Valeria Protasova

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A mountain feast with jelly, salads, tangerines and a carload of chocolates is great. But in addition to traditional pleasures, there are more active and exciting programs for celebrating the New Year.

Well, you must admit, eating "from the belly" and lying down on the couch in front of the TV is boring. Moreover, the patron of 2017, which is already on the heels, does not like dullness and monotony.

So, how to entertain yourself, household members and guests: a celebration program for the most magical night of the year!

1. Who sat down by - leaves

The competition “with a beard”, but still relevant and fun - for both kids and adults who have already managed to spend the old year and have begun to meet the new one.

We arrange chairs in the center of the room (in an amount 1 less than the number of guests) in a circle and backs to the center. Turning on the music is a signal to start: the contestants actively run in a round dance in a circle and, as soon as the music is turned off, they quickly take up empty seats. Who sat down by or simply did not have time and was left without a chair - leaves. One chair, respectively, is removed from the round dance. The winner is the one who is the first of the last 2 participants to occupy the remaining chair.

The prize, of course, is prepared in advance. It is desirable, with humor (well, the holiday is all the same).

2. Show of funny talents

If there are many guests and the family is large, and every first one in it is a humorist, then you can hold a competition for the funniest congratulations on the Holiday.

For example, a Soviet poster on the theme of "drunkenness fight", soap bubbles or a bag of tangerines.

3. “The taste and color of all felt-tip pens are different”

This competition is for gourmets. Well, for those who are embarrassed to run with relay mops, sing in karaoke and show the cockerel funniest of all.

Participants cover their eyes with handkerchiefs, and then alternately bring various dishes for testing. Who will be more professional taster, he will win.

The prize is the obligation to eat all the dishes that the winner did not guess.

4. Since childhood, I have been friends with rhyme, or poets everywhere we have honor!

The facilitator asks the contestants (everyone participates!) The first line, and everyone must come up with the remaining three. The winner is the poet who manages to “laugh” the audience and prolong the life of the guests for at least a couple of years (1 minute of laughter, as you know, is equal to an additional 15 minutes of life).

Consolation prize (chupa-chups) - to the participant who managed to find the most original rhymes.

The winner has the opportunity to choose his own prize (activated carbon is hidden in one box, 0.5 vodka is hidden in the other).

5. Smell it!

This competition is similar to the one described above (for gourmets), the only difference is that the dishes will have to be determined not by taste, but by smell.

That is, the task becomes more complicated! The winner, of course, is the one who guesses the most dishes.

The prize is a large chocolate medal.

6. New Year's toasts

Entertainment for the whole family. The essence is simple: each blindfolded participant pokes a finger at the first letter that comes across in a pre-drawn alphabet. Which letter falls out - the first word of the toast will begin with that one.

Each subsequent word must begin with the next (in order) letter. That is, if the first word begins with "Z", then the 2nd - with "F", the third - with "I", etc.

7. One small but proud bird...

And again toast! Well, where without them on New Year's Eve. This entertainment can shake even the most modest guests at the table.

The essence, again, is simple: the included musical toy (preferably with the most nasty or funniest soundtrack) is passed in a circle from hand to hand right at the table. On whom the music is over, he makes a toast.

You can pass the relay toy a myriad of times, but make sure that the guests do not get bored - it is recommended to change the entertainment in time (for example, bring “hot”, open champagne or say the classic “But we haven’t burned Bengal yet! We all go to the balcony urgently!”) .

8. Dress warmly!

Competition for guests who are not constrained by shyness.

4 participants are required, which are divided into 2 pairs. Each pair (in which one is a fashion designer and the other is a mannequin) is given a bag with a variety of clothes, including men's and women's, children's, retro, boas, hats, etc.

After that, the fashion designers are blindfolded - they will create by touch. Moreover, the task of each fashion designer is to put on his mannequin everything that is in the bag. The winner is the pair that manages to empty the bag faster than the others.

The prize is a glass of champagne. The losers get a sandwich with caviar.

9. Karaoke

Without songs in the New Year - nowhere! In the playlist, of course, we collect the most fashionable and fun songs.

Participants are selected through a "trick" with matches (among the whole matches - one shortened one). Everyone participates, including those who have been stepped on by a bear on both ears and not only.

Winners are everything!

Prizes are obligatory (it is possible to coincide with the presentation of gifts just in time for this competition).

10. Herringbone, burn!

Artists competition. We take out a pre-prepared “make-up” (one that can be washed off without problems), a box with additional “inventory” (clothes, various items from the mezzanine, tinsel, rain, toilet paper, sausage, etc.) and divide the participants into pairs of “model -artist".

Artists within 5 (or 10) minutes must create the brightest and most beautiful image on their models. Namely, a Christmas tree.

The couple with the most beautiful and original Christmas tree gets two fly swatters (or dumbbells) tied with bows.

11. We raise the degree of good mood!

We pack small presents in advance (hairpins, mini shower gels, chocolate medals, key chains, scarves, etc. - for which there is enough money) in such a way that it is difficult to determine by touch what exactly is hidden under a layer of gift paper.

For example, a hairpin can be wrapped with a pair of napkins and only then wrapped in gift paper.

Each guest puts his hand into the bag and chooses a present by touch.

12. Surprises on a string

Again, we hide small presents in identical boxes, which, in turn, are hung at different heights, tied to a stretched rope.

Each participant is blindfolded, after which he “blindly” must cut off his prize with scissors on his own.

13. “We wish you happiness…”

It is better to carry out this “action” in advance - even when seeing off the old year. We take a stack of magazines, scissors, glue and several sheets of A5 cardboard - one for each participant.

