The right games for the whole family are one of the best ways to bring families together. They can be mobile if parents are ready to remember their childhood and actively move around; with words, if children can already read or are just learning to do so; creative, and most importantly, they will be developing in any case.

The role of family games in the development of the child

The child comprehends the world through the game. The game develops, educates, teaches. In the process gaming activity the child learns the rules and behaviors that he will need to cope with life's difficulties. Children may enjoy playing alone, but they also usually enjoy playing with others.

At a time when a child plays alone, he conducts a kind of internal dialogue, and playing with other children, as well as with parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers or friends, is communication, the exchange of information and experience. It is important that the child has the opportunity for both.

In the process of joint games, opinions and knowledge are transferred, ways of behavior are developed and skills are trained. Try to get your child to play with other children, and find time to play together yourself.

In most cases, play with young children consists of simple actions, usually often repeated, accompanied by a standard set of words. Little kids love it. How older child, the more he understands, and the more difficult his game actions become.

AT joint games children play different roles that reflect everyday experiences and the child's own views. Problems are discussed, beliefs are formulated, explanatory work is carried out. During the game, rules and values ​​are transferred that will be useful in other situations.

The best cooperative home games occur spontaneously and are played without formal guidance or direction. However, some family games for kids and adults are listed below. Try them out at your next event. Perhaps these family fun will suit you and your household in the best way.

Active home games for children and adults

When organizing active games at home for children and adults, pay attention to the following ones:

• "It's me",
• "Package with a gift" (this game is conditionally mobile),
• "Treasure Search".

"It's me!" This family game can be held if at least 4 people are ready to play. You can play it both at home and on the street, but, perhaps, only in the summer. All participants form a circle. You can stand, you can bring chairs and sit down. The driver is chosen with the help of a counter. The leader calls the names of the two participants. For example, dad and Katya. Hearing their names, dad and Katya should change places. The driver must try to get ahead and be the first to take the place of one of the named participants, daddy or Katino. The participant left without a place turns into a driver and already calls the following names himself. Game "It's me!" is a great way to develop attention and train reaction speed.

"Package with a gift" To conduct this game with the family, you need to attract as many participants as possible, so it will be more fun. The main props are pre-prepared - package with a surprise. It's done like this: a small souvenir is wrapped in wrapping paper and neatly, preferably in one place, fastened with tape. Then follows another layer of paper, fastened with tape, and another, and another. You need to pack a souvenir until there are enough layers. Carefully seal the layers with tape so that it is easy to unfold the bundle. Such game competitions for children and adults should be provided with musical accompaniment. In particular, this contest requires a cheerful music track with small pauses every 15-20 seconds of music. If there is no such track, appoint a person responsible for the music (he will stop the melody at short intervals). The game itself is organized as follows: Participants stand or sit in a circle. To the music, they begin to pass the bundle in a circle from hand to hand. The contestant holding the bundle when the music stops must remove one layer of packaging. The music resumes and the bundle moves around again. At the next pause, the next layer is removed and so on. The surprise is given to the one who unrolls the last layer of the package. By regularly conducting such games for children at home, you can develop in them such a wonderful human quality as the ability to share. The winner does not receive a prize for any special talent or achievement. As the number of wrappers decreases, it will become more and more difficult for children to decide to give the bundle to the next player. And the implementation of this rule will teach you to be responsible in interaction with others, as well as following the accepted rules, fulfilling the obligations voluntarily assumed. The game trains the ability of children to be happy for another person, sincerely congratulate them on good luck and not consider such a loss as a personal defeat. However, this and other family competitions involving children are best ended with a little encouragement for each of the players. Small souvenirs will help the losers sincerely rejoice at someone else's victory.

"Treasure Search" The game is good because all family members can play it, and parents, as the most experienced and ingenious, will have to come up with a game plan, the tasks themselves and arrange them on cards (for example, “under the window”, “in the locker”, “on the chair "). For children who can read, this is not difficult, but for younger children who have not yet mastered this skill, tasks can be arranged in the form of pictures, even if they are schematic. Hints are hidden in different places of the house or apartment. When planning a search, parents should take into account the abilities of their children and their age. It is best for kids to draw a search plan, marking the beginning of the path with a cross. For children who already know how to read or at least learn to do so, text prompts are compiled. It can be a word, a phrase, or even a small phrase. The first card is given out just like that or, if there is a desire to complicate the beginning of the game, as a prize for guessing a riddle or a solved rebus. The rest of the clues are laid out in different places in the dwelling, as pointers to the next search item. For example, a card with the word "sill" indicates that the next pointer can be found by looking at all the windows in the house. For older children, the task can be complicated and instead of direct instructions, riddles, word games or puzzles can be used. Thus, the search for a surprise or treasure goes in stages with the help of signs or a route plan. And the final destination should be the place where the parents "buried" the treasure that goes to the seeker. To interest in gameplay the little "treasure hunters" was not lost until the end of the search, parents should provide the necessary assistance to the children. Still, an adult, when compiling a task, can sometimes overestimate the capabilities of a child, or evaluate it not quite right. Therefore, the prize, regardless of how the search went, should go to the participants in the search. The developing role of this game for children in the house is that it trains logical thinking (when the signs are encrypted) or the ability to read (reading cards to search for treasures is very exciting and the training is unobtrusive). And the ability to use the plan develops spatial thinking.

Games for adults and children with words

There are word games that the whole family can play great amount. Here are just two of them: "Cablegram" and "Find and name."

"Cable" This game is remarkable in that it does not require a specially equipped place, both the road on the way home and the house itself will do. Only a pencil and paper are needed. The rules of the game are simple: any word or name is written in a column (it is desirable that it consists of five or more letters). And then this word "turns" into an abbreviation, that is, an encrypted sentence. Example: FROM- the most AT– delicious E- food T– aunts BUT– Alena A stands for SVETA so: "The most delicious food of Aunt Alena." There are many options for decryption. Parents themselves can choose: to compose them together or arrange a competition for the best proposal. The main thing is that it should be meaningful, although humor, hyperbole and fantasy are welcome. During this family game, the participants practice the skill of working with words and letters, the speech ability to compose coherent phrases.

creative family leisure

Creative games for the whole family include such as "Gifts of Santa Claus", "If I were a king", "Magic melody".

"Gifts of Santa Claus" "Gifts of Santa Claus" (wizard, fairies, etc.) is a variant of another well-known game "Snowball". It has different variations and this is one of them. In this case, the basis of the plot is the giving of gifts. Rules: The order of players can be determined by drawing lots or counting. The first participant pronounces the phrase, the second repeats it and adds his own, the third repeats the previous two and ends with his own. The game continues until the first mistake. Example: Mother: Santa Claus gave me (the name of a specific gift sounds here) a ball. Child: Father Frost gave my mom a ball, and he gave me roller skates. Dad: Santa Claus gave the ball to mom. He gave Sasha rollers. And he gave me a bag of health. The game trains memory and speech skills of redesigning the text. And the opportunity to present the most unusual, and even fantastic gifts, develops the imagination well.

