Greetings, dear readers of the blog! All fathers and mothers want to organize a real holiday for their "child". What can you think of to entertain the kids? After all, the gameplay for children is the most interesting and brings a "sea" of pleasure. And so that this day is not only solemn, but also unusually joyful, so that the house is filled with children's voices, laughter, songs, music, fun, and their “treasure” will be remembered for a long time.

For this wonderful holiday, parents need to prepare not only goodies for the table, but also an entertainment program for at least 2 hours. It must be alive and vibrant. Children should not be bored for a single minute. Not only the birthday person, but every guest should feel like the “center of the universe”.

Therefore, the parents of the birthday boy need to develop a plan for organizing and holding the birthday of a child of any age at home:

• determine the number of guests and give them colorful invitation cards
• make room decor (balloons, posters, garlands, etc.)
• buy a new outfit for the hero of the occasion
• buy a desired birthday present for a birthday boy
• buy small gifts for all guests and gifts for prizes
• record popular and funny children's songs
• determine the holiday menu
• bake a fresh homemade cake and don't forget about beautiful candles
• write a script for the celebration, including the presentation of gifts to the birthday man, an invitation to the festive table, consideration of gifts. Then entertainment activities, songs, games, dances, contests, riddles, etc.

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Birthday of a child 2-3 years old

Popular birthday games

Not a single birthday can do without funny children's games, contests, riddles.

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"Wolf and goats". This is a mobile game.

Circle the houses with a rope and put all the children in them, except for one. They will play the role of kids. The kids live together and often run to visit each other. And a gray wolf roams around - one and the players. He tries to catch the goat outside the house. The captured kid becomes a wolf. The game continues until everyone is a wolf.

"Cold-hot." This game at 5 years old seems very mysterious.

The host discreetly hides a toy (dinosaur). According to the presenter, "cold - warmer - hot" children guess where to look for a toy. The game continues until everyone is in the role of a seeker. The found toy is a prize to the player who found it.

"Guess the animal" is a fun game.

Children are blindfolded and given a soft toy in their hands. You have to guess who it is. An adult must start the game, who will deliberately think for a long time, twist, twirl and call the hare a bear incorrectly. Children will laugh and the game will take on a comic character. The game continues until each child is in the role of a guesser.

Mouse Concert is an entertaining game.

Print by clicking on the pictures with mice, finger mice. You can glue the head of the mouse out of paper in the form of a bag on your finger, glue the ears, draw eyes and a nose with a black felt-tip pen. Put a mouse mask on each child's finger. The adult will be the first to start the game with a thin, squeaky mouse voice, sing a song or recite a poem. And then the children take turns demonstrating their talents on behalf of the mouse.

"Don't Crush the Egg" is a funny game. It promotes the development of memory, attention and caution.

A piece of any fabric that depicts the road is placed on the floor. Raw eggs are laid out on this road. The player is offered to carefully look at the road along which he must pass and not crush a single egg. While the player is being blindfolded, the eggs are quietly removed. Here he goes very carefully to the end of the road, and when the bandage is removed, the player and all the children laugh.

"Horned". The game requires focus and attention.

All children stand in a circle and shake their fists. The host says: “He walks, wanders ... and when the horned goat says,” everyone sticks out their fingers. If the leader says “hornless goat”, then the fists do not open. Whoever makes a mistake is out of the game and helps the host to look for violators.

"The Case in the Hat" is a musical game.

A beautiful hat is put on any of the children who have become in a circle. Turn on music. The child in the hat turns around and puts the hat on to the neighbor on the left (clockwise). When the music stops, the one wearing the hat leaves the game, sits down at the sweet table and waits for the others.

For the birthday of a child 5-6 years old

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Basketball is a game for a group of children.

Attach a wire ring to the wall at a height convenient for this age. The ball will be a balloon. The facilitator explains to the children two rules of the game: the ball must not fall to the floor and it must not be held in hands. The ball can be tossed and hit on it towards the ring. Whoever makes the most hits in the ring will receive a prize - a chocolate candy, the rest of the players will receive caramel each.

"Imagers".

Lay out cards with birds and animals depicted on them. The player approaches the table, takes a card and tries to depict the one who is drawn on it with various movements and facial expressions. The player who guesses the image first becomes the leader and the game continues.

“We are bored of sitting” is a simple game for physical development.

Chairs for all children are placed against the wall of the room. At the opposite wall put one chair less. Everyone sits down and reads a poem:

Oh, how boring it is for us to sit and look at the wall. Isn't it time to run and change places?

At the command of the leader “start”, all players rush to the opposite wall and try to take a place. The one who is left without a chair is out of the game. Then another chair is removed. The game continues until the winner takes the last remaining chair. He is given a big ball (or something else), the rest of the players are given small balls.

