As you know, there can never be too many holidays, and interesting birthday competitions for a cheerful company will help turn a traditional feast into a wonderful event. And it must be held in such a way that it does not cause excruciating pain for wasted time. So that the invited friends would thank them for another week for an interesting evening, and the birthday boy would enthusiastically look at the photographs and remember how the voluminous Pyotr Ivanovich depicted the dance of a little swan, and Margarita Markovna, at 60, rapped no worse than Eminem.
Among your invitees there may be old friends who have long been baptized by holidays and parties, and unfamiliar guests who also need to be drawn into the fun action. And don't worry: in every adult In a person there lives a little girl or a little boy who enthusiastically remember their younger years And plunge into the festive chaos.
Not everyone has the opportunity to invite a toastmaster, and which host knows the features and talents of your company better than you. Therefore, we arm ourselves with a notepad and make a list of fun competitions that will delight guests and entertain hosts. Also, don’t forget to prepare in advance required details and little surprises. And we offer you the ten most interesting and popular birthday contests for a fun company
Talent competition or forfeits
Even at the beginning of the holiday, you need to collect from all those present one small item each - a phanta. This could be a handkerchief (clean!), a ring, keys, a powder compact, that is, any small thing that is sure to be found in a purse or pocket. Everything fits in a separate box and is waiting in the wings. At the height of the fun, “Fanta” is announced and a mirror is selected. His task is to, without seeing the owner of the thing, voice a fun task for him. And so on until the forfeits run out. A list of tasks must be compiled in advance. It may include the following:
- Read the poem from the school course.
- Dance the gypsy girl.
- Depict Michael Jackson.
- Say a phrase"Happy birthday!" with different intonations: cheerful, sad, irritable, threatening, etc.
The person who shows his task gets the forfeit back. And the most best performer is chosen by general vote and receives a small prize.
Crocodile
Before the holiday, you need to prepare pieces of paper with the names of famous movies written on them. Participants take out notes one by one, and after reading the contents, depict with facial expressions hidden option. The winner is the one who guesses the name faster than others, as well as the one who portrays it most talentedly.
Detailed rules of the game Crocodile (video)
Who am I?
To everyone present at the festive table papers are attached to the forehead with the character's name. These could be famous movies and cartoon characters, politicians, actors, singers. Everyone sees what their neighbors have written, but they cannot know their character. The essence of the competition is in guessing the written personality. You can ask leading questions to everyone around you, for example: “Have I acted in TV series?”, “Do I like music?” In response should sound only one-syllable words: “Yes” or “No!” The one who wins be the first to guess your character, and those who answer incorrectly can be given a funny punishment.
Original toast
There are no holidays without toasts. Therefore, we will not deviate from tradition, but in this competition we will make life a little more difficult for those who want to congratulate the birthday boy. Everyone present will receive a piece of paper with a character written on it. When telling a toast, you need get used to the portrayed image, copying gestures, intonation, speech features of the selected person. As options, you can give tasks to say a toast, like:
- Ravshan or Dzhamshut from “Our Rashi”;
- Masha from the cartoon "Masha and the Bear";
- Barack Obama speaking Russian with an accent;
- Marilyn Monroe with her congratulation song, etc.
Talents and admirer
Everyone loves to receive gifts. Especially on a birthday. Now give your guests the opportunity depict that gift, which they wanted to present to the hero of the occasion, if they had unlimited funds. Let the invitees portray this thing on paper, but blindfolded.
The birthday boy must guess what the guests meant and choose the coolest gift.
Reproduction
For this competition you will have to download interesting paintings or photographs in advance. You can separate those present in pairs or give the task to everyone individually. After giving the participants a few minutes to prepare, it is announced the name of the reproduction and the guests create the composition. The winner is the one who most accurately conveys the action depicted in the photographs or paintings.
News broadcast
All invitees should be divided into pairs. They are given pre-prepared sheets with small news. Information can be found on the Internet; it can be news from different spheres of life: political, economic, cultural, incidents from the lives of stars, reports of scientific discoveries. One person will read text in an announcer's voice, and second must duplicate it using pantomime.
