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.
Why is all this necessary?
Many people (let’s not point fingers, but most often these are not our most positive comrades) sometimes ask the question - why all these competitions? Usually I get off with jokes or answer seriously that otherwise it will be boring. In fact, the reason, of course, is not boredom. Any holiday for adults most often involves alcohol, and so that guests are not too zealous with breastfeeding, they need to be a little distracted, amused, and simply encouraged to dance.
Another important aspect is embarrassment, which is something I often encounter when throwing a party for my children or nephews. They have already passed the age when you can just come up and start playing together, and when children who are strangers to each other find themselves in the same company, you need to help them overcome a slight chill in communication.
The only place where you can do without additional entertainment is a youth party in a good club, where it’s not boring for adults even without fun competitions, and it’s better to help any group of adults spend time with pleasure and fun.
Preparation
Don't think that you can prepare the entire party, including table games for adults, at the last second. I usually set aside a few days for this because you will need:
- write a script;
- select competitions for adults;
- find or buy props;
- stock up on small prizes for the winners;
- minimal rehearsal (for example, if it is expected that several large women from the accounting department will compete in bag jumping, then you need to check in advance whether the room can withstand such a scale and whether there is room to turn around).
Ideally, you need an assistant for all this.
Not really
Everyone's favorite and famous game. Both adults and children can play. To do this, you will again need sheets of paper and pens (pencils). You can play alone or in a team.
The birthday boy prepares cards with the names of, for example, movie characters. The guests come up with a character for the host of the evening. Then, each participant places a sticker on their forehead. Next, guests take turns guessing their hero. How? Asking questions. But they should not be common. The question must be specific so that it can be answered affirmatively or negatively.
You can’t ask, “What color is my hair?” You need this: “Do I have red hair?”, “Am I a real or fictional character?”, “Am I good or evil?”, “Is my character a man or a woman?”, “Is this a domestic or foreign picture?”
If the number of men and women is the same, another version of the game is available. The participants still have cards on their foreheads. This time they have the name of one of the famous couple on the stickers. For example, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Bonnie and Clyde. A man and a woman are given a corresponding "half". The participant guesses his star pair by asking leading questions.
For example: “Are my partner and I married?”, “Do we have children?”, “Do we live in London?”, “Am I a singer?”, “Am I tall?”, “Is this my first marriage?” The winners guess each other the fastest, while asking the fewest questions.
Game "Toast to the birthday boy" on his birthday
How to prepare fun birthday contests? It is best if they are at least slightly related to the hero of the occasion. An example of the simplest word game for a birthday is a toast to the birthday boy, composed right there at the table.
What will you need for this entertainment?
A pen and a card in which you need to write a congratulatory text in advance, using blanks instead of adjectives - you will fill them in together with the guests.
Text of the blank for congratulating the birthday boy:
Those who do not know what should happen in the end will begin to diligently praise the hero of the occasion, listing his best qualities (young, smart, handsome, experienced), and those who are a little more familiar with this type of table creativity will definitely screw something up. something sudden and caustic.
While the guests are praising the birthday boy, you carefully fill in the words instead of the missing adjectives, and then loudly and with expression you read out the result to the friendly laughter of the whole company.
Pick one or two outdoor games for your birthday - for example, a small quest that can be arranged anywhere. Don't make it too long; three to five steps will be enough.
By the way, if you have enough courage, then try making the key the main subject of the quest, which is why the banquet hall is closed.
Good funny birthday contests also come from ordinary restrictions - a game with forks makes guests groan with laughter. To conduct this competition, you need to take several ordinary items (if you are organizing a birthday game, these can be especially durable gifts that cannot be scratched or broken) and two table forks, as well as a thick scarf. The hero of the occasion is blindfolded, given forks with which he can touch this or that object, and asked to guess what is in front of him.
Children's or teenagers' party? Funny competitions for teenagers will help defuse the situation just as much as competitions for adults. A fun activity can be done with four bananas and a stool (a coffee table will do). The idea is simple - you need to get on all fours, and using only your teeth, peel and eat a banana for a while.
Good competitions for young people should be fun and very funny. Competitions for teenagers can also be theatrical. Prepare several sets of props (ordinary household items in unexpected combinations - for example, a comb, a burnt-out light bulb and a chair cover in one set, and a mop, a soft toy and a bright plastic glass in another), and also prepare several names of popular films, focus on your audience - it’s better to take what is familiar to everyone.
The essence of the task is to act out a scene from the film using props. The winners are determined by applause.