We leave all the wealth in the kitchen, where each guest can complete the task without prying eyes - that is, on the sly. And the task is simple - to create an anonymous wish on cardboard with all my heart, cutting out pictures and letters from magazines (a sort of collage from the heart and with humor). You can add a good "prediction" to your wishes.

Each collage is sealed in a white envelope without inscriptions and hidden in a common basket under the Christmas tree.

After the onset of the New Year, the envelopes should be mixed together and distributed to guests.

14. The most delicious patron of the year!

Practically a show of culinary talents.

The task for the participants is to create the most beautiful - and, most importantly, delicious - cockerel from the available products.

15. What to take with you on New Year's Eve?

Each participant chooses a letter using the “poke” method (putting his hand into a bag of notes) (do not use too complicated letters like “Y” or “Yo”). It is with this letter that all words in the list of things (phenomena, events, etc.) that should be taken with you in the coming year should begin.

16. Chinese among us

The competition is fun and suitable for all participants without exception.

It is better to immediately divide all the guests into pairs (preferably opposite each other), and signal the “start” command for everyone at once. The essence of the competition: eat green peas (corn, berries, etc.) with Chinese chopsticks in 1 minute.

Those participants who have eaten more peas than rivals win.

Prizes - a can of peas!

17. Sniper of the year!

What exactly you will use in this competition depends on your capabilities and imagination.

You can throw rings on the neck of a bottle of champagne, throw darts at a painted target, or shoot empty plastic bottles with a child's crossbow - it doesn't matter. The main thing is to do it as a team, in turn.

The prize is given to the team that scores the most points (one for all or individually for each.

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Inga Mayakovskaya

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In order not to be bored at the New Year's holiday in the company, it is necessary to think over a fun program in advance, which includes interesting contests. As a rule, such moments enliven any event, allow participants to feel at ease, to get to know each other better.

It is desirable that more people participate in entertainment - then laughter and fun will contribute to a good mood on New Year's Eve, driving away boredom and drowsiness.

1. Snowball

The competition can be held while sitting at the table. This is an acquaintance game that, in an unfamiliar company, allows you to remember the names of all party participants, as well as have fun at the very beginning of the holiday.

The first participant says his name. The second participant says the name of the previous participant, as well as his own name. So the game goes on, with each participant the list of names to be pronounced becomes longer and longer.

Then the game can be made more difficult by asking the participants to add to their name also some nickname on the theme of fairy-tale characters, for example, “Peter - Batman”, “Anna - Fiona”, and so on.

In this competition, it is quite difficult to determine the winners, but the process of pronouncing the names will already become real fun.

2. Catch the "snake"

Two participants sit on chairs facing each other with their backs. Under the chairs lies a rope - a "snake", the ends of which pass between the feet of each participant.

At the command of the main leader, the participants must sharply lean forward, trying to grab the rope faster than the opponent and pull it out from under the chair.

The most dexterous wins - he then competes with the next participant, and so on, until a standout winner is determined.

3. Together we will win the winter!

Everyone pairs up. Each pair is given a piece of ice (ice in the same molds must be prepared for the competition in advance). On a signal, the couple tries to quickly melt their ice in any way - you can blow on it, lick it, put it on the body, between the palms, rub it. Competitors may not use heaters or hot dishes to melt their ice cube. The pair whose ice floe melts first wins.

4. New Year's songs

For this competition, you don’t even have to get up from the table. The whole company is divided into two teams. A draw determines which group starts first.

The essence of the competition is to remember all the songs about the New Year, the Christmas tree, Christmas, winter, snow, snowstorms, and sing a verse of each. The group that remembers the most songs wins.

You can slightly change this competition as follows. Small pieces of paper are prepared in advance, words on the theme of the New Year and winter are written on them - “Snow Maiden”, “blizzard”, “Santa Claus”, “Snow”, “winter”, “December”.

Representatives from the teams take out one piece of paper from a colorful box, and try to quickly remember the song where there is a given word, perform it. This competition can be arranged as a small improvisation concert.

5. Wish Fulfillment Contest

This competition must be prepared in advance as follows. A note is inserted into the balls with some task on a New Year's theme, for example: “Show the battle of the Kremlin chimes”, “Show the dance of snowflakes”, “Depict a snowman”, “Depict an icicle”, “Show a Christmas tree”, “Show a drunk Santa Claus” , "Sing a New Year's song with a child's voice" and so on. These tasks should be varied and fun, and you need to prepare a sufficiently large number of them.

It is also necessary to pour small confetti into the balls, inflate them and hang them somewhere higher.

For the competition, all those present are divided into two groups. A member of the first team must burst the balloon with a hand or a stick - it will be sprinkled with confetti, a piece of paper with a task will fall out. Then he must perform his task as best as possible to the friendly applause and laughter of those present.

If the participant does not want to complete this task, the team receives minus 1 point. Together with each participant, everyone present can perform the task, competing as a reproducible scene. The most active team wins.

6. New Year's alphabet

This competition can be held right at the festive table. The host of the holiday announces that he wants to check whether everyone remembers the alphabet.

Each of the participants in turn pronounces a congratulation on the New Year to all participants, starting the phrase with one letter of the alphabet, with "A". For example, "A" - "And let's wish Happy New Year to all the ladies present!"; "B" - "Be healthy and happy in the New Year!".

The culmination of this competition will be attempts to come up with phrases with the letters “b”, “Zh”, “b”, “Y”. Dexterous and resourceful contestants must somehow get out of the situation or laugh it off.

7. Snowball fight

For this competition, a sufficient number of "snowballs" from cotton wool are made in advance. All those present are divided into two teams and stand on opposite sides of the hall.

At the command of the host, both teams begin to throw prepared snowballs at each other, there is noise, confusion, laughter. Then, at the command of the leader, the “war” stops. Each team must collect all the "snowballs" that fell on its side of the hall. The group that scores the most wins.