The winner will be the couple that reports their news in a more organic and interesting way.
Fastest driver
Prepare some in advance pieces of rope 2-3 meters long. At one end We fix a pencil, on another - a toy car. Several players are selected at will and, on command, begin wind a rope around a pencil. Whose car arrives to its owner faster will be the winner of the competition.
The presenter brings a bag into the hall, and in it are tokens with different letters. Guests sitting at the table take turns taking a “letter” out of the bag and, without hesitation, name any word starting with this letter. The effect of surprise and the high rate of responses give a comical result. Moreover, at the end of the competition the presenter says: “Now we know who is thinking about what now!”
Each number is unique
Each of the guests takes turns pulling out their own forfeit from the hat, which contains any number from 1 to 15, for example. As soon as all the guests have learned their numbers, each participant in turn names this “his” number and begins to list everything that exists and does not exist in the world associated with this number, for example, if a guest pulled out the number 1, he can list: the saying “Alone in the field not a warrior"; catchphrase “One to One”; name any player who plays number 1; name the first element in the periodic table - hydrogen; sing a song with the number 1 “Once a year the gardens bloom” and so on, if, for example, a guest comes across the number 7, he can also remember some athlete with number 7; remember that there are 7 wonders of the world in the world; catchphrase “On 7th heaven”; the saying “Seven do not wait for one” and so on. The main thing is to use your wits and rummage through your memory, and then you can find your own unique “stories” for all the numbers: movies, songs, sayings, numbers of players and elements, catch phrases, and so on. Whichever guest can name the most facts about their number will win.
A lot of words
Each of the guests takes turns pulling out their own forfeit from the hat, in which any letter of the alphabet is indicated. And at the “start” command, the presenter sets a time for the participant - a minute, and during this minute the participant must name as many words as possible starting with the letter he pulled out. At the end of the game, the title of winner and the prize will be taken by the participant who can name the most words starting with “their” letter.
Cinema on the table
You need to print out notes in advance with well-known catchphrases from movies and preferably about food, for example, “What a disgusting thing this jellied fish of yours is,” “He who doesn’t work, eats,” “Sit down to eat, please,” and so on. The presenter announces the beginning of the competition and the guests look with their eyes for the notes on the table, read and guess the films from which the phrases are taken - “The Irony of Fate”, “The Adventures of Shurik” and so on. Whichever guest finds the most notes and guesses the most movies will win a prize.
Traveling by country
The presenter prepares “compromising evidence” on the countries for this competition - any two pictures characterizing a specific country. The presenter takes turns showing two pictures, and the guests at the table guess the country itself. Whoever has the most guessed countries is the winner. Examples of pictures:
1. Bear and balalaika (Russia);
2. Carnival and coffee (Brazil);
3. Sombreros and maracas (Mexico);
4. Pizza and gladiator fights (Italy);
5. Tulips and cheese (Holland);
6. Banks (institutions) and watches (Switzerland) and so on.
Full spoon
Each participant receives a tablespoon (the same). There is a bowl of grapes (olives) on the table. At the command “start”, each participant collects grapes in his spoon. Whichever guest fills his spoon with the most grapes in one minute is the winner.
In conjecture
For some time, all guests are transformed into certain heroes, and which ones will be determined by the forfeits. So, everyone in turn pulls out their phantom, which indicates the name of the hero (possibly from both a real story and a fictional one). Guests do not say anything to anyone about the name of their hero, but only for a while transform into a fantasy role, for example, Jack Sparrow, Julius Caesar, Stalin, Terminator and so on. Using phrases and behavior of celebrities, guests should show the characters as believably as possible. This will result in very interesting communication at the table, and whichever guest can guess the most characters among the guests will also receive a prize.
Ten minutes of transformation
The presenter announces that 10 minutes of transformation will now begin. Each guest in turn pulls out a forfeit from a bag in which some hero or status of a person is indicated, for example, a hussar, a drunken watchman, a cheerful clown, Ivan the Terrible, and so on. Guests become familiar with their new role and begin to communicate and have fun in the appropriate style. Well, when will so many different and so interesting heroes gather at one table? And the funniest guests who can prove themselves best will receive prizes.
