How to celebrate the New Year with children?
December... The month we've all been waiting for so long and which by and large a little afraid. After all, this is an endless, often ineffective search for gifts, selection of outfits, compiling a New Year's menu and much more. Such chores unsettle, and the thought “how and where to celebrate the holiday?” from early morning until late at night is spinning in the head of even the busiest people.
If you want to feel unusual this year, again plunging into childhood memories, give your child real fairy tale but don't want to leave native home and invite theater artists to it, it is necessary to organize this holiday like this. to be remembered for the whole year. Here are a few simple tips that will help create a good mood in the house:
- Start all the preparations in advance: buy, or better, make postcards and gifts, invitations for guests with your child, think over a festive outfit, learn poems with your child. And please don't try to impress anyone with your creative, culinary skills or expensive gifts. Remember that holidays are for relaxation, not for work. Even children dream about it! Be sure to connect your little assistant to the festive fuss - it will be a joy for him. Together sign New Year cards for loved ones, wrap gifts in elegant wrapping paper, decorate it with sparkles or your own drawings, come up with holiday outfits, learn new poems with your child. To begin with, we will hang garlands, snowflakes and tinsel throughout the apartment, put up and decorate a Christmas tree, decorate mirrors and windows. Let your child help you too. after all, how fun it is to decorate a Christmas tree, hang colorful light bulbs, and then light them up with mom and dad.
- Connect everyone to the pre-holiday chores: let someone do the cleaning, someone go to the grocery store, and it’s better to think over the holiday menu together: compiled “by request”, it will delight all your loved ones and guests.
Be sure to talk to the parents of your little guests beforehand, and try to figure out what foods or drinks to avoid. In this case, you can fully satisfy the tastes of children without endangering them in again get covered with an allergic rash.
Well, your child will be happy to help you bake cookies or make sandwiches. Do not forget: they should remind kids of a fairy tale, fairy-tale characters or heroes of their favorite cartoons. The holiday should be not only tasty and healthy, but also beautiful!!! And one more thing: when children gather at the table, it is very important to set the table in advance so as not to be distracted later.
3. Think over the festive decoration of the house. The simplest and most effective option
- turn your house into Father Frost's Estate. To do this, it is enough to turn an ordinary chair into a throne with the help of a sheet or bedspread and decorate it with sparkles, tinsel, garlands. Near him, any congratulations and poems sound so solemn! Your dining room can become a refectory for a winter guest, just set the table with a beautiful tablecloth with New Year's decor and put candles on it, New Year's compositions from spruce or pine branches and dishes that remind children of Santa Claus's friends. Even chairs for children can be turned into funny animals - this will help solve the problem of seating the kids - you just need to know their carnival costumes in advance. Let your Christmas tree shine with bright lights, and there will be figures of fairy-tale heroes on the walls, bright garlands will be hung everywhere - so youyou can cheer up the most inveterate skeptics. Although among babies this is very rare! By the way: here it would be good to use the help of children: let them themselves (or with the help of adults) make Christmas decorations, invitations for guests, decoration for gifts and surprises. Their invention and imagination can amaze the imagination!
4. Give a fairy tale to children: arrange a special holiday for them - show
a performance ending with a search for gifts under the tree, organize a masquerade, go outside with them and play snowball, build a snow fort, make a snowman.
And, of course, do not forget about Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden! These characters are an obligatory attribute of a children's holiday. However, consider the age of your kids! For the smallest - children under 2-3 years old, it would be better if dad and mom turn into these heroes for a while. Moreover, I recommend showing the costumes of the grandfather and his granddaughter to the kids in advance and tell what kind of heroes they are, why they come to them. You can even touch the clothes, try them on the kids. Yes, and it is better to change clothes in front of children and the taxon will not be afraid, but will be happy to play games with the characters and wait for their gifts.
For older children, invite them to play fairy-tale characters - Santa Claus's helpers. The children will happily turn into fairies, elves, gnomes. Just don't forget to prepare costumes for them in advance! Do not be afraid - it is not difficult: just a little imagination and fiction. The main thing here is not authenticity, but the opportunity to be at least a little like your favorite hero! Just pick up a few attributes. It can be magic wands, wide-brimmed hats, staves, colorful capes. What to do next - your directorial talent and the children themselves will tell you - they are much more inventive!
However, on New Year's Eve itself, do not forget to follow the regime: let the children celebrate the New Year with you, and after an hour send them to bed, promising to tell a wonderful fairy tale in the morning. A holiday is a holiday, but you should always think about health!
5. Remember: New Year is a holiday, and it is customary to have fun on a holiday. Therefore, think about what games you can play, how fun and unusual it is to congratulate everyone and give them gifts. Take your kids' attention away from the TV by saying holiday program. It is good if the house has musical instruments or karaoke. Then you can depict famous artists compete in knowledge New Year's songs, compose them yourself. One of the guests can become a "fortune teller" and predict everyone's fate for the next year. Another option: "Get new year wishes out of a hat”: the names of the guests are thrown into one hat, and wishes to them for the next year into the other. Then the names and wishes are randomly pulled out of the hat.
For example: mother - to study only for "five", and her daughter - "grow up in the service."
