On children's party must be present fun entertainment and energetic fun. Competition program for a birthday for children 11-12 years old with quizzes, solving tricks and riddles will captivate the birthday boy and his friends. Exciting games and agility competitions, team competitions will not let adults and little guests of the celebration get bored. General creative tasks will unite the children and make the holiday truly fun.
Agility competition. All interested children participate in it. To carry it out you need to prepare several bags with gifts. All participants stand in a circle. The presenter places one bag with a souvenir in the middle of it.
The music turns on. The children begin to walk in circles. The presenter pronounces different numbers. When participants hear the phrase “One, two, three,” they must pick up the gift from the center as quickly as possible. To confuse the children, the leader can say: “One, two, thirteen or one, two, thirty.” After such phrases, participants should not run to the gift. The bag must be picked up only after “One, two, three” sounds.
The competition is held as many times as bags with gifts have been prepared.
Game "On the contrary"
All children who are guests of the birthday party participate in the game. Among all the participants, the presenter selects 1 player. He will be the driver. The rest of the children stand in one row, facing him. The driver’s task is to show different movements, and the other participants are to repeat them exactly the opposite. For example, if the driver raises right hand up, children must raise their left. If he moves back, the rest of the players move forward.
The participant who gets knocked down first becomes the driver. The game continues until interest disappears.
All interested children participate in the competition. They are divided equally into 2 teams. In front of each group of participants, the leader places an easel with a Whatman paper attached to it. On whatman paper you need to draw 2 identical houses with large windows and doors in advance.
The participants' task is to draw little people in windows and doors. The presenter gives an example of how to portray people so that both teams have the same chances. After the word “start,” the first player in each group picks up a pencil and runs to his easel. Having drawn one person, he returns back and passes the pencil to the next participant. The competition is given 3 minutes. The winner is the team that draws the most people in the windows and doors of the house on whatman paper in the allotted time.
Game “Choose a gift yourself”
All children who are present at the birthday party participate in the game. To carry it out, you must first attach various souvenirs to a regular satin ribbon using pins: keychains, chewing gum, sweets, small soft toys, hairpins, elastic bands, notepads.
The presenter blindfolds all participants. Two assistants stretch the tape. The presenter brings the first participant to her and spins him three times. Then he asks you to go up to the ribbon with gifts and point your finger at the desired prize. After this, he carefully unfastens the pin, hands the souvenir to the child and brings the next participant. The game continues until all children have received their gift.
Game "The most affectionate player"
All children participate in the game. The participants’ task is to come up with as many affectionate and diminutive forms of the name of the culprit of the children’s feast as possible. You need to say affectionate words one by one. Each player is given half a minute to think. The winner is the participant who comes up with as many non-repeating endearing forms of the name as possible.
Examples
Dima - Dimulya, Dimusya, Dimasik, Dimchik, Dimka, Mitya, Mikha, Mityai, Mityukha, Mityusha, Mityakha, Mityasha, Mitryukha, Mitryusha, Dimakha, Dimukha, Dimusha, Mityulya, Mityunya, Dimon.
Alina - Alinka, Alinochka, Alyusik, Alinusichka, Lina, Alya.
Several pairs of children participate in the competition. Each team receives a bag of clothes. Clothes must be large sizes so that she could freely climb onto the participants.
Guess the picture
The presenter shows the players a picture that is closed large sheet with a hole two to three centimeters in diameter in the middle. The presenter moves the sheet across the picture. Participants must guess what is shown in the picture. The one who guesses the fastest wins.
Damaged phone
Everyone sits in a row, the first player thinks of a word or phrase and quickly whispers it to the next one, and so on. After the word passes through the entire chain, the beginner announces the intended word or phrase, and the last one announces what came to him.
Interesting answers
The competition participant is seated with his back to everyone, and a sign with pre-prepared inscriptions is attached to his back. The inscriptions can be very different - “Toilet”, “School”, “Shop”, etc. The rest of the participants ask him various questions, such as “why do you go there, how often, and so on.” The player, not knowing what is written on the sign hanging on his back, must answer these questions.
Sea chain
Participants are given a box of paper clips. When given a signal, they begin to make a chain using these paper clips. The game is timed - about 1-2 minutes. Whoever makes the longest chain during this time wins.
