A list for those who do not want to just overeat salads and watch TV shows.

1. Start keeping a personal journal

Many of us promise ourselves to start life from scratch in the new year. So why not keep that promise? It doesn't matter whether your diary will be paper or electronic. It's important not to dump it and take notes regularly. And if you are already taking notes, then try something: a photo diary, a voice diary, or.

2. Read a few books

We all say that we want and will read more, but the permanent excuse “I don’t have enough time to read” nullifies everything. On New Year's holidays, it finally appears with us, and long winter evenings just created in order to climb into a chair with a blanket and tea and immerse yourself in reading. Surely you have your own must read list, but if not, then take a look.

3. Gather a fun company and play snowballs

Of course, if you have children, then this fun and so you can not avoid. And if not, then this is not a reason to give up your favorite New Year's activity since childhood. Gather a group of friends and go play. Moreover, it is not even necessary to plan this entertainment - just throw a snowball at one of your friends, and then a chain reaction will follow. And in five minutes everyone around will participate in a snow battle.

4. Embark on a journey you've long dreamed of

Almost every person has or a country where he has long wanted to visit. Be Santa Claus and make your dream come true - give yourself a trip. And let it be unforgettable.

5. Help those in need

One of better ways To give yourself a holiday is to arrange it for someone else. Yes, few of us are able to large sums in need. But collect books and things that you no longer use, buy a bag of lollipops and go to the nearest Orphanage- this is something that almost every one of us can do. And if you are a volunteer or an active student who has a company of like-minded people, you can arrange a New Year's concert or performance for the guys.

6. Spend the New Year holidays at the hostel

Everyone knows what to do at the camp site in the summer: swim, sunbathe, walk, pick mushrooms and berries - in a word, have an active rest. However, in winter you can spend time no less mobile and interesting: skiing, sledding, ice skating, steam bath and walking no less, if not more, than in summer.

7. Jog yourself in New Year's style every morning.

Let the feeling of the holiday be with you always. And create yourself Christmas mood It's very simple: run in a Santa hat or a cool scarf with deer, download your favorite New Year's tracks to your player, or choose a route that will run through a festively decorated square.

8. Be a tourist in your own city

Surely in hometown there are hundreds of places that you have not yet visited: museums, galleries, and maybe even theaters and cinemas. Make a list and catch up over the New Years.

9. Treat yourself and loved ones with New Year's treats

Yes, after the New Year's feast it seems to all of us that we will not be able to eat anything for at least a week - we feel so full. But, as practice shows, already on January 3-4, we again want something tasty. You shouldn't deny yourself this pleasure, so experiment and make some cool dessert.

10. Throw a New Years Eve Party

New Year's holidays are a great time to party. Do not pass up the opportunity to spend time with friends and which you will remember with a smile all year long.

11. Take pictures

During the winter holidays, it is simply a sin not to take a camera in your hands, because there are so many things around that are worth capturing: beautiful winter landscapes, smiling faces of family and friends, and just cute little things that will attract your attention.

12. Arrange a general cleaning and get rid of unnecessary things

New Year - new life, which is not worth dragging old trash. Arrange a general cleaning at home, throw it away and do not try to regret: you make room for new things that you will definitely acquire in the coming year.

13. Take up your favorite hobbies

Someone loves to cook, someone - to embroider, and someone disappears in the garage for days on end, improving their favorite car. New Year's holidays are a wonderful time that you can spend exclusively on your favorite activities, so do not deny yourself this.

14. Delight yourself and your friends with delicious cocktails

Since in new year holidays If you can relax a little, then this is a great occasion to please yourself and your friends with good cocktails - for example, an insanely fragrant holiday punch or the Bloody Mary adored by many.

15. Stay Santa Claus in your home

Put postcards with wishes or small pleasant New Year's gifts - magnets, key rings or sweets in the boxes of your neighbors. If you wish, you can even put a Christmas tree in the entrance or in some other way give it a festive look. It will be fun and will give positive emotions to both you and all your neighbors.

16. Make a to-do list for the year and start doing them

We all love making lists, but very often they remain only in our head or on paper. Try changing that: write down the tasks for the year and start doing them today or tomorrow. Thanks to this list, you will not only ensure yourself a fun vacation, but also learn to be more organized.

17. Go for a picnic

18. Visit relatives

If for some reason it was not possible to celebrate the holiday with your family, then do not despair: you have a whole New Year's holidays to visit your loved ones.