Then this competition can be continued with comic tasks - the participants of both teams compete in carrying the "snowball" on their heads, on their chests, on their backs - so as not to hold it with their elbows, hands, and so that the "snowball" does not fall to the floor.

8. Santa Claus sneezed

This competition is not held to determine the winners, but to create general fun and laughter.

All present are divided into three groups. At first, the participants of each group are told that they, at a certain command - for example, by waving a “magic wand”, should each shout out their own magic word. These words are for three teams - "achi", "eyes", "cartilage".

The teams must shout these words synchronously, all together, and the one who shouts her word louder than the others will win. On special signals, the teams shout their words all together.

In the end, all this noise will be similar to the sneezing of a giant. The presenter can further provoke and cheer the participants of this competition, answering each “sneeze” - “Be healthy, Grandfather Frost!”.

9. Rolling snowballs

This competition is held between couples "man + woman".

Gentle music sounds, the participants dance a slow dance. Then the music stops, the host distributes small balls to the couples, which he places between the bellies of the ladies and gentlemen.

On a special signal from the host of the competition, more energetic music begins to sound, and the partners try to roll the ball to the chin with the movements of their bodies so as not to drop it and touch it with their hands.

10. Festive Conveyor

From among those present, five participants are selected into two teams, they are given names: “open it”, “pour it”, “drink it”, “eat it”, “close it”.

On the tables for two teams at the end of the hall there are bottles of sparkling water (for adult companies - with champagne or wine), a glass, a sandwich.

At the start signal of our presenter, the first participants from the starting mark run to the tables, open the bottle. The second participants must run to the tables and pour a drink into the glass to the brim. The third pair of participants runs to drink poured in glasses. The fourth participants of the competition “have a snack” with a sandwich, the fifth ones run and close the bottle with a drink.

The team that is more accurate and passes this relay race faster will win.

As an option, the participants in the teams may not be five, but, for example, three or seven. Sandwiches can be prepared in threes, and the relay race is carried out until three circles have been completed, from opening the bottle to closing it.

11. Boxing ring

Two participants are called to the “stage” and will compete with each other. The host announces that now there will be bloody battles between two real men. Participants are given boxing gloves.

Putting on gloves, the cooking process, the presenter accompanies the phrases “warming up” the audience: “Real men fight to the last!”, “The ring will show who is stronger!”. Participants can be stripped to the waist, stretched, jumped, boxed in the air.

When the participants are warmed up and ready to fight each other, they are given ... a candy in a wrapper (put on the tables). At the starting signal “ring”, our “boxers” should try to quickly unfold this candy with gloved hands, without dropping it from the table, and eat it.

The task with sweets can be replaced by another task: with hands in boxing gloves, unbutton the buttons on the lady, who is first put on a dressing gown.

12. New Year's Eve Queen

What fabulous evening would be complete without a queen? So on New Year's Eve, the participants will have to choose their main queen of the ball. For this, of course, it is necessary for the queens to dress up in appropriate clothes, for which each team is given 1-2 rolls of toilet paper.

The task of the teams is to create a "royal attire" for their main "queen" for a certain period of time, for example, while all the other participants sing some New Year's song.

The winner is the team whose “queen” outfit will be better than the other “queens”.

13. Dancing with balls

When it's time to dance on the New Year's holiday, participants can be offered a very funny contest. All dancers are tied to the ankle of their left foot with a balloon.

The essence of the competition is to, while dancing, protect your ball from the feet of other participants, and at the same time try to “burst” their balls.

Such “dances” turn into a fun fuss that gives a good mood and general fun.

14. Fun questions - fun answers

This contest requires a little preparation. From thick paper or cardboard, it is necessary to cut cards of the same size, an even number, in quantity - about two to three times more than the participants in the future party. On half of the cards you need to write a variety of questions, putting them in a separate deck. On the second half of the cards you need to write answers - this will be the second deck.

Questions can be: “Do you know how to control yourself?”, “If I kiss you, what will you say to that?”,
“Do you like striptease?”, “Do you often get drunk?” other. Answers can be of the following plan: “Only after pay”, “My youth is left behind”, “This is my favorite pastime”, “Only at night” and others.

The first participant calls the name of the person to whom the question will be asked, takes a card from the deck of questions, reads it.

The respondent takes a card from the deck of answers, reads. Then the second participant calls the name of the next responder, takes a card with a question, reads it - and the festival of funny questions and answers continues on.

15. Snow Lady of Dreams

This competition can also be held with real snow - if it is slightly damp outside, or if large portions of snow are brought into the hall on trays for the competition. An option without snow is to sculpt a “dream lady” from cotton wool, synthetic winterizer.

Divide all participants into teams. Each team is given "material" for modeling, the start is announced. The team must "blind" a beautiful sculpture of a real beauty as best as possible, faster than rivals. In the process of "sculpting" you can use your own things, products from the table.

The most beautiful and original "sculpture" wins.

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To make the celebration of the New Year interesting and joyful, hold a couple of competitions for guests. The article contains entertainment that is suitable for events of various formats.

For the whole family

Guests from young to old will be able to take part in family competitions for the New Year 2019. Each game is designed to bring relatives together on the eve of the holiday.

Relay of memory

You will need a symbolic relay baton. It can be any object, for example, a chocolate bar. The aim of the contest is to spend the year with kind words and pleasant memories.

A person with a baton in his hands should quickly remember the most wonderful event that happened to him in the last 12 months. He tells the audience about him. Then he passes the wand to any of those present.
If someone hesitates and cannot quickly remember anything positive, then he is awarded a comic prize "Lucky of the Year 2018". Among the New Year's games and entertainment for the family, such a relay race is one of the most sincere competitions.

