To make your birthday truly fun, interesting, noisy, it will not be enough to take care only of the appetizing festive table. It is important to think about interesting entertainment for guests. For example, pick up funny table contests for an adult’s birthday.
Fun and funny contests for adults' birthdays
You shouldn’t just invite guests who come to your home or restaurant to immediately take part in cool competitions. First, you need to give the invitees the opportunity to calmly chat, rest, relax, and, of course, try all the offered treats. It is better to move on to entertainment at the moment when guests begin to get a little bored.
There are many fun birthday contests. The following are especially popular among adults:
- "Never give up!". All guests who are ready to participate in the competition are divided into pairs: man-girl. The participants of each tandem turn their backs to each other and become closer. The hands of the girl and the man are tied. At the command of an outside participant, all pairs begin to squat. Gradually, tired people drop out of the competition. The fun continues until only one couple remains squatting. Participants who do not give up are awarded a prize.
- "Chinese guests." Participants receive a saucer with a small amount of boiled rice sprinkled on it, as well as special chopsticks. It is important that the portions are the same. After the host's command, the guests begin to eat rice from the plate. The winner is the one who is the first to successfully complete the task. Instead of rice, you can use other foods and dishes.
- "Dream Bags" The host of the competition picks up two bags at once. One contains notes from guests, on which it is written what they would like to give to the hero of the occasion if they had an unlimited amount of money. In the other there are cards with cool tasks. The birthday person must alternately choose a note-card pair. The host of the competition announces to him that he will be able to receive the specified gift if its author completes the specified task. The result can be a lot of fun active entertainment, depending on the content of the cards in the second bag. There can be creative, sports and any other tasks.
- "Trick". Each guest is invited to recite a poem loudly, beautifully and with expression, trying to “outdo” the other participants with their performance. After all the texts have been spoken, the presenter says that it is time to reveal the winner. And they will suddenly become, for example, the person who turns out to be the tallest, or has blue eyes, or maximum size legs. There are so many fun, interesting options you can come up with. Main - expressive reading poems here will be completely “off topic”.
- "Figure skating". Participants are briefly invited to become single skaters or work in pairs. Special music is played for each person or couple. For example, in a minute the participant must “skate” on imaginary skates, demonstrating his artistry and skill. The rest of the guests will evaluate the performance and give points. The winner will be one person or a couple.
- "Eye meter". All guests are invited to take turns trying to determine by eye the size of the shoes and clothes of their neighbor at the table. The competition goes in circles. When a participant manages to correctly name the size of the guest sitting next to him, he receives a miniature gift, but if not, he will have to drink a “penalty drink.”
- "Memories of childhood." Guests are invited to remember the very first years of their life and their favorite fairy tale or cartoon character. Next - each participant in the competition must go to the center of the hall and everyone possible ways portray this very hero. The rest of the guests will try to guess it. The prize goes to the person whose character those present guessed the fastest.
- “Write a ditty.” All guests are divided into small teams. It will be enough for 4-5 people in each. The birthday boy tells them a couple of any words, and the formed teams must write funny ditties in a minute. The winner will be determined by applause.
Comic funny competitions and practical jokes will help you celebrate your birthday with friends and family. To avoid any hiccups during the holiday, you need to choose in advance interesting ideas for games and stock up on props. It is better to alternate table competitions with active competitions. Games for children and adults will make the celebration fun for everyone. Not only the birthday person, but also every guest should receive maximum attention.
Two men participate in the competition. You can also arrange a tournament. To carry it out, you will need an elastic bandage or a wide elastic band 2 m long. The ends of the elastic band must be tightly sewn or tied to form a circle. At the distance of maximum tension of the elastic band, you need to place any object on the floor (for example, a can of beer).
The opponents stand with their backs to each other, grab the elastic band and begin to move apart until the tension is felt. After this, at the signal from the leader, tug-of-war begins. Rivals pull each other, trying to reach the prize. The participant who first picks up the prize wins.
Game "Communication"
All guests of the holiday play. Main role in the game performed by the birthday boy. He sits on a chair in the center of the room or at the head of the table. It is important that the hero of the occasion can see all the guests. The presenter stands behind him. He begins to show the guests cards with certain facts (for example, “has a car,” “traveled abroad,” “has a dress,” “has three children,” etc.). The person to whom this statement applies must stand up. It may not be one person. The birthday boy needs to determine what connects these people.
Game "Air Combat"
All the children who are present at the holiday play. They are divided equally into 2 teams. To play the game you will need Balloons two colors in the same quantity. There should be 2 times more balls than participants.
