Each New Year is unique, and therefore you should prepare for it in a special way. The brightest and most long-awaited holiday of the year deserves to show imagination, think over and contests that everyone will like. To diversify New Year's Eve with fun entertainment for all ages, we present you a list of the most interesting competitions for the New Year 2017.
What are the New Year contests?
Types of competitions: dance; song; comic; for children or, on the contrary, for adults; competitions for youth; with dressing up; for erudition or with drawing; team or single; ; family; mobile, etc.
Depending on which company will gather for the New Year 2017, a competitive program should be selected. If these are unfamiliar people, then it would be appropriate to come up with new year entertainment and contests, during which the participants will have the opportunity to get to know each other better. If a large number of children are planned for the holiday, then a separate program should be thought out for them, otherwise it will not be interesting for them to watch only how adults have fun, and their impressions of the holiday will not be the best. For young people, mobile, fun New Year's contests are better suited, while older people will gladly participate, for example, in song contests.
Funny and funny contests for the New Year 2017
Proper organization of competitions
In order for the holiday to be as fun as possible, it is worth attracting everyone present to participate in the competitions. But not everyone is easy going. Many are shy, especially if the company is unfamiliar. Therefore, there are several tricks aimed at attracting everyone, even the most motionless guests of the holiday, to participate in New Year's entertainment. 
1. Start contests no earlier than the first toast.
This is a simple rule, and it is perfect for the New Year 2017. It is not recommended to start the holiday program too early. It is necessary that people get comfortable, look at each other, have a bite and drink. Alcohol will help you feel some liberation, which will be most welcome for further participation in competitions.
2. Don't let the audience at the New Year's table just ate.
A person who overate becomes inactive and clumsy. Distribute the time spent at the table so that there is a minute for a snack, and for a good toast, and for a collective game.
3. Alcohol at the New Year's table is a frequent guest, but it can also spoil the holiday.
Therefore, too frequent toasts will quickly incapacitate the guests, maybe not all, but who, for sure, would not mind participating in fun New Year's entertainment.
Cool New Year's games and entertainment for the Year of the Rooster 2017
Competition for children "Symbol of the Year 2017 - Rooster"
If children are gathered of different ages, then it can be difficult to unite them with one idea. Therefore, you should come up with such games, as well as entertainment that will be interesting for older children, but the kids will also be “too tough”. For example, such a simple and common competition for . In this case, the symbol is the Fire Rooster. Ask all participants to crow or crow. The one who best portrays the Rooster, of course, wins.
New Year's competition "Surprise" for adults
Prepare balloons according to the number of participants. Attach a note with a task to each of them. Guests must choose a balloon and pop it without the help of their hands, after which they must complete the task: dance rock and roll, guess a riddle, etc.
"Gift for the New Year" - entertainment for the whole family
Warn guests to prepare small souvenirs (one per person). At the entrance to the room, hang an opaque bag in which everyone will put their gift. During the celebration, Santa Claus or the organizer himself, having mixed the gifts in the bag, distributes something from the bag to each of those present without looking. But the recipient of the gift must necessarily stand on a chair and recite a rhyme or sing. Thus, everyone will receive their New Year's gift, and no one will remain offended.
Talent show
If you know those present well, then prepare tasks for them in advance. Perhaps someone sings well, someone draws, etc. Ask each of them to show their talent (people love to be allowed to prove themselves in what they are really good at): sing a song about the New Year, draw a fun picture for everyone (for example, with felt-tip pens on a landscape sheet), and then hang it on the wall. For each talent, the participant receives a sweet prize (chocolate, biscuit or something else) with the words: for example, "The best singer of the year."
See also: cool and funny games for children, youth and adults.
November 21, 2016
Starting with the first snowflakes slowly circling in the frosty air, we begin to wait for HIM! The most wonderful, most fabulous, incredible and fun holiday is the New Year!
There is no longer a single holiday, three months before which, friends would ask: “Well, what do you think about the New Year?”. Yes, this is exactly the day when the aliens are in a panic from an unknown signal from the Earth - “The new year is rushing towards us, soon everything will happen ..”, and the whole planet glows with bright lights and fireworks! It is from December 31 to January 1 at 23:59 that we all stand with glasses of bubble champagne in our hands and are happy to meet the new year and new emotions that will burst into our lives, and this, by the way, is a great reason to throw an unrealistically cool party !
