Housewarming games are fun. Housewarming contests

If you work in a friendly team that loves good parties, then competitions for a fun company will definitely come in handy. And if you just throw parties for your friends or children from time to time, then you know how interesting competitions are, especially when people in the company don’t know each other very well, but you still want to overcome embarrassment.

Traveling by country

The presenter prepares “compromising evidence” on the countries for this competition - any two pictures characterizing a specific country. The presenter takes turns showing two pictures, and the guests at the table guess the country itself. Whoever has the most guessed countries is the winner. Examples of pictures: 1. Bear and balalaika (Russia); 2. Carnival and coffee (Brazil); 3. Sombreros and maracas (Mexico); 4. Pizza and gladiator fights (Italy); 5. Tulips and cheese (Holland); 6. Banks (institutions) and watches (Switzerland) and so on.

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.

Competition “Tale of the Birthday Boy”

The presenter suggests writing a fairy tale about the birthday girl (birthday boy). Everyone comes up with their own plot, but each player will write only one sentence on a common sheet.

The fairy tale begins with the sentence “One fine day (name) was born.” The sheet is passed around in a circle. The first person writes a continuation based on the first sentence.

The second person reads the first person's sentence, adds his own, and folds the piece of paper so that the third guest can only see the sentence that the person in front of him wrote.

In this way, the fairy tale is written until the piece of paper returns to the guest who first started writing it. Together, we will get a very funny story about the hero of the occasion, which is then read out loud.

Competition “Questions about the birthday boy”

This is a very interesting competition where guests will have to answer funny and humorous questions about the birthday boy. Questions can be very different - from real to fictitious. For example:

How much does the birthday boy weigh in oranges? (here you need to know the weight of the birthday boy and the weight of one orange)
The height of the birthday boy in Alyonka chocolate? (although you can use any other chocolate)
The birthday boy's first New Year's costume in kindergarten? (usually the first Christmas tree happens at 3-4 years old, and then you need to find out what costume he was in)
Sum of digits of the birthday boy's phone number
The exact amount of the birthday boy's first salary
The last digit of the birthday person's passport number
The total age of the birthday person’s family (you need to add up the years of the birthday person and his immediate relatives)
Describe a photograph of the birthday boy taken in kindergarten (for example, at some holiday or even the very first photograph)
How many photos does the birthday boy have on his phone with guests (or his own selfies, then decide for yourself what to ask)
The main rule in the life of the birthday boy?

Competition “Wishes and funny gifts for the birthday boy”

This is a very funny competition for resourceful guests with a sense of humor.

First, the Presenter says the main congratulations. It sounds like this: “Our dear birthday boy (tsa)! We all sincerely love you and wish you good health, happiness and prosperity! May all your dreams come true! Now the rest of the guests will complement my wishes!”

Next, each of the participants must say the phrase: “And I know that this is exactly what you really need, that’s why I’m giving it!”, and then pull out a picture from the blue (or pink) box, show it to the birthday boy (or birthday girl), and explain - Why does he give this particular item to the hero of the occasion? If there is no explanation, the contestant reads out the text on the back of the picture.

The next participant, before taking the picture out of the box, again repeats the beginning of the congratulatory phrase “And I know that this is exactly what you really need, that’s why I’m giving it!” and takes out his funny “gift” with an explanation of why the hero of the occasion really needs it!

So, for example, having taken out a picture with a picture of a desert, the participant first says the main phrase with which everyone who draws pictures begins: “And I know that this is exactly what you really need, that’s why I’m giving it!” I found it possible to read the phrase written on the picture on the reverse side: “Let all your enemies and enemies go there, into the distance, forever, holding hands, and let all your enemies and enemies never be able to return, having captured all your troubles!”

The box contains pictures of unusual objects. On the reverse side, as a hint, wishes are written. First, the guest, looking at the picture pulled out of the box, tries to come up with an original wish for the birthday girl (birthday boy), then looks at the hint written on the back of the picture and adds to his congratulations.

You can add other pictures, in any quantity - the more pictures and wishes, the more interesting the competition.

Minimum required images for the competition:

a picture of special scales for weighing loaded KamAZ trucks, on the reverse side it is written: “I wish you so much wealth that it is impossible to count, but only weighed with such scales!”;
image of a telescope, on the reverse side it is written: “I wish that all dreams and their fulfillments were much closer than those stars in the sky that are visible through the telescope!”;
moonshine still, on the back there is a wish: “May a considerable percentage of unbridled fun always play in your veins!”;
a picture of a tank, a wish: “So that you always have something to go to the store with!”
image of a police car with a flashing light: “So that when you drive, people make way!”
a tree on which lemons grow, the inscription: “So that you have “lemons” and not only fruits growing all year round!”
a picture depicting a desert, on the reverse side it is written: “Let all your enemies go there, into the distance, forever, holding hands, and never be able to return, taking all your troubles with you!”
image of a propeller from the film “Kid and Carlson”, inscription: “May your life always be Karslson, who lives on the roof and brings many valuable gifts!”

