Fun in the forest in summer. Fortune telling with a ring

The long-awaited summer has arrived. Finally, you can move not only from home to office, but also by deviating from the standard route and get your short happiness in nature. I am lucky to live in an accessible environment of forest and parkland with a lake. One evening, heading along the path to the lake, I noticed a very unusual picture that brought a healthy smile to my face. There are offices on the ground floor of the house closest to the forest. Near one of the offices, right on the sidewalk stood long table, covered with a tablecloth. The table was bursting with treats: salads, sandwiches, hot dishes, sweets, wine. Around the table, people sat on chairs, stools, and lounge chairs, bending over their plates. Flowers in a bucket placed on the steps crowned the whole event. It was clear from everything that there was a celebration going on, perhaps the company was celebrating the birthday of one of its employees. “How nice,” I thought, “people are tired of spending for a long time in a stuffy room, and they moved to nature along with tables and chairs. Their faces and posture said one thing - they were enjoying this sunny Friday afternoon.” It was the beginning of summer. These people, like pilgrims, were the first to break free, inviting us all by their example to plan for maximum stay in nature.

Organized holiday

The above example can be called unorganized rest. Of course, the guys did their best: they took the furniture outside and prepared salads, but still it was just a feast. We will talk about outdoor recreation, which involves not only food, but also entertainment. An organized vacation is a planned event that includes an extended program of activities. Nothing enhances outdoor recreation more than games and competitive programs. Play is something that captivates a person from childhood. Outdoor games make your vacation more fun and unforgettable. Organized recreation is more accessible to large companies, which, when going out into nature, negotiate in advance with representatives of holiday agencies, who organize entertainment for them. If the company’s budget does not allow such a luxury, then the employees themselves come up with activities for themselves on vacation, trying to bring it closer to an organized one. WorldofSovetov, promoting healthy image life, I’m ready to expand your horizons and replenish your knowledge with those games that will be useful to you on any vacation, for any budget, status and age. And most importantly: they will make your vacation memorable for long working days.

Types of games

Summer holiday games can be divided into four types:

Sport games.
Entertaining games.
Team games.
Banquet games.

Sport games

This is the most common and known species entertainment on vacation. A soccer (volleyball) ball in the trunk of the car and badminton rackets will never hurt. While the kebabs are grilling, men can “drive in football", and women and children jump for the shuttlecock ( badminton).

To unite the whole team of vacationers, we recommend playing volleyball. The volleyball can be thrown over the net, but you can do without it. Then the participants stand in a circle and throw the ball to anyone standing opposite. The main thing is to hit the ball in time, not letting it fall to the ground.

If you are going on vacation where there is a body of water, you will also need a volleyball for playing in the water. It can be water volleyball And water polo.
Water polo is hand football. The group is divided into two teams. Each team must have its own identification mark: for example, different color headbands. At a signal from the self-proclaimed referee, the teams begin the game from the center of the pond. Goal: throw the ball into the opponent's goal. Gates can be symbolic, such as sticks placed in the ground on a shoreline or objects placed at the edge of a pool. The team that scores more goals into the goal wins.
It should be noted that water games are now becoming very popular, especially in Europe. Mass swimming in pools also gives rise to new games, such as frisbee, boomerang, water tennis, water balls:

frisbee- this is tossing a flying saucer or ring. You can play in pairs, standing opposite each other, or as a team in a circle. One player throws the plate to the other. The goal of the game is to catch the plate and prevent it from falling onto the water. This game may not have a winner;
boomerang– can be played by one to several people. You need to take turns throwing out a boomerang, which should return to the player. The one whose boomerang lands on the water the least number of times wins;
water tennis- This Sports Equipment new generation, designed for water. The essence of the game is the same as in table tennis, only here the ball bounces off the water, not the table;
water balls- this is a game similar to our “pancakes”, when you look for a flat, not heavy pebble on the shore and throw it parallel to the plane of the water. Such a stone flies far from the shore, bouncing off the surface of the water. And you need to have time to count how many “pancakes” you got, i.e. how many times did the pebble hit the water? You need to do the same with special balls.