"If I were king" It is necessary to organize this game action in a well-known room. Determine which room(s) can be used. For example, from the kitchen and bedroom, or only from the nursery. Agree that the end of the game means that the used items are returned to their permanent places. Division into teams can be done in various ways. For example, if there are two children in a family, then one team can have a dad and a child, and the other team can have a mother and a child. In other situations, mom versus child and dad, or dad versus child and mom. Here, parents and children can show their imagination and form teams in different ways. The team that starts first is determined by lot. The idea is this: “If I were a captain (king, astronaut - you can call a profession or a fairy-tale hero), then I would have a cap, a sword, a map, a compass and a pipe (there are five items that can be attributed to the selected character). The second team is given up to five minutes to search in the selected room for the named things. Moreover, you need to quickly pick up a replacement for exotic items that do not exist in a simple home. For example, an umbrella can turn into a sword, a map can be drawn in a notebook, a pair of bows can be attached to a beret to make a cap, and so on. The team that gave the task evaluates the result. Then they change. This game for the whole family will be a good exercise in imagination and creative rethinking.

"Magic Melody" Another version of the game for the home, it is more creative and to some extent even experimental. It can arouse interest in a person of any age. Glasses or glasses are needed (it is better if it is a set of identical items) in the amount of six to twelve pieces. You can replace them with glass bottles or jars. Vessels are unevenly filled with water. To obtain a sound, that is, tapping on a glass (glass, jar, bottle), you can use a suitable stick (even a drum stick, if available). And then the experiment begins: changing the water level to get different sounds. Actually, the creative stage will be an attempt to play some kind of melody on a “created” musical instrument.

Summer games for adults and children

Summer is a period of active recovery from the winter cold and boring evenings at home. At this time of the year, many parents have the opportunity to spend more time with their child. When the summer school holidays begin, and the first storm of emotions from the coming summer has passed, you will most likely be thinking about what to do with your child. If your children are already tired of swimming and playing football, offer them new interesting activities that will bring your whole family together and provide you with fond memories for a lifetime. Spend this time doing activities that the whole family can participate in. Do you know what to play with your child in the summer?

Let's play travel

If the whole family is going to visit another region or another country, start your summer holidays by turning part of the house into the place where you are going. Explore this country or region, find 2-3 distinctive features this area and reproduce them at home. Plan daily educational games at home with your kids on these imaginary journeys.

Have a picnic together

Even picnics can be turned into family games for kids. For them, it is always a small interesting and fun journey. And if you take with you not only parents, but also friends and their parents!... If your child goes to senior group kindergarten or elementary school, contact the parents of his kindergarten or high school friends and organize a picnic together. Arrange for everyone to bring a blanket, different toys and, of course, something tasty. Before this activity, you and the rest of the parents should find out if any of the children have food allergies.

We organize a photo hunt

For older children or those who are interested in photography, organize a photo hunt. Prepare a list of items in your yard or neighborhood. Take pictures of these items with your child, and then download the pictures to your computer.

Celebrating Nature Day

Your children and their friends can participate in environmental activities with you. Think of 2-3 activities that help the environment, such as planting young trees and watching them grow over the summer. Collect old clothes and use them as work shorts and capes. Let the children act out in their new outfits.

Gardening

The most interesting thing about the idea of ​​gardening is that it is a very long activity that requires careful preparation, because you need to start taking care of the plants in early spring. Before you start organizing even the smallest garden or garden, look at catalogs and useful websites with your children, write down ideas, and then decide what you want to grow - flowers or vegetables? Children will love to keep track of any planting, and the vegetable harvest will also come in handy in the kitchen. Go for seeds and fertilizers in the spring, and take care of your garden in the summer. Distribute the responsibilities for caring for plants in the family, who will water and who will clean the garden, discuss the successes achieved together, and the fruits of your joint work will bring great pleasure to the whole family.

Radio controlled models

Radio-controlled helicopters, cars, tanks or boats provide an excellent opportunity for exciting family competitions. Arrange races of radio-controlled cars for speed, tank races with overcoming obstacles and defeating a conditional target, or helicopter flights along a given route and landing as accurately as possible. The conditions for the competition and the criteria for identifying the winners are determined in advance by the whole family. Of course, such competitive battles on the ground or in the air will appeal to both children and adults.

Ice cream fights

The ice cream fight game is like water fights and kids will love it on a hot summer day. Buy a few kilos of cheap ice cream, big spoons and go to the yard to have a fun sweet fight. Pay attention to the clothes of children - it is best to play in bathing suits. A prerequisite for the game is the joint cleaning of your yard at the end of the battle.

Reading competition

This option is very useful game at home on the eve of the new school year. Choose a topic that you would all like to explore. For each family member, select age-appropriate literature (books, magazines, newspapers, websites) and help younger children read the material. Write on the board how many books each of you should read, and then write the title of each book or magazine you read under your name. Define your reward system for more books read and host an awards ceremony for the winners. It is a good idea to read the literature about the new place before going somewhere and to make a travel itinerary and excursions with the whole family.

Bicycle washing

You can set up a bike wash in your yard using the car wash as an example. Prepare a sign with the words "Bicycle wash", fill up with water, cleaning products and sponges and invite the children to wash their bikes first, and then your neighbors may ask you to wash their bikes already for a minimal fee. For your children, this activity will be a good example of how money is made in the family. Spend your entire joint salary on sweets for the whole family or put in a common piggy bank.

Family board games

The board game phenomenon

Today board games are gaining more and more popularity. Both children and adults love them, they are especially good for playing in the family circle. What is the secret of the growing popularity of modern board games? After all, it would seem that in the 21st century, the computer and computer games should outweigh completely and unconditionally, but ...

The popularity of board games lies in the organization of the process itself:

• board games(at least, most of them) are designed for two or more participants, which means that the game becomes a means of communication, experiencing vivid emotions and excitement without destructive consequences;
• board games are able to gather at the same table both children and adults, this is one of the few forms of leisure that contributes to the unification and rallying of the family;
• board games in terms of time and place are absolutely universal. It depends only on the desire of the players whether they will play on a rug by the fireplace or in a cafe, whether it will take place in the early morning or late at night;
• board games contain techniques that contribute to the development of certain skills: logic and abstract thinking, the art of communication and concentration.

All these qualities of board games allow us to talk about them as a therapeutic tool, affordable and low-cost.

Modern board games for the whole family

Our propensity to play is probably in our genes, although we hardly think about it as a child. Much more important is the excitement and passion with which we plunge into the world drawn on a sheet of cardboard.

At the same time, modern board games for children and adults are more diverse and often more difficult than their predecessors. A rich selection of board games allows everyone to find a board game to their liking.

• Economic games allow you to deploy a strategic struggle for territory and resources. The most popular in this segment for many years is the well-known game "Monopoly".
• war games- games with military strategies, where the struggle can unfold at the level of countries and even planets. The boys love these kinds of games. And the undoubted leader here is the game "Bakugan".
• Adventure games(collections) - set the main task of reaching a certain point on the playing field or sent to search (collect) given items, as, for example, in "Elfenland" or "Crazy Maze".
• Detective Games- require players to determine the exact picture of the crime. The most successful game of this genre is "Mafia", which today is mastering television screens and club spaces.
• Classic board games no doubt have not lost their popularity to this day. Checkers, chess, dominoes - games for all time.

