In order for the New Year's Eve to be fun and unforgettable, you need to responsibly approach the preparation. A list of invited guests, a festive menu, musical accompaniment, and New Year's decor are thought out in advance. A very important point in preparation is the entertainment program. Celebrating the New Year will not be fun and memorable without dancing, fiery music, and you should definitely come up with interesting New Year's contests for the whole family and guests. Funny contests for the new year are needed so that guests do not have time to get bored sitting at the table. Games, both active and those that can be carried out without getting up from the table, will cheer up and diversify the holiday.
If you plan to celebrate the New Year in a company with children, then be sure to include such children's New Year's contests and games in the program.
Toast alphabetically
All those sitting at the New Year's table congratulated each other, appreciated the culinary efforts of the hostess, raised their glasses for the coming New Year. It becomes boring to just drink and eat, but it is still difficult to move immediately after a plentiful meal. You can invite everyone sitting at the table to say a toast, which will begin with the next letter of the alphabet. For example, the first person says a toast that starts with the letter A, the second with B, etc.
- A - Oh, how I want to wish everyone happiness, prosperity and health in the new year!
- B - Great luck and financial success to everyone gathered here!
- Q - The Year of the Dog has come, and may it bring only good things!
The real fun begins when you need to come up with a toast that starts with the letters Y, Y, Y, F, Z. The prize is awarded for the most unusual and creative toast.
Happy new year news
This competition can be held at the table. The presenter must prepare in advance New Year's cards, on the back of which 5-6 words will be written, which in their meaning are completely incompatible with each other. For example, these can be strings of words like this:
- Dog, fireworks, table, Japan, wood.
- Cognac, boa constrictor, door, Santa Claus, car.
- Phone, snow, wheel, cake, fitness.
- New year, desert, grandmother, chess, president.
Each guest is given one postcard, but it is impossible to read aloud what is written there. No more than a minute is given so that, using these words, everyone comes up with New Year's news. You need to use all the written words, they can be inflected and swapped.
For example, Grandmother celebrated New Year in the desert, playing chess with the president.
The more postcards with words are prepared, the better. Guests, as a rule, are happy to come up with comic New Year's news. If you try and show your imagination, then this can turn out to be one of the coolest contests for the new year.
New Year's revelations
Another popular competition for the new year, which will be very useful when the company is still resting from a plentiful feast and is not able to actively move while sitting at the table. Each participant is given a sheet of paper and a pen, and he must write some fact from his life that the other guests do not know about. Next, the presenter collects the sheets, puts them in a box, and then takes them out one at a time and reads them out. The task of the rest is to guess the riddles of who the author of the written text is. Such table contests will surely please all guests.
New Year's dressing up
Entertainment for the new year can be like that. It is necessary to put various items of clothing in a beautiful bag in advance, and the more varied they are, the better. For example, a bag may contain the following wardrobe items:
- Skirts, trousers, sundresses
- Dresses
- Hats, caps, panamas, caps
- Swimming trunks, flippers, bathing suits
- Ties, bow ties, scarves
- A wide variety of knee-highs and socks
- Mittens
- Suspenders, belts
- Nightgowns, pajamas
The participants sit in a circle and pass the New Year sack to each other to the groovy music. As soon as the music stops playing, the last person who has a bag takes one object out of it and puts it on himself. Then the music plays again, and this continues until all the items from the bag are dressed. You can imagine how funny the participants will look in such a diverse wardrobe! Active and funny contests for the new year always have overwhelming success and give a good mood.
Like and dislike
Similar contests for the new year are suitable for young people. Participants are arranged in a circle. The presenter gives each participant a task: tell the neighbor on the left what he likes and what not. After all those present have expressed their opinion, the presenter announces that now what you like needs to be kissed, and what you don't like - bite. Let's say someone says: "In my neighbor on the left, I like the forehead and don't like the nose." Accordingly, then he will have to kiss his neighbor's forehead and bite his nose.
Who has a longer chain
It is better to hold such contests for the new year when the guests are already tipsy, and therefore without complexes. The participants must be divided into two teams. Each of the teams must tie a chain, which will consist of the participants' clothes removed. The victory goes to the team whose chain is longer. Such contests for the New Year for adults are suitable for a company of loved ones.
Pop the balloon
This competition is probably known to everyone, but on New Year's Eve it will be very useful. In advance, you should inflate the balloons, putting a note with the task inside each balloon. Tasks can be very diverse:
- Go outside and congratulate the first person who meets, Happy New Year, hugging and kissing him at the same time.
