Interesting Mother's Day contests for adults and children

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-08 23:38

Mother's Day is a relatively new holiday in Russia. The last Sunday in November became a red day in the calendar only in 1998. Not so long ago, it began to be celebrated in kindergartens and schools. Children usually prepare for this day with special zeal, because their beloved mothers will come to the holiday, whom they want to please with poems, songs, and drawings. Kids arrange exhibitions and rehearse skits. And so that the guests do not relax, teachers, together with their pupils, come up with or select interesting contests for Mother's Day. Below are the most popular.

Contests for Mother's Day in Kindergarten

Kids in kindergarten are looking forward to their parents taking part in interesting challenges. The host of the holiday calls several participants from the audience, and every child dreams that it is his mother who will take the stage. Comic competitions do not cause difficulties for anyone, but they give a lot of positive emotions to both participants and spectators. For everything to be just like that, contests for moms for the Daymothers need to be chosen wisely: not too simple, but not too complex, kind, without hints and ambiguities.

Ball pop

For the game you will need from 3-5 dexterous participants. They are provided with many inflated balloons. At the command of the mother, they take one of them and try to burst in any way. Someone can step with a heel, someone can prick with nails, the main thing is to destroy more balls. To prove your victory over another rubber opponent, you need to pick up his remains. The winner is calculated by the number of former balls.

Guess the son (daughter)

Two or three mothers are blindfolded and placed in front of a line of children. Participants must find their child by touch. To complicate the task, only the male part of the group is assigned to the mothers of the boys. With girls it is easier - parents can focus on hairstyles, bows and hairpins when they touch the child's head. Therefore, the teacher can bring intrigue to the competition by removing the most outstanding details of outfits from little fashionistas.

Know yourself

This test will not only show the most attentive and sensitive mothers, but also allow them to learn something new about themselves. The essence of the competition is that the children in the group make up a verbal portrait of the main woman in their life in advance, after which the sheets with descriptions are mixed and the presenter reads out the text. Which mother recognizes herself - she won. The more winners, the better! At alla simplified version is suitable for small children: let them not describe their mother, but draw. And those will look for their portrait among a couple of dozen strangers.

Cooking contests

Mom is the main cook in the family. She cooks daily and must be good at cooking. Therefore, competitions for moms on Mother's Day, related to products and recipes, are sure to be a success. The easiest test to prepare:

Peel a potato: who can do it faster or get the longestpeel.

Write down the most dishes whose names begin with a certain letter.

Recognize small kitchen utensils by touch: spoons, forks, whisk, mixer attachments, slotted spoon, etc.

Contests for Mother's Day at school

Educational institutions also celebrate this holiday every year. Younger students can take on the same Mother's Day contests as toddlers. But they also have more difficult tests at their disposal, the preparation for which requires a certain amount of time and special props.

Confused

The teacher collects in advance from the children one thing that they need for their studies. For example, a pencil case, a diary, some special pen, a ruler (of a non-standard type). Assembled is placed in an opaque package. The host takes turns pulling out the items and asks: “Who lost?” If a mother recognizes a thing of a son or daughter, she must raise her hand. Everyone who guesses correctly wins.

It's fun to watch competing parents, but children shouldn't sit on the sidelines the whole holiday. For them, too, you can arrange fun tests. Competitions on Mother's Day at school can demonstrate to the audience the new skills and knowledge that children have acquired there. Solving mathematical examples for speed, guessing words like the TV show "Field of Miracles", etc.

Joint contests

Some tests require teamwork between an adult and a child, which is why they are the most interesting. Such contests for Mother's Day must be included in the holiday program.

Breadwinners

It is necessary to prepare 5-10 small opaque containers and the same number of clean spoons. Any food is put in the dishes: jam, honey, condensed milk (plain and boiled), sour cream - in general, everything that is available. Moms are blindfolded. Children take a spoon in their hands and treat the contestants with what they have chosen (one dish for each participant). Mom has to guess what her child treated her to. The range of treats to the last remains a mystery. This is an example of how Mother's Day contests not only entertain people, but also teach adults to trust children. It's not so easy to put a spoon in the hands of a baby, it will suddenly drip on a blouse or feed something wrong.

Supermarket

Two pairs of participants (mother + child) stand at one end of the hall (class). On the opposite side there is a “supermarket” table, where products (can be artificial) and household items are stacked.goods (sponges, soap, shampoo jars, brushes, dishes). Adults are given "shopping lists", which indicate from 7 to 15 items from those that are in the "store". Mom calls the child one item, he runs to the table, takes what he needs and comes back. Then he receives a new task - and again on the road. Which team will collect everything according to the list faster, that one won.

Are prizes needed?

To make Mother's Day contests even more exciting, prizes should be provided for the winners. Let them be purely symbolic. For example, cardboard medals or cups with inscriptions, sweets, balloons are suitable.

Every child will love to take home physical proof of their and their mother's successes. And the host needs to make sure that none of the guests leave without a reward.