Children's New Year Games

The New Year is an incredibly kind fairy-tale holiday, the offensive of which is awaited with immense anticipation, both by children and their parents. On the eve of a magical New Year's Eve, children's institutions always host Christmas trees, matinees, theatrical performances, competitive competitions and so on.

To kids was not bored on such a holiday, they need to offer fun games. They may be different, but the main thing is that children do not get bored and no one feels worse than their peers. In this article, we bring to your attention children's New Year's games, suitable for children of different ages.

Games for children's Christmas tree

The New Year tree is an unusually colorful, kind and cheerful event, which is held to celebrate the coming New Year together. A big company of boys and girls at the same time must be entertained with the help of gay children's New Year's games and competitions for placement, for example, such as:

  1. "New Year's bags." 2 players with a tightly blindfold rise around the table and get their hands on a New Year's bag. On the table for this game you need to arrange Christmas toys, tinsel tinsel, small figures depicting the symbol of the coming year, sweets, and other items not related to the holiday. Under the general approval of players begin to put in bags everything that, in their opinion, refers to the New Year. After a certain time, the presenter stops the game and the guys untie their eyes. Then come into play other children.
  2. "Find a Christmas tree!". The guys are divided into 2 teams and line up in 2 long columns. The first player of each team, or the captain, is handed New Year flags with the image of Santa Claus, Snow Maiden and other characters directly related to the holiday. Including, on one of the flags should be drawn a Christmas tree. To the music, the team captains, without looking, pass one flag back, and the last participant collects them all. When he has a Christmas tree in his hand, he must raise his hand with this flag up. The team that completed the task in the minimum time is considered the winner.
  3. Very popular and children's New Year's music games, in particular:

  4. "The game is the opposite." To this game you need to prepare in advance, writing popular children's New Year songs on the contrary. Such "flip-flops" can be performed independently or downloaded on the Internet. Guys should guess the song by ear as soon as possible and sing it correctly.
  5. «The musical hat». In a large hat, several cards with New Year's words, such as "Christmas tree", "snowman", "winter", "frost", etc., should be put together. All children are arranged in a circle and take out cards in turn. The one who took the card must perform a song in which the word on it appears. The one who could not complete the task - is out.

New Year's children's outdoor games

Movable games are held both outdoors and indoors, however, they require a lot of space. As a rule, such children's New Year's games include elements of dances and round dances. To entertain boys and girls, you can offer them one of the following games:

  1. "New Year's dances." Players are divided into several teams, each of which receives a certain amusing props. Using the received subjects, it is necessary to perform dances under the phonogram of popular New Year songs.
  2. "We are kittens." All children are divided into pairs and dance to music. When she stops, and the presenter says: "We are kittens," the couples disconnect, and the players begin to portray the dancing kitten.
  3. "New Year!". The presenter sings a cheerful song, and the children perform the actions in accordance with her words:
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    Fir-tree in balls put on!

    This is a New Year's holiday!

    We congratulate all our friends!

    This is a New Year's holiday!

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    Together we will take hands,

    Around the tree we will pass

    And, of course, smile!

    It is a New Year!

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    To us, friends came from a fairy tale!

    This is a New Year's holiday!

    They dance in a glorious mask dance!

    This is a New Year's holiday!

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    We play with herringbone,

    We sing songs together,

    We joke and do not despond!

    It is a New Year!

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    Father Frost in a smart fur coat!

    This is a New Year's holiday!

    Have fun with my grandfather!

    This is a New Year's holiday!

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    For poems, he will praise us

    And give presents,

    With a wonderful holiday congratulates!

    It is a New Year!

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  5. "Do not miss!". The guys are divided into 2 teams. Both of them receive a small box filled with balls for playing table tennis. At a distance from them stands Santa Claus with a big bag in his hands. The task of the players is to throw the ball directly into the hands of Santa Claus or his bag. The team that managed to throw more balls is winning.
  6. "Get to the Christmas tree." 2 players stand at the same distance from the decorated Christmas tree, under which lies the prize. At the signal the guys are trying to get to the tree and grab a prize, jumping on one leg. The winner is the one who was faster than his opponent.
  7. "Snowflakes". On a long tinsel, suspended horizontally, place snowflakes. Under the sound of a merry New Year's song, the blindfolded children begin to shoot them, trying to get the most.