We all want to spend the holidays in a special way. Have time to relax, switch from everyday worries to something pleasant and unusual, please your loved ones and give your children memories that will warm them for many years.
We have collected ideas that will help make your family vacation brighter. And at the same time, all ideas are useful for the development of children.
The plan is everything
To make your holidays fun and relaxed, you need to plan them correctly. This way you definitely won’t forget anything, and everything will go as well as possible.
The plan can be posted for public viewing. This not only promotes optimal organization, but also creates an atmosphere of anticipation. And if you find the energy and time to decorate it with drawings or use collage techniques, it will become one of the New Year’s decorations at home.
Important! No matter how much you want to make the most of your vacation, cramming it full of activities is a bad idea. We already have enough busy days.
Competition - New Year's Charades
For this game we will need a little preparation - we need to remember the names of New Year's or winter songs and print them on small cards and preferably there should be more of them. Famous melodies such as “A Christmas tree was born in the forest”, “Three white horses”, “If the snowflake does not melt”, “The New Year is rushing towards us”... and everything in that spirit are perfect.
Divide into a couple of teams, fold the song cards several times and collect everything in an opaque bag or box. Take one representative from each team, so to speak, and invite them “on stage” in turn. So, the “speaker” must try to show what is written on the card without words. The team that guesses first is awarded one point - the strongest team wins the final - with the maximum number of correct answers.
Family Theater
Choose a short story that your child likes and prepare a performance based on it. For the little ones, fairy tales by Vladimir Suteev or Sergei Kozlov (about the Hedgehog and the Little Bear) are suitable; for older children, you can take a real play or an excerpt from it. Together with your child, figure out how to designate the characters’ costumes, draw masks, learn words, and take care of conventional decorations. If you don't have enough actors, large soft toys can play some of the roles.
For staging Russian fairy tales with many characters (“Teremok”, “Turnip”, etc.), the puppet theater format is more suitable. We stretch a sheet between two chairs, find suitable toys at home, learn words - and off we go.
In addition to the puppet theater, there is a shadow theater. Or maybe you have a growing artist who will give a pop performance - with songs, a xylophone, a pipe or a drum solo? Or a circus performer ready to perform magic tricks and acrobatic tricks?
During the holidays, you can not only have time to rehearse everything, but also schedule a premiere. Invite your grandparents to visit - they will definitely be delighted and drown you in applause.
Game for the holiday - New Year's psychic
Let's add a little mysticism and predictions to our New Year's party - let's try to discover the talent of “seeing” through thick fabric and increase the level of our sensitivity. So, to carry out this game we will need a “bag of gifts”; for this role we take a small opaque fabric bag and place small objects of different types into it. It could be candy, a watch, a small toy, a keychain, a lemon, a pacifier, a head of garlic and whatever you have enough imagination for.
You need to assemble the bag so that the players do not see its contents, so do not forget to tie it with ribbon or string before starting the game. Now we distribute a piece of paper and a pen to the participants, pass the “bag of gifts” around in a circle - everyone’s task is to understand by touch what is in the bag (within a certain time), and write down the name of the items on their piece of paper, so that the neighbors do not spy. The one who writes down the most answers wins.
Photo session in the winter forest
A family outing into nature can be made more interesting and memorable if you turn it into a family photo shoot. Search the Internet in advance for ideas for beautiful frames and save them to your phone. Prepare New Year's caps, a ceramic mug into which you can pour hot tea from a thermos, and other attributes.
Kids will be happy to take their favorite toy into nature and photograph it themselves under the snow-covered pines, on a branch with pine cones, or on a stump, where the goblin sleeps until spring. Teenagers can take up landscape photography or collect material to edit a video at home about a family trip or the secrets of a winter forest. In any case, you are guaranteed fabulously beautiful shots.
Winter paintings - a game for children
Winter Paintings is a competition that gives us the opportunity to show off our creative artistic talents! This fun is simple and very fun, to carry it out we need: white paper disposable plates, colored markers and winter holiday thoughts, which I think there will be no problems with.