If we're talking about popular water games, let's also mention beach (or shore) games that have European roots. This Frenchball(or bocce ball) petanque And bowls. All of these are similar games with metal or plastic balls. The rules of the game are similar to curling, but there are no brushes. Each team must roll their heavy metal balls as close as possible to a pre-installed small, distinctive ball, which in each game has its own name (and this is perhaps the only difference between these three games). Typically, each team has four players. With their balls they can aim and bounce the opponent's balls away from the central ball, which must remain untouchable. The game ends when all the balls are thrown out. The winner is the player or team whose balls are closest to the main ball.

Sports beach games in our country and abroad do not require special preparation, their rules are known to everyone, and they can be played both before and after the banquet, which is why they are so popular on summer holidays.

Entertainment games

These games are aimed at entertaining vacationers. They are distinctive in that their rules are unknown to most, which represents an element of surprise. And if there is a creative person in the team, he will not be lazy and will search in advance on the Internet for games that are not known to his employees. This same person most likely becomes the host when these games are played on vacation. MirSovetov has in its arsenal several original games that you can take note of.
If you go on vacation not only with your team, but also with members of their families, or with another little-known company, then the first game we advise you to play is “Getting Acquainted”. If you don’t get to know each other at the beginning of your vacation, it won’t work out have a nice rest.
Game "Dating". The rules are as follows: the whole group stands in a circle, including children (if present). The presenter is the first to say his name and make his distinctive movement, for example, raising his hands up. After his introduction, everyone standing in the circle repeats his name and action. Then, in a clockwise direction, the next guest says his name and makes his own movement, for example, putting his palm to his heart. Now everyone repeats two names and two movements, starting from the leader. It looks like this: everyone says “Nikolai” and raises their hands up, then “Anyuta” and puts their palm to their heart. Next, the third player calls his name. Everyone again repeats both the name and the movement, starting from the leader. And so, having reached the last participant in a circle, the whole team will not only remember the names that were repeated many times, but will also have a lot of fun, inventing and repeating different movements. The last circle must be said with high speed, the presenter must warn the players about this in advance. The high tempo will set the mood for the final game.

If you come on vacation with a team you know well, then we suggest making the “Telegram” game first.
Game "Telegram". Presenter in game form says that the players must send a telegram home to their relatives. To do this, he calls one “code” word, for example, “field”. All participants must come up with the text of the telegram using the letters of the word “field”. For example, someone might get the following text: “Very helpful. Better - the euro." The task is distributed at the beginning of the game, and telegrams will be collected later, depending on the overall scenario. It is prohibited to swap letters in the code word. At the table, during the first toast, the winner can be announced. This is the player whose telegram turns out to be the funniest. A fun start to the holiday is guaranteed.
After lunch you can play very interesting game, which is especially suitable for children and also for mixed groups. It's called "Golden Gate".
Game "Golden Gate". You need to choose two people who don’t really like to move, these could be older people, for example. They stand opposite each other, take each other's wrists and raise their arms up. This is the gate. The remaining players stand in a “snake” position, pointing their faces at the back of the head of the one in front. The presenter stands at the beginning of the “snake” and begins to lead it, saying: “The Golden Gate sometimes lets you through. The first time is forgiven, the second time is forbidden, and the third time we will not let you through!” The snake passed through the gate several times while the saying was being read. At the last phrase, the “gate” should close (put your hands down), and one or two people from the “snake” will remain inside it. Those who "enter" the gate become the Golden Gate. They take the hands of the first two players to form a circle. The remaining participants again line up in a “snake” and walk, holding each other by the shoulders or waist towards the gate, passing and exiting through it. At the last phrase of the proverb, the “gate” closes again, leaving people inside. The game is repeated until the last player is left in the “gate”.