It is impossible to imagine any party without the company of beloved friends. With them, at least International Pancake Day, at least celebrate Bastille Day - always fun and interesting! In order not to interrupt this wonderful tradition, you should thoroughly prepare for organizing the main party of the year!
An important part of the 2017 meeting is the entertainment program: games and competitions for the New Year for adults. They make you get to know each other better, make the team more united, and the evening is more interesting, if you know what I mean 😉
website I am sure that almost all adults will take part in pranks with great pleasure, dance in a round dance, make a cool toast and compete in exciting contests! They can be different: playful, smart, dexterous and, of course, with erotic overtones. It all depends on the degree of looseness of the party guests.
We offer 12 fun games and contests to celebrate the New Year, which will make the party fun and memorable.
1. So it's about me!
Small paper bags are taken in which you can put souvenirs, sweets or any small items (batteries, condoms, a glass ...). Nominations are written on the packages:
- the longest-haired;
- the one who kissed the girl before everyone else;
- the one that kissed the guy before everyone else;
- the owner of underwear with the largest number of colors and shades;
- the strongest armwrestler;
- the lady with the highest heel;
- the most thrifty smoker (the one or the one who has the most cigarettes with him);
- the coolest rapper (the fastest to read poetry);
- the bluest eyes of 2017;
- the loudest laughter of 2017;
- the craziest act of 2016;
- the most unlucky (the one who did not get any of the holiday packages).
You can come up with your own nominations - the most suitable for your friends and family.
Ready-made packages with contents need to be hung on a Christmas tree. This can be done before the guests arrive, but then they will be discovered too early, most likely even before everyone has gathered. Therefore, it is best to do this right after midnight, when everyone goes to look at the balcony or outside to watch the New Year's fireworks. At this point, hang the packages on the tree. Than not original gifts for all those present.
The guests returning from the fireworks will notice the new Christmas tree decorations and start the competition…
2. What do you remember about the outgoing year?
Buy whatman paper in size A1 or A0. At the top, write in large letters “What do you remember about 2016”. To make the inscription look even and beautiful, print it on a printer using the New Year's font you like. You can stick photos of guests on whatman paper (for couples - use joint pictures). There should be space between photographs for drawings. It is even better if you order such a poster in a printing house.
Hang the poster on the wall or closet. Let everyone draw next to his photo the best event for him of the outgoing year. Someone will depict a palm tree, symbolizing a vacation in warm countries, someone will have a new car, and for someone it will be a child with a briefcase walking confidently to school for the first time.
You can make such collections of positive memories a tradition of your friendly company.
3. Coolest of all
We choose the main characters of the evening - Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. Those who wish to change into costumes, take thematic attributes: a beard, mittens, a staff, a bag with gifts, and introduce themselves to the public in turn. The most cheerful, charismatic and irresistible guy or girl will become Santa Claus. The choice is made by applause voting. Not only girls, but also brave guys can take part in the casting for the role of the Snow Maiden! A little powder, red lipstick and a wig with pigtails will turn a serious top manager into a sweet granddaughter of Santa Claus. A short fashion show in a skirt will determine who will become the queen of the party, even if she is with bristles.
4. Alphabet
Further, to warm up the guests of the party, it will be correct to hold a competition for the best toast in alphabetical order. The bottom line is this - everyone in turn says a toast with wishes, but not just like that, but it should begin with a specific letter. For example, the first with “A” - “The sweetest orange, the tastiest tangerine, good Santa Claus will bring you as a gift”, then to “B” - “Great hopes, beautiful dreams, rays of goodness, and a cute beaver! Congratulations on the New Year!”, “B” - “Santa Claus comes to the house, he brought us gifts: a soft bear, a delicious cake, a telephone and a moon rover, pasta, an orange, soap, a gingerbread and a dolphin.”
In such a cheerful manner, everyone makes their toasts, the author of the most original rhyme receives a prize.
An easier option - a wish consists of one or two words per dropped letter. For example: wish A active rest, b wealth, V ezania, G lamura, d money…
Especially lucky for those who get the letters Y, Y, b, b 🙂
5. Hello, sleepwalkers
Such a competition is best held when all the guests are already in a cheerful mood. One participant is seated on a chair, and now he plays the role of the main lunar base, others will depict moon rovers and asteroids flying by. To do this, you need to crawl on all fours around the room, saying: “Reception, Lunokhod-1 is calling the base”, “Lunokhod-2, we need refueling at the lunar base, the battery has run out.”