So, our recipe for a successful New Year is this: take a little imagination, a little common sense, more good mood, add fairy tales there, mix everything, put it on a large New Year's dish and offer it all to family or friends. If you approach the preparation of such a "dish" creatively, carefully consider the recipe for its preparation - the result will not disappoint!
Take a family photo to make the holiday memorable.
Instruction
If you want the holiday in your house to turn out "for the glory", become its main organizer. This adds to the hassle, but it ensures that your New year's night will not pass in boring table gatherings.
Think carefully about the scenario of the holiday. You can organize a small home carnival. Then you will have to prepare costumes for all its participants in advance and determine their roles. If there is no time to make costumes, you can simply make beautiful holiday signs with the names of the characters and distribute them to guests.
Pick up games that will enliven and diversify your festive night. It is better to focus on the tastes and habits of your guests. In one company, they prefer outdoor games, in another - calm ones, allowing them to show their erudition.
Be sure to take care of the appropriate decoration at home. Depending on your imagination and possibilities, you can decorate the whole house, or just one room where the celebration will take place. interesting ways to create a New Year's fairy tale in the house, there are many. Quite suitable for this are traditional snowflakes, “rain”, Christmas decorations and, of course, spruce, or at least fir branches. You can decorate the house yourself, or you can involve guests in this process - for example, ask them to bring one or two Christmas tree decorations (better made on their own) and thus decorate the Christmas tree.
Do not spend the whole New Year's Eve at the stove trying to cook as many delicious and original dishes as possible. Otherwise, by the onset of New Year's Eve, you will no longer have the strength or desire to have fun yourself and entertain guests. It is quite possible to limit buffet» with a variety of sandwiches and snacks. Better to decorate the table the maximum number food, but with the help of a beautiful and original New Year's serving.
Prepare fireworks. Fireworks like nothing else can create the mood of the holiday. However, so that it does not turn into a disappointment, and even more so in major troubles, the salute must be carefully thought out and prepared. Pyrotechnics should be purchased only certified, in special stores and be sure to consider a place to launch (at a safe distance from home, away from windows, balconies, etc.).
One of the most family holidays in our country is the New Year. Since ancient times, it was considered the beginning of something new, the transition to the next step. Traditionally, on this day, you need to wish well-being to your family. But in recent times many seek to meet the New Year in a nightclub or restaurant, although circle families You can spend your time just as well, or even better.
You will need
- - Christmas tree;
- - tinsel;
- - garland;
- - Christmas decorations;
- - twister;
- - stickers.
Instruction
Think about decorating the apartment in which the holiday will take place. Garlands and tinsel - these two festive attributes will help you decorate the room. In addition to them, you can buy rain and Christmas tree decorations. Thanks to imagination and work, the apartment will become bright, shiny and will cheer you up during the holidays.
Do not forget to put up and decorate the Christmas tree, because it is main character new Year a. You can do decoration on your own, but it's better to connect all the members families. Let this become your tradition. And of course think about holiday menu. Exists a large number of dishes that will look great on the table and create an unforgettable atmosphere.
If you have not yet matured plans for New Year's Eve, welcome to the piggy bank of the most incredible ideas. Here you will find how unusual it is to celebrate the New Year 2017, the symbol of which is the Fiery Rooster. This holiday rightfully deserves special attention and requires careful preparation. If you show more courage, activity, freedom of thought and creativity, you can get a lot of unforgettable impressions and memories!
How to celebrate the New Year alone
There are such sad cases when on such a special night a person is left without company. Although some are satisfied with this alignment. If this happened to you, but you do not want to be bored on such a brilliant holiday, use the following ideas.
To the table of contents
Become a Snow Maiden or Santa Claus
Don't stay at home! As soon as the evening of December 31 comes, dress in the outfit of the old good grandfather Frost (well, or Snow Maiden) and go outside. What is there to do? If you do not have enough communication - go to the square, to the park, to any other place where people usually gather to count the last seconds of the outgoing year.
Congratulate the celebrants, give them gifts (inexpensive, of course, if you are not very wealthy man). These may be the most simple but cute postcards. self made with congratulations and best wishes. And people will be pleased, and you will not be bored. Perhaps you will find yourself new friends!
The Snow Maiden will not be left alone
To the table of contents
Find yourself a partner
The scenario can be left the same, with only one change: Santa Claus must find a Snow Maiden for himself (or vice versa). This is easy to do by posting an invitation in advance on any social network on the Internet. Write about what you would like to celebrate this New Year, wandering the streets in the role of fairy tale character and make people smile. Surely, you will find like-minded people. Perhaps even the whole company will gather.
Do not worry if it is not possible to find suitable costumes, use improvised materials, cotton wool, Christmas tree tinsel, paper. Even in half an hour, you can create a New Year's image to have fun in the Year of the Rooster.
To the table of contents
Build a house for the Rooster - the symbol of the year
Many people think that the most interesting celebrations New Years remained in their childhood. And sometimes you just want to go back to the carefree past. Any couple with such nostalgic moods can occupy themselves on the eve of the year of the rooster with the construction of a house for a chicken family. That is, a chicken coop.
To do this, prepare a children's designer or any improvised materials (it all depends on your imagination!). When the "cottage" is built, you can put toy chickens there or take toys that grow in water - this will be even more interesting.
