May 28, 2017

Children's imagination really has no limits, and therefore games and competitions in nature should be special for them. Any adult can envy their inventions. Children can come up with a game out of nothing, but it won’t necessarily be safe. To avoid this, you should prepare in advance and select several interesting activities that your child will enjoy and will be safe.

1. Sports equipment. When going outdoors, don’t forget to take along with skewers a ball, a jump rope, a Frisbee plate, a shuttlecock and badminton rackets or something else.
2. Clothes and shoes. In nature, almost all games are active, and therefore flip-flops and flip-flops are definitely not suitable, because it will simply be uncomfortable to run around in them. And clothes should be loose and comfortable. It is best to give preference to a sporty style.
3. Headdress. The first warmth is very deceptive: it seems that it is not very hot outside, but it can easily heat your head.
4. Play with children. Some children are quite difficult to get up, so to motivate them, start playing with them. And when the child is fully involved in the process, you can safely go about your business.
5. Competition. If there are a lot of kids, then organize relay races for them. Children love competitive fun. Just don’t forget that any competition involves prizes, which should be taken care of in advance.

Which games and competitions should we focus on?

"Smart Thief"

To play you will need: a ball, a rope, 15-20 small objects (coins, pebbles, shells, small children's toys, candies, nuts...).

The rope is tied to a tree branch so that it hangs down evenly. A ball is tied to the rope below. This must be done so that there is no more than 2 centimeters between the ball and the ground. All small objects are randomly placed under the ball on the ground. This completes the preparatory stage.

Next, one of the players approaches the ball, takes it in his hands, steps back 2-3 steps, lifts it high above his head and pushes it forward with all his strength. While the ball is swinging, you need to collect all the wealth laid out on the ground as quickly as possible. And, of course, the ball should not touch the player. After which the total number of collected items is calculated. Then the items are returned to their places and all players go through this procedure. The winner is determined by the number of items collected.

Important: if the ball still touches the player during the theft, then his entire score is reset to zero.

"Twist the rope"

For the competition you will need an unusual set: a ball, a rope, a net.
We put the ball in a net, tie a rope to the net, and tie the rope around a tree. Next, we unite the children into two teams, each of which is placed on different sides of this tree.

The essence of the game is to kick the ball hard and wrap a rope around a tree. Each team takes turns striking: the first - in a clockwise direction, the second - counter-clockwise. It is logical that the stronger the blows, the more revolutions are obtained.

There are no restrictions on the number of hits, which means the game continues until one of the teams winds the entire rope around the tree in this way.

"Hot Ember"

For this game you will need a ball. He can be anything. The number of participants is at least four. But the more people involved, the better.

Everyone stands in a circle. One of them is appointed as the driver and placed in a circle, blindfolded. He will have to give commands to the others. He begins by declaring: “Keep the potatoes from the fire, take care of your palms.” After that, the rest of the players quickly throw the sports equipment to each other in a circle, as if they had grabbed a really hot potato. And when the driver unexpectedly says: “Stop!”, the one who still has the ball in his hands is “burned,” that is, he lost and leaves the game. And so on until one of the most persistent remains. The winner becomes the driver.

"Pigs Don't Dance"

This game can be called entertaining and intellectual. She will also need a ball and a good vocabulary.

All participants stand in a circle and pass the ball to each other. This can be done either in a circle or in random order. The difficulty lies in the fact that the first player must name any noun, the second - an adjective that would fit the meaning of the first word, and the third - a verb, so that it also fits logically into the sentence. If, for example, at the end you get the phrase “The big pig is dancing,” then the player who said the word “dancing” is eliminated, because this does not happen. It is important to pronounce the words quickly - a maximum of 3 seconds is given for the answer. While the participant is thinking, others are counting out loud. The most resourceful one wins.

"Zoo"

This game is a little similar to the previous one, but there are significant differences. Firstly, there is a driver who stands in a circle of other participants. Secondly, there is no need to form phrases here.

