The traditional and still best solution would be to spend the New Year with your family, where only your favorite and closest people are present. But it will still be boring to just sit at the table and watch an endless stream of entertaining television programs. It is much more interesting to organize some exciting New Year's competitions for the whole family at home, in which both adults and children can participate equally. By organizing New Year's competitions for children and adults, you can unite your family even closer and make this winter holiday even more magical and unforgettable.
"Relay of Memories"
Usually, before the New Year, people say goodbye to the outgoing year, summing up its results. This can be turned into a game. Let everyone quickly and briefly name the most pleasant moments that happened to him in the past year, and pass the baton to someone else. The one who could not quickly pick it up and continue with his memories becomes a loser, but for this he is awarded the title of “lucky person of 2017.” At the same time, the display of a sense of humor by those gathered is encouraged.
"Draw a dream"
When choosing New Year's competitions for a small company, you can pay attention to the following. Participants are provided with sheets of paper and markers, crayons or pencils. They are then blindfolded and must then blindly try to draw their dream. When all the participants have finished their work, they take off their bandages and, together with other guests, try to guess what kind of dream was depicted on each canvas. The winner of the competition receives a small prize, and the rest of the artists can only believe that their dreams will come true in the coming year.
"Not a word of truth"
The presenter for this competition must prepare in advance many questions on New Year's themes, for example:
- which plant is most often decorated for the New Year;
- who is customary to sculpt from snow;
- what is our most “New Year’s” film;
- that on New Year's Eve rushes into the sky;
- whose year begins according to the Chinese calendar;
- who we see on television screens last in the past year.
In family competitions at the table for the New Year, you can include questions about the habits of guests or New Year’s traditions among different nations. In general, the more questions there are and the more diverse they are, the more interesting participation in this competition will be for everyone.
The host must quickly and decisively ask his questions, and the guests must answer them in such a way that there is not a word of truth. The unwary player who tells the truth will receive a forfeit - to sing a song, read a poem, or fulfill the wish of one of the participants, just as it happens in the classic game of forfeit.
Conditions of the first competition or how to organize a concert
First, you must gather around the table. Have dinner, see off the old year, welcome the new one. As soon as you notice that the guests are full and starting to get bored, invite them to continue the holiday in a more cheerful way.
If you have the opportunity to find a Santa Claus costume, then you can invite one of the men to act as this character in advance. To do this, you need to quietly recall the applicant for this role and help him put on a suit. Then he must ring the doorbell. Guests go to meet him, or he enters the room himself. Behind his back he holds a bag with prepared gifts. In his other hand he has a bag in which pieces of paper with the inscriptions of competition numbers are folded. Santa Claus invites each guest in turn to pull out one of the sheets. If the number is intended for a couple, then they draw one piece of paper for two.
If there is no Santa Claus costume, then you can bring a bag of gifts and distribute the worksheets yourself. In turn, each pair or speaker goes into another room or corridor. Here the organizer hands them costumes prepared in advance: scarves, skirts, pants, dresses, scarves. Those that you think are suitable for this number. It's okay if you don't have a perfect match with the theme. The more ridiculous the costume, the merrier.
The presenter announces the first number. For example, he says: “And now famous dancers who won the Grand Prix at the competition in San Remo will perform before you. They will perform Russian dance."
A disguised couple or one of the guests in a “Russian costume” enters the room. At this time, the organizer turns on suitable music. The composition may be incomplete, the main thing is that the guests have time to laugh to their heart's content.
Advice! Choose a room for each guest that he can handle. For example, for older people this could be a poem or a verse from a song written on a piece of paper.
So, all the guests speak one after another. At the end, everyone is given a gift. The main thing is that everyone can express themselves and their talents. Otherwise the others will get bored. It is prohibited to refuse to perform the number.
Don't forget to videotape your guests' performances. Then you will be happy to get together more than once and remember the wonderful New Year's Eve.
"New Year's Talisman"
When thinking over a scenario for the New Year in the family, competitions can be chosen with a creative twist. For example, make a New Year's talisman from office supplies (tape, pins, paper clips), plasticine and even food. Each participant in the competition is offered the task of making a talisman for one of the participants in the feast from the materials provided in 2-3 minutes. The winner is the one who not only designed the most impressive talisman, but also accompanied it with the most convincing or original explanation of why it is needed.
Lazy dancing
Props: New Year's dance music, chairs.
The presenter arranges chairs along the wall, and the competition participants sit on them. The presenter himself sits down in front of them. Then, to the music, the participants must repeat the dance movements behind the leader, without getting up from the chair: first we dance with our lips, then with our elbows, knees, eyes, shoulders, toes, and so on. From the outside, this dance looks very funny and unusual. The participant who dances the best lazy dance wins.
