One of the most beloved holidays, New Year, is cheerful, noisy and fabulous. It is celebrated by both children and adults. The celebration will be much more fun if you follow a pre-planned scenario. There are a large number of companies offering organizing a holiday, but all this can be done independently.
For corporate events
A New Year's scenario for a corporate event is an opportunity to make the celebration unforgettable, unite the team, and reward good employees. According to recent surveys, more than 85% of employees do not want the celebration to turn into an ordinary feast, but prefer a holiday with an interesting, well-thought-out scenario.
Over the past few years, certain trends have emerged in holding New Year's corporate events:
- Inclusion of interactive formats, such as virtual reality, in the holiday program.
- Holding celebrations not in country cottages or banquet halls, but in lofts, which allows you to choose the decor yourself and gives more scope for choosing the format of the holiday.
- Refusing to hold a large corporate event in favor of several smaller ones, for example, by department of the company.
- Themed parties in the spirit of popular movies or computer games are becoming increasingly popular.
Let's celebrate the New Year cheerfully
This scenario is suitable for a group of at least 15 people. The party is hosted by 2 presenters from among the employees, who constantly bicker and joke with each other. You will also need 3 costumed characters - Father Frost, Old Year and Snow Maiden.
The script includes several scenes and competitions that allow for maximum involvement of all those present:
| Characters | Description | Competitions | |
| Scene 1 | Snow Maiden and the Old Year | The Snow Maiden brings out the stubborn Old Year and announces competitions that will show him that his time has passed. | Blow up the balloon faster than anyone else. Throw a paper snowball into the trash can. The one who hits the target the most wins. |
| Scene 2 | Santa Claus and the presenters | Everyone is given sheets of paper on which they must write down all the bad things. Santa Claus collects them and throws them in the trash can. The host comments. | |
| Scene 3 | Snow Maiden and Father Frost | The host hands out sheets of paper on which everyone writes down their wishes that should come true in the coming year. The sheets of paper with wishes are put into a box that will be opened on the following New Year. |
After seeing off the Old Year, everyone stands in a circle dance, Father Frost wishes that all plans come true in the New Year.
The next stage of the scenario is competitions. To identify the winners, a jury is formed from those participants of the holiday who do not want to participate in the competitions. After each competition, the jury announces the winner, at the end all the winners are awarded with pre-prepared prizes.
Competition for the best excuse
For this competition, you need to prepare cards with questions in advance. The participant is given a card with a question or description of the situation, and he must come up with an answer or a plausible excuse.
Examples of questions:
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Competition for the best New Year's toy
The participants of the competition are divided into teams of 4-5 people. The task is to create a New Year's toy using decorations and toilet items that are worn by the team members.
Santa and Reindeer Contest
This competition is suitable for a spacious room. Participants are divided into pairs - Santa + Reindeer. The reindeer, coordinated by Santa standing behind him, must go through a course with obstacles blindfolded. Obstacles are made from improvised objects - chairs, trash cans and the like.
Competition for the best lie
The winner of this competition is the one who answers the most questions incorrectly. Questions on the New Year theme should be prepared in advance.
Examples of such questions:
- Who comes to children with a bag of gifts on New Year's?
- What tree is considered a symbol of the New Year?
- Who can be made from snow in winter?
- What film is shown on TV every year on the eve of the New Year?
- Which animal symbolizes the coming year according to the Chinese calendar?
Competition for the funniest news
For this competition, participants should be given pre-prepared cards with words or phrases written on them that are not related to each other.
The task is to come up with a news story by combining all the written words. This is a very funny and cheerful competition.
Fun contests for the New Year
In a large group, you need to diversify the New Year's holiday scenarios with songs, dances, and contests. The evening should be interesting and fun, you need to allow the participants to show off their different sides, to show their hidden talents.
The organizers of the competition need to prepare the props needed for the skits and competitions, think about the musical accompaniment, and think about gifts for the winners of the competitions. This scenario will require 1 host who will start the evening with a New Year's greeting and then announce the competitions.
