An anniversary birthday - a special type of name day - is celebrated, as a rule, crowded and magnificent, and therefore requires more careful preparation. Such a celebration is best organized as a surprise holiday. The birthday boy also takes part in preparing the evening, but for some time it is better to keep certain moments secret for him.

How to start a holiday

The celebration hall is decorated in accordance with the theme of the holiday: greeting cards, photo collage, flowers, garlands, Balloons. The whole atmosphere should be imbued with the anniversary birthday, for which you need to select appropriate music, decorate the festive table in a special way, etc.

Such an evening begins with a ceremonial part, but the hero of the day is congratulated in a special way, for example, you can sing in chorus a song written in honor of the hero of the occasion. There is no way to do without congratulations in verse. You can compose them yourself or use ready-made ones.

For the young-at-heart hero of the day and with good feeling humor, you can organize a game “Find the treasure”, where the treasure will be all the gifts prepared for your birthday. To prevent the birthday boy from getting confused, he is given a treasure map in the form of a scroll with clues. Guests can also take part by directing the treasure hunter with the words “cold” or “hot”. After the drawing, the birthday boy is given real gifts.

With the start of the festive banquet, a small “warm-up” can be done at the table, starting competitions for the woman’s anniversary with an auction.

Auction

To cheer everyone up at the beginning of the holiday, immediately after the first toast, you can hold an auction for guests. For fun, you need to prepare several lots that supposedly belonged to the hero of the day. Examples of such lots:

• the first diaper of the hero of the day;
• the car he played with as a child;
• the shoes he wore to kindergarten;
• laces for these shoes;
• photo of the birthday boy's first teacher.

Before the auction starts, the host announces that the one who says the last thing will win the competition kind word about the hero of the day. A prerequisite is that the epithets that are awarded to the hero of the day must be harmless, and, of course, they can be pronounced only once. The winner who came up with the most recent original compliment, in addition to the lot, is awarded a certificate for “The Most Eloquent Guest.” A toast sounds “To the most extraordinary hero of the day.”

Competition "Gift for the hero of the day"

When all the gifts brought to the hero of the day have been presented, there is an opportunity to please the birthday boy once again. An anniversary toast, a ditty, or a song may be suitable as an intangible gift. For guests, write tasks on cards and place them in balloons. Each guest chooses a ball, bursts it and completes the specified task.

Sorting

To play, you need to assemble two teams of up to 10 participants each (there should be an equal number of players). The presenter says the condition according to which the players will line up. The team that quickly and accurately completes the task wins. The players must be fairly familiar with each other. Examples of tasks:

• line up by name (in alphabetical order);
• line up according to height;
• line up in ascending (or descending) age order;
• build in descending order of apartments or houses;
• arrange everyone in order of hair color changes (from blondes to brunettes).

Grandma at the market

This competition is for a woman’s 60th birthday. The players should be placed in a circle (the game can be played at the table). The presenter says: “Granny went to the market and bought a coffee grinder...”. At the same time, he turns the handle with his hand, imitating the movement when grinding coffee, the players take turns repeating the words and movement after him. The next circle is “Grandma went to the market and bought an old iron.” Continuing to turn the coffee grinder, with your left hand you begin to stroke everything one by one. Then the grandmother bought a foot-operated sewing machine (foot movement is added), then a rocking chair (the players also begin to rock). And finally, a cuckoo clock (everyone says “cuckoo, cuckoo”). The main thing is to perform all movements at the same time; whoever gets confused is out of the game.

Grandmother's chest

To play, you need to prepare a chest or suitcase with various cool things. Two volunteers are participating. Before the competition begins, they are blindfolded. At the leader’s signal, they take things out of the chest and begin to get dressed. The one who gets dressed first wins.

Quiz “As you were, so you remain”

Contests for a woman’s 45th birthday can start with a quiz competition. The host offers to participate in the prize draw without showing it to the guests. For the correct answer to the quiz, guests receive a candy point. The number of candies determines the winner, who is awarded a certificate for “The most inquisitive guest.”

