In the old days, Maslenitsa was one of the most beloved and fun holidays, because Maslenitsa week marked the end of a cold winter and the beginning of a warm spring. We will tell you about fun carnival games for all ages!
Carnival games on the street for children
Street games for Shrove Tuesday are usually arranged for strength and dexterity, often have a "ritual" character. For example, for tug-of-war, two teams are given the names "Winter" and "Spring". Who will win?
- Shrovetide game "Burners"
Everyone gets up in pairs. Joined hands raised up. Ahead, at a distance of 5-6 steps, is the driver. Children begin to pronounce the words of the burner:
Burn, burn clear
To not go out!
Look at the sky
The birds are flying
The bells are ringing:
- Ding-dong, ding-dong,
Get out quick!
Having agreed, the children of the last pair release their hands and run forward along their sides of the column. Ahead, they need to take each other's hands again, but so that one of them is not caught by the leader. Whoever the host catches, he pairs up with that. The remaining player becomes the leader.
- Game "Snow shooting range"
This is a street game. It is necessary to install shields meter by meter, on which circles are drawn - targets, as in a shooting range. The diameter of the circles can be made 30, 60 and 90 cm. Prepare snowballs for throwing in advance. Those guys who hit the target are treated to pancakes or sweets by the presenters. Also, the leader must carefully monitor that no one is standing at the shields.
- Frying pan game
A circle is drawn in the snow. It will be a conditional "frying pan". All players hold hands and jump on one foot, trying to push each other into a circle. Whoever got into the circle, he "baked" in the pan. The task of the players is not to get into it.
- Shrovetide game "Three legs"
All participants are divided into pairs. Each pair is tied together with legs (the left leg of one person and the right of the other). As a result, with the help of three "limbs" the couple tries to reach the finish line as soon as possible. This game can be included in a competition between two teams, or a treat prize can be given to each couple.
- Game "Wheel"
On Shrove Tuesday, it was customary to roll a burning wheel from the mountains. Whose wheel will roll the farthest - he will have a lot of happiness. With a little modification, you get an interesting Shrovetide game for children
We need two wheels. Children are divided into two teams and stand in a row one after the other. The hosts set up skittles (or any other poles). Each player of the team, on a signal, must roll the wheel between the pins and return with it. The team that completes the relay the fastest wins.
- Game "Ride on a broomstick"
- Game Zarya Zarnitsa
This fun outdoor game can be played with a large group of children. For the game you will need a bright tape. Children stand in a wide circle, facing in a circle and hiding their hands behind their backs. The leader walks with a ribbon in his hands around the round dance and sings:
Dawn - lightning,
red maiden,
Walked across the field
Dropped the keys
golden keys,
blue ribbons,
entwined rings
Went for water!
At the last words of the song, the driver puts the ribbon on the shoulder of one of the children in a round dance and runs away in a circle. The child must pick up the tape from his shoulder and run with it in a circle in the other direction. Each of them strive to take the vacant place in the circle. The one who managed to take a free place remains in the circle, and the one who did not have time to take a place becomes "Dawn" - the leader.
This game can be complicated if the round dance of children also moves - in one direction the circle, the other leading.
Other sports games for carnival may be:
- pillow or bag fights;
- king - mountains;
- climbing a pole for a prepared prize.
Carnival games with kids indoors
- Game "Merry tambourine"
Roll quickly a cheerful tambourine on hands
Whoever has it left will sing and dance for us!
The loser needs to dance and sing, entertaining the company.
- Indoor play "Sunshine"
Children will draw the rays of the sun, so you will need two sheets of drawing paper with drawn suns, but without rays.
Children are divided into two teams, and each stands in front of their drawing 5-6 meters from them. Children are given yellow felt-tip pens or markers. On a signal, the children from the teams take turns running to their drawing sheets and painting the rays of the sun. Whose team is the first to finish and be in the collection, she won.
To make the game comical, children can be blindfolded so that they draw the rays "blindly"
- The game "Zhmurki in place"
This game can be played indoors or outdoors. Among the participants, a leader is selected, he is blindfolded and told to spin around himself 5 times (to knock down a landmark in space).