Examples of competitions:
| Name | Participants | Description |
| Dancing by the Christmas tree | 1 man and 5 women | The man plays the role of a Christmas tree. The women dance around it in a circle. With each subsequent verse, one of the participants comes out into the circle and performs a solo dance. |
| New Year's Songs | 3 teams of 3 people | Each team receives a card with the title of a song, which they must perform in an unusual way: one sings nouns, the second - adjectives, the third - verbs. |
| Forfeits | 8-10 people | Each participant writes a wish, the sheets of paper are put into a box or hat. The players draw forfeits blindly and complete the task. |
For an adult company
A New Year's scenario for a celebration in a small company, where everyone knows each other, allows you to hold the most daring and fun competitions. Costumed characters are not required here, but the host will undoubtedly brighten up the feast and allow the holiday to flow according to the intended scenario.
To begin with, you can organize a quest so that each guest can find their designated place at the festive table.
To do this, the event organizers need to decorate each chair according to the guest:
- put a folding chair for the fisherman;
- for those who like to sit on two chairs, provide two chairs or stools connected to each other;
- for stylish women – elegant chairs with high legs, with backs decorated with beads or bows;
- for an avid motorist - a chair with a steering wheel and gas pedals (made from children's toys);
- for an office worker - a chair decorated with a tie;
- For the avid fan - a chair with a ball or puck attached.
The host makes toasts and alternates competitions so that active games are replaced by calm ones.
Examples of competitions:
- Songful. Everyone participates, one by one singing a verse or chorus from a New Year's song. An approximate list of such songs:
- Prime Minister "Blue Frost"
- Rotaru "Winter"
- "3 White Horses" from the film "Wizards"
- Gurchenko "5 minutes"
- The Secret of "The Last Hour of December"
- Tsoi "New Year's Toys"
- A Christmas tree was born in the forest.
- Dance. Everyone who wants to can participate. To the accompaniment of incendiary music, the host shows funny movements that the participants must repeat.
- Game "Poet". Participants are given cards with pre-written words. The leader begins to count quatrains, participants must insert their word at the right time. Examples of poems:
| I'll stamp my foot, Here I'll stamp another one, And the fun will begin, It will begin... (binge – one of the participants shouts) | This holiday has been long awaited,
They collected money for gifts, We saved money for a long time, So that we could party all night now... | Our chief accountant is dancing a dance,
The face is flushed, The nose turns blue between the cheeks, Who brought him a glass? |
- Game "Depictor". Each participant must silently depict an object associated with the New Year. The others guess. Examples: firecracker, chimes, champagne, etc.
- Game "Artist". All participants are given pre-prepared sheets of paper. Each participant has 1 minute to draw their neighbor as a smiley and then explain why they see them that way.
- The final game is "Let go of all the bad things." All participants of the holiday receive 1 balloon on which they write everything they want to leave in the outgoing year - problems, illnesses, troubles. At the command of the host, everyone goes outside and cheerfully releases the balloons into the sky.
Family
New Year's Eve with your family according to a pre-planned scenario will allow you to spend the holiday in a fun and original way, laugh your fill and leave the most pleasant memories of the main night of the year in your soul.
For families with children
This scenario requires the participation of 6 people - parents, 2 children, grandparents. Adults dress up as Father Frost and Snow Maiden, the Fairy or Sorcerer hosts the party. The action takes place in a smartly decorated room, where a beautiful Christmas tree stands in the middle.
The fairy offers various skits and competitions. Everyone actively participates.
Funny poems
In this competition, the Fairy starts the poem and the others finish it.
Examples:
- Your paws won't freeze if you have (slippers) in the house.
- Wonderful toys, green needles – our beauty (the Christmas tree) has it all.
- A ginger cat is waiting on the windowsill (for the New Year).
- It's snowing outside, we'll celebrate (the New Year) soon.
Drawing competition
For this competition you will need sheets of paper, paints and brushes.
Participants draw blindfolded, the others guess what is depicted in the picture.
Riddle Competition
The host reads the riddles, the others guess, and whoever guesses the most gets a prize.
Examples of riddles:
| Brown, soft and big, Who sleeps in a den in winter? (bear) | There's a mountain on the street,
There is water in the house (snow) | It doesn't burn in fire, it doesn't sink in water. What is it? (ice) |
Dance game
During this competition, the host tells a New Year's story or reads a poem, replacing some of the words with gestures. Participants must repeat all the movements and decipher the words. The one who repeats everything exactly is considered the winner and receives a prize.