Before the game starts, the room is divided in half with chairs. Team members stand on their field. They are asked to choose the color of the balls. After this, all the balls are collected into a blanket. Adults stand at the border of the fields and shake the blanket. The balls rise up.
The children's task is to throw balloons of their color onto the opponents' field and defend their field. Groovy music plays during the game. When it turns off, the game stops and the winner is determined. The team with fewer opponent balls on its field wins.
Game "Reflection"
All the children who are present at the holiday play. They line up in one or more rows and turn to face the leader. The presenter explains to the children the concept of “mirror reflection”. Then he begins to show different movements. The players' task is to repeat them, as in a mirror. For example, if the leader raises up left hand, children must raise the right one; if he takes a step to the left, you need to step to the right; touches the right ear - touches the left and so on. Whoever makes a mistake is out of the game. The child who never makes a mistake wins.
Several children take part in the competition. To carry it out you will need balloons and paper folding pipes for the holidays. Each participant receives a ball and a pipe.
Children stand along the starting line. At the leader's command, they place the ball in front of them and, blowing into the pipe, push it to the finish line. Having reached your destination, you need to raise the ball high. The participant who completes the task first wins.
Table and outdoor games and competitions for adults' birthdays can be funny and varied. The birthday boy and guests will play with the same passion as children. Don't believe me? Then offer them the following fun options.
Each guest is given pens and notepads. They write on them the name of the gift that they would like to give to the birthday boy if they had Magic wand. Gifts can be both tangible and intangible. Each note is signed. Notes with tasks are placed in the second bag.
The presenter approaches the birthday boy and invites him to choose one note from each bag. First, he reads what gift they wanted to give him. Then the presenter says: “You will certainly have this one if the author of the note completes the task.” The birthday person reads out what task the author of the note must complete. After completing the task, the birthday person draws the next note, etc.
"Trick"
Cool and funny competition for the birthday of adults, which can be a table or held in the center of the hall. The presenter announces a competition for the best reader. Poems or stories are distributed to everyone who wishes. The guests prepare, and then read them out one by one, trying to do it as expressively as possible. At the end, the presenter announces the winner. But! It becomes the one who has the biggest fist, thin wrist or long hair. Here you can dream up. The competition ends unexpectedly. But such an ending greatly amuses the guests and evokes a lot of positive emotions. All guests who practiced reading will receive incentive prizes.
"Don't Spill"
Each participant is given one straw and two glasses. 1 glass is filled with water. The participants' task is to pour liquid from one glass to another using only a straw. The winner in this funny table competition for adults' birthdays is the one who pours the more water. By the way, instead of water, you can take something stronger. At the same time, you can train your willpower!
"Guess who"
The host sits the birthday boy on a chair and blindfolds him. Guests come up to him one by one and shake his hand. The birthday boy must guess who it was. If the birthday boy is a man, you can suggest that girls and women kiss him on the cheek in turn, and he determines which kiss was from his other half. A similar competition is held with the woman on her birthday. This option is suitable only for not very jealous couples, so that the competition does not end sadly.
"Spell by letter"
The presenter distributes pens and pieces of paper to those who wish. The participants’ task is to create greatest number words from the letters of the name of the main hero of the occasion. The winner is determined by counting.
You can name new words one by one. If one participant named the word, then the second no longer has the right to repeat it. This way, only new words are counted. This one is funny table competition Adults' birthdays can be celebrated not only at the table, but also on stage. Options can be varied according to the wishes of the guests.
"Pantomime"
Everyone loves this game. Any company will like it, regardless of gender, age and social status. The essence of the game is to guess the character or object that the person in the center is wishing for. The one who guessed goes to the center, the previous participant guesses a word for him. The game repeats itself again. You can play endlessly, there are no winners or losers here.
It can be offered to guests at the end of the evening, when everyone is a little tired. The pantomime can “take away” a sad mood and fatigue with one’s hand. Children will also be happy to participate in this funny table competition for adults' birthdays. Adults will only be amazed at their ingenuity and intelligence.
"Show the country"
This funny table competition for adults' birthdays is great for groups that don't like jumping, running and screaming, but just gather at home around a large table. The presenter puts notes with the names of countries in a box. Each participant takes out a note, reads the country written on it, and tries to depict it. You can show the flag characteristics, favorite dishes, sights of countries. Anything to make sure the guests guess the hidden country as quickly as possible.
"Burn everything with blue flame"
Each participant is given a box of matches with an equal number of matches. The task is to burn the contents of the boxes as quickly as possible. Matches can only be burned one at a time.