Balloons with wishes

For this entertainment, you need to prepare in advance. Write wishes for the household on pieces of paper, then place them inside balloons. You will also need a hat or hat. Leaves with the names of different parts of the body (elbow, heel, knee) are placed in the headdress.

Guests choose their favorite balloons. But they shouldn't just pop them. This must be done with the part of the body that is written on the leaf from the hat. As a reward for their efforts, everyone will receive a good wish for the coming year.

New Year's Oscar

New Year's "Oscar" is awarded for the best performance of the role of the symbol of the New Year. The talisman of the upcoming holiday is a pig. Each gets a specific role. One will be a "sad pig", another - "mysterious", the third - "piggy, dreaming of wallowing in the mud."

Of those who did not want to try on the role of a symbol of the New Year, you can assemble the “jury of the academy”. All the "actors" are given props - toy patches and ears.

For the next 15-20 minutes, each player behaves according to their role. At the same time, you can continue to communicate with each other, but this must be done in the manner of the pig that the participant got.

At the end, the jury deliberates and writes the name of the winner on paper. The leaflet can be put in a pre-prepared envelope so that everything is like in a real ceremony. The winner receives a prize for the most artistic pig.

For kids

These entertainments will appeal to kids who do not go to school yet and elementary school students. All children's competitions are mobile and aimed at rallying children.

Snowballs

The competition consists of two parts. The first is the preparation of snowballs. Children are divided into two groups and a pile of newspapers is thrown out in front of each of them. In a minute, the guys should “blind” snowballs out of them.

After the children make the "shells", you can proceed to the second part of the competition - the competition in accuracy. Teams line up in two rows. On the floor in front of them stick colored tape. It marks the line beyond which the competitors must not step.

A few meters from the markings, baskets are placed - there the children should aim with snowballs. Time is being clocked again. Participants one by one approach the "line of fire" and throw snowballs into the basket. The team with the most catch wins.

We decorate the Christmas tree

Ideally, you will need two small Christmas trees for this contest. But you can show your imagination and choose "Christmas trees" from children. The rest of the players are divided into two teams. They are given safe unbreakable toys on strings. The task of the competition is to hang as many decorations as possible on the "spruce" in a minute. In this case, the child in the role of a tree should stand motionless.

You can complicate the game by placing Christmas trees at a distance of several meters from the teams, so that the participants take turns running up to it with decorations.

Tinsel

Two teams stand opposite each other. Each participant is given a tinsel. Under the New Year's melody, the competition begins. The first player must tie the hand of the second child with his tinsel, and he - the third. When the turn comes to the last participant, he runs to the first and puts his tinsel on his brush.

After that, the children together raise their hands up. The team that does it first wins.

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Sometimes you want to have fun without getting up from the table. Below are contests that will give guests a good mood without taking up a lot of energy.

remember the alphabet

“Remember the Alphabet” is an entertainment that is ideal for the moment when the guests have already drunk and ate, but are still cheerful and cheerful. This competition will require filled glasses and a sense of humor.

The host says that he forgot the whole alphabet from alcohol. So that he can remember him, the guests must take turns toasting. The first participant begins his speech with the letter A, the second - with B, the third - with C, and so on in a circle. For example: “Why don’t we drink to our health?”, “Be happy in the new year!”, “Money and good luck to everyone.”

At the end, the most original toast is chosen, and the guests drink to the winner.

The song from the hat

For this game, you need to write on the pieces of paper words on the New Year theme (winter, blizzard, Snow Maiden, snowflake). Papers are sent in a hat.

The guests take turns pulling out the leaves and singing songs in which the word comes across. To make it even more fun, you can include karaoke videos from the Internet as an accompaniment.

And again about gifts

For this game, you need to prepare a bag with small comic presents. The host turns to the guest sitting on the left and says: “I wanted to give you this thing for so long, but I couldn’t give it to you because of ...”. Here you need to come up with a funny reason, for example, “I myself was sorry to part with this item” or “this thing cost a fortune.”

Then the presenter blindly pulls out a gift and hands it to the guest. After that, the person who received the present takes the bag and makes a speech to his neighbor on the left. The more ridiculous the reason why the gift was not given, the more fun.

For adults

Competitions for an adult company involve the use of strong drinks. However, there are also fun non-alcoholic entertainment.

Drink and eat

Guests are given two sheets of paper. One sticker says “drink,” the other says “eat.” Everyone should supplement the first leaflet with an object from which to drink, for example: “Drink from the palm of the neighbor on the right” or “Drink from the pan”.

On the second piece of paper, the guests write what the person will eat: “salt”, “sniff the hair”. The stickers are then placed in two hats or boxes and pulled blindly in turn.

Kinosecret

An A4 sheet is hung on the wall. One person calls another character from any New Year's movie and hands over a marker. The player will have to explain to the guests who they have guessed to him with the help of a drawing. Artistic skills play no role here. The one who first guessed the hero becomes the explainer himself, as in the famous game "Crocodile".

Festive cocktail

For this game, the participant is blindfolded with a thick cloth. After a person “loses his sight”, one of the guests prepares a cocktail for him from any drinks that are on the table. The wonder potion is then given to the player to try. He must determine what components his New Year's cocktail consists of.

Guests write down his result, for example, "Igor - guessed 3 out of 5." Then the same is done with the next participant. The winner is the one who correctly names all the ingredients. The actual prize in this competition will be a hangover pill.

For a non-drinking company of adults, a similar competition can be held in which a sandwich is made for participants instead of a cocktail. It can include any food that is on the table.