Quest "Find something tasty"
For this quest you need to put notes in different places in the apartment.
One participant searches, the Fairy helps, the others encourage with the words “cold” or “hot”:
- they go, they don’t hurry, they strike in their own way (the clock);
- the reflection is changeable, sometimes there is a man, sometimes a woman (mirror);
- news, cartoons, movies – three in one (TV);
- It's cold there, not hot, your gifts are there (refrigerator).
In the refrigerator, the participant finds a beautiful cake or other sweets for the whole family.
For families without children
A New Year's feast in families without children can also be made bright and memorable. Usually, family friends or relatives take part in the celebration. Before the start of the holiday, you need to choose a host and prepare gifts for the winners of the competitions. The host makes toasts and announces competitions and games.
Examples of competitions and games:
- New Year songs. Each person recalls a verse from different songs about winter, frosts, new and old years. They sing in a circle. The winner is the one who sings last.
- Game "3 phrases". The host says a phrase, the participant must repeat it exactly. The host's goal is to confuse the participant, to make him ask an irrelevant question. Example of the game:
| Leading | Participant |
| What a wonderful holiday today You look wonderful There is only one problem You lost | Repeats Repeats Repeats Usually asks "why" and loses |
- Game "Forfeits". The game is played without leaving the table, a piece of paper with a description of what needs to be done is pulled out of a box or hat. Examples of tasks:
- have a drink with your neighbor as brothers,
- kiss your neighbor,
- sing "A Christmas tree was born in the forest"
- crow 3 times,
- compliment every lady,
- depict love, sadness, fear with facial expressions,
- show how an eagle flies.
- Game "Predictions". For this game, you need to write the beginning and end of a phrase on different cards and put them in different boxes. The players take one card from each box and make up one phrase. It turns out very funny. Examples of phrases:
| Beginning of a sentence | End of sentence |
| In my house in the new year there will be… In the coming year I will receive… I'm packing my suitcase for... I will earn a lot of money and give it to my wife... Santa Claus will bring me... Waiting for me under the tree is… | excellent repair. a lucrative job offer. trip to the resort. expensive car. bag of gifts. beautiful doll. |
- Competition "Song from the Box". Cards with only 1 word written on them are placed in a box. It is desirable that all the words are on the theme of the New Year or winter. The participant takes out a card and tries to remember a song that has this word in it. If he can’t remember, let him make up his own song to popular music.
For preschoolers
A New Year's scenario for kids should include elements of a fairy tale. One of the options for such a scenario is a fairy tale quest, in which children look for New Year's toys. As a result of an exciting game, kids get positive emotions, develop skills of playing together, and develop children's motor and artistic abilities.
Quest progress:
- The children enter the hall to the sound of a New Year's song. There is a Christmas tree in the center of the hall, with no decorations or toys on it. The teacher invites the children to decorate the tree, but when she opens the box with toys, they are not there. There is only a note from the evil Snow Queen, which says that she took the toys and will give them back only when the children complete her tasks.
- The teacher suggests calling on kind animals for help, for which he asks the children to guess 3 riddles:
| Mystery | Answer |
| Long ears, Fast legs, He eats carrots, Jumps dexterously. | Bunny |
| Here's a fluffy tail,
Red head, A cunning rogue, He will guide you skillfully. | Fox |
| Clubfoot, gloomy
Big, shaggy, brown, In the summer it roars loudly, Sleeps soundly in winter. | Bear |
After the children have guessed all the riddles, the teacher suggests dancing in a circle with the kind animals and reading poetry. After which the animals give a hint that you need to look for a box of toys at the Kind Cat. The teacher directs the children, they find the Cat and a box of toys and sweet treats for tea.
For schoolchildren
The New Year's scenario for primary school students aims to create an elevated festive mood in children, unite the team, and arouse and strengthen interest in the New Year's holidays.
Before the festive event, the teacher gives the children poems to learn, distributes roles if a skit is planned. The holiday begins with a short introductory speech by the host about the New Year, several children read short poems.