The main thing is not the quality of the drawing, but its semantic content: it should be fun! The winner is a prize beautiful frame and a place of honor for a masterpiece above the bed in the bedroom, for the whole next year. It is better to make frames with your own hands, decorating with sparkles and New Year's paraphernalia.
To the table of contents
In the theme of art - festive body art
You can stock up on body paints and create unique drawings on each other's bodies all night long. The game will turn out to be quite intimate, and is very suitable for young couples who want to spend New Year's Eve fun and romantic. Be sure to take a photo for memory in a family (or future family) album.
Do not forget that the Fire Rooster rules next year, so choose bright colors. If you arrange a "tattoo parlor" before the chiming clock, then you will be able to meet the first minutes of the new year in all its glory!
To the table of contents
Meeting the New Year in the company
It would be too boring to celebrate the Year of the Rooster in the company of friends with a traditional glass of champagne and a piece of cake in front of the TV screen. This is how it will be celebrated by millions of other people. But this is not for you. Stock up on energy and unbridled cheerful mood to go to the most unforgettable winter night in your life.
To the table of contents
Organize a Christmas flash mob
Agree with friends to organize a flash mob in the city. This can be done using a special website or social network. Come up with tasks for the participants together. For example, the gathered people will need to crow 12 times to the chiming clock and shine colorful lanterns into the sky - if it snows, they will learn very beautifully (a strange task, but the purpose of the flash mob is to surprise passers-by).
After the action, friends gather at a common table and share their impressions. Perhaps your company will replenish with new acquaintances.
Flashmob on the city square
For example, the main task quest - to find a hen-companion for the rooster-king of the holiday. Naturally, the rooster (toy) should be in the most visible place, and his lost girlfriend should be somewhere in a secluded place, for example, in a safe, then the participants will need to find the key to it. Hints and tasks can be posted where and how you want (only in compliance with safety regulations - first of all).
To the table of contents
chicks beauty pageant
So unusual to celebrate the New Year is not difficult if the company has several active girls (the more the better). They must prepare, dress in a "chicken" style, brightly, magnificently, using feathers, improvised combs and earrings. To boost your mood, you can use contests on best dance, best story on the topic “I am a chicken” (this word is by no means offensive on such a night!).
Plan a varied menu ahead of time. Part of the dishes (jelly, aspic, pies, some salads, etc.) can be prepared in advance, 1-2 days in advance. Try to festively decorate the New Year's table and dishes, because a rare and cheerful holiday is ahead.
To appease the Cockerel, be sure to put a decanter with clean water and a bowl of grains. Welcome greens, fruits and nuts on New Year's table.
If you have a "team" company, then distribute the responsibilities for preparing cold appetizers, salads and desserts between the participants of the ball. And cook hot on the spot.
Write a script for the new year
For such a holiday, there must be a director who will take care of the New Year's Eve program. Give each guest the task of thinking up a cheerful greeting for your company. Let everyone write a note with a wish for the next year for one of the guests. Notes can be simply folded into a box, or can be placed in a balloon. It will be fun when such wishes are read out by random selection.
You can agree in advance on the exchange of small souvenirs. Rustle gift paper will give the holiday a special atmosphere.
Organize fun games
Do not be lazy, make a list of fun games. Winners can be awarded symbolic prizes.
Funny game for adults "Feed a friend" - blindfolded, sitting opposite each other to feed sour cream or yogurt. In advance, of course, it is recommended to cover festive clothes with a towel.
For accurate snipers, the game “Get into the Champagne” will be good - by tying a fountain pen to a belt on trousers, a dress or a skirt on a rope, you need to get into the neck of an empty bottle without the help of hands.
Can be arranged with children funny contest drawing with eyes closed- draw, for example, a portrait of mom with a felt-tip pen.
Classics of the genre - forfeits, when one thing is collected from each guest and, turning away, the presenter gives funny task to every fan.
And if you have a company of adults, then the “Thread of Friendship” game is great - with a needle and thread, each guest must sew some thing on himself. Thus, all guests remain connected by one thread. And now the task is that you will need to remove this thing from yourself. The main thing is that guests do not know the rules of the game in advance, because sometimes you have to take off both trousers and blouses to the laughter of the others.
New Year Party Ideas
If there are those who want to act as Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, then let them ring your doorbell at 12 o’clock, gather the children in a circle and each of the children will be able to demonstrate their talents. And then the turn of adults will come. Of course, Santa Claus should have a bag with gifts behind him.
It will be great if guests agree to come to the New Year's party in themed costumes. And how many different themes you can think of: pirates, cowboys, retro, disco - 80, Caribbean, Asia, black and white, etc. In the year of the Fire Rooster, a red theme would be ideal, because the Rooster loves bright and creative people.
How about a masquerade with masks so you don't get recognized? After all, masks can not only be made by yourself, but also bought without problems in the store.
If the company has creative people, why not write a holiday script on the theme of the "Fire Rooster"? Collect poems or fairy tales on this topic, print them out, and let the guests recite them cheerfully.
Take care in advance dance music. "Christmas lights" on TV don't always inspire you to dance, let's have your own selection of dance tunes.
And if your company has people who can sing and play musical instruments, do not forget to prepare and set up the tools in advance.