At the beginning of the game, the driver says: “We came to the zoo and saw what is here...” Then he throws the ball to one of the participants, saying “beast.” The participant must quickly name some animal and return the ball to the driver. Next, the driver throws the ball to another player and says “bird,” and he quickly says the name of a bird and returns the ball. The third player gets the word “fish”. The words “beast”, “bird” and “fish” can be named in any order and even several times in a row. The one who answered incorrectly, hesitated, or named the animal that another player named is eliminated from the game.

The competition continues until one player remains. He then becomes the next driver.

"Breakthrough"

The game can be quite traumatic, so it should only be played in the presence of an adult. Children stand in a circle, and one child with a ball stands in the center of the circle. This ring should be as tight as possible: the distance between the participants should be 15-20 cm. The task of the central player is to break through the defense, that is, push the ball outside the circle. You can push the ball only with the help of your legs, knocking it out only at ground level. That is, aiming at the heads or stomach is strictly prohibited - the ball must roll on the ground.

The remaining players do their best to prevent the central one from making a breakthrough. But they can only act with their feet. At the same time, closing the circle into a narrower ring is prohibited. The one who misses the ball takes the place of the driver. There is no one winner here. But if you want to create a competitive moment, then you can keep track of losses. Whoever has the fewest is the winner.

"Tail of the Dragon"

This kind of entertainment is perfect when you don’t have any equipment at hand. Unite the children into two teams and line them up in two lines. These will be two dragons. Determine where the dragons have their heads and where their tails are. Place the ranks opposite each other so that the “heads” are face to face at a distance of 1 meter. Next, you announce that there will now be a competition in which the fastest and most dexterous dragon will win. And in order to find out, each dragon must, at a signal, catch the tail of another dragon, but not get caught himself. Only the dragon's head can catch.

All children place their hands on each other's shoulders and, at a signal, begin to move. The team whose tail is caught loses. And two of the team are eliminated - the “tail” and the “head”. The game continues until there is only one player left on one of the teams. If this happens, then this dragon is recognized as the weakest.

"Until the thunder struck"

To play, you will again need a ball. Only you don’t have to tie it down. The number of players here is unlimited, but not less than three.

To begin with, a driver is selected and the ball is handed to him. Everyone else stands around him. The ball in the hands of the driver is “thunder”. While it is in the hands, everyone should stand still. As soon as the ball is in the air or on the ground, everyone runs in different directions (the further the better). At the very beginning, the driver throws the ball above himself, and until it falls into his hands again, the players scatter. When the driver catches the ball, he loudly shouts “Thunder struck” and everyone stops. Then the driver throws it at one of the players. If he misses, he runs after the ball, and at this time everyone scatters again. If he hits, he changes places with the one who was shot and the game starts again.

"Black Mark"

In this game, all participants, except one, stand in one row facing forward. One (the driver) stands a little further away (2-3 meters from the others) with his back to everyone. At this time, one of the players throws a ball at his back. You just need to throw it lightly so that the driver doesn’t get hurt. The driver then turns to face the players and tries to guess who sent him the “black mark”.

If the driver guesses correctly, he changes places with the thrower. If he doesn’t guess, he turns away and everything repeats all over again.

"The fussy artist"

No additional equipment is needed. To begin with, a driver is selected, who moves away to a distance of 6-7 meters and turns his back to the others. Participants are located randomly on the playing field, the dimensions and boundaries of which should be discussed in advance.

Next, the driver, who is also an artist, turns sharply and shouts the name of a color. For example, "Red". Then the players must touch the named color on their clothes. This will protect them from the picky artist. If you don't have the right color on your clothes, you need to run as fast as you can so as not to get caught.

If the artist still catches the player, then he takes his place. The main thing is not to forget that the other players at this time count to 60. If during this time no one is caught, then the artist returns to the starting position and everything starts all over again.

Important: one artist cannot name the same color - they must be different.

Of course, kids will appreciate relay races and traditional games such as football, volleyball and badminton.

Summer is a time of non-stop fun. The main advantage of this time of year: in order to have fun, you just need to go outside. We all have a yard or a dacha, but we don’t need more. Here you can also have a great time and arrange a real holiday for your and your neighbors’ children. You just need to have a pair of relatively straight hands and a reserve of enthusiasm.