Get rid of the match
A match is taken, moistened in water and stuck on the participant’s face. Who will need to free himself from it using only facial expressions, but not his hands
Firefighters
The sleeves of two jackets are turned out and hung on the backs of chairs. Chairs are placed with their backs facing each other at a distance of one meter. A rope two meters long is placed between the chairs. Both competitors start each at their own chair. At the leader’s signal, they must take the jackets, turn out the sleeves, put them on, and fasten all the buttons. Then run around your opponent’s chair, sit on your chair and pull the string. The first one to do this wins.
Scouts
Several participants have signs hung on their backs with a word written on them. At the leader's command, players try to find out what word is written on the others' backs, but without showing theirs. The player whose word is read correctly is eliminated from the game.
Bouncers
Children are divided into three teams. Two teams stand at a distance of 10-15 steps from each other. The third is between them. With two balls, the players of the first two teams try to knock out the players in the middle. This continues for 30 seconds. Then the teams change roles. After all the teams have been in the middle, the points are counted. The team that has the most players not eliminated after 30 seconds wins.
Guess the shadow
One of the participants sits facing a light, preferably uncluttered wall. A few steps behind him, a dim lamp or candle is installed so that the sharpest shadow appears. The rest of the participants pass between the lamp and the back of the person sitting. Without turning around, the person sitting must guess from the shadow who passed behind him. The one who was guessed sits on a chair and becomes the driver.
Sea battle (water game)
Children are divided into two teams and face each other at a distance of one and a half to two meters. On command they begin to splash each other. The participant who turns away or starts wiping his face with his hands is eliminated. The team with the most members remaining at the end of time (usually 30 seconds) wins.
Pop some balloons
Buy a lot of balloons in two colors. The company is divided into two teams. Each team is given balls of the same color. Team members tie the balls to their legs with a thread. To avoid crowding with scissors and threads, it is better to immediately prepare balls with threads.
On command, participants begin to pop the balls of the opposing team. The team that has at least one whole ball left wins.
Children of early adolescence love to compete in agility, speed, and strength. They like it and role playing games, allowing you to transform into another person. We offer 13 different fun competitions that can be used at any holiday.
1. "The Cooks"
Props: envelopes containing letters that make up some “edible” word (for example, “carrot”); sheet of paper and pen.
Children are divided into teams, each of which receives an envelope. The participants' task is to assemble a word from the letters as quickly as possible. After this, you need to write on a piece of paper as many dishes as possible in which this ingredient is present. The task can be complicated: teams are given not one envelope, but several. From the words they have composed, the children must create a recipe for a dish.
2. "Artists"
Props: a thick sheet of white paper, a felt-tip pen, cards with words.
Children are divided into pairs. Each pair draws a card with a word that they will have to draw. One participant holds an open felt-tip pen in his hands, the other moves a piece of paper so that an image appears on it. The team whose drawing matches the task will win.
3. “Plasticine duel”
Props: multi-colored plasticine, cards with the names of animals according to the number of participants, sheets of paper, pens.
Participation in the competition is individual. Everyone pulls out a card with the name of the animal so that others do not see what is written on it. Selects plasticine desired color. When everyone decides what they should make, the presenter sets the stopwatch for 2 minutes. During this time, participants must have time to sculpt the animal that was indicated on their card.
After time, all works are collected and numbered. An exhibition is organized, during which participants try to determine who was blinded by their rivals. They write down their guesses on a piece of paper (for example, 1 – fox). Here 2 winners are selected: the one who completed the task best, and the one who guessed the most animals.
4. "Strelki"
Props: paper clips, jar.
Everyone receives several paper clips (10-15). The task is to throw them into the jar from a certain distance. The one who throws the most wins. You can throw each paper clip separately, or you can throw them all at once, depending on the established rules.
5. “Between Two Fires”
Props: balloons.
Children are divided into 2 teams, each of which receives a certain number of balls. The participants' task is to throw them over to the opponents' side while the music is playing. The problem is that the rivals bring them back! As soon as the melody ends, the number of balls for each team is counted. The one with the fewest will win.
6. "Pathfinders"
Props: traces of various animals cut out of paper - cats, dogs, chickens, ducks.
Traces are hidden in different places in the room. The task of the participants - teams - is to find as many traces as possible. After a certain time, the teams line up opposite each other and take turns making the sounds of the animals whose prints they found. The number of traces they found, the number of times they must pronounce the desired sound. For example, if you find 5 duck tracks, you must quack 5 times.
