New Year's games for the whole family at home. New Year's competitions for toddlers and older children. Anyone sitting by is eliminated

New Year is a family holiday. The competitions proposed in the article will make your New Year the most fun and unforgettable. New games are offered that you will not find on the Internet.

New Year is a family holiday. We associate it with miracles. To make the very first night of the year truly wonderful, hold New Year's competitions. Funny, playful, original New Year's competitions will not make you bored in front of the TV. The game scenarios below are suitable for any family. They will help you forget old grievances and failures (which is what you need to do on this day), make your family more friendly and cheer you up, and also make your New Year the most fun and most memorable!

"FAMILY ABC"

A presentation of 30 slides is being prepared for the game. On the slides, all the letters of the Russian alphabet are placed in order in the headings. For each letter we come up with a word and place a picture depicting it under the corresponding letter.

Players are divided into pairs or each player plays for himself. They are given a blank piece of paper and a pen. The presenter shows the presentation, spending about 15 seconds on each slide. Players guess the words and write them down on a piece of paper. Those who guess the most words win.

Example: author, bouquet, height, Hermione Granger, “Girl on the Ball”, Eve, tree, foal, law, toys, Yorkshire cat, wing, barking, Masha and the Bear, reward, Orion, midnight, plain, serpentine, nebula, county, fireworks, Cheops, Tsarskoe Selo, purity, shaduf, sherbet, epigraph, jeweler, Yaga.

"SEARCH FOR GIFTS"

We all give gifts for the New Year. Make it original.
The facilitator gives the participants a note. This note encrypts the place where the next note lies (for example, a refrigerator, mirror, closet), the second note contains the place where the third note lies, etc. Participants guess words and look for notes. Hidden in the last note is a word indicating the place where the gifts are hidden.

Examples.

– The first *** appeared during the first human settlements. Primitive people adopted the experience of animals, climbing up the mountain along the so-called goat paths, reminiscent of gnarled ***. (Ladder)
- “What if *** decides that I don’t suit any of the faculties?” – thought Harry Potter. Harry suddenly imagined himself sitting on a stool with a *** on his head, how a minute passed, then another, and then ten and twenty, and it seemed like an eternity had already passed, and... everything was silent. He remains silent until Professor McGonagall rips it from Harry's head and tells him that apparently there has been a mistake and he better take the train back to London. (Hat)

"CROCODILE"

In this game, the leader prepares 2 types of cards with simple and complex words. A person is selected from among the guests (by choice or by lot). He selects a card type and draws a word. Next, he tries to explain this word with gestures, facial expressions, and postures. You cannot say it out loud or point to objects that indicate an elongated word. Other players must guess what is being shown to them. After the word has been guessed, another “explainer” is selected, etc. The winner is determined in different ways. For example, you can sum up points for the type of card (more points are given for complex words), for the time or quality of explanation, the number of words explained, etc.

Examples of words.

Simple: centimeter, mask, cabbage, parrot, whale, trunk, crocodile, hoop, spaghetti, Russia, smoke, height, barking, boredom, search, scratch, mathematics, dream, swarm, rat, paper clip, cheese, time, snow, moose cup , frost, brother, cranberry, cranberry, jelly, carriage, flag and others.

"MOVIE CONFIDENT"

All players sit in a circle. Everyone takes turns naming a movie that is associated with the New Year. If the player does not know, he is eliminated from the game. The one who knows the most New Year's films wins.

Examples:“The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!”, “The Irony of Fate. Continuation", "New Year's Tariff", "Sorcerers" and others.

"HAT"

Guests are divided into pairs. Each person writes 10-30 words on separate pieces of paper, which can be explained in 12 seconds. All words are put into a hat (cap, shallow vase) and mixed. Couples sit opposite each other in a circle. The hat is passed on to the participants one by one. The player takes out a piece of paper and the time is noted for 12 seconds. During this time, the player tries to explain the word to his partner, without pointing at it if the object is in the room, and without using words of the same root. Your partner guesses it. If the word is guessed and the time has not expired, you can get another word. If the player cannot explain the word, then it is put back into the hat and passed on to the next person. When all the words have been guessed, the game ends. The pair with the most guessed words wins.

