What kind of holiday, and especially the New Year, would be without games, entertainment and competitions. Adults, just like children, want to spend the New Year holidays in a fun and interesting way. These games can be used to create holiday scenarios. events for adults dedicated to the New Year.

Fun games, competitions and entertainment at the New Year's party

Fun relay race

You can play in pairs and teams. Two participants are given two pencils, one matchbox and one glass (not empty, of course). You need to take pencils in your hand, put a matchbox on them, place a glass on the box and cover a certain distance. Whoever hasn't spilled the vodka will drink it.

Chained by one chain

Teams of 3-7 people participate. Depending on the number of participants, hats are sewn to the rope at intervals of 1 meter. Participants put them on their heads and dance to the music. The team whose cap falls off first loses. You cannot hold the hat with your hands.

Matryoshka dolls

All those present are divided into two teams, stand in a line one after another, each holding a scarf. On command, the second player ties a scarf from the back to the first (it is strictly forbidden to correct or help each other), then the third to the second, and so on. The last player ties the penultimate one and triumphantly shouts: “Everyone is ready!” The entire team turns to face their opponents.

You can play for speed, quality, appearance"matryoshka dolls" - the main thing is to have time to photograph the cheerful "matryoshka dolls".

Wow or eh?

Two teams are formed: “M” and “W”. One team makes two words and a wish for each of them. For example, “Uh” - kiss two, “Eh” - kiss everyone. Then one player from the second team is called up. But none of them should know words and desires. They ask him: “Uh or eh?” Whatever word he chooses, such a wish will be fulfilled. You can make funny wishes. For example: crawl between the legs of the opposing team and drink a glass of strong drink.

Happy Well

The presenter takes a bucket, pours some vodka into it and puts a glass in the bucket. The player must get the coin into the glass. If his coin gets into the vodka, the next participant throws his coin. If a player hits a glass with a coin, he takes all the coins from the bucket and drinks the vodka.

Relay race for a friendly company

Two teams are participating. The more people there are, the better. In each team, players line up in a column: man - woman; A chair is placed in front of each column, on which the first team member sits. He holds a match in his mouth (without sulfur, of course). At the leader’s command, the second player runs up to him, takes the match without using his hands and sits in the place of the first. The first one runs to the rear of the column. The relay continues until the first team players are on the chair again.

With cake

Guests are divided into two teams. Each team is given a cake in a cardboard box tied with string. Each team has a special participant with a bottle of vodka (beer will do) - he drinks his team. Everyone’s hands are tied behind their backs, including the “drinkers.”

The first team to eat their cake and drink their vodka wins. Without vodka, the cake does not count!

“The sea is agitated” in a new way

Remember old game“The Sea is Troubled”, which you all probably played in childhood. Let's remember the rules. The leader is selected. If there are too many people willing to fill this role, then it can be counted. Here’s a simple little rhyme: “An apple was rolling through the garden and fell straight into the water: “thump.”

The presenter reads the words, and at this time the players think about their figure. When they hear the word “freeze,” the players freeze in any position. The presenter can “turn on” anyone at will or anyone who moves. The one whose presentation the presenter likes the most becomes the presenter. If the presenter doesn’t like anything 3 times in a row, he is replaced.

The words of the presenter: “The sea worries once, the sea worries twice, the sea worries three - an erotic figure, freeze in place!”

New Year's drink

Number of participants: everyone is interested.

Required Items: blindfold, large glass, various drinks.

Progress of the game. Players must split into pairs. One of them is blindfolded, and the other mixes various drinks in a large glass: Pepsi, mineral water, champagne, etc. The second player’s task is to guess the components of the prepared drink. The pair that most accurately describes the composition of the prepared “potion” wins.

New Year's Sandwich

Number of participants: everyone interested

Required Items: blindfold, festive table with a variety of dishes.

Progress of the game. This is a variation of the previous game, only pairs can change places. The “sighted” player prepares a sandwich from everything on the table. The “blind man” must taste it. But at the same time, hold your nose with your hand. The one who correctly names the most components wins.

Mute Santa Claus and deaf Snow Maiden

Number of participants: everyone is interested.

Progress of the game. Quite a fun game that will help identify Creative skills gathered at the festive table, and also laugh heartily! A pair consisting of Father Frost and Snow Maiden is selected. The task of the mute Santa Claus is to show with gestures how he wants to congratulate everyone gathered on the New Year. At the same time, the Snow Maiden must pronounce all congratulations out loud as accurately as possible.

Group rhythm

Number of participants: leader, at least 4 people.

Required Items: uniform elements in the form of red noses with elastic bands, cotton beards, hats, boots, bags, etc.

Progress of the competition. The participants sit in a circle, after which the leader puts left hand on the right knee of the neighbor on the left, and the right hand on the left knee of the neighbor on the right. The rest of the participants act in a similar way. The leader begins to tap a simple rhythm with his left hand. His neighbor on the left repeats the rhythm on the leader’s left foot. The leader’s right neighbor hears the rhythm and also begins to beat it with his left hand on the leader’s right leg. And so on in a circle. It is not so easy for all participants to learn to beat the correct rhythm, so for a long time someone will get confused. If there are enough people, then you can introduce a rule - the one who makes a mistake is eliminated.

Elections

Number of participants: everyone is interested.

Required Items: red noses with elastic bands, cotton beards, hats, boots, bags, etc.

Progress of the competition. It is announced to those present that elections are planned for the best Father Frost and the best Snow Maiden. After this, men dress in the costume of Father Frost, and women - the Snow Maiden. At the same time, it is advisable to show imagination and not try to look like these characters should. At the end, those present decide who completed their task more successfully than the rest.

Mittens

Number of participants: everyone, in pairs (woman and man).

Required Items: thick mittens, robes with buttons.

Progress of the competition. The essence of the competition is that men put on mittens and must fasten the buttons on the robe that women wear. The one who fastens the most buttons in least time, is declared the winner.

New Year wishes

Number of participants: 5 participants.

