New Year's holidays should be celebrated solemnly and, most importantly, with a sincere smile. After all, the smell of pine needles, beautiful holiday decor, and unexpected gifts cannot but delight each of us. But what to do if the magical night is supposed to be celebrated by a large noisy company. Naturally, an ordinary feast and communication will not reproduce such a relaxed and interesting atmosphere as well-planned and well-thought-out games. Are you intrigued by this idea, then check out our article, which will provide you with 12 ideas for fun competitions for young people for the New Year 2022 prepared. Believe me, with such fun you will remember this holiday for a long time. Cool photos taken at the height of comic spectacles and entertainment will remain as a keepsake.
“Sit down on your knees”
The competition for young people is as follows: chairs are placed in a circle, and the boys and girls participating in the competition sit on them. The game starts with the Snow Maiden, who needs to be blindfolded. When the music turns on, the presenter begins to walk in a circle, when the music turns off, the Snow Maiden should sit on the lap of the player near whom she stopped and guess who it is. The exposed contestant becomes the driver and the game continues. According to the rules, you are not allowed to touch participants with your hands. For the New Year 2022 - this is just what you need! This game can also be used at school for a New Year's party.
New Year's competitions for children
Pick the needles from the Christmas tree
A fun game whose essence is as follows: you will need several pairs to play (this depends on the number of children and those interested). Each child is blindfolded and clothespins are attached to him. Then, within a certain period of time, the kids must remove all the clothespins from each other. Whoever completes this task faster wins.
Symbol of the year
A simple and exciting game for children. Its essence is as follows: throughout the room, in various places, objects with the symbol of the New Year are hidden. These can be napkins with the image of an animal - the symbol of the year, soft toys, balls, figurines, cups, notebooks, pictures and the like. The kids' task is to find as quickly as possible and as many objects as possible with the image of the symbol of the year.
Santa's Staff
A competition-game aimed at developing the creative abilities of children. Teams of 2-3 people are created. Each team is given a certain set of sticks (the future staff), tinsel, New Year's rain, various stickers and other decorations. The team's task is to create the most beautiful and colorful staff of Santa Claus. The winner is determined by audience voting.
Save Christmas tree decorations
The essence of the competition is as follows: children are divided into two teams with the same number of people. Teams line up in two rows. Near the first team members there are boxes with Christmas tree decorations that the evil wizard wants to steal, and near the last team member there is an empty box. The team's task is to save the toys by passing them one at a time from one team member to another. The team that completes the task faster receives a prize.
Top secret for Santa Claus
A competition game for a large number of children. The kids are again divided into two teams of at least 5 people. They need to convey a secret message down the chain for Grandfather Frost. An example of a message could be as follows: December 31, at 18.00, rabbits and squirrels, fawns and bear cubs, children and adults are waiting for you at the New Year's tree! The text is spoken to the first player of the team very quickly and in a whisper. The first player must also quickly and quietly convey what he remembers to the next player. The last team member says the message given to him loudly. The winner is the team that conveyed the message to Santa Claus the fastest and most correctly.
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"Sweet kiss"
To hold this competition you will need several couples in love. Each of them merges in a sweet kiss. At the same time, the guy and the girl, without looking up from the kiss, need to undress each other to pre-agreed limits. Easy option: take off your jacket, jacket, scarf, vest, etc. Of course, you can play a more spicy version of the game and organize stripping down to your underwear (depending on how relaxed the people participating in this game are and how many alcoholic drinks have already been drunk).
A selection of the best family New Year competitions
Of course, New Year is mostly a family holiday. And everyone meets him mainly in the family circle, in the circle of close and dear people. Some gather almost all their relatives at the New Year's table, while others gather only the closest ones. However, in any case, it is necessary to provide some kind of entertainment and competitions. Below we have selected the best New Year's competitions especially for a family feast.
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Letter of congratulations
A specific template of a congratulatory New Year's text is created, in which there are no adjectives. You can take a ready-made blank, or you can come up with it yourself. Example of finished text:
In one ___________ country in a _____________ city there lived _____________________ boys and at least ______________ girls. They lived ____________ and ____________ and communicated in the same ________________ and ___________ company. And then one __________ day they gathered in this _____________ place to celebrate such a ____________ and __________ New Year holiday. So today let only__________ toasts sound, _____________ glasses are filled with_____________ drinks, the table is bursting with _____________ dishes, there will be ____________ smiles on the faces of those present. I wish you that the new year will be ______________, you will be surrounded by _______________friends, ______________dreams will come true, your work will be ______________ and that your most_______________ other halves will give you only ___________joy, ___________love and ______________care….
So, the guests’ task is to name any adjectives. It is best to use any complex options associated with winter, New Year and holidays. The presenter enters the named adjectives into the text and at the end reads out the resulting option. Congratulations can be a lot of fun!