7. "Testers"
Props: a bowl of water, plastic cups.
When a new ship is created, tests are carried out to check whether it can withstand the permissible load. The children are also invited to play the role of testers: a glass half filled with water is lowered into the water - a “ship”. Those who wish receive a glass of water. They take turns adding some water to the ship. The one whose ship sinks is out of the game. The game starts again and continues until a winner is identified.
8. "Running Under the Rainbow"
Props: bright lining fabric - rainbow.
Two adults grab the fabric by the corners and lift it up with sharp movements. Participants must have time to run under it. Whoever touches the fabric is out.
9. "Constructors"
Props: balloon, filled with helium, plastic cup, tape, thread.
The participants' task is to design a hot air balloon. You need to tie a long thread to it to make it easier to control. Then using the created aircraft you need to move various light objects from one end of the room to the other. For example, small construction parts from which you need to build a house.
10. “The most attentive”
Props: clothespins (about 30).
Clothespins are attached to any objects in the room. The participants' task is to collect them as quickly as possible. Whoever finds the most clothespins wins.
11. “Treasure Hunters”
Props: a bowl in which various grains and several larger objects (beads, buttons or shells) are mixed.
Participants are blindfolded with a scarf. Their task is to find treasures by touch. Who's faster?
12. "Clip"
Props: everything you need to stage a video.
Teams need to put on a video for any song within a certain time. After time has expired, the teams show what they have done.
13. “Fashionable verdict”
Props: everything that can be useful for creating clothes - old T-shirts, shorts, ribbons, tape, threads, needles, paper.
Participants are divided into pairs: designer and model. The designer uses scrap material to create a costume that the model will present. Everyone will be a winner in this competition, but in different categories (for example, “the most terrible costume” - about a mummy costume).
Any game will be interesting and fun if adults not only organize, but also actively participate in the events, setting a good example. After all, laughter is contagious, and good mood transmitted by airborne droplets. This means that you need to laugh and have fun more often so that the children have a good time!
The tenth birthday is a very special event in a series of personal holidays. This is the first anniversary, and many families try to celebrate it on a larger scale than previous dates.
Often the celebration is moved from home to other places:
- cafe,
- park,
- countryside camp site,
- entertainment center,
- sports club.
Any place that looks not just attractive to your daughter, but prestigious in the eyes of her friends will do. You may have already noticed how painful it is lately the girl accepts the opinions of others. She started adolescence full of contradictions and the search for one's own individuality. Your daughter stops following your advice and wants to do everything her own way, as if in defiance of her parents’ opinion, regardless of costs and common sense. Be wise: try to behave in such a way as not to spoil the holiday for yourself or her. Don't impose your opinion. Organize the party in an original way, but consult with your daughter. Let her feel like a real princess - best gift at this age you just can’t imagine it.
If you decide to hold a 10-year-old girl’s birthday at home, then here are ideas for several competitions that will make it interesting. Be sure to discuss them in advance: your daughter may have her own considerations, and they need to be taken into account.
Children's competition "Fanta"
The game, known to our great-grandmothers, is nevertheless still beloved. “It goes especially well” in companies where there are a lot of creative, artistic people. Place pieces of paper with tasks in a large hat (sing in honor of the birthday girl, compose a quatrain on a given topic, crow or meow a well-known melody, etc.). We recommend discussing the wording with your daughter: this way you will be sure that none of them will inadvertently offend her (at this age there are many exaggerated experiences). In addition, she knows the guests and their talents better.
When playing the game, you can make all the “numbers” addressless, or you can perform them in honor of the birthday girl. She, as a rule, draws out each forfeit or names the name of the guest for whom it was drawn by someone else. If at the end of the game a winner is determined (the one whose performance the hero of the occasion likes most), it turns into a competition. In this case, do not forget to prepare a prize.
Competition "Portrait of the Birthday Girl"
This competition is suitable for any group of girls, because it combines what teenage girls love so much: drawing, makeup, modeling. The task is to create a portrait of the birthday girl using a sheet of paper, pencils (paints), glue sticks, dresses, hairstyles and other fashionable things cut out from magazines in advance. The winner will be the guest whose work the birthday girl likes the most.