19. Visit New Year's fairs

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Such fairs are held in many cities, and this is a wonderful event that gives everyone a New Year's mood, bright emotions and completely new experiences. Find information about them in your locality and be sure to visit at least one.

20. Take a look back in time with your social accounts

VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter ... Every day we write posts, tweets, statuses in which we share our thoughts, talk about our favorite films and books, mention important and interesting events for us.

Set aside a couple of evenings to re-read your notes from two, three, and even four years ago: this will allow you to remember the successes and pleasant events in your life. Or maybe you just smile when you realize how much your interests have changed over the years.

21. Spend the day at the water park

Another favorite summer fun, which should not be forgotten in winter.

If you are an avid film fan, then, of course, you cannot deny yourself this pleasure. For those who do not want to stay at home, the best way- visit cinemas that will delight you with New Year's novelties. And for everyone else, the holidays are a great time to revisit the films they loved from childhood.

23. Find a country for wintering

If you are tired of cold weather and nothing is a joy to you, find yourself a country in which you can wait out the winter. And we will help you spend the two remaining winter months in warmth and comfort and we will show you.

24. Make coffee according to recipes from around the world

If you still can't drive away somewhere, it doesn't matter - learn how to make coffee according to the most different countries the world, and you will feel much warmer even without travel.

25. Take time for yourself

Go to the pool, gym, beauty salon, treat yourself to new things. In the whirlwind of everyday affairs and worries, we so often do not have enough time for this, so try to fix it on New Year's holidays.

26. Do not forget about our smaller brothers

31. Have an evening of memories

It doesn't matter with whom - with family, friends or a loved one. Just gather for a cup of tea and share with each other the fond memories that are important to you. Such gatherings are very close and teach to appreciate even the most insignificant moments.

32. Play board games or solve a huge puzzle

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These two activities will help you return to childhood for a short time, and the resulting emotions will help you stay cheerful throughout the day. A list will help you.

33. Make new acquaintances

Go to the nearest anti-cafe. The atmosphere reigning there always disposes to new acquaintances, and in half an hour or an hour you will be singing with a guitar or playing board games with new friends.

34. Make a photo collage

Surely the past year was rich in events that you want to remember. Make a photo collage that will remind you of the most bright days and hang it in your room. If possible, do the same for your friends.

35. Go to a karaoke club

Favorite entertainment, which is always relevant and which should be remembered on New Year's holidays.

36. Walk around the city with a player

Are you sure that during the New Year's holidays you observe the daily norm of 10 thousand steps? Not? Then quickly go for a walk and grab a player with your favorite tracks to make the walk more fun.

37. Meet the sunrise at least once during the New Year holidays

On weekdays in winter, we usually meet dawn on the way to work, regretting that we have to get up so early. On the contrary, during the New Year holidays, we can rejoice in him. You don't even need to go outside to do this - just watch this miracle of nature from your balcony.

38. Work or Learn

A lesson for incorrigible workaholics: Freelancers can continue to complete work tasks even on holidays, and students can start preparing for exams starting in mid-January.

39. Spend New Year's holidays in the countryside

A budget option for those who have relatives in the village. There you will not only rest, but also do a useful job - help them with the housework.

40. Don't forget about winter sports

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Mass ice skating or a ski trip with friends - what could be better on a winter day off?

41. Go shopping

You don't have to go to the shopping malls, where you already visit almost every weekend. If there is an opportunity to go to a neighboring city, then go shopping and shop there.

42. Play the game "What are we going to do today"

The meaning is this: each of those present writes one lesson on a piece of paper, for example, “Let's go to the cinema,” “Let's have dinner at a restaurant,” “Blind a snowman,” and so on. The leaves must be put in a hat, and then, without looking, take out one of them - what is written on it will be the plan for the day.

43. Don't Forget About Free New Years Events

Concerts, discos, exhibitions ... In your city there is probably something similar and, nicely, completely free. Just choose the option you like.

44. Teach Someone What You Can Do

45. Improve Yourself

Are you friends with a skateboard or skates? Fine! New Year's holidays is the time to learn a couple of new tricks with which you can surprise your friends.

46. ​​Make your New Year's video

47. Update your resume

This is especially true for those who are going to change their place of work in the new year. And we will tell you what points are worth in the first place.

48. Start blogging

49. Do something unexpected for yourself

Are you sure that you are completely unable to draw or cook deliciously? Or maybe you just didn't try hard enough? Go through your “I can't” and try again. Remember that patience and work will help you move mountains, and you will have more reason to be proud of yourself.