"Remembering the Alphabet"
You can include such entertainment in New Year's competitions for an adult company. At the height of the feast, the host turns to the guests and says that he has taken so much that he has already forgotten the alphabet. On this occasion, he suggests raising glasses and making toasts to the New Year, which should begin in alphabetical order. Next comes the turn of the guests, who must invent toasts, starting with the letter “A” and further alphabetically. For example, these:
- Shouldn't we do it again for the New Year?
- Be healthy in the coming year!
- To your health!
- Brilliant thoughts to everyone this year!
When the audience is exhausted and the last toast is said, everyone should vote for the most successful or funniest toast and drink to the health of its author.
Entertainment for the New Year - a win-win lottery
Think in advance about what gifts you can offer to win.
Advice! If you're on a budget, you can throw the party together. Spend some of this money on gifts.
In addition, the organizer can invest himself, and then, through the sale of lottery tickets, recoup the costs. You need to buy some fun little souvenirs. It can be:
- calendars, decorative candles, lanterns, fragrant soap, Christmas tree decorations;
- talismans, coin purses, pencils and pens, notepads, mugs, cream, etc.;
- more expensive gifts for family and friends: champagne, boxes of chocolates, household appliances.
It all depends on the age of the guests and their preferences.
The amount spent on gifts is calculated and divided by the total number of prizes. This will be the price of one ticket. For example, if you spent 1 thousand rubles and bought 20 gifts, then one ticket will cost 50 rubles. You need to write the name of the gift on separate pieces of paper. Then the notes are placed in any suitable container. Each participant buys a ticket and pulls out a note with the name of the prize.
All you have to do is hand it over and congratulate the player. Lottery prizes can be placed on a separate table for everyone to see. Or, conversely, hide it in a gift bag.
“Make your favorite cabbage”
Agree that the funniest new competitions for adults for the New Year should be held with the participation of couples. The essence of the entertainment is that one of the couple is blindfolded, after which he must blindly dress up his partner. Here you will need preliminary preparation - you need to put a variety of clothes in a large bag, preferably incompatible in style, color, etc. Thanks to this, the “outfit” will turn out to be very funny, it will cause fun among all the guests.
You can add competitive principles to this game by having different couples compete in dressing speed. And after the competition is over, until the wonderful outfits are taken off, you can pose in them for the camera.
Photo competition for the New Year for a fun company or for a family
Photo competitions are always a lot of fun. Organize your preparations for it in advance. You can come up with some fun characters that can be created with the right props. Prepare old clothes, costumes, wigs, masks, noses with mustaches, jewelry. Set aside a space in the room for a photo zone. For example, you can place a chair against the background of curtains or against the backdrop of a lit Christmas tree. All attributes can be put in a bag.
Each guest takes turns pulling one piece of clothing from the bag. The contents of the bag are then removed. And everyone chooses a suit that matches the chosen item. For example, they pulled out a blue wig. Find a dress and become Malvina. We found a long nose with an elastic band - we are looking for striped stockings and a red jacket. It's okay if you don't have all the parts you need in your arsenal. Complete your wardrobe with what you have. The funnier the photo contest will be.
Then the guests dress up and take turns sitting on a chair. The pictures will come out amazing, and you will have something to remember later. The one whose idea turns out to be the funniest will win and receive a prize.
"Snowballs"
Everyone's favorite funny New Year's competitions for children and adults, such as snowball fights, are especially win-win. Moreover, you can give yourself such pleasure without going outside. A large pile of old newspapers must be placed in front of each participant, after which the presenter times the time of 1 minute, during which the competitors must make as big a snowball as possible.
There is also a more dynamic version of the snowball fight, which is designed for accuracy. At the same time, the participants should be seated in a row and a personal bucket should be placed at an equal distance from each. Then, on command, everyone begins to crumple newspapers, forming “snowballs” and throwing them into their basket. After a minute or two, the game stops and the baskets are checked - the winner is the one whose catch is richer.
"Frost Breath"
For this fun activity, you need to line up everyone in front of an empty table, on which you place small snowflakes cut out of paper. Then, on command, all participants begin to blow as hard as they can on their snowflakes, trying to make them fall from the opposite end of the table. As soon as the last snowflake falls from the table, the competition ends. And the winner unexpectedly turns out to be the one whose snowflake lasted the longest on the table - all thanks to his frosty breath, because of which it froze to the table.