Sample list of questions about the hero of the day

1. On what day of the week was the birthday girl born?
2. His data at the time of birth (weight, height).
3. Where did this happen?
4. What time of day?
5. What was the name of the teacher in the kindergarten where the hero of the day went?
6. Her favorite toy.
7. Best friend at school.
8. What is her math grade on her certificate?
9. What is her education?
10. Where was her first day of work?
11. Where did the hero of the day meet her future husband?
12. When did the birthday girl get married?
13. What was the weather like on your wedding day?
14. The exact ages of her children.
15. The birthday girl's favorite food.
16. Favorite song.
17. What is the size of her summer cottage?
18. What kind of trees grow there?

After the quiz, the host invites everyone to sing the hero of the day’s favorite song. The birthday girl solos, everyone sings along. Texts for everyone must be prepared in advance. The program will continue with dancing, but not simple dancing, but on chairs.

Drill

The game involves two teams - men's and women's. Each has its own captain. The women's team is lined up in a corridor with the captain at the end. The men's team starts the game. The captain must walk through the ladies' line without a single smile and kiss the captain of the women's team. If he laughed (and the ladies constantly provoke him), then he must give a forfeit, and we appoint a new captain for the men's team. If the male captain successfully completes the task, the female captain is replaced, and the forfeit is also taken from her. The game continues until all the men on the team have passed the line as captain. Then the teams switch places, and the female captain walks through the male line and kisses the male captain. At the end, the prisoners and forfeits are counted and played out.

Dance on chairs

For a fairly relaxed company, you can offer cool competitions for a woman's anniversary. Participants must be seated on chairs so that they can be clearly seen by all other spectators. Music is turned on with specially selected and well-known melodies - waltz, gypsy, lezginka, rock and roll, twist, tango, Russian “Barynya”. The tunes change every 30 seconds, and guests show off their talents without rising from their chairs. The competition can be complicated by asking guests to dance only with their hands, heads, etc. the winner is awarded the prize “The Best Dancer” and is offered a toast “To the most cheerful guests at the holiday.”

Catch a fish

For the competition you need to prepare several paper fish. Participants are divided into pairs, and a fish is tied from behind to the partner’s belt so that it drags along the ground. During the dance, men try to step on the fish and tear it off, while protecting their lady's fish. The couple that keeps their fish until the end wins.

Ode to the hero of the day

For a woman’s 50th birthday, the “Ode to the Jubilee” competition will come in very handy. The host invites guests to write an ode in honor of the respected birthday girl. The rhymes that need to be used for this are posted in advance. To stir up interest in the competition, it is also advisable to announce the prize (in the form of a bottle, for example, champagne) in advance. Here are some sample rhymes for the ode:

• hero of the day;
• schoolboy;
• case;
• painter;
• hit;
• Tan;
• nightmare.

The competition continues all evening, summing up the results, the winner is awarded the coveted prize and a certificate “For the gift of poetry.”

Remember everything

Divide the players into pairs and line up with their backs to each other. Participants tune in to each other, trying to remember it as accurately as possible appearance. The presenter invites everyone to remember their partner in detail, and no even sidelong glances are allowed. Here is an approximate list of tasks that everyone answers in turn:

1. What is the partner's name?
2. The color of his eyes.
3. How long are the trousers (even if the lady is wearing a skirt, the question should sound exactly like that).
4. What kind of shoes does your partner wear?
5. What's on your partner's neck?
6. Which hand is the watch on?
7. How many rings are there on your hands?

You can also ask the color of lipstick, earrings, tights, ties, etc. The pair that guesses the maximum number of correct answers wins.

Warm heart

All volunteers are given the same ice cubes. On command, they try to melt the ice by squeezing it with their hands and rubbing it on their chest. The one who manages to do this first receives a certificate “For the warmest heart” and a prize - a glass of champagne.