Well, here are the rules: each player takes a paper plate and puts it on his head, holding his round improvised “canvas” with one hand, the artist must draw something winter or New Year’s on the plate with the other hand, for example, a snowflake or a snowman, a Christmas tree or a gift - here, as they say, it’s up to you. After a couple of minutes, we collect the resulting pictures and the one that turns out to be the most realistic brings its author victory. One note - it is advisable that each participant try to make a presentation of their work).
Board game evening
Board games are interesting not only for children; many adults also enjoy playing them. Invite friends and family with children and ask everyone to bring their favorite game. Even with a deck of ordinary playing cards, you can have an exciting and educational evening (we are by no means talking about playing for money, of course). Expensive games, such as “Monopoly”, “Alies”, “Activity”, “Imaginarium”, etc. can be rented. With such leisure time, the feast will turn out to be much less burdensome for health: being carried away by games, adults will lean less on alcohol and all sorts of goodies that are not healthy for the figure. And the children won’t have to be sent to another room to watch the TV.
Professional celebration and organization of the New Year
Not every person realizes that the organization and further holding of the New Year's holiday is beyond the power of an amateur. A beginner will not be able to provide a magical holiday at a decent level. There are many things that a beginner cannot do. But not for a professional! Our artists will be able to pay attention to all the details and all the children. We will not ignore the New Year tree, decorated on the eve of the celebration, we will be able to decorate it even more, and even hang additional decorations throughout the room, and the main place among them will be occupied by multi-colored and bright balls! After all, a beautiful, elegant room is a must-have attribute of the New Year, especially for those who appreciate every bright and happy moment in their lives! Surely you have never thought about the smallest nuances of organizing a holiday, such as the decoration of the hall, the Christmas tree, you have not thought about the right musical accompaniment and how very little children can feel at the big celebration of life. After all, it is difficult for adults to understand the psychology of a child; adults have forgotten what it is like to wait for such a fun and magical holiday as the New Year. Of course, we all remember how impatiently we ourselves looked forward to the New Year, as children, we all remember how we looked through the keyhole of the front door, expecting to see in it a familiar red or blue outfit, the white beard of Grandfather Frost. We remember how we learned rhymes or songs in order to receive a magical gift for our efforts. But we are rarely aware of all the psychological nuances that arise in this expectation. But real professionals in their field - organizing children's parties of all kinds - know firsthand about child psychology. Yes, our specialists, the organizers of children's parties, are also child psychologists, and this is very important in terms of organizing a proper New Year's holiday. Only our specialists can accurately determine what your child needs and how these needs can be met. After all, people from our agency worked with children and have specialized education that allows them to find the right approach to organizing a holiday!
Creative master class
Almost certainly among your friends and relatives or among the friends of your children and their parents there is someone who knows the technique of decoupage, scrapbooking, weaves beaded figures, makes origami, etc. Why not get together as a friendly group and learn from each other? The main thing is to choose a simple craft and prepare in advance the necessary materials for all participants.
In a group of girls you can hold a master class on stylish accessories. Various scarves (to practice tying them in a dozen different ways), straps, beads, brooches and other jewelry in large quantities will come in handy here. Or maybe you can invite a grandmother who will give a group of children a master class on baking her signature pies?
Don’t forget that the host of the master class can be not only an adult, but also a schoolchild. What if your son knows how to draw robots perfectly and teaches it to everyone else?
Give back the snowman's nose - fun for kids
Mission to return the nose to the snowman is a game that will suit even the youngest participants. So, we remember that the snowman's nose is made from carrots, which means we need one. But since our snowman will be made of paper, we will also draw a vegetable and cut it out of it. But let's do it all over again - take a large Whatman paper and draw a snowman on it, only without a nose.
We cut out the spouts separately from orange cardboard or colored paper. Glue a piece of double-sided tape onto each carrot. Now we attach a picture of a snowman to the wall and place the participants in front of the picture. The player who will try to return the snowman's nose needs to be blindfolded, spin it in place several times and go! After each attempt to glue the carrot to the right place, sign the name of the “author” and, naturally, the one who glues the nose most accurately wins.