We hold a lottery

The main condition for the lottery for the new year 2019 is its win-win. On this holiday, everyone should go home with gifts and good mood. Therefore, you need to know the exact number of guests in advance. Just in case, you can prepare two or three more presents.

You have to prepare not only gifts, but also lottery tickets. Since the year of the pig is coming, you can download a funny image of a pig from the Internet and print many copies of it. In the figures put down the numbers according to the number of participants.

You can simply give tickets to guests before the start of the holiday. But it's more interesting if you show imagination. For example, attach drawings with numbers under the chairs. If the company is small, then you can call the guests one by one to the center of the hall and ask them to sing a song, tell a poem or a joke. As a reward for the action, the man dips his hand into the ticket hat and pulls out his lucky pig.

As prizes, you can use any little thing - from a pin to a chocolate bar. It will be very funny if you accompany the presentation of a gift with a comic couplet. For example: “To be like from the picture all year long, get askorbinka!”.

For schoolchildren

Competitions for schoolchildren are suitable for any age of students. Running and jumping is usually enjoyed by both fifth graders and graduates.

Who managed - he sat down

Playing with chairs is an ageless classic for schoolchildren. Before the entertainment begins, count the number of participants. Chairs must be set one number less. Children to the cheerful New Year's music run around them. As soon as the melody turns off, the guys should sit on the chairs. The one who does not have enough space is out. Despite the fact that this game has been around for many years, it always causes a lot of excitement among teenagers.

Jump into the new year

The competition is based on an old German tradition. On New Year's Eve, it is customary in Germany to stand on a chair and jump off it. It is believed that the further you jump, the happier you will be for the next 12 months. To avoid injury, you can refuse chairs. The one who jumps the farthest from a place wins.

hand to hand

All players are divided into pairs. The host turns on incendiary music, to which the guys begin to jump and dance. In the process of fun, all couples should separate and mix. Then the music stops abruptly, the leader shouts: "Hand to hand!". Everyone should quickly find their mate and touch with their hands. The last one is out. In each round, the host gives different tasks: “Heel to heel”, “forehead to forehead”.

For the new year 2019, the game can be complicated. To do this, you will need themed items, such as cardboard snowflakes, toy patches, sweets in the form of Santa Claus. They must be laid out in the room where the holiday takes place. In the next round, the leader announces: “Snowflake to snowflake”, after which everyone must take a snowflake and touch them. Whoever finds the item last is out.

For youth

Below are some cool contests that are great for celebrating the New Year in the company of young people.

Discharging the Christmas tree

Two volunteers are chosen who will remove candies from Christmas trees with their eyes closed. And all the other guests act as a New Year's tree. They are lined up and candy is attached to each. You can do this with clothespins. The participants are blindfolded, given a basket each, and brought to different ends of the "Christmas Tree of the guests." On command, the players begin to feel the candy off people and put them in their basket. The competition ends when the participants in the middle collide with each other. Whoever has the most candies wins.

Flappers and girls

At the beginning of the holiday, all the guys are given a cracker. Then the rules of the competition are announced. Throughout the evening, each guy must "blow up" his firecracker without warning. And the girls, having heard another “bang bang”, jump into the arms of any young man standing next to them. The one who gets confused or forgets about the competition will have to complete some fun task from the guests.

friendship tangerines

Guests are divided into two teams and lined up. It is necessary to prepare two bowls of tangerines and two large empty plates. The first participant takes a tangerine with his teeth and passes it into the mouth of another. The last player has to drop the tangerine into the plate. You can't help yourself with your hands. The team that manages to collect the most citrus fruits in two minutes wins. Do not forget to wash the tangerines before the competition.

For corporate

There are both outdoor games and entertainment in competitions for corporate parties that can be arranged without leaving the table.

We decorate the Christmas tree

Participants of the competition will have to blindly decorate the Christmas tree. But before you hang a toy on a tree, you still need to find it. All those who wish are taken to the center and given out for decoration. Then the guests are blindfolded and people are forced to spin around their axis several times.

After that, everyone begins to move forward until they come across some object or a living person. The participant must hang his toy on the encountered obstacle. The winner is the one who is lucky to stumble upon a Christmas tree. In the course of movement, you can not change its direction. Another prize is given to the player who "found" the most original place for his toy.

dance marathon

For this competition, you will have to select several diverse musical cuts. Participants are divided into pairs. Each of them will have to perform a dance to music that absolutely does not correspond to it. For example, the host announces: "The first couple is dancing lezginka." And the song “The color of mood is blue” sounds.

The more unsuitable for each other dance and music, the more fun. As tasks, one can recall ancient genres, such as the minuet, waltz.

promises

Everyone is given stickers on which guests write three things that they will definitely do in the coming year. Then these leaves are rolled up and thrown into a hat, where they are mixed. After that, each guest blindly draws out a promise and reads it aloud. Ridiculous coincidences are unavoidable.

It is possible to complicate the entertainment so that the one who reads “his” promise guesses who it really belongs to.

funny contests

In the entertainment below, everyone will be able to show their artistry and imagination. All competitions are aimed at amusing others and laughing heartily.

New Year's crocodile

To play the festive crocodile, you need to prepare a lot of stickers with the names of New Year's movies. For example, "Real Love", "Irony of Fate", "Carnival Night". The first player draws a piece of paper at random. The participant must perform such a pantomime so that the other guests can guess the name of the film.

The first person to give the correct answer is the next to draw a leaf from a hat. At the end, you can give out a prize for the most artistic performance.

Snowman T-shirt

Prepare three large men's T-shirts. Before the start of the holiday, they must be twisted and put in the freezer. Choose three men to participate in the competition. They have to wear these T-shirts. Whoever does it the fastest wins. Given the condition of the T-shirts from the freezer, the task ahead is not an easy one.