The game has become part of the modern socio-cultural sphere, moving with the times, annually creating new types and types. The so-called Cross-media games have already appeared - hybrids of modern media technologies and board games. In addition to the known attributes (dice, field, etc.), they can use a multimedia disk or mobile phone. From this class of games one can name SMS chess, where the game situation is displayed using the usual chessboard, and the game process itself is implemented through the exchange of moves via SMS. The video game "Atmosfear", which comes with a special DVD, is built on the same principle. Players move chips around the playing field on the table, and instructions and tasks are received from the TV screen, feedback is provided by the DVD player remote control. And this is only the beginning...

Twister is a family game - how to play Twister?

Twister is an exciting game that is perfect for children's parties and family parties, picnics, hiking, and just playing at home or in the yard. Be sure to get Twister for games with children if you don't already have this game. You can be sure that it will become one of the favorite family leisure options for your family members.

The Twister game has simple rules, but these rules can be changed and supplemented at your request. If you have lost the manual, the following steps will help you refresh your knowledge of the game.

1. Spread the playing field on the floor. It's best to play indoors, but if you choose to do it outdoors fresh air, lay the field on the ground, after making sure that there are no sticks, stones or other hard and sharp objects under it. To prevent the field from being blown away by the wind, press down the corners with something heavy.
2. Take off your shoes. All participants must be barefoot, with or without socks. But remember that the surface of the field is slippery!
3. Determine the participant who will spin the roulette wheel and play the role of the Judge in case two participants occupy the same circle on the field.
4. Stand on the edge of the field. If two players are playing, they must stand on opposite edges of the playing field (along) facing each other, while placing one foot on the nearest yellow circle and the other on the nearest blue one. When there are three participants, the arrangement is the same as when playing for two, but the third person stands on the side of the field with red circles, standing on two of them. If you decide to play with four, split into two teams so that you stand opposite each other, while occupying all four colored circles.
5. Spin the wheel! The judge does this first and then loudly calls out the color that has fallen and the part of the body to be placed on the circle of that color. All players must move at the same time, while occupying only the free circle. If two players stand on the same circle, the Referee must decide who was first. If all six laps are already taken, the Judge will spin the wheel again. If the named part of the body is already located on the dropped color, then the player must rearrange it to another circle of this color. In a 4-player game, you can bet more than one body part on a circle.
6. You cannot remove your arms or legs from your position. Except when you need to skip the hand or foot of another player. But the Judge must be warned about this in advance. Otherwise, the player is out.
7. You can only touch the field with your hands or feet. You can't fall. Anyone who breaks these rules is out. The game continues until one player remains on the playing field: he becomes the winner. If two teams play, the one whose at least one member has broken the rules loses.

Games for the whole family are able to develop creative, logical and other abilities not only for children, but also for adults. And most importantly, they are able to make life more fun and friendly. Play for health!

Game for the whole family "Unfortunately, fortunately" | family leisure

Children's holiday at home: fun and entertaining fun games for children and adults. Old games of the 19th century, long forgotten and now being revived. Interesting ideas for a joyful mood during the holidays.

Soon New Year and Christmas! And of course, these days we meet with friends, relatives, go to visit, receive guests. Games at home are one of the oldest and traditional winter activities for children and adults. What games can you play with kids and friends? What did our great-great-great-grandmothers and great-great-great-grandfathers play in winter? How to give yourself and your children the joy of a holiday and fun? Why does a child need fun, and not just “serious” educational games? You will learn about this from this article. And also take a trip to the 19th century by playing old pre-revolutionary children's games.

Children's holiday at home: why do children need fun games?

Educational games are what every family knows now, what they write about in magazines and books, what they show in videos and TV shows. But fun games ... Do we know fun games for children? How often do we play them? Do we include them in our family holidays? For some reason, these fun games for children are often forgotten and are not so common in modern families. It's a pity. After all, they not only create a special atmosphere of a family holiday, comfort, warmth, emotional support, interesting communication, but also develop a child no worse than “serious” educational games. And besides, it is so nice to play them for both adults and children! It is fun games that develop ingenuity, imagination, speed of reaction, flexibility of behavior, independence, the ability to quickly find a way out of a new situation and give the child a cheerful, cheerful mood - the basis of his successful development.

Why does a child need funny funny games? Why does a child need games with other children or games in a friendly circle of children and adults? Why won't the "educational game" of the child "alone" (with a computer or with chips and a playing field) replace games with other people? Let's look into history and find the answers to these questions.

Here is how Yegor Arsenievich Pokrovsky wrote about children's games in the 19th century in the book “Children's Games, Mostly Russian. In connection with history, ethnography, pedagogy and hygiene "(1887):

“There are also views that are practiced regarding education in a certain part of the public and have a lot of harmful influence on the success of the development of children's games ... Due to these views, for example, fast, impetuous movements of children during play are recognized as impossibly rude, too provincial, masculine; heartfelt fun in games, which only children are capable of, about which even the saying “Rejoices like a child” has developed, is considered completely inappropriate, indecent, trivial. Simplicity in dress, which is required for the most part for many free children's games, is also considered unacceptable, degrading the child to the level of a craftsman, etc., but meanwhile, it is dressed-up children, like dolls, according to a fashionable French magazine ... and you can’t send them to the game, because such clothes will interfere and run freely, and wrestle, etc.

Obviously, there are no joys in the games of such children .. Meanwhile, from absolute abstinence from games, look at what sad consequences can occur: children in this case do not learn, while playing, a lot of tricks that are necessary and useful in life, do not learn reasonable attitudes towards their own kind, and in the end they often come out strange, inept, often evoking only laughter and mockery at themselves. It is rightly said that “he is more likely to be cut with a knife who has not learned how to handle it from childhood ...” Along with this remark, let us recall the caustic mockery of the ancient Kornsad, who expressed the idea that the sons of wealthy parents can do nothing by way of it, except for riding, yes and this is because only horses do not flatter them, but, on the contrary, immediately throw them off if they do not comprehend the art of riding. The deep meaning of this mockery has been fully preserved to this day.

There are relatively few games that are designed for a solitary activity, on the contrary, most games require the complicity of more or less other children. In this distribution of games, no doubt, lies the goal so that by using them, on the one hand, it is better teach children to communicate among themselves, mutual services, mutual preservation of their interests; on the other hand, to accustom to the excitement of competition, mutual criticism, recognition of dignity or shortcomings, encouragement of those who showed greater dexterity, art, dignity in the game, and vice versa, censure of those who somehow blundered in the game.

Often here a well-gifted child leads a less capable one, one helps another to improve, and in the end everyone helps each other; but at the same time, everyone, in essence, remains in the same rights ... In the end, all this leads children to the closest mutual communication, unity and friendly work ...

No family circle, no school can give anything like that, but meanwhile in games this is achieved so easily and simply.

Let's play! And let's give each other a good mood!

Fun games for kids and adults: let's play together.

Children's games at home: old Russian games

Game "Dergachi"

A “vodnik” is chosen (now we call it “leading”, and even now children often speak in the old fashioned way with an emphasis on the first syllable - “water”). The vodir is blindfolded.

The rest of the participants in the game are players. In this game, they are called "twitchers".

Game rule: players are not allowed to leave their seats. If this rule is violated, the player becomes a "Water".

Game progress: The blister stands in the center of the room blindfolded. Players enter the room and sit near the walls. The viper begins to walk around the room.

