A Christmas tree, sweets and tangerines are good. But not enough. Ask any child what would make him very happy for the New Year, and he will answer: the company of friends and New Year competitions. Organizing festive leisure time for several children is not an easy task, but it cannot be called impossible either.
To arrange an unforgettable children's New Year, you do not need to have teaching talent - you need to be able to choose the most interesting ones for children of a certain age from all the games and competitions.
Its Kids knows exactly which New Year competitions children will like. We hasten to share this information with our readers.
General recommendations
- Children, especially young ones, are able to switch their attention very quickly. Therefore, competitions should be short, dynamic and interesting.
- Several competitions in a row can tire children - dilute the competition with something (round dance, singing songs and rhymes, light treats).
- Be sure to reward competition participants - first the winners, and then everyone else.
- If you are preparing competitions for a family holiday, choose universal New Year's entertainment that will be equally interesting to both kids and adults.
Traditional entertainment for the New Year, time-tested
Who said that riddles, playing snowballs, sculpting a snow woman or building an ice fortress are relics of the past?
Nothing like this! As soon as the days of real winter weather arrive, everyone rushes to leave the online space and have time to skate and ski, go down the hill on a sled, buy real postcards and send them by mail (not by email, but by regular mail).
During the holidays, New Year's entertainment can be anything: reading good old fairy tales out loud, family competitions for the best New Year's salad or baking followed by collective eating of dishes, playing forfeits.
For many years now, the competition for the best carnival costume has remained a favorite in the ranking of classic New Year's competitions. Possible options:
- the most unusual and original costume;
- the funniest costume;
- the most creative costume;
- the most incomprehensible costume (and so on, as many points as your imagination allows).
Competitions for the best knowledge of New Year's films, cartoons, and songs remain relevant.
New Year's competitions for the little ones
Two-year-old children may well take part in the New Year's children's competition. For the age category “from two to five”, simple fun entertainment is suitable, where you need to repeat something after adults, portray an animal or a fairy tale hero, perform dance or other movements.
Competition "Metelitsa"
Play Christmas tunes and ask children to imagine themselves as snowflakes. What do snowflakes do? They spin and dance - each in their own way. The blizzard moves around the tree, and the presenter (preferably a boy) chooses the most graceful of the “snowflakes” - this is the winner of the competition.
"Forest animals"
It is necessary to divide the children into several mini-teams. One team is the rabbits, the other is the squirrels, the third is the bear cubs, etc. Each team has its own decorations for the Christmas tree. The bunnies have carrots, the squirrels have nuts, the bear cubs have wild berries or pots of honey (of course, everything is made of cardboard).
At the signal from the leader, the teams begin to decorate a small Christmas tree (installed specially for the competition). The first team to hang up their decorations wins.
"Bag of Gifts"
Place various gifts in a bag: a large candy, an orange, a baby doll, a typewriter, a pencil, a chocolate bar, etc. Tie the bag and invite the children to choose one of the gifts by touch - if they guess what they felt, they take the gift.
“Who has the most snowballs?”
One of children's favorite New Year's competitions: you need to pour as many cotton wool “snowballs” on the floor as possible. Divide the children into two teams, give each a bag to collect “snowballs” and turn on rhythmic music.
Children collect snowballs one at a time while music plays. The musical accompaniment stops - the child passes the bag to another, and so on until the bag is full. Whoever has the most snowballs in the bag is the winner.
New Year competitions for schoolchildren
School New Year's parties are also full of competitions and entertainment. But they take place before the real New Year and only once. This is not enough. You can, of course, repeat everything with friends during the holidays, or you can come up with something of your own - different and unusual.
The good thing about Children's New Year is that the games and entertainment are unique. Young entertainers can refresh and even change the most standard and boring New Year's competition beyond recognition.
New Year's quest
Hide one large common gift (a bag of candy or a tangerine, a box of toys for everyone), and place clues throughout the room, in different places: riddles and simple puzzles that will guide children to the gift. The quest is a collective one and requires the participation and activity of all children.
"Yelka-shooting gallery"
It is necessary to prepare the props in advance - a cardboard model of a Christmas tree 1-1.5 meters high with several round holes with a diameter of 10-15 centimeters. It is important that the “Christmas tree” is stable. For the convenience of the players, glue a small cardboard box on the back of the “Christmas tree” under each hole.
Place the layout at a comfortable distance from the players and invite everyone to throw several small balls into the holes (you can take ping-pong balls). For every hit on the target there is a prize.
"Happy Pigs"
Meringue or jelly should be eaten using matches or toothpicks. Portions should be small. Be sure to have fun musical accompaniment and comments from the presenter. Team game. Whichever team handles the treat faster, eats more, and throws less away is the winner.
"Fashionable look"
Several players participate. Each person has a suitcase or box with a set of clothes. Wardrobe items may not match each other, be out of size, ridiculous and funny.
Blindfolded players must dress up in the contents of the suitcase, and then parade in front of the public like models, presenting their bow. Whoever copes faster and more confidently is the winner.