An asteroid periodically flies between spaceships at speed, and with the words “Banzai” tries to get into the lunar rover. There is only one rule in this game - do not laugh! At all! The one who gets a laugh in his mouth crawls to the base to receive a task.
It might look like this:
- remove two layers of skin from your lunokhod;
- pour 200 ml of fuel into Lunokhod 1;
- solder 3 new skin parts on Lunokhod-2;
- dock with Lunokhod-3;
- explore the environment in reverse mode, etc.
Whoever never laughs wins. Great mood guaranteed for everyone!
6. New Year's sculptor
Props for two sculptures:
— round balloons of various colors, 100 pieces;
- balloons round with a pattern of a face (smiley), 2-4 pieces;
- balloons for modeling (those from which clowns make dogs), pieces 50;
- double-sided tape, 2 pieces;
- threads, 2 spools;
- multi-colored markers.
We divide into two teams and start creating a festive sculpture. The choice of image is at the discretion of the organizer: Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, rooster (symbol of 2017), monkey (symbol of 2016), snowman or any other interesting character. 
7. Pass it on
The good old match game will help the audience get to know each other better and loosen up a little. All guests stand in a circle, alternating - a guy, a girl. The match is cleaned of sulfur, the first participant takes it with his lips and passes it to the next. After the first round, the match is cut off by a few mm, and it goes to a new circle. The game ends when the participants have nothing to transfer, well, or at will.
8. News
Participants receive leaflets on which five words are written. According to them, in five minutes they must compose interesting news. Words from the card can be turned into any part of speech, for example:
- England, Chinese, axe, genetics, Malvina (English geneticists crossed the Chinese with an axe. But he refused to chop wood, but he cut out a wooden Malvina for Pinocchio - let the kid have fun until the knot is dry);
- Tula, flashlight, minibus, roofing material, camel;
- Zimbabwe, pan, sun, skis, toothbrush;
- Antarctica, soap, ostrich, bicycle, ear.
9. Associations
One person whispers a certain word into the ear of the next person, he passes a synonym or a word close in meaning to this word to his neighbor, and so on until the end. The last participant says the word aloud, and it is compared with the first, often at the end completely unrelated words are found, such as sea and olivier.
10. Slow motion
Everyone can take part in this game. In turn, each participant is given a task, which he must depict in slow motion:
- capture of Sparta;
- tearful declaration of love;
- fight with the invisible;
- escape from the tiger;
- pitching a tent;
- surfing, etc.
Whoever completes the task most creatively will receive a prize.
11. Alligator
Everyone likes the game of all times and peoples "Crocodile", regardless of age, preferences and other factors. But this is a festive crocodile, so let's call it "Alligator" today. The essence of this does not change: to show a phenomenon or object, without the help of words or sounds. Since the topic is known, it will be necessary to show tangerines, deer, Christmas decorations, firecrackers, garlands, etc.
12. Whose Santa Claus?
For some reason, everyone believes that Santa Claus comes from Lapland. The poor fellow annually in one night flies around all the children on the planet, delivers gifts to all the obedient, and magic pendals to the naughty. But is it? 
Guess where each of these Santa Clauses comes from, and what he does in life:
Sunderclass?
- Originally from the Netherlands
- Lives in Smolensk
- The students of the 5th school No. 10 ask him for good grades
Weichnachtsmann?
- Special Santa Claus for the very naughty
- Santa Claus from Germany
- Fulfills the New Year wishes of the landsknechts
Kanakaloka?
- Canoeing through the canals of Panama
- Lives in Hawaii
- Part-time Santa Claus, got all the Santa Clauses with stupid questions, and often hears “Kana Kalok from here” in his address.
Pasquale's dad?
- Santa Claus of the Colombian drug mafia
- Is the "don" of the Italian Santa Clauses
- Initially, he was the brother of Carlo Pasolini, but, unable to withstand the glory of the latter, he retrained as Santa Claus
Fairy Befana?
- Ded Moroz transvestites
- Symbolizes the New Year in Italy
- Fairy - Santa Claus in the tribes of the Amazon
Popeye Noel?
- The oldest Santa Claus, brought New Year's gifts to the camp of Khan Mamai's nomads, for this he received the respectful nickname "Papay"
- He began his career in England, then changed the climate and moved to one of the French colonies. The natives called him "Yohar papaya" (because he always brought not the gifts that he ordered), but the French colonialists "Noel" (that is, you went with your ale
- Papay Noel from Brazil, where there are many wild monkeys in the forest
And here are the correct answers: Sanderklass (1), Weichnachtsmann (2), Kanakaloka (2), Papa Pasquale (1), Fairy Befanu (2), Popeye Noel (3).