Large selection of cabinets
The New Year is a great reason to declutter and start life with a clean slate. Remember the Italian tradition of throwing away old furniture? You don’t have to go to such radical measures, but simply get rid of unnecessary clothes and toys. The main thing is to frame the event not as a dull cleaning task, but as an adventure. It is very possible that parents will find old things and objects with a fascinating history on the mezzanine. They are interesting to touch, examine and try on. And then come up with a new use for them or give them to someone.
Probably, the child, watching his parents get rid of unnecessary things, will also agree to sort through the contents of his lockers and give away clothes and toys that he has already outgrown.
Game for children - New Year's questions
New Year's Questions is a very simple and exciting game with a small degree of activity and for any number of participants. To carry out this fun, you will need to choose one “main” player; he, committing to answer questions only “yes” or “no,” makes a word on a New Year’s theme, of course.
The task of the other players is to find out what the “main” wished for by asking leading questions that can be answered unambiguously, for example: “Is this an animate object?” or “Is this large?” and so on. The condition is simple: there should be no more than 20 questions (or 15, depending on the circumstances). The team that guesses the most correct answers faster and faster becomes the winner.
Bake pies or cookies together
Yes, yes, dads and boys should definitely take part in this too. For this family cooking activity, don't choose anything complicated. The best option is a simple and quick-to-prepare shortcrust pastry.
Everyone will enjoy kneading it with their hands, and even more so, cutting out figures with special molds or even ordinary glasses. And the intoxicating aromas that will begin to float in the air just a few minutes after you put the baking sheet in the oven will definitely create a festive mood.
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Homemade waffles will also be a hit, so if you have a waffle iron, you finally have a reason to get it out! While the baked goods are being prepared, set the festive table together, take the time to lay out a beautiful tablecloth, take out napkins and utensils that you rarely use. Believe me, such a joint vacation will last for a long time, if it will forever remain in the memory of the children.
Children's Party Game - Memory Test
This game can safely be called educational and, by the way, you can play it with children not only on New Year’s Day, but at any time of the year - for no reason, so to speak. For it, we need to prepare a kind of deck of cards with New Year or Christmas pictures - they can have snow, a Christmas tree, a snowflake, a gift, Santa’s fawn, and so on in this direction (you can use the sample proposed below). We print the cards so that each image has a duplicate.
Lay out the resulting deck, face down, on a comfortable table and invite two players to collect as many “pairs” as possible - each player draws the first card and begins to look for its pair. We lift the card one by one and, if it doesn’t match, turn it back over. The goal is to get the maximum number of matches in a certain time.
Fun starts in the fresh air
Modern children don't go out much, and often don't know how to play the usual yard games that their parents grew up with. The New Year holidays are a good time to bridge this gap. Children will be delighted if their parents show them how to play “I Know Five Names”, “Traffic Light”, “Colors”, etc.
Invite neighborhood children and your child's friends from kindergarten or school to gather in the yard with their parents. Conduct speed relay races: run a short distance in turn, jump or walk while holding a ball on your shoulder blade in front of you. Organize an accuracy competition: hit a bucket with a ball, throw snowballs at a target, or walk in single file.
If the weather permits, you can build a snowman and various animals from the snow - seals, squirrels, turtles and even crocodiles.
Active outdoor entertainment will help take your beloved children away from cartoons and computer games, at least for a short while. By the way, training gross motor skills directly affects the development of intelligence and learning skills.
Entrust the organization and celebration of the New Year to professionals
We know what is going on in a child’s head, just like you did many years ago, he is waiting for a fairy tale to come, he needs it like no one else. And it would be a great shame to deprive him of this fairy tale! With our agency, you can give your child the best holiday in his life, a holiday that can be remembered for a really long time! After all, your child believes in Grandfather Frost and is extremely in need of his pleasant and obligatory New Year’s surprises, so you shouldn’t deprive him of them. Maybe it was to you in childhood that Santa Claus or Grandfather Frost came unnoticed, leaving traces in the form of gifts beautifully wrapped in multi-colored paper under the tree, but this does not mean at all that your child should suffer the same fate. Give your child a radically different experience and personally introduce him to the most popular grandfather on the planet. And then he is simply guaranteed colorful, bright and sweet impressions for the rest of his life! Our professional Grandfather Frosts and Snow Maidens are ready to hold an extraordinary New Year's holiday for your children at the highest level. The artists of our organization look great, and their costumes shine, attracting the attention of all the children. The best reward for us is the sincere joy of your baby. We are also one hundred percent sure that the ringing laughter of your child will be the best gift for you. Especially for you, we will offer many excellent ready-made scenarios for celebrating the New Year. And if none of the proposed scenarios suits you, we can write a completely new and completely exclusive scenario for you, and then hold a beautiful and original holiday based on it. We have a huge number of different options and we can always adapt to customer preferences. Believe me, it’s amazingly easy to work with us! If you have already started planning the whole next year and organizing, as well as celebrating the New Year - 2021 is a pressing issue for you, you simply must contact our company! We will help organize a truly unforgettable New Year for your child. We will do everything to make him feel involved in real magic. After this, he will remember this holiday for the rest of his life. See also: organizing children's parties and New Year's corporate holiday.
Mysterious evening under the blanket
If you are already tired of running around and noisy gatherings, spend some time alone with your child. You can build a hut from chairs and blankets in the center of the room, put an LED candle in the center, and climb into this hut together or in the company of toys. Imagine that you are sitting by the fire and telling each other stories and fairy tales.
Ask your child what his favorite bear cub is afraid of and what he dreams about. Listen carefully and support, because, most likely, the child at this moment will talk about himself.
New Year's competition - Limbo for Santa
One of my favorite New Year's activities, which both children and adults will enjoy, is Limbo for Santa - this is an active musical entertainment. In order to organize this game, you will need some equipment: a pillow, a belt and a “staff”, which can be any long stick or tube, and don’t forget about a Santa hat for the look.
Now we choose “Santa” and attach a belly-pillow to him using a belt or simply insert a pillow under a T-shirt/jacket/dress, put two assistants opposite each other - give them our “staff”, turn on the music, and then everything is as in In the usual limbo, a “santa” (or several santas) walk under the staff in a belly-up position, trying not to hit the obstacle; the holders of the staff lower it a little lower with each step. The winner is the Santa who passes or, more precisely, squeezes under the staff in the lowest possible position. One strict rule: whoever hits a stick with a pillow is eliminated from the competition.
Leisure
Long winter holidays are an excellent opportunity to master ice slides in nearby parks, teach your child to skate or ski, or take first snowboarding lessons from an instructor.
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You can go on a day trip to the thermal springs - swimming in hot mineral water and frosty air - something you can only experience in winter! There are several such sources not far from Yekaterinburg - in Turinsk, Tavda, Tyumen.
A walk with the whole family through the snowy forest on horseback or on a dog sled is fresh air and an unforgettable experience! In addition, many centers provide additional entertainment - trolls, giant football, and tea drinking in a tent with a real shaman.
Do not deny yourself and your children the joy of communicating with animals - in horse clubs and dog kennels there is an opportunity to take pictures, take part in the care, and listen to stories about the life of animals.
Collecting all the snowballs - New Year's game
For this festive fun, we will need about twenty white ping-pong balls or cotton balls, but this is not strict. Before starting the game, ask all participants to leave the room and not peek until you have hidden our “snowballs” somewhere in a secluded place, taking into account the age and height of the players, of course.
Now let the detectives in. The one who finds the most “snowballs” is the winner. By the way, if you want to complicate the task, set the condition that the found balls cannot be placed anywhere, that is, the entire treasure must be kept in your hands or pockets. You can also provide children with a separate New Year's bucket for collecting snowballs.
Snowflakes made from cotton swabs
And here is another option for crafts for creative needlewomen - snowflakes made from cotton swabs. When your baby needs to be occupied and there is nothing left for creative materials, it’s time to look for an alternative.
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New Year's crafts for kindergarten from threads
You can use knitting threads as material for New Year's crafts, but we won't knit anything, because children's crafts should be simple and understandable to kids.
Thread painting for the New Year for children
For the New Year holidays, you can master a new needlework technique with children - paintings from threads. To do this you will need a picture without small parts, knitting threads, scissors and glue. Cut the threads into small pieces in advance and prepare the picture. Now the most interesting thing awaits us: spread the outline of the picture with glue and trace it with thread, press lightly so that the thread does not move. We wait until the glue dries and begin to fill the middle of the picture (we apply glue and cover it with finely chopped threads). The craft is ready, the baby is happy!
DIY snowflake made of threads
You can make an unusual snowflake from knitting threads and twigs. We will need five sticks, knitting threads, plasticine or glue. We fasten the sticks in the center in the form of a snowflake. We wrap the middle with thread so that the attachment point is not visible, and then we wrap each stick. As a result, we get a pretty nice snowflake from ordinary twigs and threads.
Christmas tree on a lace: a New Year's craft for the little ones
We offer the little ones to make lace-up crafts. Children under 3 years old do not yet have access to all the capabilities of their body, so we suggest developing fine motor skills with the help of lacing. Mom needs to prepare a blank on thick cardboard in advance (a Christmas tree, a boot, a mitten, a Christmas ball or something else), and use a hole punch to make holes for the thread along the edges. You need to tie a knot at one end of the thread and wrap the other with tape to make it easier to pull it through the holes in the cardboard. We show the baby the principle of lacing and enjoy the process!
Horse made of threads: making toys with your own hands
You can make real toys from threads with your own hands, for example, a horse, which will become an excellent Christmas tree decoration. For the horse you will need knitting threads (main color and two additional ones for decoration), eyes. Step-by-step photo instructions are given below.
Angels made of threads
Angels made from threads will be an excellent New Year's decoration. You can make this craft with children of any age. To make it you will need: cardboard, threads, ribbons for decoration. See the step-by-step photo master class below.
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Christmas tree made of threads for children: making crafts for kindergarten
If you are planning to make New Year's crafts with your children, then, of course, you should choose something simpler. An excellent option would be a Christmas tree made by winding threads on a thick cardboard blank. To make it you will need: a piece of thick cardboard, knitting threads, double-sided tape, beads. Place double-sided tape on the base of the cardboard to secure the thread. Wind the threads tightly onto the cardboard, and in the last row, thread the beads through the thread. Decorate the top with a star button and leave a small thread so that the Christmas tree can be hung.
Christmas tree made of sticks and threads
And here's another version of the Christmas tree? We’ll just make it out of popsicle sticks. You will need sticks (you can also use ordinary twigs), paints, glue, knitting threads, decorative elements (mini pompoms, beads, buttons, etc.). We paint the sticks green and glue them in the shape of a triangle. We wrap the structure with threads and decorate. If you plan to decorate with beads, then it is better to put them on threads and then wrap them. To make the Christmas tree stand as a stand, you can use a clothespin. See the step-by-step master class below.
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Children's poems for the New Year 2021 in pictures for memorization
Now congratulations in the form of pictures with the symbol of 2021. They can be downloaded and printed instead of a postcard. Also give as a nice gift to loved ones.
Call our agency. New Year's party for children is waiting for you
Experienced agency staff:
- will listen carefully to your wishes and recommendations;
- will offer you ready-made scripts for children's matinees;
- will discuss all the nuances of the upcoming event.
If you are not satisfied with something in existing programs, we will definitely write a script specifically for your conditions and your audience. This will be an exclusive work that you will definitely appreciate. New Year's holidays for children can be very diverse:
- many storylines;
- many fairy-tale characters who, together with the children, will participate in the creation of the festive canvas;
- a large number of fun competitions and dances;
- general and team games;
- friendly round dances;
- funny jokes;
- taking photographs with the leading characters as a souvenir.
Not a single child will be able to stand quietly on the sidelines, embarrassed or unwilling to participate in the festive performance. At our holidays this is simply impossible. Actors with higher professional education enthusiastically light up all the participants of the holiday, young and old.
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