New Year's entertainment: games, competitions, tricks. Competitions and games for the New Year for the company and the whole family
Happy child 27.11.2016
Dear readers, New Year and happy holidays are coming soon. I suggest preparing for them in advance! Today on the blog we have made for you a selection of New Year's games for children. What to play with the whole family? What to do with the kids of different ages? How to properly organize the playing space? What secrets exist in this matter? We will try to find answers to these and other questions in the article.
The presenter of the column, Anna Kutyavina, will share her thoughts and ideas for games for the New Year for children. I give her the floor.
Hello, dear readers of Irina’s blog! Do you feel what the frosty air outside the window smells like? Snow, Christmas tree, tangerines... Although according to the calendar there is still a whole month until the most anticipated holiday of the year, many of us are already expecting a miracle in our souls. After all, in New Year's Eve not only our children, but we ourselves often make our deepest wishes, sincerely believing that they will certainly come true! And from January 1, as in a fairy tale, a new life will begin...
So, are we starting to prepare for the holiday fun? In order not to sit through the last hours of December on the Internet, frantically searching for new ideas for games, let's take important steps towards a joyful New Year right now. As long as there is time, strength, energy and desire. And there are a lot of delicious and unusual ideas for fun! Go?
For your convenience, we have divided all games by age categories. This will make it easier for you to navigate and choose what is best for your child. There are games near the Christmas tree, games with rhymes, New Year's music games. A separate category includes games for the whole family - a creative space in which there is a place for everyone: moms and dads, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and kids!
New Year's games for children under 2 years old
Let's start looking at the fun with the littlest heroes of the holiday. Typically, children begin to actively engage in simple games from the age of 1.5-2 years. For even younger toddlers, we offer only the simplest things: round dances around the Christmas tree in mother’s arms; funny rhymes and songs with parents. We remember that infants should under no circumstances be overloaded with emotions, including positive ones! The “Christmas tree” for such children lasts no more than half an hour, and we certainly look at the child’s condition. If he is tired, we give him time to rest.
It’s great if mothers love to sing, write poems and fairy tales. It's time to fantasize and little by little include the baby in the creative process. The main thing is the emotional involvement of parents, the desire to play and create. Even with yearlings you can make small crafts together, glue New Year's toy- boots from two cardboard parts, and then painted with colored sparkles. The baby just sits in his mother’s arms, and the mother does everything herself using the “hand in hand” method. Then the toy is solemnly hung on the Christmas tree, and each guest is told who made such beauty. And everyone is happy and satisfied.
It’s good for kids to play short New Year’s songs to which they can clap their hands, stomp their feet, and twirl their butts. Remember first of all about safety precautions: if there is a toddler in the house, the Christmas tree should not stand on the floor, especially not hung with glass toys and garlands with lights.
New Year's games and competitions for children from 2 to 6 years old
Now we move on to the most “grateful” age. Preschoolers love games and fun; they are active and sociable. We present to your attention a selection of games for preschoolers:
Game "Guess the gift"
Place many different items and toys in a large bag. Invite your child to determine by touch what came into his hand. If the child guesses the name of the item, he receives a gift.
Game "Owl and animals"
One driver is selected - “owl”. The rest of the children show various animals: birds, mice, butterflies, frogs, bunnies, etc.
The driver gives the command: “Day!” - and all the “animals” run and jump merrily. On the second command: “Night!” - everyone freezes and doesn’t move. The owl flies to "hunt". Anyone who laughs, moves, or changes position becomes the owl's prey.
Game “It’s boring to sit like this...”
We seat the children on chairs near one wall. The presenter reads the poem:
It's boring, it's boring to sit like this,
Looking at each other.
Isn't it time to go for a run?
And change places?
With these words, the children quickly run to the opposite wall, trying to occupy the free chairs. There are one fewer chairs than players. The one left without a chair is eliminated from the game. The chairs are also removed one by one. The game is repeated until the winner takes the last chair.
Game "Fox and Hares"
Children move according to instructions in the text:
Along the forest lawn
The bunnies ran away.
These are the bunnies
Running bunnies.
(Children-bunnies run around the hall)
The bunnies sat in a circle,
They dig the root with their paw.
These are the bunnies
Running bunnies.
(“The bunnies” sit down and “dig” roots)
Here is a fox running -
Red-haired sister.
Looking for where the bunnies are,
Running bunnies.
(The fox runs between the kids. When the song ends, she catches up with the kids).
Game "Winter Mood"
The presenter reads poems, and the children answer: “true”, “false”.
1. Bloomed amidst the frost
There are large roses on the pine tree.
They are collected in bouquets
And they give it to the Snow Maiden. (Wrong)
2. With Snow Maiden Snowman
I'm used to visiting children.
He loves to listen to poems
And then eat candy. (Right)
3. Santa Claus melts in winter
And under the Christmas tree he gets bored -
What was left of him was a puddle;
On holidays it is not needed at all. (Wrong)
4. In February on New Year's Eve
Good Grandfather is coming,
He has a big bag
Full of noodles. (Wrong)
5. Toadstools do not grow in winter,
But they do roll sleds.
Children are happy with them -
Both girls and boys. (Right)
6. Come to us from hot countries in winter
Miracle butterflies are flying
Snowy warm times
They want to collect nectar. (Wrong)
7. A glorious New Year's holiday
Main cactus for kids -
It's green and prickly
Christmas trees are much cooler. (Wrong)
8. There are snowstorms in January,
Decorating the spruce with snow.
Bunny in his white fur coat
Jumps boldly through the forest. (Right)
Relay game "Fish"
The leader divides the children into 2 teams. Each team receives a small fishing rod with a hook.
Near each team there is a large blue hoop - a “pond”. In the pond there are toy fish with loops at the mouth, according to the number of participants. To the rhythmic music, the captains go to the pond, hook a fish with a fishing rod, and put it in the buckets of their teams. Then the fishing rod is passed on to the next participant. The winner is the team that finishes fishing first.
And what would a holiday be without music? Pick it up in advance, music always creates a festive atmosphere. And children always like such musical games.
Game "Round dance around the Christmas tree"
The simplest and favorite fun for kids! Turn on a funny song: “The little Christmas tree is cold in winter” or “A Christmas tree was born in the forest,” and go ahead!
Game "Snowball in a Spoon"
2 players participate at the same time. They are given a spoonful in their mouth, with a cotton snowball in the spoon. At a signal, children run in different directions around the tree. The winner is the one who comes running first and whose snowball remains in the spoon.
Game “Around the Christmas tree in bags”
2 children play at a time. They stand with their feet in the bags, supporting the top of the bags with their hands. At the signal, players scatter in different directions around the tree. The fastest one wins. Then the next pair plays.
Game “We are funny kittens”
The presenter turns on cheerful music. Children break into pairs and dance.
The presenter says: “We are funny kittens,” and the couples are separated. Each one shows a dancing kitten.
It is also very good to offer children various winter riddles. Children enjoy reciting poems and singing songs to Grandfather Frost. And they love to receive gifts.
Let's watch a video of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden playing various interesting games with children! There are a lot of ideas here.
Games for children 6-10 years old
Children of this age can be offered a wide variety of New Year's games, including musical games, dancing, relay races, and riddles. Various production of crafts and Christmas tree decorations are also great. Imagine and get involved!
Game "New Year's Castle"
Several people play. First, they are invited to carefully study the drawn drawing of the New Year's castle. Then everyone receives a set of plastic cups. The players are blindfolded. They get to work.
The participant who reproduces the drawing most accurately and quickly wins the competition.
Game "Tangerine Football"
Children are divided into 2 teams. Tangerines are laid out on the table. Players use two fingers to try to score a goal for the opposing team.
Game "The most accurate snow shooter"
Participants try to hit a target with snowballs - a target, or a bucket, basket, large box. The most accurate shooter wins the competition.
Game "Winter Wind"
Players sit at the table and try to blow a paper ball, a ball of cotton wool or a paper snowflake onto the floor.
Games near the Christmas tree and music games
Game "Decorate the Christmas tree"
Children are divided into 2 teams. Near each of them, the presenter places a box with unbreakable Christmas tree decorations.
Not far from the teams there are two decorated artificial Christmas trees. Children take turns taking one toy from the box, run to their team’s Christmas tree, hang the toy on it and run back. The game continues until the last player. The team that decorates the Christmas tree first wins.
Game "Cap"
Children stand in a circle. Cheerful music is turned on. Players begin passing the New Year's hat around in a circle. When the music stops, the one who still has the cap in his hands puts it on his head and completes the task of Grandfather Frost.
Family games
When people gather at the festive table big family, it's time to play fun family games New Year's games. They perfectly unite representatives different generations, and the connection between loved ones becomes even closer and deeper. Also, such games can be offered to groups of teenagers and adults.
Game “Making a Snowman”
To play, you need softened plasticine. Two players sit next to each other at the table. The left hand of one participant and the right hand of another work as the hands of one person, making a snowman. It is not simple! But it really unites! It's great if each couple has children and adults.
Game "Slipper for Cinderella"
All participants in the game put their shoes in a pile. Players are blindfolded. The presenter mixes the shoes into a pile and commands: “Come on, find your shoe!” Each participant, blindfolded, looks for his own pair of shoes and puts on his shoes. The one who completes the task first is the winner.
Game "Cinderella"
Two participants are required. Everyone is blindfolded and told to dismantle their slide. Peas, beans, nuts, dried rowan, and other ingredients are mixed in slides. Blindfolded participants sort the fruits into groups.
Game "Snow Mission"
You need to take a small ball, or make a “snowball” of cotton wool. The participants of the game stand in a circle. The “snowball” is passed around in a circle.
The presenter says:
We're all rolling a snowball,
We all count to five.
One two three four five -
Sing a song for you!
Whoever has a “snowball” in his hands at the last phrase fulfills this wish. The last phrase changes: “Let’s dance for you!”, “And read poetry for you!”, “Tell you a fairy tale!” and so on.
And here's another very interesting game for the whole family for the New Year. I suggest watching the video.
New Year's karaoke
What would it be like to celebrate the New Year without songs? Select in advance a list of “cons”, such as:
- "The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree",
- "Three White Horses"
- “The ceiling is icy, the door is creaky,”
- “The little Christmas tree is cold in winter”
- "Five minutes",
- "Blue frost",
- “Song about bears”, etc.
Turn on and have fun singing with the whole family!
Dance game "Locomotive"
Adults and children stand in a column, placing their hands on the waist of the previous dancer. And the locomotive starts moving!
Our games are suitable for organizing a fun space at home, as well as for matinees and corporate events. Some can even be played outside.
Friends, I sincerely hope that you will like our New Year’s games and competitions for children, and you will certainly find something for yourself! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Anna Kutyavina, psychologist, storyteller, owner of the Fairytale World website,
author of the book of fairy tales for adults “The Piggy Bank of Wishes” https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/135924974/ And http://www.labirint.ru/books/534868
I thank Anya for the wonderful ideas. All that remains is to think through everything to the smallest detail in order to have an interesting time with the children.
My dears, if you want to learn fun, playful songs for the New Year with your children, I invite you to the music blog page. These songs will create exactly the mood; they can be played in the background when you play New Year's games with the children near the Christmas tree, and musical ones.
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Games for children's company
THIS IS ME, THIS IS ME, THIS IS ALL MY FRIENDS
The presenter, having learned the questions in advance, asks them to the children, who answer with the same phrase. There are many more questions you can come up with. The main thing is to have fun.
– Who walks to school every day in a cheerful band?
- Which of you, tell me out loud, catches flies in class?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Who is not afraid of frost and flies on skates like a bird?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you, when you grow up, will become an astronaut?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you doesn’t walk gloomily, loves sports and physical education?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
- Which of you, so good, wore galoshes to sunbathe?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Who completes their homework on time?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– How many of you keep your books, pens and notebooks in order?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you kids walks around dirty from ear to ear?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you walks on the pavement with your head upside down?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you, I want to know, has an A+ in diligence?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you comes to class an hour late?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
WHAT IS ON THE TREE?
The presenter learns the poems below in advance. You can come up with many more new ones yourself. The purpose of the game is explained to the children: when they hear the name of the Christmas tree decoration, they must raise their hand up and say: “Yes!”, and when they name something that does not happen on the Christmas tree, they must restrain themselves and remain silent. The presenter does not pronounce the text very quickly, but also without giving the children time to think too much. Very soon everyone becomes funny because mistakes inevitably occur.
Text: Soft toy, Sounding firecracker, Petenka-Petrushka, Old tub.
White snowflakes, Sewing machines, Bright pictures, Torn shoes.
Chocolate bars, Horses, cotton wool bunnies, Winter tents.
Red lanterns, Bread crackers, Bright flags, Hats and scarves.