There are two winners in the competition:

First: the one who came up with the funniest congratulations to the birthday boy (birthday girl);
Second: the one who read the inscription on the picture funniest of all.

Game "Guess whose wish it is"

You need to write a wish and put it in a jar. All guests will fill the jar with notes; the host must take out the package and read the wish. The birthday boy must guess whose wish it is.

Competition "Tell me about yourself"

Two bags (or two boxes): one contains chaotically mixed cards with questions, the other contains answers. The presenter pulls a card from the bag with questions and reads it out loud. The first participant in the feast draws a card from the bag with answers and an expression.

It is the random combinations of questions and answers that will be funny. For example, Presenter: “Have you ever been stopped by a traffic police officer?” The answer may be: “It feels so good.”

You can only draw one card per question. The game ends when all the cards are announced and all guests have read the answers to the questions.

Game “I’ll tell you a secret”

An interesting entertainment for which you need to prepare a little - “I’ll tell you a secret.” What is the essence of the game? Everything is very simple - each of the guests draws cards from a hat with a funny text in verse prepared in advance (you will have to try hard here). All cards begin with the words “I’ll tell you a secret,” and then there are possible options, for example:

I’ll tell you a secret that I don’t wear underwear, if you doubt it, I’ll show you now;
I’ll tell you a secret, I’m on a diet, I only eat grass, I don’t look at cutlets.

Ball of fate

Not only are birthday contests memorable for guests, but also the end of the evening. At any party, it would be appropriate to pay a little attention to the guests; for preparation you will need several balloons (according to the number of those present, plus a few in reserve), and notes with good rhymed wishes. When the invitees start to disperse or you need to change the mood to a more positive one, invite the guests to choose their own ball of fate and burst it.

Collective readings of good wishes are usually accompanied by good-natured laughter and lift everyone’s spirits.

Examples of wishes can be downloaded below, and then printed and cut out:

A trip to the sea awaits you soon!
Gingerbread and sweets, there will be a lot of joy!
You will always have delicious food in your house!
Good luck, happiness, peace to you! You will have your own apartment!
I wish you good luck! A new addition to your family is waiting for you!
Luck will not leave you! There will be a new dacha for you!
I wish you not to be bored in vain! There will be new friends!
Expect increased family income and vacations at your favorite time of year!
You will join the cream of society! Perhaps you will find a sponsor!
Your whole life in winter and summer will be illuminated with magical light!
I wish you to save the style! You will have a car!
Don't let worry bother you! A new job is waiting for you!
You have a lot of friends and acquaintances, and everyone will come to visit you soon!
An amazing meeting awaits you next evening.

Sobriety Test Competition

As a task for the Sobriety Test, you can use various funny tongue twisters:

In a stringer, a stringer in a rhinestone thong suffers from stress.
Kabardino-Balkaria Valocordin from Bulgaria.
The fluorographer was fluorographing the fluorographer.
The Staffordshire Terrier is zealous, and the black-haired Giant Schnauzer is playful
In the hut, a yellow dervish from Algeria rustles his silks and, juggling with knives, eats a piece of fig.
The exhibitionist has small biceps.
Sasha hit a bump with his hat.
The admiral selected the maidens, measured them and died.
Beavers wander into the cheese forests. Beavers are brave, but they are kind to beavers.
Get up, Arkhip, the rooster is hoarse.
Two puppies are nipping cheek to cheek at a brush in the corner.
On the screw, you can see a well-worn Windows.

Each number is unique

Each of the guests takes turns pulling out their own forfeit from the hat, which contains any number from 1 to 15, for example. As soon as all the guests have learned their numbers, each participant in turn names this “his” number and begins to list everything that exists and does not exist in the world associated with this number, for example, if a guest pulled out the number 1, he can list: the saying “Alone in the field not a warrior"; catchphrase “One to One”; name any player who plays number 1; name the first element in the periodic table - hydrogen; sing a song with the number 1 “Once a year the gardens bloom” and so on, if, for example, a guest comes across the number 7, he can also remember some athlete with number 7; remember that there are 7 wonders of the world in the world; catchphrase “On 7th heaven”; the saying “Seven do not wait for one” and so on. The main thing is to use your wits and rummage through your memory, and then you can find your own unique “stories” for all the numbers: movies, songs, sayings, numbers of players and elements, catch phrases, and so on. Whichever guest can name the most facts about their number will win.

The principle of organizing competitions for older people

Regardless of where the event takes place - at home or in a public place, the basic principles do not change.

The toastmaster for the holiday must be warned in advance that the event is being held for the older generation. The fact is that with age, the reaction slows down and attention dissipates, and therefore the presenter should be patient.
It is necessary to prepare all participants of the event.
The most suitable time for the event is the first half of the day. The fact is that older people are active during this period of the day.
The room or place where entertainment events are held must be well ventilated, but not create drafts. A place to rest is required.
You can invite young people to the celebration. This way you will enliven the internal atmosphere of the event.
To ensure that the celebration goes off without a hitch, you should alternate active games with intellectual entertainment.
It is worth paying close attention to the physical condition of all participants, and ideally, to become familiar with the condition of each person present at the time of the event. Based on this, select games and competitions, as well as their dynamics.
Prepare prizes in advance and divide them into two categories - winners and participants.
It is better to make the first competitions passive, intellectual, and held at the table. This way, participants will get into the rhythm of the event and it will be easier for them to move on to more energetic actions.