Jenga is a board game that develops dexterity, fine motor skills and coordination.

This game is sold in the toy store. A tower of 18 levels is built from 54 multi-colored wooden blocks. To do this, the bars are folded in three pieces and, the resulting layers, are stacked on top of each other, one across the other. A cardboard guide will help level the tower.

This game is best suited for 4 kids. You can play with two or more players. They take turns rolling a die, each side of which has a color. Now the player needs only one hand to pull out a block of this color from the tower and put it on top so as to continue construction. You can not take blocks from the unfinished top layer and the layer below it. The player who destroyed the tower is considered the loser and the game continues.

"Nonsense" is a fun game.

We take a double (from the middle) notebook sheet of paper and two pens or two pencils. Two players sit at opposite ends of the table and draw, covering the drawing with their hand, someone's head (human, dog, hare, cat, goat). Then they bend the leaf so that the pattern is not visible, but only the neck would look out and pass it to the second player. He draws the body (hare, hedgehog, man, bear, dog). He also folds the piece of paper to close the drawing and passes it to the first player who draws someone's legs. Then he closes the drawing and passes it back to the second player, who draws someone's feet. Now let's expand the drawing and see what happened? Funny and fun.
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For children 7,8,9 years old

For entertainment at the birthday party of children 7,8,9 years old, games of a slightly different nature are needed. These children are already elementary school students. They can read and write and play sports. At this age, children begin to feel part of the adult world. I suggest you play the following games with them:

"Bear" is an outdoor game.

One of the players is chosen as the "bear". He lays down on the floor. The rest pretend to pick mushrooms, pick raspberries around the "bear" and sing:

In the bear's forest Mushrooms, I pick berries, But the bear does not sleep, looks into both eyes. The basket overturned. The bear rushed after us.

And then the bear rises and catches the fleeing players. Whomever he catches becomes a bear. The game continues.

"Third Extra" is a musical game.

For the game you will need chairs one less than the guests. Both adults and children play. Chairs are placed with their backs to each other, with the seats facing out. The players stand around the seats of the chairs. The host turns on fun music, and the players start running around the chairs. Once the music is turned off, the player must sit in any chair. Whoever does not get a chair is out of the game. Another chair is removed, etc. The winner is the remaining one participant.

Sparrow-Crow is a game of attention and speed of reaction.

Two players sit down at the table opposite each other and extend one hand to each other, but the hands should not touch. The host gives names to the players: one - "sparrow", the other - "crow". The host calls the names of the players. The one whose name is called must grab the opponent's hand. For fun, the presenter slowly and in syllables says the names of vo-rooo-na, vooo-rooo-bay, or maybe say vo-ro-ta. A caught sparrow becomes a crow, and a crow becomes a sparrow. The game continues.

Chamomile is a fun game.

A chamomile is made from white paper with as many petals as there will be guests. Write funny tasks on the back of each petal. Children take turns tearing off one petal and begin to complete the task: they dance, crow, sing songs, recite poems, tongue twisters, etc.

Znayka is an educational game.

All children sit on chairs in one row. The host announces the theme of the game, for example, the city. Then he comes up to the player sitting on the edge, calls any city and gives him a ball in his hands. The player must quickly name any city and give the ball to a neighbor. Who could not name the city is out of the game. Then the theme changes: fruits, flowers, countries, rivers, names. The game continues.

For children 10-12 years old, such games are suitable

If you have a private house and summer is in the yard or you are celebrating a birthday in nature, then they are ideal

"Smart and funny train" is an intellectual game.

The host (adult) asks each player one question. For example, which scientist had an apple fall on his head? (to Newton). Which of the heroes fought with the Serpent Gorynych? (Nikitich). In which hemisphere do penguins live? (in the South), etc. If the player answers the question correctly, then he becomes a trailer of a smart steam locomotive. If the player cannot answer, he can take a hint for a certain service: sing, recite a poem, dance, portray an animal.

A merry train must gather all the players and the wagon children will sing a merry song.

"Fishermen and fishes" is an active game.

Of all the players, two fishermen are chosen, and the rest of the players are fish. They dance and sing:

Fish live in the water, No beak, but peck. There are wings - they do not fly, There are no legs, but they walk. Nests are not made, but children are brought out.

After that, the fish scatter, and the fishermen join hands and catch them. Caught fish join the fishermen, which makes the net longer, and catch the rest of the fish. The last fish that the fishermen didn't catch is the winner.

"Pick up the key" - this game contributes to the manifestation of skill.