This game is very interesting with a lot of people. And especially if among the vacationers there are children with their parents.
It will be good later in the evening music game“Day-Night” for knowledge of songs.
Game "Day-Night". This game is suitable for those vacationers who have a guitarist or accordionist on their team. Everyone sits around the fire. Players are divided into two teams, for example, men's and women's. The ladies start first. They sing any song that contains words for which antonyms can easily be invented. For example, the girls sang a verse of a song with the words “girls.” Then the men remember the song with the words “guys.” The following antonyms can be examples: day-night, summer-winter, blizzard-heat, white-black. One team starts singing, the other remembers a song with the opposite word. The team that can remember the most songs wins. But everything is provided.

Team games

These are all types of relay games designed to create a competitive atmosphere. Team games should also include the currently fashionable trainings Teambuilding (team formation) and Teamspirit (team spirit), designed to develop favorable environment in the work team. Such games have become an integral part of corporate offsite events.
Teambuilding And Timspirit– these are team-building trainings that include a set of scenario games, in which each person is given the opportunity to express themselves both in a team and individually.
Now it has become fashionable to carry out themed team games. For example, you come with your employees to an island purchased by your company (a camp site, a sanatorium, a river bank), and there you are met by a pirate costumed crew led by Captain Flint. Half of your team falls into the hands of pirates, and the rest become warriors who must free the hostages and find pirate chest with stolen provisions for your entire team.

And the game begins, which includes many difficult tasks. This may include quest- this is the completion of certain tasks on a map, to which the following description can be attached: “Stand at tall pine, go east five steps, turn north and walk another ten steps, find a clue near the juniper bush that will orient you further in the area.”

When a treasure is found using a tricky map, new tests begin, for example, paintball is a paramilitary game in which there is an instructor whose duties include giving safety instructions and telling the rules of the game. In this game, unlike a quest, you will see your opponent and start a real war with him. Only the cartridges will be filled with paint, not gunpowder. The winner here is the team whose camouflage has fewer paint stains.

Then “fate” throws you into the jungle, where you need to make your way through improvised vines (ropes) stretched like a spider’s web on trunks, branches, stumps and pillars. The main thing is not to touch the rope with your body. Those who pass this test move on, the rest are taken captive to the ship. There they will have to solve the real mysteries of Captain Flint. I guessed it right - free! Questions could be:

Where is the end of the world? Answer: where the shadow begins.
Two fathers and two sons found three treasures, but each had one. Why? Answer: they were grandfather, father and son.

When the whole team reunited, they were holding a bottle with a note indicating where the chest was buried. But the found missing item is not so easy to obtain. You must first cross the log to the other side, and there the “pirate” will give you the chest if you guess what is in it by asking the “pirate” leading questions.
Instead of a “mysterious island”, your team may end up on a “submarine”, in the “distant past” or in the “future”, on “ hot-air balloon", and in the "dragon's cave". The scenery may change, but the games remain pretty much the same.
If you are planning to spend your vacation without involving specialists in organizing holidays, MirSovetov offers you a list of simpler team games:

long jump– two teams start jumping. The first players jump from the line, and all subsequent players from the place where the player in front landed. The team whose jumps make the longest path wins;
ball on a tray– players line up as in the previous game. The first players are given a tray and a tennis ball is placed on it. All other players hold a ball in their hands. The player must run to a certain mark and return back to the team, passing the tray with his ball to the next player. The second players place their balls on the tray and run to the mark with two balls on the tray. And so on until the last player. The point: you need to run so that the balls do not fall from the tray. The team that makes the least mistakes wins;
find the treasure– this game is similar to a quest, but here each team hides its treasure and draws up a description map for the enemy. The point: find the treasure on the map. The team that finds the treasure first wins;
throw a ring on the bottle– the presenter arranges the bottles in a row or like skittles. Each team in turn must throw three rings on their bottles. The team that completed the task more accurately wins. The ring can be made from wire or cut out of thick cardboard;
don't spill the water– each team lines up in a line parallel to the line of the other team. In the left hand of each player of each team is a glass of water, in right hand Each player has empty cups. The point: at the leader’s signal, each team must pour water from its own glass into the opponent’s empty glass. At the same time, the opposite team does the same. The winner is the team that fills the opponent's glasses with water without spilling a single drop;
pantomime- each team prepares a theatrical pantomime, depicting the word or phrase that the presenter asked them. The opposing team must guess the word in pantomime. The one who guessed right wins.