While the driver is spinning, all participants scatter around the room as quietly as possible and freeze in secluded corners. Then, blindfolded and arms outstretched, the driver goes to look for other players. When he finds someone by touch, he needs to guess who he found. If the host has guessed correctly, he removes the bandage from his eyes and gives it to the caught participant, and the game continues with the new driver.
The Orthodox Church, as you know, does not approve of pagan rites, has repeatedly tried to ban the celebration of Shrovetide. But her attempts were unsuccessful. Instead, there was a mixture of Orthodox customs and the pagan ritual of celebrating the arrival of spring. This includes burning a scarecrow of winter at the stake, plentiful feasts with pancakes and Maslenitsa games and folk festivals.
Thus, Maslenitsa is one of the few customs that have come down to us since pagan times.
On Shrovetide week, it is customary to visit a lot and invite guests to your place, have fun and walk. There is such a sign: if a person lives through Shrovetide bored and does not cook a single pancake, then the whole year he will face failure and lack of money.
In this article, we have collected the best carnival customs and games, and a large number of pancake recipes will allow you to surprise your guests with new Shrovetide dishes every day.
Now Shrove Tuesday is celebrated for a whole week. Shrovetide week starts 8 weeks before, so it does not have any specific date. This date changes every year.
When is carnival in 2015?
In 2015 Maslenitsa falls on the week of February 16-22. This week, every day has its own name and talks about what you need to do today. So:
The first day is a carnival meeting.
On this day, you need to prepare a stuffed carnival (below we will write how to make a carnival doll with your own hands) and bake pancakes. It is also customary to visit and arrange skiing from an ice slide.
Day two is a win.
On this day, you need to roll down the ice slide at least once, otherwise you can offend Shrovetide. Traditionally, unmarried girls dress as scarily as possible and go downhill with single guys, and then everyone goes to visit each other for pancakes.
Day three - gourmet.
On this day you need to cook the most delicious pancakes. Also, you probably heard about the tradition of going to pancakes to your mother-in-law. So this should be done on Wednesday.
Day four - take a walk.
From this day, general fun and folk festivals begin.
Day five - mother-in-law parties.
The son-in-law calls the mother-in-law to his home for a return visit.
Day six - sister-in-law gatherings
On this day, it is customary to feed the husband's relatives with pancakes.
The seventh day - seeing off Shrovetide or forgiveness Sunday.
The last and most cheerful day of Shrovetide is celebrated with folk festivals, round dances, games and competitions. It is customary to ask each other for forgiveness in order to be cleansed of everything sinful. At the end of the holiday, an effigy of winter is burned.
The best games for Maslenitsa: riding, fighting, competing in the snow
As we found out, Maslenitsa is undoubtedly the most rampant holiday. To this day, culinary abundance and wide festivities remain an integral part of it. Mass entertainments are traditionally held on Maslenitsa days. Here are the most common ones:
snow battles
- Wall to wall. One of the types of fisticuffs in Rus'. The fighters of the two teams line up in ranks. In each team, fighters of "hopes" are singled out who are able to break through the "wall" of the enemy, and a "combat headman" is chosen. The headman is responsible for the tactics and strategy of the battle, and also encourages comrades during the battle. It is forbidden to beat a lying person. The goal of each side is to push the enemy from his territory and put him to flight.
- Storming the Fort. An old folk game. A snow fortress is built in advance and usually consists of two walls with gates. The participants of the game are divided into defenders and attackers. The attackers storm the walls, climbing on top of each other. Defenders defend themselves with snowballs, branches and panicles. The winner is the first to enter the snow city. Play until the complete destruction of the fortress.
- "cockfight". A variant of a comic duel. A wide circle is trampled in the snow. Opponents jump on one leg, and bend the other and hold it with their hand. The victory is won by the fighter who pushed the opponent out of the circle with his shoulder or chest.
- horse fighting. Pairs compete. One depicts a horse, the second - a rider. A pair in which the rider did not stay on the "horse" is considered a loser. You can arrange a whole "horse battle", divided into separate teams.