Two players are each given three closed padlocks and a bunch of keys. The task is to open each lock. The one who opens the locks first wins. The game continues until everyone is a "discoverer".

"Will you go to the ball?" Girls love this game.

The facilitator starts the game by saying:

Yes and no, don't say

Black and white - do not take

Are you going to the ball?

- Probably the player answers.

- What will you ride? Who will you go with? What will you wear? What colour? With such questions, the host tries to catch the player and use forbidden words. If by chance the word is said, then the players change roles.

Treasure Hunt is an interesting game that develops ingenuity.

The host reads the first riddle-hint:

Everyone who came to visit us

Let them sit down at our ... .. Guessing table - a place where to look for a clue. There is again a riddle-hint in the table - which horse does not drink water? The answer is chess. Chess is again a mystery - in a colorful wrapper dressed in a vase lies ... .. The answer is candy. There is a riddle-hint in the candy again - everyone goes, goes, goes, only they don’t get up from their place. The answer is hours. Behind the table clock is a treasure - a box with small chocolates for each player.

Funny win-win lottery game

An adult presenter will lay out bright lottery tickets with numbers on the table, there are as many of them as there are guests. The player walks up to the table, pulls out one lottery ticket and says the ticket number out loud.

The presenter reads out the text corresponding to this ticket and presents the prize to the player. Prizes can be very different, and the texts for them are comic and better in poetic form:

Trinket.

You won't lose your keys

And you won't forget about them.

Screwdriver.

If anything happens

You will need this here.

Glue.

The prize is beautiful, don't be shy

I give you cool glue.

Paperclips.

So that the wind does not blow off the caps,

Here's a paper clip for you.

Lantern.

A very necessary thing

Useful in the dark.

Candle.

May your life be brighter

From the flame of Prometheus.

Comb.

To always have a haircut

You are given a hairbrush.

Chewing rubber.

If your teeth are bothering you

Chew Orbit, it helps!

Children's machine.

There is no better remedy for stress

Than buying a Mercedes.

Birthday games for parents

Children are very happy when parents participate in their games. My grandmother told me how she participated in the musical chairs game at her seven-year-old daughter's kindergarten graduation and won the music competition. How all the children rejoiced, shouted "Hurrah!" and applauded. And her daughter's eyes just shone with happiness. Since then, 50 years have passed, and my daughter happily recalls this interesting episode in her life.

I suggest that adult guests at the “child’s birthday” party play the following games with the children:

"Potato Soup"

Put two tables at a distance of three meters. On one table, put two plates with small potatoes, seven each. On the other table are two empty pots. Two players are given one tablespoon each. The task is for each player to transfer one potato with a spoon into a pot of seven soup potatoes. Whoever completes the task the fastest is the winner. The game continues until all players have cooked the soup. A prize for all guests for a chocolate candy.

"Korobohod".

Prepare four identical cardboard boxes. All players in pairs at the command of the host "Start!" Compete to see who gets to the finish line the fastest. Then they hold the second round of those who won the victory, etc. In this way, the fastest runner is chosen. He is awarded a flashlight prize.

"Kindergarten for kangaroos".

A “kindergarten for kangaroos” is fenced with a rope for 2-3 meters from the starting line-rope. Children of 2 people pick up one soft toy each (plastic bottles are possible) and only by jumping get to the kindergarten. They come back, leaving the kangaroos in the garden, also jumping. The one who returns the fastest wins.

They are replaced by two parents at the start and jump into the kindergarten to pick up the kangaroos from the kindergarten. And, also jumping, they return to the start. Whoever jumps the fastest is the winner.

"Magic Pencils"

Two plastic boxes with inscriptions are placed on the start line: a walnut is a prize for the winner, a hazelnut is a prize for the loser.

Now they take two identical pencils and tie them to them along a thick woolen thread of the same length (about 3 m each).

Two players compete to see who can wind the thread around the pencil the fastest. Prizes are awarded based on the results of the competition.

"Merry Orchestra"

Everything that is playing in the house (guitar, balalaika, tambourine, pipe) and even creaking, rustling, rattling (spoons, saucepans, metal lids, metal cans with pennies, etc.), we distribute to children and adults.

We put on a fun children's song. Everyone begins to play, sing and dance together. Under this amazing cacophony (chaotic heap) of sounds, it turns out to be "outrageous" fun.

If your kid is already between the ages of 5 and 7, you have a great opportunity to celebrate his birthday not only fun, but also useful. The fact is that during this period the personality of the child develops at a rapid pace in all spheres of life. In boys and girls during this period:

• increases intelligence and conscious curiosity;
• there is control over emotions;
• willpower and moral concepts appear;
• increases physical strength and endurance.

