Birthday Day: ideas, contests, congratulations ceremony

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Birthday is every child's favorite holiday. Since children spend most of their time at school, they want to share their joy with classmates. However, it is not always possible to celebrate this event individually. That is why in many classes there is a wonderful tradition of having a birthday day four times a year. In elementary school, children are looking forward to this holiday, which allows everyone to feel like a significant part of a friendly team.

Why is this needed?

The teacher can limit himself to a gift on duty and a small congratulation directly on the birthday of each child. However, in doing so, he will miss an excellent opportunity to rally the team. The birthday day involves the grouping of children into groups according to the season of their birth (summer, winter, spring or autumn). At the same time, the usual distribution of children according to interests breaks down. In the spring, guys can be born who fight in ordinary life. A joint holiday will allow them to see each other from a new perspective, to become a little closer.

Besidessame, playing together, the children relax. Such activities are recommended to be carried out during periods of control work to relieve stress. During competitions, younger students learn to interact with each other, to speak to the public. Birthday day in grade 1 helps kids get to know each other in an informal setting, find friends. According to statistics, such holidays improve not only the relationship between children, but also their academic performance.

The teacher, in turn, will be able to clearly see the psychological mood of the class, identify leaders and outsiders. And in the future, plan the work so that the relationship between the guys becomes more even.

Choose a scenario

How to organize a fun birthday party? The script usually includes the following components:

• collective congratulations to children;
• game program;
• sweet table;
• mini disco.

Younger students love moving relay races and funny contests. In grades 3-4, they can be diluted with quizzes or other intellectual entertainment.

A lined up plot for the holiday is optional. Children will have enough fun games and dances. However, thematic events with a storyline are perceived by them with great interest. Some parents invite animators dressed up in costumes of their favorite characters to the class. You can do it on your own, using proactive moms, dads or high school students for these purposes.

The following storylines can form the basis of the script for the birthday man's day:

• search for gifts stolen by a fairy-tale character;
• travel to Birthday Country with tasks during stops;
• come to visit the corresponding season, holding seasonal games.

So, Santa Claus can congratulate and experience winter birthdays. The main thing is that the chosen character is familiar and interesting to all children, regardless of their gender.

Preparing for the holiday

Balloons and garlands will help create a joyful mood on the day ahead. Get the kids involved in making a holiday poster. Hang photos of birthday people in a conspicuous place. You can decorate them depending on the season. If it's autumn, use colorful leaves. In the spring, paper flowers will come into play, in the summer - butterflies. Snowflakes will be appropriate at the bottom of winter birthday parties.

The scenario provides for the presentation of gifts to the heroes of the occasion. It is better if they are of the same type and not too expensive. You can buy encyclopedias for children, unusual stationery, sweets. Boys will be delighted with cars, girls - creative sets, from which beautiful beads or bracelets are assembled.

Homemade postcards, as well as concert numbers, funny scenes can become a common gift from the class. For participation in competitions, give children symbolic prizes: stickers, chocolates, stationery with popular cartoon characters.

It is better to entrust parents with preparing a sweet table for the birthday. Have them buy candy, cookies, waffles and juice. Include variety on the menufruits: bananas, apples, grapes, tangerines. Make sure kids with allergies have treats too.

Congratulations ceremony

It is logical to start the holiday with the solemn part. Birthday greetings to birthdays can be pronounced by a teacher, parents and even fairy-tale characters. Classmates will recite beautiful poems by heart, sing the song of the crocodile Gena or the equally popular Happy Birthday.

You can ask each of those present to write a wish on a piece of paper, put them in a hat. Birthday people pull out notes with their eyes closed and read aloud. Another option: divide the children into teams and offer to take turns saying wishes to the birthday people. Who will last the longest?

To make the heroes of the occasion visible from afar, give them medals or put crowns on their heads. Play the famous game "Karavai". Put the birthday people in a circle, hand over balloons and sing a song, inserting the name of each of them in turn. With the words "choose whoever you want," the children must give their ball to one of the guests. He says congratulations.

Arrange a cheerful round dance. The leader gives various commands, trying to confuse the children. Let them go to the left, then to the right, make the circle wider or narrower, speed up and slow down. Periodically arrange stops during which you need to clap your hands, stomp your foot, or throw your hands up as many times as the birthday people turn. The game ends with three "Congratulations!" and loudapplause.

Contests involving parents

Parents are usually present at the elementary school celebration. Use them in games for the birthday. You can organize the following contests:

• "I was born." Moms "swaddle" the heroes of the occasion in toilet paper from legs to neck, trying to do it as quickly as possible. Lastly, the baby is given a pacifier. Then the "baby" needs to be swaddled for speed. The last round is garbage collection. Which birthday boy will roll up the biggest wad of toilet paper leftovers?
• "The Seventh Sense". Mothers with their eyes closed must find their child's birthday in the line.
• "I know you". Parents and children are placed with their backs to each other. The facilitator asks questions about the child. He must give an answer with a gesture (nod or shake his head), and mom - out loud. The most accurate pair wins. Everyone can be interested. Does the child like semolina? Does he read books every day? Does he know how to ride a two-wheeled bicycle? What about swimming? Can she wash the dishes herself?