Apples and cones, Petya's pants, Delicious candies, Fresh newspapers.
Or: Multi-colored firecrackers,
Blankets and pillows.
Folding beds and cribs,
Marmalades, chocolates.
Glass balls,
Wooden chairs.
Teddy bears,
Primers and books.
Multi-colored beads
And the garlands are light.
Snow made of white cotton wool,
Satchels and briefcases.
Shoes and boots,
Cups, forks, spoons.
Shiny balls
Tigers are real.
Golden cones,
The stars are radiant.
WHAT CHANGED?
This game requires good visual memory. Participants are given a task one by one: for a minute, look at the toys hanging on one or two branches of the Christmas tree and remember them. Then you need to leave the room - at this time several toys (three or four) will be outweighed: some will be removed, others will be added. Upon entering the room, you need to look at your branches and say what has changed. Depending on age, you can make the tasks more difficult or easier.
Games and competitions with Father Frost and Snow Maiden
Round dances
The traditional New Year's round dance can be complicated and made more entertaining. The leader sets the tone for the round dance, changes the pace of movement and direction. After one or two circles, the round dance can be led like a snake, maneuvering between guests and furniture. The steeper the loops of the snake, the merrier. The leader can come up with various options along the way: include those not participating in the round dance in the chain, sharply slow down the pace, etc.
Decorate the Christmas tree
There are two artificial Christmas trees in the hall. “There are only a few minutes left until the New Year,” says the Snow Maiden, “and these trees are not decorated yet.” Perhaps there will be two clever people in the hall who will quickly do this. Toys made of cardboard, papier-mâché and other unbreakable ones are laid out on tables 5-6 steps from the tree. But completing the Snow Maiden’s task is not so easy.
The Snow Maiden reports that a short circuit has occurred, and the Christmas trees will have to be decorated in the dark (blindfolded). Perhaps someone will hang their toys on their neighbor's Christmas tree, but the one whose Christmas tree turns out to be the most decorated will win.
Toy in a circle
Santa Claus invites the participants to stand facing each other. Music begins to play, and a toy, for example a doll with the image of the Snow Maiden, passes from hand to hand and moves in a circle. The music stops, the transfer of the toy stops. The one who has the doll left is out of the game. The game continues until one person remains. If there are a lot of players, you can throw several dolls in a circle.
Compliments to the Snow Maiden
Santa Claus calls into the circle a young man who wants to play, who must compliment the Snow Maiden, taking matches from an apple completely studded with matches. Santa Claus gives it to the player before the start of the competition.
Snowballs
You need to throw 6 “ into a hanging (or standing on the floor) basket from a distance of 6-7 steps. snowballs- white tennis balls. The one who copes with this task most accurately will win.
Fluffy snowflakes
The Snow Maiden invites several guests to take light cotton snowflakes from the tray. Each player throws up his own snowflake and, blowing on it, tries to keep it in the air as long as possible. The one who dropped his fluff can go up to his friend and help him complete the Snow Maiden’s task.
Magic words
The game is led by the Snow Maiden, she invites two teams of 10 people each, hands them a set of large letters that make up the word “Snow Maiden”. Each participant receives one letter. The task is as follows: in the story read by the Snow Maiden, there will be words made up of these letters. As soon as such a word is pronounced, the owners of the letters that make it up must step forward and, rearranging themselves, form this word. The team that is ahead of its opponents gets a point.
Sample story
A fast river rose. Snow fell on the fields. The mountain behind the village turned white. And the bark on the birch trees sparkled with frost. Somewhere the runners of a sleigh are creaking. Where are they headed?
Centipede racing
In a fairly spacious room you can hold centipede races. The players are divided into two teams and line up behind each other, taking the standing with hands by the belt. A chair is placed at the opposite wall, which the chain of players must go around and then return back. If the chain is broken, the leader can count the team a loss. The task can be complicated and made funnier if the teams move half-crouched, if both teams complete the task at the same time.
A variation of this game is "Snake". The “head” - the first in the column - must catch the “tail”, which eludes it. Having caught it, the “head” moves to the end of the column, and the game is repeated again. The “broken” links of the chain are considered losers and leave the game.
Two Frosts
A group of guys is at one end of the hall (room) beyond the conventional line. The drivers - Frosts - are in the middle of the hall. They address the guys with the words:
We are two young brothers, (Together): Two daring frosts.
I am Frost the red nose.
I am Frost the blue nose.
Which one of you will decide
Set off on a path?
Everyone answers:
We are not afraid of threats, and we are not afraid of frost! The players run to the other side of the hall beyond the home line. Both Frosts catch and “freeze” those running across. They immediately stop at the place where they were “frozen.” Then the Frosts again turn to the players, and they, having answered, run across the hall, helping out the “frozen”: they touch them with their hand, and they join the others.
Auction Santa Claus says:
We have a wonderful Christmas tree in our hall. And what toys she has on her! What kind of Christmas tree decorations do you know? The person with the last answer will win this amazing prize.
The players take turns calling out the words. During pauses, the presenter begins to count slowly: “Clapper - one, clapper - two...” The auction continues.
Prank game
Santa Claus announces to the audience that none of those present will be able to repeat after him the three short phrases that he will say. Of course, no one will agree with him. Then Santa Claus, as if looking for words, says a short phrase. For example: “Today is a wonderful evening.” Everyone confidently repeats this phrase. Santa Claus, embarrassed, looks for and hesitantly says the second phrase. It is also easy for everyone to repeat. Then he quickly and joyfully says: “Well, you were wrong!” The crowd protests. And Santa Claus explains that his third phrase, which had to be repeated, was: “Well, you were wrong!”
Two are better than one
Some three toys are placed on the floor: a ball, a cube, and a skittle. Two players come out and start dancing around them (the game can be played to music). As soon as the music stops or Santa Claus gives the command “Stop!”, each player must try to grab two toys. Whoever gets one loses. The game can be complicated: increase the number of participants and, accordingly, the number of toys or objects. The one who grabs it wins large quantity toys.
Under a lucky star
The winner of this game will be the one who first finds the star hanging from the ceiling with the number announced by the presenter. Stars with a number written large on both sides are pre-hung on threads from the ceiling of the room (or hall) where the dancing will take place. As the dance progresses, the music stops for a minute, and Santa Claus proclaims: “Lucky star 15!” The dancers try to quickly find the star with this number. The winner is awarded a prize.
Watch your back
Father Frost or the Snow Maiden gives various commands to those standing in the circle, and they must be carried out only if the word “please” is added to the command, for example, “Please, hands up”, “Lower your right hand!”, “Please clap your hands” and etc. The game is played fun, at a fast pace. Those who make a mistake leave the game. The person who remains is awarded the title of “Most Attentive Guest” and is awarded a prize.
New Year's games
1. Tiger Tail
All players line up, holding the belt or shoulders of the person in front of them. The first in this line is the head of the “tiger”, the last is the “tail”. At the signal, the “tail” begins to catch up with the “head”, which is trying to escape. The task of the rest of the tiger’s “body” is not to come apart. After several attempts by the “tail” to catch up with the “head”, the children change places and roles.
2. Little funny
Each player gets a name: snowflake, firecracker, Christmas tree, tiger, candle, flashlight, etc. All names must be related to the New Year. One presenter is selected and asks various questions to everyone in turn. The presenter should not know the names of the participants. Participants answer any question from the presenter with their name. For example:
Snowflake
What do you have (points to nose)?
Flashlight
What do you like to eat?
The one who laughs is out of the game.
Alternatively, the one who laughs must guess a riddle or complete some task. After the first round, you can change the names of the participants, choose another leader and continue the game until you get tired of it.
New Year's entertainment
Postmen
Team game. In front of each team, at a distance of 5-7 meters, there is a thick sheet of paper on the floor, divided into cells in which the endings of names are written (cha; nya; la, etc.). Another sheet of paper with the first half of the name is cut in advance into pieces in the form of postcards, which are folded into shoulder bags.
The first team numbers put their bags on their shoulders, at the leader’s signal, they rush to the paper sheet on the floor - the addressee, take out a postcard with the first half of the name from the bag and put it to the desired ending. When they return, they pass the bag to the next player on their team. The team whose mail finds its addressee faster wins the game.
Journey in the Dark
This game will require bowling pins and blindfolds according to the number of participants. Team game. The pins are placed in a “snake” pattern in front of each team. Teams holding hands and blindfolded try to go the distance without hitting the pins. The team whose team has the fewest pins knocked down will win the “trip.” The number of pins not knocked down equals the number of points.
Collect potatoes
Inventory: Baskets according to the number of participants, cubes, marbles, balls - an odd number. Preparation: “potato” cubes, etc. are placed on the platform.
Game: Each player is given a basket and blindfolded. The task is to blindly collect as many “potatoes” as possible and put them in a basket. Winner: The participant who collected the most potatoes.
Dance with hoops
Inventory: Hoops according to the number of participants. Game: Several players are given a plastic (metal) hoop. Game options:
a) Rotating the hoop around the waist, neck, arm... Winner: The participant whose hoop will rotate the longest.
b) Participants, on command, send the hoop forward in a straight line with their hand. Winner: The participant whose hoop rolls the furthest.
c) Rotate the hoop around its axis with the fingers of one hand (like a top). Winner: The participant whose hoop spins the longest.
The Great Houdini
Inventory: Ropes according to the number of participants Game: Participants have their hands tied behind their backs with a rope. At the leader’s signal, the players try to untie the ropes on themselves. Winner: The first participant to become free.
Robin Hood
Inventory: Ball or apple “basket” of hat, bucket, box, rings, stool, various items. Game: Several options:
a) The task is to hit the ball various items standing at a distance on a stool.
b) The task is to throw a ball, an apple, etc. into the "basket" at a distance.
c) The task is to throw rings on the legs of an inverted stool. Winner: The participant who completed the task better.
Musketeers
Inventory: 2 chess officers, fake swords made of rubber or foam rubber. Preparation: Place a chess piece on the edge of the stop. Game: Participants stand 2 meters from the table. The task is to lunge (step forward) and hit the figure with a thrust. Winner: The first participant to hit the figure. Option: A duel between two participants.
Poetry competition
You can prepare cards in advance with rhymes for the future New Year's greetings (toast) and distribute them to guests (including children school age) at the beginning of the evening.
Rhyme options:
nose - frost
year is coming
third - millennium
calendar - January
The results of the competition are summed up at the table or when gifts are presented.
Snowball
Redemption of New Year's prizes from Santa Claus's bag can be arranged as follows. In a circle, both adults and children pass a specially prepared “snowball” - made of cotton wool or white fabric. “Kom” is passed on and Santa Claus says:
We're all rolling a snowball,
We all count to five -
One two three four five -
Sing a song for you.
You should dance a dance.
Let me tell you a riddle...
The person who redeems the prize leaves the circle, and the game continues.
There are Christmas trees
We decorated the Christmas tree with different toys, and in the forest there are different types of Christmas trees, wide, short, tall, thin. Now, if I say “high,” raise your hands up. “Low” - squat and lower your arms. “Wide” - make the circle wider. “Thin” - make a circle already. Now let's play! (The presenter plays, trying to confuse the children.)
Telegram to Santa Claus
The guys are asked to name 13 adjectives: “fat”, “red-haired”, “hot”, “hungry”, “sluggish”, “dirty”... When all the adjectives are written down, the presenter takes out the text of the telegram and inserts into it the missing adjectives from the list .
Telegram text:
"... Grandfather Frost! All... the children are looking forward to your... arrival. New Year is the most... holiday of the year. We will sing for you... songs, dance... dances! Finally- then... New Year will come! I don't want to talk about... studying. We promise that we will only receive... grades. So, quickly open your... bag and give us... gifts.
With respect to you... boys and... girls!"
Let's make caps
For participants in the game, Santa Claus invites them to look from a distance at a set of cans of various sizes and shapes. You cannot pick them up. Each player has a piece of cardboard from which they must cut out the lids so that they exactly match the holes of the cans. The winner is the one with the most lids that exactly match the openings of the cans.
Piglets
For this competition, prepare some delicate dish - for example, jelly. The participants' task is to eat it as quickly as possible using matches or toothpicks.
Two-Bit
Each player gets a name, say, a cracker, a lollipop, an icicle, a garland, a needle, a flashlight, a snowdrift... The driver goes around everyone in a circle and asks various questions:
Firecracker.
What holiday is today?
Lollipop.
What do you have (pointing to your nose)?
Icicle.
What drips from the icicle?
Garland...
Each participant must answer any questions with their “name”, while the “name” can be declined accordingly. Those answering questions should not laugh. Whoever laughs is eliminated from the game and gives away his forfeit. Then there is a drawing of tasks for forfeits.
Mask, I know you
The presenter puts the mask on the player. The player asks different questions to which he receives answers - hints:
This animal?