"GOALS FOR THE NEW YEAR"

The guests sit in a circle. The first person writes on a piece of paper: “I, Vadim, want to make *** (goal) next year.” The piece of paper is folded so that what is written is not visible, and is passed to the neighbor on the right. The neighbor on the right writes: “because *** (indicate the reason). I, Valentina, want to make *** (goal) next year.” The sheet is folded again and passed to the neighbor on the right. The last entry is made by the first person, writing the reason for the last person's desired goal. The sheet is given to the presenter or any participant and read aloud. As a rule, the text turns out to be very funny.

“WHO IS THIS, WHO?”

From all those gathered, a person is selected who knows all the guests. He is blindfolded and given thick Santa Claus gloves. The guests approach him one by one, and he must guess by touch who is standing next to him.

New Year holidays are approaching. They are associated with the smell of tangerines, the aroma of pine needles, long-awaited meetings with family, pleasant gifts and, of course, fun entertainment on New Year's Eve. In addition, the coming year of the Dog, which is an active and cheerful animal. To get the most out of the New Year, as well as to please the symbol of the year, add New Year's competitions for the whole family to the holiday program. In this article we will look at what competitions for the New Year 2018, New Year's games and entertainment for the family you can hold at home.

In order to hold interesting competitions, you don’t necessarily need a lot of free space. You can hold fun and funny competitions even at the table. Both adults and children of all ages can participate in the competitions. To hold competitions, you should prepare various equipment, as well as small souvenirs that will be gifts to the winners of the competitions.

Hat of wishes

A wonderful competition that is ideal for groups of different ages. For the competition, you should prepare a large hat, for example, a Santa Claus hat. You need to put the names of everyone present at the holiday in it. Another hat should contain wishes for guests. After which the host takes out one piece of paper with the guest’s name and one with a wish for him. Such a competition can be held using only pieces of paper with wishes. In this case, the guest must pull them out himself.

Signature

This competition is ideal for a large company that loves to sing. It can also be done at the table. Words that are related to the New Year are written on the pieces of paper, for example, snow, blizzard, Christmas tree, Santa Claus or winter. If there are many participants in the competition, some words can be written several times. Each participant in the competition takes turns taking out a piece of paper with a word and must sing a song in which this word appears. If he cannot remember the song, he is eliminated from the competition. The game continues until one participant remains.

What can't New Year be without?

This is one of the great competitions that is great for the whole family and can still be done in a small space or even around a table. The question is asked: “Without what there cannot be a New Year?” Everyone present in a circle names the irreplaceable attributes of the holiday: Santa Claus, snow, Olivier salad, gifts, Christmas tree, etc. The competition ends when the participants have no answer options left. As a rule, friendship wins in such a competition, but the most active participant can be given a small souvenir.

Games for the New Year 2018 for the family

To have a fun and unusual time on New Year's Eve, be sure to prepare interesting games for the family for the New Year 2018. They can be both active and intellectual. The main thing is that it is fun and interesting for all participants of the holiday.

Christmas tree decoration

This game is about decorating a Christmas tree using a fishing rod. In this case, guests should divide into two teams, each of which will decorate their own artificial Christmas tree. Plastic decorations, candies, pine cones and other unbreakable items can be used as decorations for the Christmas tree. Each team must decorate their Christmas tree as quickly as possible. However, you cannot touch the toys and the Christmas tree with your hands. You can use a fishing rod or other long object. You can also add one more stage of the competition, which is to remove the toys from the Christmas tree. The winning team must be given small prizes, especially to its smallest and most active participants.

New Year's snowstorm

Four participants are selected for the competition. The essence of the game is to blow the snowflake off the table. Participants sit opposite each side of the table. Each of them is given a paper snowflake. To make the competition even more fun, you can put Santa Claus hats on the contestants’ heads. The point of the game is to blow a snowflake onto the opposite side of the table. The participant with the strongest lungs receives a prize. The game can be played several times with different participants.

Street games

If there is a lot of snow on New Year's Eve, then this is a wonderful reason to hold family competitions for the New Year in the fresh air. One of these games is making an original snow woman. In this case, all participants are divided into two teams. You can also sculpt a woman at speed. You should first prepare decorations for the snowman, for example, carrots, old buckets and scarves, brooms and other traditional and original elements.

New Year's fun for the family at home

If you are planning to celebrate the New Year in a close family circle or in the company of friends with children, be sure to prepare fun games and competitions that will help make the holiday unforgettable. You can hold such competitions even in a small room, the main thing is to prepare the necessary props and small souvenirs.

