Interesting New Year's games for schoolchildren. New Year's entertainment: games, competitions, tricks
NEW YEAR COMPETITIONS FOR CHILDREN
New Year's bowling
Decorate skittles or plastic bottles with tinsel - they will act as icicles growing from the ground. The competition can be either team or individual. The task of each player is to knock down as many icicle pins as possible with a snowball from a given distance.
Cap
Children stand in a circle and, to the music, they begin to pass the New Year's cap around in a circle. When the music stops, the participant who still has the cap in his hands puts it on his head and completes the task of Santa Claus. Usually, children prepare poems or songs for Grandfather in advance, so there are no overlaps here.
Tangerines for the New Year
Well, what kind New Year without tangerines? In this competition, the guys are divided into teams with the same number of people. Each team member receives a tangerine. The participants of each team stand in a separate row - one after another. At the “start” command, the first participants place their tangerine on the floor and roll it towards their goal (to the basket, which is located at the same distance for each team). As soon as the first participants roll the tangerine and put it in their basket, the participants return back to their team and pass the baton to the second participants. The first team to roll their tangerines into their basket will be the winner.
Music game
(to the tune of the song “Good Beetle” from the fairy tale film “Cinderella”)
1. Stand up, children, stand in a circle, stand in a circle, stand in a circle! Clap your hands without sparing your hands! Jump like bunnies: jump and jump, jump and jump! Now stomp, not sparing your feet!
2. Let’s grab our hands quickly, cheerfully, raise our hands up, and jump higher than everyone else! We will lower our hands down, stamp our right foot, stamp our left foot and turn our heads!
The game is repeated 2 more times.
Runners in bags
The guys are divided into pairs, each pair receives a bag, a piece of paper, a pencil and scissors. At the command “start,” the guys must cooperate, draw a snowflake on a leaf, cut it out, the two of them climb into the bag and “jump” to the tree, hang their snowflake on the tree and run without the bag to their starting position. The couple that completes it first will win. To make sure everything is fair, you can draw identical snowflakes on the leaves for the participants in advance.
Mask, I know you!
Of all the guys, you need to choose only one player. The presenter puts a mask on him. Moreover, the player should not see whose mask he is wearing. The rest see what kind of hero this is. The player wearing the mask must guess who is depicted on it. He asks questions to other children and gets hints from them. Questions can only be answered “yes” or “no”. The person who guesses it correctly is given a mask as a prize.
Symbol of the year
Before the competition, the presenter says that this New Year is the year of the animal (Pig, Dog, and so on). And the children will have to find as many objects in the hall as possible depicting the symbol of the New Year. At the command “start” the game begins: the guys run around the room looking for objects with the image of an animal. And for this, the presenter places in the hall in advance various items with a picture of the animal whose year is coming, for example, the Pig. It could be a ball with a pig, a napkin with a pig, a soft toy - a pig, a handkerchief with a picture of a pig, and in general any item with a picture of a pig. The participant who, within a certain time, collects the most items with the symbol of the coming year will be the winner.
Happy New Year
The guys are divided into teams of 11 people, each participant is given a felt-tip pen or marker. For each team, easels with whatman paper are located at the same distance. Each participant must jump in a bag, like a wolf in the cartoon “Well, Wait a minute!” to the easel and write one letter at a time so that at the end you get the phrase “Happy New Year.” So, at the command “start”, the first participants jump in a bag to the easel and write the letter “C”, then jump back and pass the baton to the second participants, the second write the letter “N”, the third - “O” and so on. The team that finishes the relay faster and writes “Happy New Year” will win.
Photo proofs
Very funny competition+ photos for memory.
We use New Year's accessories and don't skimp on facial expressions and gestures!
Come up with a casting for each person with photo tests for the role:
the kindest Santa Claus
the greediest Santa Claus
the most beautiful Snow Maiden
the sleepiest Snow Maiden
the most overfed guest
the most cheerful guest
the most cunning Baba Yaga
the most evil Kashchei
the most powerful hero
the most capricious princess
the biggest snowflake
and so on…
Make Nesmeyanu laugh
For the competition, you need to prepare the details in advance: funny masks, false noses, ears.
Princess Nesmeyana knows where the Snow Maiden is hidden, but cannot reveal the secret to the children, as she constantly cries. The contestants' task is to make her laugh with funny movements and dances. To complement a bright image, children can use funny props.
New Year's word
Prepare a bunch of small prizes (candies, chocolate medals, chewing gum, calendars).
Can be done at the table: Look under your plates! Each of you has one letter!” (write the letters on cards in advance)
So here it is. Now we ask you to name “New Year’s” words for each of these letters. For every word - a PRIZE!
But we give something more substantial to the one who puts the letters together into the word “Snow Maiden”.
S - snow, icicles, snowflakes, snowballs, candles
N - New Year, outfit
E - spruce
G - guests, garland
U - luck, treats, decoration,
R - jokes,
O - Olivier
H - hours
K - confetti, calendar, clown, karaoke, costume
A - applause, aroma, angel, actor
You can name the dishes that are on the New Year's table, the fairy-tale characters in which the guests are dressed up, drinks, games, natural phenomena, and so on.
Wolf Hare
A fairly simple competition, the main thing is not to confuse the actions. The guys are divided into teams, the participants of which stand in a row. At the command “start”, the first team members jump to the tree like bunnies, and run back on all fours like wolves, pass the baton to the second participants, the second participants do the same. The team in which all the guys have time to be hares and wolves will be the winner, that is, the guys who finish the relay race faster than the rest will win.
Secret for Santa Claus
The guys are divided into teams of about 10 people. Each team stands in a row, one after the other. The first participants receive a sheet - a letter, the information of which must be conveyed to Santa Claus, for example, on December 31 in the evening, hares and squirrels, deer and wolves, children and adults are waiting for you at the Christmas tree! At the “start” command, the first participants convey the information as they memorized to the second participant’s ear, trying to do it quickly and quietly so that the opponents do not hear, and so on in the chain. The team that is faster than the rest and, most importantly, correctly conveys the information to Santa Claus (that is, the last participant must say source letters), and wins.
Fate spinner
All adults love to read horoscopes for the coming New Year. Children are also interested in what awaits them in the new year. Therefore, this game is a great way to give every child faith in himself by preparing an optimistic and cheerful horoscope or prediction for him. Since such a toy as a spinner is now popular, it means that it will predict fate. We prepare several spinners, depending on the number of guests. A different color is glued to each end, which will be responsible for the prediction. The guys take turns spinning the spinner and calling the color that stopped on it, that is, which end points to it. The host hands an envelope of the appropriate color to the guest, and in the envelope there is a prediction, for example, red: waiting for you exciting journey, you will perform on the big stage, not get a single bad mark, solve some mystery and get a new pet.
Khrum - Khrum
Children sit in a circle and repeat the movements after the leader standing in the center of the circle, saying “Hrum-hrum!”
Children: (clap) Crunch-crunch!
Presenter: Let's clap together, crunch-crunch!
Children: (clap) Crunch-crunch!
Host: And if it’s more friendly, hum-hum!
Children: (clap) Crunch-crunch!
Host: Even more fun, crunch-crunch!
Children: (clap) Crunch-crunch!
Presenter: Now we stand up one after another, crunch-crunch!