Competition "Stylists-make-up artists"
The competition is not similar to the previous one, but it is completely humorous, and you need to treat it that way. All participants are divided into pairs: each has a client and a makeup artist. The peculiarity is that the master's tools - watercolor paints and paint brushes. Whoever does the most original and funny makeup will win. Don't forget to capture the results in photos or videos!
Competition "Colorful Tags"
Remember that at the age of 11, a girl is still a child (even if she herself does not agree with this), and that means her birthday cannot be complete without living sports competitions to run around and laugh to your heart's content. One of these competitions is the game of colorful tags. The presenter sets the color for the search: “One-two-three, find red (blue/yellow).” According to this command, each participant must find an object of the desired color in the room and touch it. The one who does not find the item he is looking for or who finds it last is eliminated - and everyone else moves on to the next round. The winner will be determined naturally. In this competition, children will have to demonstrate not only dexterity and speed of movement, but also mental dexterity (after all, an object of a given color may be in a hard-to-reach place, for example, on the ceiling - how to get to it?).
From the proposed competitions, choose those that are suitable for your daughter and her friends by character and inclinations. Don’t be afraid to submit to her choice: let her feel like she’s in charge—after all, it’s her day.
Well, who didn’t love their own birthday as a child? This is the day when all the closest and dearest gather, friends come, give a bunch of gifts, cut a delicious cake. These are the most fun and vivid memories of childhood, and to make them even brighter, parents need to work out a scenario for a children's party, birthday competitions. The main thing is not just to meet guests and sit at the table, but also to entertain them, giving the child and his friends the opportunity to unite even more, have fun to the fullest and remember this day as the best in life. But what kind of competitions are needed for a child's birthday? We will offer you many options, and when choosing, be sure to take into account the age of the children and choose the maximum interesting games for everyone present.
Competitions for children 3-6 years old
Mind games
Intellectual competitions at the table are good because they help save parents’ home from the chaos and destruction that naughty preschoolers threaten it with. Of course, children cannot be captivated by such fun for a long time, but for a while they will be “neutralized,” and at the same time, watching their games will help parents learn something new about their child.
The simplest birthday contests for children can be represented by riddles that can be chosen for any age:
"Guess what I see"
The adult verbally describes the object, and the children must understand what is being said and find this object in the room.
An adult or child depicts something or someone, and the rest of the children must understand what or who it is.
"What's missing?"
Several objects need to be laid out on the floor, sofa or chair, which children must look at for a while, after which they must turn away, and the adult removes one of the objects. After this, the children look at the “exposition” again and must remember what disappeared from here.
Fairytale Quiz
Fairy tale quiz is also included interesting competitions for a child's birthday. Here you need to come up with a series of questions based on famous children's poems, cartoons and fairy tales, and provide prizes for correct answers - toys, chocolate medals, etc.
Board games
Mini competitions for children can be submitted by their favorite board games, which the whole family loves to spend their leisure time with. Although in our time they have been supplanted by tablets and cartoons, they can easily find a place at a children’s party:
Action games
Particularly interesting are “adventure games”, where each player has a piece with which he moves around the playing field for the number of steps that is rolled by the dice. These games are good for groups and children can participate in them different ages. In addition, in modern games The chips are made unusual, and the manufacturers accompany the games with exciting tasks.
Cards
Now on sale there are exciting and colorfully designed games for children of all ages. With them you can play “Shuffle”, “Dobble”, “Dubbles”, “Memory” and many other games - everything that can be found on the Internet.
"Guess what you're eating"
This delicious game is suitable for any age. Children are asked to close their eyes and taste something edible that an adult puts in their open mouths. This is a very funny competition, because it turns out that it is not so easy to determine the taste of a dish without seeing it.
Outdoor games
"Cold-hot"
The game is a variation of the classic hide and seek. An adult hides a toy in the room, and the children’s task is to find it, following the clues from the words “cold” and “hot.”
"Magic Tunnel"
For this game you will need a children's tunnel, but it can easily be replaced by a small table or chair that a child can crawl under. His task is not just to climb into the tunnel, but to come out of there in a new guise, portraying someone: an animal or fairy tale character. Other children must guess who came out of the magic tunnel. The one who guesses correctly goes into the magic tunnel himself.