If you add your own sack jumping and blind man's buff to our games, then your holiday will be filled with a healthy competitive spirit, ingenuity, creativity and good mood.

Banquet games

These are table games. There are situations when outdoor games are impossible or they need to be “diluted” with games outside. festive table. And then banquet games come to our aid.
Words– the presenter names the letter. You need to come up with a word that denotes a gastronomic item on the table. For example: starting with the letter “S” – salt. Goal: get ahead of the enemy. Whoever comes up with the word first becomes the leader.

Deaf phone– the presenter whispers a word into the ear of the person sitting next to him. He passes it to another, and so on until the end of the table. The last player says the word out loud. The presenter checks the correctness of the named word. If the word is returned incorrectly, the presenter begins to look for the “weak link”, starting from the person to whom he entrusted his word. The one who made a mistake becomes the leader.
Questions– the presenter asks comic questions prepared in advance. For example: “What should you do if, while parking at the office, you broke the headlight in your director’s car?” The point: come up with the most original and funny answers.

Toast song– each participant is given a poetic text, for example, congratulations to the birthday person. The text may be the same for everyone. During the entire feast, guests rise and sing their text (like a toast) to various music, prepared in advance and turned on by the host. You don’t have to look for a winner here, but in the name of the result you need to demand high-quality execution tasks.

The final

Any organized holiday It is customary to end with a concert. MirSovetov offers you the idea of the final game, namely a concert. But it won't be quite ordinary. In advance, within a month before the corporate vacation, specialists in dance, vocals, original genre and balancing act will come to your company. They will conduct master classes with those employees of your company who have talent and want to perform in these areas. The issue of costumes will also need to be decided in advance. And when the company comes on vacation, the magnificent final stage will be a concert held on our own, but its quality may not be inferior to the skill of the invited “stars”.

A sure way to get a good boost of cheerful mood for at least six months is the opportunity to spend a well-thought-out organized holiday in the company of his friends. Your ingenuity, talent and agility will “reveal” a different side of you, and your colleagues will become even closer to you. And so that the friendship does not fade away, take a piece of paper, a pencil and slowly start sketching out a plan for the next event after the summer -

“Pantomimes” is a favorite game of soulful groups. A person thinks of a word and speaks it into another’s ear. The player's task is to show this noun using gestures. The game switches to new level, if you try to guess words that are difficult to depict, for example: abbreviation, inspiration, fidelity, eternity, phenomenon, and so on.

Game "Who are you?" Each player writes a noun on a small sheet of paper, then this sheet is glued to the forehead of the neighbor on the right. A person should not know what is written on his forehead; his task is to guess this word using simple questions that can only be answered “Yes” or “No”. For example, a person has a piece of paper with the word tiger on his forehead, he asks: “Is this a plant?”, other players answer: “No!” Then the turn goes to another player and so on. A move is made only when the answer to the question posed is negative.

Interesting game "Principle". One person steps aside so as not to overhear the others conferring. He is water. Those who remain come up with a principle for whom they will answer questions, for example, for the neighbor on the right. The water returns and begins to ask simple questions everyone in order, and they must answer according to the hidden principle. For example, water asks you: “Are you blonde?”, and you, even if you have blond hair, but your neighbor on the right is brunette, answer: “No!” The driver's task is to guess the principle itself. It can be completely different, for example: everyone is responsible for themselves or for the nearest person who has a piercing, for the water itself, and so on. Water should ask such questions, the answers to which are obvious to everyone.

You can also play the famous “Mafia”.