Children: (children stand up one after another) Hrum-hum!
Host: And let's take each other by the shoulders, crunch-crunch!
Children: (take each other by the shoulders) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: We walk quietly in a circle, hum-hum!
Children: (walk slowly in a circle) Hrum-hum!
Host: We don’t get tired of playing with me, crunch-crunch!
Children: (continue to walk in a circle) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: Let's walk in a squat, crunch-crunch!
Children: (they squat after each other) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: Let’s quietly walk along in a squat, hum-hum!
Children: (continue to squat) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: Let’s all get up on our feet together, crunch-crunch!
Children: (get to their feet) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: And we’ll turn everything towards the Christmas tree, crunch-crunch!
Children: (turn to face the center of the circle) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: Let's stamp our feet, crunch-crunch!
Children: (stomp their feet) Crunch-crunch!
Presenter: Let's stamp the other one, crunch-crunch!
Children: (stomp with the other foot) Crunch-crunch!
Presenter: Let's jump on the spot, crunch-crunch!
Children: (bouncing in place) Hrum-hum!
Host: And let's jump again, crunch-crunch!
Children: (jumping up again) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: Let's wave to each other, hum-hum!
Children: (wave to each other) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: Let's wave the other hand, crunch-crunch!
Children: (waving the other hand) Hrum-hum!
Presenter: We will all wink at each other, hum-hum!
Children: (wink at each other) Hrum-hum!
Host: Let's take each other's hands, crunch-crunch!
Children: (hold hands) Crum-crunch!
Save the Christmas balls
Participants are divided into 2 teams of the same number of people. Each team has a basket with the same number of balls, which are about to be stolen by an evil wizard and need to be saved. All participants stand in a row: two teams - two rows. A basket with balls stands near the first participant, and near the last there is an empty basket into which the team will put the saved balls. At the word “start”, the first participants take one ball each and pass it to the second participants, the second - to the third, the third - to the fourth, and so on until the last. When the last participant puts the ball in the basket, he shouts “there is”, and then the first participant takes the second ball and passes it. The team that saves all the balls the fastest will win.
New Year's race
The guys are divided into 2 teams with an even number of participants. Then each team is divided into their pairs. Each pair is tied with one leg of the participants, that is, the left of one and the right of the other. There are gifts (snowflakes, candies) at the holiday tree. And at the command “start” the guys begin their New Year’s race. The couple runs to the tree, takes the gift and returns to their team, passes the baton to the next couple and stands at the end. The game continues until all the gifts from the tree have been collected. And the team that is faster and collects more gifts will win.
Find a letter from Santa Claus.
For this competition you need to prepare a beautiful letter in an envelope from Santa Claus, where it will be written, for example, Happy New Year to you, dear ones. More high fives and sweets for you. And, if you behave well and also study, I will fulfill your cherished desires. The letter needs to be hidden in one of the offices or in the gym and a small quest must be made, for example, you will find the answer where the current and voltage are, and the team runs to the physics room, and there again a hint on the desk: find something that can attract iron, and the guys are looking for a magnet, there is a note on the magnet again: follow the person who is responsible for cleanliness here, and the team runs to the technicians, there they receive another hint: look where they will not let you die of hunger, it is clear that this is a canteen and so on. To search, the guys can be divided into several teams and whose team can do it faster and find the letter from Santa Claus, that team will win.
New Year's box
The presenter reads 3 clues to the children, with the help of which they should guess the surprises lying in the elegant box.
The smartest ones receive sweet prizes.
Not a Christmas tree, but an elegant one; Not a musician, but loves to play; It’s not the baby, but “mom” who speaks. (Doll)
Not a watermelon, but a round one; Not a hare, but jumping; It's not a bicycle, it's rolling. (Ball)
Not a gnome, but in a cap; Not a car, but refueling; Not an artist, but a painter. (Felt pen)
Not a fox, but a red one; Not a waffle, but a crispy one; Not a mole, but sitting underground. (Carrot)
Not a cake, but a sweet one; Not a Negro, but a dark-skinned one; Not an orange, but with slices. (Chocolate)
Not a ladle, but scoops; Not a door, but with a handle; Not a cook, but a feeder. (Spoon)
Not a plate, but a round one; Not a heron, but standing on one leg; Not a wheel, but a spinning one. (Yula)
Not a feather, but light; Not a snowflake, but flying; Not a kidney, but bursting. (Balloon)
Not a ruler, but a thin one; Not a mother, but a caring one; Not a crocodile, but a toothy one. (Comb)
Not cotton wool, but white; Not snow, but cold; Not sugar, but sweet. (Ice cream)
Friends - buddies
To the leader’s statements, children say “yes” as a sign of agreement and “no” as a sign of disagreement.
Uncle Fyodor is a smart boy, very kind and cultured.
Cinderella is hardworking and beautiful in a ballgown.
Each of you here knows - Good Uncle Karabas.
Grandma Yaga will always be your faithful friend.
The dwarves love Snow White and quickly keep up with her.
Alice the fox will teach you better sense.
He rides on Emelya's stove and controls it boldly.
Dunno has friends, he cannot live without them.
The Glorious Grandfather Koschey will pour you more cabbage soup.
Vanya made the best flying ship overnight.
Pinocchio is very greedy, - He guards the five soldi at night.
Masha and Vitya are hooligans, - They set traps for Leshy.
Cheburashka is friends with Gena, sings a song, doesn’t bother.
Carlson loves cookies. Sweets and entertainment.
The evil girl Malvina walks with a long club.
Goblin is just the guy you need, kids are happy to be friends with him.
Pechkin is a nice postman, he will deliver the mail on time.
From Chukotka to Brazil Everyone loves the cat Basilio.
The hare gallops ahead, the wolf shouts: “Well, just wait!”
The best of friends is the wild cat Matvey.
The turtle doesn't fly, the Lion Cub rides on itself.
New Year's changelings
Santa Claus says phrases, and children must answer “yes” or “no” in unison, regardless of the rhyme.
You friends came here to have fun?
Tell me a secret: were you waiting for Grandfather?
Will frosts and cold scare you?
Are you ready to dance by the Christmas tree sometimes?
A holiday is nonsense, let's get bored instead?
Santa Claus brought sweets, will you eat them?
Are you always ready to play with the Snow Maiden?
Can we easily push everyone around?
Grandfather never melts. Do you believe this?
Do you need to sing a verse in a round dance at the Christmas tree?
Christmas tree toy
In front of the two players, the presenter places a prize wrapped in bright wrapping paper on a chair and says the following text:
“At New Year's hour, friends,
You can't go without attention!
Don't skip the number "three"
Take the prize, don't yawn!
The Christmas tree greeted the guests.
Five children came first,
So as not to be bored on holiday,
Everyone began to count on it:
Two snowflakes, six firecrackers,
Eight gnomes and parsleys,
Seven gilded nuts
Among the twisted tinsel,
We counted ten cones,
And then you got tired of counting.
Three little girls came running..."
If the players missed the prize, the presenter takes it and says: “Where were your ears?” If one of the players turns out to be attentive, the presenter concludes: “Those are attentive ears!”
Christmas tree chants
The presenter speaks quatrains, and the children shout out the words of each final line in chorus.