Arrange a quest
Come up with your own unique quest adventure for friends. See an example.
If there is not enough time, order a ready-made one. All you have to do is print and lay out the clues in the caches. Preparation will take no more than an hour. Or a table quest for the New Year - you don’t need to hide anything at all, but spend 10 minutes preparing. The link to the quests is below.
A child lives in each of us, and we all expect something unusual, magical and wonderful from the New Year celebration. Everyone can arrange a cool holiday for themselves and their friends, and we hope our selection of New Year's contests will become a real lifesaver for you at the festive table on New Year's Eve 2017.
Have a nice holiday and a happy new year, friends!
Competitions for the New Year 2017 should be fun, cheerful and interesting. The symbol of the coming year - - loves fun and games. Try to lure all the guests into the game, even the most shy ones. Think over such New Year's competitions in which both adults and small guests will be involved.
First of all, play with the children. To play with them, you can change into a costume of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. Also, do not forget to prepare gifts and prizes for winning games and contests. They do not have to be valuable, they can just be souvenirs:
- keyrings;
- Candies;
- Kinders;
- figurines;
- Candles;
- Christmas decorations;
- magnets;
- Movie tickets;
- Fruits.
The youngest guests are most looking forward to the games for the New Year 2017. They will be happy to play all the proposed games, laugh, have fun and have fun. It is worth starting contests for the New Year 2017 with children because the enthusiasm of children will push adults to have fun.
"Egg Relay"
The first competition should be the competition that everyone is fed up with enough, but it will please the patron of next year - the Fire Rooster. In the original plot, the children should be divided into two teams, stand next to each other, and on the contrary, put two trays. At the command of the host, the first player from the team takes a spoon, puts a tangerine in it and carries it to the tray. As soon as he does this, the next player on the team takes the spoon and repeats the procedure. The first team to transfer all the tangerines to the tray wins.
In order to make this game themed, tangerines should be exchanged for eggs. Don't forget to boil them so that they don't break if dropped. If you want to make the game even more interesting for children, paint all the eggs in the New Year theme.
"Cap"
An excellent children's competition for the New Year 2017 - "Kolpak". To do this, all the children must stand in a circle, the leader gives one player a New Year's cap and turns on the music. While she is playing, the players pass the cap around the circle until the music stops. The participant who had a cap in his hands when the music stopped, puts it on and performs the task of the presenter.
In order for this competition to please the Fire Rooster, the cap should be changed to a hat with a crest. You can make it yourself from cardboard, sew it or just buy it in the store.
"Artist"
This competition for children for the New Year 2017 will again divide the company into two teams. It is also necessary to prepare two easels, whatman paper, markers and eye patches in advance. The first player of the team stands in front of the easel with a clean paper on it. He is blindfolded, given a marker, and he begins to draw a New Year's picture: it can be anything - a Christmas tree, Santa Claus, a snowman, a Snow Maiden. The patron of 2017 according to the eastern calendar, the Fire Rooster, must be present in the picture.
When the first player draws one element of the picture, he removes the blindfold, passes it to the second player, who will have to continue the drawing blindfolded. The team with the prettiest drawing wins.
"Crocodile"
A classic game that both adults and children enjoy playing. Two people begin to play, the first thinks of a New Year's fairy tale or song to the second. The second player, without the help of words, but only showing with facial expressions and body, tries to convey to other participants what they have guessed for him. The guessing player leaves, and the one who just showed the hidden fairy tale or song comes up with a new winning child.
The game can continue as long as the children are interested in playing it. Since the coming year will be the Year of the Fire Rooster, in addition to New Year's songs and fairy tales, you can expand the list of phrases and words you think of to the point that is associated with the Rooster and the eastern horoscope.
Adults love games and contests for the New Year no less than children. In 2017, try to come up with as many entertainments as possible for all guests to appease the Fire Rooster with fun and laughter.
Contests for adults should be selected depending on the company. If you've invited the whole family, including grandparents, think of some quiet contests where they don't have to run and jump. If there are only young people among those invited, then the contests can be a little “spicy”.
