New Year's fun competitions for elementary school children, material on the topic

New Year's competitions for children and schoolchildren

It is quite difficult to have a good holiday among school children. They already know everything and can do a lot, so in order to attract their attention and intrigue, you have to try. The competitions presented below will help make the New Year's scenario more meaningful.

I'm still that actor

Each participant in turn receives a card with a certain phrase, which will need to be depicted so that the others can guess what exactly the participant showed. Thus, the participant shows, the rest guess, then change to a new participant until everyone tries themselves in the role of an actor. Example phrases that cards may contain: - poor student at the board; - a crying child who wants to eat; - angry dog; — Santa Claus brought gifts; - dance of little ducks; - the street is slippery, and so on.

And New Year is not New Year

Children sit or stand in a circle. Santa Claus or the presenter announces that now is the time to remember all the necessary things and objects that are elements of the holiday. In a circle, each participant takes turns naming one object. For example, a clock, a TV, a Christmas tree, a garland, Santa Claus, snow, a gift, and so on. A participant who cannot name the object is eliminated. The one who has the last word wins.

Cap

Children stand in a circle and, to the music, they begin to pass the New Year's cap around in a circle. When the music stops, the participant who still has the cap in his hands puts it on his head and completes the task of Santa Claus. Usually, children prepare poems or songs for Grandfather in advance, so there are no overlaps here.

Happy New Year

The guys are divided into teams of 11 people, each participant is given a felt-tip pen or marker. For each team, easels with whatman paper are located at the same distance. Each participant must jump in a bag, like a wolf in the cartoon “Well, Wait a minute!” to the easel and write one letter at a time so that at the end you get the phrase “Happy New Year.” So, at the command “start”, the first participants jump in a bag to the easel and write the letter “C”, then jump back and pass the baton to the second participants, the second write the letter “N”, the third - “O” and so on. The team that finishes the relay faster and writes “Happy New Year” will win.

Remove all the needles from the tree

Two blindfolded participants stand in a circle of fans. 10 clothespins are attached to each participant's clothing. At the leader’s command, the guys must help each other get rid of the clothespins as quickly as possible. Everyone takes part in turn, with clothespins being attached to different places each time.

Find a letter from Santa Claus

For this competition you need to prepare a beautiful letter in an envelope from Santa Claus, where it will be written, for example, “Happy New Year, dear ones.” More high fives and sweets for you. And, if you behave well and also study, I will fulfill your cherished desires. The letter needs to be hidden in one of the offices or in the gym and a small quest must be made, for example, you will find the answer where the current and voltage are, and the team runs to the physics room, and there again a hint on the desk: find something that can attract iron, and the guys are looking for a magnet, there is another note on the magnet: follow the person who is responsible for cleanliness here, and the team runs to the technicians, there they get another hint: look where they won’t let you die of hunger, it’s clear that this is a canteen and so on. To search, the guys can be divided into several teams and whose team can do it faster and find the letter from Santa Claus, that team will win.

Save the Christmas balls

Participants are divided into 2 teams of the same number of people. Each team has a basket with the same number of balls, which are about to be stolen by an evil wizard and need to be saved. All participants stand in a row: two teams - two rows. A basket with balls stands near the first participant, and near the last there is an empty basket into which the team will put the saved balls. At the word “start”, the first participants take one ball and pass it to the second participants, the second - to the third, the third - to the fourth, and so on until the last. When the last participant puts the ball in the basket, he shouts “there is”, and then the first participant takes the second ball and passes it. The team that saves all the balls the fastest will win.

New Year's race

The guys are divided into 2 teams with an even number of participants. Then each team is divided into their pairs. Each pair is tied with one leg of the participants, that is, the left of one and the right of the second. There are gifts (snowflakes, candies) at the holiday tree. And at the command “start” the guys begin their New Year’s race. The couple runs to the tree, takes the gift and returns to their team, passes the baton to the next couple and ends up at the end. The game continues until all the gifts from the tree have been collected. And the team that is faster and collects more gifts will win.

New Year's song (for kids)

The chairs form a circle, with the seats facing outwards, there should be 1 less of them than the participants. Children stand in a circle and walk in a circle to New Year's songs. When the music stops, children should sit in their chairs. One hero does not have enough chair, the Snow Maiden takes him as her assistant. One chair is removed and the competition continues.

The neighbor's is better!

The already traditional New Year's competition, however, is loved by children, because here you can fool around. So, everyone stands around the tree. The presenter asks: “Do you have ears?” The children answer in chorus: “Yes!” Question again: “Are your ears good?” Children: “Good!” presenter: “What about the neighbor?” And the delighted children scream: “Better!” And he grabs the neighbor on the right and left by the ears. And then the round dance begins. It’s so fashionable to go through all the parts of the body, and the children will rejoice.

New Year's bowling

You will need skittles or plastic bottles, as well as rubber balls. You can divide everyone into teams, you can hold an “individual competition”. Everyone’s task is to knock down as many “icicles” that have grown out of the ground with one blow of a “snow” ball from a certain distance. If the children are older, you can use heavier basketballs, but for preschoolers, regular rubber ones are better.