Competitions in nature

Competition "Storytellers". Two teams of three people, in total each team has a storyteller, a talking head and a gesticulator. The storyteller stands aside and tells an interesting tale. The player playing the role of a talking head sits on a stump and puts his hands behind his back. His task is to open his mouth as if he were telling a fairy tale (do not forget about emotions and facial expressions). The gesticulator sits behind the talking head, hides his head. He must gesticulate what the fairy tale is about. Teams take turns showing and telling their tales, and those who did not participate in the competition choose the winning team. This is a very funny and fun competition.

"Captain". Two players are blindfolded - these are ships. Each of them has a captain. All other players are distributed in space and freeze in any position - these are icebergs. Captains must guide their ships to a certain, previously established point. The captain cannot touch the ship. He should give him verbal commands, for example: “Two steps forward”, “Squat down”, “Three steps to the side” and so on. The team that wins is the one that reaches the designated point faster and doesn't hit the icebergs. Icebergs are prohibited from moving.

Competition "Colorful Volleyball". Need to inflate a lot balloons. The territory is divided into two equal parts. There must be two teams with an equal number of people. Task: clear your territory as much as possible from the balls by throwing them to your opponents.

At the end of this competition, you can divide the remaining balloons in half between the teams and hold a “Mineweeper” competition - whose team will burst the balloons faster.

All players stand in a circle, one from the other at arm's length. A circle is drawn in front of their socks. The driver and his defender are selected. They both go to the middle of the circle. The players' task is to hit the driver with the ball, but his defender prevents this.
At the signal, the players begin tossing the ball to each other. Seizing the moment, someone tries to hit the driver. The driver, escaping from the ball, runs, jumps, dodges the ball, and the defender, protecting the driver, tries to catch the ball, throws it away with his arms, legs, and whole body. If he still fails to defend and the ball hits the driver, then they both change places with the one who hit the driver and whom he chooses as his defender. The game starts again.
A hit by the ball to any part of the body other than the head is counted, even if the ball bounced off an object, the floor (ground), or a defender. But players must remember: when throwing the ball at the driver, it is prohibited to go beyond the circle; such a throw does not count.

Game "12 notes"

A variation of the children's game "Gift Hunt", but requires some preparation and time. Ideal for an outdoor picnic with a large group. Those present form several teams. Their task is to find “treasures” as quickly as possible - a box of beer or a delicious cake. The organizers must prepare 12 notes, in each one it is written where the next one is located. But the main difference is that some of the notes are hidden, and some are located in special “exchange points”. The team will receive a note in this way...

Game "People's Ball"

A Bulgarian game, but it is also played in other countries of the Balkan Peninsula and Central Europe.
Two teams of 10 to 15 people play on a volleyball court without a net. Each is located on its own half of the court, and one player is sent to the opponent’s half. The ball is put into play by throwing. If a player from one team catches it, he throws it to the other team's half, trying to hit the opposing player. The player who was hit by the ball is eliminated from the game. If he catches the ball on the fly, then the return throw tries to hit the opponent. This changes the order of throws, and the number of dropouts increases. The team that eliminates all opponents wins. The role of the player standing behind is to pick up and pass to his team the ball that has rolled out of bounds. This player can mislead the enemy. He can throw a ball thrown to him across the court to his partners for a more successful throw. However, he himself cannot beat the enemy.

Game "Balandvarak"

Tajik folk game
The game is popular among teenagers. They usually play on the hillside. Participants line up in pairs in a column. At the command of the leader, each pair takes turns jumping up the hill, tightly connecting both legs. Those who manage to cover a greater distance by jumping in this position win.
The jumpers stand at a certain distance from each other. The winners in pairs can compete with each other. The game develops physically, hardens, develops patience and endurance.

Game “Knock down the potatoes (Knock down the bulb)”

In Belarus, games-exercises for strength, dexterity, intelligence,
Ability to act in the most unusual conditions. Here is one of these game tests for teenagers and young men aged 14-18 years and older.
On two stumps (indoors they can be replaced by stools and chairs), located at a distance of 1.5-2 m, place round log. The player sits in the middle of the log, cross-legged, facing towards one of the stumps (stools). It is not allowed to rest your knees on the log and move on it...

