How to play?
There are two main ways to play forfeits:
- The presenter takes any item from each person and puts it in a bag. Then he randomly takes out this item and asks the guests what the owner of this item needs to do. You can take any items: phone, ring, bracelet, etc.
- The second option: guests themselves take out ready-made printed assignments on paper from the bag.
Forfeits must be feasible to fulfill. You should not come up with too difficult tasks, or tasks that will hurt the feelings of the players.
It will be most convenient to copy and print these forfeits.
Crocodile
People play this game at various events. The rules of the game are simple and known to everyone. The main point is to explain without words. Most often they guess the names of films, cartoons or TV series. It makes it a lot more fun.
Guests are divided into teams. Each team takes turns guessing the name of the movie. The participant reads to himself the name of the pre-imagined TV project, then explains it to his partners. You can use all available objects, dance, jump, wave your arms, play with facial expressions. The main thing is not a single sound.
Teammates must guess the name. For purity and some simplification, you can set a few rules. First, the “pantomime” points a finger in front of itself if the film is domestic. If the picture is foreign, point your finger behind your back. Next, show how many letters are in the name. These simple tricks will simplify the task and speed up the game. If a member of the other team guesses the name, then points are awarded to the guessing team.
Family forfeits for the New Year 2022
In this section you will find New Year's family forfeits. The whole family can play these games.
- Draw a portrait of one of the guests without using your hands (holding a pencil in your hands).
- Tell us about yourself from an immodest side. In this case, you need to look in the mirror.
- Depict an animal in a funny situation.
- Depict objects that make sounds (a boiling kettle, the whistle of a steam locomotive or ship).
- Show some well-known scene using pantomime.
- Draw a mirror: you need to repeat the actions of one of the game participants for a minute;
- Depict six emotions - fear, joy, sadness, fright, surprise, resentment.
- Describe each team member.
- It’s funny to “tell fortunes” to a person you choose yourself.
- Eat a piece of cake without using your hands.
- Pop the balloon with your butt.
- Stand for a minute with a serious expression on your face while other children try to make you laugh in every possible way.
- Sing a verse of a famous song, but make different sounds instead of words.
- Eat a lemon and not wince.
- Gather all the guests, seat them in imaginary carriages and transport them throughout the apartment.
- Fulfill your neighbor's wish
- Find an object hidden in the room by other party participants.
- Play the role of Santa Claus - an adult male bass voice, taking a stick that acts as a staff, congratulate the children on the New Year.
- Draw a Christmas tree with balls and garlands while blindfolded.
- Make your friends laugh with your causeless laughter.
- Use your hands to show a poem, which will be read by one of the company members.
- Take a moment to list fairy tales, cartoons and films on the New Year theme.
- Show the Snow Maiden or Snowman, who began to melt with the arrival of spring.
- Make yourself a New Year's costume from improvised materials.
- Sing the song “A Christmas tree was born in the forest” in rap style.
- Come up with funny nicknames for your friends and call them that throughout the game.
- Say the players' names backwards.
- Take a funny photo of the entire company gathered.
- Show robot.
- Call with affectionate words such fairy-tale characters as Baba Yaga, Kikimora, Leshy, Vodyanoy, Koschey the Immortal.
How to entertain guests at the table
Let's look together today, and maybe even choose how to cheer up the guests who come to your celebration with the help of competitions.
"Eat by both cheeks"
If you decide to gather in an apartment or in a country house, this competition at the table will help you relax. And perhaps even to some extent closer. So, we place saucers with cold appetizers or spaghetti in front of everyone taking part. We provide cutlery of completely different sizes (from teaspoons to grill tongs). On command they begin to gobble up, whoever shows the empty saucer first becomes the champion!
"Guess the melody"
The player stuffs his mouth with a piece of bread so that it is impossible to talk. Then he is given the words of a song to sing. The participant tries to sing with expression. The rest of the players try to find out the lyrics of the song and sing it out loud. The one who guesses the song first becomes the next performer.
Cool forfeits in the year of the Tiger 2022
This section contains cool universal forfeits for the New Year 2022.