Looks good in her outfit
The kids are always happy to see her,
There are needles on its branches,
He invites everyone to a round dance... (Christmas tree)
Is on the New Year's tree
A laughing clown in a cap,
Silver horns
And with pictures... (checkboxes)
Beads, colored stars,
Painted miracle masks,
Squirrels, cockerels and pigs,
Very loud... (crackers)
A monkey will wink from the Christmas tree,
The brown bear will smile,
The bunny hangs from cotton wool,
Lollipops and... (chocolates)
Old Boletus Man,
Next to him is a snowman,
Red fluffy kitten
And the big one on top... (bump)
There is no more colorful outfit:
Multi-colored garland,
Gilding tinsel
And shiny... (balls)
A bright foil flashlight,
The bell and the boat
Train and car,
Snow-white... (snowflake)
The Christmas tree knows all the surprises
And he wishes everyone fun.
For happy kids
Lights up... (lights)
Games and competitions
Game "yes" and "no"
The host asks questions to which the game participants must quickly, without hesitation, answer “yes” or “no.” The one who makes a mistake is eliminated from the game.
- Is Santa Claus a cheerful old man?
- Yes.
- Do you like jokes and gags?
- Yes.
- Do you know songs and riddles?
- Yes.
- Will he eat all your chocolates?
- No.
- Will he light the children’s Christmas tree?
- Yes.
- Will he hide the threads and needles?
- No.
- Doesn’t his soul age?
- Yes.
- Will it warm us up outside?
- No.
- Is Joulupukki Frost's brother?
- Yes.
- Did a rose bloom under the snow?
- No.
- Is the New Year getting closer?
- Yes.
- Does the Snow Maiden have skis?
- No.
- Is Santa Claus bringing gifts?
- Yes.
- Are all the masks bright on New Year’s Day?
- Yes.
There is another version of this game. The presenter names the items, and the participants also quickly, without thinking, answer whether they are suitable for decorating the Christmas tree.
- Multi-colored firecrackers?
- Yes.
- Blankets and pillows?
- No.
- Folding beds and cribs?
- No.
- Marmalades, chocolates?
- Yes.
- Glass balls?
- Yes.
- Are the chairs wooden?
- No.
- Teddy bears?
- Yes.
- Primers and books?
- No.
- Are the beads multi-colored?
- Yes.
- And the garlands are light?
- Yes.
- Snow made of white wool?
- Yes.
- Good soldiers?
- No.
- Shoes and boots?
- No.
- Cups, forks, spoons?
- No.
"Snow Mission"
For this game, you can use a small ball or make a “snowball” out of cotton wool. The participants of the game stand in a circle and pass the “snowball” around the circle. At the same time they say:
We're all rolling a snowball,
We all count to five.
One-two-three-four-five -
Sing a song for you!
Whoever has a “snowball” on the last phrase fulfills this wish. The last phrase can be changed: “And read poetry to you!”, “Let’s dance for you!”, “Tell you a fairy tale!” and so on.
"Anecdote "with a beard""
The contestants take turns telling jokes. If one of those present knows the continuation, the narrator is given a “beard”, which is replaced by a piece of cotton wool. The one who ends up with fewer pieces of cotton wool wins.
"Cooking Competition"
Within a certain time (for example, 5 minutes), the participants in the game must create New Year's menus. All dishes in it must begin with the letter "N" (New Year). Dishes on the menu for Father Frost must begin with the letter "M", and for the Snow Maiden - with the letter "S". The one with the largest menu wins.
“I’ll sing now!”
On New Year's Day, it is customary to sing songs and dance around the Christmas tree. But this activity can be diversified. For example, when the presenter claps, everyone begins to sing the famous song “The little Christmas tree is cold in winter...”. At the second clap, singing aloud stops, but all participants in the game continue to sing to themselves. On the third clap, everyone starts singing out loud again. The one who enters incorrectly is eliminated.
"Fairy tale character"
Cards are laid out on the table with the names of fairy-tale characters and cartoon characters written on them (with the inscriptions facing down). A participant in the game pulls out any card and, after reading what is written there, must, using facial expressions, gestures, and characteristic sounds, portray this character so that those present understand who they are talking about. The first person to guess pulls out the next card.
"Cinderella"
The game involves two people. Each participant is blindfolded and asked to disassemble his own slide, in which peas, beans, lentils, and dried rowan are mixed (the ingredients can be changed depending on what is in the house). Blindfolded participants sort the fruits into groups. The one who completes the task first wins.
"Mystery Prize"
A small gift (notepad, pen, etc.) is wrapped in paper, onto which a piece of paper with a riddle is glued. Once again they wrap it in paper and again glue the piece of paper with the riddle on it. There can be any number of such layers, it all depends on the number of players. The participant unfolds one layer of paper, reads the riddle to himself and says the answer out loud. Then he unfolds the next layer, reads the riddle again to himself and says the answer. If he doesn't know the answer, he reads the riddle out loud. The first one to solve this riddle unrolls the next layer of paper. The winner is the one who, having solved the last riddle, gets to the gift.
"Mobile phone"
Participants in the game name the numbers in order. Those who get the number 5 or its multiples say “ding-ding.” Those who get the number 7 and its multiples say “ding-diling.” The one who makes a mistake is eliminated from the game.
"Choose a prize!"
Various gifts wrapped in little bags are attached to a long rope. The participant in the game is blindfolded and given scissors. He must cut some gift, which he gets.
"Slipper for Cinderella"
Participants in the game put their shoes in a pile and blindfold themselves. The presenter mixes the shoes into a pile and gives the command: “Find your shoe!” Blindfolded participants need to find their pair of shoes and put on their shoes. Whoever completes the task faster wins.
"Toropyzhki"
For this competition you will need sweet jelly or, for example, halva. The winner is the one who eats the portion offered to him the fastest using a toothpick.
"The Harvesters"
The participants of the game are divided into 2 teams. The task of each team is to move as many oranges or tangerines as possible to a certain place without using their hands in a certain time (for example, 10 minutes).
"Riddles"
Each participant in the game has a piece of paper attached to their back with the name of an animal, object, etc. (for example, an elephant, a pen, a pear, an airplane), but so that the players do not know what is written on their pieces of paper. But they can read what is written on others' backs. Participants in the game must ask each other leading questions to find out what is written on their backs. The answers can only be “yes” or “no”. The one who guesses his “name” first is the winner. The game is played until the last person guesses correctly. Everyone receives incentive prizes.
"Sculptors"
This competition is best held outdoors. The presenter names a letter, and the competition participants must fashion any thing out of snow that begins with this letter. Whoever blinds faster and more reliably wins. You can conduct this competition at home using plasticine.
Tricks
Learn these simple tricks and... New Year's Eve in the eyes of your guests you will become an unrivaled magician.
Thread on a jacket
You notice a white thread on your jacket and try to brush it off, but the thread remains on the jacket. Then you grab it by the tip and pull. To your surprise (and the surprise of other people), she continues on. You pull further and further until several meters of thread run out.
The secret of the trick: Before performing a trick, you put a small pencil in the inner pocket of your jacket, onto which several meters of thread are wound from a spool. Use a needle to push the tip of the thread through the fabric of the jacket to the outside. The main thing is that there are no traces left in your pocket after the demonstration of the trick, if particularly vigilant spectators decide to inspect your pockets. That's why the thread is wound around the pencil.
