Birthday Day: ideas, contests, congratulation ceremony

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 great tradition to spend the birthday day four times a year. In elementary school, children look forward to this holiday, which allows everyone to feel like an important 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, he will miss the excellent opportunity to rally the team. Birthday Day involves the unification of children in groups according to the season of their birth (summer, winter, spring or autumn). At the same time, the usual distribution of children by interests breaks down. In the spring, guys who are fighting in ordinary life can be born. A joint holiday will allow them to see each other from a new perspective, to become a little closer.

In addition, playing together, the children relax. Such measures are recommended to be carried out during periods of control work to relieve stress. During the 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 visually see the psychological mood of the class, identify leaders and outsiders. In the future, plan the work so that the relationship between the guys become more even.

Choose a scenario

How to organize a fun birthday party? A script typically includes the following components:

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

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

A 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 in costumes of their favorite characters to the class. You can do it yourself, using initiative moms, dads or high school students for these purposes.

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

• search for gifts stolen by a fabulous character;
• a trip to a birthday country with tasks during stops;
• coming to visit the appropriate time of the year, holding seasonal games.

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

Preparation for the holiday

Balloons and garlands will help to create a joyful mood on the scheduled day. Involve your children in your holiday poster. In a prominent place, hang photos of birthday people. You can decorate them depending on the season. If it happens in the fall, use colorful leaves. In the spring, paper flowers will go into business; in the summer, butterflies. Snowflakes will be appropriate at the bottom of winter birthday.

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

Homemade postcards, as well as concert numbers and funny scenes, can become a common gift from the class. Give symbolic prizes to children for participating in competitions: stickers, chocolates, an office with the characters of popular cartoons.

It is better to entrust the preparation of the sweet table for the day of the birthday to parents. Let them buy sweets, cookies, waffles and juice. Include a variety of fruits in the menu: bananas, apples, grapes, tangerines. Make sure that children with allergies also have a treat.

Congratulation ceremony

It is logical to start the holiday with a solemn part. Congratulations on the birthday of the birthday people can be said by the teacher, parents and even fairy-tale characters. Classmates will read beautiful verses by heart, sing the song of a 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 men draw out notes with their eyes closed and read aloud. Another option: to divide the children into teams and offer to take turns to say wishes to the birthday people. Who will last the longest?

So that the heroes of the occasion could be seen from afar, give them medals or put them on the heads of the crown. Play the famous game "Loaf". Put the birthday men in a circle, hand in balloons and sing a song, taking turns inserting the name of each of them. With the words "whoever you want, choose" the children should give their ball to one of the guests. He says congratulations.

Have a fun round dance. The host gives various commands, trying to confuse the children. Let them go left and right, make the circle wider or narrower, speed up and slow down. Periodically arrange stops during which you need to clap your hands, stamp your foot, or throw up your arms as many times as the birthday of your birthday. The game ends three times "Congratulations!" and loud applause.

Parent Contests

At a celebration in primary school, parents are usually present. Engage them in birthday party games. The following contests can be organized:

• "I was born". Moms "swaddle" the heroes of the occasion into toilet paper from legs to neck, trying to do this as quickly as possible. Last but not least, the baby is given a nipple. Then the "baby" must be swaddled for speed. The last tour is garbage collection. Which of the birthday people rolls the largest lump from the remnants of toilet paper?
• "Seventh Sense." Moms with closed eyes should 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 should 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 porridge? Does he read books every day? Is able to ride a bicycles? A swim? Can I wash the dishes myself?

Competitions for the birthday

The culprits of the celebration are invited to complete individual tasks and get a prize for them. Prepare a flower for this game. The number of its petals should correspond to the number of birthday people. On each write down the name of the contest. Children tear off the petal and perform tasks. They can be as follows for a birthday:

• Depict a scary monster that feasts on a cake.
• Blindfold guess fruit by smell and taste.
• 10 times to say "I am the most beautiful!" with different intonations and don't laugh.
• Find your prize in the classroom, guided by the tips "hot-cold."
• Blindfolded draw a snowman on a blackboard, a flower or ice cream in a glass.
• Pour water from glass to glass while reciting a famous poem.
• Call for help buddy. Go to different angles. Blindfolded to find each other and shake hands.
• Say what you will do with the gift, and then get a note with its name from the header. Usually the game is fun, as the birthday party inserts a bicycle into a beautiful frame or eats a cell phone.

