The Summer Fairy begins to “predict” what awaits those present this summer: She puts her wreath on the participant sitting at the table. And then a song with a “prediction” sounds. Song cuts must, of course, be prepared in advance. Example: the composition “Sea, sea, bottomless world” sounds - this means the guest will go to the sea; song “Rains, slanting rains” - there will be rainy weather all summer. Etc. We did this: we simply downloaded songs from the Internet and cut the desired passage using a free online song cutting program.

We share ready-made cuts with comic “predictions”: download from Yandex.Disk

• Competition "Clothespins" for adults. In summer, multi-colored clothespins can be found at any dacha. Two couples (m+f) participate. One is blindfolded, the other is attached with clothespins in the most unexpected places. The blindfolded participant must feel his significant other and remove all clothespins. The couple that does it faster wins. An oldie, but always a fun one!

An unusual game of hide and seek “Herring in a Barrel”

More suitable for a group of children school age. The essence of the game:

• One player hides, and the rest remain to count to one hundred. After this, all participants begin to look for the first one. The one who finds him sits next to him in his shelter. The game continues until the hidden person and the people around him are found by the penultimate participant in the game. Well, the one who never found the “barrel of herring” loses.

Have fun in the summer outdoors! We will be glad if you share your ideas 😉