Feed all your neighbors at once
Participation is accepted by guests who have neighbors both to the right and to the left, for example, the second at the table, the fourth, and so on. In front of the participants there are plates with the same contents, for example, mashed potatoes or sour cream, and each participant has two spoons in their hands: one in the left hand, the other in the right. At the “start” command, participants begin to feed their neighbors, simultaneously working with both their right and left hands. Whichever participant feeds the contents of his plate to his neighbors faster will win. A prize will also be given to the most patient and diligent “neighbor” who may have to eat from the hands of two participants at once.
Is a special date approaching? How to celebrate an anniversary in such a way that both the hero of the occasion and all those invited will remember it for life? Of course, you need to be very well prepared. And this applies not only to the holiday table! for the anniversary should be carefully thought out. The presenter will have to try hard to prepare them.
Games for adults
So, no feast will be fun and bright without some entertainment. Celebrating birthdays at home, people sing songs, tell funny jokes and anecdotes, and solve riddles. In a word, you won't be bored. Table competitions for an anniversary are an even better way to defuse the situation and feel lightness and ease.
Games for adults are entertainment intended for a cheerful company sitting at a festive table. By choosing exactly what you need for your celebration, you can make your anniversary simply unforgettable!
Games and competitions are not just for children. The main thing is the state of a person’s soul. Therefore, at the holiday, adults will be able to regain the joy of childhood and the enthusiasm of youth. You should not be afraid to be funny and eccentric, because, having completely relaxed, surrendering to the general fun, a person will receive great pleasure and enjoyment.
A sense of humor is the most important thing
Laughter is known to prolong life. Therefore, the whole 55 years, 65 years or more must be accompanied by funny jokes. Guests will have a great time at this celebration, which will double the joy of the hero of the day.
Fun table competitions can be held using a variety of paraphernalia (writing instruments, paper, dishes, sweets, etc.) or by listening to the host’s tasks. Such activities not only distract guests from drinking and eating, but also give them the opportunity to receive some nice souvenir from the hosts.
Many are known today. However, you can come up with new ones by combining two or three into one. The result will be something even more original and interesting.
Table competitions for the anniversary - nowhere without alcohol!
Of course, no holiday is complete without alcohol. That is why many anniversary table competitions are related to alcohol in one way or another.
For example, you can conduct a so-called “sobriety test.” Guests should be asked to say “lilac teeth picker” or “deoxyribonucleic acid” in turn. It’s easy for even a sober person to stumble here! The whole company will laugh while completing this task!
Another version of the “alcohol competition” is “Happy Well”. A little water is poured into the bucket, and a glass of alcohol is placed in the center. Players take turns throwing coins into the “well”. As soon as one of the guests gets into the glass, he drinks its contents and takes all the money from the bucket.
Stormy fun alternates with calm competitions
You can make it even more interesting. Some cards are designated as special. For example, a team that draws an ace of a suit that is not its own color has the right to pay off the fine if it fulfills a wish made by its opponent. The joker can bring players three chips instead of one, etc. The team that loses all its matches loses, of course.
It's always nice to receive a surprise
There is another cool table competition. Its essence is that guests pass boxes of surprises to each other while listening to music. Suddenly the music stops. The person in whose hands the box is must take out the first thing that comes to hand from the “magic box” and put it on himself. Among such surprises there may be a children's cap, large trousers, and a huge bra. The competition always makes the participants happy. Each of them tries to get rid of the surprise box as quickly as possible, and each pulled out item brings great joy to those around them.
Competitions for attentiveness and ingenuity
You can not only laugh at such tasks. By performing them, you can also fully demonstrate your ingenuity and attentiveness.
Table competitions for the anniversary, revealing the ingenuity of the participants, can be very diverse. One of them is called “Alphabet in a Plate”. The presenter must name a letter, and the participants need to find something on their plate that begins with this letter (spoon, fish, onion, potato, etc.). The one who names the first object guesses the next one.