50. Take an unplanned trip

If you have already done everything you wanted, and sitting at home is boring, then sit down on the first minibus that comes across, and before that, ask some number. For example, if you chose the number 8, then get off at the eighth stop and go explore the surrounding area. Don't forget to stock up on your camera and don't wander too far - all adventures are good in moderation.

What will you do on New Year's holidays?

Ksenia Gritsenko
Entertainment script for children during the New Year holidays

Clown: Hello guys! I'm a clown - Tirley Peak! Merry fellow and mischievous! I love games, jokes, laughter! I'm making fun of everyone in the circus! Do you want me to show you a trick?

The clown pulls out of his pocket - "Alle goal!"- first a sock, then a stocking, and only

then - a scarf

Ved. The party is at the gate, and he takes out a handkerchief!

Are we going to play, or to wipe away tears?

Clown: Of course, play! Children, do you know how to scream? (Yes) I'll check it out now. Raise my handkerchief - shout! I will put down the handkerchief - be silent! And cry? Let's try. (Playing) And laugh? (Playing) Well done, you know how to do everything! But I can show tricks! Would you like to see? There is a box in front of you. I put a handkerchief in it. I will count - one, two, three, Hit with a stick - look! I open the boxes. Where did the handkerchief disappear to? We will ask Vanya now: Is there a handkerchief in your pocket? Oh, I completely forgot, wait, I have it (at the host) behind the back!

Takes out a handkerchief, bows This is a miracle - but not a miracle, a miracle will be ahead.

And now I will enchant your presenter, and she will see with her eyes closed! She conjures, stands behind the presenter and, showing the children multi-colored

circles, asks Tell me please, what color is this circle? Blue

Do you know what color it is? Green

What color is this circle? Red

I'm waiting, tell me soon, what color is this circle? Yellow

Clown: Guys, now let's compete.

Attraction "Horse racing"

Clown: What kind of guys we have! It's time to play a fun game together "Fishing" I will be a fisherman and you will be fish. Get in a circle!

The game "Fishing"

Hey girls, arms are wider.

We'll all sit down, three or four.

And now they stood up beautifully,

They removed their hands to the belt,

Step everyone to the right.

Step everyone to the left

You are all like queens!

Hey boys.

We cross our legs

And we'll jump in place

And hands up and down,

Let's clap everyone for an encore

And then sneeze together!

And now, you need to laugh!

And now hands on the shoulders, So that there is no longing, no boredom, Right leg forward, And then vice versa!

Now listen to the command: Grab your ears, And tongues outward, And wider elbows, And then together they jumped together on the spot!

Clown: Guys, do you like to dance?

So get up quickly, all in a circle.

Dance "Heel - toe".

(Brownie appears to the music)

Brownie: Hello, kids: girls and boys! What are you doing here?

Clown: Like what, we are here today to play, dance and have fun!

Brownie: Oh, how great, and I also want to play with you!

He conducts rides, the clown helps him.

Attraction "Who will run faster around the Christmas tree".

Brownie: And now it's time for us kids to dance!

Dance "Boogie Woogie"

Clown: Guys look, and someone else is in a hurry to visit us!

(Music plays, Snowman enters)

snowman: Hello guys! I AM cheerful snowman, to the cold, accustomed to the cold, So I was in a hurry to you in Kindergarten to please the guys!

I will have fun with you, dance, joke, frolic. Together with them play Clown with Brownie.

Snowman conducts rides "Hit the target with a snowball"

Oh, what good fellows, I played with all my heart.

Now, kids, all get up on fun dance "Four steps".

After the dance, the Clown, Brownie and Snowman say goodbye to the children and leave, while the children stay for a fun disco.

As many as 10 days of rest give us New Year's holidays! How to dispose of them so as not to regret wasted time? We offer 20 ideas for a holiday pastime. If you choose and implement even a small part of them, you will have something to remember about the New Year! You will be able to direct the irrepressible energy of your children in the right direction, to reveal their new talents. And you yourself will return to your golden childhood for a few days! Walk, play, create, fantasize with your children!

1. Be sure to visit the main tree of your city. This is usually the epicenter new year holiday- the most elegant and tall forest beauty, music, ice figures, colorful garlands. And a variety of activities - from horseback riding to outdoor concerts and fairs with New Year's souvenirs and hot treats. And on the way to the Christmas tree, you can see how your city, decorated with bright illumination, has transformed on New Year's days.