New Year's competitions for teenagers
New Year's games for children who no longer consider themselves children are special. On the one hand, they want to celebrate the New Year “in an adult way” with an appropriate set of entertainment, on the other hand, they have not yet escaped the embrace of fairy tales, miracles, magic - everything that is inherent in childhood. What New Year competitions should we offer teenagers?
"Lucky number"
Place small numbered bags/boxes with cute trinkets under the Christmas tree, and give each participant in the competition a cardboard “token” with a number. When the participant finds the corresponding bag, before unpacking it, he must complete the task of Santa Claus: sing, dance, read a nursery rhyme, hop on one leg, etc.
"New Year's Herald"
Give the participants cardboard pipes - let them start blowing at the signal from the presenter. The one who manages to outdo everyone else is declared the herald of the New Year, receives a prize and the honorable task of announcing competitions and games.
New Year's competitions for primary schoolchildren
Tie the tinsel
All participants are divided into two teams. Each participant receives New Year's tinsel, which he ties to his hand. A New Year's melody begins to play, to which the first participant ties his tinsel to the hand of the second participant, the second to the third, the third to the fourth, the fourth to the fifth, and so on until the last participant runs up to the first and ties his tinsel on his hand. Thus, you will get a circle of guys. The team that completes the task first wins.
I'm the best actor
Participants are given sheets of paper on which phrases are written. They need to be shown using facial expressions, gestures, but not words or sounds. The rest of the children must guess what the participant is showing. Can phrases be like this?
- A student who is late for class;
- An excellent student who received a bad grade;
- Gorgeous fireworks;
- Santa Claus racing on a sleigh;
- A puddle that is frozen;
- Children's whims.
Unscramble the words
Children are divided into two teams. You can invite each team to come up with a name and captain. At this time, the leader writes two columns of words on the board, in which the letters are swapped. The capital letter can be highlighted to make it easier for children to guess the word. It is better to choose words that are associated with the New Year holiday, for example these:
- valnaKar (carnival)
- lЁak (Christmas tree)
- koraodP (gift)
- ogeSndap (snowfall) and others
Create a holiday menu
Students need to split into two teams. The presenter lays out cards with letters on two tables. Team captains choose one card each, and the teams must come up with New Year's dishes starting with that letter. The team that comes up with the most varied menu with the largest number of dishes will win.
Guess whose item this is
You should prepare the props for the competition in advance. Place items in Santa Claus's bag that will indicate that you belong to one or another fairy-tale character:
- Package of Carlson goodies
- Firebird Feather
- Pippi's striped stocking
- Cinderella's slipper
- Mashenka's pies, etc.
The presenter takes out one object at a time, and the children must guess the fairy-tale character from it. Whoever guesses the most characters receives a prize from the presenter.
The longest garland
Two teams are given colored paper, scissors, and glue. At the leader’s command, each team must cut colored paper into strips, which must be glued into rings, collecting them into a garland. You can determine the time it will take to make the garland, or you can play a New Year's song, at the end of which the winning team will be determined. Whoever has the longest garland becomes the winner.
Competitions for the New Year at school - 30 of the most fun games for kids and high school students
A little more, and matinees will begin, and with them competitions for the new year at school . This collection is dedicated to them.
Team competition
How many groups the kids will be divided into is decided by them and the teacher.
A task that grade 4 . New Year's themed words are written on the board; all the letters in the words are out of place.
The first person to place the letters and read all the words wins!
Now the words are not written. They are pronounced by one of the members of the opposing team. Children must listen by ear to determine where the mistake is and what the word is.
Santa Claus asks riddles. The task is simple: solve the riddles faster than the other team.
The game is reminiscent of the famous “Cities”, when you need to say the word starting with the letter that the word your opponents said ends with. But the theme is not the city, but the New Year and everything connected with it! This is a task for kids who are in 5th grade .
games are very important for kids . The conditions of one of them are simple: participants of both teams see how the pins are placed. Then all the children are blindfolded, and the relay race begins. The task includes not only running the distance without hitting the pins, but also going back and passing the baton.
Fifth graders are given locks. And very, very many keys. Whoever finds the right key first and opens the lock frees the Snow Maiden.
12-year-old schoolchildren ( 6th grade ) in the classroom can take part in exciting fun. All the guys are divided into 3-4 teams. They are given a pump, threads and long balloons for construction. Children should:
- Inflate the balloons;
- Tie ponytails;
- Model figurines of any New Year's heroes or objects.
The award is given to those who not only know how to model quickly, but also who can create more believable figures.
The task is to remember more the names of films (or the films themselves, content), songs, interesting literary works on the theme of New Year or winter.
Did you guess it? Yes! Everything is the same as in the usual “Crocodile”. Just the topic... YES! Winter and New Year!
Let's continue the topic! This competition should be funny for high school students . Now the guys must guess what gift DM brought them (each of them!). The opposing team must not only show, but also come up with original surprises for everyone!