- "King of the Hill" One of the participants in the game climbs the hill and shouts: “I am the king of the hill!”. Those gathered below are trying to capture the summit and also shout out the right words. The task is to defend as long as possible and be the "king of the hill" as often as possible.
skating
- skiing from the icy mountains. Fun loved by both children and adults. Slides are built high, wide and with long paths at the bottom. For skiing, you can use sleds, ice floes, mats, wooden boards. They ride alone and in pairs, maneuvering along steep slopes. In the old days, they believed: whoever rolls down the mountain further will have a successful year.
- sleigh ride with horses. An indispensable attribute of Shrovetide. Sleighs and horses are decorated with colorful ribbons and bells.
- Pole riding. On the slope of the mountain, two even poles are laid in parallel. The distance between them is no more than a meter. To make such “rails” slippery, they are preliminarily doused with water. They stand on the poles in pairs, holding each other with their hands. The main thing is to keep your balance and stay on your feet when sliding down.
Shrovetide Contests
- "ice column". Traditional Maslenitsa fun. A high pillar is doused with water and prizes are hung at different heights. The strongest, tenacious and stubborn takes out a gift hanging above the others.
- "Hit the pancake in the oven." From snow (or cardboard) they make a stove with a mouth. Instead of pancakes, circles are cut out of dense material. The task is to throw "pancakes" at the mouth of the "stove" from a certain distance. Instead of a stove, you can put a person with a frying pan. Then the couples will compete for more "pancakes" caught.
- "Goodbye, boots." Two felt boots are thrown one after another. The winner is the one whose boots flew farthest from the rest and turned out to be as close to each other as possible.
- "Russian bath". An old game in which opponents beat each other with bath brooms. Whoever beats his broom against an opponent faster, he wins.
"Don't miss the pot." A clay pot is hung on a stake. Blindfolded players approach him and with three attempts try to break with a long stick from top to bottom.
- "Kill the potatoes." A round log is placed on two stumps. The participant sits on a log astride and crosses his legs under it. He rests on the ground with a stick. The player's task is to knock down the potatoes laid out on stumps with this stick, keeping balance and not touching the ground with their feet.
- Basilio and Alice. They compete in pairs to see who can cover the distance the fastest. The first participant is blindfolded, and the second jumps on one leg. The "cat" supports the lame "fox", and the "fox" points the way to the blind "cat".
relay races
- "pancake" relay race. Participants overcome the distance, holding a frying pan with a pancake in their hands. During the run, without stopping, the pancake is tossed and caught at least three times.
- "running with obstacles". Obstacles in the way of the players are: put on a shirt; gird with a belt; eat pancake; whistle loudly; kiss the Russian beauty.
- three legs. Teams play in pairs. The right leg of one partner and the left leg of the second are tied together. Participants run a race in three legs.
- "bottoms Up". A table is placed in front of the teams with two bottles of alcohol, glasses and pancakes. The first participant runs up to the table and pours a drink into a glass. Returns back. The second player runs up and drinks alcohol. The next player has a pancake. And the next one pours, and drinks, and snacks. The team that drains the bottle first wins.
How to make a Shrovetide doll with your own hands
Buttered pancakes, noisy fun and generous hospitality are the obligatory attributes of Shrovetide festivities. And, of course, the main person of the celebration and the symbol of the outgoing winter is the Maslenitsa doll.
It is easy to make a homemade Shrovetide doll with your own hands. She is put in a place of honor in the house or a pancake hill is decorated with a doll. For work you will need:
- two sticks (preferably birch);
- brooms or twigs;
- newspaper or rags;
- white cloth;
- pieces of multi-colored matter, bright ribbons;
- paints, felt-tip pens;
- threads and adhesive tape for fastening.
1. Using a rope, we make a cross from two sticks. The vertical stick is longer. The head and torso are attached to it. The horizontal stick is the hands.
2. We will make the head of the doll from paper crumpled into a ball. You can make a lump of rags or cotton wool. We wrap the filler in a white cloth and tie it with threads to the upper end of the vertical stick. We draw the face with paints or felt-tip pens. You can make button eyes. From three ribbons weave a pigtail and fasten it on the head. We tie a scarf to the doll.