- Depict a cheerful bunny who, sitting under the Christmas tree, will sing a song about the New Year.
- Drink the contents of all glasses on the table.
- Holding a fork with your teeth (without using your hands), feed your neighbor on the right.
- Go out into the street and ask three passersby with an absolutely serious expression on their faces: “Have you seen Piglet here?”
- Portray a horny sloth.
- Sing a song about how a Christmas tree was born in the forest, howling like a wolf.
- Perform an erotic dance using Santa Claus' staff as a prop.
- For ten minutes, pretend to be a foreigner and ask everyone about what is happening and where you are.
- Go outside and jump several circles around a tree, saying at the same time: “You need to drink less, you need to drink less!”
- Convincingly portray a mirror. At the same time, any guest can approach the participant and look at him. The essence of the task is to copy as convincingly as possible all the gestures and facial expressions of the person looking in the mirror.
- Write something like a chicken paw. The “paw” will be the leg, and the writing instrument will be the pen held between the toes.
- For ten minutes, copy the laugh of your neighbor on the right, while laughing much louder than the “original.”
- Draw a mustache or beard for yourself (or provide this opportunity to other guests) and walk around in this “stylish” look throughout the evening.
- Come up with and say a New Year's greeting on behalf of the breeder tiger/pack leader/revolutionary leader/obsessed scientist.
- Pantomime the chimes at midnight.
- Sing a song about a Christmas tree in falsetto.
- Wish everyone a Happy New Year by sticking a large tangerine in your mouth.
- Read a New Year's poem while looking asleep.
- Unwrap the lollipop with your hands wearing mittens within the strictly allotted time.
Cool competitions
Come on, dress up
In order to play this game, you need to prepare a lot of fun things - underwear of unimaginable sizes, stupid glasses, caps, false mustaches and beards, gloves, parts of fancy dress costumes, children's rompers and panama hats, ladies' sun hats, hair curlers, etc. All props are contained in a box or bag. Those present gather in a circle and begin to pass the bag with a surprise to each other to the music. The one on whom the melody ends must take out and put on the first thing he comes across, while he does not drop out, but remains in the game. Anything worn during the game cannot be removed for half an hour.
Friction between the parties
Participants are divided into pairs of men and women. The ladies turn their backs to their partner and hold the grater between their legs, and the men, in turn, hold the carrot at approximately the same level. During the competition, couples will have to get as many carrot chips as possible without using their hands.
Wandering Cucumber
Participants gather in a tight circle, arms extended back. The presenter stands in the center and tries to guess who currently has the cucumber - it is passed behind their backs, and whenever possible, when the central player turns away, they try to nibble it unnoticed. Anyone who is caught red-handed while biting or is exposed by chance must change the leader. The game continues until the vegetable is completely eaten.
Potty affairs
Participants are divided into two teams. In the center of the room, chairs are placed according to the number of people involved, and an inflated balloon is placed on each one. The contestants’ task is to run up to the makeshift potty as quickly as possible, plop down on a chair and burst the balloon with their butt, while the action is accompanied by a joyful cry: “Mom, I’m done!” The team that ends up with the most popped balloons wins.
Happy corporate events!
Children's New Year's forfeits
There are forfeits especially for children. Simple children's tasks.
- depict the symbol of the year - the Tiger;
- dance like a robot;
- pick one person and make them laugh;
- draw a monkey asking for a banana;
- imagine that you are a kitten. Lick a saucer of milk without using your hands;
- hold a balloon between your knees and jump around the Christmas tree;
- pretend to be an annoying fly. Buzz and pester guests for two minutes;
- name 10 names starting with the letter “A”;
- perform an African aboriginal dance;
- Depict how mom puts on makeup and dad shaves in the morning;
- draw a pig with your left hand;
- try to bite your elbow;
- eat a piece of lemon without wincing;
- select any of the participants. Spoon feed him cake like a little child;
- blindfolded, determine who is standing in front of you;
- name 15 polite words;
- depict emotions: joy, sadness, anger, delight, surprise, disgust;
- sing the song “A Christmas tree was born in the forest”, using “oink-oink” instead of words;
- drink the juice using a punctured straw;
- imagine yourself as a juggler. Juggle three candies;
- put a book on your head and walk around the room, trying not to drop it;
- squat 10 times;
- hug everyone present in turn;
- sing the song “A Christmas tree was born in the forest” in rap style;
- Maintain a serious expression on your face for a minute. The rest of the participants will try to make you laugh;
- make your friends laugh with funny faces;
- hop on one leg and grunt;
- reach the tip of your nose with your tongue.