Where to celebrate a birthday

The main thing is that the child is no longer afraid of animators, or magicians, or any other professionals in the field of children's entertainment, but, on the contrary, is happy with them and really wants to take part in some exciting adventure or watch an experimental show. The birthday of a kid aged 5-7 years old can be celebrated in any place you like, respectively, both with and without animators. Such a place could be:

• children's cafe or restaurant. There are a lot of them now and all the conditions for family leisure are created there.
• Entertainment Center;
• nature;
• game room;
• Museum.

Planning your child's birthday

If you have not entrusted the organization of the event for your child to professionals entirely, then you will need to draw up a celebration plan in advance (about 2 weeks before the long-awaited event) with traditional points:

• place and time of the event;
• booking a hall (it is important to do this in advance);
• number of guests;
• menu;
• accessories;
• program and script of the holiday and entertainment;
• birthday gifts and guests;

Remember that some children's institutions have their own rules for holding holidays, so you need to clarify them in advance. Also ask about the possibility of bringing some food or drinks with you. In some places, this is strictly prohibited, therefore, in order to avoid unpleasant surprises, it is better to find out everything in advance.

When organizing a children's event, parents always bear a great responsibility and nervous load. Therefore, it is better to think over all the little things of the holiday in advance, otherwise, in a hurry and nervousness, you can miss something important and spoil the joy of the child and his little guests.

Entertainment program for children's birthday

Sometimes parents still celebrate the birthdays of children aged 5-7 years (especially 5) at home. In this case, it is very important to carefully consider the entertainment program yourself. It is best to start with a birthday greeting. This process should be organized in a non-standard way in order to immediately set the tone for the holiday. For example, the voices of your favorite cartoon characters will be just right in this case. You can also congratulate your child in the costume of some funny animal or the hero of his favorite cartoon, or make a good one.

After the procedure for presenting gifts, you can proceed to games and contests.

Games and contests for the birthday of a child 5-7 years old

funny balls

Cheerful traffic light

This game involves the host, who is wearing clothes of three colors of a traffic light. The task of the children is to cross the road, carefully listening to the commands of the leader. If the leader says “red”, then only players whose clothes are red can cross the road, and the rest need to run so that the traffic light leader does not hit them with the ball. The one who got caught becomes the leading traffic light himself.

fun wave

Two adults stretch out a long, wide cloth and wave it like it's a sea storm. Dolphin players try to run under the fabric without being hit by it. If the fabric touches the dolphin, then he is out of the game.

Guess!

In this game, the host thinks of a word on a specific topic, which he tells the children. Participants must guess the word by asking leading questions, to which the facilitator answers in monosyllables: “yes” or “no”.

Nickname

The children stand in a circle and throw a ball to each other, coming up with a cute nickname, based on the character and appearance of the person to whom the ball flies. For example, a girl with white skin is Snow White.

The main thing in this game is that the gathered company should be friendly and polite, and indeed, give each other only pleasant nicknames.

Cats and mice

Favorite game of millions, especially those who attended kindergarten.))) Participants form a circle, holding hands. A player is placed inside the circle to represent the mouse. And the cat player becomes outside the circle. Her task is to get inside and catch the mouse. Children in a round dance actively prevent the cat from achieving its goal. The cat tries to crawl under the circle, jump over it or break the chain of intertwined hands of the participants. If she succeeds, then the children should immediately release the mouse from the circle and keep the cat in it. The game continues until the cat grabs the mouse.

windball

To play, you will need a plastic cap from a plastic bottle of water or lemonade. It is placed on the table exactly in the middle. Players are divided into 2 teams and are located on both sides of the table. Each team starts blowing on the lid, trying to blow it into the enemy territory.\

The task is to score a goal to the opponents. Pushing the object with hands or other objects is prohibited. The winning team receives a prize - a cup with a favorite drink.

This year, we played such air hockey. The children liked the game very much. I had to play a few games.

Strongmen

Game-mood and warm-up for the muscles of the face and ... the press. The children are given markers. They should be placed between the nose and upper lip of the child. The task of the participants is to keep the felt-tip pen in place as long as possible. And the task of adults is to make the “strong men” laugh.

Taster

One of the participants is blindfolded and put in his mouth a piece of something tasty: an orange, candy, banana, apple, plum, pear (prepare a wide range). By taste, the player must determine what is in his mouth. When a child makes a mistake, another player takes over.

Repeat the move

The attendees sit in a circle. The first participant shows the movement. The second player repeats the same movement, but adds his own. The third participant repeats two movements and also adds something of his own ... and so on in turn. The last player has the hardest time of all, who must repeat all previous movements without error. The one who gets lost is out of the game.