1. Street twister

Cool, right? You yourself determine the size of the playing field and the size of the colored circles depending on the age of the participants. To make it more comfortable for children, the circles can be made smaller. Preparing this is all very simple: the easiest way to draw on asphalt is with colored chalk (in order not to get your hands dirty, just outline the contours of the circles and do not paint them completely). If you're willing to risk your lawn, there are water-based paints available that will wash off in the rain. A cardboard box with a corresponding hole cut in the bottom will help you draw circles of the same size.

2. Sleight of hand

A step-by-step master class, understandable without translation, will help you prepare everything you need in no time. The rules are simple: players take turns pulling out sticks, trying to do it so that all the balls remain in place. The winner is the one who ends up with the fewest dropped balls. You can find the equipment at home or in a hardware store; fortunately, it’s all cheap. You can take bamboo sticks; they are also often used as a support for flowers.

3. Leaning Tower

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Here everything is also clear: we take turns removing the blocks, and whose tower collapses is the loser. Actually, only the blocks are needed for the game. Approximate length - 25 cm, total quantity - 48 pieces. At a hardware store, you buy fairly thick boards, saw them and sand them, and then there are options: you can leave them in their original form, or you can paint them (only the ends, the whole board, or even paint them with patterns).

4. Canvas bouncers

The game requires a steady hand and remarkable accuracy, and all you need to prepare it is a piece of tarpaulin and colored tape. You cut holes of different shapes and sizes in the tarpaulin (the smaller, the more interesting), cover their edges with colored tape and assign each hole its own value in points. The winner is the one who scores the maximum number of points in 10 throws.

5. Throw a ring

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Make a ring rack yourself or just use what you have around, even tree branches. Remember: the further the player is from the goal, the more interesting it is.

6. Downhill racing

For this game you will need noodles - sticks for swimming and water aerobics. They are sold in sporting goods stores. You buy such a stick and carefully cut it lengthwise. There is no need to completely separate the halves from each other; it is enough for them to open like a book. Then cut longitudinal grooves on each half even more carefully. Mark the start and finish lines with flags - the track is ready! Both toy cars of the appropriate size and just glass balls can ride on it.

7. Treasure Hunt

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Unfortunately, today's children spend little time outdoors, but this game will fix that. We are making a list of treasures that players will need to collect. Cones, different types of flowers, leaves, twigs of unusual shapes, something round, triangular or square, objects red, green or yellow. We print out these lists and stick them on paper bags, and hand the bags over to the rangers. The first one to collect all the items from the list wins.

8. Accurate throw

Using a drill and screws, we attach a couple of buckets of different sizes to a long board, and place it vertically (you can simply lean it against the wall). For hitting the ball in each of the buckets, a certain number of points are awarded. The smaller the bucket, the more points.

9. Obstacle course

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This is where you can let your imagination run wild! To create a full-fledged obstacle course, you can use everything that comes to hand: old tires, ladders, ropes, buckets... The children have fun, and you relax while you wait for them at the finish line with a stopwatch.

10. Bottle bowling

An excellent game for both children and adults. What you need: 10 plastic bottles, paint and a tennis ball. Paint the bottles and the ball (so that everything looks just like the real thing), let them dry thoroughly. Then fill the bottles with water - the skittles are ready.

11. Stick to the point

Here you will need noodles again. With their help, children must throw as many balloons as possible into a plastic basket. Simple, but quite fun.

12. Tic-tac-toe

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Unlike the usual paper version, the street version provides much greater freedom in choosing equipment. You can take large pebbles or wooden blocks and paint them, or you can make do with any available items.

13. Stick Olympics

And again noodles. The main advantage of these things is that you can do whatever you want with them. Whether you bend it or roll it into a ring, they will withstand any handling. For the construction of improvised sports facilities, there is no better material to be found.

14. Accurate Throw 2.0

Improved version of the game. We throw the balls into tin cans, which are attached to a branch with a chain. The rules are the same: for hitting each jar you are given a certain number of points, whoever scores more is a great guy. The cans sway, so it's not so easy to hit the target.