"Autobiography"
From 5 to 10 people can participate in the competition. The presenter first comes up with several names for the participants. All of them must belong to famous characters. For example: Snow Maiden, Princess Nesmeyana, Emelya, Carlson, etc. Contestants draw notes with names. In 10 minutes they need to come up with a character biography and tell it to the guests. This must be done in such a way that guests do not immediately guess who they are talking about. we're talking about. The winner is the one who lasted the intrigue the longest. This funny table competition for adults' birthdays will be an excellent alternative to the usual riddles.
"Jelly"
Participants in the competition receive a toothpick and a plate with a small portion of jelly. At the command of the presenter, the contestants begin to eat jelly. The one who eats the most in a specified amount of time wins. The winner receives a prize. All other participants are given spoons so that they can finish their portion of jelly.
"Magnet"
Participants are given magnets (the larger they are, the better). The goal is to collect as many metal objects as possible using magnets. Metal objects are laid out in advance by the presenter and organizer in the hall, in secret places. To make the competition more interesting, the places where metal objects, can be marked on the map. The result will be a kind of “treasure hunt”. The winner is determined by counting the metal objects.
"2 truths and 1 lie"
This funny table competition for adults' birthdays does not require preparation, so you can even do it outdoors. Such a competition is great and fun in companies where people don’t know each other very well. Each guest names 3 facts about himself. 2 of them must be true, and the third must be false. The task of the other guests is to recognize a false fact. You can do this by voting. If the guests did not guess correctly, the player receives a prize. You can write facts about yourself on pieces of paper in advance. The presenter will take turns taking out notes and reading them out.
"Fast Driver"
This competition is suitable for male companies. Each participant is given small cars on a string and pencils. The contestants' task is to wind the rope as quickly as possible so that the machine is near the pencil.
"The owner of the most sensitive butt"
The presenter prepares in advance several scarves and handkerchiefs with which the participants will be blindfolded. In addition, you need to select several objects that can be recognized using the “soft spot”. It could be plastic bottle, book, vegetables, spoon. Do not use fragile objects or objects with sharp edges. Guests are blindfolded, placed on a chair with any object and helped to sit down. If the participant correctly identified the object, he is awarded 1 point.
The winner is the one who scores the most points. He is awarded the title of having the most sensitive butt. By the way, this funny table competition for adults’ birthdays must be filmed in order to have a good laugh again.
"Modern Fairy Tale"
Guests are divided into 2 teams. Each team must choose a profession. For example, a teacher and a psychiatrist, a lawyer and a cook, etc. After that, each team remakes any folk tale so that it sounds professional slang. Not teams, but individual participants can play.
"Broken phone"
How more people will take part in the game, the more fun. The presenter thinks of a word and whispers it in the ear of the first participant. Each participant must convey the word as quietly as possible. The last participant voices the word in the form in which it came to him.
"Not really"
An excellent and funny table competition for adults' birthdays in the question-and-answer style. The presenter writes the names of animals and characters on pieces of paper in advance. Guests must guess who it is by asking questions. The presenter can only answer “Yes” or “No” to questions. The participant who guesses the animal or character receives a card with its name or corresponding picture. The one who collects the most cards wins. It will be even more fun if you write the names of objects on pieces of paper. It can be Appliances, an item of women's or men's clothing, toys, toiletries, cosmetics, etc.
"Chipmunk Speaker"
Guests are divided into pairs. The presenter gives one participant a note with text and nuts that he needs to put in his mouth. The second participant is given paper and pen. Its task is to recognize the text and write it down as accurately as possible. The winner is the couple who was able to quickly and accurately convey the text to their partner.
"The Most Interesting Story"
The presenter calls the phrase with which the story begins. It should be funny and make it easy to come up with interesting continuation. For example: “One day... mushrooms grew in my mouth...”. The next participant must come up with the next phrase, etc. There are no winners or losers in this game. While making up a story, guests will have a good laugh and cheer up.
Game "Panic"
The game does not require additional details, so you can play it in any company. The guests split into pairs. You can do this at will, but it is much more interesting if the pairs are determined by lot. The facilitator gives the pairs small pieces of paper and pens. Participants write on pieces of paper any word that can come to their mind. You can write not just 1, but several words at once. The main condition for writing words is that they must be nouns and real.
The notes are put into a bag and mixed. The presenter approaches the teams one by one and invites one of the participants to pull out a note with a word. His task is to explain the word to another team member. And he must do it as quickly as possible. The maximum guessing time is 20 seconds. If the word was guessed, the note remains in the team’s piggy bank. You can immediately take out the next note with the word. The team that collects the most notes with words wins.