- Dance a striptease.
- Drink champagne without touching the glass with your hands.
- Sing a New Year's song.
- Depict the President's New Year's speech.
- Make New Year's riddles.
The balls can be burst with all parts of the body, except for the hands. Then you need to complete the task. Original contests can be alternated with familiar contests.
The most original snowman
If a lot of snow fell on the street on New Year's Eve, you can come up with a variety of interesting contests for the New Year. The guests sitting at the table will be happy to go out to the snow-covered street at home and move a little. The essence of the competition is that the guests, divided into two teams, must mold the original snowman.
If the number of men and women is approximately equal, you can create a male and female team. Men sculpt a snow woman, and women a snowman. Here you can turn on all your imagination by sharing ideas. It is allowed to use improvised means: scarves, carrots, twigs, hats, tinsel, etc. If children are present at the holiday, they can be instructed to blind the hero of a cartoon. For adults and children, it will be a fun and rewarding pastime.
Christmas story
Usually large companies are very fond of participating in a variety of scenarios, and cool New Year's contests will come in handy. The host distributes roles from any fairy tale to the guests. It can be not only people or animals, but also wind, snow, tree, cloud, door, etc. When reading a fairy tale, the participants who were given their roles must exactly repeat the actions of the fairy tale read out by the presenter. The door creaks, the wind blows, the tree bends, the horse gallops. The fairy tale, as a rule, turns out to be very funny, thanks to the participants.
Wrong answers
After fiery dances, returning to the table, guests can be offered the next competition. The host asks questions regarding the new year:
- What's the most popular salad for the new year?
- What is Santa Claus wearing?
- What are the gif.webpts in?
- What decorations are hung on the tree?
- Which of the relatives helps Santa Claus?
The essence of the competition is that you need to answer the questions incorrectly. Questions should be asked very quickly so that guests do not have time to think and give an original answer. The one who answers correctly, performs some task, sings a New Year's song or recites a rhyme. This competition is also suitable for a New Year's corporate party.
There are even more contests for a corporate party on New Year's Eve in this article.
Bring tangerines
This competition can be held when all those present have rested from New Year's treats and are ready for active entertainment. The guests are divided into two teams. At the end of the room, two trays are placed on which tangerines lie. The task of each participant is to run to the tray as quickly as possible, take a tablespoon in his mouth, put a tangerine in it and bring it to his team without dropping the fruit. The winner is the team that carries the tangerines out of the tray faster.
Best Santa Claus and Snow Maiden
It is advisable to prepare the props in advance: sheepskin coats, felt boots, mittens, fur coats. Everyone who wishes is given a task: to portray Santa Claus or Snow Maiden. At the same time, someone must show the shy Santa Claus, Santa Claus-rocker, the most cheerful Snow Maiden, etc. The one who succeeds in portraying the New Year's characters in the best way wins a prize.
Compliment the Snow Maiden
The competition is attended by men. They are given notes listing various words. With these words, they should make cool compliments to the Snow Maiden. The more original the ideas are, the more fun it will be to listen to male compliments.
Competition for children - find the treasure
If children are present at the New Year's holiday, they should definitely come up with some entertaining competition. You can hide sweets and fruits in different places of the apartment, give the children a map with riddles with hints, and send them with a basket in search of treasures. The best New Year contests for children are with the help of parents to involve them in an exciting adventure.
See also: New Year's contests for schoolchildren
Christmas mask
For this competition, you should prepare several carnival masks depicting fairy-tale characters or animals. The participants are put on masks, and they have to guess the riddles, what kind of masks they were wearing. Asking leading questions, all other participants can only answer "yes" or "no". Anyone who guesses the mask receives it as a gif.webpt.
Dancing crocodile
This competition is used at almost any event, but on New Year's Eve it will be especially relevant. With the help of dance movements, without speaking out loud, you will need to show the conceived word. There is no need to force everyone, without exception, to participate in the competition. Let those who do not know how to dance or are shy will be spectators who will also have fun guessing riddles.
When preparing for the entertaining part of New Year's Eve, you should remember about the prizes. New Year's contests imply a winner who must receive a gif.webpt. It can be any trinket: a Christmas tree toy, a chocolate bar, a keychain, a phone stand, a cup, something useful for a family, and more. The main thing is not the value of the gif.webpt, but its availability, so come up with prizes in advance.
And of course, the essence of the New Year's contests is to cheer up, give a charge of fun, then remembering how funny the contests were. The photographs taken during the contests will then remind you of how fun and creative the meeting of the New Year was.
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