2. Of course, the best rest is in the air, which is especially fresh and healthy on a frosty day. Therefore, we advise you to spend at least one day of New Year's holidays in nature. You don't have to go far out of town. Take a walk in the park. Marvel at the snow-covered trees, feed the birds and squirrels. In city gardens, life does not stop even in winter. And you can ride an inflatable “cheesecake” down the slides or ride along the snow-covered alleys on a horse-drawn sleigh.

3. Even without leaving far from home, you can find fun winter fun... For example, traditional skiing from an ice or snow slide. Remember how as a child you flew on a sled from morning to evening, and even a severe frost could not drive you home. Go up the slide with your kids! Fill up with fun and work up a healthy appetite.

4. What a winter without a skating rink! What could be more pleasant than rushing on the ice at great speed and feeling the prickly frosty breeze pinching your cheeks? Give yourself and your child the opportunity to experience the thrill of flying. Sharpen your skates and - on the ice tracks! If you can't get to the big ice rink in the city center, where a real holiday reigns - lights are on and music is playing, find an ice rink near the house. Kaldy for those who like to skate on ice, as a rule, are poured near schools.

5. If winter hasn't cheated your city with snow, arrange a family snowmen competition. Invite neighbors and friends to participate. Let your yard be decorated with funny snow figures!

6. New Year's weekend is a great opportunity to finally get out to the theater with the whole family! Explore your city's poster - the city's cultural venues offer a wide variety of children's performances during school holidays, from puppet shows to musicals and circus performances.

7. Museums are not closed on New Year's days. On the contrary, it is during the winter holidays that new interesting expositions and educational exhibitions are opened especially for children. Don't miss the opportunity to learn something new, amazing and wonderful!

8. On one of the New Year's Eve parties, arrange a festive fireworks display in the courtyard. Adults, observing safety rules, can launch real fireworks into the sky. Or you can simply lay out the number "2016" by sticking sparklers into the snow, light it up under the New Year's song and admire the bright sparks.

9. Did you know that stars shine especially brightly in winter! So it's easy to see them with the naked eye. Walking on a quiet frosty evening with children, look up at the sky and try to find the most famous constellations: the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor buckets. Tell the children about them: why they are called that, what legends exist about them, how they help sailors navigate the endless expanses of the oceans. Marvel at the moon, it's especially bright this year! There are also many legends about the natural satellite of our planet. In addition, the Moon can mysteriously affect the water in the seas and oceans of the Earth, causing the ebb and flow. The whole interesting information for you and your young astronomers you can find on the Internet.

10. Don't miss the opportunity to get to the New Year's festival. Parade of Santa Clauses, concerts of buffoons, competitions of ice and snow sculptures are usually very colorful. In addition, such events usually involve a special program for children with gifts or master classes.

11. Visit the petting zoo. As a rule, such menageries, where it is allowed to stroke or hold animals in the hands, are open at city zoos and in large shopping centers. In the petting zoo, a city child will be able to see and touch a goat, piglet, chicken and chickens. Communication with animals teaches children kindness and empathy.

12. Develop talents in your children! Sign up for a handicraft workshop. If your child has a hobby (beading, embroidery, modeling), then you should look at the city's poster for master classes on these types of crafts. Such events are usually held over several days in museums, exhibitions, shopping and entertainment centers or leisure clubs.

13. On a weekend get busy building a bird feeder. In winter, birds especially need our help and care. An hour before your walk, make a bird canteen from plastic bottle, juice or milk cartons, fill with treats - sunflower seeds or grain. And while walking, hang the feeder on the tree under your window. Returning home, you will be able to watch how tits and sparrows swoop down on your treat.

14. If the weather is bad winter holidays does not let you out of the house, do not worry. There are plenty of activities to keep you busy on rainy winter evenings. For example, board games: from chess, checkers and dominoes to Monopoly and Citadel.

15. Everything ingenious is simple! Remember the game of "cities": you name the city, and the next player remembers locality whose name starts with the last letter. To make it more interesting to play, take a map of the world or a geographic atlas, and use them to look for cities by the desired letter. So you will not only have fun, but also pull yourself up in geography, learning a lot about different countries of the world!

16. Home karaoke will surely create a festive mood for you! You can arrange a real vocal battle, breaking into duet teams, and compete in singing. It's a sin not to invite guests to a karaoke party: friends or neighbors.