Human?
Homemade?
Is she cackling?
Quacks?
It's a duck!
The person who guesses correctly is given the mask itself as a prize.
Harvesting
The task of the players of each team is to move to specific place oranges. Santa Claus is the presenter. He gives the start and announces the winner.
Tear the newspaper
Santa Claus chooses 2 participants in the competition. The task is to tear the newspaper as quickly and as small as possible. With one hand, right or left, it doesn’t matter - tear the newspaper into small pieces, while the hand is extended forward, you cannot help with your free hand. Who will do the smallest job?
Fairy tale
When you have at least 5-10 guests (age does not matter), offer them this game. Take a children's book with a fairy tale (the simpler the better, “Ryaba Hen”, “Kolobok”, “Turnip”, “Teremok”, etc. are ideal). Choose a leader (he will be the reader). From the book, write down all the characters of the fairy tale on separate pieces of paper, including, if the number of people allows, trees, stumps, a river, buckets, etc. All guests pull out pieces of paper with roles. The presenter begins to read the fairy tale, and all the characters “come to life”....
Laughing
Any number of participants can play. All participants in the game, if it is a free area, form a large circle. In the center is the driver (Santa Claus) with a handkerchief in his hands. He throws the handkerchief up, while it flies to the ground, everyone laughs loudly, the handkerchief is on the ground - everyone calms down. As soon as the handkerchief touches the ground, this is where the laughter begins, and from the funniest we take a forfeit - this is a song, a poem, etc.
Rope
It is necessary that the majority of those gathered have not played it before. In an empty room, a long rope is taken and a labyrinth is stretched so that a person, while passing, crouches somewhere and steps somewhere. Having invited the next player from the next room, they explain to him that he must go through this labyrinth blindfolded, having first remembered the location of the rope. The audience will give him hints. When the player is blindfolded, the rope is removed. The player sets off, stepping and crawling under a non-existent rope. Spectators are asked in advance not to give away the secret of the game.
Roll
This game will help all your guests get to know each other. Guests sitting at the table pass the roll around in a circle toilet paper. Each guest tears off as many scraps as he wants, the more the better. When each guest has a stack of scraps, the host announces the rules of the game: each guest must tell as many facts about himself as he has torn scraps.
With signs
At the entrance, each guest receives his new name - a piece of paper with the inscription is attached to his back (giraffe, hippopotamus, mountain eagle, bulldozer, bread slicer, rolling pin, cucumber, etc.). Each guest can read what the other guests are called, but, naturally, cannot read what he himself is called. The task of each guest is to find out his new name from the others throughout the evening. Guests can only answer “Yes” or “No” to questions. The first one to find out what is written on his piece of paper wins.
Joke game
All guests stand in a circle and put their hands on each other's shoulders. The presenter (Santa Claus) says “duck” or “goose” in everyone’s ear (scattered, say “duck” to more players). Then he explains the rules of the game: “If I now say: “Goose,” then all the players whom I called so will tuck one leg. And if “Duck,” then the players whom I called “Duck” will tuck both legs.” You are guaranteed a heap.
Mysterious chest
Each of the two players has their own chest or suitcase, in which various items of clothing are folded. The players are blindfolded, and at the leader’s command they begin to put on things from the chest. The players' task is to dress up as quickly as possible.
Colors
The players stand in a circle. The presenter commands: “Touch yellow, one, two, three!” Players try to grab the thing (object, part of the body) of the other participants in the circle as quickly as possible. Those who do not have time are eliminated from the game. The presenter repeats the command again, but with a new color. The last one standing wins.
Ride the ball
All competition participants line up in teams of 3 people. Each “three” of players receives a tight volleyball. At the signal from the leader, one of the three players, supported by the elbows of two other players, steps on the ball and rolls it. The group that reaches the finish line first wins.
Draw the sun
This relay game involves teams, each of which lines up in a single column. At the start, in front of each team there are gymnastic sticks according to the number of players. A hoop is placed in front of each team, at a distance of 5-7 meters. The task of the relay participants is to take turns, at a signal, running out with sticks, placing them in rays around their hoop - “draw a sun.” The team that completes the task faster wins.
Fast walkers
Participants are asked to stand on the base of a dumbbell with one foot and push off the floor with the other to overcome a given distance.
Sculptors
Participants in the game are given plasticine or clay. The presenter shows or names a letter, and the players must, as quickly as possible, create an object whose name begins with this letter.
It's the other way around
Players are invited to try to draw or color something, but with their left hand, and those who are left-handed use their right.
Crumple up the newspaper
Inventory: Newspapers by number of participants. Game: An unfolded newspaper is placed on the floor in front of the players. The task is to crumple the newspaper at the presenter’s signal, trying to collect the entire sheet into a fist. Winner: The participant who collects the newspaper into a ball the fastest.
1. Tiger Tail
All players line up, holding the belt or shoulders of the person in front of them. The first in this line is the head of the “tiger”, the last is the “tail”. At the signal, the “tail” begins to catch up with the “head”, which is trying to escape. The task of the rest of the tiger’s “body” is not to come apart. After several attempts by the “tail” to catch up with the “head”, the children change places and roles.
2. Little funny
Each player gets a name: snowflake, firecracker, Christmas tree, tiger, candle, flashlight, etc. All names must be related to the New Year. One presenter is selected and asks various questions to everyone in turn. The presenter should not know the names of the participants. Participants answer any question from the presenter with their name.
For example:
Who are you? - Snowflake - What do you have (points to nose)? - Flashlight - What do you like to eat? - Christmas tree
The one who laughs is out of the game.
Alternatively, the one who laughs must guess a riddle or complete some task. After the first round, you can change the names of the participants, choose another leader and continue the game until you get tired of it.
3. Postmen
Team game. In front of each team, at a distance of 5-7 meters, there is a thick sheet of paper on the floor, divided into cells in which the endings of names are written (cha; nya; la, etc.). Another sheet of paper with the first half of the name is cut in advance into pieces in the form of postcards, which are folded into shoulder bags.
The first team numbers put their bags on their shoulders, at the leader’s signal, they rush to the paper sheet on the floor - the addressee, take out a postcard with the first half of the name from the bag and put it to the desired ending. When they return, they pass the bag to the next player on their team. The team whose mail finds its addressee faster wins the game.
4. Journey in the dark
This game will require bowling pins and blindfolds according to the number of participants. Team game. The pins are placed in a “snake” pattern in front of each team. Teams holding hands and blindfolded try to go the distance without hitting the pins. The team whose team has the fewest pins knocked down will win the “trip.” The number of pins not knocked down equals the number of points.
5. Collect potatoes
Inventory: Baskets according to the number of participants, cubes, marbles, balls - an odd number. Preparation: “potato” cubes, etc. are placed on the platform. Game: Each player is given a basket and blindfolded. The task is to blindly collect as many “potatoes” as possible and put them in a basket. Winner: The participant who collected the most potatoes.
6. Dance with hoops
Inventory: Hoops according to the number of participants. Game: Several players are given a plastic (metal) hoop. Game options:
a) Rotating the hoop around the waist, neck, arm... Winner: The participant whose hoop will rotate the longest.
b) Participants, on command, send the hoop forward in a straight line with their hand. Winner: The participant whose hoop rolls the furthest.
c) Rotate the hoop around its axis with the fingers of one hand (like a top). Winner: The participant whose hoop spins the longest.
7. The Great Houdini
Inventory: Ropes according to the number of participants Game: Participants have their hands tied behind their backs with a rope. At the leader’s signal, the players try to untie the ropes on themselves. Winner: The first participant to become free.
8. Robin Hood
Inventory: Ball or apple “basket” of hat, bucket, box, rings, stool, various items. Game: Several options:
a) The task is to knock down various objects standing at a distance on a stool with a ball.
b) The task is to throw a ball, an apple, etc. into the "basket" at a distance.
c) The task is to throw rings on the legs of an inverted stool. Winner: The participant who completed the task better.
9. Musketeers
Inventory: 2 chess officers, fake swords made of rubber or foam rubber. Preparation: Place a chess piece on the edge of the stop. Game: Participants stand 2 meters from the table. The task is to lunge (step forward) and hit the figure with a thrust. Winner: The first participant to hit the figure. Option: A duel between two participants.
10. Poetry competition
You can prepare cards in advance with rhymes for your future New Year's greetings (toast) and distribute them to guests (including school-age children) at the beginning of the evening.
Rhyme options:
Grandfather - summer nose - frost year - the third is coming - millennium calendar - January
The results of the competition are summed up at the table or when gifts are presented.
11. Snowball
Redemption of New Year's prizes from Santa Claus's bag can be arranged as follows. In a circle, both adults and children pass a specially prepared “snowball” - made of cotton wool or white fabric. “Kom” is passed on and Santa Claus says:
We all roll a snowball, We all count to “five” - One, two, three, four, five - You should sing a song. Or: Should I read poetry for you? Or: You should dance a dance. Or: Let me tell you a riddle...
The person who redeems the prize leaves the circle, and the game continues.
12. There are Christmas trees
We decorated the Christmas tree with different toys, and in the forest there are different types of Christmas trees, wide, short, tall, thin. Now, if I say “high,” raise your hands up. “Low” - squat and lower your arms. “Wide” - make the circle wider. “Thin” - make a circle already. Now let's play! (The presenter plays, trying to confuse the children.)
13. Telegram to Santa Claus
The guys are asked to name 13 adjectives: “fat”, “red-haired”, “hot”, “hungry”, “sluggish”, “dirty”... When all the adjectives are written down, the presenter takes out the text of the telegram and inserts into it the missing adjectives from the list .
Text of the telegram: "... Grandfather Frost! All... children are looking forward to your... arrival. New Year is the most... holiday of the year. We will sing for you... songs, dance... dances ! Finally... New Year is coming! I don't want to talk about... studying. We promise that we will only receive... grades. So, quickly open your... bag and give us... gifts. With respect to you... boys and... girls!"
14. Let's make lids
For participants in the game, Santa Claus invites them to look from a distance at a set of cans of various sizes and shapes. You cannot pick them up. Each player has a piece of cardboard from which they must cut out the lids so that they exactly match the holes of the cans. The winner is the one with the most lids that exactly match the openings of the cans.
15. Piglets
For this competition, prepare some delicate dish - for example, jelly. The participants' task is to eat it as quickly as possible using matches or toothpicks.
16. Smeshinka
Each player gets a name, say, a cracker, a lollipop, an icicle, a garland, a needle, a flashlight, a snowdrift... The driver goes around everyone in a circle and asks various questions:
Who are you? - Firecracker. - What holiday is today? - Lollipop. - What do you have (pointing to your nose)? - Icicle. - What drips from the icicle? - Garland...
Each participant must answer any questions with their “name”, while the “name” can be declined accordingly. Those answering questions should not laugh. Whoever laughs is eliminated from the game and gives away his forfeit. Then there is a drawing of tasks for forfeits.
17. Mask, I know you
The presenter puts the mask on the player. The player asks different questions to which he receives answers - hints:
This animal? - No. - Human? - No. - Bird? - Yes! - Homemade? - Not really. - Is she cackling? - No. - Quacks? - Yes! - It's a duck!
The person who guesses correctly is given the mask itself as a prize.
18. Harvest
The task of the players of each team is to move the oranges to a certain place as quickly as possible without using their hands. Santa Claus is the presenter. He gives the start and announces the winner.
19. Tear the newspaper
Santa Claus chooses 2 participants in the competition. The task is to tear the newspaper as quickly and as small as possible. With one hand, right or left, it doesn’t matter - tear the newspaper into small pieces, while the hand is extended forward, you cannot help with your free hand. Who will do the smallest job?
20. Fairy tale
When you have at least 5-10 guests (age does not matter), offer them this game. Take a children's book with a fairy tale (the simpler the better, “Ryaba Hen”, “Kolobok”, “Turnip”, “Teremok”, etc. are ideal). Choose a leader (he will be the reader). From the book, write down all the characters of the fairy tale on separate pieces of paper, including, if the number of people allows, trees, stumps, a river, buckets, etc. All guests pull out pieces of paper with roles. The presenter begins to read the fairy tale, and all the characters “come to life”....
21. Laughter
Any number of participants can play. All participants in the game, if it is a free area, form a large circle. In the center is the driver (Santa Claus) with a handkerchief in his hands. He throws the handkerchief up, while it flies to the ground, everyone laughs loudly, the handkerchief is on the ground - everyone calms down. As soon as the handkerchief touches the ground, this is where the laughter begins, and from the funniest we take a forfeit - this is a song, a poem, etc.
