Winter holidays are always noisy, fun and a little exciting. The atmosphere itself can already charge you with a magical mood - snow falls quietly outside the window, garlands shimmer in the windows, there is a smell of needles and tangerines, and the closest people gather at the table.
Such a cozy home environment and delicious food contribute to relaxation and a pleasant pastime, but sometimes they act euthanizingly and the youngest family members may not wait for Santa Claus to arrive. It's a shame, isn't it? But fun competitions for the whole family can come to the rescue, which will give even more positivity and good mood!
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New Year's quiz for adults
This is the easiest holiday table fun option And also a great way to switch back a little “ and compete in erudition. Questions can be very different, but they should all be related to New Year and Christmas. Here is a rough list for a group of adults:
1.What are the most popular DIY items for New Year's in Sweden?
2 - Which city has been the official residence of the main winter wizard since 1998?
3 - The most popular New Year's Soviet film that Steven Spielberg admired, despite the fact that, like other Americans, he could not understand why the house had chicken legs?
4 - In Japan, all dishes served on the table have a certain meaning And if peas symbolize health, what does rice cookie mean?
5. IN which country is considered the most popular gift for Christmas to be a beach towel?
Movable competitions for children
Intellectual challenges are very interesting and educational, but it’s time to hold several outdoor competitions so that not only adults, but also children will cheer up a little and be ready to experience their dexterity and courage.
Sleeping Santa Claus
For this contest, you have to choose who will be Santa Claus. After that, you have to put “grandfather” on a chair in the middle of the room and blindfold him. At a short distance from him, they put a gift in a large rustling box. Each participant must pass by very quietly and take the gift. If a gift can be taken, it belongs to the participant. But if Santa Claus catches a prankster, then he fulfills one of his wishes.
Snowball run
This can be a real team competition if there are at least three players. Each participant is given a spoon containing a paper “snow”. Goal: each participant must run with their snowball around the tree and not drop it, and then return back. The team in which the participants managed to do everything first wins.
Mitten and tangerines
Cleaning tangerine - what could be easier? But if you do it in mittens, you'll have to work hard to cope. Each participant is given thick mittens and tangerine, the one who copes first is the winner.
Let's collect snowflakes
This can be a great team game too. You need as many white napkins and two baskets to participate. Each team must collect as many “snowflakes as possible. At the end, you need to count the napkins in each basket whose team collected the most - won.
Competitions for intelligence and resourcefulness
After active competitions, you can sit down and relax. But you won't be bored, because there are fun competitions next, where everyone can show their creativity.
Unusual horoscope
Each contestant is given a pen and a piece of paper, at the signal, everyone must write any 5 words that come to mind. The one who finished first takes a piece of paper from the neighbor on the right and composes a horoscope for the neighbor on the left for the next year based on the words they read.
Funny promises
For this contest, you need to make funny promises on scraps of paper in advance (the more, the more fun) and prepare a basket or a regular hat for them. The presenter approaches each player and offers to take out a note at random with a promise. After that, you need to read the text loudly and promise to fulfill the promise next year.
The text of the promise may read
“I promise next year...
obey your mother and eat porridge in the morning
say hello to every dog in the yard
get up in the morning only with your left foot
there is a sausage sandwich on your tongue
brush your teeth smiling widely
greet everyone who calls with the phrase: “What a blessing to hear you!”
Fun competitions for the New Year are another opportunity to remember why you have always loved the winter holidays so much, when the most expensive people gathered together, the aroma of baked goods was in the house and so believed in miracles. What interesting New Year's competitions did you participate in?