Then small competitions are held:
- Guess the riddle. The winner gets the prize.
| Mystery | Answer |
| It grows upside down, Not in summer, but in winter, The sun is blazing hot, She is dying. | Icicle |
| I lived in the yard,
The kids liked him, But the sun's rays They turned me into streams. | Snowman |
| It's warm for fish to live in the river,
In winter there is thick glass above them. | Ice |
| Dressed in white velvet
And fences, and trees, But when the wind attacks, This velvet will fall. | Frost |
- New Year's questions competition.
- In which work did the Dragonfly find it hard to live with the arrival of winter? (The Dragonfly and the Ant, a fable by I.A. Krylov)
- Where does Father Frost live? (Veliky Ustyug)
- What is the name of the fairy tale in which a girl reaches the North Pole in one day and returns? (The Seven-Flower Flower)
- Where does Santa live? (In Lapland)
- In which fairy tale did all the months meet? (12 months)
- Theatre competition. Those who wish are given a task that must be completed without prior preparation. For example, you need to depict:
- newborn baby,
- a famous singer,
- sentry on duty
- a sparrow on the roof,
- stork in the swamp,
- gorilla at the zoo.
- Competition "Draw with two hands". You need to draw on the board with both hands, with the right hand depicting one figure, for example a circle, and with the left hand depicting another, for example a triangle.
- Competition "Words". There are strange-looking words written on the board. You need to rearrange the letters to make them normal. Examples:
- kachur – handle,
- loksha – school,
- badus - fate
- Bedakr - December.
At the end, you can hold a no-lose lottery, the prizes for which need to be prepared in advance. Each participant can pull a gift out of a large bag.
For teenagers
The New Year's scenario for teenagers takes into account, in addition to entertainment, the need for children to acquire new knowledge. A properly organized event shapes children's tastes and helps them realize their spiritual and physical potential. Teenagers best accept thematic games with theatrical elements.
At the beginning of the holiday, the host tells where the tradition of celebrating the New Year came from and how the holiday is celebrated in different countries.
Then it moves on to games and competitions.
- Game "Predictions for the New Year". You need to hang inflated balloons with pieces of paper with predictions placed in them all over the room. Children choose a balloon, pop it and get their prediction.
- Game "Choosing Santa Claus". The participants call Santa Claus several times, he does not come, then they decide to choose their own. For this, 5 competitions are held among 6 people.
| N | Details | Terms and Conditions |
| 1 | A bag containing a spoon, button, pin, clothespin, matches, tape, and similar items in the amount of 12-15 pieces. | The sock is passed around the circle, the participant has 30 seconds to feel the objects. When all the participants have felt the bag, they must write down all the objects from memory. Whoever wrote down the least is eliminated. |
| 2 | Snowflake for the correct answer | Questions about the name of the New Year's old man in different countries. A snowflake is given for the correct answer. The one who gets the least is eliminated. |
| 3 | 4 spoons, 2 tangerines | A pair game. The participants hold a spoon in each hand, and a tangerine in one of them. The goal is to throw off the opponent's tangerine while holding on to your own. Another game is played among the losers in the first round. The loser is eliminated. |
| 4 | A box with 7 ribbons, one with a prize tied to it | Participants pull ribbons, and the one who pulls out a prize is eliminated. |
| 5 | Chair, staff, beard | Music plays, participants walk around a chair. As soon as the music stops, you need to have time to sit on the chair, put on a beard, take a staff and stamp your foot. |
- Game "Question and Answer". The one who answers correctly gets a snowflake, the one who gets the most gets a prize.
| Question | Answer |
| Relatives of Santa Claus? | Snowman and Snow Woman |
| New Year's ball where you can hide your face. | Ball - masquerade |
| What are paper New Year chains called? | Garlands |
| How many horses pull Santa Claus's sleigh? | 3 |
| Ritual dance around the Christmas tree | Round dance |
- Competition "Dance on Ice". The host announces that the participants are dancing on ice, which is gradually melting from the heat. Each couple stands on a newspaper, which is gradually folded, first in half, then in 4 times, and so on. Those who step on the floor are eliminated from the game.
The evening continues with a disco.
It is very important to organize the New Year celebration correctly. The scenario is designed to take into account the age and number of participants, their interests. A fun New Year's Eve party with games, competitions, charades will leave a great impression on the participants.
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