Game "Hide and Seek"

This game is played in all Arab countries.
They play on a site overgrown with bushes and trees. In the middle of it, if possible, near a thick tree, turning to face it, the player of the driving team counts loudly to one hundred.
The players of the other team hide. The search begins, and if the driver finds the hidden one, he must run to the tree and touch it. The discovered player also runs to the tree, trying to touch it before the driver. If he does not have time to do this, he is eliminated from the game. If the driver is not dexterous enough, another team member takes his place. So the number of players on both teams gradually decreases. The team that manages to drive out all opponents wins.
The driver can be knocked out not only by the one who was discovered, but also by anyone hiding who manages to run to the tree faster. Only one player from the driving team participates in the game, the rest are outside playground and wait until it is their turn to enter the game.

Game "Push and Pull"

This is what they called the running competition. But the running is unusual, in pairs. The players stand with their backs to each other and holding hands. They start from one landmark to another, located at a distance of 10 m, then return back. An indispensable condition of the game is not to tear your backs away from each other. One player runs and pulls a partner behind him, who tries to move in sync with the first. Many people fail to run within the conditions. The winner is the pair that covers the distance there and back faster than others. The running time is recorded.
The game trains dexterity, synchronization of movements, sense of rhythm and patience.

Game "Sahreoba"

A favorite and widespread game in Georgia. It develops agility and physical endurance. and also disciplines.
The game requires 10 sticks up to 1 m long of any diameter. The sticks are laid out on a flat area in parallel, at a distance of 50 cm. A flat stone is placed along a row of sticks on both sides at a distance of 50 cm from the sticks. The player must do several exercises.
1. From the first stone you need to jump on one leg to the second stone, going around the lying wooden sticks right...

Birthday is important, if not the most main holiday in everyone's life. There are many ways to celebrate it, but those born during a blooming spring, wild summer or quiet early autumn are luckier.

Because this is a unique holiday even in the most banal scenario. Except in cases where merging with nature means devouring barbecue with an abundance of alcohol and then “spreading” home.

So, the decision was made to walk under open air. Previously you need to consider the following:

- location: a clearing in a park, near a river or lake, a nearby forest or a tourist camp.

— menu: ready-made snacks, grilled or campfire dishes.

- serving and equipment depend on the previous two points.

- entertainment program- without them, a birthday will not be different from an ordinary picnic.

The holiday scenario requires preparation. Therefore, as soon as the location of the birthday party has been chosen by the birthday boy, and the number of guests has been specified, you need to start organizing leisure activities. This can be implemented in various ways.

Method one. Holiday without worries

If there is no desire and time for “amateur activities” and there is a certain amount of free finance, you can entrust the organization and further holding of a birthday party in nature to the shoulders of specialists. Several options are also possible here - organizing a turnkey holiday (when the selected agency handles the feast, entertainment, and transportation of guests) or “part-time employment of specialists” (this is either a program with animators, or an off-site “restaurant”).

Method two. Holiday from scratch

The organization of leisure activities is carried out by the hero of the occasion or his assistants-friends.

You can entertain your guests with active games, sports relay races, table quizzes, music competitions and dancing, fireworks and fireworks. When choosing entertainment, you should definitely take into account the age of the guests, the degree of familiarity with each other, and the games should be clear, simple and not require special equipment.

Active games for a birthday party in nature

The variety of active games is great, both between teams and several participants. Some of them:

"Gift from the Forest"- guests disperse around the area and bring the birthday boy a souvenir, having come up with a name and story for him: for example, a staff - helping to confidently walk through life, or a bouquet forest herbs- a symbol of health and longevity. The winner is determined by the hero of the occasion.

"Treasure"- two teams receive a pre-drawn map and look for treasure on the ground. The treasure can be a useful item for recreation, an inflatable circle or ball, a bottle of water or champagne.

"Balloon Fight"- under the menacing name hides a fun romp with balloon, tied to the leg of each participant. Moving across a limited playing field, you need to burst more of your opponent's balls by stepping on them, while keeping your own intact.