Deputies of Santa Claus

Each of the children takes turns naming what he asked from Santa Claus, and the rest of the children must give it to their friend, that is, depict this object with the power of arms, legs and possible objects located nearby. It will be interesting how a group of guys will turn themselves into a car, for example, or one of the guys will become a telephone, or a dog, or something or someone else. There will be room for children's imagination to run wild.

Guess the hero

Children are seated in a circle. The presenter invites everyone to take turns continuing the name of the fairy-tale hero, for example Red..., Baba... Snowy... Anyone who cannot find the answer is eliminated from the game. The rest continue to complete the task in a circle. More often than not, the presenter in this competition simply runs out of questions, so be prepared.

Choosing a Christmas tree

Santa Claus invites the children to stand in a circle and asks what kind of Christmas trees there are. If they are tall, then all the children raise their hands up, if they are short, they squat and lower their hands down, if they are wide, the circle is made as large as possible, and for a narrow Christmas tree, they are narrowed. Now Santa Claus walks around and “chooses” the Christmas tree. “Oh, how tall!” or “No, this one is too narrow!” And the children, having heard the parameters, depict “the Christmas tree that Grandfather saw. At the same time, Frost himself tries to confuse the children by making the wrong movements.

Make Santa Claus laugh

Here the kids will need to use all their imagination. The task is this: to make Santa Claus laugh by all available means, for example, a joke, a dance, a funny song, a funny parody, and so on. Whose “trick” makes Santa Claus laugh louder will win a prize.

Collecting snowballs

You need to create several teams. Prepare so many white balls - these will be snowballs. Take the largest garbage bags and cut off their bottom corners so that your feet can fit through. Now one team member climbs into this huge bag, and the rest, at the command of the leader, collect “snowballs” and put them in the bag. The team with the most snow globes wins.

New Year's films are my thing

New Year is a time to watch family-friendly winter comedies and magical stories. Therefore, it’s time for children to remember the names of good movies and share with others. For excitement, you can divide the children into two teams. As a result, each of the participants takes turns naming their favorite New Year's movie. First the member of the first team, then the second, again the first - the second, etc. The participant who does not give an answer is eliminated from the game. The team with the most participants left becomes the winner. If children know very little films, you can give them hints. After all, there are a lot of such films: “Poor Sasha”, “The Irony of Fate”, “Home Alone” all parts, “Curly Sue” and others. As a last resort, you can also use the names of cartoons.

make a wish

This is a romantic entertainment, which will require as many balloons as the number of guests who came to the ball. They say that on New Year's Day all dreams come true. Each invitee is invited to write his most cherished wish on a piece of paper, then these pieces of paper are attached to a thread with which the ball is tied. And so all the guests of the ball go out onto the street or onto the balcony and, at the command of the host, after his fabulous spells, release their balls and secret dreams into the sky. The spectacle is amazing.

New Year's castle

Several people are invited to participate in the competition. They are invited to carefully study the drawing of the New Year's castle. Then everyone is given a set of plastic cups and blindfolded. Next, the “builders” of the castle begin work. Whoever reproduces the drawing faster and more accurately wins the competition.

My number

Gifts for children must be wrapped in the same paper and numbered. Indoors, in visible places, attach Christmas tree tokens with a number written on the back side. Children are invited to find a Christmas tree for themselves. And when Grandfather Frost comes with a bag, he will give numbered gifts to the children.

Protection of carnival costumes

As a rule, children of primary and secondary school age enjoy putting on New Year's costumes. The task of the holiday organizer is to warn everyone in advance that the best costume will be chosen. But in order for your outfit to be among the winners, you need to “protect” it, in other words, show your artistic inclinations and enter into the role of your hero, performing his song, reading his monologue, etc.

Guess who it is?

For this competition you need to prepare various pictures (3 pieces for each item). And the children must guess these objects. For example, the presenter shows 3 pictures: a cobweb, a slipper, a skyscraper. If you think carefully, the child will guess that this is Spider-Man, or, for example, pictures of a beard, sleigh and gifts, it is clear that this is Santa Claus. Whoever guesses first raises his hand and answers. For the correct answer, the participant receives a point, and whoever has the most points wins.

Comic tasks, coupled with bright images and a festive mood will create a positive background for the holiday. Even a simple group game will be exciting if you play with a friendly group. Children will especially enjoy the competitions, the victory of which will bring New Year gifts.

Tiger tail

Participants line up and take the person in front by the shoulders. The first person in line is the head of the tiger. Closing the column is the tail. After the signal, the “tail” strives to catch up with the “head”, which is trying to escape. The “torso” must remain in the coupling. After some time, the children change places.

Merry round dance

An ordinary round dance can be significantly complicated. The leader sets the tone, constantly changing the direction and speed of movement. After several circles, lead the round dance like a snake, moving between pieces of furniture and guests.