Progress of the competition. Five participants are given the task of naming one New Year's wish in turn. The one who thinks about the wish for more than 5 seconds is eliminated. Accordingly, the last one remaining wins.

Spitters

Number of participants: everyone is interested.

Required items: pacifiers.

Progress of the competition. In this competition, it is proposed to follow the example of the residents of Kenya, among whom it is customary to spit at each other on New Year’s Day, which in this country is a wish for happiness in the coming year. In Russia, the acceptability of this tradition is questionable, but in the form of a fun competition, it is quite suitable, and you only need to spit with pacifiers. The winner is the one who spits it out the furthest.

Dressing

Number of participants: everyone is interested.

Required Items: various outfits.

Progress of the competition. The point is to dress up in a pre-prepared outfit faster than others. Whoever is faster wins. It is advisable to come up with as diverse and funny outfits as possible.

Song of the year

Number of participants: everyone is interested.

Required Items: small pieces of paper with words written on them, a hat or some kind of bag, pan, etc.

Progress of the competition. The bag contains pieces of paper with words like Christmas tree, icicle, Santa Claus, frost, etc. written on them. Participants draw notes from a bag and must sing a New Year or winter song that contains this word.

Shovelers

Number of participants: everyone is interested.

Required Items: empty bottles from under champagne.

Progress of the competition. Newspapers are spread on the floor. The challenge is to stuff the largest number of newspapers into a champagne bottle. The one who crams the most wins.

Jumping into the unknown

Number of participants: 3-4 participants.

Progress of the competition. Germany boasts a curious tradition of “jumping” on New Year's Day, where participants stand on chairs and jump forward from them at midnight. Whoever is further wins.

The same thing is proposed to be done in this competition. Moreover, the jump should be accompanied by a joyful exclamation. In principle, you can do without chairs, just jump from your seat. Accordingly, the one who jumped into the New Year the furthest wins.

Competition with glasses

Number of participants: everyone is interested.

Required Items: A glass with contents such as water or wine.

Progress of the competition. The participant must run around the table, holding the glass by the stem with his teeth and without spilling the contents. The longer the leg, the better. Accordingly, the winner is the one who goes around the table the fastest and does not spill the contents.

Game “In what words does spruce grow?”

The festive feast is conducive to quiet games at the table. And even at the most fun and noisy holiday there will always be a place for such games. You can, for example, play “words”. One by one, remember and name the words within which “a spruce grows.”

Despite the fact that there are quite a lot of such words, it is not so easy to play such a game without preparation, so do not introduce any additional restrictions when naming the word (number of syllables, location of “spruce” in the word, etc.).

The only condition is that you need to call common nouns nouns in initial form. The participant who cannot offer his own version of the word (of course, it is impossible to repeat himself) is eliminated from the game or gives away his forfeit, which will later be played together with others.

Words:“blizzard”, “caramel”, “jelly”, “dolphin”, “orange”, “writer”, “driver”, “delta”, “teacher”, “carousel”, “ashtray”, “furniture”, “gorge” ", "loafer", "drops", "briefcase", "stranded", "target", "panel", "rail", "housewarming", "potatoes", "mill", "dumpling", "Monday" and etc.

Quiz “What if there is no Christmas tree?”

In some countries, due to the hot climate due to the lack of coniferous forests or due to national traditions The New Year's tree (or better yet, the plant) is not the green, prickly beauty of the Christmas tree. Let's find out what people from different countries decorate their homes with before the New Year holidays.

Since questions on this exotic topic require special knowledge, we will introduce answer prompts with three possible answers - participants need to choose the correct one. Each of them has the same amount of conventional game units, for example 5 fir cones, or more simply - “shisha”. The host of the competition asks a question, asking you to choose the correct answer. Before joining active game, the participant assigns a “price” to the question, not exceeding the amount available in his personal account. Further, he can give the answer himself and, if successful, increase his account by the amount of the cost of the question assigned by him or transfer the question to another participant. In any case, only one of the answer options is accepted. If the player to whom the question was passed answered correctly, the “cost” of the question goes to his account, and the account of the previous participant remains unchanged. If the answer is wrong, then both players lose their game benefits. The host’s next question is answered by the guest sitting at the festive table to the left (right) of the participant who answered the previous question.

I. Residents of which country make a New Year's bouquet of greetings to the deity of the holiday mainly from pine, bamboo, plum, woven rice straws with the addition of fern and tangerine branches?

2. Japan. +

3. Thailand.

II. In which country do people decorate their homes with coffee tree branches before the New Year holiday?

1. Nicaragua. +

2. Brazil.

III. In which country is an unripe green nut considered a New Year's talisman of happiness?

1. Indonesia.

2. Sudan. +

3. Argentina.

IV. In which country do they celebrate New Year by a palm tree?

3. Saudi Arabia.

V. In which country is it customary to decorate houses with mistletoe on New Year’s Eve?

1. Norway. +

2. Canada.

VI. In which country the equivalent of a Christmas tree are branches of holly and mistletoe?

1. Argentina.

2. Mexico.

3. England. +

VII. In which country is the familiar spruce replaced by a local tree that blooms with red flowers and is called metrosideros?

2. Australia. +

3. Singapore.

VIII. In which country in New Year's Eve thrown into home bamboo shoots so that they crackle and hiss to scare away evil spirits?

2. Japan.

3. China. +

IX. In which country is it customary to give friends a half-blooming twig of hao-dao, a peach tree, on New Year's Eve?

1. Vietnam. +

2. New Zealand.

X. In which country is the padauk considered a New Year's flower, the short-term flowering of which signifies the onset of the New Year?

