The person in charge of the holiday scenario faces a daunting task. As a rule, a company of different ages gathers at the table, and it is desirable not only to feed tasty food, but also to cheer everyone up. Here you can go in two ways: take the good old contests, or come up with your own, new ones.
How to come up with an author's competition?
It may seem that creating a new unique competition requires incredible creative thinking, because only super-dreamers can come up with some kind of fun test! Nothing like this.
First, decide on the theme of the party. For example, if you are having a Hawaiian holiday (this is a very popular theme), then think about the traditions of the country. They can be used for contests. Firstly, there is a traditional dance in this camp - hula. Look at the video on the Internet, but this is a whole storehouse of contests! For example, you tell all the participants in the fun that the essence of the dance is to move like a seaweed. Arrange a dance marathon: let the first two songs be Hawaiian, and then hard rock, hip-hop, and even Russian folk can be used, but the participants should all be able to dance hula to this musical vinaigrette.
Those who stayed at the table are divided into photographers, fans and commentators. Thus, each guest will be involved in the competition. In conclusion, you can distribute home-made orders and certificates to the participants.
Competitions for those who do not like to move
If your guests do not like moving contests, then you can go two ways: pick up challenges that do not even require participants to even get up from a chair, or board games. So, for example: "Mafia". Who has not played this game, he does not know what it is to really suspect a person and doubt everyone!
But not everyone loves Mafia. In this case, you can play forfeits: you distribute leaflets with small tasks to the guests. Each participant must complete his fant during the evening.
For example, arrange an auction, and the lot is a glass of cognac. Another option is to give your neighbor a banana, and do it as if he has a gorgeous bouquet of rare flowers in his hands.
You yourself can come up with tests, because you know your guests very well, you understand what can amuse them.
You can puzzle the guests from the very beginning of the evening, say that there is a happy dish on the table, in one of the salads, for example, a candy is hidden. Whoever finds her will receive a huge privilege. Just don't say that the winner will need to tell a joke.
By the way, about anecdotes. There are situations when the holiday does not stick in any way, everyone is sitting with sour faces. There have already been a thousand attempts to start an interesting topic, but to no avail. Then arrange such a competition: each one in turn tells an anecdote, but it should be unknown to anyone. If one of the guests voices "bearded", then he should please everyone else, until the moment when the guests admit that they did not know the next anecdote.