Hat

The host announces any dance and has a hat in his hands. You can dance in pairs or alone. Suddenly he puts a hat on the head of one of the players. The main thing is not to be left with the hat when the music suddenly stops - you will have to give away the forfeit. There is a nice variation: if a couple is dancing, you can put a hat on your partner and take the lady away from him in the dance. When enough forfeits have been collected, the second phase of the game begins. The presenter must have prepared tasks in advance for redeeming forfeits. Each phanta owner draws a card from a hat and completes a fun task. For relaxation, you can dilute the dancing with song competitions.

Parodists

Volunteer singers are invited to join the circle; they receive cards with the names of political figures of different generations (Stalin, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin). On the other side are the names of the songs that the participants must perform. But it must not only be sung, but performed in an image that matches the image of the leader. It’s better not to overthink the themes and lyrics of songs and choose the well-known “Katyusha” or “Yolochka” that everyone knows.

You can't erase the words from a song

All guests play (can be used as a table option). Everyone is given a pen and a piece of paper on which they must mark lines from six of their favorite songs - 6 phrases. When guests have completed the task, they are offered a clue:

• song No. 1 – feelings at the first kiss;
• song No. 2 – memories of the first wedding night;
• song #3 reminds me of the honeymoon;
• song No. 4 – feelings a year after the wedding;
• song No. 5 – what I’m thinking about today alone with you;
• thoughts from the morning after the golden wedding.

"Honorary wind blower"

Closer to the final part of the holiday, you can hold a competition for the anniversary of a 55-year-old woman for the title of “honorary wind blower.” The birthday girl should also participate in it. Each volunteer is given balloon, which must be inflated as quickly as possible so that it bursts. If the shape of the balls is unusual, the competition is more fun and difficult. If the hero of the day wins, in addition to a diploma, he is awarded the title “Chief Candle Blower.” If one of the guests, then he becomes the “First Assistant to the Chief Candle Blower.” After all the titles are awarded, the anniversary cake is brought out.

When preparing to celebrate his birthday, inviting guests to the celebration, the birthday person needs to select funny table competitions in advance to make the holiday as bright and interesting as possible, and, most importantly, to avoid awkward, protracted pauses or unwanted conversations.

Competitions should be chosen exclusively for table competitions- as a rule, adults have absolutely no desire to get up from the table to participate in outdoor games - therefore an invitation to jump and run is unlikely to be greeted with enthusiasm by guests.

At the same time, the number of competitions should not exceed 5-6, otherwise even the funniest entertainment program will be unreasonably drawn out and will soon become boring.

Necessary props and organizational preparations

Most of the competitions below do not require a presenter, but for some of them the presenter will need to be chosen by general vote - which in itself will become fun competition.
Or agree in advance that one of your loved ones will take on this role.

Props

For competitive program must be prepared in advance:

• tokens or medals;
• red box;
• forfeits with tasks;
• blindfold and mittens (according to the number of guests);
• cards with drawings in a blue or pink (depending on whose birthday) box:
  – scales for weighing trucks,
  - desert,
  - telescope,
  - alcohol mashine,
  - tank,
  - police car,
  - lemon Tree,
  - propeller.
• two bags (boxes);
• cards with questions;
• answer cards;
• long nose made of cardboard and elastic;
• glass of water;
• ring.

Red box

A “Red Box” with forfeits is being prepared separately for those who lost in competitions or dropped out of the game.
You can make the “Red Box” yourself, from colored paper and tape, or buy a ready-made one.

Forfeit tasks should be as funny as possible, for example:

• sing a funny song with a serious look, in a false voice, without hitting a single note;
• dance while sitting (with your arms, shoulders, eyes, head, etc. funny dance);
• show a trick (and in such a way that it doesn’t work - it’s clear that there are no magicians among the guests);
• tell funny poem, make a wish an unusual riddle, tell a funny story, and so on.

Attention: The “red box” will remain in the middle of the table throughout entertainment program. As mentioned above, it is for the losing participants. Therefore, do not forget to “reward” the eliminated contestant with a phantom - and it doesn’t matter if the tasks are repeated - after all, everyone will perform them in their own way!