If the weather is good outside, why not celebrate the New Year with friends, neighbors and townspeople?
Well, if you have a warm company and want to stay at home, then take care of fireworks and fireworks. After all, it is they who give solemnity to the holiday. Do not forget about safety measures, do not allow children to approach fireworks. Try to purchase pyrotechnics only from certified sellers.
Don't forget that 2017 is the year of the Fire Rooster. This bird is emotional, active, cocky and cheerful. Therefore, try to have fun and celebrate the new year. This will appease this difficult bird - the symbol of 2017.
I wish that all your desires and dreams come true, and I told you how to make them
I wish you all a merry, memorable holiday, a successful and prosperous New Year!
Be that as it may, but the New Year is still considered a family holiday, and most houses celebrate it in the circle of their closest people.
If you decide to celebrate with your family, this does not mean that the New Year should be boring!
Batteries, accessories, iPod cases and more can be found on the user-friendly pages of electro-magazin.com. Huge selection, the best manufacturers, the latest models.
10 ways to have a fun New Year's Eve with your family
holiday attributes
What is the New Year without funny costumes, crackers, garlands, confetti and sparklers? Let the kids take part in the fun turmoil that accompanies preparing the house for the holidays.
family video
Most of us have a lot of records home video but how often do we view them? Spend the last evening 2011 watching a movie about your family with the people you love. And during the break, you can cook your favorite dish of your household.
New Recipes
Gather loved ones for cheese fondue, for example. It's fun, brings people together and is liked by almost everyone! To prepare this national Swiss dish, you will need: heat-resistant dishes (caquelon or catnelone) and long forks. You can melt your favorite kind of cheese, season it with garlic, nutmeg and dip slices of bread, potatoes or other products strung on forks into the hot mass. During the meal, you can have fun: for example, someone who drops his piece of bread into a bowler hat will have to kiss the person sitting to his left. And children will definitely like sweet fondue - with cream and chocolate. For adults, offer champagne or hot mulled wine for this dish.
pajama party
On New Year's Eve, run with the children to the video rental store and pick up films that are interesting to them, and then indulge them and let them buy sweets. At home, throw pillows and blankets on the floor, set up a small family camp for the night. Perfect for an evening like this. board games, cards, charades and everything you love to spend your time with.
New Year's ball at home
Turn your home into dance hall hanging a disco ball, decorating everything with fabrics and colored lights. Any music is suitable for such an evening, and the form of clothing can be both formal and casual - the main thing is to have fun! By the way, you can make a disco ball with your own hands - from papier-mâché and shiny paper. Fill it up with candy and small prizes, and smash it at midnight!
South American Ritual
Try to spend traditional rite who came from Colombia and South America. Assemble a mannequin to represent Ano Nuevo (Old Year) using heavy paper or cardboard. You can draw clothes on it or glue flaps on the mannequin old clothes family members. Ask everyone to write down on pieces of paper the mistakes and failures of the outgoing year. At exactly midnight, Ano Nuevo must be torn to shreds or burned. While the dummy is being destroyed, you need to read the list of failures aloud and they will disappear along with the old year!
good luck cake
Greeks traditionally prepare a vasilopita pie on the eve of the Christian New Year, which is cut at midnight by the head of the family immediately after the new year. A coin is usually placed in the cake, and whoever gets it will have good luck all year. Make this dish with your kids - they'll love messing around with the sweet and fluffy vasilopita!
Midnight of another country
If your kids are young, it's hard for them to stay up until midnight to celebrate the holiday. Therefore, you can mark midnight according to the time of another country. Organize a celebration in its spirit and traditions, turn on national music and cook appropriate dishes.
Skiing
Lots of ski resorts offer holiday packages that include not only accommodation, meals, but also the organization of the holiday itself with fireworks and New Year's fun.
"The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree"
Try writing new words for an ageless song with your children, or you can ask them to learn a couple New Year's compositions and arrange a small concert with karaoke!
There is nothing better than spending the New Year holidays with your family. But not just lie down on the sofa and watch TV, but celebrate this holiday noisily and cheerfully. Especially if you have small children. Therefore, you need to think in advance about how fun it is to celebrate the New Year at home with your family.
Prepare a festive atmosphere among the household
The holiday will be fun and relaxed only if all family members are in a good mood. And for this to be so, you need to set the right tone for him in advance. And collective preparation for the upcoming event will help in this. Involve everyone and give them assignments to the best of their ability:
- Together with the children, write a letter to Santa Claus, but do not do it for the child, let him create on his own, but under your clear guidance. Those who do not yet know how to write can express their wishes in the form of pictures.
- Buying gifts for relatives should also be done together, and what could be better than going to shopping malls in this period?
- For grandparents, make New Year's crafts - a garland, a Christmas tree toy or an angel.
- Home decoration should be festive and fun - a lot of garlands, a big Christmas tree, a lot of themed toys, painting on the windows.
- Entrust the children to prepare some dish for the New Year's table.
Table setting is festive and solemn.
Perhaps you will introduce some kind of tradition that will be a joy from year to year, it may be a trip somewhere, or maybe you will collectively cook a New Year's cake according to the same recipe. By the way, the cake is also important in this festival, especially for children. Therefore, if you do not bake it together, take care to buy it in advance or bake it yourself. Next year - fiery rooster, so you can make a cake in the shape of this bird or decorate it with cockerel figurines. And of course, New Year's decor - snowball, snowmen, etc.