1. Cambodia.

2. Myanmar. +

3. Indonesia.

Spruce Quiz

1. Which beauty dresses up once a year? (Christmas tree)

2. Which country is considered the historical birthplace of the Christmas tree, and then the New Year tree? (Germany)

3. When was the Christmas tree born according to the biological passport? ( Conifers trees, including spruce, have ancient origin. They replaced fern-like plants at the beginning of the Mesozoic. It may very well be that the distant ancestors of our Christmas tree were contemporaries of giant dinosaurs)

4. How they decorated the Christmas tree during A.S.’s childhood. Pushkin? (The Christmas tree in Russia began to be used as a New Year tree with mid-19th century, the future poet did not have a New Year tree during his childhood)

5. Who wrote the story “The Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree”? (F.M. Dostoevsky)

6. How many years does a spruce tree live if it avoids the fate of becoming a New Year tree? (Spruce lives 300-400 years. Long-lived Christmas trees can live up to 500 years)

8. Which popular cartoon told how a peasant, rightly reasoning: “How could it be on New Year’s Day without a Christmas tree!”, followed his wife’s orders to the forest to choose one, only it seemed to him that “the size would be too small”? (Cartoon by L. Tatarenko “Last year’s snow was falling,” 1983)

9. Which popular song mentions the unusual style of outfit of New Year’s trees, literally “trees in triangular dresses”? (“Three White Horses”, song from the movie “Sorcerers”)

10. Name the children's writer and storyteller who came up with the Planet of Christmas Trees. (Gianni Rodari)

It was in January

There was a Christmas tree on the mountain,

And near this Christmas tree

Evil wolves roamed.

(A.L. Barto)

12. What does the phraseological unit “tree-stick” mean? (This expression means annoyance, bewilderment, admiration)

Humorina

1. Christmas tree homeland. (Forest)

2. What color are the gingerbread cookies and cones growing on the Christmas tree at home? (Usually pink and gold)

3. The process ending with the fall of the Christmas tree. (Cutting)

4. An ancient but timeless dance at the Christmas tree. (Round dance)

5. Performer of songs for the Christmas tree. (Blizzard)

6. A person trotting past the Christmas tree, gray in all respects. (Wolf)

7. Christmas tree snow insulation. (Freezing)

8. A Christmas tree decoration that causes significant damage to the household budget not only on the day of purchase. (Electric garland)

9. A peasant’s anti-Christmas tree weapon. (Axe)

10. What quality of the New Year's queen makes her similar to each a real woman? (The desire to dress up)

New Year is just around the corner. An important component of an exciting and happy holiday— competitions for the New Year. They unite and force event participants to be active.

Some competitions are of a gaming nature, others are for ingenuity, others are for dexterity or ingenuity. Do not forget about the existence of erotic competitions that are suitable for relaxed people.

If you want to New Year's celebration will be remembered for a long time, be sure to include several exciting competitions in the New Year's program. The photographs taken during the process will remind you of this evening and the joyful atmosphere many years later.

The most fun contests for the New Year

I offer 6 fun competitions. With their help, you will cheer up the company, raise your spirits to the maximum, and make the holiday group more active.

1. "New Year's fishing". You will need Christmas tree decorations made of cotton wool and a fishing rod with a large hook. Participants in the competition will have to take turns hanging New Year's toys on the street, and then remove them. The one who completes the task faster than others will win.
2. "Funny drawings". On a large piece of cardboard, make two holes for the arms. Players will have to draw the Snow Maiden or Father Frost with a brush by putting their hands through the holes. They can't see what they're drawing. The prize will go to the author of the most successful masterpiece.
3. "Frost Breath". In front of each participant, place a large snowflake cut out of paper on the table. The task of each participant is to blow away a snowflake so that it falls on the floor on the other side of the table. The competition ends when the last snowflake hits the floor. The player who takes the longest to complete the task wins. It was all because of his frosty breath, which caused the snowflake to “freeze” to the surface of the table.
4. "Dish of the Year". Participants will have to prepare a dish using ingredients from New Year's table. A New Year's salad composition or a unique sandwich will do. Afterwards, a man sits in front of each participant, and all players are blindfolded. The “New Year's hostess” who feeds the dish to the man the fastest will win.
5. "New Year's Melody". Place bottles and a couple of spoons in front of the competition participants. They must take turns approaching the bottles and sing a melody with their spoons. The winner is the author of the most New Year's musical composition.
6. "Modern Snow Maiden". Men participating in the competition dress up women to create the image of a modern Snow Maiden. You can use items of clothing, jewelry, New Year's toys, and all kinds of cosmetics. Victory will go to the “stylist” who created the most unusual and striking image of the Snow Maiden.

The list doesn't end there. If you have imagination, come up with good competition you can do it yourself. The main thing is to make it fun and bring smiles to the faces of participants and spectators.

Video examples

New Year competitions for children and adults

A real holiday, in addition to noisy pastime at the table, provides for short dance breaks, mass games and various competitions.

The New Year's celebration is aimed at a mixed audience, so choose New Year's competitions so that everyone can participate. After a half-hour feast, offer guests several musical and active competitions. Having thoroughly blurred and danced, they returned to eating New Year's salads.

I suggest 5 interesting competitions for children and adults. I'm sure they will take their rightful place in the New Year's Eve entertainment program.

1. "Christmas trees". Participants imagine that they are Christmas trees standing in the middle of the forest. The presenter says the Christmas trees are tall, low or wide. After these words, the participants raise their arms, squat or spread their arms. The player who makes a mistake is eliminated. The most attentive one wins.
2. "Dress up the Christmas tree." You will need garlands, tinsel and ribbons. The Christmas trees will be women and girls. They hold the end of the garland in their hand. Male representatives decorate the Christmas tree, holding the second end of the garland with their lips. The winner is the couple who creates an elegant and beautiful Christmas tree.
3. "Mummy". The competition involves the use of toilet paper. Participants are divided into two teams and a mummy is chosen. The rest of the participants will have to mummify her. They wrap the "lucky" one toilet paper. The teams make sure that there are no gaps between the turns. The team that completes the task faster wins.
4. "Twins" . Couples participate. For example, mother and son, father and daughter. Participants hug each other around the waist with one hand. For two you will have two free hands. Afterwards the couple will have to cut out the figure. One participant holds the paper, the second wields scissors. The team that makes the most wins beautiful figure.
5. "Tomato" . The competition is designed for two participants who stand face to face different sides chair. A banknote is placed on the chair. At the end of the countdown, participants must cover the bill with their hand. Whoever got there first won. Afterwards, participants are offered a rematch blindfolded. Instead of money, they put a tomato on the chair. The surprise of the participants will amuse the audience.