Birthday competitions for the whole family at the table
When preparing to celebrate his birthday, inviting guests to the celebration, the birthday person needs to select funny table competitions in advance to make the holiday as bright and interesting as possible, and, most importantly, to avoid awkward, protracted pauses or unwanted conversations.
Competitions should be chosen exclusively for table competitions - as a rule, adults have absolutely no desire to get up from the table to participate in outdoor games - therefore an invitation to jump and run is unlikely to be greeted with enthusiasm by guests.
Game "Dating"
The host asks the guests in advance to remember meeting the birthday boy, but not to talk to him about the competition. Each invitee remembers the moment they met in three words. For example: winter, stop, leg; sea, beer, burned. After finishing, the birthday person must guess what the guests were talking about.
If he guesses right, then all participants receive a piece of candy; if not, the hero of the occasion fulfills the wishes of the guests.
Game "Why did I come here"
The host approaches the guests one by one and asks them the same question: “Why did you come to the holiday?” Players draw cards at random with funny answers and read them out loud. The game usually causes a lot of laughter and positive emotions.
For a fun adult company with jokes
And these forfeits are suitable for a cheerful adult company. They have funny jokes.
- Grunt the song “The Color of the Mood is Blue.”
- Sketch “I am a plasterboard wall” from 30 to 60 seconds (depict).
- Crawl under the table on all fours and kiss the knee of each member of the opposite sex.
- In one minute, collect 25 kisses from the opposite sex on your face, the host counts how many there will be. (No more than one per person at a time).
- All evening, at the presenter’s signal, covering one eye with your hand, repeat one phrase: “I am a one-eyed talent.”
- Dance a belly dance to erotic music.
- Sing the song “On the Dancing Ducklings”, replacing them with “pigs” and dance all the verses alone.
- Demonstrate a sign language translation of the poem read by the presenter.
- Draw a beautiful girl/guy on a piece of paper, with the marker in your mouth.
- Make a toast while sitting under the table, but very loudly.
- In front of the mirror, praise your beauty and other virtues (5 minutes).
- Oink the long toast for at least two minutes. It is advisable that it is understandable to guests (you can gesture).
- Arrange a moment of repentance: quickly tell about your sins this year.
- Run 6 laps around the gym. At the same time flapping his wings and shouting: “I’m an alcoholic.”
- Throughout the evening, at the presenter’s signal, imitate the chimes. And then repeat the phrase: “I need a drink.”
- Dance the fluffy dance to light music.
- Show everyone a rooster from which all the feathers have just been removed (sketch for 1.5 minutes).
- Look out the window and shout: “Good people, kiss me quickly.”
- Create one or more alcoholic cocktails yourself from the drinks on the table, and then drink them.
- Say a celebratory toast, imitating the head of state.
- Dance with lit sparklers, to light music.
- Tie festive tinsel around the girls' waists.
- Call an unknown person and bring Happy New Year greetings.
- Draw a blindfolded boar.
- Eat a fruit or vegetable with your hands tied.
- Remove the candy from the container filled with flour or sour cream.
- Throughout the feast, imitate the laughter of everyone who laughs.
- Tickle your neighbors to make them laugh in one minute.
- Imitate animal sounds, such as goats or horses, through an open window.
- Show how a simple kettle boils.
- Stand up like a swallow, say a toast and drink a glass of champagne to the bottom.
- In belly dancing, pester the opposite sex.
- Drink a strong alcoholic drink and snack on large lemon slices with a straight face.
- Raise a toast loudly using Georgian or Armenian accents.
- Show a man a light striptease; if a girl gets a forfeit, she gives it to her other half or just to the nearest man.