"Snow Sniper"
This competition for the New Year-2017 provides for the presence of 2 buckets and many lumps of cotton wool. Guests are divided into two or three teams, depending on their number. Each team is given the same number of cotton balls that will replace the snowballs. A bucket is placed at a distance of 5-7 meters, and each team begins to throw snowballs into it. The smaller the bucket, the more difficult it will be to hit, so if you want to make the competition more difficult, take children's buckets or even glasses. The team that manages to throw the most snowballs into the container wins.
To make this New Year's contest even more like the Fire Rooster, the symbol of 2017, you can change snowballs for grains, and buckets for small glasses. So the competition will become unusual and more difficult.
holidaydays.com "Fees"
A fun competition for the New Year 2017 for adults - "Fees". Of the props for it, you only need mittens. To participate in the competition, the host selects all the guests whose clothes are buttoned. Anyone who is given mittens becomes a pair of them. The task of the player in mittens is to gather his partner for the holiday. To do this, he needs to put on a shirt on him and fasten all the buttons (even on the sleeves). The team that completes their task the fastest wins.
The competition can become even funnier if a festive cap is put on a person in mittens. But you need to put it on not your head, but on your face so that it looks like a bird's beak. This detail will not only prevent the participants from taking a closer look at the buttons to make them easier to fasten, but will also please the patron saint of the coming year - the Fire Rooster.
"Princess on the Pea"
"Princess and the Pea" is an excellent competition for the New Year 2017 for a cheerful youth company. Only girls participate in it. The facilitator arranges chairs behind each girl. They stand with their backs to the chair, and at this time small objects are placed on it (grains, caramels, designer parts, etc.). Sitting on a chair behind her, the participant must guess what is on the chair and how many pieces. The participant who is closest to the correct answer wins.
If all the guests understand the jokes, then you can put nothing on one chair or place a drawing depicting the Fire Rooster - the symbol of 2017. Then the girl will try for a very long time to understand what she sat down on, especially if several girls in front of her already give the correct answers.
"Who am I"
Another cool contest for the New Year 2017 is “Who am I”. To organize it, you only need sticky stickers, a marker and a stopwatch. All guests are divided into teams so that each has an equal number of participants. One player from the team comes out in turn, the leader sticks a sticker on his forehead, where the noun is already written. The word must have something to do with the holiday.
A participant with a sticker on his forehead begins to ask the questions “Am I alive?”, “Am I an actor?”, “Do I have magical powers?”, And the players from his team can only answer “yes” or “no”. You should not think of the simplest words, otherwise the competition will be too easy. As soon as the player guesses who he is, the next team enters the game. At the same time, the presenter records the exact time during which the player from each team was able to guess who he is. Then the second team members go out, etc. The team that completes its task the fastest wins.
This competition is good because it can last as long as you like, and absolutely all guests can participate in it - from children to grandparents. Such a competition for the New Year-2017 for the whole family will please the Fire Rooster, and he will definitely bring good luck to your home.
“As you celebrate the New Year, so you will spend it” - remember this saying when you plan a festive night. The more fun, laughter and smiles, the happier the coming 2017 will be for you.
Try to think together with the whole family in advance how to celebrate the New Year 2017. Dream about what it will be like for you, make a list of desires and goals. And, of course, do not forget to think in advance, on the festive table, to choose for yourself and the children, and for all relatives and friends.
No wonder folk wisdom says: how you meet the new year, so it will be in the future. In the absence of a desire to be sleepy and sad for the next 12 months, New Year's dishes should be diluted with entertaining leisure. It is known that the Rooster is playful and snooty, so contests for the new year 2017 can be lively and mischievous.
Adult Contest Ideas
For children, it’s not a problem to come up with a game literally on the go, but it’s more difficult to surprise and cheer adults. Universal competitions are ideal for home gatherings:
- "Cool". Participants can be men, women are unlikely to want to take part in such a competition and ruin their makeup. There can be up to 5 people who wish, 5 eggs are placed on a plate in front of them (less, by the number of players). They announce that 1 egg is raw, the rest are hard-boiled. The goal is to break all the eggs on the forehead and not retreat, because with each checked egg, the tension increases rapidly. The secret of this fun contest for the new year is that there is no raw egg among the proposed ones, but there is a chance to get out of the game.
- "Homemade Santa Claus". Women are invited to choose their own Grandfather Frost, whom she should decorate in an interesting way with the help of improvised means: Christmas tree tinsel, garlands, toys. It is necessary to represent creation with poems, sayings, songs.
- Funny congratulations will bring a peculiar flavor to the feast, if you prepare in advance. A blank text with wishes is taken, adjectives are deliberately skipped. For example: "we want to wish this ... new year." The guests are invited to insert the missing words - the congratulation will turn out to be funny and very funny.