The attentiveness competition is also quite interesting. It is carried out at too large feasts. Having chosen a driver, the guests blindfold him.
After this, one of those sitting in the hall goes out the door. The driver’s task after removing the bandage is to determine who is missing, as well as what exactly he was wearing.
"Value" competitions
The scenario for an anniversary of 55 years (or more) must necessarily include tasks focused on various life values, because at this age a person has already learned, understood, and felt a lot of things. So, what is the essence of such competitions? The facilitator can invite participants to draw on a piece of paper what they consider the most valuable in their lives. Moreover, a left-hander should do this with his right hand, and a right-hander with his left. The winner is the author of the most original drawing.
However, you can immediately focus on specific values that are important for everyone present - money. The Bankers competition is great fun! To do this, you will need a large jar in which bills of various denominations will be folded. Players must try to calculate how much money is there without taking out the money. The one who is closest to the truth wins the prize.
And eat and have fun...
If you are celebrating a birthday at home, only among “your own”, you can hold a particularly funny competition called “Chinese”. To do this, you will need to give each participant one set of Chinese chopsticks. Next, a saucer with green peas or canned corn is placed in front of them. Guests will need to show all their dexterity to eat the served dish using chopsticks. The prize will go to the one who completes the task the fastest.
Products may also be used for purposes other than their intended purpose!
You can also pay attention to completely non-standard games. Dinner parties, for example, very often involve the use of the most ordinary products.
Let’s say you can distribute half a potato and a knife to the participants, offering to play real sculptors. The task of each author is to cut out the best portrait of the hero of the occasion.
You can divide the guests into two teams, giving them as many candies as possible. Participants must build castles for the birthday girl using nothing but the sweets provided. The prize goes to the team that builds the tallest structure.
It is also quite interesting that each of those present needs to be given a banana, as well as a wide variety of available materials - tape, colored paper, fabric, ribbons, plasticine, etc. Guests must make a real masterpiece by decorating the “source material”. In this creative competition, the most extraordinary approach will be judged.
By the way, you can use not only products. For example, you can compete in making boats from paper napkins against the clock. The winner will be the one who creates the largest flotilla. In a word, you can come up with a lot of competitions. The main thing is to decide on the use of attributes.
Toasts and congratulations
The following competitions are often held. They are directly related to toasts and congratulations.
For example, the host can ask each guest to remember the alphabet. That is, people sitting at the table must toast each letter in order. The last one starts with “A”. It turns out something like: “What a joyful day today is! Our hero of the day is born! Let's raise a glass to him!" His neighbor, accordingly, gets the letter “B”. You can make the following speech to him: “Always be as kind, cheerful, healthy and happy! We support you in all your endeavors!” Coming up with a toast is, of course, not that difficult. However, some guests get those letters for which it is still not easy to come up with words on the spot. The author of the most original toast should receive the prize.
And you can hold another interesting competition. Each guest is given some old newspaper and scissors. In ten minutes, they need to cut words or phrases from the press to create a laudatory description of the hero of the day. The most important thing is that everything turns out very original and fresh.
Adults also enjoy solving riddles.
There is a huge variety of competitions for adults. Table riddles stand out as special among them. You just need to present them correctly.
For example, the game “Tricky SMS” would be an excellent option. Guests can laugh and have fun right at the table, without leaving their place. The competition consists of the presenter reading out the text of an SMS message, inviting those present to guess who exactly the sender is. The most interesting thing: the recipients are not ordinary people. The senders are “hangover” (already on the way, I’ll be there in the morning), “congratulations” (you’ll only have to listen to us today), “toast” (don’t drink without me), etc.
Speed and imagination competitions
You can invite the guests of the holiday to show their imagination. Each of those present, of course, is familiar with Andersen's fairy tales. Among them are the famous “Thumbelina”, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “The Ugly Duckling”, etc. Very funny table competitions will turn out if the guests are given the task of telling these tales using the most special vocabulary - medical, political, military, legal .