Be sure to take a couple of competitions from our article “Children’s competitions for the New Year”, then neither adults nor children will be bored.
Pregnant
Props: Large inflatable balloons, tape, matches.
The presenter selects several men, attaches one large inflatable ball to each of their stomachs using tape and scatters matches on the floor. The task of the men is to collect matches by bending over, trying not to burst the ball. You cannot get on all fours and crawl. Whoever's balloon burst is knocked out of the game. The man who collects a large number of matches and remains with a whole ball wins.
"Secret Name"
Family New Year competitions on this topic can have two options. On the back of each family member participating in the game you need to attach a piece of paper on which his new name will be written (you can use the name of an animal or the name of a well-known person). And then, throughout the New Year's evening, all those gathered can hint to each other about new names. The one who is the first to guess what his name is now will be the winner of this fun competition.
In the second version of this game, everyone can ask leading questions about their name, but should only receive monosyllabic answers like “yes” or “no.” In the end, he will be able to guess his new name and then the turn to guess goes to the other player.
Masquerade
Props: A large bag, a variety of clothes, music that plays no longer than a minute.
Friends stand in a circle, in the center stands the leader with a huge bag containing a wide variety of clothes from underwear to outerwear. When the music turns on, everyone dances around the presenter, and he spins around an axis with his eyes closed; when the music stops, everyone stops. In front of whom the presenter stops with his face, he must, with his eyes closed, take the clothes out of the bag by touch and put them on himself. The lighter the package becomes, the funnier the company is dressed, leading a round dance around the leader.
"MPS"
When choosing intellectual and funny New Year's competitions for the family at the table, you cannot pass by this entertainment:
A volunteer is selected from among the participants. The rules of the game are explained to all participants in the game - the guesser can ask any questions to anyone sitting at the table in any order, but will only receive “yes” and “no” answers. You should also not try to guess what MPS is by letter. Then the player leaves the room for a minute, and all participants are explained what an MPS is - this is my right neighbor. That is, each person sitting at the table should, when answering a question, keep in mind his neighbor to the right. Since each participant in the game has his own right neighbor, the answers to the same questions from different participants can be different (for example, for some it is a man, and for others it is a woman), which only confuses the guessing player. By the way, not everyone, in the end, manages to guess what MPS is.
Take a look at our article “Competitions for a New Year’s corporate party” - perhaps in it you will also find suitable competitions for the family circle.
Competitions and games for an adult company
Entertainment for adults can be more liberated and may involve alcohol consumption or sharp humor. But there must be boundaries in everything.
Bartender competition
To do this, you will need a variety of different drinks and alcohol, straws, elements for decorations (cherries, umbrellas) and fruits. Male participants and female judges, in any number, are chosen from the guests. Next, the glasses are numbered, and each participant makes his own unique cocktail. You have a minute to prepare. Women should not see the whole process. Only upon completion, the judges evaluate the taste and design of the cocktail by numbers, without knowing the author. Wins in 2 categories - taste and presentation.
Game "Over the Edge"
They take a glass and pass it from guest to guest in turn.
Everyone should pour any liquid into it - whether alcoholic or not. Anyone who has a glass that is completely filled and when, when filling it, the contents overflow, must drink a “collective cocktail” and say a toast. Interesting!
In alcohol competitions, a collective or signature cocktail can turn out to be quite a tasty and original drink.
"Funny Numbers"
Everyone celebrating the holiday should be given a piece of paper and a pencil so that everyone can write any number. After this, the presenter begins to voice questions addressed to each specific person, and the answer will be the number written on the piece of paper. This requires appropriate questions such as:
- What time do you get up?
- How old are you?
- How many chili peppers can you eat in one sitting?
"Twins"
This game can be considered one of the funniest New Year competitions for the family. Couples of different generations should participate here: mother and son or father and daughter. The couple hugs the waist with one hand, while the other two hands remain free. In this state, the “Siamese twins” will need to cut out the figure: one will have to hold the paper, and the other will have to manipulate the scissors. The “Shiva” whose figurine turns out to be more successful will win.
Do you organize New Year's competitions for the whole family? Which of the above competitions did you like the most? Share your opinion in the comments.
Sniper
Props: Plastic cup, tape, coins.
Two or more teams of two people are selected: a man and a woman. A man is taped to a plastic cup in his abdomen. The woman is given ten coins. Then the couple is placed at a distance of three or more meters from each other. The woman must put all the coins into the glass. A man can move his stomach and hips to help the coin hit the target, but he cannot take steps and catch coins with his hands. The team that throws a large number of coins at the target wins.