New Year's games for children

The main holiday of winter is New Year, accompanied by holidays, good mood and a lot of free time. When guests gather in the house, New Year's games for children will come in handy.

Comic tasks, coupled with bright images and a festive mood will create a positive background for the holiday. Even a simple group game will be exciting if you play with a friendly group. Children will especially enjoy the competitions, the victory of which will bring New Year's gifts.

1. "Tiger Tail". Participants line up and take the person in front by the shoulders. The first person in line is the head of the tiger. Closing the column is the tail. After the signal, the “tail” strives to catch up with the “head”, which is trying to escape. The “torso” must remain in the coupling. After some time, the children change places.
2. "Merry round dance". An ordinary round dance can be significantly complicated. The leader sets the tone, constantly changing the direction and speed of movement. After several circles, lead the round dance like a snake, moving between pieces of furniture and guests.
3. "Journey" . Team game involves the use of blindfolds and skittles. Place the skittles in a “snake” pattern in front of the participants of the two teams. Team members join hands and cover the distance blindfolded. All pins must remain upright. The team whose members knock down the fewest pins wins the game.
4. "Compliment to the Snow Maiden". Choose Snow Maiden. Then invite several boys who will compliment her. They have to take out pieces of paper with inscriptions from the bag and, based on the words written on them, express “warm words”. The player who voices the most compliments will win.
5. "Magic Words". Participants are divided into teams and given a set of letters that make up a certain word. Each team member gets only one letter. In the story that the presenter is reading, there are words from these letters. When such a word is heard, the players with the corresponding letters come forward and line up in the required order. The team that is ahead of its opponents earns a point.
6. "What changed". Visual memory will help you win the game. Each participant carefully examines the toys hanging on the branches of the Christmas tree for a certain time. Then the children leave the room. Several toys are re-hung or new ones are added. When the children return, they need to voice what has changed.
7. "Gift in a Circle". Participants stand in a circle face to face. The host gives one of the players a gift and turns on the music. Afterwards the gift moves in a circle. After the music stops, the gift transfer stops. The player who has a gift left is eliminated. At the end of the game, there will be one participant left who will receive this souvenir.

Videos of children's games

Ideas for the New Year

Waiting for a miracle is a tedious task; it is better to create it yourself. What to do? Imagine yourself as a wizard, look around, collect simple objects and create something soulful, shimmering, warm and extraordinary. You will need some free time.

1. "Christmas balls with fabric applique". To make your Christmas tree stylish and original, you don’t have to buy expensive toys. You can create an exclusive design using cheap plastic balls without a pattern. Cut out identical motifs from an old scarf or a beautiful piece of fabric and paste them onto the surface of the balls.
2. "Orange Christmas tree toy". You will need a few oranges, a beautiful fancy ribbon, a cute rope, and a couple of cinnamon sticks. Cut the oranges into slices and place them in the oven to dry. Tie a cinnamon stick with a string and tie it to an orange slice. Make a loop on top. The final touch is a bow tied to a loop.

Amazing snowflake

It's hard to imagine a New Year's holiday without a dozen playful snowflakes.

1. Use scissors to trim the ends of the toothpick. Use a paper cutter to make a small cut in the middle of one edge of the toothpick. This will be the main tool.
2. Make several paper blanks. The width of the strip is around three millimeters. The length is equal to the length of the sheet.
3. Create a spiral. Carefully insert the edge of the paper strip into the slot on the toothpick and twist it into a spiral. Twist the tool, not the paper. Make sure that the spiral is as even as possible. Remove the spiral and place it on the table.
4. Spread the edge of the strip twisted into a spiral with glue and press it against the spiral. Press the end lightly. You will get a droplet with a spiral inside. Make as many similar elements as possible.
5. The shape of the elements can be changed. During gluing, squeeze the element with your fingers, giving it a certain shape. This is how not only circles are created, but droplets and eyes.
6. Having prepared the required number of elements, begin to form the snowflake. From individual elements create a pattern by attaching with a drop of glue. It will work out amazing beauty snowflake.

Perhaps my ideas for the New Year will seem too simple. If you do everything correctly, the result will be very beautiful, with minimal investment of time and money.

Ideas for the New Year with your family

On this day, grandparents, aunties and parents will gather in one house. You need to try to make the festive night varied and fun. Only advance planning and careful preparation will help with this.

1. Prepare a script. Each family member is assigned to write a short congratulatory speech. Close people are pleased to hear warm words.
2. Write humorous toasts on pieces of paper. During the feast, guests will share their own thoughts and amuse each other.
3. Arrange a family interview. A good video camera will come in handy. You can record the wishes of family members on video.

We are all looking forward to the arrival of the most beloved and fabulous winter holiday. Without thinking through the entertainment, you can quickly get bored at the table, staring at the TV or “tipping over” a glass one after another. To prevent the celebration from turning into a banal drinking party, you need to entertain the guests. In our review we will look at the most interesting ones.

Don't forget to give prizes to all participants

Holiday fun comes in a wide variety, so you can choose entertainment for both kids and adults. Alternate calm games for intellectuals with fun, active competitions. Such fun will be relevant for the work team and for seed gatherings around the Christmas tree.

When choosing entertainment, you must take into account the temperament of the guests and the level of acquaintance. For example, games involving the discovery of confidential information or any entertainment with an intimate trick would be inappropriate among company employees. It is better to stick to neutral types associated with the New Year.

New Year's fun

Of the most popular games are:

• team competitions;
• quizzes;
• themed dressing up;
• "literary" competitions.

The main advantage of these games is their versatility and ability to adapt to any company. Such games do not force you to shine with your intellect or do not humiliate human dignity. Their main task is to ensure that guests at the table do not get bored, burying themselves in gadgets or while away the time by giving preference to alcohol.