- Statements can be organized alphabetically, inviting those present to make a toast starting with a specific letter: a, b, c. The player who comes up with the most fun wish will win this adult New Year's Eve contest.
- Guests are divided into teams that are offered to find a way out of a difficult situation. It could be a plane that suddenly lost its pilot. Or the participant ended up in an unfamiliar city. Or after the crash, the company found itself on a desert island. Opponents ask tricky questions that should be answered humorously.
- Merry New Year's fun will delight the Rooster, so fantasy should be limitless. Balloons are taken, a note is placed inside each with a comic task: to crow, portray the chiming clock, perform a dance, sing a song. Tasks are made up any to cheer up. The meaning of such a competition for the new year 2017 is for the year of the Rooster to pass with laughter. Popping balloons is necessary without the help of hands, which complicates the task, increasing the fun.
- It would be useful to check the erudition of the guests by offering to name films related to the New Year theme. The winner among adults will be the one who remembers the maximum number of art paintings dedicated to the winter family holiday.
Adult games do not have to be vulgar, although there are participants who find it quite acceptable after drinking alcohol. The goal of the competition should be a good mood, and not a large number of embarrassed and blushing ladies. 
For the whole family
Even in a narrow family circle, you can find a way to have fun on New Year's holidays and please the Rooster:
- Associations. Ask to name New Year's attributes in a circle: snow, gifts, Christmas tree. Whoever fails to find the word is out of the game. The winner is the one who remembers the most associations. The game is suitable for children of all ages, if they already know how to talk.
- At the beginning of the holiday, distribute cards with tasks that must be completed at a certain time. Funny moments will be remembered for a long time: how unexpectedly dad cackled at the table, and the youngest member of the family suddenly sang a song.
- Prepare questions in advance that usually have correct answers. The highlight of the competition is to initially answer incorrectly and with a bit of humor. It is desirable to play at an accelerated pace, without giving time for reflection. The more ridiculous the answer, the more laughter is caused. For children, it is better to come up with easy questions so that the little participants do not get upset.
- Two holes for hands are made in a cardboard sheet, after which a figure of your choice is drawn. It remains a big secret for children and adults that they draw, the author of the most successful masterpiece wins.
- Competitions for the new year must be mobile. Snowflakes are cut out of paper according to the number of family members present at the table. It is necessary to blow on the snowflakes, but the winner will be the one whose paper snowflake falls on the floor last.
- The task is given to imagine that everyone at the table is Christmas trees. The host calls the words: wide, low, high, and the participants must depict this Christmas tree. Whoever makes a mistake leaves the game, and the most attentive among children and adults wins.
- Contests for a close-knit family are usually intended for an even number of participants. The couple hugs the partner with one hand, and the second remains "working". The task is to cut a Christmas tree out of colored paper: one is holding paper, the other is scissors.
- You can temporarily entrust mom with the role of the Snow Maiden, and dad and children will compliment her in turn. For children, this will be a great opportunity to say warm words to their mother, and she will be pleased to hear so many flattering phrases addressed to her.
- Some New Year's competitions for the year of the rooster of the Rooster will test children's visual memory. Parents bring them to the Christmas tree, ask them to remember the number and location of toys on the branches. After that, the guys leave the room, and mom and dad swap toys or clean them up. Returned children are asked to say what has changed in the forest beauty.
- New Year's competitions for young children and adults can be held with musical accompaniment. Turn on a fast melody and pass a small souvenir around in a circle. The movement stops with the stop of the music, and the one who remains the last in the game wins.
Children of all ages can be involved in competitions, choosing the best option. This will allow them to appreciate the traditions of the family and pass them on to the next generations. 
Boring corporate party
In the office, it is not always possible to get to know colleagues better because of the busy work schedule. For this reason, most leaders arrange corporate gatherings so that the team becomes friends and discovers new facets and sides of character in others. You can just sit at the table, eat and have small talk on any other day, and the New Year holidays under the auspices of the Rooster are simply bound to be fun. Funny contests for adults will help with this:
- The invitees are divided into two identical teams. Trays with an equal number of tangerines are placed in front of each of them, and empty trays are placed near the players. Each participant must run up to the tray, put the fruit in a spoon and bring it to the empty one. It is important to keep the tangerine in the spoon, and the team that will transfer all the fruits faster will win.