17. On New Year's holidays there is another wonderful winter holiday - Christmas. Remember the tradition of building a Christmas nativity scene at home, and try to create it yourself. Of course, together with the children. A cave with the Virgin Mary, baby Jesus, magicians and animals can be made from scrap materials - glued from paper and cardboard, painted and decorated with foil. Or you can make a Christmas composition out of children's toys. Show your imagination!

18. One of the evenings in January can be spent with the children in the kitchen, sculpting and baking curly Christmas cookies. The recipe for plastic shortcrust pastry is easy to find on the Internet, all the ingredients for baking are probably in your refrigerator. How much joy will it take for children to cut out dough molds and decorate with multi-colored candied fruits and glaze figures of bunnies, deer, stars. And how impatiently the little chefs will wait for you to take hot flavored cookies of their own production out of the oven!

19. Revive the tradition of home performances! You can arrange a dramatic performance at home by dressing up and making up like fairy-tale characters. And you can - puppet. Throw on ironing board blanket - the screen is ready. And your children's toys can become theatrical puppets. You can make a finger doll by putting on a glove on your hand, and a ping-pong ball on your finger, and draw on it funny face... The scenario for the performance can be a fairy tale known to everyone: "Turnip", "Teremok", "Ryaba Chicken". And interesting old tale will help make your improvisation and sense of humor!

You have already started preparing contests for New Year 2020? Yesterday I decided to look for various games and contests for the new year, and found many interesting ones that will help us enter the Year of the Rat in a fun and joyful way.

How to prepare for contests and games: fun and interesting contests for the new year, even traditional New Year's family gatherings in the company with the TV will help to save, not to mention a party for fun company... However, it is best to prepare a little.

1. Make a plan for games and contests. A group of adults will need to eat, raise their glasses for the new year, and dance, so game program should be woven neatly into the natural flow of the party.
2. Prepare props. Having decided what you will be playing at home for the new year, make a list of what will be required for this or that competition. It is best to arrange the props and prizes according to thematic contests (I use small gift bags for this).
3. Stock up on prizes. People are very fond of getting little funny prizes - sweets, chocolates, cute Christmas toys... It is better to take prizes with a margin.
4. Supporting materials are best done on cards - if you need to stock up on some phrases, scripts and texts, then write or print them in advance on ordinary cards, this is much more convenient than using one large script.
5. Pick up music, identify your assistants, prepare a place for games.

Collection of contests and games

"Wishes"

The most simple new year games and all sorts of contests are those where guests do not need to do anything - for example, they can be offered to burst balloons, inside which there will be wishes.

It is necessary to prepare in advance a large bunch of balloons (their number should be more than the number of guests, just in case), inside which little notes with wishes are embedded. For example, you can give a guest scissors and offer to cut the ball they like, and then read it out loud to all the guests - such a simple but sweet entertainment helps the company to have fun and unite.

"Tsiferki"

New Year's games and contests based on the “question-answer” model always attract a lot of applause. It is not surprising - everyone loves to laugh, but there are no difficulties.

So, the host distributes small pieces of paper and pens to the guests, and offers to write down their favorite number (or any other number that comes to mind). If you wish, you can record some sequence and play several rounds. When all the guests have coped with the task, the presenter says that now all those present will be able to learn more about each other - he will ask questions, and the guests will answer them by picking up a piece of paper with the recorded numbers and loudly announcing the answer.

It is best to choose simple questions - how old is this or that guest, how many times a day he eats, how much he weighs, how many times he stayed for the second year, and so on.

"Not a word of truth"

My favorite fun is funny contests for the new year. Of course, for the company of retirees it will be necessary to select something more decent, but in your circle you can always have fun - for example, by playing the game "Not a word of truth."


The presenter will need to prepare a lot of New Year's questions in advance, such as:

• what tree is traditionally dressed up for a holiday?
• which film in our country symbolizes the new year?
• what is customary to launch into the sky on New Year's Eve?
• who is molded out of snow in winter?
• who on TV addresses the Russians with a New Year's speech?
• outgoing year - who is the year according to the Chinese calendar?

It is better to write down more questions, you can ask about New Year's traditions different countries, or the habits of guests. During the game, the presenter will have to quickly and cheerfully ask his questions, and the guests will have to answer, without speaking a word of the truth.

Anyone who makes mistakes and answers truthfully, based on the results of the game, can read poetry, sing a song or fulfill various desires - you can use desires to play forfeits, for example, the loser needs to shove several slices of tangerine by both cheeks and say something like "I am a hamster and I eat grain, do not touch it - it is mine, and whoever takes it is the end!"... Explosions of laughter are guaranteed - both during the game and during the "punishment" of the losing participant.