Giants and dwarfs

The adult leader takes turns saying the words: “dwarfs” - everyone should squat down; "giants" - everyone needs to get on their feet. The game requires attention and good coordination of movements.

The host is allowed to confuse the players. For example, he can give fake commands: “Cucumbers!”, “Cow!”. A participant who mixed up the team or was not attentive enough is out of the game.

Watch a few more games for a large company of children in this video:

Take care in advance about the reward for the losing participants, or better, small gifts for all participants. Winning and losing will be secondary. Give the kids a cute souvenir, a small toy, or something sweet from the table.

After games and entertainment, invite the children and their parents to the table. After the gala dinner, be sure to bring in a cake with the right amount of candles so that the birthday person blows them out and makes his most cherished wish to the cheerful music.

Feast for children and adults

By the way, at this age, children are already beginning to understand whether the celebration is beautifully decorated. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to take care of the festive and original serving and table decoration.

• serve the main course on the same plates and with a single design plot;
• Prick canapes and desserts on wooden or plastic skewers that resemble forks (only with very blunt ends). After eating, the skewers must be removed immediately so that they do not become a subject for the game;
• Arrange the canapes on several small plates so that they can be placed at several ends of the table. If you don’t have a common table, then we place the plates on the windowsills, coffee table or bedside tables;
• choose some dense product as the basis for canapes - hard biscuits, bread, cucumber, marshmallows, root crops (so that there are no crumbs);
• avoid eating rye and gray bread for sandwiches - this is too heavy food for small tummies;
• to give originality to the dish, cut canapes in the form of shapes: square, oval, circle, star, heart;
• spread canapes between layers with sauce: cottage cheese, sour cream or low-fat mayonnaise;
• arrange the main meat dish in the form of funny hedgehogs, fish and crabs. Attach crab legs made from strips of boiled carrots or canned zucchini rings, and let the eyes be cloves or dark olives. In the form of funny little animals, you can arrange any children's salad;
• put several animals at the same time on a plate for each baby: for example, from salad and from meat - there will be no limit to the delight of the child;
• include sausages from a trusted manufacturer (mandatory made according to the state standard) in your holiday diet, even if you don’t favor them in everyday life. You can make a lot of interesting and funny figures from sausages: turtles, octopuses, rabbits and dogs - everything that is enough for imagination.

After the feast and the solemn removal of the cake with candles, be sure to arrange a children's disco. Let the kids jump and frolic to the funny songs of cartoon characters. And let the kids have unforgettable impressions after the celebration!

Happy preparations and happy holidays!

Sincerely,

Marina Talanina and Lyudmila Potsepun.

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Children and their parents participate in this competition. Each child needs to feed their "little" parents and wipe their mouths, that is, the children here act as adults, and the parents are their children. To make everything fair for lunch, you can take the same jars of baby purees or yogurts. The team in which the child feeds the “small” parents faster and more accurately than the rest will receive a prize.

repeat fly

Each of the guys in turn should repeat the appropriate phrase or tongue twister after the leader, for example, about Greka or Karl and Clara. It will be fun to listen to how the kids try to pronounce difficult words. At the end of the game, everyone will be awarded a certain certificate or medal, for example, "the loudest", "the clearest", "the most fun" and so on.

Daisies - Cornflowers

Children are divided into 2 teams: the team of "daisies" and "cornflowers". 2 captains are chosen, who are each given a flower, one a paper chamomile, the other a cornflower. The same flowers are glued to the children so that the captains can understand where their daisies are and where the cornflowers are. The facilitator shuffles the children so that they are located all over the room. At the start command, the captains begin to run around the room and collect their team of colors. Who will gather faster - daisies or cornflowers, they will win.

Shadows

For this competition, the presenter must prepare in advance (draw with a black marker or simply download from the Internet) various shadows, for example, the shadows of a cloud, the sun, a frog, a dog, a carrot, a banana, and so on. Each participant is shown a picture-shadow in turn, and the child must name what or to whom it belongs. For the correct answer - one point. Whoever gets the most points will win a prize.

The ball is mine

Children are divided into pairs and stand against each other, and between the guys in each pair they put a ball on the floor. The host calls some part of the body, and the children should touch it, for example, ears, nose, eyes, left leg, right side, stomach, back and ears again, and then suddenly calls the word “ball”. And whichever of the guys grabs the ball first, the ball is counted. The ball is then placed back on the floor and the game is repeated. And so 5 times. Which of the guys will score more points, that is, whoever raises the ball first more times, he will win.