Players attract the attention of the vodka, "pull" him. For example, they say “Derg-derg” or rustle their feet on the floor or rustle their clothes in turn. Here someone pulled the vodka by the hem. And then from the other side they whispered: "Derg-derg", and after that a new sound - someone slaps on the knees. The vodir needs to guess who pulled him (that is, he said or clapped or made some kind of sound). If he guessed right, then he transfers his role to the tugger. Then the twitch, who was unraveled, becomes a water-dweller in a new game.

The task of the players is to confuse the vodka so that he cannot guess who it is. Therefore, they may not speak in their own voice - squeaky or vice versa bass, etc.

The game "Blind Man's Buff at the Wall"

Very fun and funny game. Such a fun game is very good in the New Year! After all, it is carried out with a candle and in the dark. And it brings unforgettable impressions, laughter and joy. In addition, children so enjoy playing with shadows and coming up with their own ideas about how to “trick” the leader of the game. Whom only they do not dress up! And how they laugh when they are confused with ... their mom or dad !!!

This is how this old game is played. In the “blind-blind against the wall”, the leader is not blindfolded, on the contrary, he will need to look very carefully “in both eyes”.

You will need a light wall (it can be a wall in a corridor or in a room). If your walls are dark, then you can hang a sheet. A table or chair with a burning candle is placed at a distance from the wall. A chair for the driver is placed between the candle and the wall.

Players will walk past the candle behind the driver so that their shadow appears on the wall. Players take turns walking slowly along the wall, and the driver must guess by the shadow who passed it.

All players try to confuse the driver. They can wrap themselves in a cloak, put on someone else's hat, go crouching to the floor or, on the contrary, go on tiptoe, stretch their neck or pull it in, hunch over, limp, bend over three deaths, mix up, intertwine arms or legs, walk in pairs, etc. The player's task is to figure out how to confuse the driver and how to pass without being recognized.

The driver is forbidden to turn his head back and, when guessing, look at the person, and not at the shadow. If the driver made a mistake, then the phantom pays (performs the task - tells a joke, sings a verse of the song, congratulates everyone, etc.). The driver is replaced when he guessed one of the players or when everyone passed.

For the game, I advise you to prepare the necessary simple items that you can dress up in - an old sheet that you can wrap yourself in, takes or a hat, mask, scarf, cardboard box, costume elements such as hare ears, etc. And you can make it easier - to come up with your own “suit” for playing all together and at the same time allow you to use all the contents of the closet.

Game "Even-Odd"

A great game to share gifts or small surprises for guests.

Prepare small surprises in advance - sweets, stickers, small calendars or pictures, badges or postcards, toys, pencils, cookies, waffles, etc. You can ask all guests to bring some surprises with them and use them for a common game.

So, having collected all the surprises brought and collected by you, we begin to divide them into heaps. The heaps will be different - in some heaps there is an even number of gifts, and in some there is an odd number. Heaps are covered on top with opaque scarves. This is an old version. And now we can just put the gifts in opaque bags - and then scarves are not needed.

We start to raffle gifts. The first player points to one of the heaps with his hand and asks: "Even or odd?". The second player answers either "even" or "odd". We count the gifts in this pile. If the second player guessed right, then he takes a bunch of gifts for himself and asks the question to the third player (along the chain): “Even or odd?”. The third responds, and so on. In this game, kids will not only receive surprise gifts, but will also learn to count gifts with pleasure :).

The game "Okhlopok"

Highly simple game. Everyone stands in a circle and throws a piece of cotton wool up (you need to fluff it up, throwing a roll of cotton is useless - it won’t fly :). The task is to keep the cotton from falling. The player, near whom the cotton falls, pays a fant (sings a song, crows, reads a poem, etc.). Therefore, everyone is trying to quickly blow the cotton from themselves to their neighbor. The cotton flies either higher or lower, so the players either squat, then stand on tiptoe, then bend over. Usually a very funny picture is obtained.

If there are few players, then the game is played at the table. They throw up a clap, and keep their hands under the table. Next to whom the cotton “landed”, he pays a fine - a phantom.

Game "Wing"

The leader is chosen. The rest of the participants in the game are players.

The players sit at the table and under the table in a circle pass each other an object tied to a thread. At the same time they say:

Ah, wing, hurry up,

Don't stumble and don't break

Don't look under the table

And that will be trouble.

It is necessary to pass the object on a thread so that the driver does not guess who has the “wing” now. Therefore, the players, even without having a wing, pretend that they are passing it, wink at each other and try in every possible way to confuse the driver.

On the last word in the text (this is the word "trouble"), the "wing" stops at one of the players. The task of the driver is to guess who has the wing, where it stopped.

If he guessed right, then this player with a wing in his hands in the next game becomes the driver. If not, then the driver pays a phantom. The redemption of a fanta is a song, dance, riddle, congratulation or trick.

It is important not to break the thread when transferring an object on a thread. Who broke the thread also pays forfeit.

Birds fly game

All players sit in a circle at the table. One hand is on the table. The leader of the game begins the story:

“I traveled a lot in different countries. And I came to such a wonderful conclusion: all living beings covered with feathers fly. All birds fly." On the last words, the host raises the index finger of the hand up and everyone repeats after him. The rule of the game is reported: if it is a bird and it flies, then you need to raise your index finger up. Then the host continues: “And the ducks fly (the leader and the players raise their fingers for each correct phrase), and the geese fly, and the tits fly. And the lions fly.” Many players will automatically give a thumbs up. And they'll be wrong.

The game must be played at a fast pace, alternating birds, animals, fish, insects (they also fly, but they are not birds, and therefore you don’t need to raise your finger), flying objects - autumn leaves, an arrow (you don’t need to raise your finger, because this is not bird)

Everyone who made a mistake at the end of the game pays forfeits - they perform simple tasks.

Game "Pull-let"

A very simple and very fun attention game in which even adults often make mistakes and laugh at it. She is very funny and beautiful. You will need wide satin ribbons about a meter long. How many players in the game - so many tapes you need.

The host of the game becomes in the center of the room, and around him the players sit on chairs. The chairs are arranged in a circle. The driver in the center of the circle holds all the ribbons. He gives the second end of the tape to each player. Ribbons with rays of the sun go from him to the players.

The leader at a fast pace says “Pull”, then “Let”. And what is the "highlight" of this fun game? And the fact that the word "pull" you need to release the tape. But on the word “let” you need a tape, on the contrary, pull it! There will be many mistakes!

In this game, you can collect forfeits for mistakes. And you can vice versa - play for the winner, who will receive a small prize for not making a mistake.

The game "Apartments to change"

Everyone is sitting on chairs. The driver shouts: “Change apartments! Change apartments! At these words, everyone jumps out of their chairs and looks for a new place. And since the driver has already taken one place, then someone may not have enough space. That's all in a hurry, run, hurry. Who did not have time to take a place - pays forfeit. As soon as the phantom is paid, immediately (before everyone has time to gather their thoughts) a new command sounds “Change apartments! Change apartments! The game is played at a fast pace.

Game "Plate"

Players stand or sit in a circle. Each player calls himself the name of some animal. For example, "I am a hare." “And I am a fox,” etc. When everyone has memorized each other's new names, the game begins.

Take a wooden (old version) or plastic plate or bowl (modern version) and spin it hard so that it spins (Many other modern items can be used instead of a plate, for example, a roll of stationery tape. The main thing is that the object can be twisted)

As the plate is spun, immediately shout out the name of one of the players. For example: "Hare, catch!". The hare must have time to intercept the spinning plate before it falls. Now the hare spins the plate and calls the other player: “Catch the bear!” etc.