Games and contests to celebrate the new year
If adults can spend the whole holiday at the festive table (and even then not always), then this is absolutely not suitable for children. After all, their active nature expects something more noisy and festive. Here it is worth considering the entertainment program of the evening.
You can make the holiday themed - pirate, carnival or masquerade. Let you have at hand a sufficient amount of New Year's tinsel - serpentine, sparklers, crackers and small gifts to reward the winners in the competitions. By the way, about competitions and entertainment: If you have a financial opportunity and a free room, you can buy artificial snow and arrange a snow battle there or collective snowman modeling.
Collect the snowflake game
It will be no less interesting to play “Collect a Snowflake” - fix the snowflakes cut in advance on a thread under the ceiling at different heights and compete for a while in who cuts or breaks the snowflakes more.
Christmas tree decorating contest
"Decorate the tree." Here you need to prepare a couple of Christmas tree models and appliqués of toys on it, which are attached with double-sided tape. Blindfold the participants and for a while let them hang the toys as beautifully and quickly as possible. And you can not make toys in advance, but draw them for speed, developing on different teams. Or play for more painted Christmas balls.
fairytale game
"Continue the story." The host will begin to tell a fairy tale, and the participants must come up with a continuation of the story, but not like this in the book, but completely different. For example, so that in the "little red riding hood" the hat, and not the wolf, becomes a bad hero.
New Year's guessing game
"Guess what?". Put an object in a large box, close it. Participants need to guess what is hidden there, with leading questions about the subject.
new year goal
"My goal". After the chimes have sounded, the whole family needs to draw two of their goals that everyone is going to achieve. On the next holiday it will need to be obtained and checked if the participants have achieved their goals.
Competition with balls
"Race on the balls." Here to help you, big dense balls, a couple of obstacles in the form of chairs or stools, fun music and a big clock with a timer.
Pantomime
"Guess who?" Here you need to show facial expressions or gestures distinctive features behavior of someone from the family, or loved one cartoon character or other characters.
Fireworks
And, of course, fireworks. This will be the culmination of the holiday, after which the children will go to bed satisfied and happy. Do not save on this entertainment, because often cheap fireworks can turn out to be fake, and this is already dangerous. Do not forget about safety measures when launching fireworks.
Handing out New Year's gifts
Of course, you have already bought a gift "from Santa Claus", but this is only half the battle, because you need to give it beautifully. For kids, this will not be too difficult. You will need to discreetly put them under a fluffy Christmas tree or dress up dad in that same grandfather and present gifts to the child. But the older the kids, the faster they understand what's what. This is where professional help comes in handy. Order them to come to your house. Children especially like it when they are not only given a gift, but also laugh and have fun. It will cost you a little more than the usual arrival of Santa Claus, but don't your children's happy eyes deserve it!
Game - search for a gift
It will be very interesting to go in search of gifts, especially if you live in your home. Hide gifts in advance, and go looking for them with a flashlight. This trip itself will be joyful for the baby, and when at the end a treasured gift awaits him, even more so. And if you have several older children, draw a map for them and let them search for them using the clues that you leave in right places. Usually such searches are noisy and fun, giving joy to both kids and adults. But do not overdo it and think about the safety of such a trip so as not to end the holiday in the hospital.
After a new year spent in this way, your children will go to bed happy and contented. And you will be immensely happy for them, and for the fact that you managed to please your loved ones and relatives. With such a plan, you will no longer need to think about how to have fun in the new year at home with your family, but simply bring it to life.
Someone likes to celebrate the New Year in hot countries, others choose restaurants and cafes. However, this holiday is not in vain called a family holiday. Most celebrate it at home with family and friends. True, often such parties are equal to the usual feast. Everyone sits down at a table bursting with goodies, turn on the TV and get carried away with noisy conversations with glasses in their hands. As a result, on the first day of the New Year, we get a headache, a couple extra pounds and no happy memories.
However, the New Year is a special holiday, which means that it must be celebrated in an unforgettable and magical way.
Preparing for the New Year
The old Russian tradition - in preparation for the holiday, to be so tired that no party is a joy, should be thrown aside. From the hostess - decoration of the house and a hot dish. Do not take on 100% of the New Year's troubles.
A few days before the holiday, the whole family make general cleaning and decorate the house.
Read more about New Year's home decor.
New Year's table
Just because you have a party doesn't mean you have to cook 15 meals for your dear guests. Throw aside the shyness and timidity and directly distribute the organization of the table among all the guests. Forget about 6 mayonnaise salads, 10 hot and 100 appetizers. Enough 1-2 salads, appetizers, hot and dessert.
Does the menu seem modest to you? Then get creative with canapés, sandwiches and other snacks. Add to this pickles, meat and fish cuts, fruits and sweets. Something can be ordered from a restaurant or bought in a trusted supermarket. Distribute the main menu among the guests. From you - hot, from others - salad and dessert. Cooking one dish is not difficult for anyone.
And finally, most importantly - try to arrange everything so that the table is not the main thing at this celebration of life. So that you can not only eat, but also communicate, play and dance. Maybe you will opt for a buffet, or plan dinner in the kitchen and the rest of the party in the living room.