New Year's concert

Before the holiday begins, the host must give each of the guests a task. It is advisable to warn everyone separately so that the task is a surprise for everyone. On a piece of paper you need to write the task, as well as the exact time when it should be completed. For example, at 01.15 you need to sing any New Year’s song, or at 00.05, in the voice of Santa Claus, invite everyone present to go out into the fresh air. Such a competition will attract all guests and family members, and will also make the evening eventful and fun.

Theater performance

This competition is suitable for a large company. Those interested are divided into two teams to show a popular fairy tale. One of the participants is appointed as a director, the rest as actors. Whose fairy tale turns out to be funnier, that team wins.

Ask any child what their favorite holiday is and you will hear a unanimous opinion, of course - New Year. Everyone is waiting for this day, or rather night, like a miracle. After all, Grandfather Frost will come to them and fulfill their most cherished desires.

To prevent young guests from getting bored in an adult company, you should think through an event plan for them too. New Year's games for families can be very different: active, calm, intellectual, but this will depend on the age and temperament of those who gather at the festive table. The main thing is to celebrate 2020 with your family and loved ones, and not in a work environment.

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Entertainment for the little ones

New Year's family games for the little ones have long existed in nature. They are harmless and fun, the main thing is not to forget that these games are for children and adults. Children should never be left alone, so parents are assigned significant roles in the children's feast.

"Guess the size"

Everyone is lined up in a semicircle and a leader is chosen, who makes a wish for an inanimate or animate object, and the players show its size.

Eg:

What elephant? They answer - big and raise their hands up.
What kind of fly? They answer - small and sit down.
What kind of house?
And what kind of sandal?
Balloon - what kind?
What kind of soccer ball is it?

After a couple of words (depending on the number of children), the presenter should be changed so that everyone can try themselves in this role.

"Bunny"

From the parents whose families are present at the festive table, a leader and a person who will be the fox are selected. And the kids will be bunnies. The one who leads says the following words:

“Our bunnies are jumping around the big lawn, stamping their little feet, clapping their little hands.”

At this time, the little ones repeat what is spoken to them. The author continues:

“Here comes the fox, the cunning sister. Come on, the bunnies, they immediately ran across the lawn!”

And the fox catches the hares. You can choose a fox from teenagers, if they succeed.

Games with fabric

For these family entertainments, you will need two parents and a four-meter white cloth that will play one role or another.

"Snowdrift"

The men, stretching the material lengthwise, holding it tightly at the 4 ends, raise and lower it, as if shaking it. Everyone gets in line and tries to run under or over the fabric. The one who gets caught will be wrapped in cloth and tickled. Of course, you should be very careful with tickling, because we are talking about fragile children.

"Buran"

The presenter needs to be told that when there is a strong snowstorm in winter, a person can even be torn off the ground and carried away. Two men hold a piece of material at both ends, catch the baby in it and swing him like in a hammock. They get incredible pleasure from this adventure.

"Volleyball"

We inflate at least ten balloons. Children are divided into teams; if there are few of them, you can invite parents or other family members. Two people stretch the fabric like a volleyball net. Let's launch the balls. The condition is this: the balls must always be in the air, the fall of the ball is minus a point. Children are ready to play this game for at least 20 minutes.

Mobile competitions for the New Year holiday

Family workshops

You can also come up with various creative workshops for little people. For example, this could be a workshop:

sculpting;
applications;
little cooks: you can make a salad or pizza together (of course, all the ingredients will need to be prepared in advance).
New Year's toys;
noise orchestra.
New Year's poster.

All props must be safe and already prepared for the arrival of guests for a family celebration.

Finally

Both family table games and outdoor games are prepared in advance. You can involve all adults in the preparation by giving them tasks. Since we're dealing with kids, don't forget about the prizes. We should not forget that children become overtired in the process of having fun and get tired quickly. 40-60 minutes of active action will be enough for them. Then you can feed them and move on to intellectual or creative games for children and adults.

What could be better than celebrating the New Year with your family, together with your loved ones? How interesting is it to organize a family New Year's holiday if married couples and children gather in the company circle? What games and competitions are best to choose for the New Year? If you are racking your brains over these questions, don’t worry, we will tell you a way to have a fun way to celebrate the family New Year and offer a New Year’s scenario for adults and children.