22. Rope
It is necessary that the majority of those gathered have not played it before. In an empty room, a long rope is taken and a labyrinth is stretched so that a person, while passing, crouches somewhere and steps somewhere. Having invited the next player from the next room, they explain to him that he must go through this labyrinth blindfolded, having first remembered the location of the rope. The audience will give him hints. When the player is blindfolded, the rope is removed. The player sets off, stepping and crawling under a non-existent rope. Spectators are asked in advance not to give away the secret of the game.
23. Roll
This game will help all your guests get to know each other. Guests sitting at the table pass a roll of toilet paper around. Each guest tears off as many scraps as he wants, the more the better. When each guest has a stack of scraps, the host announces the rules of the game: each guest must tell as many facts about himself as he has torn scraps.
24. With signs
At the entrance, each guest receives his new name - a piece of paper with the inscription is attached to his back (giraffe, hippopotamus, mountain eagle, bulldozer, bread slicer, rolling pin, cucumber, etc.). Each guest can read what the other guests are called, but, naturally, cannot read what he himself is called. The task of each guest is to find out his new name from the others throughout the evening. Guests can only answer “Yes” or “No” to questions. The first one to find out what is written on his piece of paper wins.
25. Joke game
All guests stand in a circle and put their hands on each other's shoulders. The presenter (Santa Claus) says “duck” or “goose” in everyone’s ear (scattered, say “duck” to more players). Then he explains the rules of the game: “If I now say: “Goose,” then all the players whom I called so will tuck one leg. And if “Duck,” then the players whom I called “Duck” will tuck both legs.” You are guaranteed a heap.
26. Mysterious chest
Each of the two players has their own chest or suitcase, in which various items of clothing are folded. The players are blindfolded, and at the leader’s command they begin to put on things from the chest. The players' task is to dress up as quickly as possible.
27. Colors
The players stand in a circle. The presenter commands: “Touch yellow, one, two, three!” Players try to grab the thing (object, part of the body) of the other participants in the circle as quickly as possible. Those who do not have time are eliminated from the game. The presenter repeats the command again, but with a new color. The last one standing wins.
28. Ride the ball
All competition participants line up in teams of 3 people. Each “three” of players receives a tight volleyball. At the signal from the leader, one of the three players, supported by the elbows of two other players, steps on the ball and rolls it. The group that reaches the finish line first wins.
29. Draw a sun
This relay game involves teams, each of which lines up in a single column. At the start, in front of each team there are gymnastic sticks according to the number of players. A hoop is placed in front of each team, at a distance of 5-7 meters. The task of the relay participants is to take turns, at a signal, running out with sticks, placing them in rays around their hoop - “draw a sun.” The team that completes the task faster wins.
30. Fast walkers
Participants are asked to stand on the base of a dumbbell with one foot and push off the floor with the other to overcome a given distance.
31. Sculptors
Participants in the game are given plasticine or clay. The presenter shows or names a letter, and the players must, as quickly as possible, create an object whose name begins with this letter.
32. It's the other way around
Players are invited to try to draw or color something, but with their left hand, and those who are left-handed use their right.
33. Crumple up the newspaper
Inventory: Newspapers by number of participants. Game: An unfolded newspaper is placed on the floor in front of the players. The task is to crumple the newspaper at the presenter’s signal, trying to collect the entire sheet into a fist. Winner: The participant who collects the newspaper into a ball the fastest.
34. New Year's game
For the game we will need:
Long rope; - threads; - scissors 1 pc.; - a blindfold so you can’t see anything; - children, adults who will play; - and of course gifts for everyone (sweets, decorative toys, soap, etc.).
We pull a long rope and fasten it (if there is nowhere to fasten it, then someone will have to hold it). We hang our gifts on a long rope using a thread (or, to make it more New Year’s, we hang them in the Christmas tree rain).
We take a player, blindfold him, give him scissors in his hands, spin him, then direct him towards the hanging gifts so that he can cut off his gift, then the next player, etc.
35. Competition with gifts
The presenter (adult) or Santa Claus invites the participants - children to guess what is in the bag - by touch? How many nuts (candies, etc.) are in the bag? What animal toy is hidden in the bag? How many pages are there in the book? What is the name of the doll, etc. and so on.? The person who answers correctly receives this item as a prize.
36. Game
On large sheet Santa Claus without a nose is drawn on paper and hung on the wall. Make a nose out of plasticine, and the children take turns, blindfolded, trying to attach the nose in place. In a group of kids, the behavior of the driver usually causes wild, joyful laughter.
37. Snowflake
Each child is given a “snowflake”, that is, a small ball of cotton wool. Children loosen their snowflakes and, at your signal, launch them into the air and begin to blow on them from below so that they stay in the air as long as possible. The most dexterous one wins.
38. Decorate the Christmas tree.
They make several Christmas tree decorations from cotton wool (apples, pears, fish) with wire hooks and a fishing rod with the same hook. You need to use a fishing rod to hang all the toys on the Christmas tree, and then use the same fishing rod to remove them. The winner is the one who manages to do it in set time, for example in two minutes. A fir branch mounted on a stand can serve as a Christmas tree.
39. In a hat
In the hat are different words; Children take turns taking out, reading and singing lines from songs where these words appear. Songs (and words) should be about winter and the New Year holiday (Christmas tree, round dance, frost, frost, snowflake, icicle, etc.).
40. Associations
Let the guys take turns listing everything that happens in the New Year: Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, snow, gifts, Christmas tree, Christmas tree decorations, cake, needles, on the floor, lanterns, etc. The one who runs out of ideas is eliminated from the game, and the most persistent one wins. The child looks carefully at the tree for a minute (or any other prescribed time), and then turns away and lists in as much detail as possible what is hanging on it. The one who remembers the most wins. Of course, if the baby owner studied his Christmas tree in advance, or even decorated it himself, then his winnings will not be very fair: he probably shouldn’t compete.
41. To the touch
As many toys as possible are put into Santa Claus's bag. Each child puts his hand in there, determines by touch what he caught there, and describes in detail. After everyone has taken a toy from the bag, you can announce that this is it. new Year gifts(this, of course, is not improvisation; you took care of the gifts in advance).
42. Ice cream
The Snow Maiden's favorite treat is ice cream. Children take turns naming the types of ice cream. Whoever thinks for more than 5 seconds loses. A rope is pulled, and various small prizes (toys, candies, etc.) are hung from it on strings. The participant is blindfolded and given scissors. He must go to the rope and cut off the prize he can. Then the next participant gets the scissors. And so on until the prizes run out (prepare more of them).
43. Competition: cut out a snowflake from a napkin (paper) as quickly as possible.
44. Build a snowman
To play, you need two flannelgraphs (a board or frame with a flannel stretched over them measuring 100x70 cm) and parts of a Snowman figure cut out of paper and glued onto the flannel, a carrot nose, a broom, a hat (2 sets). Two people compete. Everyone tries to collect their Snowman as soon as possible.
45. Trap
Having run away from the Snowman (or Santa Claus), the children stop and, clapping their hands, say: “One-two-three! One-two-three! Well, quickly catch us!” When the text ends, everyone runs away. The snowman (Santa Claus) is catching up with the children.
46. Playing with rattles
Children, holding rattles in their hands, run scattered around the hall to cheerful music. When the music ends, the children stop and hide the rattles behind their backs. The fox (or another character participating in the game) is looking for rattles. She asks the children to show her first one hand, then the other. Children behind their backs transfer rattles from one hand to another, as if showing that there is nothing in their hand. The fox is surprised that the rattles have disappeared. The music plays again and the game repeats.
47. Hares and fox
Children perform movements according to the text.
Bunnies scattered across the forest lawn. These are the kind of bunnies, Bunnies are runners. (Children-bunny run easily around the hall.) The bunnies sat in a circle, digging a root with their paw. These are the kind of bunnies, Bunnies are runners.
(The “bunnies” sit down and perform imitation movements according to the text.)
Here is a little fox running - little red-haired sister. Looking for where the bunnies are, Bunnies are running around.
(The fox runs between the children and, when the song ends, catches up with the kids.)
48. Christmas tree
The game involves 2 teams of 2 people. At the end of the hall there are 2 boxes for each team: one contains a disassembled Christmas tree, the other contains toys. The first participant must assemble the Christmas tree, the second must decorate it with toys. The team that completes the task faster wins.
49. Who will collect the most snowballs?
Two children play. Snowballs made of cotton wool are scattered on the floor. The children are blindfolded and given a basket. At the signal, they begin to collect snowballs. The one who collects the most snowballs wins.
50. Valenki
Large felt boots are placed in front of the Christmas tree. Two children are playing. At a signal, they run around the tree from different sides. The winner is the one who runs around the Christmas tree faster and puts on felt boots.
51. Give a snowman a nose
2 stands are placed in front of the tree, large sheets with images of snowmen are attached to them. Two or more children participate. They are blindfolded. At the signal, children must reach the snowmen and put their nose to it (this could be a carrot). Other children help with words: left, right, lower, higher...
52. Carry it in a bag
A bag is placed in front of the tree (it is divided into 2 parts, one of them has no bottom). Santa Claus calls children who want to ride in a sack. He puts the child in a sack and carries him around the tree. He places the other child in the part of the bag where there is no bottom. Santa Claus walks around the Christmas tree, and the child remains in place. Santa Claus returns and is “surprised.” The game repeats itself.
Several couples participate. Children stand opposite each other at a distance of approximately 4 meters. One child has an empty bucket, the other has a bag with a certain number of “snowballs” (tennis or rubber balls). At a signal, the child throws snowballs, and the partner tries to catch them with a bucket. The first couple to finish the game and collect the most snowballs wins.
54. Guess who I am!
The game is more fun when many guests take part in it at once. The leader is blindfolded, the rest join hands and stand around the “blind” person. The host claps his hands and the guests begin to move in a circle. The presenter claps again - and the circle freezes. Now the presenter must point to a player and try to guess who it is.
If he manages to do this on the first try, then the one who was guessed leads. As a variant of this game, you can introduce a rule according to which the presenter can ask the player to reproduce something, imitate an animal - bark or meow, etc.
55. Melt the ice
Everyone is divided into two teams, each receiving one ice cube (preferably the cubes are the same size). The goal is to melt the ice as quickly as possible. The cube must constantly move from one player to another. Participants can warm it in their hands, rub it, etc. The team that melts the ice faster wins.
56. Running associations
The person sitting on the edge says two random words out loud. For example: safe and orange. The next participant, clockwise, aloud describes the image connecting the second word with the first. For example, "a giant orange rolls out of an open safe" and then calls out his new made-up word, such as "egg."
The third participant connects the second word with the third with some phrase: “There was an egg under the orange peel,” and asks for his word. The next one connects this word with the previous one, etc. So the game goes in a circle. At any moment, the presenter can give the command “Stop” and ask the person on whom the game stopped to repeat the entire chain of words: safe, orange, egg, etc. The child who fails to complete the task is eliminated and the game begins again.