- Guests are divided into pairs (the number is arbitrary). A shirt is put on over men's clothes, men's gloves are put on women's hands. Goal: fasten all the buttons as quickly as possible.
- New Year's contests 2017 should provoke the Rooster, so the task of adults is to succeed in this matter. A variety of things are first placed in a large bag: a bow, a scarf, a scarf, a scarf, diapers, stockings, jewelry, hats. The funnier the items, the funnier the contest will be. Music is played at various intervals, after which the players pass the bag around. On whom the music stops, he must pull out an object at random from the bag and put it on himself. By the end of the game, New Year's outfits will be original augmented.
- The participants are made up of two teams. One comes up with a word and calls it to only one player from among the opponents. He must, with the help of facial expressions and gestures, tell his team what the word is. After winning, the teams switch roles. For children, this game is not difficult, but adults will have a hard time due to complexes and tightness.
- Men can compete by inflating balloons at speed. At the same time, women need to prepare for loud pops that burst balloons will emit.
- Pairs participate in the competition. Women must prepare a simple dish from the products from the table, after which they feed their male partner at speed. The pair that completes the task faster than the rest wins.
- Masks depicting characters from the animal world are used as props. The participant closes his eyes, a mask is put on his face - and, based on the prompts of other guests, he must guess who he was turned into.
- Guests take turns calling those things that they would like to take with them to the New Year of the Rooster. Words must begin with the first letter of the participant's name. For example, Pavel will want to grab an amazing mood or coat. It can be a certain object or feelings, sensations, emotions. The winner will be the one who names the most items.
- Divided into pairs, participants wrap a gift. What's the catch? Only one hand of one player is used in the competition. A surprise is wrapped in a wrapper for time and speed.
Valeria Protasova
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A mountain feast with jelly, salads, tangerines and a carload of chocolates is great. But in addition to traditional pleasures, there are more active and exciting programs for celebrating the New Year.
Well, you must admit, eating "from the belly" and lying down on the couch in front of the TV is boring. Moreover, the patron of 2017, which is already on the heels, does not like dullness and monotony.
So, how to entertain yourself, household members and guests: a celebration program for the most magical night of the year!
1. Who sat down by - leaves
The competition “with a beard”, but still relevant and fun - for both kids and adults who have already managed to spend the old year and have begun to meet the new one.
We arrange chairs in the center of the room (in an amount 1 less than the number of guests) in a circle and backs to the center. Turning on the music is a signal to start: the contestants actively run in a round dance in a circle and, as soon as the music is turned off, they quickly take up empty seats. Who sat down by or simply did not have time and was left without a chair - leaves. One chair, respectively, is removed from the round dance. The winner is the one who is the first of the last 2 participants to occupy the remaining chair.
The prize, of course, is prepared in advance. It is desirable, with humor (well, the holiday is all the same).
2. Show of funny talents
If there are many guests and the family is large, and every first one in it is a humorist, then you can hold a competition for the funniest congratulations on the Holiday.
For example, a Soviet poster on the theme of "drunkenness fight", soap bubbles or a bag of tangerines.
3. “The taste and color of all felt-tip pens are different”
This competition is for gourmets. Well, for those who are embarrassed to run with relay mops, sing in karaoke and show the cockerel funniest of all.
Participants cover their eyes with handkerchiefs, and then alternately bring various dishes for testing. Who will be more professional taster, he will win.
The prize is the obligation to eat all the dishes that the winner did not guess.
4. Since childhood, I have been friends with rhyme, or poets everywhere we have honor!
The host asks the contestants (everyone participates!) The first line, and everyone must come up with the remaining three. The winner is the poet who manages to “laugh” the audience and prolong the life of the guests for at least a couple of years (1 minute of laughter, as you know, is equal to an additional 15 minutes of life).
Consolation prize (chupa-chups) - to the participant who managed to find the most original rhymes.
The winner has the opportunity to choose his own prize (activated carbon is hidden in one box, 0.5 vodka is hidden in the other).
5. Smell it!
This competition is similar to the one described above (for gourmets), the only difference is that the dishes will have to be determined not by taste, but by smell.
That is, the task becomes more complicated! The winner, of course, is the one who guesses the most dishes.
The prize is a large chocolate medal.
6. New Year's toasts
Entertainment for the whole family. The essence is simple: each blindfolded participant pokes a finger at the first letter that comes across in a pre-drawn alphabet. Which letter falls out - the first word of the toast will begin with that one.