In this game, reaction speed develops, all players need to be very agile, attentive and tenacious.

Anyone who did not manage to grab a plate pays a forfeit.

Game "Korchaga"

The driver in the game is a korchaga. It is covered with a scarf on top and planted in the center of the room.

A senior player is chosen, who, secretly from the korchaga, gives names to all other players. For example, the names of flowers: “You will be a camomile. And you are a rose. And you are forget-me-not."

Players stand around the pot. The senior player calls them, calling the name of the flower. For example: "Chamomile, come here." Chamomile comes up to Korchaga and lightly touches his back with his hand, quickly returns to his place and claps his hands.

The senior player removes the handkerchief from the pot and asks: “Who held it?” If the driver guesses who touched him, then the guessed player becomes a korchaga in the next game. If he did not guess correctly, then he will still have to be in the role of a korchag

Games - riddles, puzzles, charades, puns.

Such games have also been known for a long time and are ancient. They played them for fun. You won’t guess - pay a forfeit, cheer everyone up. You can also play in a different way - on the winner, who guessed the largest number of puzzles. Here are some 19th century assignments:

1. Why is a chicken more likely to eat a serving of oats than a horse? (Because chicken doesn't eat horses)

2. Is it possible for dogs to run into the room and eat up the entire floor? (pun: eaten = from spruce). Answer: Maybe if the floor is spruce.

3. “Young girls are willing to visit the first one; the second is not necessary for girls, but for boys it is necessary for many games. It's nice to get out of a stuffy room for the whole ”(Answer to a charade: ball + con \u003d balcony) Other possible charades that you can easily compose by analogy yourself: com + pass \u003d compass. Steam + hell = parade. deg+us=degree. Agility + bone = dexterity. Air + spirit = air.

Surprise

And then - a surprise for all readers of the site. And for me too 🙂 I want to introduce you Sorokin Tatiana- a regular reader of the Native Path. Tatyana works as a speech therapist teacher in Krasnodar. She prepared a small surprise gift for all of us - puzzles that can be given as a riddle at a children's party and solved by ourselves. Well, let's try to figure it out, shall we?

Puzzles for children and adults from Tatyana Sorokina.

Guess what words are encrypted in these puzzles. Couldn't solve the puzzle? Write your question in the comments - Tatyana will tell you what it is. Honestly, I didn’t guess puzzle number 5 right away :). And you?

And finally, a rebus from me: as a gift for Tatyana and for all readers of Native Path. Rebus on the topic of this article. Can you guess? Answers or questions can be written in the comments.

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Looking for how to arrange funny contests at a birthday party, so that they are interesting and enjoyable for both children and adults? This compilation should help!

Birthday child for adults

Birthdays are always valuable for children with their unique atmosphere of fun, friendly warmth and easy permissiveness on the part of adults. For the latter, arrange a holiday - laborious business requiring investments material and physical. It is the parents who prepare the celebration program, the festive menu and the decoration of the room for the birthday boy and his little guests.

Behind this fuss, they forget about another category of guests - the parents of these children that will lead them to the feast and will surely stay until its end. As a standard, adults watch the children from the table, talking on secular topics with other parents and tasting dishes carefully prepared by the hosts of the evening. You can’t call such a pastime particularly interesting, but there are entertainments that can bring all adults together and create a closer bond between them and children.

Holiday program for children

And yet, for starters, it’s worth developing a holiday script for the birthday boy. In the case of young children under 7 years old, entertainment like searching for “treasures” or investigating a case is easy to do. about the "disappearance" of the birthday cake. You can come up with a huge number of ideas for such scenarios, and you don’t even have to order animators and spend money on props.

For example, in the missing birthday cake scenario, you just need to prepare the box in which this cake supposedly should be, a note from the "kidnapper" and the toy thief himself. A treat can be “stealed” by a doll, the baby’s favorite robot, or even a real character in which one of the parents will dress up. It is necessary to frame the case in such a way that the children completed the tasks of this "thieves" while having fun in competitions.

When inviting an animator or dressing up as a character yourself, find out from the children who they are into. For the effect of interaction with the character to be positive, it must be recognizable and loved by children.

In the end, the kids, of course, will receive long-awaited delicacy and a sea of ​​positive emotions from past contests, pretty tired and giving their parents a break. Adults themselves can also participate in the production, playing other characters or simply helping the guys through the tests of the “cake thief”. This will help rally parents and their children, for which adults will also tell you later. thank you very much.

Possible ideas for competitions for children

Beyond the main scenario children's birthday must necessarily consist of contests that are interesting to children. They can be quite budgetary, but they will still bring a lot of joy to kids. A few ideas for entertainment that will suit children from 2 to 10 years old.

crazy egg

The essence of the game is to transfer the colored egg in a teaspoon from one plate to another. For the competition, you will need to buy plastic plates, boil and paint two dozen eggs, prepare teaspoons and put two pairs of stools on opposite sides of the room. Two teams of children will have to move all the eggs for a while without dropping a single one, and the team with the most eggs by the end of the competition wins.

Help me pick up the leaves

Some character, perhaps the birthday boy's favorite toy, asks the kids to collect for her all the leaves scattered on the floor. For special leaves, she will give a sweet prize, they will be marked with a special icon on the back. For the game you have to cut a few dozen leaves from thick colored paper and affix a special symbol on some.

This idea can be made more useful and educational for kids if you write letters on the back of all the leaves and ask them to find, for example, only vowels. For musical kids, you can draw notes.

Mr. Frankenstein

Don't let this name scare you. the essence of the game is harmless: The children will take turns with their eyes closed trying to attach a part of the character's body to its image on the poster. The character can be absolutely anything, and you will need to make multiple body parts- nose, ears, mouth and so on. It is better to do the drawing on whatman paper, so that it is convenient for the child to attach another leaflet with plasticine or a button.

Wind, wind, you are mighty

In this game, the guys must move your ball faster from one part of the room to another, but this can only be done by blowing on the balloon. The competition area must be clean and spacious enough for the little ones to roll on the floor and blow on their balloons. For the game it is enough to prepare a dozen fairly dense balls, leaving some in reserve, and the award "For the mighty breath."

Book antonyms

This competition will be able to “kill” three “hares” at once: help in the development of the thought process in kids, increase interest in books and cheer them up at the holiday. The essence of the game is that the presenter pronounces the name of the book or fairy tale, but using only antonyms. The game has the following options:

• Green hat - Little Red Riding Hood.
• Castle - Teremok.
• Black Sander without the Seven Giants- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
• Kilometristche - Thumbelina.
• Ugly and cute animal- The beauty and the Beast.
• Cold fish - Firebird.

Of course, in addition to books, you can choose any other, as long as they are interesting for your children. To be sure of this, ask the parents of the children invited to the evening in advance what they are interested in.

Gift for everyone

If financial resources allow, you can arrange a surprise for each guest of the evening giving him a small present. To do this, you need to blindfold all the guys, unwind them and give them the opportunity to pull a gift for themselves from the ribbon hung in advance. Can be used as gifts key chains, stickers, pens and small toys.