New Year's games from A to Z
Near the tree, two icicles told a fairy tale to Yulka. (Tell me a fairy tale, continuing the beginning...) 1. Once upon a time, on New Year's Eve... (Possible option - People were basking in the holidays) 2. Once Santa Claus came out... (from under the Christmas trees , not roses) 3. They brought me a gift... (They simply couldn’t do it anymore) 4. The Christmas tree came to visit us... (And brought toys) 5. Only once a year does he come... (Santa Claus to us, not the Elephant) 6. Although it is cold around... (the holiday attracted everyone into its circle) 7. No one sleeps this night... (New Year is knocking on the door) B Collect icicles - letters, snowflakes and others "game". (Quickly collect scattered or hidden things...) 1. Letters in order, by color, by size... 2. Words by meaning, by weight, by month... 3. Snowflakes, pictures, details of something. .. 4. Toys, cubes, keys, or even treasure... 5. Gifts... In Walk through the forest. (Exit, crossing terrain, labyrinth...) 1. Miracles, with enchanted labyrinths... 2. Snowy, filled with wolves, hares... 3. Fairytale, with treasures and heroes, wizards... 4. Frozen, without forester, Snow Maiden, children... Catch up with the Blizzard. (Racing, catching up, distillation, relay races...) 1. Blindfolded, arms, legs... 2. While in a bag, box, harness with others... 3. On Baba Yaga's mortar, on Emelya's stove.. 4. In the forest labyrinth, at the North Pole... 5. Saving the little animals and the Snow Maiden along the way... 6. Guessing who blew out the candle or blew on you from behind... 7. And take the keys to the chest Happy New Year ... D Bring the Christmas tree. (You give competitions for strongmen, tractors, those who bring it first!..) 1. For a holiday, a fairy tale, for the New Year... 2. From a fairy tale, from another planet, from a forest... 3. Fluffy, elegant, cheerful, beautiful... 4. With snow, gifts, miracles, Snow Maiden... 5. To a certain place, time, dimension... E Go around the traps. (You still need to overcome obstacles and overcome difficulties...) 1. Dark forces and their minions... 2. Poachers, officials, bores... 3. Laziness, envy, anger, indifference... 4. Past, present, future... 5. Fog, deception, rival... F Wake up the bear! (Quickly figure out how to create a miracle and wake up someone who has fallen asleep...) 1. From hibernation in a snowdrift, at home, in class... 2. To help bring the Christmas tree, to save it from the wolf... 3. Let him enjoy the holiday, grow up... 4. Ursa Major and Ursa Minor with their cubs... 3 Light a star ! (Light up, this means not only a live fire, but also humor, laughter...) 1. New Year's, Christmas tree, garland... 2. In the sky, fulfilling someone's wish... 3. In the heart, turning the heart from stone to life... 4. A fire in a forest clearing near a Christmas tree... And Catch a snowflake! (Games with balloons, balls, pillows, airplanes...) 1. Last year's, cold, sparkling, playful... 2. For the tenth braid, honestly, before landing... 3. In the camera, on a tape recorder, with microphone, video... 4. Running in a circle, fleeing from Barmaley... 5. Fulfilling any desire, knowing the secret... K Collect the cones! (Like picking mushrooms and berries, catching fish...) 1. Scattered throughout the forest, in the form of cubes, skittles... 2. From different parts that make up a single whole... 3. With nuts for the squirrel, hedgehog and bunny. .. 4. With which you will decorate your Christmas tree (multi-colored)... 5. From an apple tree, pear tree, palm tree, maple tree, cactus... L Open the calendar! (The best horoscopes, fortune telling, forecasts...) 1. On the right page, on the right side... 2. Without looking, without hearing, without seeing, without knowing... 3. Try to predict your life, year... 4. Turn into a hypnotist, a magician, a gypsy... 5. Start a new countdown of time, space... M Close the red book, opening the book of life! (You can remember the fauna and flora of our planet...) 1. Show a bird, fish, animal, plant... 2. Speak in the language of the named representative of the world... 3. Who can name more birds of prey, freshwater fish... 4 What plants will you plant in your Garden of Eden... 5. Which living creatures need to be saved and how... N Find the snowman! (They sculpt in the snow, draw on paper, show on stage...) 1. Merry. Thoughtful. Scientist. Cute... 2. Where there is no snow, cold and frost... 3. In the kitchen, among different products for different salads... 4. On another planet, where snowmen are not made of water... 5 In one of your pockets, or on one of the platforms... Oh, choose the snow maiden of beauty! (Identify the most beautiful participant of the holiday!..) 1. The most cheerful, funny, smiling, laughing... 2. The most intelligent, serious, well-read, wise... 3. The most singing, dancing, playing, drawing... 4 The tallest, shortest, slender, big... 5. In shoes, a dress in blue, red, green... P Hide the Christmas tree from Koshchei! (To hide means to make it inaccessible.) 1. Someone hides, and someone finds, some - Koschey, and some - and. .. 2. Don’t let the tree get damaged. Each competition won by Koshchei removes one of the toys from the tree, the winner adds... 3. The tree is a girl, a snow maiden, a gift, a secret... 4. The tree is hiding in the forest. After drawing the forest, add the picture to the gallery... 5. Cover it with snow, preventing it from freezing. Decorate with toys... R Untie the Snow Queen's knot! (Develop the ability to solve various puzzles...) 1. Untie an ordinary or sea knot... 2. Everyone held hands and walked, and a knot was made from this snake, and that’s what Gerda or someone else has to untie. .. 3. Straighten the twisted wire, chain, ribbon... 4. Untie the main prize from the “North Pole”... 5. Solve the problem, solve the riddle... Bring a fairy tale to the Christmas tree! (In a word, everyone can bring their own fairy tale to the Christmas tree...) 1. In the form of a fairy tale costume, story, drawing... 2. Dress up as one of the characters from the proposed fairy tale... 3. Help the heroes of some fairy tale get to the festive Christmas trees... 4. Decorate the Christmas tree to match the fairy tale... 5. Competition of world-famous storytellers (continue the fairy tale, come up with a fairy tale name for the hero of the new fairy tale, show BYAK, BUTU, SALT, YUM, VOMU...) T Think about the New Year! (Accurate determination of mass, weight, volume...) 1. By taste, by color, by light, by hardness... 2. On the scales, on the clock, on the thermometer, on the tongue... 3. Compare the New Year with Old. Choose the best... 4. Medical examination before the start... 5. Mathematical and physical problems... Bring back the missing mood! (The ability to restore what was lost and correct mistakes...) 1. Determine the mood and express it. (One made a sad face, telling the others what feeling he portrayed before the image, and the other is trying to understand and name) (sadness, fatigue, laziness...) 2. Cheer up the non-laughing princess, make the non-speaking prince talk... 3. Completed theft of the century, Hope, Faith, Love are stolen... 4. Read the letter (the written feeling must be depicted)... 5. Cure the Snow Maiden, who is sick with indifference... F Reduce the list of lost things! (In fact, packaging and packing are appropriate here...) 1. Inventory in the Lost and Found Office. Everyone brings finds, and the director finds friends and owners for the lost things and Cheburashkas... 2. The game of the absent-minded man from Basseynaya Street, everyone gives him advice on how to put his scattered and incorrectly dressed things in order... 3. The international detective Styopa is looking for lost things... 4. The lady checked in her luggage: A sofa, a suitcase, a suitcase, a picture, a basket, a cardboard box, a kettle, a pump, a dog, a squirrel, a fox, a hedgehog, a Christmas tree and a baby elephant. And the luggage got lost. Draw an item from the list that has not been named by others and retell the entire list... 5. Arrange things by size, color, weight... X Start the Great Snowy March! (It’s good to be able to prepare for a hike before the hike...) 1. Dress for the road (through the forest, swamp, jungle, desert...) 2. Knock over the snowy border with border guards and snowballs... 3. Snowflakes - pictures, dominoes, lotto, checkers are waiting for the commanders... 4. Fight snowmen (with buckets on their heads) without looking (fell - dropped out)... 5. Construction of the tallest snow tower... Prove that you are not a mammoth! (The purpose of this competition is to let everyone show their personality...) 1. Answer the test questions, find a way out of the situation... 2. What do you have in common and different from a mammoth, cat, dog... 3. They present you with evidence investigators, and you prove that you are clean... 4. Pass the exam at the conservatory without hearing, at the academy without hands... 5. Put yourself forward for the position of president of the planet... Check your documents with Santa Claus! (To celebrate with Santa Claus, you need to make sure of him...) 1. Of all the Frosts, choose the best (with gifts too)... 2. Find mutual language with Santa Claus from another planet... 3. Catch Santa Claus, who broke the rules on the road... 4. Decipher the message from Santa Claus, supposedly from another country... 5. Test Frost by examining all school subjects... Sh Make decorations for the Christmas tree! (The rustle of snow, the whistle of the wind, the glare of the Sun and other joys for the Christmas tree...) 1. Decorations made of paper and cardboard, with cutting... 2. Snowflakes, lanterns, toys, masks, costumes, garlands... 3. Souvenirs from natural materials (sticks, nuts...) 4. Decorations from products (candies, apples, pears...) 5. Decorate a Christmas tree according to Kikimorovsky, Mermaid, Spider... Move the snowman! (The frost pinch us as much as you like, and we will build a snowman...) 1. Snowmen made from snow on the snow, from cubes on the floor... 2. Having sorted and mixed the letters "C" "N" "E" "G" "O" "" "B" "I" "K"... 3. The letters are written on the backs, line up without saying a word... 4. Move the snowman from the ice floe to the drawing in the picture... 5. Anyone can make a blind from snow, but from water or sand?... Stretch the outgoing year! (These are professional skill competitions...) 1. Come up with a new clock that works according to a new principle... 2. Tell the reason why the New Year is delayed... 3. Drag those who are holding the New Year with the Old Year ... 4. Sew an oversized hat for the old year, a tie... 5. Plan work for everyone on December 32nd... Yu Drive away the shaman! (Young storytellers are not subject to the outdated shaman...) 1. Create a new miracle (in poetry, dance, skit...), better than the old one... 2. Invent a new fairy tale with new heroes... 3. Scientifically prove that miracles from old fairy tales have come true today... 4. Musical competition with a drummer shaman at the head... 5. After listening to the shaman's predictions, give him your predictions... I Enter the frozen fairy tale! (It is clear to every child that without snow and frost there is no winter...) 1. All sorts of relay races are possible on sleds, skates and skis... 2. You can organize a drawing competition in the snow, or on windows... 3. Snow forts It’s interesting not only to build, but also to capture... 4. Competition for young snow sculptors (various figures)... 5. A fairytale forest can be arranged indoors (chairs, tables...)
Games and competitions with Father Frost and Snow Maiden in round dances and near the Christmas tree
Round dances
The traditional New Year's round dance can be complicated and made more entertaining. The leader sets the tone for the round dance, changes the pace of movement and direction. After one or two circles, the round dance can be led like a snake, maneuvering between guests and furniture. The steeper the loops of the snake, the merrier. The leader can come up with various options along the way: include those not participating in the round dance in the chain, sharply slow down the pace, etc.
Decorate the Christmas tree
There are two artificial Christmas trees in the hall. “There are only a few minutes left until the New Year,” says the Snow Maiden, “and these trees are not decorated yet.” Perhaps there will be two clever people in the hall who will quickly do this. Toys made of cardboard, papier-mâché and other unbreakable ones are laid out on tables 5-6 steps from the tree. But completing the Snow Maiden’s task is not so easy.
The Snow Maiden reports that a short circuit has occurred, and the Christmas trees will have to be decorated in the dark (blindfolded). Perhaps someone will hang their toys on their neighbor's Christmas tree, but the one whose Christmas tree turns out to be the most decorated will win.
Toy in a circle
Santa Claus invites the participants to stand facing each other. Music begins to play, and a toy, for example a doll with the image of the Snow Maiden, passes from hand to hand and moves in a circle. The music stops, the transfer of the toy stops. The one who has the doll left is out of the game. The game continues until one person remains. If there are a lot of players, you can throw several dolls in a circle.
Compliments to the Snow Maiden
Santa Claus calls into the circle a young man who wants to play, who must compliment the Snow Maiden, taking matches from an apple completely studded with matches. Santa Claus gives it to the player before the start of the competition.
Snowballs
You need to throw 6 “snowballs” - white tennis balls - into a hanging (or standing on the floor) basket from a distance of 6-7 steps. The one who copes with this task most accurately will win.
Fluffy snowflakes
The Snow Maiden invites several guests to take light cotton snowflakes from the tray. Each player throws up his own snowflake and, blowing on it, tries to keep it in the air as long as possible. The one who dropped his fluff can go up to his friend and help him complete the Snow Maiden’s task.
Magic words
The game is led by the Snow Maiden, she invites two teams of 10 people each, hands them a set of large letters that make up the word “Snow Maiden”. Each participant receives one letter. The task is as follows: in the story read by the Snow Maiden, there will be words made up of these letters. As soon as such a word is pronounced, the owners of the letters that make it up must step forward and, rearranging themselves, form this word. The team that is ahead of its opponents gets a point.
Sample story
A fast river rose. Snow fell on the fields. The mountain behind the village turned white. And the bark on the birch trees sparkled with frost. Somewhere the runners of a sleigh are creaking. Where are they headed?
Centipede racing
In a fairly spacious room you can hold centipede races. The players are divided into two teams and line up behind each other’s heads, holding the belts of those in front with their hands. A chair is placed at the opposite wall, which the chain of players must go around and then return back. If the chain is broken, the leader can count the team a loss. The task can be complicated and made funnier if the teams move half-crouched, if both teams complete the task at the same time.
A variation of this game is "Snake". The “head” - the first in the column - must catch the “tail”, which eludes it. Having caught it, the “head” moves to the end of the column, and the game is repeated again. The “broken” links of the chain are considered losers and leave the game.
Two Frosts
A group of guys is at one end of the hall (room) beyond the conventional line. The drivers - Frosts - are in the middle of the hall. They address the guys with the words:
We are two young brothers, (Together): Two daring frosts. - I am Frost the red nose. - I am Frost the blue nose. Which of you will decide to set out on the little path?
Everyone answers:
We are not afraid of threats, and we are not afraid of frost! The players run to the other side of the hall beyond the home line. Both Frosts catch and “freeze” those running across. They immediately stop at the place where they were “frozen.” Then the Frosts again turn to the players, and they, having answered, run across the hall, helping out the “frozen”: they touch them with their hand, and they join the others.
Auction Santa Claus says:
We have a wonderful Christmas tree in our hall. And what toys she has on her! What kind of Christmas tree decorations do you know? The person with the last answer will win this amazing prize. The players take turns calling out the words. During pauses, the presenter begins to count slowly: “Clapper - one, clapper - two...” The auction continues.