Competition No. 1 “Find the birthday boy”

Guests are blindfolded.
The leader moves everyone as he wants.

As a result, no one knows who is sitting where now, and who is nearby.

Each guest wears warm mittens. You need to find out by touch who is sitting next to you, touching with your hands in mittens only the head and face of your neighbor.
Firstly, it tickles and inevitably makes you laugh!
And secondly, it’s very interesting to try to guess a person through touch!

Each participant guesses who is on the left.
You can only try to guess once, the ultimate goal is to find the birthday person.

The headbands are removed only when the last participant has guessed or not guessed his neighbor, but if the birthday person is discovered, the game ends earlier.

Whoever fails to guess his neighbor draws a forfeit from the “Red Box” and completes a funny task.

Competition No. 2 “Wishes and funny gifts for the birthday boy”

This is a very funny competition for resourceful guests with a sense of humor.

First, the Presenter says the main congratulations.
It sounds like this: “Dear (th) our birthday boy (tsa)! We all sincerely love you and wish you good health, happiness and prosperity! May all your dreams come true! Now the rest of the guests will complement my wishes!”

Next, each participant must say the following phrase: , and then pull a picture out of the blue (or pink) box, show it to the birthday boy (or birthday girl), and explain why he gives this particular item to the hero of the occasion? If no explanation is found, then the contestant reads out the text on back side Pictures.

The next participant, before taking the picture out of the box, again repeats the beginning of the congratulatory phrase “And I know that this is exactly what you really need, that’s why I’m giving it!” and takes out his funny “gift” with an explanation of why the hero of the occasion really needs it!

So, for example, having pulled out a picture of a desert, the participant first says the main phrase with which everyone who draws pictures begins: “And I know that this is exactly what you really need, that’s why I’m giving it!”, and if you didn’t find your wish, read the phrase written on the picture on the back side: “Let them go there, into the distance, forever, holding hands, and let all your enemies and enemies never be able to return, having captured all your troubles!”

What should be depicted and written in the pictures is indicated in the “Preliminary preparation” section, but let us repeat once again:

1. The box contains pictures of unusual objects.
2. On the reverse side, as a hint, wishes are written. First, the guest, looking at the picture pulled out of the box, tries to invent original wish to the birthday girl (birthday boy), then looks at the hint written on the back of the picture and adds to her congratulations.
3. You can add other pictures, in any quantity - the more pictures and wishes, the more interesting the competition.

Minimum required images for the competition:

• a picture of special scales for weighing loaded KamAZ trucks, on the reverse side it is written: “I wish you so much wealth that it is impossible to count, but only to weigh with such scales!”;
• image of a telescope, on the back it says: “I wish that all dreams and their fulfillment were much closer than those stars in the sky that are visible through a telescope!”;
• moonshine still, on the back there is a wish: “Let a considerable percentage of unbridled fun always play in your veins!”;
• picture of a tank, wish: “So that you always have something to go to the store with!”
• image of a police car with flashing lights: “So that when you drive, the people make way!”
• tree with lemons growing, inscription: "So that you all year round“lemons” and not only fruits grew!”
• a picture of a desert, on the back it says: “Let all your enemies go there, into the distance, forever, holding hands, and never be able to return, taking all your troubles with you!”
• image of a propeller from the film “Kid and Carlson”, inscription: “May your life always be Karslson, who lives on the roof and brings many valuable gifts!”

There are two winners in the competition:
First: the one who came up with the most funny congratulations birthday boy (birthday girl);
Second: the one who read the inscription on the picture funniest of all.

Competition No. 3 “Tell about yourself: let’s play cards”

Two bags (or two boxes): one contains chaotically mixed cards with questions, the other contains answers.
1. The presenter pulls a card from the bag with questions and reads it out loud.
2. The first participant in the feast draws a card from the bag with answers and an expression.

It's the random combinations of questions and answers that will be funny..

For example, Leader: “Have you ever been stopped by a traffic police officer?”
The answer might be: "It is so sweet".