Little wizards

This competition is quite similar to forfeits, because each participant in the game writes a wish in advance, perhaps with the help of parents, and puts it in a special box. After that, the kids take turns pulling out pieces of paper with desires and fulfilling them: dancing, reciting a verse, hugging everyone present, and so on. This game will especially appeal to the kids if parents also participate in it, because you can see them in an informal setting.

Birthday decorations

Not only sweets, but also pleasant speeches can to please the hero of the occasion that can be organized into one competition. To do this, you will have to prepare a small rope and a certain number of bagels for each child. The kids will take turns stringing dryers and say something nice to the birthday boy, and the participant with the most rings on the "beads" wins.

Be sure to give the children a break between competitions so that they are not capricious and have time to participate in each. Try to arrange the contests from the most active to the quietest, inserting a tea party between them. At the end of the evening, be sure to treat each kid with a piece of birthday cake.

Guessing the classics

Children in our time watch and read a significant number of works, and some of them are considered classics. Invite the children to play guessing phrases from popular cartoons, songs, books and films that have already become classics. Options may include:

• What do you want old man?- The story of the Golden Fish.
• I'll sing!- cartoon "Once upon a time there was a dog."
• Hakuna matata- The Lion King cartoon.
• The bird-talker is distinguished by intelligence and ingenuity- cartoon "The Secret of the Third Planet".
• Smile and wave…- Madagascar cartoon.
• You are forever responsible for everyone you tamed- Fairy tale "The Little Prince".

It is better to look for ideas for the game on the Internet, after consulting with the parents of the kids about their favorite works. To find a popular phrase from a movie or song, just enter in the search engine "Phrases and Quotes from Title_Works", replacing the phrase in bold with your source.

Holiday program for adults

Surely you would also like to spend your baby's holiday fun and easy, like in childhood, and this can be arranged with the help of adult competitions and entertainment. Although parents have to take care of their child, they have the right to relax and have fun, having received their own separate holiday program. Games during children's competitions will not be possible, but While the kids are relaxing, adults can have fun.

At the same time, while the children are playing with the animator, you can invite adults, especially if they are family friends or relatives, to watch a video. It is not at all difficult to mount a clip from photos and video cuts to children's music, taking into account current technologies. You can either download a special program to your computer and use the editing lessons, or give this work to a special agency.

Clip from photos

You can edit the video for the boy's birthday yourself

Such videos will be of particular interest to close relatives, especially if they find themselves in the frames.

In general, competitions for children and their parents can be safely alternate one after another, giving each group the opportunity to relax and refresh themselves at the festive table. It will be especially convenient if children and adults are prepared two separate tables, and mom and dad of the birthday boy will pay attention to their table. If one of your couple is not ready to play with the children in the evening, they can take turns.

For parents and especially adult children - brothers and sisters of babies, there will be interesting board games. You can place a designated area for one or two board games so that those who wish can relax there.

Possible ideas for adult contests

Adults also like to participate in competitions, but children's ones are not suitable for them. Therefore, for everyone over fifteen, it is worth preparing separate entertainment. It can be any idea from the following.

predictable guest

While all parents are sitting at the festive table, you can offer them speak about the best qualities of the birthday man while playing this game with them. For her, you will have to prepare in advance a number of leaflets with the most popular options like “Kind” or “Talented” and write a wish on the back of each. A person who says one of these qualities will have to fulfill the desire written on a piece of paper.

Grandma Vanga

Enough unusual game you can call this one where relatives try to guess how will the birthday boy grow in the future. For this, it is necessary to prepare whatman paper about A3 in size and draw a table on it with the age of the child and the names of the guests. In the cells of their column, guests will write predictions about anything: growth, character traits, hobbies, and more.

The table will look something like this:

Of course, predictions will be in each cell, and if there are a lot of guests, then you should really choose big drawing paper. After filling the table completely, fold and pack the paper well, hiding it for several years. Give it to the birthday boy for the age of majority so that he can periodically check it and note which of the prophecies came true.

Remember everything

If your company consists mainly of relatives, and many spent a lot of time with the hero of the occasion, this game is suitable for you. The essence of the competition is that the participants tried to give as many correct answers as possible to questions about the birthday. To do this, you will have to prepare questions and answers in advance, which may include:

• First word;
• When did the baby start walking?
• Exact date of birth;
• Favorite and least favorite dish;
• Favorite toy;
• All sections and circles where the child goes.

There are enough ideas for questions, and it is important that you have accurate answers. You can get a prize for winning the competition "For the closest person" with a photo of the baby and his words to the winner on the reverse side.

Sweet Nothing

The Russian language is multifaceted and interesting, and adults know how to handle it, inventing really weird words. Especially often people like to come up with diminutive versions of names, on which this competition will be based. Participants need to call the affectionate version of the name of the hero of the occasion in a circle: Vanya, Vanyushka, Vanya and so on.

The winner will be the one who can be the last to come up with their own version of the name. As a gift, he can rely on a drawn card from the birthday man with warm words.

Smart Dad, Smart Mom

It will be extremely interesting for children to watch how their parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles trying to do funny things, so this competition is simply necessary for a children's holiday. Its implementation is simple:

• Buy and inflate in advance enough dense balloons so that there are plenty of them for everyone involved.
• Scatter the balls all over the floor. You can draw mocking faces on them or encouraging phrases like “You can!”.
• Give the command to adults to start collecting balloons. Their task is to keep as many balls as possible in their hands by any means at hand.
• On purpose, don't end the competition too quickly so that the adults can compete by trying to keep the balls from themselves and knock down others.

The winner who holds the most balls give a notebook or a postcard.

For one person

If you are young parents, you can try find your baby photos, as well as photos of nephews and, of course, children. If the quality of the photographs is not too different, then it will be difficult to guess who is depicted in the portrait. Similar game can well lure adults during children's competitions.

If necessary, you can deliberately "age" recent photos of children using image editors or third-party services. There you can remove the sharpness of the photo, change its color and add "noise".

Falling back into childhood

Every parent must have experienced an incredible feeling of irritation when a baby spit out a freshly washed and scalded pacifier. Now adults can feel like babies spitting nipples as far as possible and marking their length with chopsticks. For this, nipples will have to be purchased in advance, not forgetting them. sterilize each time before putting in your mouth.

Unlike children, adults are not always ready to entertain themselves with ridiculous tasks, so try not to be too intrusive. Be sympathetic to the fact that some guests feel insecure or simply out of sorts, giving them the opportunity to enjoy delicious food in peace. As the hosts of the evening, you must be courteous and attentive to each invited person, allowing him to rest in a calm atmosphere.

Possible ideas for joint competitions for children and adults

Unlike many previous ones, these competitions are aimed at joint pastime of adults and children. Such games bring together and are the "cherry" of each children's holiday, because adults have long wanted to relax, and children are interested in looking at their parents in an unusual role. Such games should be diluted with children's and adult tasks.

My mighty dad

Many children are proud of how strong and agile their dads are, and this competition will help emerge as a better father, bringing a lot of laughter to moms. Popes should put a child on your back and crawl, jump and jump from one end of the room to the other on all fours. The winner is the one who will carry his baby first without dropping him (because then he will receive from his mother).

Cacophony

If you want to defuse the atmosphere of the holiday and have the opportunity to make a lot of noise, collect a set of henchmen "musical instruments" and distribute one to each guest. The list of such tools can include:

• Iron pans;
• Metal lids from frying pans;
• Tin cans in which a trifle is poured;
• Glass glasses combined with chopsticks;
• cabinet doors;
• Not very thick countertops that can sound like a drum.