3. The Shrovetide figurine should be magnificent. To give volume to the hands on a horizontal stick, we impose twigs. Additionally, you can wrap your hands with newspaper. We throw a white fabric on top and, in place of the brushes, we drag it with bright ribbons.
4. Maslenitsa is a portly pancake-eating woman. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to make her two large breasts (in the image of the head) and fix them on a stick.
5. So that the doll can stand, we impose brooms or brushwood on the stick-torso. The waist is marked with a rope. With adhesive tape to the waist along the torso we fasten pieces of newspaper rolled up with tubes. The width of the skirt depends on their number. In a piece of bright fabric folded in half, you need to cut the neck. We put on the finished dress for Maslenitsa. We make an apron from another bright fabric. We tie it with a wide red ribbon.
6. Shrovetide can be decorated with homemade necklaces and kitchen utensils, bracelets made from dryers. Its appearance depends on your imagination.
On Sunday, the doll is burned. It is believed that in the fire, along with winter, our past grievances and discontents are burned. The ritual of burning Maslenitsa can be carried out by asking the doll the bad things that you want to leave in the outgoing year (unpleasant meetings, failures at work, overweight). To do this, before burning, a ribbon with a desire is tied to her hand. But if you have something in mind for the future, the Shrovetide doll should be kept at the entrance to the house. She will be a talisman and a symbol of prosperity.
15 pancake recipes for Shrovetide
Whichever pancake recipe you choose, there are several general rules cooking. So, to make them beautiful and tasty, you need:
1. Choose the right dishes. The ideal option is a cast iron skillet. If such a thing is still preserved in your house, consider yourself lucky and even the first pancake will not be lumpy, your pancakes will never stick to the pan and it turns out thin and crispy.
If you couldn't find a cast iron pan, it doesn't matter. Can be cooked in a regular non-stick frying pan.
2. Preparatory work. Heat the skillet carefully. If cast iron is used, then it must be lubricated with vegetable oil or lard and sprinkled with salt before the first time. If it is an ordinary frying pan, then it is enough to grease it with oil.
3. To make the pancakes light and airy, you need to properly prepare the eggs. Separate the whites from the yolks and beat them separately from each other. Then mix again.
4. Experiments are welcome To get an unusual taste of pancakes, add finely chopped flavorings to the dough before frying. They can be: boiled meat, green onion, grated carrots, boiled egg and many other products. Try it and you will be surprised how the taste of pancakes with "fillers" will change.
Pancakes with milk
There is a huge variety of recipes for pancakes in milk: you can make custard pancakes, from sour milk, thick pancakes in milk. We have prepared for you the most best recipes pancakes
To make pancakes with milk not just ruddy, but also with small holes, add a couple of tablespoons of water to the dough.
1. Grandma's pancakes with milk
Ingredients: warm milk 700 ml, egg 3 pcs., flour 7 tbsp, sugar 1 tbsp, salt 1 tsp, soda 0.5 tsp, vegetable oil 2 tbsp.
Mix milk, eggs, salt, sugar, soda (slaked with vinegar), vegetable oil. Whisk everything well. Sift the flour and add in a thin stream, while thoroughly mixing the dough so that there are no lumps.
Pancakes are baked in a dry hot frying pan (greased with a small amount of oil just before the first pancake) until golden brown.
2. Thin pancakes
Ingredients: milk 400 ml, potato starch 200 gr, vegetable oil 2 tbsp, salt 1 tsp, sugar 2 tbsp, egg 2 pcs.
Mix eggs, milk and starch until smooth. Add butter, sugar and salt. Lubricate the pan with a thin layer of vegetable oil and heat well. Bake pancakes until golden brown on both sides. Pancakes are very thin.
Thin pancakes are baked better if instead of butter, grease the pan with a piece of lard.
3. Air pancakes
Ingredients: 3 cups milk, 2 cups flour, 3 eggs, 0.5 tsp. salt, 1 tbsp sugar, vegetable oil 3 tbsp, baking powder 3/4 tsp.
