Issues discussed in the material:
- How to organize games for Older Person's Day
- What games to come up with for Older Person's Day
- How to come up with fun games for Older Person's Day
- What outdoor games are suitable for the Day of the Elderly?
Life does not end at old age. In retirement, you can remain active, contrary to the prevailing stereotype that old people while away their days alone with TV. Older people just need to want to have fun, and they will be able to organize their own leisure time. For example, take part in quizzes and competitions, for which special skills, abilities or special qualities are completely optional. Competitions and games for the day of the elderly will open up the opportunity for old people to communicate with each other, this will lift their spirits and give them strength.
How to come up with fun games for older people at the holidays
For older people, games in which you can show your mental abilities are more suitable than demonstrating dexterity, strength, and speed of reaction, these qualities are inherent in young people. Pensioners will be happy to take part in intellectual games and competitions, and if you add humor to them, this will give a fun and relaxed character to the event.
For the male half, you can play a game, the essence of which is that the participants must make tools or fishing gear from scrap materials. And don’t be surprised when you discover that the first place will be taken by a grandfather of a very advanced age.
Older men are very gallant, so you can rely on this quality and come up with interesting games for the Day of the Elderly. Invite the gentlemen to court the ladies, show them signs of attention, seeking their favor.
Competitions in which they can demonstrate their handicraft skills are suitable for the female part of the audience. As an assignment, you can offer to knit a blanket from pieces of clothing or create a pattern with the help of team members and twine. Ladies are more willing to take part in competitions, so you can organize a knockout dance game. When holding such events, always take into account the age characteristics of the participants.
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Add-ons
In total, during the existence of the game, three additions were released, which are equally suitable for all editions of the game:
- Basic expansion - it contains two hundred new cards. They are all even more evil and nasty than you could imagine. If you wish, you can play the expansion without the base set, but there will be significantly fewer versions for answers and questions. If you're confident in your wit, add alcohol to the game and drink a glass for every point you get. See which of those gathered at the table can reach the end.
- The red set is another expansion to the main set. The set includes two hundred new cards to make the evening even more fun and crazier. New characters will be added to the game, in the form of Woodpeckers. A drunken crew of a Russian tank will be waiting for you at every corner, and three-meter kryptonite bolts will be just waiting for the moment to test your sense of humor.
- Black Set - Get 200 cards to make your answers even more absurd. All one hundred and sixty white sheets will add to the solutions of madness, and forty red questions will amaze with their inadequacy. With the addition, the already familiar set will acquire new colors and turn the evening into a party of uncontrollable laughter.
Set with new cards
Intellectual games for the Day of the Elderly
On the Day of the Elderly, you should choose intellectual games that can be played at a measured pace. It is imperative to organize the event so that participants have the opportunity to take their time. The presenter should leave enough time to think about the answer.
- "Tic-tac-toe."
A game familiar to everyone since childhood. To carry it out, you will need a board with large format sheets on which the playing field is drawn. Each move is marked with a colored marker so that the spectators can clearly see the progress of the game. Several pairs compete with each other, the game is eliminated. The winner is the one who beats all other opponents.
- "Word Formation".
This game is perfect for Older Person's Day. Participants need to use two words to get a new meaning - “hybrid”. Here are some examples:
Option 1. saucepan + plate = frying pan.
Option 2. trousers + straps = overalls.
Option 3. steam + ship = steamship.
Option 4. cradle + wheels = stroller.
Option 5. vacuum + dust = vacuum cleaner.
Option 6. sounds + waves = radio.
The participant who scores the maximum number of points is declared the winner.
- "Guess a riddle".
This is a simple children's game that is also suitable for older people. You need to select options in advance and invite participants to guess them. Try to find simple riddles. Give each participant a chip for the correct answer. The winner is the one with the most chips.
- "Proverbs and sayings".
This game goes like this: the leader pronounces the first part of the proverb or saying, while the rest are invited to complete it. The conditions can be changed: read proverbs of other peoples of the world to the participants, and they must choose a similar version from Russian folklore.
- "To the touch".
This game will amuse the audience on the Day of the Elderly. In order to carry it out, it is enough to prepare scarves to blindfold, and plastic fruits, vegetables, you can take animal figurines. Participants will have to guess by touch what is in their hands.
- “Try, pretend!”