"Accurate shooter"

As entertainment for the new year 2020, you can play snipers. The funnest thing is to play this game when the participants are already a little drunk - and coordination becomes more free, and there is less constraint, and it is already a little more difficult to hit the target.


The essence of the game is as follows - the guests are divided into two teams, and in turn each player throws "snowballs" into the bucket. A bucket from the players is set at a distance of five to seven meters; as "snowballs" you can use cotton balls, crumpled paper, or just take a couple of simple sets christmas balls made of plastic, which are sold in any supermarket.

I decided to improve this game for the new year 2020 party for adults and use children's basketball hoops as a "goal" - getting into them with a soft ball of cotton is even more difficult than into a bucket.

"New Year decoration"

Certainly, New Year's contests for adults may be less athletic.


All those present must be divided into teams of 5-6 people (depending on the number of guests at your party). The teams are tasked with building a New Year's ball. For crafting, you can only use toilet items, accessories and decorations that are on the team members. The team that makes the brightest and most beautiful ball wins.

By the way, a little life hack- in every company there are people who do not actively participate in contests and try to just sit out, which is why a lot of time is spent on persuasion. So, appoint their jury - you can make them score cards in advance, offer them to say a short speech into an impromptu microphone. So they will be simultaneously involved in the general fun, and at the same time they will not have to be persuaded and pulled from the table.

And, of course, the sight of a mother who speaks soulfully into a glass of champagne instead of a microphone about how grateful she is to Mikhalkov and the film academy for the opportunity to see the battle on the ice in her own living room is priceless. :))

"Come, forest deer"

By the way, if you are looking for contests for a corporate party for the new year or for a party that will not take place in a city apartment, then be sure to play Santa with his reindeer. Here you do not need to divide guests into teams, you just need to invite them to split into pairs.


Each pair has a "deer" and "Santa" (you can give one of the improvised horns, and the other Santa Claus caps - both are sold for mere pennies in the store of fixed prices before the new year).

The "deer" needs to be blindfolded and made a sled - no need to be smart, a simple clothesline or lace that wraps around the belt will do. The reins are given to Santa, who stands behind his "deer". A track is built from the pins, the leader gives a signal and the competition begins. The winners are those participants who came to the finish line earlier than others and did not knock down the pins. Instead of pins, you can use empty bottles, cardboard drink cups, or paper cones(we did it in the form of Christmas trees, it was very cute).

"Collective letter"

When it comes to New Year's games at the table, I always remember how my parents and friends each new year wrote a collective new year greetings for everyone present. You can use ready-made text (as in the image), you can make your own - the main thing is that it should not contain adjectives - they should be called by guests.

The host invites the guests to congratulate each other and say big and beautiful toast- and waves a postcard on which he has already written a congratulation. Only now he did not have enough adjectives, and the guests should prompt them. All in disagreement offer adjectives related to winter, new year and holidays, and the host writes them down and then reads out the result - the text turns out to be very funny!

"Turnip: New Year's version"

Love New Year's contests for the whole family - then the turnip is what you need!


So, you need to prepare the participants - you need them according to the number of characters in the fairy tale. Each participant is assigned a role in an impromptu performance. It's simple, the participant needs to remember the key phrase and the movement that he should act out when mentioning himself.

1. The turnip will clap his knees and then clap his hands with the exclamation "Oba!"
2. The grandfather rubs his palms and groans "Ta-ak-s!"
3. The grandmother swings her fist at the grandfather and says, "I would have nailed it!"
4. The granddaughter sings "I'm ready!" in a high voice (when this role is played by men, it turns out just fine).
5. The bug itches and complains about fleas.
6. The cat wags its "tail" and manneredly holds out "And I am on my own."
7. The mouse sadly shrugs its shoulders and says, “We’re done!”.

After everyone has tried themselves in a new role, the presenter reads the text of the fairy tale (there are no changes here), and the actors act out their role whenever they hear about themselves. Grandfather planted (rubs his hands and grunts) a turnip (clap-clap, wow!) And further in the text. Believe me, bursts of laughter will be enough, especially when the fairy tale comes to the end, and the host will list all the participants in turn.

"Strictly alphabetical"

In one of the pauses, the presenter takes the floor, and reminds everyone present that the New Year's celebration is just beginning, but the alphabet is already difficult to remember. In this connection, the presenter proposes to fill the glasses and raise them, but strictly in alphabetical order.