Games for children

So that the little one doesn't feel sad in such a magical holiday, you definitely need to captivate them with interesting activities. It is necessary to throw out children's energy in positive entertainment and make it clear that the children are full participants in the celebration. Adults can also play in carefree fun.

Cold heart

A simple competition based on the popular Disney cartoon of the same name. The game requires preliminary preparation. To do this, freeze water in small molds in advance. Each participant is given a plate with a piece of ice. The host announces that it is necessary to save the New Year and melt the heart of Queen Elsa.

Cold heart

The players' task will be to try to melt the ice in any way. You can breathe, rub it in your palms. Whoever completes the task first is the winner. If you divide the kids into teams, the game will be fun and noisy. Be sure to come up with a reward, even the smallest one. Let it be a Christmas tree toy or candy, but such a gift stimulates the company.

New Year's basketball

For the game you need props: a couple of buckets and balls, preferably decorated in the form of snowballs. Participants are divided into teams and take turns throwing balls into containers. For the competition, a clear time is determined, which is announced and recorded by the presenter. The one who puts more into the basket is the winner. Be sure to give a prize.

Pick off all the needles

Children are divided into teams (preferably pairs). They attach clothespins to their clothes and blindfold them. At the signal from the leader, you need to have time to help free each other from the “needles.” The group that removes all the “decorations” the fastest is declared the winner. Remember: if the child is carnival costumes with a huge amount of subtle decor, then such entertainment will be irrelevant. After all, awkward movements can tear an expensive thing.

New Year's cap

Participants of the competition stand in a circle and pass the Santa Claus hat to the music. As soon as the melody stops, the player who still has the cap in his hands puts it on his head and fulfills the leader’s wish. We recommend that you learn poems, songs or dances with your kids in advance. The more original the performance, the more incentive the guys have. A mandatory gift for each performer.

"Growth in..."

A game based on the Soviet cartoon "38 Parrots". Before the competition, prepare name cards. Participants choose objects to measure their height: a banana, a comb or a pen. The presenter announces the “goal” and the kids cheerfully determine the amount of “measure” the subject has. All data is recorded and announced loudly at the end of the fun.

It's fun to play together

"Protection" of a carnival costume

Interesting entertainment for younger and middle-aged children school age. The presenter announces a competition for the best New Year's attire. To receive a prize, you need to properly “protect” the suit. The child needs to show his artistic abilities by entering the image of a hero. You are allowed to sing a song, recite a thematic poem, or come up with a monologue. Such a competition will liberate the participants, and the announced prizes will be a strong reason not to be shy.

Walk the tightrope

Both children and adults can participate in the competition. All players are divided into two teams. “Ropes” are stretched in front of the groups - these can be ropes or long Christmas tree tinsel. The fun has three difficulty levels.

1. Relay race. Each player walks along the “rope” without falling and returns to the end of the line.
2. Little engine. Holding the commander's belt, all participants walk along the rope in both directions.
3. The final. It is a complicated version of the first point. Each team member turns his back and walks along the “tightrope” (forward, backward).

If the area of ​​the room does not allow you to spread out a lot of ropes, then we recommend that teams go out one by one. You can divide groups into families, but with an equal number of participants. For each “fall,” the leader deducts one point from the squad’s total score.

Let the children be happy in 2018

What is a dog?

For the upcoming New Year 2018, the patron saint is the Dog, so you can diversify creative games and offer a competition that explains the essence of this animal. Each participant is obliged to clearly tell in poetic, song or dance form about this animal.

When preparing for such a game, you need to warn guests about the rules in advance in order to have time to learn everything for the number. It is allowed to unite children into teams with adults and the “representative” of the group announces the information.

Games for adults

Competitions are also great for adult company, so let’s look at the most interesting options. funny games should not be a burden: do not force guests to participate without their desire.

New Year's predictions

For such a competition, you need to prepare in advance funny texts and pieces of paper on which guests will write their names. To create a feeling of celebration, it is better to decorate everything with dignity. For example, notes are made on aged or “craft” paper, and the “predictions” themselves are recorded in a scroll or beautiful envelopes.

Make a wish and it will definitely come true

Papers with names are hidden in Kinder surprise cases. The presenter reads out congratulations, and the assistant “announces” the subject of divination. Remember: funny, kind texts are bound to lift the public’s spirits, so we recommend avoiding provocative, vulgar poems.

Decorating the Christmas tree

The game is designed for team play, so participants are divided into groups. Fun competition requires maximum creativity and ingenuity from the players. If there are no small fir trees, they can theoretically be replaced with boxes and pieces of paper.

The essence of the competition is that the guests do not know what the meaning of the game is. First, all participants are asked to come up with 10 to 20 words with the names of objects, which are recorded in notes. After this, the presenter announces that everything written is Christmas tree decorations and it is necessary to funnyly explain why this or that “tinsel” ended up on the tree. The team whose story is the funniest wins.

Guess the beast

You need to make a selection of funny melodies and pieces of paper with the names of different animals in advance. In the Year of the Dog, you can complicate the competition by choosing dog breeds as riddles. You will need two containers - hats, boxes or boxes. One contains information about the musical accompaniment, and the second contains pantomime objects.

The participant chooses a melody and the name of the animal at random. Without words, to the accompaniment of familiar rhythms, you need to make movements that help identify the animal. The player must manage to do everything clearly within a minute. The one who depicts correctly moves on to the next round. In more complex stages, pantomime occurs without the participation of any limb.

Let's have a fun New Year's Eve

Chef

A fun competition that adults and children will enjoy. We need three boxes that will contain notes with the names of products (cheese, sausage, cucumber...), kitchen utensils (pan, skewer, fork...) and actions (cook, grind, cut...). All participants take 5 leaves from each container.

The essence of the game is that the player needs to come up with, write down on paper and voice in five minutes recipe. They use all the objects and manipulations indicated in the notes; if they missed something, the work is not counted. It will be more fun if all the actions and products are difficult to combine in one dish. Be sure to come up with a colorful, catchy name for the “masterpiece.”

New Year's quest

An interesting game that requires enough free space - a rectangle with a side of at least three meters. Can participate in such fun a large number of of people. The props will be sheets of paper on which the teams and a treasure with a prize are depicted.