For this game you need to select 8-10 participants. A sheet of white paper is attached to each person's back, and a marker is given to them. The game begins with the first participant: he needs to draw a figure on the back of the last one. The person on whose back they drew, in turn, tries to depict the drawing from his own back on the back of the person in front, and so on until the end. At the end, all works are compared, and the one who can most accurately convey the image on his own back wins.
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Music competitions
Can you imagine the New Year without music, songs and dances? That's right, no! For additional entertainment and fun, many music competition games have been invented for the New Year's corporate party.
Scene “Clip-song”
This is the most creative musical fun for a New Year's corporate evening.
Prepare musical accompaniment in advance: songs about Father Frost, the Christmas tree, the Snow Maiden... and simple attributes that will help the players dress up (beads, hats, felt boots, scarves...)
The task is to make a corporate video for the song “The Little Christmas Tree Is Cold in Winter.” We need an operator who will shoot a video clip on camera.
Participants, to the accompaniment of songs, begin to depict all the actions that are sung about: “the little gray bunny was jumping under the Christmas tree” - the hero is jumping, “they hung the beads” - the team hangs the beads on an improvised living “Christmas tree”.
You can divide into two teams (employees and female employees) and each will shoot their own video. It is advisable to display the results on a large screen and compare them. The winners will be awarded with branded souvenirs or applause.
Competition "Lazy Dancing"
The players sit in a circle on chairs and begin to dance to the cheerful New Year's music and song. But these are strange dances - no one gets up from their seats!
At the command of the leader, they dance with different parts of the body:
- First we dance with our elbows!
- Then shoulders
- legs,
- fingers,
- lips,
- eyes, etc.
The rest choose the coolest dance.
Upside down song
This is a comic game that you can play at any time during the holiday. The presenter recites lines from a New Year/winter song, but with the words in reverse. The task of everyone is who can guess the original faster and sing it . The person who guesses correctly is given a chip (candy wrapper, candy, cone...) so that later it will be easier to count the winner in the entire competition.
The lines might look something like this:
— The birch tree died in the steppe. - The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree. - The old month is slow, nothing will happen for a long time. - The New Year is rushing towards us, everything will happen soon. — White, white steam rose on the ground. — Blue-blue frost lay on the wires. - One gray donkey, one gray donkey. - Three white horses, three white horses. — A brave white wolf was sitting on a baobab tree. - The cowardly gray bunny was jumping under the Christmas tree. - Keep quiet, Santa Claus, where are you going? - Tell me, Snow Maiden, where have you been? - Read me a book about 1 hour. - I’ll sing you a song about five minutes. — The huge palm tree is hot in the summer. – The little Christmas tree is cold in winter. — The weights were removed and left the chain. - They hung the beads and began to dance in a circle. “I was running away from you, Snow Maiden, and wiped away a few sweet smiles.” - I was running after you, Santa Claus. I shed a lot of bitter tears. - Oh, it’s hot, it’s hot, warm you up! Warm you and your camel. - Oh, frost-frost, don’t freeze me! Don't freeze me, my horse. - Your worst acquisition is me. - My best gift is you.
Song competition “Musical hat of Santa Claus”
Attributes: put words from New Year's songs in the hat.
The players pass it around in a circle to the accompaniment of music. When the music stops, the person who received the hat at that moment takes out a card with the word and must remember/sing the piece of the song where it appears.
You can play in teams. Then the hat is passed from representative to representative of each team. You can limit the time it takes to complete a task and reward the team for every guess they make.
If you’re not sure that your guests are so quick-thinking, write not just one word, but a short phrase. Then it will be easier to remember the song!
Dance by candlelight
A dynamic, but at the same time very calm and gentle dance competition.
Play slow music and encourage couples to light sparklers and dance. The couple whose fire burns longer wins and will receive a prize.
If you want to add spice to your dance, choose tango!
An old song in a new way
Print the lyrics of famous (not even New Year's) songs and prepare musical accompaniment without words (karaoke music).
Invite those who wish to sing them in the voices of various characters .
This could be Karabas Barabas, the Snow Maiden, an evil policeman, a kind Baba Yaga, and even your boss.
Quietly loud
A well-known song is chosen, which all guests begin to sing in chorus.
On the command “Quiet!” sing a song to themselves. At the command “Loud!” out loud again.
And since everyone sang at their own pace, the loud choir begins with different words. And this is repeated several times, amusing everyone.