Read my lips

Two players are each given a pair of headphones with music playing. The volume should be at such a level that people cannot hear each other. Then one player is given cards with questions on the theme of the holiday. For example: "How much do you usually drink on New Year's Eve?" or “What do you like to do on the first of January?”.

The second participant should try to understand the question being asked and answer it as accurately as possible. After a few minutes, the question cards pass to another pair of players. Those who answer the most questions correctly win.

For quiet guests

Not every company likes noisy or moving contests. The next three entertainments are just for those who like calm but fun games.

funny divination

On the sheets of paper, guests write questions about what awaits them in the coming year. Then the stickers are rolled up and thrown into the hat. After that, guests are given new sheets of paper on which they need to write answers, for example: “this will definitely happen” or “you will have to wait another year.” They are already thrown into another hat.

Guests take turns pulling leaves, first from one, then from another headdress and read out what they got. The more creative the questions and answers, the more fun.

Christmas story

During this entertainment, guests will feel like real writers. Each is given 8-10 pieces of paper on which you need to write different words.

Half of them should be related to the New Year, and the other half - an unrestricted flight of fancy. Then all the leaves are placed in a hat and mixed thoroughly.

New Year... Even from the name of this holiday it breathes incredible freshness and magic, because with this holiday we associate new hopes, make new plans, wait for new gifts and unforgettable meetings. And therefore, many New Year's entertainments are directly related to these expectations, with fortune-telling and endless wishes to each other all the best in the new year.

New Year games at the table, presented here help to plunge into this magical atmosphere.

1. Game at the table "Next year I ..."

At the festive table, you can arrange an auction: who is the last of the guests to come up with a rhyme for the phrase: “Next year I promise ...” - receives a prize. At the same time, it is not truthfulness that is important, but the speed of inventing, the first thing that comes to mind. For instance,

"Next year I promise-

I will give birth to many children!

Next year I promise

I'm flying to the Canary Islands, etc.

You can tighten the conditions of the game: let the guests sitting at the table come up with one by one (for “one, two, three”) did not have time, leaves the game, the winner is the one who has the richest imagination and the fastest reaction - he gets the prize.

If the conditions of the feast allow, then this game can be based on predictions. For example, everyone receives three pieces of paper on which he writes his wish or dream, then all the pieces of paper are collected in a hat, mixed, and what someone pulls out will come true.

2. Distribution of gifts at the New Year's table "Winless lottery"

Each guest draws (or receives for participation in games and contests) a lottery ticket with a certain number, each number is a certain prize.

Sample list of prizes:

1. You got a piano in the bushes - a New Year's calendar.

2. You surprised the whole world - get a souvenir.

3. And you have a hangover miracle and a miracle - a bottle of cool beer.

4. And for you, what adults and children love, of course, sweet candies

5. And you got a prickly darling, but a fork useful in the household.

6. And with this prize you will definitely not be lost, carry it with you and always leave full (gives a spoon)

7. Get a place to stash and a useful item to boot. (stockings or socks).

8. Remember us more often, invite us to tea (pack of tea)

9. Will give thrills, and come in handy, no doubt (jar of mustard)

10. You will be more beautiful with this prize of ours (some cosmetics)

11. Sadness and despondency will go away, here's fun for you all night (pacifier)

12. Even if something does not go well and does not stick, you definitely have something to hope for. (tube of glue)

13. You got the main prize - get it and sign (any prize)

14. In any feast, useful and important, paper napkins.

15. Three, whatever you want, it's not a pity, because you have a new washcloth.

16. Help solve the problem with styling your hair (curlers or hairpins)

17. Montana will envy such a product for a slender camp (family shorts)

1 8. Brush your teeth often, your smile will be cool (toothpaste)

19. To keep you hair, we will give you a comb.

20. We, friends, will not hide - now there is a fashion for crystal, a chandelier today we give you the production of "Montreal" (bulb).

21. You got a rose flower, which does not fade from heat and frost (postcard with a flower)

22. The symbol of the year given today will help you in any weather. (magnetik or souvenir)

23. Of course, it's not bad to win a Persian carpet or a house. But fortune rewarded you with a self-writing pen (pen)

24. You got an ancient gadget, the amount of memory is immense (notebook or notebook)

3. Common toast "New Year's alphabet".

In order to add playful notes to the announcement of toasts, the toastmaster, in the midst of the New Year's celebration, may, for example, doubt that the merry guests remember the alphabet. Then he invites everyone to fill their glasses and, in turn, make a toast for the New Year, the first with the letter “A”, such as: “ A wow, what a fabulous night! I propose to drink so that it never ends! The second person begins his toast, respectively, with the letter "B" and so on.

The most interesting thing is when it comes to "Y" or "Y". Here the facilitator can suggest that you can start with the exclamation: “Yyy! How good!” or “Wow, what kind of ladies have gathered here!” etc.

Of course, letters that do not represent sounds are skipped. A comic medal is given to the guest whose toast-congratulation was especially liked by the public.

4. Call for dancing "Both the boys and girls are all very good"

This board game can serve as fun entertainment and a call to the host announces that there is a New Year's sign, that whoever has fun celebrates the New Year, dances a lot, can "get out" from all problems and leave them in the past, then suggests a little warm-up. As soon as the word “boys” is heard, all the young people quickly get up and spin around their axis and sit down again, and at the word “girls”, the girls spin, respectively. And so - for every heard word "boy" and "girl". Ready, start.

In the New Year in our country, everyone gives gifts, and everyone gets hot from fun and love. Boys often give girls flowers so that all their dreams come true. And the Girls kiss them back and say that they are the best in the world. The girls raise their glasses for the Young Man, they wish the Young Men good health. Young men, of course, do not lag behind them, for the Girls today they dance and sing. The gathered Girls are, well, very good. And Young men with such - will dance from the heart.