Fruits vegetables

Children of this age love to explore the world and take everything into their own hands. For this competition, you will need various fruits and vegetables, apples, bananas, oranges, kiwi, peaches, pears, as well as potatoes, onions, carrots, beets and so on. Children are divided into two teams: the first team is “fruits”, and the second is “vegetables”. At the same distance from each team there is a basket with the same content and quantity of fruits and vegetables. On the “start” command, the guys run to the full basket using the relay method, take one fruit or vegetable at a time and transfer it to their empty basket. The team that collects all their fruits or vegetables the fastest wins.

cartoon music

Well, what a child without cartoons, only in this competition you will need knowledge not of the names of cartoons and not even their heroes, but of cartoon songs and musical compositions. The host must prepare songs from various cartoons in advance. Which children of this age like to watch, for example, “Who are fixies”, “Jam” from the m / f “Masha and the Bear”, the main melody from the m / f “Luntik”, a song about wooden toys from the m / f “Derevyashki” " etc. The host turns on the songs in turn, whoever is the first of the guys to raise his hand, he answers - from which cartoon this song is. Whoever can give the most correct answers wins.

In the world of cars

Modern children from a young age are versed in technology and machines. This competition for little "smart kids" will allow you to remember all the unusual cars. The host takes turns reading riddles or reading out sentences describing cars that the guys must guess. Whoever guessed first what kind of car it was, raises his hand and answers. For the correct answer - a ball, and for the largest number of points - the title of the winner and a prize.
Examples:
I growl like a bulldog, but I'm not a dog, but a car and they call me almost like a bulldog (bulldozer)
I dig holes, but not with a shovel, but with a bucket (excavator)
I am a machine with an arrow, under which you do not stand. I can build a multi-storey house, I am the most important one at the construction site (crane), and so on.

colorful world

Children are divided into teams, the game takes place according to the relay method. At a certain distance from each team there is a basket with multi-colored balls (red, blue, green). Each team receives a task - to collect balls of their color in their basket: the first team is the "blue" team, the second team is the "red" team, and so on. On the “start” command, the first participants run to their baskets, rummage there, find a ball of the desired color and run back to their empty basket, then the second participants take over. The team that collects the balls of their color faster than the rest will win.

The birthday of the child is approaching. It's time to start thinking about how to hold it, which guests to invite, and most importantly, to draw up a plan for a festive event with an interesting and exciting program for children and adults. Upon reaching the age of 5, the child knows his tastes and preferences well. He orders gifts for his parents and invited guests in advance. Therefore, when organizing a celebration, be sure to ask the child's opinion what kind of holiday he wants, how many friends he wants to invite. The more questions you ask your baby, the easier it will be to think about the upcoming little anniversary. What contests and games should be prepared for the 5th anniversary of the baby?

Competition No. 1 "Portrait of a birthday boy"

For the competition, the host invites everyone to take part in the game of guests. Each participant is given a blank sheet of paper and colored markers. With the help of these items, players must turn on all their creativity, imagination and draw the main character of the celebration. The portrait is given 5 minutes, after which the presenter shows the rest of the guests the resulting drawings. The winner is the participant whose portrait is more like a birthday person. As a reward, the winner is given paints and a sketchbook.

Competition No. 2 "Repeat after me"

For this game, children are seated in a circle. The host explains the rules of the competition, which consist in the fact that one participant gets up and shows some kind of movement. In turn, each player stands behind him, repeats after the previous participant and adds his element. Each time there are more and more movements. Some of the children can not cope and make mistakes in their movements. In this case, he leaves the game. The winner is the participant who repeated all the movements correctly and did not make mistakes. As a reward, the leader is given a chocolate prize.

Competition No. 3 "Funny Zoo"

To participate in the competition, the host calls one of the players and blindfolds him. The rest of the participants in the competition quietly show the leader to the toy, which the player must guess with his eyes closed. It is best to choose familiar toy options. For example, Barbie doll, lion, bear, tumbler and other examples. The main participant is faced with the task of guessing what kind of toy is in his hands. Children will be happy to participate in this competition. Those players who correctly identified and named the toy are awarded a symbolic gift.

Competition No. 4 "Cheerful high chair"

For the competition, the host prepares chairs in advance and builds a circle. At the command of the toastmaster, music begins to play, and the children run or circle around the chairs. At the moment when the musical accompaniment stops, the participants should quickly sit down on the chairs. One player will not get a seat, since the chairs are initially assumed to be 1 less. The participant who did not have time to sit on a chair leaves the competition. And so the game continues until there is only one chair and 2 players left. The fastest and most dexterous person becomes the winner in this competition and receives a cup or a golden chocolate medal.