The coolest
Wedding auction
A wedding auction is an obligatory element of the festive program. Traditionally, the first piece of the birthday cake, a dance with the newlywed, and cutlery are put up for auction. But in order for the auction to turn into fun entertainment, guests pay for the lots not with money, but with various creative and fun tasks. To get the desired item, auction participants dance, sing, draw, and recite poems.
Clever guest
Not a single wedding banquet takes place without this competition. Several couples are invited to participate. Women are given one chicken egg, which they must pass from one of their partner's pant legs into the other. Then the man does the same. But he passes the egg through the girl’s sleeves.
This game is very fun to watch for those present. And the participants get a dose of adrenaline. Nobody wants to stain their chic outfits with raw egg. The competitors do not realize that it is actually boiled and will not cause damage to things. The pair that completes the task the fastest is declared the most dexterous.
Pharaoh mummy
This competition has been known to everyone since childhood.
It is relevant even at matinees in kindergarten. Several participants are invited to play. The leader divides them into pairs. The goal of the contestants is to make a mummy out of their playing partner. And this is done with regular toilet paper for a while. Contestants are given 2-3 minutes. The winner is the one whose mummy is more accurate. You can also highlight the funniest work. You should not skimp on purchasing props for this competition. Cheap toilet paper will constantly tear and prevent participants from completing the task.
Hawaiian Limbo
In this fun game the number of participants is unlimited. The presenter invites everyone , but warns in advance that this competition is fluid. The entertainment props are a rope and musical accompaniment. Two people hold the ends of the rope at a distance from each other. Participants must take turns walking under it. Whoever accidentally touches is eliminated. The rope is held high at first and then gradually lowered. To complicate the task, it is suggested to overcome the obstacle with filled glasses. Hawaiian Limbo is a great test of flexibility.
Disco dancer
The toastmaster reports that the next competition will determine the best evening dancer. Six people enter the hall, whom those present consider the most active. Time to choose the best of the best.
The first task is the simplest. Contenders for victory must move as effectively as possible to the music turned on. The weakest participant is eliminated. To the next tune, the remaining contestants dance while sitting on chairs. And again the most unconvincing one returns to the hall
At the next stage, only hand movements remain. The final test is face dancing. It's very funny to watch the contestants trying to move their lips, eyebrows and even ears.
Important! Prepare little fun souvenirs for competition participants. They will amuse the guests and will remain as a souvenir of the wedding banquet.
Men VS women
In this competition, the men and women present come into confrontation . Teams choose captains who go on stage and answer questions. Men are asked questions regarding women's life. And representatives of the fair sex are tested how well they know their opponents. The captains give the answers, the others can give them hints. A variant of the question for women - is there a difference between pliers and pliers, for men - what size tights do women buy if they are 160 cm tall.
Mysterious clothespins
This is a pairs competition. As a prop, you will need ordinary clothespins. The presenter attaches 6 clothespins to the participants’ clothes. To make it more fun, you need to choose the most unexpected places. Then the contestants are blindfolded and asked to blindly find all the clothespins. The winner is the pair that removes all 12 objects from each other with maximum speed.
Get to know me
In this game, participants are asked to recognize each other by body parts. Couples are invited to participate in the competition. The girls sit in a row on chairs. Blindfolded men approach them one by one and try to recognize their betrothed by the knee. Then the contestants change places. Girls determine where their partner is by their nose, hands, ears or other parts of the body.
Fun starts
This is entertainment for active and mobile guests . A rope about half a meter long with a ball is tied to the participants’ belt. With this design, competitors must push the balloon towards the target along the proposed distance. This can only be done with vigorous hip movements. You can't help with your hands. They are placed on the waist. Those present will enjoy this original “belly dance”.
Get into the bottle
Couples participate in the game. Men go on stage, and women remain in the hall and lead their partners. Contestants have a pencil tied to their waists and their eyes are covered with a blindfold. To rhythmic music, without using their hands, participants must hit a bottle with a pencil. A woman directs their action. Whoever completes the task first is declared the conqueror of pencils and bottles and receives a bottle of champagne as a gift.
What's in the glass
This is a competition for those who drink alcohol . Participants are offered filled glasses and straws. The host announces that the contestants will drink water. And only one “lucky” person will get a glass of vodka. But he must not show it with his appearance. And the guests guess who got the alcohol in the glass. In fact, all the contestants' glasses were filled with vodka. It's fun to watch them sip alcohol from straws while trying not to give themselves away.