Schoolchildren who go to grades can easily cope with this task. True, a bit of fantasy is allowed.
So, there are cards on the table. The children take them apart. Each card has a letter written on it. The guys should remember (and maybe even come up with) dishes for the holiday table starting with this letter.
The DM asks these 4 questions in turn. Each participant in both groups must write an answer (naturally, adhering to the NG theme) to all questions. Then it's time to read. One student reads the answer to the question “What?”, another (in turn) reads the answer to the question “Where?”, the third – “When?”, the fourth – “Why?”.
Then another group does the same. Whoever came up with the funniest wins.
Interesting and relevant for 7th grade . One of the participants is put on a crown (hat, Santa Claus cap). It says on the crown who it is (NG theme!).
To guess who I am, you can only ask questions to which the answer is “yes” or “no.”
The teacher prepares cards with sayings in advance, the beginning of which is written on one sheet of paper and the end on the other. The DM distributes cards, no matter who gets which ones.
Children are faced with creative tasks! If no one in the group has a continuation of a saying, they must connect the beginning and end of different sayings in such a way that it makes sense.
We know that New Year's Eve is a time of magic. Therefore, each team should try to come up with funny and beautiful spells: “Let it be...!”
And again the role of DM will have to be fulfilled. 8th grade – these are already grown-up children, and therefore the task is complicated by the fact that schoolchildren have to not only come up with wishes, but also inflate balloons and insert pieces of paper with wishes into them.
Each team writes any numbers in a column, from 0 to 100. And gives this paper to their opponents.
DM reads the questions: How old are you? How many fingers do you have? How many kilograms of ice cream will you eat at one time? What time do you go to bed?..
Basic rules for holding competitions
- It should be remembered that elementary school students (grades 1-4) are restless, they quickly lose interest and switch to another object of attention. Therefore, competitions should not be too long.
- It is better not to hold several competitions one after another. After each competition, you can arrange a dance break, a small concert, or a festive tea party.
- In every competition, the winner must be rewarded. Let it be a symbolic prize, but without gifts, competitions will become uninteresting.
Competitions for the New Year 2021. New Year's games
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- We are actively preparing for the New Year holidays!
What's a new year without competitions and fun? We offer your choice of a variety of children's competitions, competitions for families and schoolchildren, and we also have competitions for adults. Competitions will delight the whole family on the eve of the holidays.
Happy New Year 2021!
New Year's competition "Mummy"
Four volunteers are called, two teams are made up of them, and more can be called. One of the players in each team is a “mummy”, and the second is a “mumiator”.
Game: the “mummifier” must wrap the “mummy” with “bandages” as quickly as possible. Toilet paper is usually used as bandages.
Crowd fun guaranteed! After winding, you can perform the reverse operation by winding the paper back into the roll.
New Year's competition “Hold the snowflake”
What you need: Cotton wool. Preparation: Lumps resembling a snowflake are made from cotton wool. Hosted by Santa Claus. Game: at the leader’s signal, the participants begin to blow from below onto the lump so that it flies like a snowflake. The task is not to let the “snowflake” fall.
The participant who keeps the “snowflake” in the air the longest wins.
Competition "Tomato"
Two volunteers are called. They stand facing each other on opposite sides of the same stool. The presenter places a banknote on the stool and announces that on the count of “one, two, three...
“Whoever puts his hand on the bill first wins (for more excitement, the bill can be given to the winner).
Further, the task becomes more complicated: a new bill is placed, the players are blindfolded (blindfolded, they check whether it is in place) and on the count of “one, two, three...” they unanimously clap their hand on ... the tomato, which during the counting the presenter put instead of the bill .
Competition "Twins"
Two people approach each other and hug with one hand (one takes the partner’s waist with his right hand, the other with his left). It turns out that each of them has one free hand. Then they are given a task that they must complete as if it were two hands of one person. For example, cut out a shape.
The first participant holds a sheet of paper with his left hand and guides it correctly, and with the second right hand he cuts it with scissors. I like the following version of the task better: lace up the shoe, put it in a box, pour flour from the bag into a jar, close it with a lid, put it back in the box, close the box and tie it with a ribbon.
For successful completion of the task, 2 candies are given.
"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. The presenter - Santa Claus explains the rules: Now, if I say “tall” - raise your hands up; “low” - squat and lower your hands; “wide” - make the circle wider; “thin” - make the circle narrower.
- Now let's play! (Santa Claus plays, trying to confuse the children)
- "Telegram to Santa Claus"
The guys are asked to name 13 adjectives: “fat”, “red-haired”, “hot”, “hungry”, “lethargic”, “dirty”, etc. 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.
Text of the telegram: “... Grandfather Frost! All... 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... New Year is coming! How 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!
Christmas decorations
The kids and I will play an interesting game: I will tell the kids what we decorate the Christmas tree with. Listen carefully and be sure to answer. If we tell you correctly, say “Yes” in response.