Three glasses and paper
Place two glass glasses on the table at some distance from one another. Place a sheet of paper on top.
Take the third glass in your hands and invite the audience to place it between the two glasses on a sheet of paper so that the paper does not bend. No one succeeds, of course. Then you demonstrate your “magical” abilities.
The secret of the trick: Fold a sheet of paper like an accordion along the long side, then it can easily support the weight of even a glass cup.
Magic rope
You sit down at a table in front of the audience, show them a rope, put it on the table and say: “I will tie a knot in this rope without using my hands.”
After this, cross your arms over your chest. Taking one end of the rope with your left hand and the other with your right, you spread your arms to the sides. There really was a knot in the rope!
The secret of the trick: There is no special secret here. You just need to take a rope at least 1 meter long. And, of course, carefully rehearse the act in order to be able to grab both ends of the rope from the table.
Magic "patch"
You ask the audience for two coins in denominations of 1 and 5 rubles. Place a 1 ruble coin on a small piece of paper, draw a mark around it with a pencil and then carefully cut out a hole with a diameter equal to this 1 ruble coin. After this, invite the audience to insert a 5-ruble coin into this hole. Nobody has any idea how to do this. Then you can easily solve the proposed problem.
The secret of the trick: Of course, a 5-ruble coin will not fit into such a small hole. But if you bend a piece of paper in half so that the fold line runs through the center of the hole, the hole will turn into a gap. Stretch the paper a little - the diameter of the hole is enough for a coin to slip through it with ease.
Without getting your hands wet
Take a large flat plate, place a coin on it and pour in a small amount of water until it covers the coin. Then ask the audience to take the coin without getting their hands wet.
The secret of the trick: You light a piece of paper and put it in a glass. Then quickly turn the glass over and place it on a plate near the coin. When the paper in the glass burns and goes out, the water from the plate will collect under it, and the coin will end up in a dry place.
Three layouts
Take any 21 cards and arrange them face up into three cards in seven rows. You should end up with three vertical columns of seven cards each. Invite one of the spectators to remember one card and say which column it is in. Carefully, one by one, place the cards in each column into piles, and then all the piles into one pile. In this case, a stack of cards from the column with the selected card must be placed in the middle between the other two. Then turn the stack face down, again arrange the cards in three columns of seven cards each, and again ask the spectator to indicate which column contains the selected card. Fold the cards into columns and place the indicated column of cards in the middle again. And finally, lay out the cards for the third time and again place the column with the selected card between the other two. Count out ten cards. The eleventh card comes out.
The secret of the trick: the main thing is to always place the column with the hidden card between the other two.
Tricky trick
Take a deck of cards. Invite one of the spectators to choose and remember a card and put it on top of the deck without showing it to you. Then remove the deck and place its lower part on top. Lay out the cards face up and accurately indicate the hidden card.
The secret of the trick: To find the hidden card, we’ll use a little trick. Before demonstrating the trick, remember the most bottom card decks. Now, when laying out the deck, the hidden card will lie in front of the card that we spied.
Guessed card
You invite four spectators to sit at the table with you. You deal five cards to everyone. After this, the spectators must remember one card each from those in their hands. You collect the cards and lay them out on the table in five piles. Spectators choose one of the piles. You take the cards and fan them out to the audience. Then you ask which of them sees their card. Having received the answer, you accurately indicate the card that they remember.
The secret of the trick: You start collecting cards from the spectator who sits to your left and then go clockwise. Moreover, you collect all five cards at once, and not one at a time. Your cards will be the last to be collected, and they will be at the top of the deck. When you then arrange the cards into five piles, any one of them contains the cards in the order in which the spectators sit at the table. If, for example, a third spectator identifies “his” card, it will be third, counting from the top of the pile, etc.
Kings and ladies
Kings and queens are selected from the deck. You place them in front of the audience in two rows - separately for kings and separately for queens. You stack the cards, placing a stack of kings on top of a stack of queens. The resulting deck of eight cards can be removed by spectators any number of times. Then you hide the cards behind your back, take out two cards and show them to the audience. They see that it is the king and queen of the same suit.
The secret of the trick: Initially, you stack the cards so that the sequence of suits in both decks is the same. Behind your back, you divide the deck into two four-card decks and take the top card from each mini-deck. It will always be the king and queen of the same suit.
Intended number
Invite one of the spectators to think of a number. After this, the spectator must multiply it by 2, then add 8, divide by 2 and subtract the number he has in mind. After a significant pause, you announce that the resulting number is 4.
The secret of the trick: There is no secret, pure mathematics!
Games for children's company
THIS IS ME, THIS IS ME, THIS IS ALL MY FRIENDS
The presenter, having learned the questions in advance, asks them to the children, who answer with the same phrase. There are many more questions you can come up with. The main thing is to have fun.
– Who walks to school every day in a cheerful band?
- Which of you, tell me out loud, catches flies in class?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Who is not afraid of frost and flies on skates like a bird?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you, when you grow up, will become an astronaut?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you doesn’t walk gloomily, loves sports and physical education?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
- Which of you, so good, wore galoshes to sunbathe?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Who completes their homework on time?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– How many of you keep your books, pens and notebooks in order?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you kids walks around dirty from ear to ear?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you walks on the pavement with your head upside down?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you, I want to know, has an A+ in diligence?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
– Which of you comes to class an hour late?
- This is me, this is me, these are all my friends.
WHAT IS ON THE TREE?
The presenter learns the poems below in advance. You can come up with many more new ones yourself. The task of the game is explained to the children: after hearing the name Christmas decorations, you have to raise your hand up and say: “Yes!”, and when you name something that doesn’t happen on the Christmas tree, you have to restrain yourself and remain silent. The presenter does not pronounce the text very quickly, but also without giving the children time to think too much. Very soon everyone becomes funny because mistakes inevitably occur.
Text: Soft toy, Sounding cracker, Petenka-Parsley, Old tub.
White snowflakes, Sewing machines, Bright pictures, Torn shoes.
Chocolate bars, Horses, cotton wool bunnies, Winter tents.
Red lanterns, Bread crackers, Bright flags, Hats and scarves.
Apples and cones, Petya's pants, Delicious candies, Fresh newspapers.
Or: Multi-colored firecrackers,
Blankets and pillows.
Folding beds and cribs,
Marmalades, chocolates.
Glass balls,
Wooden chairs.
Teddy bears,
Primers and books.
Multi-colored beads
And the garlands are light.
Snow made of white cotton wool,
Satchels and briefcases.
Shoes and boots,
Cups, forks, spoons.
Shiny balls
Tigers are real.
Golden cones,
The stars are radiant.
WHAT HAS CHANGED?
This game requires good visual memory. Participants are given a task one by one: for a minute, look at the toys hanging on one or two branches of the Christmas tree and remember them. Then you need to leave the room - at this time several toys (three or four) will be outweighed: some will be removed, others will be added. Upon entering the room, you need to look at your branches and say what has changed. Depending on age, you can make the tasks more difficult or easier.
Games and competitions with Father Frost and Snow Maiden
Round dances
The traditional New Year's round dance can be complicated and made more entertaining. The leader sets the tone for the round dance, changes the pace of movement and direction. After one or two circles, the round dance can be led like a snake, maneuvering between guests and furniture. The steeper the loops of the snake, the merrier. The leader can come up with various options along the way: include those not participating in the round dance in the chain, sharply slow down the pace, etc.