Ball games
Competitions for 4-year-old children's birthdays include good old-fashioned fun that combines tasks for erudition, intelligence, fun and moving elements. So, in the “edible-inedible” game, the leader sits the children in a row and, in turn, throws a ball to each child, pronouncing a word. If the word means an edible object, then the ball must be caught, and if it is inedible, then it must be pushed back with your hands. In another version, the children stand in a circle, and the leader throws a ball to one of them and asks them to name a color, fruit, vegetable or flower. Children need to simultaneously catch the ball and remember the appropriate object.
Role-playing games
Children love most when competitions are for children's day Birthdays 6 years old contain role-playing games. In order for a group of children to have a lot of fun, you can invite them to temporarily become brave Indians, overcoming obstacles, fighting hostile tribes and performing funny dances. You can transform into brave knights, beautiful princesses or fire-breathing dragons, into fairy tale or cartoon characters - the choice here is unlimited. Of course, such competitions are done with their own hands, so parents will have to try hard to create costumes and attributes. In addition, they themselves can take part in the fun with the children, letting out their frustrations. short time hiding in the depths of the child's soul.
Competitions for children 4-12 years old
It is most convenient to think about holding competitions at a children's birthday party if all the children present at the party are the same age. However, often, especially at the birthday of preschoolers, not only peers are invited, but also relatives with their children, sisters and brothers - then a variety of children's ages can be represented at the holiday. This happens because the child himself still lacks his own friends and peers, so instead of them, relatives of all ages come who know the birthday boy from a young age and are happy to congratulate him. IN in this case ideas for birthday competitions for children will simply require a little more effort from parents, but in the end, the children themselves will find ways to begin to interact better, and besides, such contact between them will bring the younger ones invaluable experience in interacting in a team.
"Tails"
This game involves pairs of players, each of whom has a rope tied around their waist so that a small “tail” hangs from behind. The players' task is to be the first to catch their opponent by the tail and prevent him from doing the same. This fun competition can be enjoyed with lively music. The game trains reaction and dexterity.
Want to see even more fun and interesting competitions? Then go and read our other article about children's competitions.
"Collective Art"
To play this game, children need to be divided into 2 teams. The first members of each team draw a head and neck on the top of their sheets, while the rest of the participants do not see what exactly is drawn. Then the presenter folds the top of the sheet, covering the image, and only the lower part of the neck remains visible. After this, the second player approaches the sheet and continues the drawing. Then the presenter wraps this part of the sheet, leaving only the lower part of the lines of the drawing. So gradually the drawing grows downwards, and all team members put their hands on it in turn. At the end, the presenter unfolds both sheets and everyone looks at the resulting image in surprise. Such competitions for children at their 6th birthday perfectly develop their imagination.
"Art relay race"
This game, which develops creative imagination and thinking, the ability to work in a team, is interesting but calm. Children are divided into two teams, which are given the task of drawing an animal or other object within a certain time. Moreover, in one approach, each participant can draw one line (straight, oval, circle, etc.). In the end, the team whose drawing more closely resembles the intended object wins.
"Candy on a Fishing Rod"
Instead of a fishing hook, you need to tie a candy to the fishing line using a candy wrapper. Using a fishing rod, you need to bring the candy to your mouth, unwrap it without using your hands and eat it. The child who can handle it faster wins. This game develops dexterity and coordination.
"Volleyball with a balloon"
Thanks to this exciting game children develop dexterity, reaction, coordination of movements. Children need to be divided into two teams, chairs should be placed at a distance of 1 meter from each other, and all players should be seated on them. A rope stretched between the chairs in the middle of the floor marks a grid separating the teams. Then a kind of volleyball begins, in which you need to throw a ball over a rope, and players are forbidden to take the ball in their hands (they can only push it with their palms) and get up from their chairs. If the ball lands on the floor in the opponent's half, the team gets a point. The game can be continued up to 15 points.
"Nesmeyana"
When thinking about how to hold a child’s birthday party at home, it is useful to select competitions that develop communication skills, ingenuity and imagination in children, like the next “Nesmeyana” competition. One of the children is chosen as Princess Nesmeyana and sits on a chair in front of the rest of the children. The rest of the children must try to make the “princess” laugh, but they must not touch her. The one who succeeds becomes the next Nesmeyanaya.