Feed all your neighbors at once

Participation is accepted by guests who have neighbors both to the right and to the left, for example, the second at the table, the fourth, and so on. In front of the participants there are plates with the same contents, for example, mashed potatoes or sour cream, and each participant has two spoons in their hands: one in the left hand, the other in the right. At the “start” command, participants begin to feed their neighbors, simultaneously working with both their right and left hands. Whichever participant feeds the contents of his plate to his neighbors faster will win. A prize will also be given to the most patient and diligent “neighbor” who may have to eat from the hands of two participants at once.

Painting for interior

All guests are blindfolded at the same time and given a marker of a different color. A large sheet of paper (wallpaper) or whatman paper is attached to a wall or easel. In turn, each guest goes to the easel and draws something on a sheet of paper in his own way for the owner of the apartment. All this happens with your eyes closed. When all the participants have demonstrated their artistic talent, everyone takes off their blindfolds and, together with the owner of the apartment (house), admires the joint painting, which will remain as a souvenir for a friend, and the owner will decide where to hang it.

In conjecture

For some time, all guests are transformed into certain heroes, and which ones will be determined by the forfeits. So, everyone in turn pulls out their phantom, which indicates the name of the hero (possibly from both a real story and a fictional one). Guests do not say anything to anyone about the name of their hero, but only for a while transform into a fantasy role, for example, Jack Sparrow, Julius Caesar, Stalin, Terminator and so on. Using phrases and behavior of celebrities, guests should show the characters as believably as possible. This will result in very interesting communication at the table, and whichever guest can guess the most characters among the guests will also receive a prize.

The coolest "Welcome"

Hospitable people often post a “Welcome” sign on their door. But the task of the guests will be to come up with the most unusual and unique greeting. So, each guest receives a sign (sheet of paper) and a marker. All guests are given approximately 5 minutes. And they develop their own creative greeting and draw it up on their sheet of paper, for example, “I’m not very glad to see you empty-handed,” “Come in if you don’t want to swear,” and so on. As a result, based on the results of a general vote, the author of the most creative and cheerful greeting will be determined and the author, of course, will receive a prize.

Ten minutes of transformation

The presenter announces that 10 minutes of transformation will now begin. Each guest in turn pulls out a forfeit from a bag in which some hero or status of a person is indicated, for example, a hussar, a drunken watchman, a cheerful clown, Ivan the Terrible, and so on. Guests become familiar with their new role and begin to communicate and have fun in the appropriate style. Well, when will so many different and so interesting heroes gather at one table? And the funniest guests who can prove themselves best will receive prizes.

Doorbell sound

The owner of the new home has not yet decided on the doorbell, or rather, its sound. So, each guest has the opportunity to present their solution. Everyone takes turns standing up and demonstrating, or rather, voicing, in his opinion, the coolest sound of a doorbell, for example, “Babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, open up, open up” or “It’s me, postman Pechkin” and so on, in general, whoever is good at what. Based on the applause of the guests, the coolest and most unique version of the doorbell sound will be determined, and its author will be awarded a prize.

Table games for teachers

Let's remember the alphabet - the presenter names the letter of the alphabet (th, ь, ъ, ы - don’t touch it!). The participant must find any ingredient in the plate that begins with this letter (herring, carrot, spoon). The first one to find the ingredient guesses the next letter.
Do the math - a small jar is filled with banknotes. You must try to calculate the amount without opening the jar. The one who names the sum closest to the correct answer wins.
Newspaper greeting - you will need a newspaper and scissors. The task is to compose a congratulation from the words that the participants must cut out from the newspaper. The missing words can be added with a pen, but there should be a minimum number of them.

New Year's table games

Dress up a banana – those present are given a banana. It must be decorated using tinsel, ribbons, plasticine, tape, and pieces of fabric.
Dress up for the holiday - participants are passed around a box with New Year's masks, ears, complemented by bras, children's tights and other things. You need to take out the item without looking, put it on yourself and sit with it all evening.
New Year's attributes – Many people associate the New Year with certain objects. They should be drawn on paper, but right-handers draw with their left hand, left-handers with their right. Afterwards, guests guess the drawn festive attribute.

Table role-playing games

The presenter reads the text, and the characters say their lines.
Each pair of players, man + woman, is dealt cards with the baby’s parameters. Now imagine that the wife through the maternity hospital window is trying to tell her husband what the child looks like. Options: black, weight 4 kg, large ears; blue eyes, height - 45cm, your smile from ear to ear; cunning eyes, screams worse than the director, weight - 3 kg.
Guests know how to behave in standard situations. Now it’s worth imagining that an acquaintance has taken place: aliens and an astronaut, the owner of a haunted house, a yeti and a hunter, a man from the future with his relative from the last century. A couple of guests need to get into character and stage an unusual acquaintance.