Each guest should make a short toast to their own letter of the alphabet. The first one starts with the letter a, the second must start with the letter b, and so on. Toasts should be simple:

1. A An absolute must-have for happiness in the new year!
2. B Let's go healthy in the new year!
3. V Let's drink for the old year!
4. E If we don't get drunk, we'll have to gorge ourselves!

The task for everyone present is to make toasts to each letter of the alphabet, and then choose a winner - the one who came up with the best toast, which is worth drinking for, becomes it!

"Bunnies"

If you want to pick up outdoor games for the new year 2020 - play bunny. On New Year's Eve, playing this game at home is best when there are many guests - it is suitable for a group of friends.


Everyone stands in a circle and hold hands, the presenter walks around all the players in a circle and whispers to everyone the names of two animals - a wolf and a bunny, a fox and a bunny, and so on. Then he explains the essence of the game - when the presenter pronounces the name of the animal aloud, the person to whom it was made crouches, and his neighbors on the left and right, on the contrary, pull him up, not allowing him to sit down. You need to play at a good pace so that the participants go into a rage.

The main trick of this action is that absolutely all players have a second animal - a bunny. Therefore, after people have alternately squatted on the names of other animals, the presenter says "Bunny!"

Naturally, everyone laughs, and a bunch of smalls gathers on the floor!

"News from the new year"

An excellent competition that you can play without leaving the table.


The presenter will need to prepare cards on which unrelated words and concepts will be written - five or six words, no more. Each participant receives a card and must quickly come up with hot news from the New Year's issue, using all the words from the card. What to write on the cards? Any set of words.

• China, dumplings, roses, Olympics, lilac.
• Santa Claus, wheel, eraser, north, travel bag.
• New Year, fan, tights, saucepan, scabies.
• Santa Claus, rat, herring, stapler, barrier.
• Nettle, tinsel, Kirkorov, fishing rod, plane.
• Football, shovel, snow, Snow Maiden, tangerines.
• Snowman, beard, tights, bike, school.
• Winter, zoo, washing, boa constrictor, rug.

How do you come up with news? Set an example for your guests by showing that you need to use all the words, and the stranger the news, the more interesting.

Well, for example, from the last example I gave you can build something like this: "In the Moscow zoo, during a winter wash, a rug was found in a boa constrictor." There will be a reason to be surprised, and laugh, and to drink to ensure that all the news in the new 2020 is as positive.

"Jumping into the new year"

In the family circle, as entertainment for the new year, we often arrange jumps, and 2020 will not be an exception, I am sure - this is already a kind of tradition.


So, how it happens: after having drunk the outgoing year, the presenter brings felt-tip pens and pencils (the brighter, the better) and a large sheet of paper (Whatman A0-A1) and invites everyone present not just to enter the new year, but to jump - so that it passes dynamically, energetically and brightly!

And so that all desires come true, you need to draw them. On the large sheet everyone draws their desires - someone has time to draw a few miniatures, someone just schematically draw what they want. By the time the president speaks, the drawing is usually finished or the final touches remain. After the President's speech, the presenter invites everyone to join hands, count the chorus chorus, and solemnly jump into the new year and into the realization of their own desires!

By the way, my mother and I usually save the sheet, and next year we check who has what came true - also a topic for a table conversation, by the way.

"The most of the most"

There are good New Year's activities without a host. A good way to keep guests occupied is to give them quirks, but few people just want to compete, right?


Therefore, we do the following - we hang sweets or small gifts on the tree. It is best to opt for curly chocolate or other sweet tree decorations... We supply each with a note to whom the gift is intended, but we write not names, but some definitions over which guests will have to reflect and get to know each other better (ideally when there are newcomers who need to join an existing company).

What to write on labels:

1. The owner of the darkest eyes.
2. The best high jumper.
3. The biggest bully (here you will have to tell everyone about your hooliganism in childhood).
4. To the owner of the best tan.
5. The owner of the highest heels.
6. The owner of the most dangerous job.
7. A pair whose clothing buttons add up to 10.
8. The one who wears more yellow today.

I think you get the main message. Guests will independently begin to find out who was vacationing where, who has a brighter tan, measure the length of heels and discuss the work.

"Song from the Hat"

By the way, almost all New Year's contests at the table involve playing with a hat - they throw some notes into the hat in advance, and then take out and carry out tasks from relatives or colleagues.