Those present at the festival will be able to reveal their speed of thought in the “Answer for your neighbor” competition. The host asks the players a variety of questions. The order is not respected. The one to whom the question was addressed must remain silent. The task of the neighbor on the right is to answer for him. Anyone who is late with an answer is eliminated from the game.
Keep silence
Guests will also enjoy especially original competitions. For example, in between noisy games, you can allow yourself a little silence.
Here is an example of one such game. The guests choose a king, who must call the players to him with a gesture of his hand. One place next to him should be free. The one whom the king has chosen must get up from his chair, go to “His Majesty” and sit next to him. This is how the minister is chosen. The catch is that all this must be done absolutely silently. That is, neither the king nor the future minister should make any sounds. Even the rustling of clothes is prohibited. Otherwise, the chosen minister returns to his place, and the king chooses a new candidate. The “Tsar-Father” himself is “overthrown from the throne” for not maintaining silence. The minister, who managed to silently take his place, takes the place of the king, and the game continues.
Another competition for the “quieter ones” - the ordinary good old “silent one”. The presenter prohibits everyone present from making any sounds. That is, guests can only communicate using gestures. It is necessary to remain silent until the presenter says: “Stop!” The participant who has made a sound before this moment will have to comply with the leader’s wishes or pay a fine.
In a word, no matter what table competitions you choose, they will definitely lift the spirits of all the guests and delight them. Even fairly introverted people will be able to have fun, because such games are very liberating.
Having rested and relaxed at the anniversary, guests will remember this wonderful day for a long time. The holiday will definitely be remembered for its originality and favorable atmosphere - there is no doubt about it!
"Kompromat"
This comic competition is held with the participation of married couples. Men, numbering, write in a column the ten first names of animals that come to mind (this can be any representatives of flora and fauna). Of course, all this is done in secret from the wives. Now wives are doing the same. After this, the presenter asks the wives to continue the phrase he started, adding to it the word written down by their husband on the sheet (the words are pronounced in the order in which they are written down). So, your husband:
♦ Affectionate, like...
♦ Sociable, like...
♦ Strong as...
♦ Smiling like...
♦ Neat, like...
♦ Brave as...
♦ Amorous, like...
♦ Beautiful as...
Then the husband reads out the representatives of the fauna chosen by his wife. So your wife:
♦ In transport like...
♦ With work colleagues like...
♦ With relatives like...
♦ In the store it's like...
♦ In a cafe or restaurant like...
♦ At home it’s like...
♦ How is it with the boss...
♦ In bed like...
♦ In a friendly company like...
♦ In the doctor's office, how...
You are guaranteed healthy laughter from both the audience and the competition participants themselves!
"Shave your loved one"
All men who volunteer to take part in the competition are given balloons inflated to the limit with funny faces drawn on them, onto which the presenter applies shaving cream. Now the conditions of the competition are announced: men hold the ball by its base from below, and women at this time must “shave” the balls with a disposable razor. The presenter is advised to have a towel on hand, as the balloon may burst...
"Guess it"
Guests sitting at the table are divided into two teams - on one side and the other side of the table. In each team, players choose a leader. The theme of the game is determined, which is associated with the event being celebrated, namely, “Birthday and everything connected with it.”
The first team thinks of a word on a given topic, and the leader of the first team “tete-a-tete” tells this word to the leader of the other team, and he, in turn, must try to portray this word with the help of facial expressions, gestures and other body movements to his players in the team . Those guessing have the right to ask him questions, and the presenter can nod his head to show whether they are thinking correctly or wrong.
You have 3 minutes to guess the word. If the players fail to complete the task, they are fined - sing a song in honor of the birthday boy!
"Find the pin"
A couple (not necessarily of opposite sexes) is selected to participate in the competition. The players stand opposite each other. The presenter blindfolds them, after which a large pin is attached to the clothes of each participant. Players need to find the pin on their opponent’s clothes as quickly as possible, but at the same time try not to give away theirs.
“Feed me some porridge”
The players are divided into pairs - a man and a woman, they are blindfolded. The task of women is to feed their companions with semolina or any other porridge. The first couple to complete the task wins the competition.