"Guessing Game"
Before starting the game with the children, a specific theme is selected (holiday, animals, furniture, etc.), after which the driver makes a wish for an object that corresponds to the chosen theme. Players must guess what was chosen using clarifying questions to which the driver can only answer “yes” and “no.” The first one to guess what is planned becomes the driver himself. With the help of this game, children train communication skills and develop thinking.
"Hold the Ball"
Contests at children's birthday parties at home often require a lot of space, but not this one. Two pairs of players take part here. Each pair must be placed in a circle formed by a hoop or a circle drawn on the floor. Each couple is given balloon. Their task is to try to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible, blowing on it, but without touching it with their hands so that it does not fly out of their circle. The pair that can hold onto their ball the longest wins. With the help of this game, reaction, dexterity, coordination, and breathing apparatus are trained.
"Eskimo blind man's buff"
A driver is selected from among the children, whose hands are put on thick mittens and blindfolded. After this, children approach him one by one, whom he must recognize by touch. If he succeeds, then the identified child becomes the driver, and if he makes a mistake, he tries with the next players. With the help of such a competition, children develop memory and spatial imagination.
"Winkers"
Active and fun competitions for children’s birthdays can train attentiveness, and the best game for this would be the “Blinkers” game. Children need to be divided into two equal teams and a leader must be chosen. Chairs are placed in a row, on which the first team sits, and a chair is placed opposite, near which the leader stands. Members of the second team stand behind the players sitting on chairs. The host looks around at the seated players and winks at one of them. The player who received the wink must quickly move to a chair near the leader, and the task of the player standing behind him is to grab him in time to prevent escape. If the escape is successful, then this player himself becomes the leader.
"Broken Phone"
By using have a fun game“Broken Phone” children quietly hone their attentiveness and hearing. The presenter whispers a phrase or word into the first player's ear, after which he turns to his neighbor and conveys to him what he heard in the same way. So, along the chain, the message reaches the last player, who says out loud what he heard, and the presenter loudly says what he himself conveyed. After this, the leader is sent to the end of the chain, and the first player becomes the leader.
"Confusion"
Children love cool competitions, where you can practice thinking, logic and attentiveness. All children need to be lined up in a circle, holding hands. Then the driver turns to the side, and the children begin to climb over each other as they please, but without letting go of their hands. After this, the driver, also without opening his hands, must unravel this tangle.
“We are writing a fairy tale for the birthday boy”
The presenter opens a book or magazine to the first page he comes across and blindly points his finger at a random word. The first storyteller needs to come up with a phrase in which this word will be involved. Similarly, all other participants in the game get words. You can even come up with not one, but several proposals. As a result, a funny story will be born in the game; all that remains is to write it down on beautifully designed paper and give it to the birthday person. Such games develop imagination and thinking, and expand vocabulary.
"Three, thirteen, thirty"
Before the game, the leader explains to the children which number indicates this or that action, for example, 3 - hands on the belt, 13 - hands up, 30 - hands forward. Then the children line up at arm's length, outstretched to the sides. Next, the presenter calls the agreed numbers in random order, and the children must perform the corresponding movements. Gradually the pace of the leader accelerates. The one who got lost and performed another movement stands next to the leader and tries to knock down the rest of the players with incorrect movements. At the end of the game, the most attentive and unprovoked player remains. Such competitions for guests at a child’s birthday train reaction and attentiveness.
"Clap"
Each player receives a serial number and stands in a circle. Then they all begin to clap rhythmically, alternating two handclaps with two kneeclaps. One of the players repeats his own number twice when clapping his hands, and the number of the other player when clapping his knees. The one whose number was announced, with the next claps of his hands, calls out his number, and with claps on the knees, the number of the next player. Anyone who loses this rhythm, forgets his number or calls a number that has already left the game, is eliminated from the game. The last two players remaining in the circle are declared the winners. This fun trains reaction, memory and attentiveness.
"Liberation Action"
The dynamic game “Liberation Action” promotes the development of coordination, attentiveness, hearing, reaction in the leading player, and in the other players - reaction and dexterity. Participants in the game sit on chairs placed in a circle. In the center of the circle, a “prisoner” with his hands and feet tied and a “guard” who is blindfolded are seated. The task of the “liberators” is to untie the captive, and the guard’s task is to prevent them. As soon as he touches one of the liberators, he is eliminated from the game and removed from the circle. Anyone who manages to free the “prisoner” without being caught turns into a “guard” himself.