Participants are divided into groups and selected by a “seeker” who is blindfolded. The task of these players will be to find a cache with treasure, and assistants are required to give voice prompts, pushing them in the right direction. All props are installed after “deprivation of vision.”

If the “seeker” steps on the sheets of paper with the image, then they complete the tasks.

1. Smiley. One of the team members tells an anecdote or funny story.
2. Stool. A player from the group climbs onto a chair and reads a poem or sings a song.
3. Pit. Penalty against future winnings.
4. Present. Collecting from rivals' prizes.
5. Compass. Increases the chance of winning. A team member stands next to the treasure and shouts “Treasure” once.

The winner is the group whose “seeker” is the first to reach the place with the prize.

Funny toasts

Often guests are embarrassed to say their wishes or all the phrases are quite banal and known to everyone. To defuse the atmosphere, especially in company with strangers, you can give the feast a light, playful form.

New Year's toasts

The facilitator distributes sheets of assignments to all participants. For example, sing a greeting or come up with a speech with certain words. Each guest is given time to formulate a statement. The more fun the requirements are, the more effective the competition will be.

Truth or lie?

An interesting game based on the “I believe it or not I believe it” that has been known since childhood. It is necessary to prepare information relevant for the New Year in advance. For example, how do you celebrate your favorite holiday? different countries. Quite useful intellectual game, which will allow you to train your intuition and provide new knowledge. The presenter reads out the fact, and the participants are required to determine where the truth is and where the lie is.

Broken phone

A favorite children's game will be great entertainment at the table. The host speaks a word quietly to the first participant and gradually, along the chain, the information is transmitted to all guests. It is important to pronounce it in such a way that the person does not hear it. Funny transformations will amuse all players.

You can complicate the rules by adding a little pantomime. In this case, you need to divide everyone into teams and the more words they guess, the closer the group is to the coveted prize. Remember: for excitement to appear, you must define the end goal.

Cinderella

Different cereals and beans are mixed in one container, and the participants are blindfolded. To win, you need to be the fastest to pack all the components into separate boxes. If there are a lot of guests, then the usual game can be a little more complicated. In this case, all participants are divided into groups. One person at a time is a “Cinderella”, and the rest of the team uses words to help determine what to put and where.

Letters

Intelligent fun game which will help defuse the situation. All guests are asked to come up with phrases starting with a certain letter. You can distribute cards with the required letter in advance. The presenter writes down all the suggestions, and at the end there is a funny story about how to spend the coming New Year.

Another fun option. The toastmaster names the letter, and those present are required to find dishes on the table that begin with them. Whoever figured it out first gets the right to announce the next signs.

Dress up as a hero

A fun competition that children and adults will enjoy. We recommend dividing participants into teams. Take one item from each guest. Let it be scarves, slippers or hats. The more different components, the funnier it is. Prepare cards describing the hero. We recommend choosing famous characters that everyone will recognize.

Dress up as a hero

One participant pulls out a note with a name and the whole group needs to create an image from the proposed items in 5 minutes and present a small number. Guests take photos with the characters and then vote for the best performance.

If you worry about entertainment in advance, your guests won’t get bored. In our review we have selected the most interesting table games for New Year 2018. Funny, exciting fun will distract adults and children.

Many of us think about how exactly to celebrate the New Year long before it arrives - however, this often only applies to the choice of outfit and holiday menu. And yet, the celebration will be much more fun and entertaining if you have exciting competitions prepared for the New Year. At the same time, it doesn’t matter at all in which company you plan to celebrate the New Year - in family circle or with friends - after all, fun is appropriate everywhere. Of course, it is worth considering that there are very shy people, and participation in such events causes them to panic - be respectful of other people’s desires, and if you see that a person is not inclined to take part V active competitions, then do not insist, believing that he will “get involved.” In addition, in addition to active and active competitions, there are others that do not require special movement - for example, riddles for ingenuity. Choose a varied program in which any participant in the celebration will find something interesting for themselves! If you want your fun to be remembered for a long time, then do not forget to take photos of what is happening. By the way, this task can be entrusted to particularly shy guests who do not want to participate in the general “madness” - this way they will feel like they are part of what is happening and at the same time will not feel tense or uncomfortable. In general, take care of the holiday program in advance, as well as small gifts for the winners, and your efforts will be remembered by all guests for a long time!

Cool competitions for the New Year

Competitions for the family at the table

1. New Year's predictions. For this part of the New Year's program, you should prepare in advance. You will have two bags at hand (can be replaced with hats) in which you should put pieces of paper with notes. So, put pieces of paper with the names of the participants in the prediction in one bag, and in the other - with the prophecies themselves. The bags are passed around the table in a circle, and all guests take a piece of paper from each. First, the name written on it is read from the first piece of paper, and then from the second the prospects that await the owner of this name in the New Year are announced. 2. Honest confession. This game also requires preliminary preparation - write funny words on small pieces of paper (kikimora, deer, capricious, booger, and so on). So, someone pulls out a candy wrapper with one of the words (for example, capricious), and with a serious face, looking into the eyes of his neighbor, tells him: “I am a capricious person.” If no one laughs, then the neighbor picks up the baton, and so on in a circle until someone laughs. After this, the laugher begins the fun again. 3. Phrases of congratulations. This is a very funny competition in which it is better to know when to stop. Fill your glasses and make a celebratory toast. Each person sitting at a common table should say a congratulation phrase in turn, but it is important that they begin with the letters in alphabetical order(first a toast is made with the letter “A”, the next participant says a toast with the letter “B”, and so on until everyone has spoken). You can start the next round of toasts with the letter you stopped on. Prepare small prizes in advance - each time one of them should be awarded to the person who comes up with the funniest toast in the round. 4. Guess the riddle. For this competition you should stock up on regular balloons, as well as small notes with funny riddles. Roll up the pieces of paper and place them inside the ball, subsequently inflating it. The participant needs to burst the balloon and guess the riddle. If there is no answer from his lips, then he will need to complete the task invented by all the participants in the game. Examples of such funny riddles: “What does a student have in common with a lizard?” (Ability to get rid of the “tail” in time), “How many pairs of shoes does a woman need to be happy?” (One more pair than we already have), “What goes from one city to another, but remains motionless?” (Road) and so on. You can come up with similar riddles yourself or download them below.