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The usual game becomes much more interesting if the participants stand not on the ground, but on overturned milk crates or tree stumps. Here you need to show not only strength, but also a fair amount of dexterity.

16. Ice riches

In hot weather, this will delight the children. Freeze water with toys and all sorts of small items in a large container. This must be done in layers so that the treasures do not sink to the bottom. Give the kids a hammer and a screwdriver - they'll have something to do in the next half hour.

17. Darts with balloons

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The name speaks for itself. Inflate the balloons and attach them to the board with tape or a stapler. There is a lot of noise, but even more fun.

18. Floor games

The rules are the same as in traditional board games, only instead of toy figures there are people, and there is a larger cube. By the way, it can be made from an ordinary box covered with colored paper. Draw with chalk the path you need to take and put all the necessary marks: one step back, two steps forward, return to the start.

19. Accurate Throw 3.0

Even more difficult, even more interesting. Buckets and cans are replaced by a stepladder. The rest of the conditions are the same: each step is assigned a value in points, you need to score as many as possible. A ball won't fit here, so sew a small bag and fill it with beans, rice or buckwheat. Even an old sock will do to save time.

20. Playing with light

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If it gets dark, this is not a reason to go home. Neon sticks, available in holiday aisles, will help extend the fun. Attach them to the edges of buckets or cans, so you and your children can play even late in the evening.

What do you play with your children in the summer? We are waiting for your stories in the comments.

The competition requires several teams of 3 participants. Each team gets, for example, carrots. Every first participant must peel the vegetable, every second must grate, and every third must eat. You need to do everything faster than your opponents, because the fastest and most accurate team will receive a prize.

Fights according to the rules

The presenter must prepare a balloon, a plastic plate and a pushpin for each participant. Players inflate balloons and tie them around their waists. Next, the contestants are located throughout the clearing. The presenter blows the referee's whistle loudly, after which the battle begins. Participants must use buttons, like swords, to pierce each other’s balls, while protecting their balls with a plastic plate - this is a shield. The one who has the only intact ball left will win.

Rainbow of nature

The competition is simple in terms of conditions, but not so easy in execution. The guys are divided into teams with an equal number of participants. At the “start” command, guests go in search of all the colors of the rainbow (stones, flowers, leaves, pieces of glass, sticks - in a word - everything that can be found in the lap of nature). The team that is the first to “build” a rainbow from the found objects (an object of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) will be the winner.

Natural resources

The guys are divided into teams with the same number of participants. At the “start” command, each team must collect as many natural resources as possible, showing their ingenuity and imagination, for example, find a piece of glass - it contains sand, collect a handful of earth, find wood, water, any piece of iron - iron ore, gold jewelry with to remove yourself is gold and so on. The team that collects the most natural resources in 5 minutes will win and receive a prize.

Up

Picnic guests are divided into teams of approximately 5 people. The leader gives the command “up” and the participants of each team must rise up, that is, hang in the air - get off the ground (climb a tree, stand on a stone, hang on a branch, climb a fence, and so on). Once the entire team gets off the ground and does it faster than the rest, they will be the winner.

Merry moles

Guests are divided into pairs. Each pair of “moles” receives a tool - a digging stick. At the command “start”, each pair begins to dig their own hole. The couple that can dig the deepest and widest hole with sticks in 5 minutes will win. And, if the picnic takes place near a body of water, you can add a second stage of the competition - fill the hole with water. Accordingly, the one whose hole is filled to the brim with water the fastest wins.

Such different insects

The guys are divided into teams with the same number of people, about 5 people each. At the command “start”, team members scatter in search of insects. The team that collects the most insects in their jar in 5 minutes will be the winner.

Heap-mighty

Guests are divided into teams with the same number of people - approximately 5-7 participants. Each team receives a task: to build a fortress out of stones. At the command “start”, the members of each team begin to look for stones and build their own fortress-slide, but this must be done barefoot (without using hands). The team that can build the tallest hill fortress in 5 minutes will win.