The list could go on and on, including real instruments if they are available at home. They will come down for business toy drums, whistles and children's xylophones, that sound unprofessional. The essence of the task is simple: create your own orchestra or how best to play along with a famous song.

This game will allow you to throw out tension, completely relax and cheer up even the most decadent mood.

“Children are the flowers of life”, but so that they decorate, and not spoil your anniversary or wedding, where they turned out to be guests, it is better to take care of organizing their leisure time and entertainment program in advance. If it is not possible to invite a special animator for children, then it is necessary to separately discuss your wishes for children's games and competitions with the host of the holiday.

If you pay enough attention to children, correctly organize a place for them at the table and in the playing space, and most importantly, direct the indefatigable children's energy in the right direction, for example, make them assistants to the presenter, you can avoid problems and discomfort.

We offer different children's games and competitions at an adult holiday- this is team relay races , in which adults can participate, and games to get nice prizes and sweets, as well as entertainment that can become an unobtrusive liner to congratulate the heroes of the occasion.

1. An acquaintance game for children and adults "Shake! Hello!"

Such a welcome chant, started by the host at the beginning of the holiday, will give the little guests the opportunity to shout along with the adults and feel like full-fledged and welcome guests. But the main thing is that it is fun and unobtrusive.

Leading: Hello guys! Boys and girls!
Greetings from the bottom of my heart, dear kids!
Comrades adults, and hello to you!
I don't have more greetings.
However, why not.
Once again, I say to everyone, everyone, everyone: "Hello-vuy-those!"

(There may be timid responses from the audience.)
- Why is it so unfriendly? Not hot - not cold, Not wet - not dry, not bitter - not sweet, not roll - not shaky? Let's say hello in an unusual way. When I say: "Hello!" - All the boys will shout: "Salute!" - and wave to me. Let's try. Hello!
(Boys cheer.)
Girls, I suggest you say hello in French, like this: "Bonjour!" - and blow me a kiss. So let's rehearse. Hello!
(Greeting girls).
Dear adults, mothers and fathers, grandparents, uncles and aunts, I ask you to say hello in the oriental way. To do this, you need to fold your palms in front of your chest, make a small bow and say: "Salam alaikum!" Hello!
(Adults greet).
And the smallest spectators, all the kids, let me shout in response: "Shake!" - they will raise their hands up and show "flashlights". Well... Hello!
(Children greet).
Now we all greet each other, but each in his own way. Boys - "Salute!", Girls - "Bonjour!", Adults - "Salam alaikum!", Kids - "Shake!" So… Hello!
(Greetings all together).
We greeted you beautifully
Let's have fun now
Let's sing, joke, play,
And of course, dance.

2. A win-win competition at the Gambling Festival.

Previously, the leader prepares the following equipment: a thin twine about two to four meters long must be tied to a wooden stick. Plastic mice, dogs or something like that are attached to the end of the twine. There should be as many such blanks as you intend to involve participants.

You give sticks to the children-players, and you place the figures of animals tied to the twine at the start. At the signal of the host, the children begin to wind the twine around the stick, and the animals seem to be racing, approaching the finish line. And the audience, of course, actively cheer for their favorites. Of course, the child who manages to wind the twine faster than the rest wins - he can be awarded the "Fastest" medal. But the rest are not a loser either, because they receive their “athlete” as a gift - they take them home to train.

3. Getting prizes "Whatever you want, choose!"

Children love gifts and any game like these: “Young Getters”, “Hidden Prize”, “Gift Tree” is good not only for children, but also for adults (you can see it. The obtained prize cheers up children and besides can become his toy for the whole evening, so it is recommended to spend such fun in the first part.

And it is even better not to be stingy and think over the prize fund well. A very large number of various things that children of all ages love so much will come in handy here: a small LEGO set, puzzles, cars, animals on an elastic band with LEDs inside, coloring pages with popular characters from the Cars or Fairy Wings cartoons with a set of felt-tip pens. All this is carefully wrapped in shiny and multi-colored paper in the form of gifts or large sweets. We hang all this by thread loops to an ordinary clothesline. Then, the host or the heroes of the occasion themselves offer the blindfolded children to try their luck, that is, blindly cut off one of the seductively brilliant surprises.

4. Fun relay "Alice and Basilio".

This relay race is best held for all guests, i.e. together with adults, but children (preferably not kids). We call several couples and invite them to feel like the fox Alice and the cat Basilio. The last one is blindfolded with a thick scarf. But Alice needs to be “made” lame, so these players are tied with almost the same scarves to the leg that the child (or adult) bends at the knee (shin to thigh).

For the competition of these "characters" in the hall or room where the holiday takes place, a finish line measuring three to four meters is arranged, at the end everyone will receive a reward - "three crusts of bread" (this can be three sweets, three oranges, etc.) . And those who come running first are waiting for an additional prize - "five gold (chocolate) coins" and everyone - applause from the audience.

5. Entertainment for children "Sun, nightingale, salt!"

To begin with, we line up the children in one line and say that the one who will quickly reach the leader will win. They have the right to take one step forward only if they correctly complete the task of the leader.

And the leader will pronounce only three words “sun”, “nightingale” and “salt”. When the children hear “sun”, they will need to raise their hands up, “nightingale” - wave them like birds with wings, and on the word “salt” - they need to jump in place. Practice with the children so that they consolidate the information. And then, taking advantage of the fact that all these words begin with the same combination, try to confuse them: “Sooo - a trap!” or "Sooo-l!"

At first, let it sound at a slow pace, but gradually it is better to speed up the pronunciation rhythm - this will be more interesting for children. At this time, the facilitator's assistants carefully monitor that the children take steps forward only when they perform the task correctly. If not, then they stay where they are.

At the holiday it is better not to identify the best, so that others do not get upset, so at the end it is better to confuse everyone and create a fun mess and announce that friendship has won.

6. Game for kids "Who will clap louder?"

This simple but fun idea can be done for children during a dance break, in order to give adults the opportunity to dance calmly, we collect children in a separate pile and arrange various "stompers", "clappers" and round dances. Constantly encouraging them with different teams: “Who will stomp louder!”, “Who will jump higher!”, “Who will clap louder!” etc. As a result of such a game, children manage to have plenty of fun and get comfortable in the hall - they feel freer on the dance floor and, for sure, will “stick” to their parents less.

7. Dance - "sticky".

This game is also played on the dance floor and helps a lot. It is best if the presenter or animator starts it first separately for the children. We divide all the children present into pairs and explain that while the music is just playing, everyone dances as they can, in random order, but as soon as the leader’s command sounds, for example: “stick with legs” - each pair continues to dance, sticking to each other with their feet . Commands can be very different: “stick with handles, heads, priests, etc.”

Then you can invite adults to join this fun - you get a common fun dance entertainment.

8. We draw a gift for the birthday man (young).

Leading:“Recently, scientists have discovered a new way to draw. Which way it is, I will tell you later, but now I need five volunteers, the younger the better (hinting the children present), who will not be afraid, using this method to draw a birthday wish (newlyweds) a car (dog, plane, and so on) )".