New competitions for 2018 for adults

1. Drunken checkers. For this entertainment you will need a real checkers board, only the checkers themselves are replaced with stacks. How to distinguish between white and black new “checkers”? Replace black ones with shots of red wine, and white ones with white wine. The rules are the same as in regular checkers, however, having acquired your opponent’s “checker”, you will have to drink it! Of course, you don’t have to use wine - it can be any alcoholic beverage, just different in color. 2. Driven. For this competition you will need two radio-controlled cars. Two people play, respectively, each of whom places a stack of alcoholic drink. Now a certain point is randomly selected in the room, which will become the final destination for the cars. The goal is to get your car to the finish line without spilling your drink. The winner drinks his shot. Then the baton passes to the next pair and so on. 3. What's in my mouth. To conduct a competition for the New Year, prepare in advance a separate container with products that will be used in this experiment, but will not be on the holiday table. Let it be seven or eight unusual products. The player is blindfolded, and you give him a taste of this or that food - the contestant must guess on the first try what exactly is being offered to him. You can use other products with the next player. The one who gives the most correct answers wins.

Funny and interesting games

1. Snowballs. The competition will take place indoors, and, of course, not with real snowballs, but there is still an alternative - just crumple up napkins or paper towels(you should stock up on this material in advance). You will also need chairs according to the number of players, who, in turn, should be divided into two teams. The competitors of one team stand in a line on their chairs, and the participants of the second, in turn, try to hit their opponents with a snowball. By the way, the “targets” have the opportunity to dodge the snowball. When all opponents on the chairs are defeated, the teams switch places. The team with the highest performance (more snowballs reaching the goal) will win.

2. Roll the ball. Competition for several couples. Each team is given two balls, which are usually used to play ping pong. The man should roll the ball from his partner's left sleeve to his right, and the woman should roll the second ball from her partner's right pant leg to his left. The team that manages to cope faster wins. 3. Clothespins. Another game for couples. Participants in the competition are blindfolded, and clothespins are attached to any part of the clothing of all players. After the sound signal, you must try to remove all the clothespins from your partner. The couple that completes the task faster than others will win. Of course, we need a leader who will control this process. 4. To the touch. The two players are blindfolded and have thick gloves or mittens placed on their hands. Guests stand in front of each contestant and are given 10 seconds to guess each guest by touch. Players play in turns. The participant who completes the task faster will win. Subsequently, the next pair of players is determined. 5. Pop the balloon. Couples of different sexes are chosen to play and are given a balloon each. The couples must hold the “props” between their bodies, and sound signal the balls need to be “burst”. The first couple to complete the task will win. This is followed by the second round with a more complicated task: the balls need to be “burst” with their backs or even their butts.

New Year's competitions for a fun company

1. New Year's crocodile. Famous entertainment that will appeal to contestants of all ages! So, we remind you of the principle of this rather simple and exciting game. Participants are divided into two teams, each of which selects one person. The presenter says a word to those chosen, and they must “show” it to their teams without making any sounds. The team that completes the task faster will win. You can play differently - one of the participants “shows” the word to everyone else, and the one who guesses first wins. To avoid suspicion that the word was invented on the fly, we recommend writing it down on a piece of paper in advance. Because we're talking about about the New Year's Eve, then it is advisable to come up with words on this topic. 2. Bows. Funny and cheerful fun. To participate in the game, you need at least six people to be divided into teams of three. The gender of the players does not matter. One of the participants stands in the middle of the room, while his two teammates are blindfolded. One of the partners is given ten ribbons, and, according to a sound signal, he must tie them to the one standing in the middle of the room. The second partner, who is also blindfolded, looks for the bows by touch and unties them. Similar actions occur in the second team. The company that completes the task first will win. 3. Drawing blindly. Two people play in the competition. So, the participants have their hands tied behind their backs and an easel is placed behind them. Now the players must arm themselves with felt-tip pens (hands remain behind their backs) and draw on the canvas the symbol of the coming year - the Dog. The rest of the guests should act as fans and suggest in which direction the contestants should draw next - to the left, higher, and so on. The winner will be the player who manages to more accurately portray the cheerful guardian of 2018. Next comes into play next pair competitors, and the competition follows a similar principle. 4. Hat. Another exciting competition in which absolutely everyone celebrating can take part. The essence of the entertainment is quite simple - players must pass a hat to each other, putting it on the neighbor’s head without the help of their palms (you can use your elbows or mouth). The one who drops the headdress is eliminated. The winner is the participant who will be left alone in the end. Of course, this game is unlikely to appeal to ladies who have decided to make a complex hairstyle, but, as you know, New Year's hairstyles for 2018 imply simplicity and carelessness, so there should not be any special difficulties. 5. Song in a hat. A very funny and memorable competition that will especially appeal to people who love to demonstrate their vocal talents. You need to stock up on small pieces of paper in advance, on each of which you should write a word. Since we are talking about a winter holiday, you can write words related to this topic: Christmas tree, Olivier, cold, snowflakes, reindeer, and so on. Place all these candy wrappers in a hat and invite each guest to take out a piece of paper in turn. Now the contestant must perform a short song, invented personally on the spot, making sure to use the word he was given several times.

Children's games for New Year's celebrations

Check out our list of fun new activities for kids. Draw the symbol of the New Year As you know, children like to portray various characters, so they will probably take part in this competition with particular enthusiasm. Tell the kids that the symbol of the upcoming New Year 2018 is a dog, and invite them to portray this animal and also talk about it. The participant who manages to most reliably show an adult dog or puppy will become the winner of the competition. However, there may be several winners. Of course, don’t forget to prepare some sweet incentive prizes for the most diligent guys. Sweets This game is more suitable for children of primary school age, and not for babies who have barely learned to walk. The fact is that this entertainment requires precise coordination of movements and the ability to control one’s actions. Also note that only one child can play the game. So, first, hang a couple of your child’s favorite candies on the holiday tree - the child should not see exactly where you placed them. Blindfold your child and lead him to the tree, asking him to find candy on the tree within a certain time. Of course, the player will have to act very carefully so as not to damage the toys, tumble the tree itself, or fall himself.