Each subsequent word must begin with the next (in order) letter. That is, if the first word begins with "Z", then the 2nd - with "F", the third - with "I", etc.
7. One small but proud bird...
And again toast! Well, where without them on New Year's Eve. This entertainment can shake even the most modest guests at the table.
The essence, again, is simple: the included musical toy (preferably with the most nasty or funniest soundtrack) is passed in a circle from hand to hand right at the table. On whom the music is over, he makes a toast.
You can pass the relay toy a myriad of times, but make sure that the guests do not get bored - it is recommended to change the entertainment in time (for example, bring “hot”, open champagne or say the classic “But we haven’t burned Bengal yet! We all go to the balcony urgently!”) .
8. Dress warmly!
Competition for guests who are not constrained by shyness.
4 participants are required, which are divided into 2 pairs. Each pair (in which one is a fashion designer and the other is a mannequin) is given a bag with a variety of clothes, including men's and women's, children's, retro, boas, hats, etc.
After that, the fashion designers are blindfolded - they will create by touch. Moreover, the task of each fashion designer is to put on his mannequin everything that is in the bag. The winner is the pair that manages to empty the bag faster than the others.
The prize is a glass of champagne. The losers get a sandwich with caviar.
9. Karaoke
Without songs in the New Year - nowhere! In the playlist, of course, we collect the most fashionable and fun songs.
Participants are selected through a "trick" with matches (among the whole matches - one shortened one). Everyone participates, including those who have been stepped on by a bear on both ears and not only.
Winners are everything!
Prizes are obligatory (it is possible to coincide with the presentation of gifts just in time for this competition).
10. Herringbone, burn!
Artists competition. We take out a pre-prepared “make-up” (one that can be washed off without problems), a box with additional “inventory” (clothing, various items from the mezzanine, tinsel, rain, toilet paper, sausage, etc.) and divide the participants into pairs of “model -artist".
Artists within 5 (or 10) minutes must create the brightest and most beautiful image on their models. Namely, a Christmas tree.
The couple with the most beautiful and original Christmas tree gets two fly swatters (or dumbbells) tied with bows.
11. We raise the degree of good mood!
We pack small presents in advance (hairpins, mini shower gels, chocolate medals, key chains, scarves, etc. - for which there is enough money) in such a way that it is difficult to determine by touch what exactly is hidden under a layer of gift paper.
For example, a hairpin can be wrapped with a pair of napkins and only then wrapped in gift paper.
Each guest puts his hand into the bag and chooses a present by touch.
12. Surprises on a string
Again, we hide small presents in identical boxes, which, in turn, are hung at different heights, tied to a stretched rope.
Each participant is blindfolded, after which he “blindly” must cut off his prize with scissors on his own.
13. “We wish you happiness…”
It is better to carry out this “action” in advance - even when seeing off the old year. We take a stack of magazines, scissors, glue and several sheets of A5 cardboard - one for each participant.
We leave all the wealth in the kitchen, where each guest can complete the task without prying eyes - that is, on the sly. And the task is simple - to create an anonymous wish on cardboard with all my heart, cutting out pictures and letters from magazines (a sort of collage from the heart and with humor). You can add a good "prediction" to your wishes.
Each collage is sealed in a white envelope without inscriptions and hidden in a common basket under the Christmas tree.
After the onset of the New Year, the envelopes should be mixed together and distributed to guests.
14. The most delicious patron of the year!
Practically a show of culinary talents.
The task for the participants is to create the most beautiful - and, most importantly, delicious - cockerel from the available products.
15. What to take with you on New Year's Eve?
Each participant chooses a letter using the “poke” method (putting his hand into a bag of notes) (do not use too complicated letters like “Y” or “Yo”). It is with this letter that all words in the list of things (phenomena, events, etc.) that should be taken with you in the coming year should begin.
16. Chinese among us
The competition is fun and suitable for all participants without exception.
It is better to immediately divide all the guests into pairs (preferably opposite each other), and signal the “start” command for everyone at once. The essence of the competition: eat green peas (corn, berries, etc.) with Chinese chopsticks in 1 minute.
Those participants who have eaten more peas than rivals win.
Prizes - a can of peas!
17. Sniper of the Year!
What exactly you will use in this competition depends on your capabilities and imagination.
You can throw rings on the neck of a bottle of champagne, throw darts at a painted target, or shoot empty plastic bottles with a child's crossbow - it doesn't matter. The main thing is to do it as a team, in turn.