Mix flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Add eggs and half a glass of milk. Beat the dough with a mixer (or whisk) until smooth. After that, add the remaining milk and butter, constantly stirring the dough. On a well-heated and oiled pan, pour the dough with a ladle and bake pancakes on both sides. From time to time, the pan must be lubricated with oil.
4. Pancakes in a bottle
Ingredients: 2 eggs, 10 tbsp. flour, 3 tbsp. vegetable oil, 600 gr. milk, 3 tbsp. sugar, 0.5 tsp salt, 0.5 tsp soda, 1 tsp vinegar. 1.5 liter plastic bottle and funnel.
Insert the funnel into the bottle and pour everything loose into it: flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, slaked soda with vinegar. Shake the bottle to mix everything. Add eggs, butter and milk. Screw on the lid and shake the bottle, while the dough in it mixes perfectly.
Grease a frying pan with vegetable oil and heat well. Pour the batter into the pan from the bottle and bake the pancakes until golden brown.
5. Pancakes on millet porridge
Ingredients: 200 gr. millet, 400 gr. flour, 6 glasses of milk, 2 tbsp. oils, 50 gr. yeast, 2 tbsp. sugar, 2 eggs.
Millet pancakes are traditional recipe Russian cuisine. Boil not thick millet porridge in milk, cool. Add yeast diluted in 0.5 cups of milk, salt, butter, eggs, flour, sugar to the porridge. Mix everything thoroughly and put in a warm place so that the dough rises. Then bake like regular pancakes.
6. Pancakes in a hurry
Ingredients: 500 gr. flour, 2 cups water, 1 cup milk, 1 tbsp. sugar, 0.5 tbsp. salt, 3 eggs, 1 tsp. baking powder.
Beat the eggs and mix them with warm water, milk, salt, sugar, baking powder. Pour the flour in a thin stream with constant stirring so that there are no lumps. Beat the dough with a whisk. Heat up a frying pan and grease it with a thin layer of lard. Bake pancakes on 2 sides until golden brown.
7. Buckwheat
Another recipe for traditional Russian cuisine is buckwheat pancakes with milk. Most often, it was according to this recipe that pancakes were baked for Shrovetide.
Ingredients: 3 cups of ground buckwheat, 2 cups of milk, 20 gr. yeast, 2 eggs, butter.
Dissolve yeast in 3 tbsp. spoons of warm water. Mix buckwheat, yeast, milk and egg yolk. Melt the butter and add to the dough. Wait for the dough to rise and start baking pancakes. Bake in a well-heated pan, greased with butter.
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Recipes for pancakes on kefir
8. Traditional recipe
Ingredients: 1 cup flour, 1 cup kefir, 2 eggs, 1 cup warm water, 0.5 tsp. soda, 1 tbsp. sugar, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, a pinch of soda.
Beat the eggs until foamy, add water and continue beating, add a glass of kefir and beat again. Mix flour with baking soda and add in a thin stream to the dough, stirring constantly. Add sugar, salt and vegetable oil. Bake in a very hot pan, greased with oil.
9. Spicy
Ingredients: 1 liter of kefir, 3 eggs, 1 tsp. salt, flour, 1 tsp soda, 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, butter, onion.
Mix eggs, salt and kefir and heat this mixture on the stove (so that it is slightly warm). Add flour to make a soft dough. Dissolve soda in a glass of hot water and add to the dough. Add vegetable oil and mix everything thoroughly.
Put half an onion in vegetable oil and grease the pan with it when baking pancakes. Bake like regular pancakes until golden brown. Then brush with butter. Onions will give pancakes an unusual spicy taste.
10. Plain pancakes are not kefir
Ingredients: 0.5 liters of kefir, 1 tbsp. milk, 2 eggs, 1.5 tbsp. flour, 1 tbsp. sugar, 0.5 tsp salt, 1 tsp soda, vegetable oil
Heat the kefir so that it is slightly warm, add eggs, sugar, salt, soda. Mix everything thoroughly. Add flour in a thin stream and mix so that there are no lumps. Boil milk and pour into the dough with constant stirring. At the end, add vegetable oil. Bake in a hot pan greased with vegetable oil.