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NEW YEAR IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE

Let's think about how and what are the best family New Year's competitions and family games for the New Year to organize. Firstly, you need to take into account the number of participants in the holiday and their age, of course. Secondly, think over a menu for the festive New Year's table that is suitable for everyone. It’s good if the table setting is appropriate, for example, small children don’t necessarily need to watch adults drink alcohol, so bottles and glasses for alcohol can be “disguised” with the same tinsel. The main thing is not to forget to do the same for children, making juices and compotes even more attractive for them than for adults. You will not have any problems with this at all if you decide to organize a family New Year's holiday in the form of a themed party. For example, a New Year’s scenario for adults and children based on the fairy tale “Alice in Wonderland” (everyone will drink from the tea set, and you yourself will figure out what to pour into the “teapot for adults”) or “Treasure Island” (all the pirates drink “ rum"), etc.

The most important thing for the holiday is family games and competitions for the New Year. It’s not difficult to come up with them for a themed party - based on the plot chosen for the script. And if your friendly group doesn’t really like dressing up and pretending, then the New Year’s scenario for adults and children can be arbitrary, the main thing is that everyone has fun. It is better to start such entertainment when celebrating the New Year with your family from approximately 21.00 in the evening in order to celebrate the New Year in an enthusiastic mood. By midnight, the kids will be tired enough to go to bed right after the chimes and let the adults have a blast! And so, a New Year's scenario for adults and children.

NEW YEAR SCENARIO: FAMILY NEW YEAR

To begin with, you can give everyone a piece of paper and a pen so that they describe the most significant event of the outgoing year and their cherished dream for the coming New Year. Little kids can draw this. All the leaves are put into a box, which together is beautifully decorated with pictures, snowflakes, tinsel, etc. The box is sealed with tape and put aside until the next New Year to open it in the family circle, read it and fill it with new contents. Children will really like this activity, and parents will be interested in looking into it later, remembering the family New Year and saving children's doodles for a long time.

Let's imagine that there are a lot of guests and you need to organize a family New Year's party with games and competitions for everyone. If there are, for example, about twenty of you, then you need to prepare in advance for the participants of the evening:

1. 10 sticks,
2. 10 brooms (mini-applications similar to the “broom” emblem),
3. 20 homemade envelopes;
4. about a hundred snow balls, rolled them out of cotton wool yourself;
5. Applique Christmas trees that act as a medal for each victory in the competition;
6. balloons, newspapers, confetti, ice cream, prizes for competitions, etc.

We place sticks and brooms into the prepared envelopes, and put the envelopes themselves into a hat. When the time comes to hold family New Year competitions and family games for the New Year, we distribute envelopes to the guests. Those who received a wand become members of the “Fir-trees-sticks” team, others become members of the “Fir-trees-brooms” team (you can get creative with the names and attributes). Applications indicating membership in a particular team can be attached to clothing with a pin.

Family competitions for the New Year: “Competition for the best New Year’s costume.”

Buy toilet paper, masks, glasses, noses, jewelry in bulk in advance, pick up old dresses, scarves, skirts, etc. Next, the teams draw lots for who to prepare which costume. For example, you can wish for costumes of the Snow Maiden, a clown, an Indian, or a pirate. Whoever did it better and funnier gets a prize Christmas tree.

Family competitions for the New Year: “Frosty Breath”.

This competition will be more interesting for children. Paper snowflakes are laid out in one row on the table. Participants must blow on them so that they fall from the table to the floor. When all the snowflakes fall, we surprise the competition participants by informing them that the contestant whose snowflake fell the last won. That is, he has the most “frosty breath”; he froze a snowflake to the table.

Family New Year's singing competitions: "Song from a hat."

Put small notes in the hat with just one word written on them, for example: Santa Claus, icicle, frost, Christmas tree, etc. Each member of the teams takes turns taking notes out of their hats and performing a song or fragment of a song whose text contains the word written in the note - always winter or New Year's! Whichever team gives up first and cannot remember the right song loses.

Family games for the New Year: “Snowball fight.”

Hand out snowballs made from cotton wool to the teams. At the command of the presenter, as soon as the cheerful music starts, everyone begins to throw snowballs at each other. When the host turns off the music, the task of the participants becomes to collect as many snowballs as possible, both their own and their opponents. The team that collects the most snowballs receives a prize Christmas tree. Don’t rush to turn off the music, let adults and children play a little - throwing snowballs is always fun, even if they are not real.

Competition for adults and children: “New Year’s competitions - riddles.”

