New Year's games for children - fun, playful, interesting!

New Year is a favorite holiday for both big and small. Of course, it all starts with the Christmas tree, which is decorated together with the children. Even if your holiday takes place in the family circle, the long New Year holidays allow you to organize a real show at home with a costume competition, and in New Year's games for girls - with a competition for unusual New Year's hair and makeup, as well as many games - active, entertaining, educational. Children can evaluate the costumes themselves, giving their candy to the participant whose costume they liked the most.

Many families cherish their New Year and Christmas traditions, where the entire scenario, including games, is passed down from generation to generation.

It is worth remembering your childhood, adding desire and imagination, plunging together with the game into an atmosphere of serenity, joy and happiness, and the New Year holiday will become cheerful and bright for everyone, a real relaxation for the soul and body.

New Year's bags

Each participant receives a bright colorful bag and stands near the coffee table. On the table there is a large box with various small New Year-themed items (unbreakable toys, tinsel, streamers, firecrackers, sparklers) and ordinary small souvenirs that are not related to the holiday. Participants wear blindfolds and, accompanied by cheerful music, take out objects from the box, putting them in their bags. When the music stops, the game stops, the children's bandages are removed, and they empty the contents of their bags. The winner is the one who managed to collect the most New Year-themed items. The game can be continued with a new group of participants (2 - 4 people).

Find the Christmas tree

Two teams of players must line up in two columns. The captains are presented with a set of New Year's flags, the penultimate one complete with the image of a Christmas tree. At the signal, the captains pass the flags down the chain to their players, and the last child in the column collects the kit. As soon as the captain discovers a flag with a Christmas tree, he immediately shouts “Christmas tree!” and raises the flag up. The team that finds the Christmas tree first is considered the winner.

Get to the Christmas tree

One prize must be placed under the tree. Several children participate in the game, located at the same distance from the tree. At the signal, they all jump on one leg towards the gift. Whoever jumps first gets a prize.

Snowflakes

Paper snowflakes are suspended on long tinsel, fixed horizontally. The players are blindfolded and try to remove the snowflakes to the accompaniment of cheerful music. When the music stops, the bandages are removed and the trophies are counted. Whoever collected the most snowflakes wins.

Decorate the Christmas tree

Team game. Near each team, the leader places a box with unbreakable Christmas tree decorations. Two undecorated artificial Christmas trees stand at the same distance from the starting line. The child takes the toy and runs to the Christmas tree. Having hung the toy on the tree, it returns to its place, sending off the next player. The first team to decorate the Christmas tree with all the toys from its set wins.

Christmas tree with a surprise

For this New Year's game, you need to prepare a special cardboard tree with round holes instead of Christmas balls. Pockets are attached to these holes on the reverse side. Players take turns throwing plastic balls or Kinder Surprise eggs into the holes on the tree, trying to get into the pocket. The most clever ones get a surprise bag from the New Year tree.

Pranksters

Children are distributed around the hall in groups of four. Each team forms its own circle. Cheerful music is playing and children are dancing. At the command of the presenter, the music stops, and he says “Chants!”, “Pyhtelki!”, “Sneakers,” “Squeals.” Children perform the indicated action and the music starts again. The game continues with different pranks, the order of which changes all the time.

Cabbage

All players wear bunny ears. Children are divided into teams and a head of cabbage is placed in front of them at an equal distance. To the New Year's music, at the signal of the presenter, the bunnies take turns jumping towards their cabbage. They take the leaf off it and jump back to their team, passing the baton to the next hare. The fastest bunnies raise their cabbage leaves up as a team, informing everyone of their victory.

Well done, hammer, milk

A game of attention. All children stand in a circle, and the leader calls out the words in any order - the commands “milk”, “well done” and “hammer”. After the command “Milk!” children should meow once after the word “Hammer!” clap your hands, and then “Well done!” - jump once. Gradually increasing the pace, the presenter stretches out the words syllable by syllable to confuse the players. Those who get lost leave the game, the rest take a step forward. They play until one of the children reaches the finish line (the leader).

Literary competition

In addition to active recreational competitions, you can offer educational New Year's games for children, for example, a literary competition - using the names of popular heroes of children's fairy tales or cartoons, you need to remember what works or cartoons these characters are from - Snow Maiden, Winnie the Pooh, Matroskin, crocodile Gena, Gerda, Kashtanka, Sivka-Burka, Carlson, Artemon, etc.

New Year's signs

Children take turns naming different signs related to the New Year - Christmas tree, pine cones, cake, snowflakes, gifts, Santa Claus toys, etc. Whoever runs out of ideas is out of the game.

What's on the Christmas tree

The children study the tree for some time, and then name everything they saw on it. The last one to remember any decoration wins. The owner of the holiday, who decorated the Christmas tree himself and knows all the toys, probably shouldn’t participate in the competition for the sake of fairness.