- Tie a pencil to a long stick and draw a Christmas tree.
- Copy the neighbor across the street for an hour.
- Depict a mouse dance.
- Feed your neighbor blindfolded.
- Sing a children's song in a child's voice.
- Make a promise to fulfill the wish of the neighbor on the left tomorrow.
- Transform yourself into a fairy-tale deer, ride those who want for two minutes.
- Try to explain all the positive and negative qualities of the next year on behalf of the Tiger.
- Perform a New Year's dance at the Christmas tree like a mouse.
- Show the symbol of the passing year, only with the help of gestures and facial expressions.
- Show the symbol of the coming year, only with the help of gestures and facial expressions.
- Swap one thing with the neighbors on the left and right and stay like that the whole evening.
- Unwrap it, and then eat the candy with your hands tied behind your back.
- Draw a tiger, holding the pencil with your mouth only.
- Demonstrate dancing snowflakes.
- Show a baby elephant releasing water from its trunk.
- Answer the question – what is the calves’ favorite treat and why.
- Show a monkey asking for bananas.
- Draw a holiday tree with your left or right hand, depending on which hand is the supporting one.
- Show a hen that hatches eggs.
- Show your dog for training.
Cool table competitions for corporate parties
Chamomile
On the tray there is a paper imitation of a flower. In the middle is the name of the competition, corresponding to the name of the flower, along the edges there are white petals. The petals are turned white side up. The task of each player is to take one petal and be sure to complete the task. Examples could be:
- Tell a funny incident from school life;
- Answer a tricky question from one of the participants in the feast;
- State your number of years in tangerine terms (1 tangerine = 1 month of life);
- Name three Spanish dances;
- Tell a children's poem about Soroka (The White-sided Magpie cooked porridge...).
Harmonic
Event participants are given a blank sheet of paper and a pencil. The players' task is to write phrases for the fairy tale. 2-5 words will be enough for a successful continuation of the plot. Only 1 phrase is required from 1 participant. The paper is passed around the table. You need to write on the very top line of the sheet, then the line is folded up so that the participants do not see the contents. Thus, the result should be an accordion; if there are a lot of people on the team, then the accordion can be turned over. At the same time, the leader carefully ensures that no one peeks at the previous neighbor. At the end, the toastmaster reads the received text. Delight and good mood after this are guaranteed for the whole team.
Associations
The participants of the feast compete between two teams. Each side of the table needs to guess as many words as possible in 1 minute. After the command “Start!” The first representative of the team turns over the card, reads the first word and says a few words that he associates with this meaning. Words of the same root and consonant cannot be pronounced. The team with the most guessed words wins. The game can be played in several stages by going through the entire deck of cards.
Ship
We welcome all passengers aboard the cruise ship. Today we are setting sail to different countries. Each of today's guests will visit abroad. But you need to guess your country. There are envelopes in front of you, you need to open them and read the riddles. Behind each description lies the name of a particular country. If you guess it, then you will go directly to the cruise ship. You can’t look on Wikipedia, but you can consult with your neighbors. The one who does not guess the country from the envelope loses. Examples for solving:
(Australia) This country is named after its continent. Previously, it belonged to the British Empire, however, and now on an official basis the country is under the influence of the Queen of England. Kangaroos live here and there is the Simpson Desert.
(Belarus) A neighboring country of Russia and Ukraine, the father rules here, and the most delicious dishes are prepared from potatoes.
(Bulgaria) A country rival to modern Turkey, owner of the Golden Sands resorts and a beautiful capital under a beautiful female name.
(Vatican)
A uniquely small country that has the smallest population and the smallest area.
(Italy)
A country beloved by all children, as it looks like a boot. That is why it is most quickly remembered when studying the globe.
(Greece)
A favorite dietary salad is named after this Mediterranean country. This state is recognized as one of the most favorite tourist destinations.
(Dominican Republic)
Popular state of the Caribbean. If you go to this hot country by plane from Moscow, the flight will take 10-11 hours, but already at the airport upon arrival you will see the streets where they perform salsa and bachata.