Kebab presentation

You need to relax not only actively and satisfyingly, but also beautifully. Long live creativity. So, each participant receives a skewer and the right to use all products (in small quantities, of course) from the table. Each guest must show their imagination and make the most beautiful and best kebab skewer, which must also be given a name. And based on the voting results, the coolest kebab skewer will be determined, whose author will be awarded a prize.

Every person likes to have an interesting time with friends, but sometimes you want to diversify this leisure time with something. Games and quizzes will help you do this. Thanks to them, the time spent together will fly by more fun, and everyone will be in an excellent mood.

How to organize competitions and games for a group of friends - ideas

To come up with fun, you need to take some details into account. It is necessary to take into account where the party or corporate event will be held: at home, in the country, in a restaurant. It is imperative to take into account whether there will be children, drunk people, or strangers in the company. There are excellent game options for absolutely each of the above formats.

Comic tasks for guests at the table

Invite your friends to play table games for fun indoors:

1. "Acquaintance". A game for a feast where unfamiliar people have gathered. We need to prepare matches according to the number of guests. Everyone draws one, and the one who gets the short one tells one fact about himself.
2. "Who am I?" Each member of the company writes a word on a sticker. Then the papers are mixed and sorted at random. Each player sticks a sticker on his forehead without reading what is written. You need to guess the word by asking leading questions: “Am I an animal?”, “Am I big?” etc. The rest answer only “Yes”, “No”. If the answer is yes, the person asks further. If you didn’t guess correctly, it’s a turn.
3. "Crocodile". The most popular competition for a fun company. It turns out especially funny if the players are slightly drunk. One of the participants asks the leader a word or phrase in a whisper. The latter must use gestures to show what is encrypted. Whoever guesses what is shown gets the role of presenter. His predecessor makes a word for him.

Interesting competitions in nature for a fun company

Adults and teenagers will enjoy being active outside with these games:

1. "Quest". In the area where you are relaxing, hide “treasures” with small prizes. Place hint notes or pieces of the map in different places so that you also have to look for them. By solving these codes using their intelligence, players will gradually get closer to the treasures. Quests are the best competitions for a fun company in nature.
2. "Stompers." Divide the participants into two teams: red and blue. Tie balloons of the appropriate colors to the feet of the players of each company. Participants must burst their opponents' balloons with their feet. The team that completes the task faster will win.
3. "Original football" Divide into two teams with an even number of players. Mark the field, mark the gates. In each team, divide the players into pairs, stand them shoulder to shoulder. Tie the player's right leg to the partner's left leg. Playing football like this will be very difficult, but fun.

Music competitions

Fun noisy games for music lovers:

1. "Relay". The first player sings the verse or chorus of any song. The second chooses one word from the sung and performs his composition with it. It is advisable that there are no pauses; as soon as the previous person has finished singing, the next one begins immediately.
2. "Musical Hat" Write a lot of leaves with different words and put them in a hat or bag. In turn, each player takes a piece of paper. He must remember a song that contains the word indicated on the card and sing it.
3. "Question and answer". To play you will need a ball. All players are located in front of the leader. He picks up the ball, throws it to one of the participants and names the performer. He must sing his composition. If the player does not come up with a song, he becomes the leader. If the latter repeatedly names a performer, he is replaced by the participant who first discovered the error.

Forfeits for a fun company

Everyone is familiar with the classic game, so there is no point in dwelling on it. There are many more fun varieties of this competition for men's, women's and mixed companies:

1. "Forfeits with notes." Each player comes up with a task and writes it down on a piece of paper. They are mixed and added together. Participants take turns taking out cards and doing what is indicated on them. If young people play who know each other well, the tasks can be vulgar. Those who refuse to carry out instructions must come up with some kind of fine, for example, drinking a glass of alcoholic beverage.
2. "Forfeits with lots." In advance, players draw up a list of tasks and their order. They are announced in order. Who will be the performer is determined by drawing lots. You can simply prepare several long matches and one short one. The owner of the latter will complete the task. It is advisable to impose a fine for refusal to comply.
3. "Forfeits with a bank." Suitable for people you know well, whose behavior and imagination will not be a surprise to anyone. It is necessary to organize a process for distributing the queue of participants (preferably by lot), but it is advisable to keep the order of players secret. The first one comes up with the task, the second one either completes it or refuses. For refusal, he pays the previously agreed amount of money to the general treasury. The bank is received by the volunteer who is ready to complete this task (except for the person who proposed it). After the first round, it is better to change the serial numbers of the participants.