"Turnip of the new millennium"
Three young men and three girls are invited to participate in the competition. The stronger sex sits in one line on the fifth point, spreading their legs apart and bending their knees, or simply crossing them, with their hands resting on the floor behind their back - these will be “beds”. The girls sit next to the young men either between them or on their crossed legs. Girls are now "turnips". It is advisable for the “turnips” to hold their hands in front of them, bending them at the elbows and clasping their fingers. The presenter will be a “Michurinite”: he must walk between the “beds” and try to lull their vigilance with conversations. As soon as the “beds” are distracted, the “Michurinets” must try to pull out the “turnip” from the “beds”. At the same time, the man - the “bed” must have time, removing his hands from behind his back, to grab the “turnip” without giving it away, thereby giving it to the “Michurin man”. Why he will grab the “turnip” - that’s how it will turn out!
"Roll the Egg"
To play the game you need a raw egg and a pair of participants - a girl and a young man. The essence of the game is that the participant and the participant must roll this egg through each other's clothes. In this case, you need to roll the egg according to certain rules: the young man rolls the egg through the girl’s blouse or dress (from the right sleeve to the left sleeve), and the girl rolls the egg through her trousers for her partner (respectively, from the edge of the right trouser leg to the edge of the left trouser leg).
Not to mention the sensitivity of this game, players need to follow two rules.
Firstly, you need to hold the egg firmly with your palm, as it may fall and break!
Secondly, do not squeeze the egg too hard: there is a risk of crushing it, which will be, perhaps, even more unpleasant than dropping it. In any case, fishing out a crushed raw egg from a trouser leg or sleeve is painstaking work and not very pleasant, since in this case a lot of washing cannot be avoided anyway.
It would be better if the players still manage to show dexterity sufficient to avoid such unpleasant consequences...
"Let's get to know each other better"
The competition is ideal for a company of unfamiliar people. Anyone can participate in it, and the more participants, the better. Each of them goes to the middle of the hall and stands so that all guests can clearly see him, after which he begins a detailed story about himself. He says everything he considers necessary, however... he does not utter a single word. You ask how is this? It’s very simple: facial expressions, gestures, words, whatever you like, but only without the help of words. And don’t be cunning: writing about yourself on paper and letting guests read it is strictly prohibited!
The one whose “story” the guests will like more than others, whose story about himself turns out to be the most amusing and interesting, is declared the winner and receives a prize.
"Three cherished phrases"
The host confidently declares that none of the guests will be able to repeat three short phrases after him: they are not so sober anymore.
As a rule, guests begin to object, saying that they will make it easy. To interrupt the discussion, which is still being conducted “in an amicable way,” the presenter selects five or six people from among the most zealous debaters in order to find out their oratorical abilities and prove that they are right.
The presenter, pretending that he is finding words with great difficulty, thoughtfully says: “The weather is wonderful today.” The participants in the game, of course, easily repeat this short phrase after him. The presenter allegedly becomes embarrassed and utters another phrase, more hesitantly and thoughtfully: “The sun is shining brightly.” Participants in the game repeat this phrase as easily as the first. And now the presenter joyfully exclaims: “But that’s wrong!” The guests are confused, a clarification begins, which threatens to drag on. Having chosen a convenient moment, the host admits that “But that’s wrong!” and was the third simple phrase he spoke.
"Waitress and Client"
A couple is selected for the competition: a man and a woman. The presenter blindfolds both participants, after which the woman (she will be a waitress) is given a glass of vodka and a sandwich, and the man (he plays the role of a client) is seated on a chair.
When the preparations are completed, the “client” will have to “place an order” by saying the signature words: “Waiter! Vodka!
The essence of the game is that a blindfolded “waiter” must drink and feed his “client”, who also cannot see anything. To do this, of course, will be very difficult. So smearing the “client” in sandwich paste cannot be avoided. I can only advise you to take something for such a sandwich that is not too dirty or, at worst, is easy to wash.
Instead of vodka, you can take any drink.
It seems that when the guests gather to watch the video, the “client” and the “waitress”, who did not see each other during the game, will laugh the loudest.