(Egypt)
A country of kings and pharaohs, which has smooth borders on the political map from the south and west. The owner of the colored sea, so suitable for diving and snorkeling.
(India)
The country's sacred animal is the cow, the largest overwater bridge in the world is located here, and in the capital you will find the largest spice market. And of course, the signature souvenirs of this country are postcards with elephants and tea.
(Canada)
This country is the birthplace of hockey, and in the northwestern territory of the second largest country in the world there are license plates in the shape of a bear.
Running for elimination
4-5 people are required per table. The leader puts the guys in one line, with chairs in front of them. At the musical command, players must run around the chairs. As soon as the music stops, everyone needs to take their chair. The children's game is still relevant. Anyone who does not have time is eliminated from the game. It is advisable to hold such a competition at a time when all participants have had a couple of strong drinks.
Fanta for New Year's corporate party
Forfeits are a great way to get closer to work colleagues during a corporate event. Below are cool and funny forfeits for corporate events.
- Draw a boss blindfolded.
- Show one of your work colleagues without words, the rest guess.
- Explain to your boss how much you love him in several languages.
- Hug as many employees as possible, for example two, three, four.
- Take a photo with the organization’s management to create an unusual photo.
- Make an unusual snack from the products on the table.
- We dress up the neighbor on the left like a Christmas tree, only from what is in the room.
- Rhyme the boss's name.
- Tell a funny incident or anecdote, tell it until the neighbors on your side laugh.
- Bow to greet six employees, but words and movements should not be repeated.
- Voice the four stupidest excuses for work or excuses for being late to work.
- Pour the alcoholic drink into a saucer or shallow plate and drink three toasts from them.
- Stuff your mouth with nuts or grapes and then sing a congratulatory song.
- Regardless of gender, hug or kiss the leader.
- Apply makeup to the neighbor on the right, regardless of gender.
- Explain your feelings to the employee sitting opposite you, regardless of gender.
- Eating a banana or cucumber sandwiched between the legs of an employee of the opposite sex.
- Get as many kisses from women as possible, and you can only wash off your lipstick at the end of the evening.
- Blindfolded, you need to guess who is standing in front of you.
- Dance on the format with an employee sitting next to you.
- Within a certain time, it is necessary to hug all employees and say something good.
- We inflate one balloon as soon as possible, after which it is necessary to burst it without arms and legs.
- Apologize to colleagues with whom there is a conflict; if there are none, then you should ask the director for forgiveness for bad thoughts.
- List the negative qualities of company employees.
- Praise yourself publicly in a questioning tone so that those present can confirm or deny it.
- Promise a few colleagues to help you throughout your first day of work.
- Perform a well-known song or part of it, replacing the words with animal sounds, for example, woof-woof or meow-meow. Those present guess the melody; if no one recognizes the melody, the participant must change the song.
- Remake the fairy tale “Turnip” yourself, replacing the characters in the fairy tale with work colleagues.
- Taking the headdress in your hands, walk through everyone present, begging for money.
- Walk through the hall and beg at least one thing from everyone, then put it on yourself, and stay in that outfit for some time.
- Climb under the table pretending to be a cat.
- Start a rumor about your colleague; gossip should not offend the employee's feelings.
- If there are balls with gel, then take a deep breath and convincingly prove that Grandfather Frost, as well as the Snow Maiden, really exist.
- Help the employees of the establishment clear the table.
- Depict the leader in the image of Father Frost or Snow Maiden.
Interesting story
We can save this competition for last. Or put it at the beginning of the celebration to better introduce guests to each other. The presenter prepares forfeits with questions in advance. For children, these could be questions like: “Tell me an interesting story at school”, “What was your favorite fairy tale as a child?”, “What kind of pet would you like to have and why?”
For adults, you can come up with something more personal or trick questions. “When did you kiss for the first time?”, “Tell me a situation when you were ashamed, but others found it funny”, “A funny incident with colleagues”, “A ridiculous situation you found yourself in with the birthday boy”, “How you met the birthday boy” , “Show me what’s in the bag.”
This game will help guests get to know each other better and relax in the same company. And at the end of the celebration, when all the games have been played, she will help you take a breath and give you new ideas for discussion at the table.