Prank game
Santa Claus announces to the audience that none of those present will be able to repeat after him the three short phrases that he will say. Of course, no one will agree with him. Then Santa Claus, as if looking for words, utters a short phrase. For example: “Today is a wonderful evening.” Everyone confidently repeats this phrase. Santa Claus, embarrassed, looks for and hesitantly says the second phrase. It is also easy for everyone to repeat. Then he quickly and joyfully says: “Well, you were wrong!” The crowd protests. And Santa Claus explains that his third phrase, which had to be repeated, was: “Well, you were wrong!”
Two are better than one
Some three toys are placed on the floor: a ball, a cube, and a skittle. Two players come out and start dancing around them (the game can be played to music). As soon as the music stops or Santa Claus gives the command “Stop!”, each player must try to grab two toys. Whoever gets one loses. The game can be complicated: increase the number of participants and, accordingly, the number of toys or objects. The one who grabs the most toys wins.
Under a lucky star
The winner of this game will be the one who first finds the star hanging from the ceiling with the number announced by the presenter. Stars with a number written large on both sides are pre-hung on threads from the ceiling of the room (or hall) where the dancing will take place. As the dance progresses, the music stops for a minute, and Santa Claus proclaims: “Lucky star 15!” The dancers try to quickly find the star with this number. The winner is awarded a prize.
Watch your back
Father Frost or the Snow Maiden gives various commands to those standing in the circle, and they must be carried out only if the word “please” is added to the command, for example, “Please, hands up”, “Lower your right hand!”, “Please clap your hands” and etc. The game is played fun, at a fast pace. Those who make a mistake leave the game. The person who remains is awarded the title of “Most Attentive Guest” and is awarded a prize.
Letter to Santa Claus
Children are asked to name 13 adjectives: "fat", "red", "hot", "hungry", "lethargic", "dirty"...
When all the adjectives are written down, the presenter takes out the text of the letter and inserts into it the missing adjectives from the list. Telegram text:
"... Grandfather Frost! All... the children are looking forward to your... arrival. New Year is the most... holiday of the year. We will sing for you... songs, dance... dances! Finally- then... New Year will come! I don't want to talk about... studying. We promise that we will only receive... grades. So, quickly open your... bag and give us... gifts. Sincerely to you... boys and... girls!"
Santa Claus is coming to us
In this game you are asked to first memorize the text:
Santa Claus is coming, coming to us, Santa Claus is coming to us. And we know that Santa Claus brings us gifts.
After the text has been repeated, it is proposed to replace words with movements and gestures. The first words that are replaced are the word "we". Instead of these words, everyone points to themselves. With each new performance, there are fewer words and more gestures. Instead of the words “Santa Claus,” everyone points to the door, the word “goes” is replaced by walking in place, the word “we know” - index finger touching the forehead, the word "gifts" - a gesture depicting a large bag. At the last performance, all words disappear, except for prepositions and the verb “will bring”.
It's me. This is me, these are all my friends...
The presenter, having learned the questions in advance, asks them to the children, who answer with the same phrase. There are many more questions you can come up with. The main thing is to have fun.
– Who walks to school every day in a cheerful band? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. - Which of you, tell me out loud, catches flies in class? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – Who is not afraid of frost and flies on skates like a bird? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – Which of you, when you grow up, will become an astronaut? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – Which of you doesn’t walk gloomily, loves sports and physical education? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. - Which of you, so good, wore galoshes to sunbathe? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – Who completes their homework on time? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – How many of you keep your books, pens and notebooks in order? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – Which of you kids walks around dirty from ear to ear? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – Which of you walks on the pavement with your head upside down? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – Which of you, I want to know, has an A+ in diligence? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends. – Which of you comes to class an hour late? - This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
What's on the Christmas tree?
The presenter learns the poems below in advance. You can come up with many more new ones yourself. The purpose of the game is explained to the children: when they hear the name of the Christmas tree decoration, they must raise their hand up and say: “Yes!”, and when they name something that does not happen on the Christmas tree, they must restrain themselves and remain silent. The presenter does not pronounce the text very quickly, but also without giving the children time to think too much. Very soon everyone becomes funny because mistakes inevitably occur.
Text: Soft toy, Sounding cracker, Petenka-Parsley, Old tub. White snowflakes, Sewing machines, Bright pictures, Torn shoes. Chocolate bars, Horses, cotton wool bunnies, Winter tents. Red lanterns, Bread crackers, Bright flags, Hats and scarves. Apples and cones, Petya's pants, Delicious candies, Fresh newspapers.
Or: Multi-colored crackers, blankets and pillows. Folding beds and cribs, gummies, chocolates. Glass balls, wooden chairs. Teddy bears, Primers and books. Multi-colored beads and light garlands. Snow made of white cotton wool, Satchels and briefcases. Shoes and boots, Cups, forks, spoons. The balls are shiny, the tigers are real. Golden cones, radiant stars.
What changed?
This game requires good visual memory. Participants are given a task one by one: for a minute, look at the toys hanging on one or two branches of the Christmas tree and remember them. Then you need to leave the room - at this time several toys (three or four) will be outweighed: some will be removed, others will be added. Upon entering the room, you need to look at your branches and say what has changed. Depending on age, you can make the tasks more difficult or easier.
Game for the New Year's round dance (Condition: the leader reads poetry, and the participants in the game say “and I” after those quatrains, where appropriate).
I love walking in the snow and I love playing in the snow. I love skiing and I also love skating. I love to sing, play and dance in winter and summer. I also like to chew sweets straight with a candy wrapper. I love to fly on a sled so that the wind whistles... Today I put on a warm fur coat inside out. I guessed riddles and received gifts, ate a lot of sweet apples, and never got bored for a minute! Both girls and boys quickly run to the round dance, And the fluffy bunnies Sleep under the Christmas tree in the snow. So our feet danced, Even the floor began to creak, And in the forest, in its den, a bear fell asleep until spring. Our Christmas tree is covered in toys. Oh, what beauty! The firecracker slammed loudly, but inside it was empty. I will never forget this New Year's holiday. I was writing all day today - It turned out to be nonsense!
New Year's round dance (The leader or Father Frost and the Snow Maiden pronounce the chant, and the round dance participants repeat the chorus).
It's like we're in a wonderful fairy tale, or maybe in a dream. Who is it there in the scary mask Approaching me? Chorus: I don’t recognize you, But don’t stand still! I dance and sing, Let's dance together! Hares, squirrels, fairies, wolves... These are mummers. We dance around the green tree together. Chorus: Our tree is so beautiful, All in toys and lights. The lights sparkle playfully, reflected in the eyes. Chorus: Santa Claus dances with us and the Snow Maiden sings. This is a meeting with miracles, This is a holiday, New Year!
Quiz “Such different signs”
1. In Japan, great importance is attached to the first sleep after the New Year. Will the inhabitants of the Land of the Rising Sun rejoice if they see ships loaded with treasures in their first dream of the year? (Yes, this, according to popular belief, means great luck, a chance to get rich)
2. Why do the Vietnamese consider it bad luck to celebrate the New Year wearing white clothes? (White is considered the color of mourning)
3. Bamboo rakes are in particular demand at New Year's sales in Japan. What sign made them so popular? (It is believed that this item is a must have at home in order to rake in happiness in the New Year)
4. How do Bulgarians qualify such a sign as one of those present sneezing at the table? (The owners are grateful to this person and give him gifts, since everyone is sure that someone who sneezes at the New Year’s table brings happiness to the house)
5. What sign associated with decorating houses with holly ivy exists in England? (It is believed that if the first sprig of holly brought into the house turns out to be prickly, the owner will dominate the house for a year, and if the leaves turn out to be smooth, the mistress will dominate)
6. What sign do the Thais, Laotians and the peoples of some other countries follow when on New Year’s Eve they willingly douse themselves with water and arrange copious water treatments for passers-by? (The more water is poured, residents of these countries are convinced, the more rain there will be in the new year, which means the richer the rice harvest)
7. According to what natural sign Do the French, Spaniards and Portuguese make a New Year's weather forecast for the coming year on the morning of January 1? (According to the direction of the wind: if the wind blows from the south, the year will be hot, if from the west there will be a lot of fish and milk, from the east there will be a large harvest of fruits)
8. For what reason do Austrians not serve lobster and crayfish on the New Year's table? (They are afraid of the return of last year's grief)
9. The ripening of which melon crop is a sign of the New Year in Vietnam? (Watermelon)
10. Why do people in Myanmar tend to wash their hair on the first day of the new year? (According to the superstition, the one who washed his hair on the first day of the New Year will definitely be lucky)
Predictions in pictures
New Year is a time of predictions and wishes. We invite you to prepare your family horoscope in pictures. Draw special “prophetic” pictures on the tickets. Roll them up into a tube and place them on a small Christmas tree or put them in a specially made lottery “drum” - glass jar, box, magic bag. One by one, the guests pull out their “New Year's happiness”, and one of those present plays the role of an oracle - a fortune teller in the coming year, reading the secret meaning of what he saw from an ancient magic book.
Here is a page on the interpretation of New Year's signs, which you can easily add your own options to.
Baba Yaga is a danger of breaking a leg or falling into a chimney.
Santa Claus Red Nose - to meet a narcologist.
Christmas tree - to pricks of conscience.
Blizzard - on the very first day of the New Year, you will be surrounded by worries.
Wolf - in the new year you will stop feeling like a sheep.
Carnival mask - show your true face.
Blizzard - on New Year's Eve, guests will sweep everything off the table.
Snowman - on the very first day of the New Year, something will make you freeze in surprise.
Snow woman - to a cooling of relations with a neighbor from an adjacent apartment.
Serpentine - on New Year's Eve they will try to trick you.
Fireworks - your life will finally sparkle with all the colors.
Wine glass - in the new year your crystal dream will come true.
The firecracker is yours New Year's toast will win applause.
Basin - your dream of a cherished purchase will be covered with a copper basin.
Washcloth - in the new year you will be given a wash for last year's tricks.
Champagne - an event will happen, after which you will become drunk with happiness.
Hare (very “oblique”) - your eyes will run wild from the abundance of events and impressions.
Fruit pit - a rich harvest awaits you in your garden plot.
Flower - in the new year you will become even sweeter and more beautiful.
Mushroom - pleasant and healthy walks in the forest await you.
Coin - this year you will finally get rich.
Glasses - spend less time watching TV this coming year.
Laces - finally you will buy new sneakers and play sports.
Candy - you will begin a new sweet life.
The key is, of course, to the new apartment.
Bone - in the coming year, one of the old problems will be in your throat.
Theater program - you will shine in high society circles.
Nut - your cunning plans can be seen through.
Button - your wardrobe will be replenished with new outfits.
Ticket - interesting trips and unforgettable trips await you.
Phone - your circle of acquaintances will be replenished with new friends.
Laurel leaf - recognition awaits you in the field of study and work.
Garlic - in the coming year you will practically not get sick.
Small trumpet - glory will find you in the new year.
Serpentine
The word "serpentine" of French origin goes back to the Latin "serpens" - snake. These are, as you know, balls of narrow multi-colored paper ribbon that are thrown into the audience at carnivals or masquerades.
At your New Year's feast, open a mini-workshop for the production of streamers from various waste materials: covers of old magazines, unnecessary plastic bags, etc. The main requirement for manufacturers is the production of a solid tape, without gluing or other seams, as well as the same duration of the “work shift”. Measure finished products using any original unit of measurement: the highest guest, side festive table, a bottle of champagne, etc. — and identify the master’s “serpentine” works.
In a fit of competitive excitement, you can master more sophisticated technologies for producing serpentine, for example from potato (orange, banana) skins. The main thing is that the product is as long as possible. By the way, you can twist a long spiral of fruit (orange or lemon) serpentine around glasses for New Year's cocktails or decorate a “tropical” New Year's tree.
Guests who are given the design task of decorating indoor potted plants with narrow shiny strips of homemade serpentine can compete in a separate competition category.
Agree that serpentine is very similar to teletype tape, on which New Year's wishes will be clearly read. Take advantage of this opportunity and arrange with your family and friends to prepare such telegraphic messages. Their text should be simple and concise, have a somewhat formal business style, and also include characteristic conventional abbreviations: “zpt”, “tchk”. The sender of the most interesting and “stylish” congratulations will receive a New Year’s souvenir.
Toasts for the New Year
Toast comes from medieval England. Initially, this word meant a piece of toasted bread, which the British served with tea. Over time, the word “toast” acquired another meaning, meaning a short speech at the table, a health resort in honor of someone. This figurative meaning The word arose from the custom of passing a glass of drink with a piece of toasted bread to a person about to make a welcoming speech.