You can only draw one card per question.
The game ends when all the cards are announced and all guests have read the answers to the questions.

Question cards:

1) Do you like to drink?
2) Do you like women?
3) Do you like men?
4) Do you eat at night?
5) Do you change your socks every day?
6) Do you watch TV?
7) Do you want to cut your hair bald?
8) Admit that you like to count other people's money?
9) Do you like to gossip?
10) Do you often play pranks on others?
11) Do you know how to use cell phone?
12) Now at the festive table, did you look at who ate what and how much?
13) Have you ever driven drunk?
14) Have you ever come to a birthday party without a gift?
15) Have you ever howled at the moon?
16) Have you calculated how much the set table costs today?
17) Have you ever given something that you yourself were given as an unnecessary gift?
18) Do you hide food under your pillow?
19) Do you show obscene signs to other drivers?
20) Can you not open the door for guests?
21) Do you often miss work?

Answer cards:

1) Only at night, in the dark.
2) Perhaps, someday, while drunk.
3) I can’t live without this!
4) When no one sees.
5) No, it's not mine.
6) I only dream about this!
7) This is my secret dream.
8) I tried it once.
9) Of course yes!
10) Definitely not!
11) In childhood - yes.
12) Rarely, I want more often!
13) I was taught this since childhood.
14) This is very nice.
15) Definitely and without fail!
16) This doesn’t interest me at all.
17) Almost always!
18) Yes. The doctor prescribed this for me.
19) This is all I do.
20) Once a day.
21) No, I'm afraid.

Competition No. 4 “Intuition”

Each player is given a hoop with a specific shape on his head. It could be a fruit, a vegetable, a character, a famous person.

The players’ task is to guess who he is using clarifying questions that can only be answered “yes” or “no.”

Instead of hoops, you can make cardboard masks, then the game will turn out not only interesting, but also very funny.

Competition No. 5 “Long Nose”

Everyone puts on pre-prepared noses.

At the Leader’s command, you need to pass a small ring from nose to nose, and at the same time a glass of water from hand to hand, trying not to spill a drop.

The game is considered over when both the ring and the glass of water return to the “first” participant.
Anyone who drops a ring or spills water receives a forfeit.

Competition No. 6 “Find something in common”

Players are divided into teams.
The presenter shows three pictures that have something in common.
To motivate and cheer up the teams, the condition may be as follows: the team that did not guess the answer drinks penalty glasses.

For example, one picture shows a jacuzzi, the second shows the Eiffel Tower, and the third shows the periodic table. What unites them is the surname, because each image is an object named after its creator.

Competition No. 7 “Hat for the birthday boy”

In a deep hat you need to put a lot of folded pieces of paper with laudatory descriptions of the birthday boy (birthday girl), For example:
- smart (smart),
- beautiful (beautiful),
- slender (slender),
- talented (talented)
- economic (economic), and so on.

Guests are divided into pairs. One partner takes out a piece of paper, reads the word to himself and explains to his partner using gestures what it means.
If the answer is not found, you can suggest one in words, but not by naming the word itself, but by describing its essence.
The team that gets the most correct answers wins.

You don't have to split into pairs. One person takes out a piece of paper and gestures at the word, while the others guess.
For each correct answer the player receives one point.
The player with the most points wins.

Competition No. 8 “Getting to the bottom of the truth”

An object, for example a carrot, needs to be wrapped in several layers of foil.
Each layer is accompanied by a riddle or task.

If the guest guesses the correct answer or completes the task, he expands the first layer. If not, he passes the baton to his neighbor and receives a forfeit.

The one who removes the last layer wins a prize.

Competition No. 9 “Gossip Girl”

This funny competition is more suitable for a small company, because headphones will be needed for all participants. Or several volunteers may participate and others will observe the process.
Players put on headphones and listen to music loudly so that no extraneous sounds can be heard.
Only the one who says the first phrase remains without headphones. This must be some kind of secret about the birthday girl (birthday boy).
He says it loudly, but in such a way that it is impossible to hear all the words clearly.