Let's remember the alphabet
A very interesting competition, especially when the guests have already drunk a lot. They are invited to raise their glasses again and say a toast, but not just like that, but in turn. Moreover, the toast must begin with a certain letter of the alphabet. The first guest starts with the letter A and so on in turn. Very unusual options are obtained when it comes to the letters Y, Zh, Y, etc. The winner of the competition is the one whose congratulations are the funniest and most unusual.
Drunken checkers
This is a game for an adult company. Only masters of sports can survive three rounds in a row. So, the essence of the game is as follows: take an ordinary board for playing checkers (chess). Only instead of checkers there are stacks, into which red and white wine are poured, respectively. (For particularly persistent players there is an option with cognac and vodka). And then everything is the same as in ordinary checkers, with the only difference that the player needs to drink the pile that was beaten. The game turns out to be more intense than grandmaster competitions.
The most sensitive
Both men and women can play this game. For this competition you will need several chairs. The players stand with their backs to the chair. At this time, the presenter places a certain amount of sweets on a chair. Then the players carefully sit down on a chair, and their task is to determine as quickly as possible what they sat on and the number of these objects. Instead of sweets, you can use tangerines, pens, etc.
Surprise
It is better to prepare the props for this competition in advance. Take balloons and put a note with the task in them. The balloons are then inflated and hidden until the competition. The tasks can be anything. Here are some examples:
- sing a New Year's song;
- tell a New Year's poem;
- congratulate guests like a president;
- imitate the chimes;
- guess the New Year's riddle;
- dance rock and roll, etc.
Guests take turns popping the balloon and completing the task they come across.
"The Cunning Wife"
To conduct this game, several couples are selected, not necessarily family ones. The ladies leave the room for a while. At this time, men need to hide 10 bills in various secret places of their clothes (pockets, socks, sleeves, etc.). Girls need to quickly discover all the “stashes” that were hidden by a man. Prompting and helping is prohibited. The pair that completes the task the fastest wins. For young people, this entertainment will be a real find.
Decorate the Christmas tree
Participants are divided into pairs: boy-girl. Everyone stands around the tree. Each girl sits on her boyfriend's neck. On the floor for each couple there are toys (simple candies on strings) in the same quantity, about 5 pieces each. At the command “start”, each guy squats down so that his girlfriend can pick up the toy and rises so that the girl can hang it on the tree. You can only take one toy at a time. The first couple to hang all their toys on the tree will be the winner.
"My home responsibilities"
On small pieces of paper, youth should write the following phrases:
- I take out the trash
- I pick up the children from kindergarten,
- watering the flowers
- I make the bed
- I am washing the dishes,
- I wash my socks
- I do homework with the children,
- making breakfast,
- I make money
- I go to the spa salon,
- I drink beer with friends on weekends,
- walking the dog
- I do a gorgeous manicure,
- watching football in a sports bar,
- I go shopping with my friends,
- I visit the zoo with my children,
- I work out in a fitness club, etc.
The more activities of this kind are written, the more interesting and original this competition will be. All notes are placed in a bag or bag and mixed. Each participant in the competition takes out one piece of paper and reads what is written on it. He will certainly have to do this activity throughout the New Year 2022.
The best New Year competitions for corporate events
New Year's corporate parties in our country are gaining popularity every year. And of course, a fun corporate party can’t do without interesting entertainment and competitions. Below we have listed five of the most interesting competitions for corporate events, in our opinion. Moreover, employees of different ages and conditions can participate in these competitions...
New Year's greetings from the President
An amazing competition in which each team member is offered to become the president of the country for a minute and congratulate the citizens on the New Year. However, his congratulations should consist of one sentence in which he will need to use 5 specific words. The words must be unusual to make the text funny and cheerful. The winner is the person whose congratulations are the most coherent and funny.
Zodiac
Another exciting competition for a corporate party, which is somewhat similar to the game “Crocodile”. Each person is given a card with the inscription of a zodiac sign. And he needs to explain without words what kind of zodiac this is. The participant who guesses the most zodiac signs wins.
Everybody dance
A competition that will allow you to shake up the New Year's salads you've eaten. Each corporate party participant is given a card with a written part of the body (this could be the head, arm, leg, butt, fingers, etc.). As soon as the host of the evening starts the music, the participants of the competition need to start dancing with exactly the part of the body that was assigned to them.
Guess the New Year's melody
For this competition it will be necessary to prepare props in the form of downloaded melodies of New Year's songs without words. The host of the corporate party plays a melody, and the participants must guess and sing this song. For a more interesting development of the competition, you can prepare both popular New Year's songs and lesser-known ones. The person who guesses the most melodies wins.
New Year's crocodile
An exciting competition for adults, which can be performed in a New Year's theme. The first participant in the competition is given a card with a New Year's character. The participant must show this character without words so that the rest of the audience can guess. And so on in turn. Whoever guesses the most characters wins.