Repeat the movement
This entertainment will force guests who have been sitting too long to take to the dance floor. All participants stand in a circle, and the toastmaster is in the center. He performs various movements to the music, and the others repeat them exactly. To make it interesting, the presenter must come up with unusual movements and change them dramatically. For example, you can jump and then suddenly fall to your knees. Even those guests who claim that they do not like and do not know how to dance will have fun thanks to this entertainment.
Reference! Mobile competitions are interesting to film and take photographs.
Funny and memorable shots are guaranteed!
Game "In my pants"
Take ready-made ones or come up with your own competitions for adults’ birthdays - for example, you can use the idea “In my pants.”
There is no need to announce the name. The guests sit at the table, each tells his neighbor on the right the name of the film that came to his mind. And he remembers what his neighbor tells him.
And then the presenter announces: Now each of you, in turn, will say the following out loud: “In my pants ...”
, and then the name of the movie that your neighbor told you.
All guests take turns saying. It will be funny if someone has “Office Romance” or “300 Spartans” in their pants.
Guess the melody
Number of participants: from 2 people
What you will need: A4 paper, felt-tip pens, pens or colored pencils
In 3-4 minutes. The participant needs to draw a picture on the theme of a famous New Year's song.
The song is set by the presenter or invented by the players.
If there are few players, then you can show drawings to each other. If there are a lot of guests, then break into teams. The participant draws a song according to the presenter’s instructions, and the player’s team guesses the name of the song.
I-games
Fun table competitions can be based on anything. For example, there are several types of “I” games. One is predominantly for teenagers - in it, two players compete to see how many candies can fit in their mouth; after each candy, you need to more or less clearly pronounce any stupid phrase, for example, “I am a fat-cheeked lip-slapper.”
The adult version of the game is slightly different - guests must introduce themselves (say the word “I”
) in a circle until one of them gets lost or gets distracted (by the way, laughter is also considered a defeat), and the host invites the other guests to give him a funny nickname.
After this, the fun begins, which unites all table competitions like a chain reaction - it can be very difficult not to laugh, and after a couple of minutes everyone has a nickname with which he introduces himself (for example: “I am a furry pseudopod”, “I am a cheerful armpit”, “I am a rosy-cheeked lip-slapper,” etc.)
In the next round, the person who laughed is given a second nickname, and he must pronounce it in its entirety (“I am a furry pseudopod - green Chingachgook”).
Usually this game ends on the fourth circle, because everyone is laughing! This competition is best held when the guests are already a little “fun”.
Dreamers
Number of participants: from 3 people
What you will need: A4 paper, pencil, felt-tip pen or pen
On the left side of his sheet of paper, the participant draws a simple object - for example, a light bulb, a compass, a cup. On the right side of the sheet you need to draw three similar simple, but different objects.
In three minutes you need to draw three complex objects, which seem to combine simple objects from the left and right half of your sheet.
Then the sheets are launched in a circle. All participants give them their marks on a five-point system for the originality of the solution. The leaves must make a circle and return to their owner. The points are summed up and the winner is determined who proposed the most unexpected solutions.
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 begin to leave or you need to change the mood to a more positive one, invite the guests to choose their own balloon 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:
Over time, you will collect your own collection of cool birthday contests and, based on the mood of the guests, you will understand which holiday contests will go with a bang, and which ones are better organized while lightly drinking.
Raise a glass to the hero of the occasion
It's time for toast again. And again, instead of dry memorized phrases, you can play a fun competition. Forfeits come to the rescue again. This time they contain short tasks for the guest giving a toast. The tasks are very different.
For example: “Speak and gesture like a Caucasian.” This means that the guest must make a toast with a Caucasian accent, appropriate facial expressions and gestures. Or this condition: “Remember a funny incident and associate it with a toast.” In this case, the toast should sound something like this: “Remember, in 10th grade you bent down to pick up your briefcase and your pants came apart. So, I wish that these were the only stitches that didn’t stay in place in your life.”
You can also force the guest to speak in a languid female voice, dance, stutter, or do the splits while saying congratulations. You can fantasize in any direction.
Total
When choosing competitions for your wedding feast, consider the audience. Talk to the newlyweds in advance: how many young people will be among the guests and how many elderly people. Games should be chosen so that all guests, regardless of age and income, do not get bored. Alternate active games with calm competitions and do not forget that guests want to do more than just play. Give them time to eat, dance and just chat with each other and with the young people.
And most importantly, remember: both the young people and their guests came to relax. There should not be too many competitions - do not overload the script, distributing them evenly throughout the celebration. If the guests have fun and interest, everyone will remember the wedding for a long time as a fun and joyful pastime.