Peoples different countries have their own national toasts. So, Swedes look intently into each other’s eyes and say: “Skool!” The custom of such a greeting existed even among the Vikings, who, before leaving, drank from large wooden bowls called “skool”.
The New Year is always a door to the future, a line separating what is left in the past and what is in store for us ahead. Therefore, the first toast usually sounds: “Happy New Year!”, and the next one is for health and well-being in the coming year. But besides these traditional and sometimes “duty” toasts on a magical New Year’s Eve, you need to find and pronounce those main words that we rarely pronounce in everyday communication. Let us remember with sincere and kind words those who were with us in the difficult moments of the past year, who every day made our lives brighter, gave it depth, scale and volume, and filled it with meaning. Let's not be afraid to look sentimental, let's allow ourselves to be lost in the feeling of adoration and gratitude towards our loved ones, and then “express everything that's in my heart” in a New Year's toast.
There should be a lot of toasts at the New Year's feast - good and different. You can hold a toast competition, but it’s better to just try to create an atmosphere of sincerity and trust, as well as help guests tune in to the “right wave.” Here are the possible options:
- announce the toast nomination: the most magical, the most tender, the most incredible, the most adventurous, the most exotic, the most instructive, etc.;
- offer keywords future toast, which must be used in the text of the health resort;
- distribute cards with the first part of the toast, and you need to come up with the second part yourself;
- prepare a funny, unusual start to the toast that sets the right tone;
— organize a collective toast using one of the mentioned techniques;
- make a poetic toast with the given rhymes (frost - roses, snowball - pie, Snow Maiden - figurine, Christmas tree - new thing).
Who want to be a millionaire?
I. Residents of which country at midnight on New Year's Eve turn off the lights in their houses for three minutes and kiss everyone?
1. France.
2. Poland.
3. Bulgaria. +
4. Australia.
11. What flowers are used to decorate an apartment in China before the New Year?
1. Tulips.
2. Narcissists. +
3. Phloxes.
4. Violets.
III. What animal is walked on the streets of Guinea on January 1st?
1. Giraffe.
2. Monkey.
3. Possum.
4. Elephant. +
IV. What item should a guest take with him if he wishes wealth to a hospitable host living in Greece?
1. Log.
2. Brick.
3. Coin.
4. Stone. +
V. How do people traditionally wash their faces in Hungary on New Year’s Eve?
1. Money so that you can “swim in money” for the whole next year. +
2. Milk so that the whole next year is nutritious.
3. Rose petals so that the whole next year will be happy.
4. Honey syrup to make the whole next year sweet.
VI. In Scotland, it is considered a very good omen if the first person to enter the house on New Year's Day is:
1. Dark-haired man with a gift. +
2. Blonde with a piece of coal.
3. Young girl with a flatbread.
4. An elderly man with a bottle of whiskey.
VII. What color flags are used to decorate buildings in Central India before the New Year?
1. Blue.
2. Orange. +
3. Green.
4. Pink.
VIII. Which live fish Do the Vietnamese buy it for New Year and then release it into a river or pond?
1. Carp. +
2. Crucian carp.
4. Roach.
IX. According to Mexican New Year's tradition, what should a guest do with a clay vessel filled with sweets to ensure a successful year for him?
1. Give to the owner of the house.
2. Break it with a stick. +
3. Take it outside and distribute sweets to children.
4. Bury it in the garden.
X. What item does every Japanese consider it their duty to purchase in order to rake in new happiness in the coming year?
1. Shovel.
2. Fishing net.
3. Bamboo rake. +
4. Straw basket.
Finest hour
Before the start of the competition, quiz participants receive a set of digital pointers from 1 to 10. The names of countries are written on a portable tablet: Panama, Australia, Mexico, Sweden, Cuba, Norway, Myanmar, Ireland, China, Brazil. Guests are asked questions about the New Year traditions of these countries. Participates in the competition equal number players of each team.
1. In which country do glasses with live fish decorate the New Year’s table? (In Ireland)
2. In which country do most residents go to bed at 00.10 on New Year's Eve? (In Australia. Here it is customary to wake up at 5-6 am and go to bed no later than 10 pm, and New Year's Eve is an exception)
3. In which country do people pour water on each other during the New Year holiday and no one gets offended? (In Myanmar. Here, the arrival of the New Year at its hottest time is celebrated with a “festival of water”, pouring which means wishing happiness in the New Year)
4. In which country is the New Year celebrated with unimaginable noise: cars honking, people screaming, sirens wailing? (In Panama)
5. In which country is it customary not to forget about our little brothers on New Year’s Eve? (In Norway. Here children hang a bird feeder outside the window and place a bowl of oatmeal in the stable so that the gnomes who come with gifts can also refresh their strength)
6. In which country before the New Year do people fill all the dishes with water, and at the moment when the clock strikes twelve times on New Year’s midnight, they cause a real flood, at the same time pouring water out of the windows, wishing for themselves that coming year Has life become as bright and clear as water? (In Cuba)
7. In which country, during New Year's street processions - the most exciting part of the holiday - thousands of lanterns are lit to light the way into the New Year? (In China)
8. In which country are people very happy if they find on January 1st at the threshold of their house many shards from broken dishes, and will they even treat the jokers with something tasty? (In Sweden)
9. In what country is the arrival of the New Year celebrated with a cannon shot and everyone tries to kiss at that moment? loved one? (In Brazil)
10. In which country, on the day before the New Year, dolls appear on the streets, symbolizing old year, and exactly at midnight on New Year's Eve there are explosions - dolls fly into pieces? (In Mexico)
Bluff club
1. Do you believe that in Italy, in order to spend the old year and celebrate the new year, doors are opened in houses when the clock hands approach twelve? (Yes)
2. Do you believe that African villagers spend New Year's races on all fours with a chicken egg in their mouth? (Yes, and the winner is the one who comes to the finish line first and does not damage the eggshell)
3. Do you believe that in Hungary on New Year’s Eve they do not serve ducks, chickens, or geese on the table so that “happiness does not fly away from home”? (Yes)
4. Do you believe that the inhabitants of Sudan on New Year's Eve sail on their boats along the Nile in the hope of seeing a crocodile, a meeting with which, according to ancient belief, will make the coming year the happiest in their lives? (No)
5. Do you believe that on New Year's Eve Londoners are supposed to go to Trafalgar Square and bathe in the fountain in all their clothes? (Yes. And there are many who want to do this)
6. Do you believe that in Denmark it is customary to buy cheap dishes in advance in order to break them on New Year's Eve for good luck? (No)
7. Do you believe that on New Year's Eve in Japan everyone waits for the 108th strike of the temple bell and then goes to bed? (Yes)
8. Do you believe that in Belgian villages there is a custom of wishing Happy New Year to family members?
animals and livestock, treat them to their favorite delicacies and decorate beautiful ribbons? (Yes)
9. Do you believe that in Nepal there is such a New Year’s sign: if you write on a piece of paper ( paper napkin) the most cherished wish, and at midnight you swallow at least a small piece of it and wash it down with champagne, then this wish will definitely come true? (No)
10. Do you believe that in Amsterdam there is a tradition of obligatory ice skating on New Year's Eve? (Yes)
Champagne
This type of famous grape wine gets its name from the French province of Champagne, where this drink was originally produced. It was first made by the monk Dom Perignon in 1679; one of the champagne brands still bears his name. Nowadays, each owner of a vineyard in Champagne, and there are about 15 thousand of them, produces his own variety of champagne.
The technology for making this wine drink is described in detail in the encyclopedia of F.A. Brockhaus and I.A. Efron. It is noted here that, under other identical conditions (soil, climate, grape variety, etc.), the production of champagne differs in a number of features. First, the juice obtained from pressing grapes, mainly black and red varieties, was poured into barrels, where the initial fermentation process took place. Next, the young wine was drained from the yeast and mixed in large containers - trucks - during January-February. At the next stage, the wine was again poured into barrels, producing fining. In the spring, when the champagne began to “play,” they began precise definition its sugar content and alcohol, and then they added such an amount of pure cane sugar that, after complete fermentation of the wine, carbon dioxide of five atmospheres of pressure was formed in the bottles. The wine, bottled in strong bottles, was hermetically sealed using wire hooks and placed horizontally in the cellar.
The next stage is the formation of carbon dioxide as a result of secondary fermentation of wine, which, lingering in the bottle, dissolves in the wine and gives it effervescence. One of the final stages of making champagne is the removal of sediment from yeast, etc., that accumulates in each bottle. This occurs as a result of a 4-5 week preparatory procedure using special techniques. After topping up the bottles with the same wine, add the required amount of liquor, which gives sweet taste. Wine obtained as a result of natural fermentation of grape juice of special varieties and saturated with carbon dioxide as a result of secondary fermentation in hermetically sealed vessels is called champagne.
Champagne is classified according to sugar content (in percentage): brut (0.3), very dry (0.8), dry (3), semi-dry (5), semi-sweet (8), sweet (10). Dry champagne is most often used to open a festive feast. Semi-dry varieties are usually served with small game and chicken. Sweet champagne is recommended to be served before dessert and chilled, when the advantages of this drink stand out especially clearly. It is better to store champagne bottles horizontally.
Champagne is usually used as an aperitif, but can be drunk throughout the meal. Enjoy the taste of this unique drink combined with seafood and different varieties cheese.
According to experts, champagne stimulates blood circulation, dilates blood vessels in the brain, and supports cardiac activity.
Quiz "Champagne"
1. Which of the great Russian writers wrote the story “Champagne”? (A.P. Chekhov)
2. Which foods does champagne naturally pair poorly with? (With fruits and sweets)
"I buried the champagne
Under the snowfall in the garden,
I will go out with you with caution:
What if I don’t find him...”?
(A. Voznesensky)
5. Which of the literary heroes, according to the author, “could not always pour a bottle over Beef-steaks and Strasbourg pie with Champagne...”? (Eugene Onegin)
6. Walking Russian expression“a mixture of French and Nizhny Novgorod” appeared in the speech after Patriotic War 1812 and meant a certain two-component drink. Name its composition. (We are talking about champagne half and half with kvass)
7. Which Russian poet, the leader of the “ego-futurists”, is from the pen of the collection of poems “Pineapples in Champagne” and the poem “Champagne Polonaise”? (I.V. Severyanin)
8. What advice would you give to an inexperienced guest who wants to open champagne without spilling it or losing it? (Cool, place on the table without shaking, hold without lifting the bottom of the bottle from the table)
9. The word “Champagne” is not only the name of the region in France to which we owe the most important New Year’s drink, but also a color designation. What color is called “champagne”? (Warm beige color)
10. What noble activity must a person indulge in in order to have the legal right to drink champagne? (at risk)
11. In which movie was the catchphrase uttered: “Only aristocrats and degenerates drink champagne in the morning!”? (Movie “The Diamond Arm”)
12. Name 2-3 famous Russian producers of sparkling wines. (Champagne wine factory " New World", Moscow Champagne Factory and Factory "RISP", Champagne Factory "Istok", Beslan, Moscow Champagne Factory "Cornet")
13. A device and a projectile for it for a festive fireworks display at the New Year’s table. (Champagne bottle with cork)
14. What is the approximate pressure in a bottle of champagne? (More than three atmospheres)
15. At what temperature taste qualities champagne appear best? (Champagne exhibits its taste best when cooled to 10 degrees)
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New Year's entertainment: games at home and away
Pinocchio (Eeyore)
On a frame covered with thick material, they draw the face of Pinocchio - or the profile of the donkey Eeyore (you can also attach a sheet of paper to foam rubber, but the paper will quickly become unusable). The nose is made of foam rubber, the tail is made of lace. A long, curved pin is attached to the base of the nose/tail. A blindfold is also required to play. Taking the nose/tail, the player stands on the line six steps from the wall on which the frame hangs. He is blindfolded. The player’s task is to approach the wall and, without feeling the frame, immediately pin the nose/tail to the right place. It’s rare that anyone succeeds; in most cases, the nose/tail turns out to be completely different from where it should be.
Who am i?
Everyone sits in a circle. Each player is given a small piece of paper on which to write down the name of some famous fairy tale character (any other literary work, film) or famous person. The main thing is that this hero is familiar to everyone. Then each player uses tape or a safety pin to attach their sign to the back of the person on their left. The participant's task is to guess what kind of hero he is. He can ask other players questions to which the interlocutor can only answer “yes” or “no.” If the answer is “yes,” then the player asks the next question, and if the answer is “no,” then he looks for another interlocutor.
Who is faster?
The participants of the game stand in a circle. The driver runs behind the circle and, tapping someone on the shoulder, continues running in the same direction. The one who was slapped by the driver immediately runs behind the circle in the opposite direction. The task of each runner is to quickly go around the circle and take a free place. The one left without a seat drives.