Entertaining games and competitions for birthdays

This is a special holiday in which all attention is paid to the birthday person. However, a few competitions for a fun company will never be superfluous. There are a lot of good options for verbal and active games that will not distract attention from the hero of the occasion, but will allow you to have fun. They will be especially appropriate at a children's birthday party, because it is not so easy to keep little guests occupied with something.

Fun games and competitions for adults

Options:

1. “A bottle with a new twist.” On the notes, make tasks that the participant will have to complete in relation to the birthday boy (“Kiss on the lips”, “Dance a slow dance”, etc.). The leaves are placed in a bowl or box. Players take turns spinning the bottle. The one to whom the neck points takes the task at random and completes it.
2. "For the anniversary." A roll of tear-off toilet paper is passed around the circle very quickly to the people sitting at the table. Each of them tears off as much as he sees fit. In turns, players name as many interesting facts about the birthday person as there are pieces of paper in their hands. Instead of interesting features from the life of the hero of the day, there may be wishes, funny stories, secrets.
3. "Alphabet". Those sitting at the table should take turns wishing something to the birthday boy. They pronounce one word at a time in alphabetical order (complex letters are excluded). The one who does not come up with a word for the dropped letter is eliminated. The one who remains last wins.

For children

The little birthday boy will enjoy the following competitions for a fun company:

1. "Fairy tale". The birthday boy sits in the center of the hall. The guys take turns coming up to him and showing him what they like to do. The player whose task the child fails to complete receives candy.
2. "Colors". The birthday boy stands with his back to the children and names any color. Those who have this color in their clothes hold on to the corresponding item and remain standing. Those who don’t have the right color run away. The person caught by the birthday boy becomes the host.
3. "Chamomile". Cut out a flower from paper, write funny easy tasks on each petal (“Crow”, “Dance”). Let each child pick a petal at random and complete the assignment.

Auntie Bad Weather and the Ghost Shurshik

Needless to say, the beginning of June does not please us with warm and sunny days - it’s only 15 degrees outside, rain, wind... Therefore, I came up with this holiday idea: Auntie Bad Weather comes to visit the children and adults sitting at the table by the smoking grill and a ghost named Shurshik.

The bad weather threatens to take away the warmth forever and deprive everyone of summer (it’s so harmful). But those present have a chance: they need to complete all of Auntie’s tasks, and then she will return the warmth. I got the role of Bad Weather, and my 6-year-old son was the ghost. For participating in games and winning competitions, he handed out candy to guests.

The costumes were made from what was found at the dacha: an old sheet turned into a ghost cape, a knitted shirtfront into an intricate hat, etc.

Summer chant

At the beginning, Bad Weather wanted to see how much those present were looking forward to summer. We need to shout this out loud. And this summer chant helped us (I composed it myself from lines of various poems that I found on the Internet):

Host: The sun is shining brightly. There is warmth in the air.

Host: And wherever you look - Everything around is light!
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

Presenter: The meadow is full of bright flowers and grasses.
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

Presenter: Everything is beautiful, the sky is clear, Everything in the area is blooming!
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

Presenter: Everything around has turned green, turned red, turned blue!
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

Presenter: Summer laughs joyfully at us through the open window,
All: This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

At the beginning of the game, it is stipulated that after each phrase of the leader, the participants must shout in unison in rhyme:

- This summer, this summer, this summer has come to us!

It turns out noisy and fun. Such a chant allows you to immediately stir up all the guests, even the most modest ones, and include them in the action 😉 You can hold such a competition right at the table.

Music competition in nature

Our favorite autoradio has this game: The caller must guess the song, the lyrics of which are read out in a “clumsy” literal translation. And we held our own competition based on this game. But we encrypted not only foreign, but also Russian songs.