How to beautifully decorate the New Year's table, read.
Conceptual New Year
To make the preparation for the holiday more interesting - decide on the concept. The easiest option is to arrange national new year. Remember Russian folk fun, fortune-telling, roller-skating, throwing shoes, etc. On the table - pancakes, pies, potatoes, pickles and jams!
You can take another country as a basis. You can easily choose Italian or french music. Or maybe you will have a German, Czech or English beer party? Or do you prefer Hawaii and pineapples will flaunt on the New Year's table, and the guests, out of spite winter frost dress up in colorful outfits and drink smoothies from fruit cups?
- Italian New Year- this is Prosecco sparkling wine, fireworks on the streets, grapes on the table and the tradition of throwing old unnecessary things out of the windows. Are you embarrassed to throw your old sweater out the window? Invite guests to throw out old thoughts! Prepare as a main dish - pizza or pasta, one of the traditional Italian salads, starters with sun-dried tomatoes and tiramisu or panna cotta. By the way, Italian cuisine is easy to prepare. Grapes should be in the amount of 12 pieces for each. If during the festive night the guest eats all the berries, then all 12 months will be happy.
- If your choice is french holiday then prepare your shoes- it is customary to add to it in this country new Year gifts. On the table should be blood sausage, baked bird with lentils, peas and other legumes. For dessert - a cake with a surprise. Place a pea, coin or bean inside. Whoever gets a piece with an object will be lucky next year.
- In Cuba, just before the New Year many containers are filled with water, and after the clock strikes, they are poured out of the window! This is a wish for the old year - a happy and bright path like water. Traditional Cuban New Year's dishes are fried pork or pig, and of course, rum from alcohol. It is mixed with orange juice and ice is added to the cocktail.
A youth party can be organized under the auspices of your favorite movie or series. Persuade guests to dress up as vampires or aliens. Maybe you love Pirates caribbean or The Hunger Games. Preparation and entourage will increase the level festive mood in your company.
Do not want to bother with grandiose preparations? Then host a cocktail party. Find out which alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks your guests like the most and prepare recipes based on them. Part can be done in advance, and the rest right in the process of the holiday all together. You will need several shakers and measuring cups. And, of course, an incredible amount of ice. Give children the opportunity to create airy milk desserts.
New Year's contests
The festive table and outfits correspond to the chosen theme, but after the first course you already want to warm up. How to have fun on New Year's Eve? First, divide the responsibilities again. Let everyone who comes cook creative number or a competition. Prepare the program and you.
New Year with children
Whatever scenario new year holiday you didn’t choose, the main thing is that you have a great mood and expectation of a miracle, and then your wishes, made to the sound of the clock, will certainly come true! Happiness and success to you in the New Year!
When a child appears in the family, the question very soon arises: how to celebrate the New Year with children? Of course, when he is still quite a baby, he can just sleep and not remember anything from the holiday, but for an older child this is already a very important day of the year, the most magical, favorite holiday, the day when kids are waiting for miracles. And it is in the power of parents to make sure that both the holiday itself and its expectation are remembered for a long time by the child, and for the family they become an occasion to have fun together.
Celebrating the New Year with children is not only New Year's Eve itself. Actually, you can start preparing already a couple of weeks before the holiday. After all, there is so much to do, and in many ways the child can already help his mother:
- get decorations, decorate a Christmas tree, decorate an apartment;
- come up with and make your own New Year's costumes;
- make a list of those to whom you will give gifts, and prepare them;
- write a letter to Santa Claus;
- play winter games together;
- closer to the holiday - a little help with the preparations festive dishes, for example, decorating sandwiches.
Preparation and waiting
Already in November, when the first gifts appear in stores, and trucks familiar from childhood are carrying Coca-Cola on TV screens, kids begin to pester their parents with questions: and soon? And when? Tomorrow? Not? And how many days are left? So that the baby himself understands how many days are left before the holiday, you can purchase or make an advent calendar with your own hands. it special calendar for the last month of the year, the purpose of which is the countdown. It can be made from anything: cardboard boxes, envelopes, jars, fabric with pockets - the main thing is that it has 31 compartments. Popular options are when every day a child eats some sweets from such a calendar or performs some special winter task: make a “snow angel”, cut a snowflake out of paper, write a congratulation to one of the family members, etc.
What else to do in December with a child?
- Go to the city Christmas tree, be sure to learn poetry and tell the real Grandfather Frost.
- Go in for winter sports: go sledding, skating, skiing.
- To make a snowman.
- Draw cards for grandparents.
- Closer to the holiday - bake with mom christmas cookies in the form of stars, snowflakes, deer, Christmas trees, and also dogs, the symbol of 2018.
Besides, in new year holidays many organizations offer not only Christmas trees, but also other thematic programs. Unforgettable a gift for a child can be, for example, an invitation to animators who will hold a show of soap bubbles. See various tricks, trails and clouds of bubbles, even get inside yourself soap bubble- these feelings will make anyone children's holiday unforgettable!
In several days
Gather the whole family and write a letter to Santa Claus. For parents, this is a great way to find out what their child's dreams are (and if they have any problems - for example, a child may wish to make peace with school friend), and for the child himself - to analyze his behavior for last year to set, albeit small, goals for the future.