"Sweet Tooth Drum"
It is necessary to prepare for this competition in advance, since it will require a lot of candy. Sweets and lollipops are given to each guest. After the candy is in the mouth, participants need to say the phrase: “Sweet Tooth Drum.” Moreover, this must be done clearly and expressively. Of course, this will not be easy, but the winner will receive a prize, so the participants will have to try hard. If all participants said the phrase more or less clearly, then one more candy is added to each. The amount of sweets can be gradually increased.
3 oversized men are invited to participate in the competition. The presenter arranges them so that they are at the same distance from each other. The task of the “heroes” is to find their woman in the crowd and bring her to the start. It is necessary to ensure in advance that men whose other half is also present at the celebration participate in the competition. The winner is appointed the main hero and receives a prize.
"Buttons and mittens"
A number of people participate in the competition in pairs. Participants are divided into pairs and stand opposite each other. The presenter gives one a shirt with a lot of buttons, and the second one - mittens. The task is to fasten the buttons on the shirt as quickly as possible.
"Catch the Candy"
The number of people is unlimited. Each participant is given a hat, to which a candy is attached to the back on a string. The contestants' task is to catch the candy and eat it as quickly as possible.
Competition "Nimble Gift Bearers"
You need to prepare several boxes of the same size in advance and tie them with gift ribbons. I also suggest putting small souvenirs or something tasty in them, 2 copies each: one will go to the participant in the competition, and the second to the birthday boy. These could be: chocolates or chocolate candies(bars), chewing gum, pens, notepads, etc.
The hero of the occasion sits on a chair, and those who wish to participate in the competition stand at a distance from the birthday boy. Players then draw task cards at random. The players’ task is to deliver the gift in a certain way to the birthday boy and not drop it. The one who completes the task best receives a prize.
Task options:
- carry a gift on your head without holding it with your hands
- carry a gift on your head, jumping on one leg and holding the gift with your hand(s)
- carry a gift by placing it on your back
- carry a gift between your knees
- carry a gift by holding it between your ankles
- carry a gift by placing it on your shoulder (holding it with your head)
Other tasks - what is enough for your imagination and depending on the age of the “gift bearers”.
Game "Chamomile, or Fun Tasks"
And these are tasks specifically for a Birthday or Anniversary, to amuse the hero (hero) of the occasion.
Task options:
- Tell the birthday boy (birthday girl) 5 exquisite compliments.
- Stand on a chair and shout loudly 3 times: “Vivat, commander-in-chief (queen) of our holiday!”
- Make a toast in the “Caucasian” (“Chinese”) way.
- Lean out of a window or window and shout: “People! Today is (name)’s birthday (Anniversary)!”
- Pretend to be an astrologer and predict what awaits the birthday boy/girl before his next birthday.
- Make 3 curtsies in honor of the birthday boy (birthday girl).
- Depict with gestures how much you adore the birthday boy (birthday girl).
Song in honor of the birthday boy, or Unusual choir
A very funny table game that will amuse all guests.
For this entertainment, you need to prepare cards in advance on which ways to perform the melody of the song for the birthday person will be written down. The song itself is at the discretion of the presenter; although it is easier, of course, to take something from the well-known banal congratulation songs (“Let them run clumsily...” or “Happy Birthday to you!”).
The game is played in two stages: first, the participants take turns taking out task cards and performing their part of the song solo, and then everyone gets up together and performs the song together, i.e. the combined orchestra sounds. And all this is dedicated, of course, to the hero of the occasion!
Task options:
- ring glasses (wine glasses, glasses)
- cough
- Sing while holding your nose with a clothespin
- pat your cheeks with your palms
- stomp your feet
- giggle
- conduct
- bounce
- drum on your own stomach
- rustle with a newspaper
- smack your lips to pretend to kiss
- tap the heating radiator with spoons
- applaud
- rattle the contents of a cosmetic bag (handbag)
- blow a rolled-up newspaper like a bugle
- snap your fingers
And these are the task options if you want to organize an exclusively animal New Year’s choir (you can even make cards with images of animals):
- cat - meow
- dog - bark
- piglet - grunt
- crow - caw
- frog - croak
- duck - quack
- bee - buzz
- mouse - squeak
- cow - moo
- sparrow - tweet
- crow - caw
- chicken - cluck
- rooster - crow
- cuckoo - cuckoo
- goose - to croak
- wolf - howl
- goat - scurry, etc.
Such an original performance of the song will surely please any birthday boy and will be remembered by him for a long time. Try it!