"Tourist"- each player must put on different things and collect equipment scattered across the clearing - they play against the clock. The tourists look very funny.

Sports games and relay races for outdoor celebrations

After a meal, you can warm up by playing mini-football, volleyball, or “knocked out” - these games are universal, they are played both on land and in water. Relay races will not only invigorate, but also amuse the guests:

"Three Legs"— the guests are divided into pairs, the players have two legs tied: the left leg of one and the right leg of the other. And so, on “three legs,” they run to the flag and return to the team.

"Forest Run"- guests are given the roles of “hares”, “boars”, “bears” and so on. On command, they start in pairs and must pretend to be animals until the finish line. Those who were both faster and more convincing win.

"Nimble Dragon"— teams depict dragons, lining up like a snake. The first player is the head, the last is the tail, and in the middle there are several “parts” of the body. During the game, all the “dragon parts” hold each other by the waist with their hands; you cannot break the chain. The task of the “head” of one dragon is to catch the “tail” of another.

Entertainment "at the table"

Verbal competitions and quizzes with questions are usually held at the table. They can be a great help when guests they need to be introduced or united, or they are tired of active games.

"Acquaintance"– the paper towel is torn into many small pieces and each of the guests takes a few pieces for themselves. After that, each guest tells as many facts about himself from his biography as there are pieces of paper he took.

Quiz: “Who knows the birthday boy better”- among the questions are facts from the life of the hero of the occasion, including those where guests are mentioned. The quiz will bring the company together, and the prize will go to the one who answers the most questions correctly.

"Telegram for the birthday boy"— guests name adjectives that fit into a pre-prepared text and are read out by the host of the competition. It is interesting when all the guests are mentioned in the telegram - each of them sometimes receives an unexpected characteristic.

Fun quizzes with questions:

"Question answer". Questions about the birthday boy and funny answers are prepared in advance - guests take turns pulling out first a trick question, and then a piece of paper with an answer - such “coincidences” are always very funny.

"Riddle Questions" with a catch, for example: How do day and night end? (Soft sign).

Song competitions and dances

A dance program is always appropriate - what would a birthday be without a disco? Endurance dance competitions and round dances can be part of the disco.

Song competitions can be held at a table or around a fire, and if there is a guitarist or accordion player in the company, such competitions will turn out to be much more interesting and brighter. And if there is no accompanist, then anyone can become one, having received as a musical instrument any item - a plastic plate, foil, grill grate, glass, etc.

"Song Connoisseurs"— the theme of the competition can be songs about summer, spring or autumn, or birthdays. Whichever team sings the most songs (verses) dedicated to the chosen topic wins.

"Day Night"— the competition consists of teams performing couplets on opposing topics. For example, one part of the guests sings a verse from a song about love, another about parting, and so on. The team that gives up first loses.

Fireworks, fireworks, launching sky lanterns or balloons

It is always an amazing sight and positive emotions. Such entertainment for the birthday boy is often a pleasant surprise at the end of the holiday. But you should remember the safety rules, especially if the birthday party is held in the forest, where “fiery spectacles” may not always end positively.

In any case, a birthday spent under the clear sky in a friendly company, with competitions and games, relay races and quizzes, will give everyone a lot of joy, laughter, fun, and with such a positive charge New Year in the life of the birthday boy will definitely be successful.

"FIND ME"

"BODGERS"

"FORGED CHAINS"

"TURN OFF "CHANSON"

"CHESS FOOL"

"FIGHT IN PURE"

"MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS"

"THIS IS EXTRA"

"HOT-COLD"

"GIANT STEPS"

"KING OF THE FAMILY"

"GUITAR RESCUE"

"JUMPING OVER VALERA*"
As you know, jumping over a fire is very dangerous for health and clothing. But jumping over Valera is a much more enjoyable and safe entertainment. For this game, take Valera, who is fast asleep, who will probably be found near the backpack with drinks, and cheerfully jumps over it. It is important to remember one thing: there must be an even number of jumps, otherwise Valera will not grow any more.