In advance, I downloaded the lyrics of 4 foreign and 6 Russian songs from the Internet, printed them out, and at the same time recorded the compositions themselves onto a flash drive. I chose these:

1. Pan Americano - Pamericano - Yolanda Be Cool - We No Speak Americano (this is a modern version that was a hit in 2010, and the full original version is Renato Carosone - Tu Vuò Fa' L'Americano).
2. Boney M - Sunny.
3. PSY - Gangnam Style.
4. Scooter - How Much Is The Fish.
5. ESTRADARADA - Vitya Needs to Get Out.
6. MATRANG - Medusa.
7. Philip Kirkorov - The color of mood is blue.
8. Olga Buzova - Not enough halves.
9. Eljay & Feduk - Rose Wine.
10. Mushrooms - Melting Ice.

Of course, only adults can guess these songs. For children, you can additionally select several children's songs. We chose songs to our taste, from the most famous, hit and a little funny. I didn’t come up with a description of the song in advance, I just took the text and read out some phrases, key words, or just said what the song was about. When they guessed right, she played the song (not the whole thing), Shurshik gave her some candy. Whoever wanted to danced

Example: "A song about a woman who wanted to escape from the hustle and bustle. She succumbed to the influence of the night, and with the advent of darkness she felt that passion had power over her. Goosebumps ran through her body, and, holding panties (bikini) in her hands, she felt like a goddess” (Kirkorov - The color of the mood is blue).

Something like this, I made it up on the fly, it turned out cool :))) You don’t have to read the whole description. The best thing to do is to pause and let yourself think. For each song guessed, Shurshik awards a prize. By the way, our little Shurshik was a little tired by this time, so we gave this role to an adult.

Musical competition in nature: Option 2

And last year we held a competition with musical “predictions”, at the same “Hello, Summer!” party. But that time I was the Summer Fairy. The Fairy put a wreath on everyone’s head and an excerpt of a song sounded, supposedly a prediction for the coming summer.

Game in a circle “Jumping - not jumping”

It's time to get out from behind the table and do a little stretching. Everyone stands in a circle. The presenter reads out the names of animals, birds, objects that “jump or don’t jump.” When the presenter names a jumping object/animal, everyone jumps; if not, they don’t jump. The presenter starts slowly, then the listing of items speeds up. The one who makes a mistake is out of the game.

I managed to come up with the following list of jumping/non-jumping objects and creatures:

• ball, watermelon, kangaroo, cucumber, bucket, hare, apple, man, pie, snowman, tit, cabbage, tennis ball, rabbit, chair, cat, mushroom, trampoline, grasshopper, log, orange, flea, log, axe, hammer , nail, thrush, lantern, pillar, beads, leopard, snake, snail, lion, slipper, boa constrictor, jaguar, hedgehog.

Whoever stayed wins, Shurshik gives him a prize!

Relay game "Sponges"

4 people participate. You will need: 2 small basins and 2 saucepans, 2 foam sponges for washing dishes, 2 chairs.

Participants are united in two pairs. Empty basins are placed on chairs, and pairs of participants stand opposite them, at a distance of 5 meters. The first participant holds a saucepan of water, the second, at the leader’s command, must pick up water with a sponge and transfer (squeeze) it into an empty container as quickly as possible.

Initially, each couple should have an equal amount of water (measured in glasses). The winner must not only move all the water the fastest, but also as much of it as possible.

At the end of the relay we also used glasses to measure the amount of water transferred. It’s interesting that one team only got 1.5 glasses of water out of 4. Where did the remaining 2.5 glasses go?

Relay race for adults “Bring the snack”

2 people participate. You will need: 2 plastic glasses filled with popcorn, chips or salted peanuts, 2 glasses of vodka or 2 glasses of beer, 2 chairs.

“Snacks” (nuts, chips, etc.) are poured into glasses, and then they are placed on the toes of the participants’ shoes. Task: to bring the snack in this form to the chairs with “drinks” without helping yourself with your hands. It's not that easy to do, but it's damn fun! The one who reaches the finish line takes off the glass with the snack (or what’s left of it while he was carrying it) from his shoes, drinks and has a snack.

Option for children: Carry the glasses on the toes of your shoes to the chairs, and then pour them into a plastic bottle, using only one hand.