Let the baby actively participate in decorating the Christmas tree, let him serve toys or hang them on the lower branches himself. Older children can cut out snowflakes and garlands, decorate windows with drawings.
Place beautifully wrapped presents under the tree to create a holiday feel. Just do not lay out everything: one or two must be handed over by Santa Claus.
You can invite Grandfather Frost and the Snow Maiden in advance. This role can be filled by artists or family friends. If this is not possible, there is another trick. Today, you can find snow “footprints” in stores, lay out the path to the Christmas tree with them and show the baby: well, they say, grandfather came, but didn’t find you.
Dec. 31
In the pre-holiday bustle, you need to combine two incompatible things: create a baby new Year mood and at the same time make it so that it does not distract from preparing for the holiday, because it is today that you need to do so much! Therefore, a selection of New Year's cartoons will help to celebrate the New Year with children at home. There are a lot of Soviet and Russian cartoons familiar to us from childhood on this topic:
- "Winter in Prostokvashino";
- "Snowman-mailer";
- "12 months";
- "Winter's Tale";
- "Santa Claus and Summer" ...
Older children can already turn on longer cartoons, for example, "Frozen", or offer to watch New Year's movies with adults.
We have fun celebrating the New Year with children: thematic competitions
If there are several small guests at the holiday, be sure to prepare a festive program in order to celebrate the New Year with children in an original and unusual way. Contest options:
Win-win lottery: each is given a note with a task that needs to be done in order to receive a gift. For example, dance new year dance, bark loudly (remember: the year of the Dog is coming) congratulations, congratulate everyone on the New Year on behalf of, for example, a chair ... In a word, everything that fantasy tells. If someone is shy, there is no need to force him, let him simply congratulate those present in an original way in order to pick up his gift.
"We decorate the Christmas tree." Each participant is given a Christmas toy, then they are blindfolded and untwisted. His task is to hang a toy on a Christmas tree, and to guide the rest by giving hints.
How interesting is it to celebrate the New Year in a company where there are both children and adults? Set up a competition! For example, boys and men can fight with marksmanship by throwing "snowballs" of cotton wool at a hat on the floor. And women and girls - for the best title of the Snow Maiden, for example, in the ability to dance.
How to celebrate new year with baby
The first new year of a child: how to celebrate a holiday with a baby up to a year
If the child is very small, a special approach is required. Of course, the course of the holiday will be greatly influenced by the daily routine, so you should not count on noisy festivities all night long. While the child is awake, you can let him touch the Christmas tree, tinsel, admire the colored shiny toys. Take care of safety, put away wires and breakable toys.
It is unlikely that culinary feats will be expected from the mother of a baby, so opt for the simplest dishes, some can be ordered at a restaurant. If you are feeding your baby, do not get carried away with various harmful goodies. You can afford quite a bit of wine - about 25 ml, but it's better to do without alcohol.
How to celebrate the New Year with a small child so that the holiday is remembered? You can spend with a child New Year's photo session in a themed costume: he is unlikely to remember this, but looking at photographs in a few years will be a pleasure.
See also a video about preparing for the New Year with a child:
Better to stay at home with your loved ones. Prepare a light festive dinner, put the baby to bed at 21-22 o’clock, and at this time quietly sit at festive table, enjoy the fact that the most dear people are nearby. You should not invite many guests either: most likely, in this case, the child will be frightened, overexcited, and his whims can ruin the holiday. You should always have the opportunity to pick him up, retire, feed him so that the child understands that his mother is nearby and does not worry.
If grandparents come to visit, perhaps they will let mom and dad go outside for a while - to watch fireworks, light sparklers.
If one of your friends or relatives has a child of about the same age, you can unite with your kids: come to visit, later put the children to bed together, and celebrate yourself.
How to celebrate the new year with a child from 1 year to 2 years
At this age, the child already understands a lot, but so far he is unlikely to be able to effectively help his mother. Let him just watch the decoration of the apartment and the Christmas tree, the preparation of dinner. You can get a little distracted, listen to "winter" songs and poems, go out into the yard and make a snowman with the whole family.
At this age, you can already read children's books about the New Year, Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, tell your child about new year characters. But inviting them to the house, even if it will be dad or grandfather in a suit, is too early: the child may be afraid of a stranger.
How to celebrate the new year with children 2-3 years old?
An older child can already help parents a little in decorating the house. It is still worth keeping an eye on the absence of breakable toys and open wires, but in general this holiday will be much more interesting and meaningful than the last one. You can write a letter to Santa Claus with the help of your parents. Some toys for home decoration can be made together with the child: let him not master the whole process to the end, but he is quite capable of smearing with glue or coloring. He can also help set the table: lay out fruits, cookies, napkins. You can already visit the children's party, just be sure to be nearby so that the baby is not lost and not scared. And, of course, the main thing is a gift from Santa Claus, which the child will find in the morning under the Christmas tree!
We hope our tips will help you celebrate the New Year 2018 with your children in a fun, interesting and memorable way!
New Year in a warm family atmosphere - a good idea. Such a holiday will be remembered for comfort, good mood and engaging conversations. To make New Year's Eve exciting and bright, you can prepare scenarios, games and other entertainment.