Decorate the Christmas tree
There are two artificial Christmas trees in the hall. “There are only a few minutes left until the New Year,” says the Snow Maiden, “and these trees are not decorated yet.” Perhaps there will be two clever people in the hall who will quickly do this. Toys made of cardboard, papier-mâché and other unbreakable ones are laid out on tables 5-6 steps from the tree. But completing the Snow Maiden’s task is not so easy.
The Snow Maiden reports that a short circuit has occurred, and the Christmas trees will have to be decorated in the dark (blindfolded). Perhaps someone will hang their toys on their neighbor's Christmas tree, but the one whose Christmas tree turns out to be the most decorated will win.
Toy in a circle
Santa Claus invites the participants to stand facing each other. Music begins to play, and a toy, for example a doll with the image of the Snow Maiden, passes from hand to hand and moves in a circle. The music stops, the transfer of the toy stops. The one who has the doll left is out of the game. The game continues until one person remains. If there are a lot of players, you can throw several dolls in a circle.
Compliments to the Snow Maiden
Santa Claus calls into the circle a young man who wants to play, who must compliment the Snow Maiden, taking matches from an apple completely studded with matches. Santa Claus gives it to the player before the start of the competition.
Snowballs
You need to throw 6 " into a hanging (or standing on the floor) basket from a distance of 6-7 steps. snowballs- white tennis balls. The one who copes with this task most accurately will win.
Fluffy snowflakes
The Snow Maiden invites several guests to take light cotton snowflakes from the tray. Each player throws up his own snowflake and, blowing on it, tries to keep it in the air as long as possible. The one who dropped his fluff can go up to his friend and help him complete the Snow Maiden’s task.
Magic words
The game is led by the Snow Maiden, she invites two teams of 10 people each, hands them a set of large letters that make up the word “Snow Maiden”. Each participant receives one letter. The task is as follows: in the story read by the Snow Maiden, there will be words made up of these letters. As soon as such a word is pronounced, the owners of the letters that make it up must step forward and, rearranging themselves, form this word. The team that is ahead of its opponents gets a point.
Sample story
A fast river rose. Snow fell on the fields. The mountain behind the village turned white. And the bark on the birch trees sparkled with frost. Somewhere the runners of a sleigh are creaking. Where are they headed?
Centipede racing
In a fairly spacious room you can hold centipede races. The players are divided into two teams and line up behind each other’s heads, holding the belts of those in front with their hands. A chair is placed against the opposite wall, which the chain of players must go around and then return back. If the chain is broken, the leader can count the team a loss. The task can be complicated and made funnier if the teams move half-crouched, if both teams complete the task at the same time.
A variation of this game is "Snake". The “head” - the first in the column - must catch the “tail”, which eludes it. Having caught it, the “head” moves to the end of the column, and the game is repeated again. The “broken” links of the chain are considered losers and leave the game.
Two Frosts
A group of guys is at one end of the hall (room) beyond the conventional line. The drivers - Frosts - are in the middle of the hall. They address the guys with the words:
We are two young brothers, (Together): Two daring frosts.
I am Frost the red nose.
I am Frost the blue nose.
Which one of you will decide
Set off on a path?
Everyone answers:
We are not afraid of threats, and we are not afraid of frost! The players run to the other side of the hall beyond the home line. Both Frosts catch and “freeze” those running across. They immediately stop at the place where they were “frozen.” Then the Frosts again turn to the players, and they, having answered, run across the hall, helping out the “frozen”: they touch them with their hand, and they join the others.
Auction Santa Claus says:
We have a wonderful Christmas tree in our hall. And what toys she has on her! What kind of Christmas tree decorations do you know? The person with the last answer will win this amazing prize.
The players take turns calling out the words. During pauses, the presenter begins to count slowly: “Clapper - one, clapper - two...” The auction continues.
Prank game
Santa Claus announces to the audience that none of those present will be able to repeat after him the three short phrases that he will say. Of course, no one will agree with him. Then Santa Claus, as if looking for words, utters a short phrase. For example: “Today is a wonderful evening.” Everyone confidently repeats this phrase. Santa Claus, embarrassed, looks for and hesitantly says the second phrase. It is also easy for everyone to repeat. Then he quickly and joyfully says: “Well, you were wrong!” The crowd protests. And Santa Claus explains that his third phrase, which had to be repeated, was: “Well, you were wrong!”
Two are better than one
Some three toys are placed on the floor: a ball, a cube, and a skittle. Two players come out and start dancing around them (the game can be played to music). As soon as the music stops or Santa Claus gives the command “Stop!”, each player must try to grab two toys. Whoever gets one loses. The game can be complicated: increase the number of participants and, accordingly, the number of toys or objects. The one who grabs the most toys wins.
Under a lucky star
The winner of this game will be the one who first finds the star hanging from the ceiling with the number announced by the presenter. Stars with a number written large on both sides are pre-hung on threads from the ceiling of the room (or hall) where the dancing will take place. As the dance progresses, the music stops for a minute, and Santa Claus proclaims: “Lucky star 15!” The dancers try to quickly find the star with this number. The winner is awarded a prize.
Stay alert
Father Frost or the Snow Maiden gives various commands to those standing in the circle, and they must be carried out only if the word “please” is added to the command, for example, “Please, hands up”, “Lower your right hand!”, “Please clap your hands” and etc. The game is played fun, at a fast pace. Those who make a mistake leave the game. The person who remains is awarded the title of “Most Attentive Guest” and is awarded a prize.
New Year's games
1. Tiger Tail
All players line up, holding the belt or shoulders of the person in front of them. The first in this line is the head of the “tiger”, the last is the “tail”. At the signal, the “tail” begins to catch up with the “head”, which is trying to escape. The task of the rest of the tiger’s “body” is not to come apart. After several attempts by the “tail” to catch up with the “head”, the children change places and roles.
2. Little funny
Each player gets a name: snowflake, firecracker, Christmas tree, tiger, candle, flashlight, etc. All names must be related to the New Year. One presenter is selected and asks various questions to everyone in turn. The presenter should not know the names of the participants. Participants answer any question from the presenter with their name. For example:
Snowflake
What do you have (points to nose)?
Flashlight
What do you like to eat?
The one who laughs is out of the game.
Alternatively, the one who laughs must guess a riddle or complete some task. After the first round, you can change the names of the participants, choose another leader and continue the game until you get tired of it.
Postmen
Team game. In front of each team, at a distance of 5-7 meters, there is a thick sheet of paper on the floor, divided into cells in which the endings of names are written (cha; nya; la, etc.). Another sheet of paper with the first half of the name is cut in advance into pieces in the form of postcards, which are folded into shoulder bags.
The first team numbers put their bags on their shoulders, at the leader’s signal, they rush to the paper sheet on the floor - the addressee, take out a postcard with the first half of the name from the bag and put it to the desired ending. When they return, they pass the bag to the next player on their team. The team whose mail finds its addressee faster wins the game.
Journey in the Dark
This game will require bowling pins and blindfolds according to the number of participants. Team game. The pins are placed in a “snake” pattern in front of each team. Teams holding hands and blindfolded try to go the distance without hitting the pins. The team whose team has the fewest pins knocked down will win the “trip.” The number of pins not knocked down equals the number of points.