Each competition can be changed, supplemented, and you can come up with your own rules and conditions (instead of interesting stories, come up with riddles). You need to be guided by only one rule - it should be funny, cheerful, bright.
As you can see, you can have fun during the holidays not only with alcohol, loud music and karaoke. In order for the holiday to be remembered for a long time, it is not necessary to hire expensive artists, animators or toastmasters.
It is not at all necessary to have noisy evenings in an expensive restaurant. There are a huge number of competitions and games that will not let any invited guest get bored. Even at home, having organized fun competitions at the birthday table, time will pass quickly and joyfully.
Musical forfeits
What is New Year without songs? We invite you to hold musical forfeits for the New Year 2022.
- Waltz with the person you like.
- You can perform a square dance; you can choose your opponent yourself.
- Perform the “dance of the little swans”, the number of participants must be at least three.
- Invite Father Frost or Snow Maiden to dance.
- Perform the “dance of the little ducklings”; you can choose the number of participants yourself.
- Invite the leader to dance.
- Sing a song about a Christmas tree, howling like a wolf.
- Play a few ditties.
- List and sing five songs about the New Year.
- Invite your boss to sing a song related to the New Year together.
Examples of cards with encrypted toasts
This quest is a fully prepared scenario for a fun table competition for a New Year's corporate party. All the toasts in the quest are funny, witty and original and, most likely, your colleagues are unlikely to have heard them.
New Year's tasks for the street
Tired of sitting at home? It's time to go outside and play forfeits with passers-by. It would be interesting. Here is a selection of forfeits for the street:
- Pretend to be beggars or homeless, walk around passers-by, ask for money or food.
- Invite three passers-by to have a small drink with you.
- If there is a spruce nearby, then, depicting the symbol of the next year, walk around it several times.
- Make a snow woman in ten minutes.
- Near a large spruce tree, where there are a lot of people, sing a New Year's song as loudly as possible.
- Gather as many strangers as possible around the New Year's tree and persuade them to dance in a circle.
- Exchange phone numbers with the opposite sex.
- Invite the first passerby of the opposite sex to dance.
- Persuade several passers-by to sing a New Year's song with you.
- Go to the store wearing unusual makeup or dressed strangely.
- Make riddles to passers-by.
- Ask members of the opposite sex to fill in the missing link in the Spin the Bottle game.
- Ask a passerby to ride down the slide together.
- Find and bring coffee or tea for everyone present.
- Before the holiday tree, I congratulate everyone, imitating the head of state.
Remember, New Year's forfeits should not contradict the moral principles of holiday guests.
Quest tasks
◊ New Year's cipher - an easy task in which Santa Claus's cheerful toast was encrypted with a special graphic cipher. ◊ Letter Garland is an easy puzzle for attentiveness, in which colleagues will have to use unknown symbols to find similarities with the letters, and then a funny table toast will be solved. ◊ Toast in pictures - a task in which participants, using the available pictures, need to write the name of the objects depicted on them, which in rhyme are suitable for a fun table toast. By entering the correct name of the items, the toast will be solved. ◊ Favorite holidays - a task in which, based on the listed favorite holidays of Santa Claus, you need to find a numerical code and decipher another wonderful toast. ◊ One whole - a fun task in which individual toast keywords are presented and, according to a special algorithm, you will need to select the necessary words and combine them together to make a wonderful New Year's corporate toast. ◊ Magic card - in this task, participants need to use Santa Claus's magic card to decipher a funny toast at the table. ◊ New Year's clock - a task in which a witty corporate toast from Santa Claus is encrypted using a clock. Having found the solution algorithm, the participants will definitely find out everything.◊ New Year's orientation is a fun task in which all colleagues need to learn how to navigate in directions. Having understood the simple solution algorithm, the solved toast will definitely please everyone. ◊ Jokes of Grandfather Frost - a table toast that Grandfather Frost encrypted with the help of a funny table joke. ◊ The holiday is coming to you - a fun task in which, using the available sets of letters, you need to create words that will become one in another New Year's corporate toast from Santa Claus.
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