Interesting birthday contests will help entertain guests and have fun. Outdoor and table games for children and adults will be the highlight of the celebration. To make the holiday bright and unforgettable, it is better for the birthday person to prepare an entertainment program in advance.
- Do I have a tail?
- Am I with wings?
- I can fly?
- Am I making sounds?
- Am I green?
All children invited to the holiday participate in the competition. They are divided into 2 teams. The presenter holds out a small volleyball net in the center of the hall. The teams become different sides from her. The presenter gives each participant a small balloon.
The children's task is to throw the balls over the net. The competition lasts 5 minutes. The team with the fewest balls on its side after time runs out wins.
Game “Congratulate the birthday boy”
All children invited to the holiday play the game. Its essence is to cheerfully congratulate the birthday person on his birthday.
The host invites the hero of the occasion to the center of the hall. He puts on a specially made skirt with handles at the ends. The kids stand around the birthday boy, take the skirt with their hands by the handles and pull it on. The skirt opens like a parachute. After this, the presenter pours bags sewn in advance from any light fabric onto it.
On the count of three, the guys begin to make waves with their skirt and say “Happy Birthday!” At the same time, the bags fly up, bringing pleasure to the birthday boy.
Game "Fly"
All children invited to the birthday party play the game. The leader arranges the kids in a circle, and he himself stands in the center. In his hands he holds a stick with a rope, at the end of which a toy in the form of a fly is attached. Children must catch it with their hands. The presenter's task is to spin the fly over the guys' heads, not allowing them to grab it. As soon as the leader tells the children that the fly is angry, they must quickly sit down so that it does not bite them. After that they start catching her again. The game continues until interest disappears.
At the end, the presenter can invite the children to sing the song “Fly-Tsokotukha” together, showing different movements.
All interested children participate in the competition. There is a small circle on the floor with a dot in the center. Participants stand around him at a distance of several meters. They are given the same number of flat stones.
Their task is to hit the point in the center of the circle with a pebble. At first they just throw them from where they stand. It is very difficult to hit the target the first time. After the first throw, they approach the landing spot of their pebble and try to get into the center of the circle, hitting it with a click. You can knock down your opponent's pebble with your own, preventing him from hitting the target. The participant whose pebble lands first on the point in the center of the circle wins.
All children who are present at the holiday participate in the competition. To carry it out, you need to prepare an improvised screen by making a cut in the fabric a little more than 10 centimeters. This fabric needs to be attached to a box with an opening bottom (so that you can change items in it).
The children's task is to put their hand into the box through the slot and guess by touch what fruit is in it. You can hide an orange, banana, strawberry, apple, peach, etc. After the participant has identified the fruit, he can pull out his hand along with the contents.
After the competition, you can take out fruit slices for the children.
Game "Mystery glasses"
All children who are present at the holiday participate in the competition. They are divided equally into 2 teams. Whatman paper is hung in front of each group of participants, with the clean side facing the players. On back side cells are drawn on which numbers are written - from 0 to 9.
Each participant must go to the Whatman paper and pierce it anywhere with a toothpick. After all the children complete the task, the Whatman paper is turned over and the amount of points that the players scored is counted.
The team with the most points wins.
Game "Letter set"
All children who want to participate in the game. They are divided equally into 2-3 teams. The facilitator gives each group of participants one identical set of cards with letters. The players' task is to form a word from these letters. The words relate to the theme "Birthday". The team that is the first to raise the given word above its head and show the presenter and spectators receives 1 point. Shouting words is prohibited. The completed word must be presented to the presenter and shown to the audience. After the teams have guessed the first word, the presenter gives them the next set of cards and so on. The group of participants with the most points wins.
All guests of the holiday participate in the competition. The facilitator gives each participant a piece of paper and a pen. The task of the contestants is to write as many famous namesakes of the birthday boy (actors, singers, athletes, politicians, TV presenters, etc.) as possible. You have 5 minutes to complete the task. The winner of the competition is the participant who makes the most big list famous namesakes of the hero of the occasion.
Game "Guess the mask"
All guests of the holiday participate in the game. To carry it out, you need to prepare masks with a cut-out hole for the face in advance. On each mask you need to write the name of an animal. For example, cow, hippopotamus, tiger, fly, fox, crocodile, penguin.
At the beginning of the game, the host calls the first volunteer to the center of the hall and puts a mask on him so that he does not see what is written on it. After this, the player begins to ask the guests leading questions, trying to guess the word written on his mask. Guests can only answer them with “Yes” or “No”. You can't give any hints. After he guesses the word, the presenter invites the next person to the center of the hall, and so on. The game continues until all the masks are gone.
Sample questions