Journey

Team play involves the use of blindfolds and pins. Place the skittles in a “snake” pattern in front of the participants of the two teams. Team members join hands and cover the distance blindfolded. All pins must remain upright. The team whose members knock down the fewest pins wins the game.

Magic words

Participants are divided into teams and given a set of letters that make up a certain word. Each team member gets only one letter. In the story that the presenter is reading, there are words from these letters. When such a word is heard, the players with the corresponding letters come forward and line up in the required order. The team that is ahead of its opponents earns a point.

What changed

Visual memory will help you win the game. Each participant carefully examines the toys hanging on the branches of the Christmas tree for a certain time. Then the children leave the room. Several toys are re-hung or new ones are added. When the children return, they need to voice what has changed.

Gift in a circle

Participants stand in a circle face to face. The host gives one of the players a gift and turns on the music. Afterwards the gift moves in a circle. After the music stops, the gift transfer stops. The player who has a gift left is eliminated. At the end of the game, there will be one participant left who will receive this souvenir.

Rules for high school students

For the holiday to be a success, entertainment should not be boring or related to lessons. Classes already bore students all year round. The best way to ruin New Year 2021 is to associate any task with the school curriculum. Forget that you are a teacher, that this is a student. Let it be an unusual evening, where young guests and their older comrades will come.

• Competitions at school can be humorous, but not vulgar. Of course, growing children will be delighted with indecent jokes and tasks a la wedding games for groomsmen and groomsmen, but in addition to schoolchildren, parents will also be present at the celebration. Don't reduce the celebration to low-grade humor; there is plenty of such entertainment on TV.
• Don't make fun of anyone. The times when poor students were ridiculed are long gone. Laugh, please, but not at anyone.
• Assignments should be humorous. Humor and irony are the best substitute for vulgarity. If the games are fun, then children will be happy to take part in them.
• A little movement. Sedentary tasks are good towards the end of the program, when everyone is tired, and before that, let your competitions include outdoor games.

Guess how much

For this competition you will have to prepare in advance. You will need a container into which a number of identical items will be placed (for example, a basket of tangerines). The container should be in the most visible place so that each of the guests can take a good look and evaluate it. The task of each guest is to guess how many items are in the container. You will also need to prepare a box where each guest will throw a piece of paper with their guess and signature. The one who indicates the number closest to the result wins.

"Sweet kiss"

To hold this competition you will need several couples in love. Each of them merges in a sweet kiss. At the same time, the guy and the girl, without looking up from the kiss, need to undress each other to pre-agreed limits. Easy option: take off your jacket, jacket, scarf, vest, etc. Of course, you can play a more spicy version of the game and organize stripping down to your underwear (depending on how relaxed the people participating in this game are and how many alcoholic drinks have already been drunk).

Snowball game

Ideal entertainment for the whole family. You will need ping pong or tennis balls, plastic cups, paper straws and a long table. Plastic cups are glued to one of the edges of the table (with tape). At the other end there are players whose task is to roll the balls into plastic cups. Only air can be used! Players blow through paper tubes onto the balls, trying to direct them in the desired direction. If the ball falls, you will have to start over. The one who can do it faster wins.

Explain to me

Game for all age groups. You will have to prepare in advance. You will need several

with simple words and a stopwatch. Participants must split into pairs. Each pair is given a piece of paper with words. One person from the couple reads the words and tries to explain them to his partner without using the name of this word and cognates. Each team has a minute to talk about everything. The winner is the one who can explain the most words in a minute.

Find the word

Another game that kids will love. Cards with letters need to be prepared in advance, and participants must make up as many words as possible from these cards. You can write, for example, 10-12 New Year-themed words, and then cut the words into letters, mix them and the competition is ready. Alternatively, you can simply write words on a piece of paper, mixing the letters, and the participants must guess what the word is (for example, nikvegos - snowman).

In general, there are countless ideas for New Year's competitions and games. You can use our selection, or you can use your imagination and give yourself and your guests an unforgettable evening!

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"Photo for memory"

What holiday would be complete without a photo as a souvenir? New Year 2021 is no exception! However, to make sure your photos are successful, arrange photo tests! Write on pieces of paper who the participants will portray, for example - “The most cheerful Baba Yaga”, “The drunkest Bunny”, “The Snow Maiden lost her hat”, “Tired Santa Claus”. In addition, prepare accessories and clothing items in advance. Let the participants, without looking, pull out sheets of paper with inscriptions and depict the heroes they come across. A fun competition for teenagers held by teachers at school.

"We pass on the snowflake"

We create two teams consisting of 6 - 10 people. The main rule is that the number of participants is the same. The guys line up in a line opposite each other. The idea is very simple - you need to transfer a snowflake from one end of the chain to the other. A snowflake will be a fluffy piece of cotton wool. However, a snowflake can melt! Therefore, you can transfer a melting piece of ice in any way you like, but not with your hands - for example, by blowing. Whoever gets the snowflake to the end of the chain faster, that team wins. A cool competition for school for the New Year 2021, held for grades 5, 6, 7.