The presenter asks the teams one by one riddles or simply asks questions on topics related to the New Year. The winner is the team that gives the most correct answers. Riddles and questions can be anything, but preferably fun, and so that they are suitable for adults and children, so that they are interesting for both adults and children to guess, that is, alternate their complexity and “adultness”.
: 4 months pregnant, 5 months pregnant, 6 months pregnant

Examples of riddles for the family New Year:

– Sewn with white, soft thread. First he walks, then he lies down. And then it will flow and disappear without a trace. What is this?
(ANSWER: snow)

“If you shout for a very long time and very loudly on New Year’s Day with the whole honest company, then she will certainly come.”
(ANSWER: police)

“We go to bed in the evening and don’t open our eyes until the morning, all in order to see these fabulous miracles.”
(ANSWER: sleep)

– What is the name of Marina Petrovna’s father?
(ANSWER: Petya)

- It’s frosty inside, It can store a lot of things, It’s spacious for pots and jars, But not for raincoats and suits.
(ANSWER: refrigerator)

– What happens if you turn right three times?
(ANSWER: turn left)

- Geese are flying across the sky: 2 behind and 1 in front, 2 in front and one behind, and one between two, and three in one row. How many geese are flying across the sky?
(ANSWER: 3 geese, one after another)

– What is male pattern baldness?
(ANSWER: Replacing combing with washing)

– Can an ostrich call itself a bird?
(ANSWER: no, he cannot speak).

Family games for the New Year: “Chain” competition.

All team members play, each standing in his own chain, alternating between “boy” and “girl”. Each participant takes a match between his teeth. The first one puts a ring on the match. The point of the game is to pass the ring along the chain - one after another, from match to match, without helping with your hands! And so on, until the last participant. Whichever team completed it faster won.

Funny family New Year's competitions: "Grandfather was involved."

Prepare two texts in advance about the New Year and the adventures of Santa Claus - at your discretion. In these texts, all adjectives must be omitted. Print them out so that there are blank spaces where the adjectives are. Do not show them to participants and do not reveal the essence of the game. Let the players take turns naming any adjectives, the presenter will write them in the empty spaces in the text. Then the presenter will read what happened. As a rule, it turns out to be very funny, and whoever has the funniest story is the winner.

Family New Year's entertainment: "Literary competition."

The essence of the game is to come up with the funniest continuation of a line in rhyme on the theme of the New 2014 Year of the Horse. The teams are given identical sentences, written in advance on sheets of paper, and in 10 minutes they must come up with original endings for them. Sentences and endings can be different, for example:

1. After New Year’s Eve... – In the morning Vova doesn’t want to get up.
2. Well, we waited for the gifts... - And we got into a fight with my sister.
3. Grandfather Frost has arrived... - “Wait” will kiss someone.
4. The chimes struck twelve... - It’s time for a hundred grams and... to bed!
5. We will decorate the Christmas tree together... - Do we need to sleep somewhere in the morning?
6. The year of the Horse has come... - Let's ride,... laugh...

The answers are compared, and those who have the funniest and most original ones receive a prize Christmas tree.

Games for the New Year: “It was my ball!!!”

One representative per team participates in this competition. They are given one New Year's inflatable ball, which is tied to the left leg of the participants. At the leader's command, they must try to crush the opponent's ball with their right foot. It is recommended to play in indoor shoes (participants wearing stiletto heels or canvas boots are not allowed to participate in the competition!). The winner is the one who “bursts” the opponent’s ball with his foot faster. You can use everyone one by one, counting the winning points.

New Year's family games: "Who will jump into the New Year better."

We invite participants to jump into the New Year. To do this, teams are paired up, one from each, taking into account age and height. Participants stand in one line and jump. The winner is the one who jumps the farthest. It’s not worth continuing the competition for a long time - the neighbors below may “not like it.”

Dance competitions for the New Year: “Competition for the best dancer.”

The participants of each fun team are divided into pairs. They have a difficult dance ahead of them. A newspaper is placed under each couple's feet and the music is turned on. Participants need to dance in such a way as not to step over the edge of the newspaper. Then the task becomes more complicated - the newspaper is folded in half and the couples need to dance on these halves. Then we fold the newspaper again, and again... until there is only one pair left that can be held on a small piece of newspaper paper.

Next, the New Year's scenario for adults and children involves a dance disco, awarding the winners with symbolic prizes, and maybe a comic punishment of the losers - at your discretion. The fun New Year's party for adults and children continues! After the holiday fatigue finally wears off the kids, the adults can continue!

And a little more about how unexpectedly funny a New Year’s holiday scenario can be: