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Games around the Christmas tree are a favorite New Year's entertainment at home or in children's recreation areas. And we have new and unusual games!

Well, the house and garden are decorated and waiting for the holiday, the table is bursting with your favorite dishes and desserts, all that’s left to think about is holiday program. Fun games and competitions will fit well into the feast, and everyone can participate in them without exception and age discounts. These modern games are suitable for preschool children (2-3 years old, 5-6 years old), as well as primary school, little students will also be interested.

Games at the Christmas tree

Game: Now I’ll sing!

The traditional round dance at the Christmas tree can be varied with this game. The guests loudly sing everyone’s favorite “A Christmas tree was born in the forest...” When the presenter claps, everyone falls silent and continues to sing the song to themselves, and at the next clap, everyone sings out loud again. Someone will definitely enter at the wrong time, and that’s why he’ll be eliminated from the game. (Naturally, you can sing any songs).

Game: Congratulate your friends alphabetically!

The host offers to congratulate each other on the New Year. He tells the player the first letter of the alphabet A, and he comes up with and voices a happy holiday wish for this letter, for example: “Delicious dishes for you in the New Year!” or the next player with the letter B: “Be healthy, live richly” and so on until the end of the alphabet, just distribute the letters to the guests randomly so that they cannot prepare in advance. The funniest thing will be when you get to the letters Y, ь, ы, Ъ.

Game: Decorate the Christmas tree

To play, take several balls of ribbons, tinsel, and garlands, depending on the number of players. Women act as Christmas trees; men decorate them without using their hands, taking tinsel or a garland with their lips. The couple whose Christmas tree is decorated the fastest wins.

Game: Mittens and Buttons

Pairs play - a man and a woman. Male players are given thick winter mittens. The partner is put on a shirt or robe over the outfit, and what follows is clear to everyone - fasten as many buttons as possible on the partner. Fun guaranteed!

Game: Mysterious Chest

Two players are given chests or suitcases containing a variety of different and unexpected items of clothing, the more the better. The players are blindfolded and begin to dress up as the Snow Maiden and Father Frost at the command of the presenter. Then the next couple is called and dresses up in what is left in the suitcases. At the end there is a competition for the most beautiful Santa Claus and Snow Maiden.

Game: Who is faster?

This game, like subsequent ones, is best played outdoors. Participants stand in a circle. The driver runs behind the players and, tapping someone standing on the shoulder, runs on. The chosen one rushes to run around the players in the opposite direction. The task of those running towards each other is to take the vacant seat. The player who hesitated becomes the driver - all over again.

Game: Magic Word

The participants of the game stand in a semicircle. The presenter very quickly gives out commands, which are carried out only when the word “please” is added to them. Without it, the command does not work and there is no need to execute it. The one who makes a mistake must stand up, or better yet, take a step forward with each mistake, without losing the right to participate in the game. The winner is the one who stays in place, making fewer mistakes.

Game: Who is faster?

To play you need two reels or thick sticks and a rope several meters long with a knot or ribbon in the middle. Two players disperse in different directions with spools and ends of the rope in their hands. On command, they begin to quickly rotate the reel and wind the rope around it, moving towards the middle. The one who gets to the mark faster wins.

Game: Pull - Push

Two players from the same team sit on the sled. Only with their backs to each other. The task is to get to the finish line as quickly as possible, but they must push off the ground only with their feet, and yet one of them is sitting with his back...

Game: Sculptors

Conduct this competition if there is sticky snow outside. Any letter of the alphabet is called the leader, and the participants of the game sculpt a thing that is called with this letter. The one who blinds faster and more reliably wins (at the end of the game, recognition of what has been stuck on can be arranged).

Game: Whose team is bigger, faster and higher?

This game involves couples. Better baby and adult. A time is recorded, for example, five minutes, during which these two must roll a snowball. Players with the most win big lump. The competition can continue. At the signal, the couples roll their comas to the finish line. Naturally, those who reach the finish line faster and in one piece win. And then - the favorite snowmen from such large lumps. Who has it higher than others?

Rhyming games for spending the New Year with children

Questions for the players in an entertaining rhyme arouse the interest of the little participants of the holiday. Can be done with both children and spectators.

All players must repeat the last syllable after the leader twice.

Run up, kids (ra-ra)
The game is announced. (ra – ra)
Don’t spare your palms (lei-lei)
Clap, stomp more joyfully. (lei - lei)
You will have time (you – you)
A whole hour! (hour – hour)
Do you need two? There will be two! (two - two)
Think with your head. (howl - howl)
How do we hear a wolf howl? (howl - howl)
How does the rooster crow in the morning? (uh-uh)
This is an owl, and what about a rooster? (uh-uh)
It's right? Exactly? (so-so)
In fact, how, how? (how how)
What is three plus two? (two - two)
My head is just spinning! (va – wa)
Is it lips or nose? (nose - nose)
(point to lips)
Could this be a steam locomotive? (voz - voz)
Is it eyebrows or eyes? (eye - eye)
(point to eyebrows)
What do we have here then? (us – us)
(point to nose)
Well done, you are right, right? (Yes Yes)
Just today or always? (Yes Yes)
Are you tired of playing? (at - at)
(Whoever answered “no” is out of the game)
You will be bored (points to the one who made a mistake)

We start to play
Let's find a rhyme.
I'll read the words.
You say a rhyme. Yes?!
Snow fell at the gate
The holiday is coming soon...(New Year)!
Children make noise happily
Decorate the Christmas tree... (want).
We hung up the toys -
Here are the garlands and ... (crackers).
Here are the snowflakes and pinwheels,
Bunnies, hedgehogs, little animals.
A little cold under the branches
Good Grandfather...(Frost).
He brought gifts to everyone,
Look - a whole (cart)!
Well, the Christmas tree is beautiful -
(brought) joy to the children!
Look what a wonder
And elegant, and ... (beautiful).
Here at the request of the guys
They will sparkle on it...(lights).
All the people are dancing
Starts...(round dance).
Here are the poems and songs -
I'm glad that we are all...(together)!
We will celebrate the holiday
Let's...(celebrate the New Year)!

The players must all answer the questions “yes” or “no” together.

Is Santa Claus coming to school? (Yes)
Is he humorous and cheerful? (Yes)
Is he playing hide and seek with you? (No)
Does he do exercises at school? (No)
Ate all your gummies? (No)
Does he bring you a Christmas tree on holiday? (Yes)
Does he wear braids and bows? (No)
Is he young all the time? (No)
Does he wear a fur coat with a beard? (Yes)
Does he adore all the boys? (Yes)
Does he provide them with gifts? (Yes)
Does Frost have brothers? (No)
Is our mimosa good? (points to the Christmas tree) (no)
Will the New Year come soon? (Yes)
Is it New Year only in Russia? (No)
Is there a Snow Maiden in Paris? (No)
Does she come to us as a redhead? (No)
Is she friends with Santa Claus? (Yes)
Does he dance with you in a round dance? (Yes)

A letter from the guys to their beloved Santa Claus

The guys in the audience are asked 14 adjectives. These adjectives, in the order in which they were named, are then inserted into the letter template.

Santa Claus...hello!

Our... children are really looking forward... to meeting you. After all, the New Year is the most... holiday for everyone. The guys will sing their ... songs for you, dance ... dances!

Very soon... New Year will come! And then... the holidays. The guys will forget about... studying.

And today, bring your... bag with... gifts and distribute them to the children.

Your... girls and... boys.

Game "At the Zoo"

Children, if the statement is correct, should say “We saw it, we saw it, we saw it at the zoo!”

– There is a whole family at the zoo near the duck pond.
“The lion has a whole bunch of children behind bars.
– Here is a huge hippopotamus chewing a lettuce leaf.
– The penguins hatched two chicks from their eggs.
– The most terrible crocodile almost bit me.
“And the tigress hatched a chick from an egg yesterday.”
“Here’s a hungry pelican,” the crane swallowed.
“And the huge elephants are sweltering from the heat.”
“There’s a kangaroo in the enclosure, humming in the morning.”

When asked, the players shout, “It’s me, it’s me, these are all my friends!”

Who runs into the classroom in a cheerful flock every time?
Who doesn’t prepare his homework and only goes to school to get a bad grade?
Who has been friends with sports since childhood, about health and does not worry?
And who is really overcome by sadness today?
Which one of you is neat and on appearance pleasant?
Who does their homework diligently?
Who walked to school today with their heads upside down?
Who, tell me honestly, wears a hat on his foot?
How many of you have a complete cold and have walked through puddles in slippers?
Who has a diary in order, always clean in a notebook?
Who washed their face from the tap early this morning?
Who scatters toys here and there in the corners?
Who can dance for exactly five hours at a festival?

Winter games for kids

The sun is getting lower, there are fewer leaves on the trees, and every morning it’s getting colder - these are the first signs of winter. Soon the first snow will fall and we will all go into the yards together with our little ones to sculpt snowmen. But to make the winter festivities more varied, I want to offer you several joint games with the youngest children.

Game No. 1 "Santa Claus - red nose." A leader is chosen, preferably an adult, and the rest of the children form a circle. Next, the presenter closes his eyes and spins around himself with the words “I’ll freeze, freeze!!!”, then he stops and begins to catch the children. Whoever he catches is frozen, this person becomes the leader.

Game No. 2 known to all of us since childhood - this "Loaf". The kids gather in the yard and begin to dance in a circle to a poem everyone knows. Of course, this is a game for the little ones, older children are not interested in it, however, if you diversify the rhymes in the game or add a “prize fund”, older children will also agree to play this game.

Game No. 3. Game "The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats" may also become in a good way pastime. The wolf is allocated a small area on the site - his kennel, and the piglets are given houses, for example, under a hill, in a sandbox or under a tree, where the wolf cannot reach them. After this, the terrible beast goes to his home and falls asleep with wild snoring. When he wakes up, he goes out hunting with the kids, and they, running away from him, can hide in the house. When the wolf catches its prey, it circles it around itself, then lets it go and the game continues.

Game No. 4 called « The Snow Queen and Santa Claus". This is a game for little ones, as it does not have particularly strict rules or plot. Children arm themselves with shovels, buckets and begin to sprinkle bushes, twigs and trees with snow so that they do not freeze and winter comes around faster.

Game No. 5. The game is also suitable for little ones "Angel": children lie on the snow with their backs and move their hands up and down, drawing wings in the snow.

Game No. 6 “Enemy Banner”. The next game on our list is for more adults. The children in the yard are divided into teams and build themselves barricades of snow, with a flag placed on top of each of them. The task of each team is to obtain the opponent’s banner, defending its citadel with snowballs.

There are a great many other winter games for the youngest children. The main thing is not to walk outside if the temperature is below -15 C, and make sure that all the kids are in motion.

Magical and long-awaited holiday, which our children are so waiting for is already on the doorstep. You still have time to prepare for his meeting with the children, plan the scenario and study competitions and games for the New Year.

Games and competitions

The host asks questions to which the game participants must quickly, without hesitation, answer “yes” or “no.” The one who makes a mistake is eliminated from the game.

Is Santa Claus a cheerful old man?
- Yes.
- Do you like jokes and gags?
- Yes.
- Do you know songs and riddles?
- Yes.
- Will he eat all your chocolates?
- No.
- Will he light the children’s Christmas tree?
- Yes.
- Will he hide the threads and needles?
- No.
- Doesn’t his soul age?
- Yes.
- Will it warm us up outside?
- No.
- Is Joulupukki Frost's brother?
- Yes.
- Did a rose bloom under the snow?
- No.
- Is the New Year getting closer?
- Yes.
- Does the Snow Maiden have skis?
- No.
- Is Santa Claus bringing gifts?
- Yes.
- Are all the masks bright on New Year’s Day?
- Yes.

Exists another option this game. The presenter names the items, and the participants also quickly, without thinking, answer whether they are suitable for decorating the Christmas tree.

Multi-colored firecrackers?
- Yes.
- Blankets and pillows?
- No.
- No.
- Marmalades, chocolates?
- Yes.
- Glass balls?
- Yes.
- Are the chairs wooden?
- No.
- Teddy bears?
- Yes.
- Primers and books?
- No.
- Are the beads multi-colored?
- Yes.
- And the garlands are light?
- Yes.
- Snow made of white wool?
- Yes.
- Good soldiers?
- No.
- Shoes and boots?
- No.
- Cups, forks, spoons?
- No.

"Snow Mission"

For this game, you can use a small ball or make a “snowball” out of cotton wool. The participants of the game stand in a circle and pass the “snowball” around the circle. At the same time they say:
We're all rolling a snowball,
We all count to five.
One two three four five -
Sing a song for you!

Whoever has a “snowball” on the last phrase fulfills this wish. The last phrase can be changed: “And read poetry to you!”, “Let’s dance for you!”, “Tell you a fairy tale!” and so on.

"Anecdote "with a beard""

The contestants take turns telling jokes. If one of those present knows the continuation, the narrator is given a “beard”, which is replaced by a piece of cotton wool. The one who ends up with fewer pieces of cotton wool wins.

"Cooking Competition"

Within a certain time (for example, 5 minutes), the participants in the game must create a New Year's menu. All dishes in it must begin with the letter "N" (New Year). Dishes on the menu for Father Frost must begin with the letter "M", and for the Snow Maiden - with the letter "S". The one with the largest menu wins.

“I’ll sing now!”

On New Year's Day, it is customary to sing songs and dance around the Christmas tree. But this activity can be diversified. For example, when the presenter claps, everyone begins to sing the famous song “The little Christmas tree is cold in winter...”. At the second clap, singing aloud stops, but all participants in the game continue to sing to themselves. On the third clap, everyone starts singing out loud again. The one who enters incorrectly is eliminated.

"Fairy tale character"

Cards are laid out on the table with the names of fairy-tale characters and cartoon characters written on them (with the inscriptions facing down). A participant in the game pulls out any card and, after reading what is written there, must, using facial expressions, gestures, and characteristic sounds, portray this character so that those present understand who he is talking about. we're talking about. The first person to guess pulls out the next card.

"Cinderella"

The game involves two people. Each participant is blindfolded and asked to disassemble his own slide, in which peas, beans, lentils, and dried rowan are mixed (the ingredients can be changed depending on what is in the house). Blindfolded participants sort the fruits into groups. The one who completes the task first wins.

"Mystery Prize"

A small gift (notebook, pen, etc.) is wrapped in paper, onto which a piece of paper with a riddle is glued. Once again they wrap it in paper and again glue the piece of paper with the riddle on it. There can be any number of such layers, it all depends on the number of players. The participant unfolds one layer of paper, reads the riddle to himself and says the answer out loud. Then he unfolds the next layer, reads the riddle again to himself and says the answer. If he doesn't know the answer, he reads the riddle out loud. The first one to solve this riddle unrolls the next layer of paper. The winner is the one who, having solved the last riddle, gets to the gift.

"Mobile phone"

Participants in the game name the numbers in order. Those who get the number 5 or its multiples say “ding-ding.” Those who get the number 7 and its multiples say “ding-diling.” The one who makes a mistake is eliminated from the game.

"Choose a prize!"

Various gifts wrapped in little bags are attached to a long rope. The participant in the game is blindfolded and given scissors. He must cut some gift, which he gets.

"Slipper for Cinderella"

Participants in the game put their shoes in a pile and blindfold themselves. The presenter mixes the shoes into a pile and gives the command: “Find your shoe!” Blindfolded participants need to find their pair of shoes and put on their shoes. Whoever completes the task faster wins.

"Toropyzhki"

For this competition you will need sweet jelly or, for example, halva. The winner is the one who eats the portion offered to him the fastest using a toothpick.

"The Harvesters"

The participants of the game are divided into 2 teams. The task of each team is to move as many oranges or tangerines as possible to a certain place without using their hands in a certain time (for example, 10 minutes).

"Riddles"

Each participant in the game has a piece of paper attached to their back with the name of an animal, object, etc. (for example, an elephant, a pen, a pear, an airplane), but so that the players do not know what is written on their pieces of paper. But they can read what is written on others' backs. Participants in the game must ask each other leading questions to find out what is written on their backs. The answers can only be “yes” or “no”. The one who guesses his “name” first is the winner. The game is played until the last person guesses correctly. Everyone receives incentive prizes.

"Sculptors"

This competition is best held outdoors. The presenter names a letter, and the competition participants must fashion any thing out of snow that begins with this letter. Whoever blinds faster and more reliably wins. You can conduct this competition at home using plasticine.

Tricks

Thread on a jacket

You notice a white thread on your jacket and try to brush it off, but the thread remains on the jacket. Then you grab it by the tip and pull. To your surprise (and the surprise of other people), she continues on. You pull further and further until several meters of thread run out.

The secret of the trick: Before performing a trick, you put a small pencil in the inner pocket of your jacket, onto which several meters of thread are wound from a spool. Use a needle to push the tip of the thread through the fabric of the jacket to the outside. The main thing is that there are no traces left in your pocket after the demonstration of the trick, if particularly vigilant spectators decide to inspect your pockets. That's why the thread is wound around the pencil.

Three glasses and paper

Place two glass glasses on the table at some distance from one another. Place a sheet of paper on top.

Take the third glass in your hands and invite the audience to place it between the two glasses on a sheet of paper so that the paper does not bend. Of course, no one succeeds. Then you demonstrate your “magical” abilities.

The secret of the trick: Fold a sheet of paper like an accordion along the long side, then it can easily support the weight of even a glass cup.

Magic rope

You sit down at a table in front of the audience, show them a rope, put it on the table and say: “I will tie a knot in this rope without using my hands.”

After this, cross your arms over your chest. Taking one end of the rope with your left hand and the other with your right, you spread your arms to the sides. There really was a knot in the rope!

The secret of the trick: There is no special secret here. You just need to take a rope at least 1 meter long. And, of course, carefully rehearse the act in order to be able to grab both ends of the rope from the table.

Magic "patch"

You ask the audience for two coins in denominations of 1 and 5 rubles. Place a 1 ruble coin on a small piece of paper, draw a mark around it with a pencil and then carefully cut out a hole with a diameter equal to this 1 ruble coin. After this, invite the audience to insert a 5-ruble coin into this hole. Nobody has any idea how to do this. Then you can easily solve the proposed problem.

The secret of the trick: Of course, a 5-ruble coin will not fit into such a small hole. But if you bend a piece of paper in half so that the fold line runs through the center of the hole, the hole will turn into a gap. Stretch the paper a little - the diameter of the hole is enough for a coin to slip through it with ease.

Without getting your hands wet

Take a large flat plate, place a coin on it and pour in a small amount of water until it covers the coin. Then ask the audience to take the coin without getting their hands wet.

The secret of the trick: You light a piece of paper and put it in a glass. Then quickly turn the glass over and place it on a plate near the coin. When the paper in the glass burns and goes out, the water from the plate will collect under it, and the coin will end up in a dry place.

Three layouts

Take any 21 cards and arrange them face up into three cards in seven rows. You should end up with three vertical columns of seven cards each. Invite one of the spectators to remember one card and say which column it is in. Carefully, one by one, place the cards in each column into piles, and then all the piles into one pile. In this case, a stack of cards from the column with the selected card must be placed in the middle between the other two. Then turn the stack face down, again arrange the cards in three columns of seven cards each, and again ask the spectator to indicate which column contains the chosen card. Fold the cards into columns and place the indicated column of cards in the middle again. And finally, lay out the cards for the third time and again place the column with the selected card between the other two. Count out ten cards. The eleventh card comes out.

The secret of the trick: the main thing is to always place the column with the hidden card between the other two.

Tricky trick

Take a deck of cards. Invite one of the spectators to choose and remember a card and put it on top of the deck without showing it to you. Then remove the deck and place its lower part on top. Lay out the cards face up and accurately indicate the hidden card.

The secret of the trick: To find the hidden card, we'll use a little trick. Before demonstrating the trick, we remember the lowest card of the deck. Now, when laying out the deck, the hidden card will lie in front of the card that we spied.

Guessed card

You invite four spectators to sit at the table with you. You deal five cards to everyone. After this, the spectators must remember one card each from those in their hands. You collect the cards and lay them out on the table in five piles. Spectators choose one of the piles. You take the cards and fan them out to the audience. Then you ask which of them sees their card. Having received the answer, you accurately indicate the card that they remember.

The secret of the trick: You start collecting cards from the spectator who sits to your left and then go clockwise. Moreover, you collect all five cards at once, and not one at a time. Your cards will be the last to be collected, and they will be at the top of the deck. When you then arrange the cards into five piles, any one of them contains the cards in the order in which the spectators sit at the table. If, for example, a third spectator identifies “his” card, it will be third, counting from the top of the pile, etc.

Kings and ladies

Kings and queens are selected from the deck. You place them in front of the audience in two rows - separately for kings and separately for queens. You stack the cards, placing a stack of kings on top of a stack of queens. The resulting deck of eight cards can be removed by spectators any number of times. Then you hide the cards behind your back, take out two cards and show them to the audience. They see that it is the king and queen of the same suit.

The secret of the trick: Initially, you stack the cards so that the sequence of suits in both decks is the same. Behind your back, you divide the deck into two four-card decks and take the top card from each mini-deck. It will always be the king and queen of the same suit.

Intended number

Invite one of the spectators to think of a number. After this, the spectator must multiply it by 2, then add 8, divide by 2 and subtract the number he has in mind. After a significant pause, you announce that the resulting number is 4.

The secret of the trick: There is no secret, pure mathematics!

Good afternoon, dear readers!

As the New Year approaches, a fun time of games, entertainment, songs, dances and gifts begins for children.

However, for adults, and especially cultural workers, this is another test of strength, because you need to prepare a script for the matinee, rehearse, find costumes and, most importantly, figure out how to entertain the kids near the New Year tree.

So that the kids don’t get bored at the matinee, we present New Year’s games for children near the Christmas tree. I hope that the selection will be useful to you.

Many of us remember the New Year's matinees of Soviet times. The competitions and entertainment at them were quite monotonous.

True, some of them have already become a real tradition, and modern children also look forward to the usual songs, round dances around the Christmas tree and games with Santa Claus. The most popular of them still remain:

• Round dances to the songs “Little Christmas Tree” and “A Christmas Tree Was Born in the Forest.”
• “I’ll freeze”: it is usually carried out by Santa Claus. He runs past the guys who put their hands forward. When Santa Claus approaches, you need to hide your hands. The one whose hands Grandfather touches is eliminated and stands in a circle. The “frozen” will have to recite a rhyme or sing a song. This competition, like the next one, is held to music.

• "Mitten." Santa Claus passes a mitten to the children in a circle. It is important to quickly pass it to the next participant without dropping it. If someone’s mitten falls, that participant drops out and stands in a circle, and the mitten “travels” further.
• Christmas tree, light up! This remark always accompanies the end of the New Year's party. The children unanimously call Santa Claus. When he arrives, everyone shouts together: “Christmas tree, light up!” The tree is lit only for the third time, after which the final song of Santa Claus sounds and gifts are distributed.

These entertainments create a kind of “backbone” of the holiday, without which the New Year is simply unthinkable for children. The organizers and creators of the matinee script can “string” any variants of competitions onto it.

In room

If the matinee takes place in a kindergarten or school, you can use the following selection of competitions:

Low and high Christmas trees

The game can be played under musical accompaniment. The guys stand in a circle, Santa Claus or another hero is located in the center. At the command “high trees”, participants raise their hands up, “low trees” - lower them down.

Whoever does it wrong or is late goes into the circle. After the game ends, the children in the circle are asked to recite a poem, sing or dance. Small prizes must be prepared in advance for the speakers.

Snowballs

Snow balls are made from crumpled sheets of white paper. The competition can be held among two teams. He may have various options. For example, you can scatter lumps on the floor and ask teams to collect snowballs into baskets while music is playing.

The team whose basket contains the most snowballs wins. Another option is snow basketball. The guys stand in a column. Each participant is given a lump, which they need to get into a basket standing at a distance. The team that throws the most snowballs into the basket wins. The winners are given mini-prizes.

Guess what's in the bag

Various things are placed in Santa Claus's bag. Children must feel by touch which gift is in the bag.

Pass the orange

The competition can be held in teams or in a circle. The task is to pass the orange to the next participants without using your hands. The further the orange goes while the music is playing, the better.

Fishermen

Christmas tree toys with pre-made loops are placed in a large box. The children are given fishing rods with hooks. The task is to pick up as many Christmas tree decorations as possible.

Such funny competitions and games will not let your children get bored and will make the New Year truly festive!

Outdoors

If you started a matinee on the street, you will have to change the scenario a little and include other games and entertainment in it:

Make a snowball

Several willing participants are selected. At the command of the presenter, music plays, and during this time the children must roll a snowball. Whoever gets the most wins.

Towns

One team builds a fortification out of snow. The other one must conquer him. Snowballs are used, with which the participants try to break through the fortification.

King of the Hill

A snow hill is being built. One of the participants stands on top, and the others try to pull him down from there. Whoever succeeds in this becomes the “king” and the game starts all over again.

Accurate shooter

Targets are placed. The task is to hit the target with snowballs.

Similar entertainment can be carried out with children after the traditional matinee. They will amuse the children and prolong the New Year's fun.

So we found out what games you can play with your kids near the Christmas tree for the New Year. Both children and adults can play, this will only make it more fun.

Upcoming holidays!

Ekaterina Chesnakova was with you with games, nursery rhymes and firecrackers.

Funny, active, funny and amusing New Year competitions for children will make the holiday unforgettable. They give good mood, a lot of positive emotions, bring together those who find themselves in the same circle that night. They reveal a variety of children's talents: some sing great, some draw masterfully, and some end up being faster and smarter than everyone else.

A child is always interested in comparing himself with others and learning how to lose deservedly. This educational moment also applies to New Year’s games, which can be arranged with both kids and teenagers. They will be useful for school-wide Christmas tree, events in kindergarten and family holiday.

Coming up with your own New Year's competitions for children so that they get involved in any age category is a mastery of aerobatics. Firstly, nothing can surprise modern children; their demands for entertainment are quite high, and they can react to many competitions and games with a sour expression and refusal to participate in them. Secondly, the New Year theme involves the use of appropriate attributes and heroes, which must be taken into account when selecting certain competitions. Our useful tips will help you choose the best and most fun options from the variety offered on the Internet.

1. Age

Decide on the age category of children who will take part in New Year's competitions. If outdoor games are important for kids, then you can organize intellectual battles for schoolchildren, and for teenagers you can include elements of gags and jokes.

1. Place

The location of the competition for the New Year will also matter. For example, in kindergarten, children can be lined up in a round dance and have fun outdoor games around the Christmas tree. But at school you will need more serious joke games with jokes and intellectual tasks. And it is much easier to organize such events at home, in the family circle, when no one will be embarrassed.

1. Plot

Carefully read the texts for children's competitions for the New Year, offered on various sites. Make sure that there was not a hint of vulgarity for adults, which is so much on the Internet today. Imagine the whole game from start to finish: wouldn't it be too difficult for children? Is everything clear to you during the scenario? Can you get all the attributes for the competition? Think through all these points in advance to make the holiday a success.

1. Leading

Don't forget to decide who will be the presenter at the New Year's children's competitions. Can you organize them so that the kids don’t get bored? festive evening and received a lot of positive emotions? Maybe it makes sense to invite a professional to do this or invite actors in the guise of Father Frost and the Snow Maiden?

When choosing New Year's competitions and games for children, consider the smallest details. These are not just competitions that help while away a weekday evening in the yard or at home. They should be truly incendiary, fun, and memorable. They need to be carried out in such a way that even the losers are happy and choked with delight and overwhelming emotions. This is the essence of the New Year: only joy, laughter and no negative emotions - this is the main rule. Start your selection with the age groups of children.

Preschool age

It is most difficult to find interesting competitions for the New Year for preschool children, since their circle is limited to active and extremely simple games. On the one hand, children aged 3-6 years are very responsive and always willingly participate in such events. However, they may not always understand the terms and rules of the competition, and in case of failure, resentment may end in tears. Therefore, the selection of New Year's games for kids needs to be taken as responsibly as possible.

• Nesmeyana

Game situation for the New Year's competition: on the eve of the New Year, the Snow Maiden was stolen, and only Nesmeyana knows who is hiding her and where. One of the adults pretends to be a sad, whiny princess, whom the children must make laugh so that she reveals her secret to them.

• “I’ll freeze it!”

The Snow Maiden asks Father Frost:

- Grandfather, can you freeze everything?
- Yes! - he answers.
- But try to freeze our guys! Children, quickly hide what Grandpa wants to freeze!

To the accompaniment of cheerful, energetic music, the children around Grandfather dance in a circle. When he says:

- I'll freeze your ears! - everyone covers their ears with their palms.

• Fun questions

The leader of the round dance asks the children funny questions about Santa Claus, which they need to be able to answer correctly. Not all kids can do this. Sometimes, out of consonance, they give incorrect answers, which amuses all the presenters.

— Is Santa Claus a cheerful old man? - Yes
— Do you like jokes and gags? - Yes
- Does he know songs and riddles? - Yes
— Will he eat our chocolates? - No
— Will he light a Christmas tree for all the children? - Yes
— Wears shorts and a T-shirt? - No
- He doesn’t age in soul, does he? - Yes
- Does it keep us warm outside? - No
- Santa Claus is Frost's brother? - Yes
- Is our birch good? - No
— Is the New Year closer to us, closer? - Yes
— Is there a Snow Maiden there in Paris? - No
— Is Santa Claus bringing gifts? - Yes
— Does Grandfather drive a foreign car? - No
— Does he wear a fur coat and a hat? - No
- Doesn't he look like dad? - Yes

Such New Year's competitions for young children will allow you to avoid pitfalls and have a fun holiday without unpleasant surprises in the form of grievances and tears. It would be better for this age category if the presenters represent Father Frost and the Snow Maiden or some other fairy-tale characters typical of the New Year. This will give the holiday an appropriate flavor and the kids will remember it for a long time.

7-9 years

For children 7-8 years old, you need to look for something more serious. Of course, outdoor New Year's games and competitions for this age category are not going anywhere, but they can already be diluted with creative and intellectual elements. This will make the holiday more exciting, will help the children open up and show their talents.

• New Year's cap

You need to prepare a paper hat in advance and paint it in a fun New Year's way. Children are divided into two teams. Each of them has 1 representative. A cap is put on one of them. The second opponent is given a long stick (make sure its tip is not very sharp), with which he must carefully remove the magic headdress from his opponent and put it on himself. After that they change. All team members must do this. The task of the New Year's competition is considered unfulfilled if the cap fell to the floor or the opponent was painfully hit with a stick.

• Christmas decorations

The guys are divided into two teams. The first one is Christmas tree decorations. The second one should decorate the New Year tree with them. Members of the first team must, without words, depict some well-known Christmas tree toy (a ball, a star, a gnome, etc.), and the opponents must guess what they are showing them.

• Snowballs

For this New Year's competition, you will have to make a cardboard Christmas tree, cutting holes in it with a diameter of 15-20 cm. Prepare paper balls, which children should use from a distance to fall into the holes on the artificial New Year's tree. The most accurate sniper will receive a prize!

Undoubtedly, the most popular are funny New Year's competitions, when it is simply impossible not to laugh while watching those who take part in the announced competition. Parents should pay attention to them. There should not be so many serious, creative competitions: the New Year was invented in order to have fun, and children should be given this opportunity!

10-12 years

At the age of 10-11, despite the proximity of adolescence, schoolchildren still love to have fun, so choose funny competitions for children that will not let them get bored either at school or at home. However, more subtle humor is acceptable here; it is worth taking into account the participation in games of girls and boys, who begin to show their first sympathies at this age.

• New Year's popcorn

Children are divided into two teams. Paper cups filled with popcorn are attached to the players' feet with tape. So you need to run a certain distance, dropping as little precious burden as possible along the way. Popcorn is poured into the team's bowl. Whoever turns out to be fuller at the end of the New Year's competition wins.

• Liberator of the Snow Maiden

In the New Year's competition, a fabulous situation is created: on New Year's Eve, the Snow Maiden was stolen and locked away. Two opponents are offered two locked locks and a bunch of keys. Whoever picks up the key faster and unlocks his lock is considered the winner and the noble liberator of the Snow Maiden.

• Creative competitions

In this age group, be sure to hold New Year’s creative competitions for children: who can better draw a New Year’s tree of the future or a modern Snow Maiden. Here they will show their talents in all their glory.

For this age, New Year's competitions for children and adults will be quite useful, since their interaction will certainly be productive and will give many pleasant and fun minutes. Children aged 10-12 like to feel equal to adults and even be better than them in some ways. If you give them such an opportunity for the New Year, their delight will know no bounds.

13-15 years old

The most interesting age is 13-14 years old, when teenagers should be called children with caution, because in their essence they are no longer such. However, they will also be happy to have fun on New Year’s Eve, especially if the company is of different sexes: boys and girls of this age love to flirt with each other, and where else, if not in games, can this be done in front of everyone? If you have a gathering of young people, look for New Year’s competitions for children and parents, in which absolutely everyone will participate: in this case this is the best option.

• Geese and ducks

Participants in the New Year's competition line up one after another so that their hands are on the shoulders of the person in front. It's good if boys alternate with girls. The presenter approaches each of them and whispers in their ear either “duck” or “goose” (there should be more such people) so that the others do not hear it. After this, the presenter explains that if he now says the word “duck”, all the players to whom he said it will press both legs together. If “goose” - one leg. It seems that there is nothing special in this New Year's competition, but as soon as you say the cherished word out loud, you will understand how fun it is.

• New Year's makeup

Distribute the teenagers into boy-girl pairs. It is better to warn the participants of this New Year's competition in advance and select only those who really would not mind such an “extreme”. Young people are blindfolded and given eye shadow, blush and lipstick. And they start putting makeup on their partner's face. Usually the competition is a great success, because the results are very inspiring and fun for everyone present.

• Sausage for the New Year

A very funny competition that will bring some cheer during the holidays New Year's table everyone. The presenter asks the children various questions about the New Year, and they, in turn, must always answer with one word, which must be derived from the word “sausage.” For example:

— How did you celebrate this New Year? - Sausage!
— What will you do on January 1? - Suck it!
— What do you want to receive as a gift for the New Year? - Sausage!

The main condition of this funny New Year's competition is not to laugh under any circumstances and always answer with a serious face. Whoever laughs first is out of the game.

• Attentive Ensemble

All the children present are invited to sing together the song “A Christmas tree was born in the forest.” The conductor of this New Year's competition is selected (an adult, the presenter, can take on his role). He warns teenagers to take a closer look at his hands. As soon as he clenches one hand into a fist, everyone should suddenly fall silent. As a rule, not everyone succeeds in this and some continue to sing the New Year's song alone.

In fact, you can find a variety of funny and very interesting children's competitions for the New Year, which will so lift your spirits and cheer that everyone will remember the holiday for a long time. Parents should take care of a selection of games in advance to have in their arsenal a large number of competitions that will not let you get bored. The child will be delighted if he spends New Year's days with friends in a fun and exciting way. Well, don’t forget to choose a gift, and if you don’t know what to give, read.

Tatiana Krainikova
"Fun of Santa Claus." 16 games for New Year's parties

FUN OF SANTA CLAUS

16 games for New Year's matinees

I know that teachers always have difficulties with games when creating scenarios. My games were held over many years. Children really like them, and if Grandfather also plays Frost and other characters, then complete delight!

NEW YEAR'S AUCTION

Players take turns listing everything that happens in New year: Grandfather Freezing, Snow Maiden, Christmas tree, gifts, Christmas tree toys, needles on the floor, snow, lanterns, etc.

The one who runs out of ideas is out of the game. The most resourceful one wins.

THE MOST DEXTERABLE

Grandfather Frost and Snow Maiden(or other characters according to the script) holding in their hand a hoop entwined with Christmas tree tinsel. Cotton balls are poured onto the floor ( "snowballs"). Children, at the command of the heroes, throw lumps into the hoops, then count the number of hits in the hoop Santa Claus and into the Snow Maiden's hoop.

DECORATE THE TREE

In front of the main Christmas tree, two small Christmas trees and two boxes with unbreakable New Year's toys. Three people are called to each tree. By command Children dress up Santa Claus. Whoever decorates his Christmas tree with all the toys from the box faster and more accurately wins.

The game is good to play with fun rhythmic music. The children are standing around. Grandfather Freezing or the host of the holiday begins the game by transferring the hat from his head to the head next to him standing child, he, in turn, transfers the hat from his head to his neighbor’s head and so on in a circle. By command Santa Claus(clap, whistle, blow with staff) the movement stops, and the one who still has the hat on at that moment must dance, sing or tell a winter poem, a proverb, or ask a riddle.

PORTRAIT SANTA CLAUS

1st option (individual).

Children are given pencils or markers. A sheet of Whatman paper is hung on an easel with magnets. You need to draw by holding a pencil or felt-tip pen between your teeth. (With eyes closed or left hand).

2nd option (collective).

All players are blindfolded with scarves. On a large Whatman paper, children take turns drawing some part of the figure. Santa Claus. At the same time, players are not informed to what place Grandfather has already been drawn Freezing. So, it may turn out that he will have two beards or a whole pyramid of bags with gifts.

SNOW FALL REVERSE

Each child is given "snowball" (on a small cotton ball). At a signal from Winter or the leader, the children loosen their lumps and launch them into the air (throwing up) and begin to blow on them from below so that they stay in the air as long as possible and do not fall to the floor. The most dexterous one wins.

WHO IS BIGGER?

Grandfather Freezing, Snow Maiden or Snowman suits "snowfall"- throws up a whole bunch of paper snowflakes. Children are given baskets. At the signal, players begin collecting snowflakes in a basket. The one with the most snowflakes wins.

CHOOSE WHAT YOU LIKE

Children select gifts from a bag by touch Santa Claus, describing in detail what it is and what it is like. Or you can hide gifts in boxes of different sizes so that children can imagine what might be in the box (it will be even more interesting if the smallest gift is in the largest box).

BAG OF SURPRISES

Two children compete (one by one). The first person is blindfolded and given a small bag containing various toys. (cubes, balls, nesting dolls, cars, etc.). Task: take objects out of the bag and identify them by touch. The player must answer what kind of thing he got. Then the toys are changed and the game is repeated with the second participant. Of the two, the one who guessed correctly wins greatest number toys.

NEW YEAR'S CONCERT

Cards with New Year's illustrations: Christmas tree, round dance, snowflake, icicle, skis, sleds, etc. Children take turns taking out a card and, after looking at the image on it, must read a poem about it or sing an excerpt from a song.

MUSICAL CARUSEL

Chairs are placed in a circle (there are 1 less of them than players). Grandfather is among the players Frost or Snowman. Music sounds, all participants in the game begin to run around the chairs. As soon as the music stops, all the children quickly try to take their seats. The adult hero plays half-heartedly (giving in, pretending that he doesn’t have time to sit down on a chair all the time. Since all the seats are occupied by children, he will have to dance for everyone or give out gifts.

PRIZE FOR "THREE!"

Two participants stand opposite each other, with a prize lying on a chair in front of them.

Grandfather Frost is counting:

"One two Three. eleven!”

"One two Three. twenty!”

The winner is the one who is attentive and the first to take the prize when Grandfather Frost will say: "Three!"

see also: Playing game - prize-grabbing "New Year!"

BUILD A SNOWMAN

Snowman details are cut out of whatman paper (Two copies): three circles of different sizes. From colored paper: eyes, mouth, nose–carrot, bucket, scarf, broom. The summoned children, on command, quickly assemble snowmen from the offered parts on the floor near the Christmas tree. The winner is the one who assembles the snowman more accurately, quickly and correctly, using all the prepared parts.

COLLECT A SNOWFLAKE

Large snowflakes are cut into triangles. Placed near the Christmas tree. Task: While fun, moving music is playing, put all the parts together. The winner is the one who keeps to the music and neatly folds everything.

FUN RATTLER

Grandfather Freezing competes with children in running in sacks or jumping on one leg around a Christmas tree. One condition mandatory: Having run around or jumped to the agreed upon place, you need to take a rattle - a maracas on a chair in front of the Christmas tree and ring it.

Catch up with felt boots

Children stand in a circle and are given felt boots in their hands. Children pass felt boots around in a circle to cheerful music, and Grandfather Freezing trying to catch up with him. Children need to pass the felt boots very quickly so that Grandfather Freezing couldn't take it away.