Contests for the rest of the guys

Games for birthday parties should be alternated with entertainment for the rest of the children. For victory in them you can give out small prizes. Here are some interesting contests for the birthday:

• "Guess what." Children should name the growth of birthday in bananas and oranges, identify the youngest and oldest of them. It’s a good idea to use infant photos of the guys to play with.
• "Presents". Gestures to portray your gift. Birthdays must 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 pinches an apple or an orange between the foreheads and carries the fruit to the birthday people. When the guys come back, the following participants start. Which team will feed the birthday party faster?
• "Seasonal Relays". Teams need to run the distance in various ways, depending on the time of year. If it is autumn, children carry plums in a spoon. In winter, dress in a down jacket, passing it from one player to another. They run in the spring without stepping on spilled puddles. The latter is carefully laid out by the host. In summer, you need to collect a flower from the petals of the same color. They are lying on the table mixed. Each participant brings one and sticks to the album sheet.
• "Accurate shooter". Children throw candy in a disposable plate. Which team will do it better?

Cohesion Games

The main goal of the birthday day is to make friends in the classroom. Therefore, in addition to competitions, collective games and fun should be present at it, which do not involve the identification of winners. For example, such:

• "Confusion". Two teams become in a circle. Holding hands, they need to get confused as difficult as possible. Team captains go to the opponents and try to build them in a circle again, as it was originally.
• "Cake". All children line up in one line and hold hands. Ahead is leading. He begins to "bake a cake" - to spin a chain of children around him. Hands cannot be unfastened. 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, hold on to the shoulders. They are now a merry centipede. The host gives various commands: raise the right or left paws, jump on one leg, back back, sit down and jump up, scratch the back left leg with the front right foot.
• "Little laugh." 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 with leading places.

Fun disco

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

• "Shapes". Children initially dance in a circle. At the command of the leader, they need to rearrange into a square, a trapezoid, a rhombus, a triangle, an oval and a rectangle.
• "Colors". When the music freezes, the presenter loudly calls the color. You need to find a classmate, in the clothes of which there is the right shade, and touch him.
• "Fast slow". Alternating passages with fast and slow tunes are prepared in advance. Under the first children dance alone. When a slow song sounds, you need to break into pairs. Moreover, the partner should be different each time.
• "Disco figure." Children are invited to play Sea of ​​Worry. While the music is playing, they are actively moving, dancing. As soon as the melody is interrupted, everyone freezes in the selected position. The host can comment on the figures, try to make the guys laugh.
• "Nesmeyana." Birthday people make sad faces and try not to smile. The remaining children try to make them laugh with their dances. Touching "Nesmeyan" is prohibited.

Spectacular finale

Every holiday once ends. However, this should not be done abruptly. Better to put a bright, memorable point. Congratulations on the day of the birthday may once again sound in the finale. Presentation of gifts, making wishes is usually timed to this moment.

Here are some ideas for a beautiful school holiday ending:

• Announce your last dance to a friendship song. Children can be arranged in a circle. Give them sparklers or neon sticks. Place the birthday men in the middle, let the audience together shout "Congratulations!" and "Hooray!"
• The last dance can be played in other ways. Give the children a "magic" umbrella. If you make a wish under it, it will come true. Let the children dance, passing the umbrella from hand to hand.
• Farewell photo session with gifts. Take a general photo of the entire class. Put the birthday men in the first row, let them keep gifts. Ask the children to make happy faces, then sad faces, and finally make funny faces.
• Running into the sky balloons. Give small pieces of paper to the children. Let them write their desires on them and tie them to the balls. Colorful balloons flying into the sky will create a fabulous atmosphere.
• Soap bubbles show. At the end of the holiday, each child can receive soap bubbles as a gift. Then, with the whole class, go out into the street. Let the children arrange soap bubbles for the heroes of the occasion.

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