5. Activation of the hall "New Year's bells".

Leading. In Central America, as soon as the clock strikes midnight, all the sirens and bells begin to ring deafeningly. Before the final summing up, it is time to arrange a deafening New Year's bell ringing.

(The host goes to the 1st sector.)
You will play the part of a big bell, ringing preferably low, booming and slow: "Boo-um! Boo-o-um!". Rehearsing…

(The host goes to the 2nd sector.)
You have a middle bell part, your sound is higher and shorter: "Bim-bom! Beam-bom!". Trying...

(The host goes to the 3rd sector.)
Your part is the part of a small bell, the sound is even higher and more frequent: "Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!". So…

(The host goes to the 4th sector.)
You also got a batch of bells, the sound is the highest and most frequent: "La-la! La-la! La-la! La-la!". Picture...

So, attention! The big bell begins to sound... The middle bell enters... The small bell connects... And ringing bells pour in...

Each sector performs its part - this is the bell ringing.

Option 2.Salute to Santa Claus.

The same game to activate the hall or you can organize before the arrival of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, offering to arrange a salute in their honor. To do this, the presenter divides the hall into three teams, the first, when Santa Claus appears, shouts in unison: “Hurrah!”, The second applauds loudly, and the third stomps his feet. Any game either in honor of Santa Claus or with him will be very useful.

6. Game at the table "In the new year without debt."

The lead to the game is something like this: “Everyone knows the sign that in order to live the whole next year without debt - you need to pay them off in the old year. I suggest for those who have not had time to do it yet to conduct a ritual. Here is my magic box (shows a piggy bank or box). Anyone who wants to part with his creditors once and for all can throw any amount into it, while internally you need to very strongly and sincerely wish yourself wealth and prosperity. And remember, the more generous you are in repaying debts, the more favorable the upcoming New Year will be to you!

Then the "casket" goes in a circle to the song "Money, Money". When everyone who wants to repay their debts “replenishes the treasury” and the piggy bank returns to the host, you can arrange an auction, saying that one of the guests will become richer right now, it will be the one who most accurately guesses the amount collected. Have special people write down all the versions put forward along with the names of the "foretellers". Then, together, the people must choose a “banker” who will “break” the piggy bank and conscientiously calculate how much money it actually contains and hand it over to the winner (differences of five to ten rubles are allowed).

7. The game "Magic bag of predictions".

A list of inexpensive little things that you can take as gifts from Santa Claus: a box of matches, a balloon, chewing gum, a tennis ball, a lighter, a lollipop, a disc, a brush, a pencil, glasses, an adapter, a package, decals, paper clips, a tea bag, calendar, notepad, postcard, coffee bag, eraser, spinning top, sharpener, bow, magnet, pen, thimble, toy, bell, medal, etc.

Choice cards: What will I do with my gift?

I will kiss it	I'll powder my nose with this
Eat immediately with pleasure	This will be my talisman
I hope and I will admire	I will share this with my friends
I will fight off the fans with this	I will brush my hair with this
For this gift I will pray	I will use it instead of a spoon
I'll be waving it like a flag	I will make beads out of this
I will lick it and smack it	I'll be sniffing it all evening
I will share it with my loved one	I will write these letters
I'll stick it on my forehead, let everyone envy	I'll stick it in my ears and be the most - the most
I will stroke my neighbor's hands with this	I will ring it very loud
I'll put it on my hand instead of a watch	I'll sprinkle this on my hot
I will use this instead of cigarettes	I will beat my neighbor with this, he will like it
I'll put it in my pocket and keep it	I will draw a Christmas tree
I'll make a sandwich out of this	I'll make a snowflake out of it

Games at the table at the New Year's holiday help to entertain guests, cheer up the general mood, overcome the discomfort that many experience at the beginning of the party, activate them for dancing or become a good liner for presenting gifts.

Anton Smekhov

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New Year is not far off. An important component of an exciting and fun holiday is contests for the New Year. They unite and force the participants of the event to be active.

Some competitions are of a playful nature, others for ingenuity, others for dexterity or quick wits. Do not forget about the existence of erotic contests that are suitable for uninhibited people.

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

The most fun contests for the New Year

I offer 6 fun contests. With their help, you will cheer up the company, cheer up to the maximum, make the festive team more active.

1. “Christmas fishing”. You will need Christmas toys made of cotton wool, a fishing rod with a large hook. Participants of the competition will take turns hanging New Year's toys on the street, and then take them off. The one who completes the task faster than others wins.
2. “Funny drawings”. On a large sheet of cardboard, make two holes for the hands. Players will have to draw a Snow Maiden or Santa Claus with a brush, 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, put a large snowflake cut out of paper on the table. The task of each participant is to blow off the snowflake so that it falls to the floor on the other side of the table. The competition ends when the last snowflake is on the floor. The player who takes the longest time to complete the task wins. It’s all because of his frosty breath, because of which the snowflake “froze” to the surface of the table.
4. "Dish of the Year". Participants will prepare a dish using products from the New Year's table. A New Year's composition of salads or a unique sandwich will do. After that, a man sits in front of each participant, and all players are blindfolded. The “New Year's hostess” will win, who will feed the dish to the man the fastest.
5. "Christmas melody". Put the bottles in front of the contestants and put a couple of spoons. They should take turns approaching the bottles and play a melody with spoons. The author of the most New Year's musical composition wins.
6. “Modern Snow Maiden”. The men participating in the competition dress women in order to create the image of the modern Snow Maiden. You can use clothing, jewelry, Christmas toys, all kinds of cosmetics. The victory will go to the “stylist” who created the most unusual and vivid image of the Snow Maiden.