Collect potatoes
Inventory: Baskets according to the number of participants, cubes, marbles, balls - an odd number. Preparation: “potato” cubes, etc. are placed on the platform.
Game: Each player is given a basket and blindfolded. The task is to blindly collect as many “potatoes” as possible and put them in a basket. Winner: The participant who collected the most potatoes.
Dance with hoops
Inventory: Hoops according to the number of participants. Game: Several players are given a plastic (metal) hoop. Game options:
a) Rotating the hoop around the waist, neck, arm... Winner: The participant whose hoop will rotate the longest.
b) Participants, on command, send the hoop forward in a straight line with their hand. Winner: The participant whose hoop rolls the furthest.
c) Rotate the hoop around its axis with the fingers of one hand (like a top). Winner: The participant whose hoop spins the longest.
The Great Houdini
Inventory: Ropes according to the number of participants Game: Participants have their hands tied behind their backs with a rope. At the leader’s signal, the players try to untie the ropes on themselves. Winner: The first participant to become free.
Robin Hood
Inventory: Ball or apple “basket” of hat, bucket, box, rings, stool, various items. Game: Several options:
a) The task is to knock down various objects standing at a distance on a stool with a ball.
b) The task is to throw a ball, an apple, etc. into the "basket" at a distance.
c) The task is to throw rings on the legs of an inverted stool. Winner: The participant who completed the task better.
Musketeers
Inventory: 2 chess officers, fake swords made of rubber or foam rubber. Preparation: Place a chess piece on the edge of the stop. Game: Participants stand 2 meters from the table. The task is to lunge (step forward) and hit the figure with a thrust. Winner: The first participant to hit the figure. Option: A duel between two participants.
Poetry competition
You can prepare cards in advance with rhymes for your future New Year's greetings (toast) and distribute them to guests (including school-age children) at the beginning of the evening.
Rhyme options:
nose - frost
year is coming
third - millennium
calendar - January
The results of the competition are summed up at the table or when gifts are presented.
Snowball
Redemption of New Year's prizes from Santa Claus's bag can be arranged as follows. In a circle, both adults and children pass a specially prepared “snowball” - made of cotton wool or white fabric. “Kom” is passed on and Santa Claus says:
We're all rolling a snowball,
We all count to five -
One, two, three, four, five -
Sing a song for you.
You should dance a dance.
Let me tell you a riddle...
The person who redeems the prize leaves the circle, and the game continues.
There are Christmas trees
We decorated the Christmas tree with different toys, and in the forest there are different types of Christmas trees, wide, short, tall, thin. Now, if I say “high,” raise your hands up. “Low” - squat and lower your arms. “Wide” - make the circle wider. “Thin” - make a circle already. Now let's play! (The presenter plays, trying to confuse the children.)
Telegram to Santa Claus
The guys are asked to name 13 adjectives: “fat”, “red-haired”, “hot”, “hungry”, “sluggish”, “dirty”... When all the adjectives are written down, the presenter takes out the text of the telegram and inserts into it the missing adjectives from the list .
Telegram text:
"... Grandfather Frost! All... the children are looking forward to your... arrival. New Year is the most... holiday of the year. We will sing for you... songs, dance... dances! Finally- then... New Year will come! I don’t want to talk about... studying. We promise that we will only receive... grades. So, quickly open your... bag and give us... gifts.
With respect to you... boys and... girls!"
Let's make caps
For participants in the game, Santa Claus invites them to look from a distance at a set of cans of various sizes and shapes. You cannot pick them up. Each player has a piece of cardboard from which they must cut out the lids so that they exactly match the holes of the cans. The winner is the one with the most lids that exactly match the openings of the cans.
Piglets
For this competition, prepare some delicate dish - for example, jelly. The participants' task is to eat it as quickly as possible using matches or toothpicks.
Two-Bit
Each player gets a name, say, a cracker, a lollipop, an icicle, a garland, a needle, a flashlight, a snowdrift... The driver goes around everyone in a circle and asks various questions:
Firecracker.
What holiday is today?
Lollipop.
What do you have (pointing to your nose)?
Icicle.
What drips from the icicle?
Garland...
Each participant must answer any questions with their “name”, and “name” can be declined accordingly. Those answering questions should not laugh. Whoever laughs is eliminated from the game and gives away his forfeit. Then there is a drawing of tasks for forfeits.
Mask, I know you
The presenter puts the mask on the player. The player asks different questions to which he receives answers - hints:
Is this an animal?
Human?
Homemade?
Is she cackling?
Quacks?
It's a duck!
The person who guesses correctly is given the mask itself as a prize.
Harvest
The task of the players of each team is to move the oranges to a certain place as quickly as possible without using their hands. Santa Claus is the presenter. He gives the start and announces the winner.
Tear the newspaper
Santa Claus chooses 2 participants in the competition. The task is to tear the newspaper as quickly and as small as possible. With one hand, right or left, it doesn’t matter - tear the newspaper into small pieces, while the hand is extended forward, you cannot help with your free hand. Who will do the smallest job?
Fairy tale
When you have at least 5-10 guests (age does not matter), offer them this game. Take a children's book with a fairy tale (the simpler the better, “Ryaba Hen”, “Kolobok”, “Turnip”, “Teremok”, etc. are ideal). Choose a leader (he will be the reader). From the book, write down all the characters of the fairy tale on separate pieces of paper, including, if the number of people allows, trees, stumps, a river, buckets, etc. All guests pull out pieces of paper with roles. The presenter begins to read the fairy tale, and all the characters “come to life”....
Laughing
Any number of participants can play. All participants in the game, if it is a free area, form a large circle. In the center is the driver (Santa Claus) with a handkerchief in his hands. He throws the handkerchief up, while it flies to the ground, everyone laughs loudly, the handkerchief is on the ground - everyone calms down. As soon as the handkerchief touches the ground, this is where the laughter begins, and from the funniest we take a forfeit - this is a song, a poem, etc.
Rope
It is necessary that the majority of those gathered have not played it before. In an empty room, a long rope is taken and a labyrinth is stretched so that a person, while passing, crouches somewhere and steps somewhere. Having invited the next player from the next room, they explain to him that he must go through this labyrinth blindfolded, having first remembered the location of the rope. The audience will give him hints. When the player is blindfolded, the rope is removed. The player sets off, stepping and crawling under a non-existent rope. Spectators are asked in advance not to give away the secret of the game.
Roll
This game will help all your guests get to know each other. Guests sitting at the table pass a roll of toilet paper around. Each guest tears off as many scraps as he wants, the more the better. When each guest has a stack of scraps, the host announces the rules of the game: each guest must tell as many facts about himself as he has torn scraps.
With signs
Upon entering, each guest receives his new name - a piece of paper with the inscription is attached to his back (giraffe, hippopotamus, mountain eagle, bulldozer, bread slicer, rolling pin, cucumber, etc.). Each guest can read what the other guests are called, but, naturally, cannot read what he himself is called. The task of each guest is to find out his new name from the others throughout the evening. Guests can only answer “Yes” or “No” to questions. The first one to find out what is written on his piece of paper wins.