The second player passes on the phrase he supposedly heard to the third, the third to the fourth, and so on.
Guests who have already shared “gossip about the birthday girl” can take off their headphones and observe what other participants end up sharing.
The last player voices the phrase he heard, and the first player says the original.

Competition No. 10 “Second Half”

Guests will have to use all their acting skills.
Each player chooses a piece of paper on which is written the role that he will play.
The roles are paired: the goal is to find your partner as quickly as possible.

For example, Romeo and Juliet: Juliet can sing the text: “I’m standing on the balcony and waiting for my love” and so on.

Competition No. 11 “Common Efforts”

The presenter suggests writing a fairy tale about the birthday girl (birthday boy).

Everyone comes up with their own plot, but each player will write only one sentence on a common sheet.

The fairy tale begins with the sentence “One fine day (name) was born.”
The sheet is passed around in a circle.

The first person writes a continuation based on the first sentence.
The second person reads the first person's sentence, adds his own, and folds the piece of paper so that the third guest can only see the sentence that the person in front of him wrote.

In this way, the fairy tale is written until the piece of paper returns to the guest who first started writing it.

By joint efforts it will be very funny story about the hero of the occasion, which is then read out loud.

Competition No. 12 “Honest answer”

You need to prepare cards with questions and answers.
One guest takes a card from the deck with questions, and the one to whom the question is addressed - from the deck of answers.
The game continues in a circle.
The number of questions and answers should at least correspond to the number of players, and it is better to be two to three times more.

Approximate options

Questions:

1. Do you often walk around your apartment naked?
2. Do you envy rich people?
3. Do you have colorful dreams?
4. Do you sing in the shower?
5. Do you often lose your temper?
6. Have you ever declared your love to a monument?
7. Do you sometimes feel like you were created for some great mission?
8. Do you like to peek?
9. Do you often try on lace lingerie?
10. Do you often read other people's letters?

Answers:

1. No, only when I drink.
2. As an exception.
3. Oh yes. This sounds so much like me.
4. You might think this is a crime.
5. Only on holidays.
6. No, such nonsense is not for me.
7. Such thoughts visit me constantly.
8. This is my meaning in life.
9. Only when no one is looking.
10. Only when they pay.

Competition No. 13 “By ear”

All participants are blindfolded.
The presenter taps a pencil or fork on some object.
The one who guesses the item first will receive one point (you can use stickers and stick it on clothes).
Whoever has the most at the end of the game wins.

Competition No. 14 “Inarticulate Hamster”

All guests fill their mouths with marshmallows.
The first participant reads the phrase that is written on the sheet, but does not show it to the others.
He says it to his neighbor, but due to his full mouth, the words will be very illegible.

A phrase is a task that the one who ends up last will have to complete, for example, “You must dance the lezginka.”
The participant will have to perform the action that he heard.

Competition No. 15 “Top Secret”

Competition No. 16 “Sobriety test”

A game for a large company.
The first team is on one side of the table, the second team is on the other.
From the first player to the last you will need to pass various objects, holding them with matches.
The winner is the team that quickly transfers all the objects from one end of the table to the other in this way.

Competition No. 17 “Musical Crocodile”

The first contestant takes out a piece of paper on which the name of the song and, possibly, the lyrics are written.
The task is to explain to others what song it is.
You can't explain it with words from the song itself.
For example, “When the apple trees bloom...” you cannot say “The apple trees bloomed in the garden.” You can say “In one place there is a tree, fruits appear on it” and something like that.

Competition No. 18 “Find your match”

To play the game you need to prepare cards with the names of various animals. There are two cards for each animal.
Participants pull out cards and then show each other their animal (meowing, crowing, etc.).
The game will be over only after all the pairs have been found.

Our competitions are designed for the most modest costs, both financial and organizational. If you take into account the age of the guests and their preferences, competitions can be very funny and mischievous.
This birthday celebration is sure to be remembered for a long time!