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

Video examples

Competitions for the New Year for children and adults

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

The New Year's celebration is aimed at a mixed audience, so choose New Year's contests so that everyone can participate in them. After a half-hour feast, offer guests several musical and active competitions. After a good blur and dancing, they will again return to eating New Year's salads.

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

1. "Christmas trees". Participants imagine that they are Christmas trees standing in the middle of the forest. The host says Christmas trees are high, low or wide. After these words, the participants raise their hands up, squat or shrug. The player who makes the mistake is out. The most attentive wins.
2. "Dress up the Christmas tree". You will need garlands, tinsel and ribbons. Christmas trees will be women and girls. In their hand they hold the end of the garland. Male representatives decorate the Christmas tree, holding the second end of the garland with their lips. The winner is the couple who will create an elegant and beautiful Christmas tree.
3. "Mummy". The contest involves the use of toilet paper. Participants are divided into two teams and a mummy is chosen in them. The rest of the participants will have to mummify her. They wrap the “lucky one” in toilet paper. 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 get two free hands. After the pair have to cut the figure. One participant holds paper, the second wields scissors. The team that makes the most beautiful figure wins.
5. "Tomato" . The competition is designed for two participants who stand face to face on opposite sides of the chair. A banknote is placed on a chair. At the end of the countdown, participants must cover the banknote with their hand. Whoever did it first, he won. After the participants are offered a rematch with a blindfold. Instead of money, they put a tomato on a chair. The surprise of the participants will amuse the audience.

Christmas games for kids

The main winter holiday is the 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 collective game will be exciting if you play with a friendly company. Children will especially enjoy the competition, the victory in which will bring New Year's gifts.

1. "Tiger Tail". Participants line up and take the person in front by the shoulders. The participant standing first in the line is the head of the tiger. Closing the column is the tail. After the signal, the “tail” tends to catch up with the “head”, which is trying to escape. The “torso” must remain in the hitch. After a while, the children change places.
2. “Merry round dance”. The usual round dance can be significantly complicated. The leader sets the tone by constantly changing direction and speed. After several circles, lead a round dance with a snake, moving between pieces of furniture and guests.
3. "Journey" . Team play involves the use of blindfolds and skittles. Arrange the skittles with a “snake” 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 fewer pins wins the game.
4. “Compliment to the Snow Maiden”. Choose Snow Maiden. After invite a few boys who will compliment her. They have to take papers with inscriptions out of the bag and, based on the words that are written on them, say “kind words”. The player with the most compliments will win.
5. "Magic words". Divide the participants into teams and hand over a set of letters that make up a certain word. Each team member gets only one letter. In the story that the presenter reads, there are words from these letters. When such a word is spoken, the players with the corresponding letters come forward and rebuild in the correct order. The team that is ahead of the 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. After the children leave the room. A few toys are outweighed or new ones are added. When the children return, they need to voice what has changed.
7. “Gift around”. Participants stand in a circle face to face. The host gives one of the players a gift and turns on the music. After the gift moves in a circle. After the music stops, the gift transfer stops. The player with the gift left is out. At the end of the game, there will be one player left who will get this memento.

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 magician, look around, collect unpretentious objects and create something soulful, shimmering, warm and extraordinary. Need some free time.

1. “Christmas balls with fabric appliqué”. To make the Christmas tree stylish and original, it is not necessary to purchase expensive toys. You can create an exclusive design using cheap plastic balls without a pattern. From an old scarf or a beautiful piece of fabric, cut out the same motifs and stick them on the surface of the balls.
2. “Christmas tree toy made of orange”. You will need a few oranges, a beautiful elegant ribbon, a pretty string, a couple of cinnamon sticks. Cut oranges into slices and send to dry in the oven. Tie a string around the cinnamon stick and tie it to the 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 perky snowflakes.

1. Cut off the ends of the toothpicks with scissors. With a paper cutter, make a small cut in the middle from one edge of the toothpick. Get the main tool.
2. Make some paper blanks. The width of the strip is about 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 into a spiral. Spin the tool, not the paper. Make sure the spiral is as straight as possible. Remove the spiral and put on the table.
4. Spread the edge of the strip twisted into a spiral with glue and press it against the spiral. Lightly press the end. Get a droplet with a spiral inside. Make as many of these items as possible.
5. The shape of the elements can be changed. During gluing, squeeze the element with your fingers, giving a certain shape. This is how not only circles are created, but droplets and eyes.
6. Having prepared the required number of elements, proceed to the formation of a snowflake. Create a pattern from individual elements by fastening with a drop of glue. Get an amazingly beautiful snowflake.

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

Ideas for the New Year with the family

On this day, grandfathers, aunts and parents will gather in one house. It is necessary to try to make the festive night varied and fun. Only advance planning and careful preparation will help in this.

1. Prepare a script. Assign each family member to write a short congratulatory speech. Close people are pleased to hear kind words.
2. Write humorous toasts on the 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.

Traditions

1. Each family has certain traditions and customs of celebrating the New Year. Some go outside and set off fireworks, others visit the main square, others stay at home and exchange gifts.
2. Family traditions must be followed. This revives childhood memories when parents tried to arrange a New Year's fairy tale.
3. Family New Year is a real celebration of love, at this moment we are surrounded by close people, a joyful and calm atmosphere reigns in the house.
4. This evening, give family members as much laughter and joy as possible.

New Year is a holiday when you should not limit yourself to limits. On the contrary, unleash your fantasy and let it run wild. In this case, you get an unusual holiday, a real feast with games, dances, fun, delicious cake.

Good luck in the coming year and do not forget to buy New Year's gifts for your loved ones. Don't go for expensive items. Let them be cheaper, but from the heart. See you!