Joke game
All guests stand in a circle and put their hands on each other's shoulders. The presenter (Santa Claus) says “duck” or “goose” in everyone’s ear (in a scattered manner, say “duck” more players). Then he explains the rules of the game: “If I now say: “Goose,” then all the players whom I called so will tuck one leg. And if “Duck,” then the players whom I called “Duck” will tuck both legs.” You are guaranteed a heap.
Mysterious chest
Each of the two players has their own chest or suitcase, in which various items of clothing are folded. The players are blindfolded, and at the leader’s command they begin to put on things from the chest. The players' task is to dress up as quickly as possible.
Colors
The players stand in a circle. The presenter commands: “Touch yellow, one, two, three!” Players try to grab the thing (object, part of the body) of the other participants in the circle as quickly as possible. Those who do not have time are eliminated from the game. The presenter repeats the command again, but with a new color. The last one standing wins.
Ride the ball
All competition participants line up in teams of 3 people. Each “three” of players receives a tight volleyball. At the signal from the leader, one of the three players, supported by the elbows of two other players, steps on the ball and rolls it. The group that reaches the finish line first wins.
Draw the sun
This relay game involves teams, each of which lines up in a single column. At the start, in front of each team there are gymnastic sticks according to the number of players. A hoop is placed in front of each team, at a distance of 5-7 meters. The task of the relay participants is to take turns, at a signal, running out with sticks, placing them in rays around their hoop - “draw a sun.” The team that completes the task faster wins.
Fast walkers
Participants are asked to stand on the base of a dumbbell with one foot and push off the floor with the other to overcome a given distance.
Sculptors
Participants in the game are given plasticine or clay. The presenter shows or names a letter, and the players must, as quickly as possible, create an object whose name begins with this letter.
It's the other way around
Players are invited to try to draw or color something, but with their left hand, and those who are left-handed - with their right.
Crumple up the newspaper
Inventory: Newspapers by number of participants. Game: An unfolded newspaper is spread on the floor in front of the players. The task is to crumple the newspaper at the presenter’s signal, trying to collect the entire sheet into a fist. Winner: The participant who collects the newspaper into a ball the fastest.
Each participant in turn receives a card with a certain phrase, which will need to be depicted so that the others can guess what exactly the participant showed. Thus, the participant shows, the rest guess, then change to a new participant until everyone tries themselves in the role of an actor. Example phrases that cards may contain:
- poor student at the board;
- a crying child who wants to eat;
- angry dog;
- Santa Claus brought gifts;
- dance of little ducklings;
- the street is slippery, and so on.
And New Year is not New Year
Children sit or stand in a circle. Santa Claus or the presenter announces that now is the time to remember all the necessary things and objects that are elements of the holiday. In a circle, each participant takes turns naming one object. For example, a clock, a TV, a Christmas tree, a garland, Santa Claus, snow, a gift, and so on. A participant who cannot name the object is eliminated. The one who has the last word wins.
Secret for Santa Claus
The guys are divided into teams of about 10 people. Each team stands in a row, one after the other. The first participants receive a sheet - a letter, the information of which must be conveyed to Santa Claus, for example, on December 31 in the evening, hares and squirrels, deer and wolves, children and adults are waiting for you at the Christmas tree! At the “start” command, the first participants convey the information as they memorized to the second participant’s ear, trying to do it quickly and quietly so that the opponents do not hear, and so on in the chain. The team that is faster than the rest and, most importantly, correctly conveys the information to Santa Claus (that is, the last participant must say the original text of the letter) will win.
Savvy answer
The presenter asks questions that relate to New Year's characters and school subjects at the same time, and the children answer and the smarter and more interesting the answer, the better. For example: how is the Snowman related to geometry? (it consists of balls). How is Santa Claus related to geography? (he flies all over the world and delivers gifts to children at every point, so he must know geography to a solid 5). How is the Snow Maiden connected to the Russian language? (she signs birthday cards for children and must do it correctly). The more interesting the participant answers such questions, the greater his chances of becoming a winner.
New Year on one leg
All children stand at the Christmas tree and, at the command of the leader, take the “stand on one leg” pose. A funny New Year's song comes on and the guys start jumping - dancing on one leg without changing it. Whoever gives up is out, and whoever holds out until the end of the song wins.
Cap
Children stand in a circle and, to the music, they begin to pass the New Year's cap around in a circle. When the music stops, the participant who still has the cap in his hands puts it on his head and completes the task of Santa Claus. Usually, children prepare poems or songs for Grandfather in advance, so there are no overlaps here.
What is he like, this Santa Claus?
Elimination game. All participants stand in a circle. And, starting with any one (which will be considered the first after), the guys say one word of praise for Santa Claus. So, what is he like, our Santa Claus? Kind, magical, cheerful, beautiful, wise, sincere, generous, strong, good, bearded, mysterious, unusual and so on. Let the children show their imagination and tell everyone how they see the good wizard. And whoever doesn’t name is out. And the few guys who stay in the game until the end will receive the title of winner and prizes.
Happy New Year
The guys are divided into teams of 11 people, each participant is given a felt-tip pen or marker. For each team, easels with whatman paper are located at the same distance. Each participant must jump in a bag, like a wolf in the cartoon “Well, Wait a minute!” to the easel and write one letter at a time so that at the end you get the phrase “Happy New Year.” So, at the command “start”, the first participants jump in a bag to the easel and write the letter “C”, then jump back and pass the baton to the second participants, the second write the letter “N”, the third - “O” and so on. The team that finishes the relay faster and writes “Happy New Year” will win.
Remove all the needles from the tree
Two blindfolded participants stand in a circle of fans. 10 clothespins are attached to each participant's clothing. At the leader’s command, the guys must help each other get rid of the clothespins as quickly as possible. Everyone takes part in turn, with clothespins attached to different places each time.
Couple running
Guests of the holiday are divided into teams with the same even number of people. Then the participants are divided into pairs. The couple stands behind the couple in a row of their team. The first couples get one! a pair of felt boots. At the command “start”, one participant puts on the left felt boot, and the second – the right one and takes turns jumping forward on one leg all the way to the tree, and then turning around and back, passing the baton and felt boots to the second pair. It turns out that one participant in a pair jumps only on his left foot in felt boots, and the second participant only on his right. The team in which the pair's run in felt boots finishes faster and the first pair is again in first place will be the winner.
The most vivid impressions of the holiday, as a rule, are associated with games, fun activities, various funny “dressing up” and gifts. That is why everyone loves it so much when there is all this in abundance, when favorite games are played by favorite fairy tale characters, when they are showered with gifts, when they especially believe in miracles and fairy tales, because everyone on this holiday can reincarnate themselves into the hero of a fairy tale: Baba Yaga, Bogatyr or Thumbelina.
We offer our collection - New Year's games for children's parties, which can be carried out on family holiday or a matinee held in kindergarten or school. The organizer of these entertainments can be Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, the hosts of the holidays or parents.
New Year's game "Magic Chairs"
For this game, the chairs are arranged alternately with seats left and right. They seat the children on them and explain to them that when Santa Claus approaches any of them and touches him with his magic staff, he must stand up, grab Frost’s waist and repeat all his movements.
So after a couple of minutes, Santa Claus forms a rather impressive “tail” of boys and girls. Following the “prankster” Frost, children squat, jump, waddle and perform other funny movements.