Competition No. 5 "Funny Potato"

2 participants are invited to participate in the competition. The host preliminarily scatters medium-sized potatoes on the floor. At the finish line, he puts out two buckets or two basins in which the children will harvest. The host announces the start, the music turns on, and the participants begin picking potatoes. The winner is the player who scored more potatoes in a certain time while the melody sounds. As a gift, the leader is given a sweet potato cake.

Competition No. 6 "What has changed?"

All children who want to play are invited to the competition. The facilitator chooses one participant and gives the children the opportunity to remember how he looks and what he is wearing. Children closely study the main player. Then the toastmaster of the holiday takes the main participant to another room and complements his image with other things. For example, you can hang a small handbag over your shoulder or attach a brooch, change your hairstyle a little and let you put on completely different shoes. You can come up with a lot of different options. After the image is completed, the presenter, along with the main character, goes to the rest of the contestants. The task of the children is to determine what changes have occurred in the image of the player. The participant who correctly names the answer becomes the winner and is awarded a sweet prize. The competition can be repeated several times. The game is logical and mental.

Competition No. 7 "Funny Bubbles"

The toastmaster of the children's celebration distributes one set of soap bubbles to all participants in the competition. Children, at the command of the host, must work together to create as many soap bubbles of different sizes as possible. There are no winners in this game. All participants receive symbolic sweet gifts.

Contest No. 8 "Right on Target"

To participate in the competition, you will need to create 2 teams of players. Each of them becomes one after another. The host explains the rules of the game. It is necessary to take one thing from a bucket of nuts, which stands next to the participants, and try to get into another bucket, located 5 steps from the players. The team that hits the bucket with the nut the most times wins. To do this, at the end of the competition, the leader takes the buckets of both teams and counts the nuts that got there. The winners are awarded chocolates or sweets.

Competition No. 9 "Candy Soup"

To conduct this competition, you will need 2 pots, 2 ladles and approximately 500 grams of sweets. 2 teams are formed to participate in the game. The task of the participants is to use the ladle to bring the sweets to the pan, and pass the move to the next player on the team. Pots should be installed 4 meters from the place where the sweets are stacked. The result is a candy soup. As soon as the leader of the team completes the competition, the children stop the game. The number of sweets in each pot is counted. The winner is the team whose soup turned out "sweeter". All children receive encouraging sweet prizes.

Competition No. 10 "Merry disco"

The host distributes a regular sheet of newspaper to the participants of the competition. The start is announced, the musical accompaniment is turned on, and the children begin to dance on the issued sheet. The music changes and the competition gets more difficult. The leader folds the newspaper in half, thus reducing the space for dancing. The music is playing again. Children are dancing. And again the melody changes, and the size of the newspaper decreases. The competition continues until the participants step outside the paper during the dance. The winner will receive a music disc.

Competition No. 11 "Oh, this hat"

For the competition, the host prepares a hat in advance, preferably in a bright color. Under musical accompaniment, participants must try on a hat, and pass it on to the next player. This action continues as long as the melody is playing. As soon as the music stops playing, the player who did not have time to put on his hat is eliminated from the competition. The winner is the one who beats all the participating players. As a prize, a comic paper cap is awarded. This game is for entertainment.

5 years - here comes the first anniversary in the life of your baby! The child already feels old enough to celebrate this holiday not only with relatives, but also to invite friends to visit him.

Organizing such an event at home requires some preparations:

The holiday should start with creating an atmosphere of intrigue and unity of the whole company of little guests. This is a good game for this. "New name".

It is necessary to cut out cards from bright paper in advance in the form of the favorite heroes of the birthday man and hide them in one of the rooms. After that, invite all the children to the secret room and give them a certain time to look for cards. As soon as each participant has found a card for himself, we move on to the second part of this game. The leader in a circle throws the ball, accompanied by the question: “What is your name?”. You need to give not your real name, but the fairy-tale hero depicted on the card of each owner. For the rest of the evening, each child turns into this hero and should only be addressed by a new name.

Variants of games and competitions for children

"Magic Top Hat"

All children line up in a circle. The host shows them a hat, accompanying them with the words: “This hat is not easy, it is magical. Whoever puts it on his head begins to spin like a top! And when the music stops, the one in this hat disappears! Then, using his own example, he demonstrates to the children the principle of the game, i.e. puts a top hat on his head, turns around himself once and then passes it to the next participant. Then the competition continues with incendiary music and the children quickly pass the hat like a baton according to the described rules. As soon as the music stops, the player with the hat on is out. The last one left wearing a hat is awarded a prize.