"FIND ME"
Players playing on cell phones are trying to explain to their comrades how to get to their vacation spot. The one whose partner arrives first wins.

"BODGERS"
The second team comes to the clearing where the picnic is being held and says that this is their place, after which the players begin to kick each other out of the clearing. The winner gets the clearing and the meat.

"FORGED CHAINS"
All picnic participants, free from barbecuing, excuse the involuntary rhyme, stand in a line and begin to walk slowly across the clearing, heads down and peering into the grass. The presenter rushes on his knees in front of the walking chain and says: “It’s a gold chain, my husband gave it to me, he’ll find out and kill me! Oh, I’m a damned fool!”
The game continues until they are called to eat and drink.
Varieties of the game: “EXPENSIVE EARRINGS”, “DIAMOND PENDANTS”, “CELL PHONES”, etc.

"TURN OFF "CHANSON"
One of the players turns on the car radio at full volume and opens the doors of his car. The remaining participants in the game are divided into two teams: one gets a kick out of the music, and the other gets irritated by it. As a rule, those who enjoy music win.

"CHESS FOOL"
One of the players is shuffling the chess. There are usually thirty-two pieces, so four bolts or screws are added to play the chess fool. Players hold pieces in their fists, but do not show each other. And they play the fool not with cards, but with chess, like cultured, intelligent people. The one who has all the pieces in his hands loses.

"FIGHT IN PURE"
This is a decorous and cultural entertainment, in contrast to wrestling in the mud, in a fire, in a barbecue or in a sleigh. Decent women fight dressed, on a clean blanket, and the audience encourages them with applause and exclamations, “Come on, Svetlana Nikolaevna, take over Antonina Sergevna!”, “Come on, Antonina Sergevna, break Svetlana Nikolaevna’s jaws!” etc.

"MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS"
The game begins when daughters of different ages and their mothers go out into nature. Without men. The host begins the game with the words “Girls! Yesterday I saw new boots made of salamander...” Everyone starts interrupting her with all sorts of the same nonsense. And at the same time they still have to laugh shrilly and drunkenly. God forbid a person ends up there.

"THIS IS EXTRA"
This game requires several skewers, and exactly one less than the number of participants.
The players walk around the barbecue and pretend that they are playing completely different games. But at the command “The kebabs are ready!” everyone rushes to the grill. The one who doesn't get a skewer with kebab loses.

"HOT-COLD"
While the kebab is being fried, one player (the host) hides a net with bottles of vodka in the river. The rest of the players wait at first, and then they can’t stand it and begin to show where she might be. And the presenter says: “Hot!”, “Warm!” or "Colder!" (depending on how much time has passed). When the kebab is ready and the vodka has cooled, this monster says: “It’s cold!” and takes out the hidden net.

"GIANT STEPS"
Participants in the game gather at the starting line and drink 30-100 grams of vodka. Then the bottle is moved back 40-80 cm. Participants must take a step and drink 60-120 grams again. The bottle is moved 80-160 cm. Again everyone walks and drinks. The winner is the one who can take the biggest step and then stand up.

"BIG BADMINTENIS" ("BADMINBALL")
To play you will need badminton rackets and a soccer ball. The rules are like in tennis, but instead of a net there is a person. He also serves as a judge in this exciting but difficult game.

Game with a girl "ON SPILL"
A pair of players sit opposite each other, pour and drink. Then more. If a girl misses, she takes off some part of her toilet. If he doesn’t miss it, then at the end of the game he allows you to remove them all.

"KING OF THE FAMILY"
While the men are grilling shish kebab, the women should play “Peeling Potatoes,” “Cutting Salads,” and “Finally Keep the Children Doing Something!” In the morning, as if they had done nothing to prepare the shish kebab, they must collect all the dishes, men lying around everywhere and other rubbish.

"GUITAR RESCUE"
The players try to play the guitar all evening, and the presenter, who is also the owner of the guitar, tries at the last moment to pull the guitar out from under the players and play it. The winner is the one who manages to play the guitar. The presenter loses.