Round dance This game has many variations. For example, “The mice dance in circles.” First, using a counting rhyme, you need to choose a “cat” among the children. The “cat” sits down on a chair or directly on the floor, closing his eyes. The other participants turn out to be “mice” who begin to dance around the “cat”, saying:

“The mice dance in circles,
The cat is sleeping on the stove.
Quiet the mouse, don't make noise,
Don't wake up Vaska the cat,
How Vaska the cat wakes up -
It will break up the whole round dance!”

When the last words of the final phrase begin to sound, the cat stretches and last word The “round dance” opens its eyes and runs after the mice who are trying to escape. The caught “mouse” turns into a cat, and so on in a circle. Drawing or letter to Santa Claus Most likely, all children will enjoy this entertainment, but for this you should stock up on sheets of paper and markers or colored pencils in advance. Tell the children that now they have to prepare a letter for Santa Claus, but they don’t need to write anything in it - they just need a drawing. In this drawing, invite the children to depict how they see the future New Year and what they want. We can talk about some trips, gifts and the like. Please clarify right away that, most likely, Santa Claus will not be able to fulfill all your wishes, but he will still take some of them into account.

Let's make a snowman Making a snowman is fun and exciting, even in cases where we are not talking about winter fun on the street. For this game you will need softened plasticine. So, two participants get down to business and sit at the table next to each other (you can even hug). Now these players must act as one. Right hand let one child and the other’s left act as if we were talking about the hands of one person - in this way the children will have to make a snowman out of plasticine. The task is quite difficult, but if the kids start working together, then everything will certainly work out! Competition for the best snowflake Most children love to do their own crafts. Tell the children that they need to decorate the room in which they play with snowflakes. Of course, to do this, you will first need to make those same snowflakes. You can demonstrate a master class yourself on exactly how to cut out such snowflakes, or simply set a general direction and let the kids act at their own discretion. Even if the result is far from perfect, in no case do you need to declare it - together with the children, decorate the room with the snowflakes they made (stick them to the window, hang them on strings from the chandelier, and so on). Also encourage the most beautiful work sweet prizes.

Competition - guess the hero For this activity, seat young participants in a circle. Now invite the players each in turn to name the continuation of the name of the fairy-tale character, for example; “Zo (lushka)”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Belo (snow)” and so on. A child who could not give the correct answer is eliminated from the game, but those children who remain continue the competition. It is important for you to take into account the fact that you will have to ask a lot of questions, so you will have to prepare in advance by writing names for yourself on a piece of paper fairy-tale heroes. If there are many children, then it is not necessary to wait until there is only one winner left - you can designate in advance that, for example, the remaining three will win. Hide and seek It is perhaps difficult to find a person who has never heard of such fun. However, the principle of this entertainment is quite simple and is hidden in its name alone. So, while one kid counts, for example, to ten, closing his eyes or hiding in one of the rooms, the other kids scatter around the house and hide. When the set time has passed, the child goes in search of his friends - the one who is found first is considered the loser. You can start the game again at this point, or continue searching for other participants. The child who was discovered first subsequently takes up the search himself, also counting to ten.

Fun entertainment for corporate events

If you want your corporate party to be fun and unforgettable, pay attention to some exciting games.

1. Mandarin relay. We offer a very interesting version of this entertainment, which requires two teams with the same number of participants. Each team represents a player who puts a tangerine in a spoon and holds the spoon itself with both hands. Now the opponents must reach a certain landmark with the spoon and back to their team without dropping the citrus - if this happens, then the loser with the spoon returns to the starting point. Having reached the landmark and back, the participant passes the spoon to the next player. The team that can complete the task first will win. Please note that when carrying a tangerine, you cannot hold it with anything. 2. Bottle. This is a fairly famous game that marked the beginning of many office romances. Be that as it may, it's true fun entertainment. So, at least 4-6 people take part in the game, who should sit in a circle, after which one of them spins a bottle lying in the center of the circle clockwise. As a result, the player who set the bottle in motion will have to kiss the person to whom, like an arrow, the stopped neck of the vessel (or the person of the opposite sex closest to the pointer) will point. After this, the bottle is offered to be twisted by the one who came under “her sights.” 3. Comic forfeits with predictions about work. Many of us have a positive attitude towards various kinds of predictions, and some even believe in them. The New Year has long been directly connected with all sorts of fortune-telling, and let your corporate evening be no exception, despite the fact that the predictions will be made in a comic form. How exactly to give forfeits is up to you to decide. Anyone can take a note with a prophecy from the bag. In addition, you can make special, rather simple cookies with such predictions. Write only positive predictions related to work - about an increase in salary, about new ideas, and the like. 4. Lottery competition. A very interesting lottery that will certainly evoke positive feelings among its participants. Having made a list of participants for the upcoming holiday in advance, ask each guest to come with their own craft, packaged in a colorful wrapper. However, for this draw it is not at all necessary to use crafts - we can talk about souvenirs or sweets in a certain price range. Stick numbers on all the packages, and write the same numbers on small pieces of paper. Subsequently, each lottery participant will have to draw his number from a special bag or just a hat. 5. Game “I have never...” A very popular and exciting game that you could see in some foreign films. Each participant in the festive evening must utter a confession phrase that begins with the words: “I have never...”. Example: “I have never slept in a tent.” People to whom this statement does not apply, take a sip of wine. Next, the next party participant makes a certain confession, and those guests to whom the next confession is not related again take a sip of wine. Phrases can be funny, but each time they should be more and more personal, for example: “I have never slept naked.” However, you shouldn’t get too carried away, so as not to give away your biggest secrets.