"Hunting"
Active competitions for a child’s birthday can develop freedom, dexterity, and coordination of movements. In the game "Hunt", the names of the participants in the game are written on cards, which are then shuffled and distributed to the players. The player dances to the music and at the same time quietly looks at what name is written on the card he received. At the moment when the music stops, the hunter must catch the prey whose name is written on his card. But he also hunts for his prey. As a result, real chaos begins! After this, the cards are collected, shuffled again, dealt out and the game continues.
"Waves in a circle"
Make a circle of chairs standing close to each other, the number of which should correspond to the number of players. The driver is in the center of the circle, and the rest of the players sit on chairs. As a result, one chair remains free. The driver tries to sit on an empty chair, but the players must prevent him from doing this with their movements. If the driver manages to sit on an empty chair, then the player who missed him becomes the driver himself. Players move according to the driver’s commands “right” (clockwise one chair), “left”, or chaos (participants quickly change places, and the driver tries to take any free space). The player who sat on the chair that was free before the “chaos” command becomes the driver. Children train reaction, dexterity, and attentiveness in the game.
"Siamese twins"
All children need to be divided into two teams, in which there will be several pairs. Couples stand sideways to each other and put one arm around their shoulders. As a result, each "Siamese twin" has one right and one left hand. This creature needs to run to a plate of candy, unwrap the candy and eat it, feeding both heads. The pair that finishes all the candies the fastest wins. Task option for " conjoined twins“- make an envelope out of paper, tie the laces on your shoes. This game strengthens teamwork skills.
"The Fisherman and the Goldfish"
The participants of this game line up in a circle, and the leader in the center twirls a jump rope and a rope with a knot at the end. The end of the rope should pass under the players' feet, and they should jump in time so as not to touch it. Anyone who gets hit by the rope is out of the game for a while. The game continues until there is only one participant left, who becomes the winner. It develops agility, coordination, endurance and attentiveness.
"Copy of the monument"
With the help of this game, which develops attentiveness in children, they gradually get rid of shyness. You need to choose two among the children. One will be the “copier” and will be taken out of the room and blindfolded. The second one will be a “monument”; at this moment he should take an interesting pose in which he will freeze. Next, a “blind copyist” is introduced, who must determine by touch the pose of the “monument” and take exactly the same one.
"Broken Fax"
In this game, children are seated one after another so that each next one looks at the back of the head of the previous one. The first and last players each receive a pen and a piece of paper. The last player draws on paper a simple figure, and then reproduces it by running a finger along the back of the player sitting in front. He, in turn, draws with his finger on the back of his predecessor what he felt on his back. The player sitting first transfers his feelings to paper, after which the initial and final drawings are compared. With the help of this game, memory, hand motor skills, and attentiveness are trained.
"Cockfight"
The floor is divided by a tape or rope, on either side of which two players stand in the starting position - on one leg, facing each other, with their hands clasped behind their backs. Everyone should strive to cross the border to the opponent’s side without touching the floor with their other foot or releasing their hands. At the same time, you still cannot allow the enemy into your territory. You can only push with your chest or shoulder. Anyone who breaks these rules is considered a loser. The game develops strength and coordination.
"Knees"
The players need to be seated close to each other, placing their left hand on the right knee of the neighbor on the left, and the right hand on the left knee of the opposite neighbor. If the circle is not closed, then the end players place one hand on their knee. In the game, you should quickly slap your knee with your hand without breaking a certain sequence. If someone clapped out of time or even just raised his hand, then he hides that hand. There may be several winners or just one. To make the game more interesting, you need to maintain a high pace. It trains reaction, hand motor skills, coordination, and attentiveness.
"Caterpillar"
Players stand one after another and place their hands on the belt of the player in front, forming a “caterpillar.” The first one becomes the head of this caterpillar, and the last one becomes the tail. Then music sounds, and the caterpillar begins to crawl forward, while the head performs various dance steps with any parts of the body, and the rest must try to repeat these movements. Tired, the “head” turns to the next player, strokes his head, and then stands at the tail of the caterpillar. Liberation, coordination, and attentiveness are trained here.
Which competitions did you like the most, and which ones did you take note of? Perhaps you have conducted other children's fun competitions– be sure to write about them in the comments!