But Grandfather, in a thunderous voice, notifies the children that now they must each quickly return to their place. And, by the way, he was in a hurry to take one of the chairs, so that while the kids were figuring out who was sitting where, there was no longer enough space for one of them. This child is out of the game. So that the baby does not get upset, the Snow Maiden should give him a small sweet prize and explain that soon another of his comrades will be left without a chair (the fact is that with each round one of them should quietly disappear from the row of chairs).
It is not at all necessary to bring the matter to one winner; four to five rounds are enough. You can sing a funny song with those children who “survived.”
Game "Throw the Snowball"
This little competition can be hosted by one of the fairy-tale characters or Father Frost and the Snow Maiden themselves. To do this, they will need a regular hoop for gymnastic exercises, entwined with Christmas tree tinsel. A mountain of cotton wool snowballs is placed nearby. It is better to divide the “snowballs” in half. Children will be taken from these two piles, and we will also divide them into two teams.
Their task: take a “snowball” from a “snowdrift” and, stopping at a special mark, try to throw it inside the hoop. The winner is not the team whose members throw the snowball into the hoop the fastest, but the one that hits the hoop the most times.
Game for children's party "Find a New Year's gift"
No more than four kids can participate in this almost detective game at a time.
Previously, the organizers of the holiday must draw four “paths” on the floor with multi-colored chalk, which would intersect each other, twist in zigzags, and run into different sides, that is, they were very dangerous and difficult routes.
In this case, each child is given a picture with an inscription and an image of the method of movement with which he must overcome his path: on all fours, single file, ten jumps on the left leg and ten jumps on the right leg, backwards forward.
The most important thing is that all the paths will lead to the Christmas tree, under which four gifts are hidden. It is better if one of them is larger - it is for the child who will be the first to reach the finish line. Let the other three be the same.
New Year's game "Gallery of portraits of Santa Claus"
Children love to draw, and they will definitely be pleased with the option of some unusual way of drawing. For example, invite children to portray Santa Claus with their left hand. Another option is to draw blindfolded. The third way to amuse the little ones is to invite them to make a drawing by holding a pencil or felt-tip pen in their teeth.
To make it interesting for all the children to watch the process, deploy five or six easels with sheets of paper attached to them into the room. Let the sheets be not just big, but huge. This will give the child the opportunity to express himself brighter and more fully.
Surely, each of the kids present will want to draw in one way or another, so it makes sense to use the above techniques in turn. It is also important to include a new melody each time so that children do not get tired of the monotony of sounds and lose interest in the process.
Naturally, the organizers will have to stock up on a large number of interesting gifts for this game, so that, in addition to creative satisfaction, each child will also receive material satisfaction.
Competition "Breath of Winter"
To conduct this competition, you will need to stock up on large snowflakes cut out of paper - participants in the mini-competition will blow them off the table.
There should be from three to five players, preferably both boys and girls.
Rules of the competition: snowflakes lying on the table, as at the start, must be blown off the table surface. However, the winner is declared not by the one who removes his snowflake from the table the fastest, but by the one whose snowflake falls to the floor later than everyone else. Thus, before the “start”, little players need to be hinted that the snowflake should float a little in the air.
As a prize, the child can be given mint candies or candies that would be associated with the name of the competition, for example, “Auntie Blizzard” or “Blizzard.”
Fun idea "Magic snowfall"
The host of this little fun venture should emphasize that the snowfall they are about to make is called magical, because it will be created by the hands of the children themselves. So, having intrigued her little guests, the presenter invites each of them to take a ball of cotton wool in their hands, fluff it up, throw it in the air and start blowing on the cotton wool from below so that a light “snowflake” begins to float in the air.
Those kids win - and there should be several winners! - whose “snowflake” can float as long or as high as possible.
Game "Harvest from snowflakes"
This game is suitable for very young children. It is better to use the Snowman in it, because this is the character that children associate with snow and fun at the same time.
So, explain to the kids that now they will be given magic baskets in which the snow does not melt. They need them in order to race to collect snowflakes. The Snowman demonstrates beautiful snowflakes pre-cut out of paper to the children. It is best to place them on a patterned tray.
Then, standing on a chair like a boy, the Snowman begins to throw snowflakes up. At this moment, the children need to turn on a pleasant melody and invite them to dance under this lacy snowfall. And then offer to collect snowflakes in magic baskets. Give the children two minutes, no more. The winner is the little one who is quicker than the rest and collects as many paper snowflakes as possible into his basket.
New Year's idea "Miracle Hat"
They play this fun game by forming a round dance. Father Frost or Snow Maiden begins. He or she takes off some funny hat from his or her head and places it on the head of a nearby child.
Explain to the children in advance that they take turns placing this hat on their neighbor's head. This will continue until the music stops or Santa Claus knocks with his magic staff. And the one who is wearing the miracle hat at that moment goes to the center and demonstrates any talent he has (must sing a song, recite a poem, ask a riddle, etc.).
Naturally, this child receives some kind of prize as a reward.
Entertainment "Talking Alphabet"
As an intellectual workout, you can invite children to play “Talking Alphabet.” Its conditions: Santa Claus pronounces a New Year's greeting that begins with the first letter of the alphabet: “Ali Baba sends you warm congratulations!”
The second participant - already one of the children - comes up with his own speech, but only for the second letter of the alphabet - “B”. for example, “Barmaley asked not to worry, he will not interfere with our New Year’s Eve!” and so on. Surely it will be especially interesting for children to receive prizes for the same letter that fell to them for congratulations; it will be especially fun for those who get b, b, y, etc. Here, of course, the organizers will have to work hard.
Entertainment for children's party"Funny Christmas tree"
It is most appropriate to organize such entertainment at a festival, since in this fun competition children will have to show good coordination of movements.
So, we put a small artificial Christmas tree in the middle of the hall. It comes with a box of decorations. However, toys should only be made of plastic so that children do not hurt themselves.
Three to four volunteers are called. They are blindfolded and in this state they are asked to decorate a Christmas tree. Father Frost and the Snow Maiden or other fairy-tale characters from the matinee can serve toys. It is advisable not to look for losers in the competition and give chocolate medals or Christmas tree balls to each child.
As a variant of this competition, we can offer the following form: we do not place a Christmas tree in the center of the hall, but, having handed the children a plastic toy, we turn them around its axis three times and ask them to walk and hang the decoration on the first “Christmas tree” they come across. The trick of the presenters should be to, while promoting the child, still direct him towards his comrades. Then, having reached one of the children, the little participant will certainly hang the toy on his ear, nose or button. Which will certainly cause friendly children's laughter.
Attention game "One, two, three!"
This game requires attentiveness and intelligence. It will certainly amuse children who are at least seven or eight years old: it uses numerals, so the child must be able to count.
Rules of the game: on a chair in the center of the circle formed by the players, there is a prize, decorated in a New Year's style. You can only grab it when you hear the number “three.” But the presenter will indulge in deception. He will try to say the word “three” several times, but will always add some ending. For example, “One, two, three... eleven!”, “One, two, three... a hundred!”, “One, two, three... twenty!”. And somewhere between these deceptions he should utter the cherished word “three”.
The prize will be given to the one who turns out to be the most attentive, it is better to encourage the others too, so as not to get upset.
New Year's game "Let's make a blizzard"