Pillars (Ladushki)
Two players stand at arm's length from each other, feet together. They join their hands with their palms and try to deprive their partner of balance. You can play with or without lifting your hands. You are only allowed to touch your partner’s palms. You can also play Ladushki while standing on one leg. If there are a lot of participants, you can arrange a tournament for the title of champion.
crawling out
One player lies on the floor, and 3-4 more people are placed across him on top. The player lying below must crawl out from under the pile of bodies. This cannot be done through strength; you need to strain different muscle groups in turn. With some skill you can crawl out from under 5-6 people.
Holy place...
One chair in the circle is left free. The participants in the game quickly move from chair to chair to the left in a circle, so that one place is always empty. The driver is trying to keep him busy. When the driver manages to sit down, he is replaced by the one who turns out to be his neighbor on the right side.
Fun Geography
Sitting in a circle, the players are divided into two groups that compete with each other. One team invites the other to say perhaps in five minutes larger number geographical names, starting with the same letter, which is now indicated. When the time is up, the players of the second team can add names not mentioned by their opponents within two minutes. For each such name they are awarded one point. Then the groups change roles, and a different letter is indicated. The team that scores the most points wins.
Signal
The players stand in a circle; the leader is 3-4 steps away from him. He blows one whistle, then two. At one whistle, all participants in the game must quickly raise their right hand up and immediately lower it; You cannot raise your hand after two whistles. The one who makes a mistake takes a step forward and continues to play along with the others. Those who make the fewest mistakes are considered the winners.
Hot pens
The players extend their arms in front of them and hold them with their palms up. The driver walks in a circle. His task is to slap one of the guys on the palm. The moment he tries to do this, the player withdraws or lowers his hands. Whoever the driver slaps on the palm goes to replace him. If there are many participants, then two people can drive at the same time.
Magic word
Participants in the game can sit or stand. The presenter very quickly gives various commands that need to be executed only if the word “please” is added to them. Without this word, the command is invalid and does not need to be executed. The one who makes a mistake gets up or takes a step forward, but does not lose the right to continue the game. The one who makes the fewest mistakes wins.
Do not hurry
The players become a semicircle. The leader shows them various physical training movements, which they repeat, always lagging behind him by one movement: when the leader shows the first movement, everyone stands still; at the second movement of the leader, the guys repeat his first movement, etc. The one who makes a mistake takes a step forward and continues to play. The one who makes the fewest mistakes wins. In this game you can, for example, show the following movements: both hands up; the left hand is lowered, the right is extended forward; the right hand lowers, half-turn to the left; hands to the side; hands on hips, squat. More than 10 movements should not be shown.
Crooked mirrors
Having placed the participants of the game in front of him in a semicircle, the leader makes movements to the music, having previously agreed that if he raises his hands up, then everyone puts their hands on their knees; if he bends his arms at the elbows, then everyone raises them up; if he spreads his arms to the sides, then everyone bends their elbows, but if he throws his arms forward, then everyone throws them forward. Anyone who inadvertently mixes up the movements is out of the game. When only two people remain who have not made a single mistake, the game ends.
Half a word is yours
The players stand in a circle. In the center is the leader with the ball in his hands. The presenter throws the ball to any participant in the game and loudly says part of a word (noun). The player to whom the ball is thrown must catch it and immediately finish the word. The one who hesitates raises his hand up and stands there until the leader throws the ball to him again.
Four forces
The presenter, standing in the center of the circle, throws the ball to any participant in the game and says one of four words: “earth”, “water”, “air” or “fire”. The one to whom the ball is thrown must catch it, throw it back to the leader and, if the word “earth” was said, name any animal that lives on land, if “water” - any fish, if “air” - a bird. And if the presenter says “fire”, the player, having caught the ball, must silently turn around. Whoever makes a mistake in the answer or hesitates raises his hand up and holds it until the leader throws the ball to him again.
I won't answer myself
The participants of the game stand in a circle, with the leader in the middle. He asks the players various questions, without observing the order. The person asked must remain silent; his neighbor on the right side is responsible for him. The one who answers the question himself or is late to answer for his neighbor leaves the game.
Louder - quieter
The players sit on chairs arranged in a circle. The driver leaves the room. In his absence, they hide a pre-planned object - a matchbox, a book, a ball, a cap. After this, the driver is called and asked to find what is hidden. At the same time, the players sing a well-known song, and the driver begins the search, listening to the singing. If he moves away from the hidden object, they sing more and more quietly, if he approaches, the sounds of the song increase. When an object is discovered, the driver changes. The song can be performed with a guitar.
flying birds
Each player chooses the name of a bird. All names must be different. The driver, standing in the middle of the circle, blindfolded, loudly calls two birds. Both summoned quickly change places. During the dash, the driver tries to catch one of them. If he fails, he calls new pair birds. The one who is caught changes the driver.
Flowerbed
The guys sit in a circle, divided into pairs. Everyone comes up with a name for any flower. The names are announced to all participants in the game. One of the players gets up from his chair and goes to the middle of the circle - this is the driver. The one left without a pair invites any of the players to join him in the vacant place, naming this or that flower. The person called quickly runs to a new place, and the one who was paired with him also invites any of the participants to join him. During these dashes, the driver tries to sit on an empty chair before the one who was called has time to take that place. If the driver succeeds, the latecomer replaces him. It may happen that the driver takes a chair before the one left without a pair calls another player to join him. In this case, the one who did not manage to invite someone to be his partner in time goes to drive.
Gardener
All the guys choose who will be which flower, after which the leader - the gardener - says: - I was born a gardener, I was seriously angry, I was tired of all the flowers, except ... (daisies). The named flower says: - Oh! Gardener: - What's wrong with you? - In love. - In whom? - In cornflower. Cornflower: - Oh! - What's wrong with you?.. The gardener and the flowers should not hesitate to answer and think, otherwise they are told: - One, two, three, drive away the forfeit. After these words, the participant must give some kind of forfeit, so after the “Gardener” it is logical to play forfeits.
Fanta
First you need to collect forfeits from everyone present. This could be a piece of clothing or jewelry, a piece of paper with a name on it, or any attractive item. The main requirement for a forfeit is that it be possible to accurately determine which of those present is its owner. There are two presenters, one takes out forfeits, shows them to everyone except the second presenter, and asks: “What should this forfeit do?” The second presenter (“mirror”) gives the task - to sing, dance, crow, go outside and run around the house, go to the room and bring sweets, wash the dishes. Here everything depends on imagination and on the pre-agreed scope of the tasks to be performed.
Ring
The players sit in a row and fold their hands in front of them like a boat, closing thumbs space between them. The driver has some object in his palms (palms folded in the same way): a coin, a ring, etc. The driver needs to discreetly place this object in the hands of one of the participants. The one who has the item must not show it and jump out of the row immediately after the words of the driver: “Ring, ring, go out onto the porch!” The rest have the task of guessing who the lucky one is and not letting him go. If the player fails to escape, then the driver remains the same.
Nonsense
Usually 5-7 people play. They choose a driver who asks everyone questions. The driver moves away from the participants, and in the meantime they say one word to each other. The driver asks a question, and the participant answers the word that the neighbor gave him. The one whose answer is most accurate and realistic becomes the driver. For example, the player has the word "water". The driver asks the question: “What are you drinking?” The participant answers: “Water.” "Nonsense" is a fun game based on the discrepancy between question and answer. For example, the driver asks: “What are you flying?” And the participant answers: “On a flower,” etc. In this game, the driver must show ingenuity. He must sometimes ask such a question in order to get the correct answer. Usually such questions are: “What did you see in your dream?”, “What did you draw?”, “What were you thinking about?”
No no no!
The principle of the game is the same as in the game "Nonsense". There is a driver and players. The driver leaves, and the players say to each other a combination of three “yes” and “no”, for example, “no-yes-yes.” The driver asks three questions to each player, and he names the answers in the order that his neighbor asked him. -Can you walk? - No. - Your name is Valenok? -Yes. - Do you like me? -Yes. The player whose answers are closest to the truth also becomes the driver.
Broken phone
The leader thinks of a word and quickly whispers it into the ear of the first team member. He passes the word (also quietly, so that no one hears, and quickly) to the next player, and so on - along the chain. The last team member says the word out loud. Sometimes you can hear very funny versions of the hidden word, which was incorrectly conveyed by the “damaged phone”. Many people complicate the game: the presenter thinks of not a word, but a whole phrase.
Theater Charades (Associations)
The players are divided into two teams. The first team thinks of a word or phrase (by agreement). Then they choose someone from the opposing team and say the hidden word in his ear. This person must silently depict the named word, and his team tries to guess. A certain time is given to guess the answer. Then the teams change roles. You can keep score of the game. Sometimes they come up with a system of signs to make guessing easier. For example, a team can ask questions to the person imitating, and he can answer them with “yes” or “no” using gestures.
Ocean is shaking
The driver says: “The sea is worried - one, the sea is worried - two, the sea is worried - three, sea figure, freeze in place!” Smoothly moving players last word freeze, depicting some kind of frozen action, a characteristic position (not necessarily related to the sea). The driver walks around the statues and, pointing to one of them, tries to guess what kind of figure it is. If the driver guesses, the figure comes to life and represents some kind of action. Having completed it, the player becomes the driver. The game starts over. In another version of this game, the presenter orders who needs to be portrayed: “The figure of a ballerina (bear, rose, rain), freeze in place.” Then he selects several figures, touches them in turn - the figures “die off” and make several movements. Then the host determines the most beautiful, artistic performance - this player becomes the host.
Burime
The name is French and means "rhyming ends." The game is to write poems based on predetermined rhymes. It is held in the form of a competition. For example: business, class, boldly, time.
Our Petrusha knows the business,
Just look - whole
Twenty sandwiches
Eats it in one go!
Living pictures
The players are divided into two teams. The first team comes up with a picture. One person separates from the second and goes into another room. The first team announces their painting to the second team, and they try to silently depict the plot of the painting, forming a sculptural group. They invite the departed person, he must guess the plot of the picture. Then the teams change roles.
Quick brush
Having tightly closed the circle and holding their hands behind their backs, the players pass a clothes brush to each other, trying to do this so that the driver, who is walking inside the circle, does not notice. In order to find out who has the brush, the driver stops in front of any participant in the game and puts his hand on his shoulder. The player must now extend both arms forward. If he has the brush, he changes the driver. Having seized the right moment, the guys can brush the driver with a brush and immediately pass it around again.
Lady (Are you going to the ball?)
The lady sent one hundred rubles. Take whatever you want. Don’t take black and white, don’t say “Yes” and “No”. Don't laugh, don't smile, keep your lips in a bow. The following are questions that cannot be answered with “yes” and “no”; in the answers you cannot name black and white colors, it is also prohibited to smile and laugh. Whoever does not follow the rules is eliminated from the game. Question: "Are you going to the ball?" Answer: “Probably,” etc. Whoever breaks the rules is eliminated from the game.
Nonsense
Each player receives a pen and a long piece of paper. First, everyone writes the answer to the question “who?” on top, then wraps what they have written and gives it to their neighbor. Then everyone writes the answer to the question “with whom?” (under the wrapped part, and not on it!), wrap it up and pass it around again, then - “when?”, “where?”, “what did they do?”, “as a result...”, etc. Questions you can add others. Then all this is revealed and read out loud. Usually the result is a very funny and ridiculous story, for example: “Santa Claus and Marivanna robbed a store in Africa half an hour ago. As a result, global warming began.”
Left - right
Take a pencil (or a piece of chalk if you have a board in front of you) in your left and right hands. Now try to write the number 2 with one hand and 7 with the other. Or draw a house with one hand and the sun with the other. Or at least draw right hand square, and the left - a triangle. Remember! Hands must work at the same time!
Who is faster?
To play you will need two large reels (possibly made yourself), two round sticks will do, as well as a rope 6-8 m long, the middle of which is marked with a ribbon. Two players take the reels and move away from each other as far as the rope allows. At a signal, each of them begins to quickly rotate the reel in his hands and, winding a rope around it, moves forward. The one who winds the rope to the middle first wins.
Three prizes
Hang three small prizes on strings in the doorway. Stand six steps from the door. Let each of you, taking scissors in your hands, try, blindfolded, to cut off any prize at once. The Elusive Chair Two features mark the floor; the distance between them is eight steps. The player stands on the line; he is blindfolded. He must reach the other line, turn here and sit on the chair that stands behind it. When the player steps on the line, he is stopped; he can make an attempt to feel the chair only once, and even then without using his hands.
Labyrinth
5-6 pins are placed on the floor in a straight line at a distance of a step from one another. The player stands two steps from the end, turning his back to the line. The player’s task is to look straight ahead and move backwards to pass between the pins, alternately going around one of them on the right, the other on the left. If at least one pin is knocked down, the task is considered uncompleted.