Contests for birthdays

Offer the heroes of the occasion to complete individual tasks and receive a prize for them. For this game, prepare a flower. The number of its petals should correspond to the number of birthdays. On each write down the name of the competition. Children tear off a petal and complete tasks. They on the day of the birthday may be as follows:

• Depict a scary monster that regalescake.
• Blindfold guess the fruits by smell and taste.
• 10 times to say "I'm the most beautiful!" with different intonations and not laugh.
• Find your prize in class using the "hot-cold" clues.
• Blindfolded, draw a snowman, flower or ice cream in a cup on the board.
• Pour water from glass to glass while reciting a famous poem.
• Call a friend for help. Move to different corners. Blindfold find each other and shake hands.
• Say what you will do with the gift, and then take out a note with its name from the hat. Usually the game is fun, as the birthday boy puts a bike in a beautiful frame or eats a cell phone.

Competitions for the rest of the guys

Games for birthdays should be alternated with entertainment for other children. For winning them, you can give out small prizes. Here are some interesting birthday contests:

• "Guess it." Children should name the growth of birthday people in bananas and oranges, determine the youngest and oldest of them. It's a good idea to use baby pictures of kids to play with.
• "Gifts". Gestures depict your gift. Birthdays have to guess what it is.
• "Pass the fruit." Children are divided into teams with an even number of people. In front of them is a plate of fruit. A couple holds an apple or an orange between their foreheads and carries the fruitbirthdays. When the guys return, the next participants start. Which team will feed the birthday people faster?
• "Seasonal relay races". Teams need to run the distance in different ways, depending on the time of year. If it is autumn, the children carry a plum in a spoon. In winter, they change into a down jacket, passing it from one player to another. In the spring they run without stepping on spilled puddles. The latter are carefully laid out by the presenter. In summer, you need to collect a flower from petals of the same color. They lie side by side on the table. Each participant brings one and sticks it on the album sheet.
• "Sharpshooter". Children throw candy into a disposable plate. Which team will do it better?

Cohesion games

The main goal of the birthday is to make friends in the class. Therefore, in addition to competitions, it should include collective games and fun that do not involve identifying winners. For example, these:

• "Confusion". Two teams stand in a circle. They need, holding hands, to get confused as difficult as possible. Team captains go to the opponents and try to line them up again in a circle, as it was originally.
• "Cake". All children line up and hold hands. The leader is in front. He starts "baking a cake" - spinning a chain of kids around him. You can't untie your hands. When the cake is ready, candles are lit on it. To do this, the children raise their hands up and move their fingers, depicting a trembling flame.
• "Centipede". Children are built one after another, holding on to their shoulders. They are now a cheerful centipede. The host gives various commands: raise the right or left paws, jump on one leg, back up, crouch and jump up, scratch the back left leg with the front right paw.
• "Sneaky". The class lines up in a circle. The driver throws the handkerchief up. As he descends, everyone laughs merrily. As soon as the handkerchief touches the floor, the children calm down. Who continued to laugh, changes places with the leader.

Fun disco

Tea drinking is an indispensable component of any scenario for the birthday. In the classroom, dances are usually arranged after it. Children will love dancing to music from modern cartoons. These can be the popular "Masha and the Bear", "Smeshariki", "Madagascar", "Ice Age", etc. You can diversify the disco with the following games:

• "Shapes". Children initially dance in a circle. At the leader's command, they need to change into a square, trapezoid, rhombus, triangle, oval and rectangle.
• "Colors". When the music stops, the host loudly calls out the color. You need to find a classmate whose clothes have the right shade, and touch him.
• "Fast-slow". Alternating passages with fast and slow melodies are prepared in advance. Under the first children dance alone. When a slow composition sounds, you need to break into pairs. Moreover, the partner should be different every time.
• "Disco figure". childrenIt is proposed to play "The sea is worried." While the music is playing, they are actively moving, dancing. As soon as the melody is interrupted, everyone freezes in the chosen position. The presenter can comment on the figures, try to make the guys laugh.
• "Nesmeyana". Birthday people make sad faces and try not to smile. The rest of the children try to make them laugh with their dances. It is forbidden to touch "Nesmeyan" with hands.

Effective ending

Every holiday comes to an end sometime. However, this should not be done abruptly. It is better to put a bright, memorable point. In the finale, congratulations on the birthday may be heard again. Presentation of gifts, making wishes are usually timed to this moment.

Here are some ideas for a beautiful end to the school holiday:

• Announce the last dance to a song about friendship. Children can be lined up in a circle. Give them sparklers or neon sticks. Place the birthday people in the middle, let the audience shout "Congratulations!" and "Hurrah!"
• The last dance can be played in other ways. Give the children a "magic" umbrella. If you make a wish under it, it will surely come true. Let the kids dance while passing the umbrella from hand to hand.
• Farewell photo shoot with gifts. Take a group photo of the whole class. Place the birthday people in the first row, let them hold gifts. Ask the children to make happy faces, then sad faces, and finally make funny faces.
• Launch into the skyballoons. Hand out small pieces of paper to the children. Have them write their wishes on them and tie them to balloons. Multi-colored balloons flying into the sky will create a fabulous atmosphere.
• Show bubbles. At the end of the holiday, each child can receive soap bubbles as a gift. Then the whole class will go outside. Let the children put on a bubble show for the heroes of the occasion.

The birthday day at school, if spent with soul, turns into a favorite event for all children and their parents. The atmosphere of common joy and fun unites younger students, allows them to relax and feel their importance for the whole team.