"Adults and Kids"

The host announces the rules of the game to the children: when to pronounce the word " adults"they should stand on their toes and stretch their arms up, and if they hear the word" kids", then you should sit lower. Of course, the leader’s task is to confuse the guys, and for this he first pronounces the words “ adults!”deliberately loud, and“ kids' in a barely audible whisper. Then the presenter diametrically opposite changes the intonation and volume. In addition, the facilitator can mislead children by resorting to visual-sound deceptions, i.e. saying " adults"- the presenter crouches, and saying" kids”- gets up on his toes. The one who makes a mistake is out of the game.

"Ice and Candy"

This competition is recommended to be held in the warm season. Freeze M&S sweets in small pieces of ice first. After some particularly active competition, in order to give the children time to relax and cool off, the leader invites each child to take one piece of ice and melt it as quickly as possible. Whoever gets the candy out of the ice first gets a pack of M&S sweets.

"Car racing".

To conduct this competition, you will need two children's cars, ropes and pencils. Attach one end of the string to the pencil and the other end to the typewriter. Children should wind the rope around the pencil as quickly as possible without lifting the wheels of the machine from the floor.

If girls predominate in the company of children, then it is better to replace the car with toy carriages.

"Palms as a gift"

Take a large sheet of paper (A1 format), colored markers and seat the children around the entire perimeter of the sheet. Each child should circle their palms and decorate them at their discretion. At the end of the joint creativity of the children, the presenter asks all the children to sign this picture. In the center of the canvas, they write the date of the celebration, accompanied by the words: “In 15 years, all the creators of this masterpiece should gather for the next anniversary of the birthday man and circle their palms again.”

"Gourmet Contest"

Each child is blindfolded in turn and asked to open their mouths. Then put a piece of fruit or berries in your mouth. The assortment should be varied - chocolate, bananas, marmalade, strawberries, oranges and more. The main condition is that the pieces should be small and it is necessary to put them in the child's mouth very carefully so that the child does not get scared and choke. The kid must taste to determine what it is. Find out in advance the dessert preferences of the children and be sure to take into account the wishes of their parents. All those who guess correctly receive the same fruit or candy that they guessed as a prize.

"Mini balloon launch championship"

You will need a few whistle balloons. All children line up along the wall, inflate the balloons as much as possible (if one of the kids does not succeed, then you can involve your parents in inflating the balloon). At the leader's command, the balls are released. Whose balloon flies the farthest is the winner. You can compete in this contest until the parents get tired of the polyphonic beeping of the balls.

"Mystery Balls"

Parents need to write riddles on small pieces of paper, twist them into tubes and put them inside balloons. First, the children need to destroy the air bombs (the very balls in which we put the riddles). You can encourage children in this process “We are not afraid of these broads, we will easily neutralize them with our priests and solve all the riddles in order to move on!” After it was possible to extract notes from the balls, the leader begins to read riddles to the children, and they unanimously guess.

"Bee in a flower meadow"

For this competition, mom needs to sew several flower-oriented hats. For example, from cotton wool - dandelion; from blue satin - a bell; from white chintz - chamomile; from red satin - a rose. The greatest labor will require the manufacture of a bee hat. The best thing for this is a deep knitted hat, sew wings and antennae on top. The hat must cover the child's eyes. The game is based on the principle of blind man's buff. First, they put a bee hat on the birthday boy, unwind him and let him go in search of flowers. When a bee catches a flower, she must guess by the headdress what kind of flower it is. Then the bee and the caught flower change their hats. And again the bee leads.

“Say my mirror mirror, but show the whole truth ...”

Among the children, a leader is selected, whose task in this competition is to show various intricate figures and grimaces. The rest of the children must exactly copy his movements. It is important that every child try himself in the role of "Mirror". This competition develops acting skills in children and helps to fight the child's shyness.

"If it is not …"

This game develops associative thinking in children. An object is selected and passed around in a circle with the words: "If this is not a ball, then this is the sun." The next child continues the baton with a toy and adds one more suggestion to the previously said option: “If this is not a ball and not the sun, then this is an orange!”. In this way, the transfer of the toy continues until it has completed the entire circle. Children list everything that this object is like. The participant who could not find the next word is eliminated.

"Matryoshka with gifts for the whole company"

A few days before the celebration, take several boxes of different sizes and paint them with the children. Then put the souvenirs for all the children in the smallest box. Put a small box in a slightly larger box, and so on, using the nesting doll principle, put all the boxes in the largest of them. On the appointed day of the celebration, seat all the children in a circle and, to the music, begin to pass a huge gift box-matryoshka. When the music stops, the child, who at that moment has a box in his hands, opens it and finds a smaller box there. The music plays again and the children pass the next box in a circle until the music stops. Thus, the game continues until the children get to the smallest box with gifts for the whole company.

It is best to complete the celebration with a traditional loaf!

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