Outdoor games for the Day of the Elderly
Old people need moderate physical activity, so active competitions that are appropriate for their age and state of health will come in handy. The key to successful active games is the selection of participants with equal physical capabilities.
- "Centipede".
Participants are divided into 2 teams, five to six people in each. In the room where the Day of the Elderly is held, 2 rows of chairs of 5 pieces are lined up at a distance of two meters. Participants stand one after another, placing their hands on the waist of the person in front, creating a kind of “centipede.” Each team will have to quickly snake around the chairs without hitting any of them and return to the starting point. Those who manage to return to the start faster win.
- “The sea is agitated once.”
Another fun children's game that is perfect for Elderly Day. All players stand in a circle, and after the leader says the phrase “The sea is troubled once,” they depict any figure. This is repeated up to three times. After the presenter says: “Sea figure, freeze in place!”, the participants must remain in the position they took and not move.
- “It started spinning.”
This funny game for Older Person's Day is sure to bring a lot of fun to everyone present. It will require rolls of toilet paper and several pairs of participants. After the presenter gives the signal, one person begins to unwind the paper, moving backwards until it is completely unwound. Only after this does each pair begin to roll the paper back into rolls, moving towards each other. The team whose members meet faster wins.
- "Pass the ball."
This game is taken from the arsenal of schoolchildren, but it is also perfect for older people. You need to form 2 teams of five people and give them a ball. After the “start” command, the players need to pass the ball one by one to the last person and in the opposite direction to the first. And so three times. The winner is the team that passes the ball the fastest without dropping it even once.
- Games for the Day of the Elderly for the disabled.
Board games and singing competitions are the best options for senior citizens with disabilities. The main thing is that older people in this category maintain hand motor skills and intellectual abilities. If among the wheelchair users there are those who are in excellent shape, impromptu races can be arranged between them, of course, if this proposal is supported. Try to complicate the game by making obstacles with pins that you need to go around. You can also arrange paired races with the ball being passed.
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"1000 and 1 compliment"
To hold this competition you need a lot of balloons and 2 times less notes with beautiful epithets that could be applied to the birthday person. Teams (each with the same number of people), at the leader’s signal, begin to pop balls (you can give them balls in a bunch or lay them out in bulk on the floor) in search of notes. When all the props have been destroyed, the teams count the number of pieces of paper collected. The one with the most wins. The captain is instructed to read aloud a collection of epithets and compliments to the hero of the occasion.
Other interesting games for seniors
- "Auction".
On the Day of the Elderly, you can arrange an impromptu auction. To organize it, you need to prepare conditional currency and gifts that will be drawn in the form of lots. Each prize must be carefully packaged so that it remains a mystery to the participants what is being won again. Give everyone present enough money to cover any purchase.
- Photography competition.
For this game, you need to ask the participants to prepare in advance. Seniors should bring photographs of themselves as children. All participants are required to guess which of those present is depicted in each picture. This game should be supplemented with stories about the circumstances under which the photograph was taken. You can hold a competition for the best photographs in various categories. Old people love to remember their past, and childhood is rich in happy moments, so this game for the Day of the Elderly will be fun and relaxed.
- Master classes.
For older people, you can conduct short lessons by choosing an interesting direction. If the majority of the audience is women, you can provide training in floristry. To do this, worry about materials for the master class in advance: flowers, vases, tools. Upon completion, announce a vote in the “most beautiful bouquet” category. The winner will be awarded a prize, and all other participants will be able to pick up their bouquets.
- Quizzes.
Quizzes, which are very popular among pensioners, are perfect as games for Older Person's Day. For questions, it is better to take those events that relate to the times of their youth. For older people, returning to the period of their youth will be very pleasant. Distribute questionnaires with questions to all participants in advance. The essence of the game is that after reading the questionnaire, the remaining participants guess who we are talking about. If the event is dedicated to one person, you can prepare questions regarding his biography. Take topics about study, work, family, achievements and other important events in his life.
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Who will like it?
The board game 500 Evil Cards is designed for young people over eighteen years of age who want to have a lot of fun and add some original entertainment to their usual Friday evening. Now you don’t need alcohol to relax and laugh: the set will do everything for you. He is able to generate jokes that are remembered for a long time and cause hysterical laughter. It is important that it is advisable to play for fun with friends, so as not to blush in front of relatives at the sight of not too decent and, sometimes, downright vulgar answers.