How to organize the New Year at home with your family: 5 important tips
How fun to celebrate the New Year with your family?
We offer exciting and funny games that will appeal to both children and adults.Competition "New Year's card"
This is a wonderful and simple game for cozy family holiday.How to play?
- A few days before the celebration, invite each participant to do greeting card with your own hands and write a New Year's wish on it. Show crafts to each other is not allowed. Prepare pencils, paper, and other materials at home. If someone forgets about the card, he will make it during the festive evening.
- When everyone is ready for the game, they collect postcards (it is desirable that the participants do not see each other's crafts), put them in nice box and mix.
- Now each of the family members in turn goes to the box and pulls out a card with wishes for himself by touch. Before picking up a gift, the wishes must be read aloud. Most likely, many of them will amuse the guests, it may happen that obedient grandchildren are wished on the baby, and good grades at school for the mother. Also invite guests to guess the author of the postcard.
- At the end of the game, hold a secret or open vote, determine the author of the most beautiful and interesting postcard and reward him with a symbolic prize.
Family history game
How interesting is it to spend the New Year in the family circle? Suggest this game. It will help to remember the most important and warmest moments of the year and bring together the participants of the holiday.How to play?
Let everyone remember the warmest, brightest or interesting story that happened in the past year and is connected with your family. The stories can be told one by one. This is a great way to sum up the year, thank your relatives for the good they have done for you, and just smile again.
Competition "New Year's Quartet"
If you have not yet decided how to celebrate the New Year at home with your family, you can hold this funny and noisy competition. It is especially fun and interesting if a lot of guests have gathered for the holiday.Props: pots, pencils, sheets of paper, rattles and any other items with which you can make sounds.
How to play?
The game "Decorate the Christmas Tree"
This competition will come to the aid of those who do not know how interesting it is to celebrate the New Year with the family with children, if the kids still want to have fun, and the adults are already tired and dream of peace. The game is suitable for any number of children. Even one kid will be happy to decorate the Christmas tree.Props: a sheet of paper, pencils or felt-tip pens, stickers, a blindfold.
How to play?
The game "What's in Santa's bag?"
The competition can be held spontaneously, because it does not require props.How to play?
Invite the participants to take turns listing the items that Santa Claus has. Each next player must name all the previous gifts in the correct order, and then add their own. The one who plays behind him repeats the updated list and adds one more word. For example, the first says: “Santa Claus has a bear”, the second: “Santa Claus has a bear and a candle”, and the third: “Santa Claus has a bear, a candle and Christmas tree toy" etc.
If the items are named incorrectly, the participant loses. The one who lasts the longest wins. In order not to argue about the correctness of the list, you can select the leader. This person will not play, but will write down the sequence of words and will check the answers of the participants against it.
Competition "Fruit or candy Santa Claus"
To have a fun New Year's Eve at home, hold contests on Creative skills. These activities are enjoyed by people of all ages.Props. For the game, prepare the same or similar sets of pieces of different fruits (it is important that they are of different colors and sizes). You can also use candies in multi-colored wrappers.
How to play?
Scenario New Year in the family circle
If your family is creative and cheerful, you can not only spend a holiday with contests, but also come up with a script New Year's Eve. We offer two interesting ideas."Magic Masquerade"
Before the holiday, get together with your family and choose a fairy tale that will be dedicated to the festive evening. Let it be kind and good famous history, for example, on the plot " Snow Queen”,“ Morozko ”, the cartoon“ 12 months ”.Assign roles and let each of the guests prepare a costume for themselves. But the holiday doesn't end there. Task for the whole evening or part of it: to match the image of your character. You can also hold a riddle contest dedicated to history, play scenes from a fairy tale and play the games that we suggested above.
"Journey to another country"
Another interesting scenario on New Year's Eve at home with children is a holiday in the style of another country. You can make a trip to warm Italy, snowy Finland, distant Japan or another corner of the planet.Invite everyone to choose their roles and prepare costumes. Don't forget the themed table and decorations.
Game "Stories and Legends"
To reduce organizational issues, let each guest prepare a themed decor for the interior, as well as fascinating story about the appearance and use of this thing. This task can be thought of as a competition. At the end, vote and give a symbolic prize to the one who prepared the most interesting subject and a story about him.
funny riddles
Also prepare riddles and questions about the country. For example, on New Year's Eve Japanese style may I ask:
How many Santa Clauses are there in Japan? (There are two of them, the traditional Segatsu-san and the young Oji-san).
What color is Santa's kimono? (Blue or cyan).
How long does it take Segatsu-san to congratulate all the Japanese people? (A week).
Who gives gifts to children on New Year's Eve? (Parents).
In order for the participants of the quiz to answer the questions, advise the guests to prepare for the holiday and read about the traditions of the country.
Other games
Also, for the Japanese New Year, you can hold a haiku competition, decide “Who will cook sushi better?” or “Who can eat rice faster with chopsticks?” and come up with other themed entertainment. The scenario of the New Year should include the competitions that we indicated above.
Theme evening - great idea not only for a family holiday, but for those who don't know how fun it is to celebrate the New Year at home with friends, another country style script is a solution for almost any holiday.
Have a nice holiday and magical events in the coming year!