In the new year 2020, with our family, we will play a popular variation of this game with songs. In the hat you need to sketch notes with winter and New Year's words, each guest blindly takes out a note from his hat and sings a song in which this word occurs.

By the way, it will be possible to have fun even if during the feast you forget all the songs - most likely, your family, like my relatives, will have gorgeous idea compose a small song on the go to the most popular tune, or somehow remake one of the famous new year songs previous years.

By the way, this game is also suitable for a small company of any age - of course, a student is unlikely to recognize Soviet songs, but the result will be funny, but different age groups will be able to get closer during the game - after all, cool New Year's contests unite!

"Mittens"

Naturally, contests for the new year for young people are not complete without flirting - why not help friends get closer?


So, the girls are put on robes or shirts, and the guys are given thick winter mittens. The essence of the competition is to quickly button up the girls' shirts so that they do not freeze!

By the way, my friends, who love various New Year contests for teenagers and young people, wanted to make this contest the other way around - while freeing the girls from their shirts, however, they had to disqualify the participant - it turns out that even with mittens it is convenient to pull the shirt floor and tear off all the buttons at once. Therefore, it is better to fasten it, it is not easy to do this in mittens.

"Let's draw Santa Claus"

Creative New Year's contests for corporate parties are a great opportunity to have fun.


So, holes for hands are made in a dense sheet of cardboard. We give the players brushes, they must stick their hands through the holes and depict Santa Claus. At this moment they do not see what they are drawing.

At work, you can divide the team into male and female teams, and give the task to some to portray the Snow Maidens, and to others - Grandfather Frost. The winner is the team whose result is most similar to the fairytale character.

By the way, if you are looking for contests for a New Year's corporate party, do not forget to find funny music - I use a cut from Soviet children's cartoons for New Year's contests 2020, this usually evokes the warmest emotions.

"Handing out the roles"

You can start fun contests for the new year for the family with this kind of entertainment.


Prepare more attributes of fabulous New Year characters, put notes with roles in empty capsules from kinders (you can just wrap in wrapping paper in the manner of sweets) and start playing at the table for the new year with a proposal to find out who still rules the show.

Everyone present should play out their role. It can be snowflakes, bunnies, squirrels, Santa Claus and a snow maiden, a snow queen, an overseas guest - Santa Claus and his reindeer. Distribute small paraphernalia to all guests that will be appropriate for their role that night - for example, the snow queen a crown will do, Santa Claus can knock loudly with an elegant staff, and a company of over-grown bunny boys with white ears will decorate any New Year's photo.

Believe me, New Year's drinking games will acquire a new color as soon as Grandma Zima starts to speak to toast or Mikhailo Potapych, who has specially woken up for competitions for the New Year 2020 and New Year's dances.

"Photo tests"

What are some cool New Year contests without photos?


Make a photo area and collect some props in this corner - guests can take pictures in different images, and then you can arrange photo tests. So, you will need to determine who is suitable for the role:

• the most decrepit snowflake;
• the most sleepy guest;
• the most cheerful Baba Yaga;
• the most hungry Santa Claus;
• the most generous Santa Claus;
• the kindest Santa Claus;
• the most beautiful Snow Maiden;
• the most overeating guest;
• the happiest guest;
• the most cunning Baba Yaga;
• the most evil Kashchei;
• the most powerful hero;
• the most capricious princess;
• the largest snowflake;
• etc…

By the way, you can hold this competition a little differently - stock up on props, and invite the guests to draw out the role in which they will be photographed without looking, and the rest of the participants should help with advice and deed to better embody the image. You can laugh in the process, and when you look at the pictures - fortunately, you can do it literally in a few minutes.

"Little things from Santa Claus"

Tell the guests a legend about how Santa Claus walked through the forest with gifts, fell with one foot into a snowdrift and spilled gifts from the bag. The big ones remained in the bag, but the small presents fell out. And you picked them up and now present them to all the guests.

Wrap all kinds of pleasant little things that you bought in advance in an opaque package, or, or you can wrap gifts in small pieces of fabric, like miniature bags tied with a thick thread or ribbon.

As pleasant little things, there can be: calendars, candles, key chains, pens, flashlights, kinders, liquid soap, magnets.

Each time it surprises with what trepidation the guests are waiting for these gifts ... Not only children, but even adults 🙂

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Now you know how my holiday will go, and what games you will have for New Year's corporate party or a house party? Share your ideas, because it is better to prepare table games for the New Year and interesting contests in advance, and 2021 is just around the corner!