Well-thought-out questions and answers make the game interesting for all adults. This game can be given as a gift, especially if a party is planned on the occasion of the holiday. The birthday boy will be able to immediately try out the resulting set and entertain his guests. The box has a compact size, so it is convenient to carry the game with you to friends and take it on vacation. You don't have to clear out a lot of space to find somewhere to store your entertainment; it fits easily on your bookshelf.
Carefully! I might get caught with not just personal, but vulgar questions
What board games are there for older people?
A board game is a great way to pass the time, and even in good company. The more people participate in it, the more interesting it becomes. But if you don’t have a companion nearby to play with, you can choose an option that is suitable for one: solitaire, solitaire, puzzles, crosswords or scanwords.
The variety of board games allows everyone to find something they like: chess and checkers, playing cards, dominoes, solitaire and others. Some games do not require a quick reaction, but are played at a moderate pace; participants need to focus on the process. Other options, on the contrary, can be exciting, emotionally involving everyone in the process. They require reaction speed, coordination, and concentration.
Below we give examples of popular board games:
- Team.
Participants are divided into two parts, the game is played using a playing field and special cards. The plot may be different.
- On logic.
Such games are suitable not only for older people, but also for all other age categories. They develop intellectual abilities and are quite exciting. Difficulty levels of questions may vary.
- Economic.
A well-known game in this category is Monopoly. Participants build their own business, plan budgets, production, and learn how to properly allocate available resources. This exciting game develops entrepreneurial skills.
- Card.
These games are popular among all ages, as the rules are simple and clear, and the process does not require preparation, so they are perfect for the Day of the Elderly.
- Quests.
For such games you need to think through the scenario in advance. Participants can be asked to take on different roles. During the game you need to unravel the mysterious story and solve it.
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"It's the other way around"
A great competition that can replace a dance break. To carry it out, you first need to make cards on which the chorus lines of popular songs will be indicated. Participants take them in turns and perform the pieces of musical compositions they come across, reading the words “backwards”. The best singer wins. The winner is chosen by voting. Important! It’s good if the guys sing the songs along with the soundtrack. The appropriate cutting can be done in a few minutes using a simple computer program.
Board games for older people with low vision
Classic games will always be in demand on the Day of the Elderly, as they do not lose their relevance and are popular among all generations.
- Dice with raised dots.
They are intended for people with low vision or completely blind people. The cubes have a white background with raised black dots on it. Thus, people with impaired vision can feel comfortable in the game. Similar cubes are used in various games: dominoes, backgammon, Monopoly.
- Tactile checkers.
The option for the visually impaired consists of a field in the form of a plastic board and round or square wooden checkers. The field is marked into squares with recesses for chips. "Queens" are doubled in size.
- Sudoku.
A popular game in Asia, there is now a version that is specially designed for people with low vision and the blind.
- Braille Monopoly game.
This game appeared in the thirties of the twentieth century and is still one of the most popular. There is a version for visually impaired and blind people, which is also suitable for older audiences. All the inscriptions on the cards and the field itself are in Braille, and the dice have raised dots.
- Dominoes with texture.
For blind people, there is a type of domino, on the dominoes of which the classic pictures are replaced with ones that can be touched.
- Braille playing cards.
For visually impaired older people, cards with large drawings on which the suits are printed in Braille are suitable. This will help make the game comfortable for people with low vision.
- Tactile backgammon.
The game consists of a field and black and white chips. The field is a board divided by special barriers; white chips differ from black ones in that they have a small bulge at their top. The dots on the dice are also convex. Playing backgammon has a beneficial effect on people with low vision, as it promotes the development of logical thinking, fine motor skills, and improvement of cognitive abilities.
- Bingo in Braille.
Bingo is an excellent game option for visually impaired and blind older people. A number from 1 to 75, chosen at random, is placed on each participant's card. Whoever fills their field completely first wins. This game for the Day of the Elderly allows you to train memory, attention, improves logic and fine motor skills.
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Reviews and questions for the game
Now the second version of the game is sold everywhere. Are the cards of the first and new edition different? Yes. All stories, questions and answers in the sets are different. If you have the first basic version, you can safely purchase the second set. They can be combined and used as one full game.
Will standard card cases fit 500 Evil Cards? You need to look at the size, because the protectors also differ in size. The cards in the set have sides of sixty-five and ninety mm.
How many of the 500 cards are questions and how many are answers? The set includes one hundred red question and story cards. There are four hundred possible variations for the answers.
The game has 400 answer options