And the “method” is as follows: in advance, in five sheets of cardboard at a distance of ten to fifteen centimeters, we make two slots of such a size that children’s hands can easily pass through them. We put these cardboard sheets on five children who volunteered, give them sets of colored felt-tip pens and offer them to draw their work “blindly” on sheets of drawing paper fixed on the wall.

It is better not to determine the winners, but to encourage everyone. It will be great if young artists, handing over their “masterpiece”, will also say their wish.

9. Creative task "Who could it be?"

To entertain the kids school age you can arrange a game where they can show off their erudition or artistic abilities.

Participants of the game (4-6 people) receive sheets with the same text, for example, a fragment of S.V. Mikhalkov's poem "Uncle Styopa"

Uncle Styopa early in the morning

Quickly jumped up from the sofa,

The windows were wide open,

I took a cold shower.

Brushing Uncle Styopa's teeth

Never forgot.

The man sits in the saddle

Legs dragging on the ground -

This is Uncle Styopa's ride

On the boulevard on a donkey.

- To you, - people shout to Stepan, -

You need to ride a camel!

or A.S. Pushkin

Frost and sun; wonderful day!

You are still dozing, lovely friend -

It's time, beauty, wake up:

Open eyes closed by bliss

Towards the northern Aurora,

Be the star of the north!

The host, secretly from all the guests, gives the task to each participant in the game to read the verse in the form of one of the characters:

Delinquent hooligan student:

Strict class teacher,

Auntie touching over the kitten,

Carlson, who lives on the roof,

Donkey IA and others.

Listeners try to guess what role each player played.

If desired, this game can be given a more “festive” character, for example, offer to read congratulations to the young (anniversary) as if on behalf of various characters or sing a wish in different styles: Russian song, gypsy romance, rap, etc. If the players turn out to be good actors, everyone is waiting for the revival of the holiday!

10. Competition "I will name the planet by my name".

The competition is simple, yet creative and philosophical. Each player is given an inflated Balloon and a marker. The task of the participants is to create "their own planet" and populate it - to draw on their balloon as many inhabitants as possible. It can be dogs, and bunnies, butterflies, and of course, people. You can draw the inhabitants of a new small planet for no more than three minutes. Time, of course, marks the presenter.

The winner in this noble competition is the player who manages to draw the largest number of inhabitants and objects in the allotted amount of time and come up with a name for his planet.

11. Musical congratulations "Noise orchestra".

Contrary to the opinion of adults, rattle and make noise is not only harmful, but also useful, especially if they are small children and they are bored at an adult holiday. Therefore, in honor of the holiday, arrange this noisy entertainment for your kids. It will be very interesting if you offer the kids home-made devices as musical instruments. For example, old pots, graters, tin cans filled with cereals from coffee and other friability. You can, of course, build a kind of melophone from glass bottles and glasses (use dishes made of thick or unbreakable glass), but since this is somewhat dangerous, we leave this idea to your discretion. Moreover, an impromptu children's orchestra from ready-made pipes and drums will also be good.

Invite the children not just to rattle in unison, but to play some simple melody and a song well known to them. Suitable are “Two funny geese lived with a grandmother”, “It’s cold in the winter for a little Christmas tree” or “Let them run clumsily.” Of course, older guys will like the idea of ​​playing something from modern pop music. In any case, this should be presented as a musical gift to the heroes of the occasion from the younger generation.

It will be great if adults "organize" the auditorium, the audience and the applause that the noise orchestra will be awarded after each masterpiece.

12. Costumed congratulation "Who's in the bag?"

With the help of a fun dress-up runner, you can arrange an impromptu costume or for the hero of the occasion. To do this, you will need several boxes with props (according to the number of participants). Children are welcome with one of the adults (mother, father or grandmother). The guys stand next to the boxes, and the adults at the other end of the hall. At the command of the leader, the child randomly quickly takes one of the wardrobe items from the box and runs to his adult partner - puts it on him and quickly back. Again he takes something out of the box and runs to dress up an adult. And so while the music plays.

When the music stops, the children and already dressed up adults change places. Now the adults dress up the children.

Then, for all this overdressed team, you need to come up with a congratulatory number for the hero of the day (young people) in the style of prepared costumes: depict wandering artists, a song and dance ensemble, a rock group, etc.

Option 2, For kids.

If there are many kids among the guests, then the game can be adapted for them. At the age of three or four, children are happy to try on different roles, and these are not necessarily socially oriented roles - a seller, a driver or mom-dad. Children are interested in being someone else, for example, an animal. Therefore, for next game you need to hide several carnival masks depicting a bird, a bear cub, a dog and a pussy in a pretty bag.

Let the children take turns pulling masks out of the bag and, putting on themselves, artistically beat the image that they got: let the bunny jump, the cat purr and drink imaginary milk, and the like. If the child is confused, remind him what this or that animal usually does. Give the kids plenty of time to wear masks and play cute animals. You will definitely understand when they get tired of it. Then the game can be repeated from the beginning.

13. Entertainment at the table "TV announcer"

After the children participate in a couple of games and competitions organized especially for them, take part in the presentation of gifts and photo shoots, you can organize a separate table for them to drink tea and play. As entertainment, you can prepare puzzles, board games and play a few games together with them.

For the game, prepare two sets of cards: one with the names of objects (animals, etc.), the second - with a description of possible actions with these objects (animals, etc.).

For example:

carrots - peel and chew,

horse - comb, saddle and go to visit,

soccer ball - kick and drive into the goal,

a chair - I will move it to the table and sit down,

rose - put in a vase and admire

Shuffle each group of cards. Players take turns pulling out one card from each pile and with a serious facial expression read out their content, for example: "soccer ball - I'll clean it and chew it."

The prize can be awarded to the most persistent participant who, like a television announcer, read his text without being embarrassed by the stupidity of the phrase and the laughter of the audience.

But the main reward for everyone in this game is the fun from the funny permutations and endurance of the players.

14. Board game "Funny matches".

“Matches are not a toy for children!” - everyone knows it. But sometimes it is matches that can help out and entertain children at an adult holiday, especially if they forgot to take other games with them.

Everyone who wants to sit down at the table, in the middle of which a box of matches is randomly overturned to make a pile. The first player carefully takes his match so that none of the others move. If he succeeds, then in the future he can use the extracted match as a tool.

The meaning of the game is clear - to get as many matches as possible. Everyone who, taking out his match, somehow touched at least one other, passes the move to another player. He gets his stock of matches again until he makes a mistake and accidentally touches neighboring matches.

For greater interest, you can develop a point system or even, as in a casino, arrange an exchange of matches for the same number of sweets. (Read about the "Match Tournament").

15. Family relay race "Daws and jackdaws".

There are two teams of three people. One from each team is designated as a "daw" and seated on a chair. The other two, respectively, will be "jackdaws", whose main task is to feed their chick. They are given a bowl of popcorn and sets of chopsticks, with the bowl standing about five paces from the check mark.

"Daws" must, taking one piece of sweet corn from a bowl with Chinese chopsticks, bring the delicacy to the mouth of the "chick". Those who feed the corn faster and better, they won.

Children - guests at your holiday will become its decoration, they will bring funny and lyrical notes to it, if you take care in advance how to entertain them and make them comfortable. Especially well-chosen, depending on the number and age composition of young guests, children's games and competitions for an adult holiday and various fun and table entertainments in which they can take part themselves or together with their parents will especially help.