Summer flash mob in nature

Now the song “Medusa” (MATRANG) is gaining popularity. And I came up with a flash mob with sea movements to this song. Movements on bridge and verse:

1st movement: We march on the spot (we go to the sea).

2nd movement: We put our hand to our forehead with a “visor”, rising on our tiptoes (we are looking for a jellyfish in the sea).

3rd movement: We pinch our nose with one hand, with the other hand we make a smooth movement from top to bottom and squat, as if we are going under water (diving into the sea).

4th movement: We spread our arms to the sides (swim).

5th movement: “Swim” with breaststroke.

Movements on the chorus (the words there are: “jellyfish, jellyfish, we are friends”):

6th movement: Hands to the sides and make wave-like movements with them, depicting a jellyfish.

7th movement: We turn the torso first in one direction, now we bring our hands together and also make wave-like movements, imitating the movements of a jellyfish, then in the other direction.

Auntie Bad Weather shows the movements, and the others repeat with her. All movements are repeated approximately 5-6 times. We danced the first verse and chorus with Auntie’s movements, and then composed it on the fly. Adults and children offered their own “sea” (and not only) movements. Before turning on the music, the movements can be spoken and shown, as if including the entire company in the plot. It turns out not just a flash mob, but a real marine musical game “jellyfish” for a group of adults and children.

I saw the movements on the chorus in this video, I’ll give you a link, maybe it will help you 😉

Summer drawings

We have a small asphalt path next to our house, so the competition program ended with a drawing competition on asphalt:

• Draw what the word “Summer” means to you.

Sweet prizes for creativity to everyone.

Ritual with a candle

In conclusion, Auntie Bad Weather rejoiced at how well the adults and children completed all the tasks, actively participated and had a blast. Therefore, she returns warmth to us:

Tested in practice - the listed competitions are really very fun, suitable for adults and children, and will help you have a great time outdoors in the summer, even in not the best weather. However, we have a few more interesting competition ideas for a fun company.

Other Amazing Summer Outdoor Competition Ideas

We have held these games before, and they also went off with a bang. Instead of Auntie Bad Weather, last time the Summer Fairy came to us, wearing a wreath of wildflowers and a summer dress. The party also took place outdoors, in the summer, at a table with barbecue.

• Relay race “Planting Potatoes”(a very relevant game for the garden). Participants line up in 2 lines (2 teams). The first runs with a shovel and “digs a bed”, the second “makes holes” (puts hoops), the third “plants potatoes” (drops small balls into hoops), the fourth runs again with a shovel, the fifth runs with a watering can (watering). You can come up with your own variations and equipment. The team that “plants potatoes” the fastest wins.
• Musical comic competition “Summer Predictions”. The presenter dresses up as a “summer fairy”, who arrives all dressed up in a wreath and a summer dress. The Summer Fairy begins to “predict” what awaits those present this summer: She puts her wreath on the participant sitting at the table. And then a song with a “prediction” sounds. Song cuts must, of course, be prepared in advance. Example: the composition “Sea, sea, bottomless world” sounds - this means the guest will go to the sea; song “Rains, slanting rains” - there will be rainy weather all summer. Etc. We did this: we simply downloaded songs from the Internet and cut the desired passage using a free online song cutting program.

We share ready-made cuts with comic “predictions”: download from Yandex.Disk

• Competition "Clothespins" for adults. In summer, multi-colored clothespins can be found at any dacha. Two couples (m+f) participate. One is blindfolded, the other is attached with clothespins in the most unexpected places. The blindfolded participant must feel his significant other and remove all clothespins. The couple that does it faster wins. An oldie, but always a fun one!

An unusual game of hide and seek “Herring in a Barrel”

More suitable for a group of school-age children. The essence of the game:

• One player hides, and the rest remain to count to one hundred. After this, all participants begin to look for the first one. The one who finds him sits next to him in his shelter. The game continues until the hidden person and the people around him are found by the penultimate participant in the game. Well, the one who never found the “barrel of herring” loses.

Have fun in the summer outdoors! We will be glad if you share your ideas 😉