Ingredients: 750 ml. milk, 25 gr. yeast, 3 eggs, 1 tbsp. sugar, 100 gr. butter, 400 gr. flour, 0.5 tsp salt.
Mix warm milk, yeast, sugar and half the flour. Put the dough in a warm place so that it rises. Grind the yolks with butter, and put the proteins in the refrigerator. Add the yolks, salt and remaining flour to the dough and put in a warm place for 1 hour to rise.
Periodically, the dough must be mixed. When the dough has come up, beat the egg whites thoroughly and add to it with constant stirring. Fry in a hot frying pan greased with lard.
Spring rolls
13. With cottage cheese
Ingredients: 400 gr. flour, 1 liter of milk, 2 eggs, 1 tbsp. sugar, 1 tsp salt. For the filling: 500 gr. 5% cottage cheese, 1 egg, 2 tbsp. Sahara.
Mix eggs, sugar, salt and half the milk. Add flour and beat until smooth. Add the rest of the milk in a thin stream. Leave the finished dough for 30 minutes in a warm place. Then bake pancakes in a hot frying pan, greased with vegetable oil.
Filling for pancakes with cottage cheese: grate the cottage cheese through a metal sieve or beat in a blender. Add egg and sugar, mix everything thoroughly. Stuff the finished pancakes with cottage cheese filling and roll into envelopes.
Fry the finished envelopes in vegetable oil until golden brown.
14. With meat
Cooking pancakes as in the recipe for pancakes with cottage cheese.
For the filling: 250 gr. minced meat, carrots, onions, salt, pepper to taste.
Lightly fry minced meat, add grated carrots, salt and pepper. Cook everything together until done.
Let the stuffing cool down and fill the ready-made pancakes with it, folding them into envelopes. Then fry the finished envelopes in vegetable oil until golden brown.
15. With cheese
Make pancakes according to any recipe.
Grate the cheese on a fine grater, spread on pancakes and roll them into envelopes. Pour a little vegetable oil on a baking sheet, serve envelopes on it and place in the oven for 5-10 minutes to melt the cheese.
Maslenitsa is a good occasion to have fun from the heart and spend time outdoors with health benefits. May this holiday be memorable for you.
Maslenitsa is one of the most beloved holidays of the Russian people. Many people love him for his carefree disposition, for fun entertainment after a cold winter. For parents with small children, this is a fertile time for joint games, exciting fun, and communication with their baby. In addition, participation in festive festivities can be used as a means of developing and educating your child. There is a good opportunity to replenish the knowledge of children about folk traditions, see with your own eyes all the traditional actions, teach preschoolers the rules of communication and behavior in a mass event. In Shrovetide games for children, you can expand your knowledge of folk art: ditties, tongue twisters, nursery rhymes, incantations. If it is not possible to go with a child to a city walk and take part in common entertainment, it is easy to organize such a holiday in the immediate environment: in the family, at the dacha with relatives. However, not all parents know how to properly use the holidays for educational purposes and how to prepare young children for them. Experts, meanwhile, remind you of the need to adhere to special rules.
Rules for preparing preschoolers for the holiday
Important: so that holiday entertainment does not become stressful for preschoolers, psychologists advise preparing for such events in advance.
The experience of kindergarten teachers made it possible to draw up a number of rules that will help parents:
- It must be remembered that holidays are not only pleasure and fun, but also vanity, close communication with strangers. All this can be a source of stress for children. Planning your holiday ahead of time will help prevent problems from occurring.
- It is best to think in advance how to prepare the child so that a long and noisy walk does not negatively affect his daily routine. Teachers remind that the baby should sleep well, have a hearty breakfast. Before leaving the house, it is undesirable to excite him with an irritated tone, excessive notations. In the evening, you need to prepare warm and comfortable clothes for winter entertainment that do not restrict movement, sleds for skiing down hills and other necessary items.
- On the eve of the holiday, it is advisable to discuss all actions with the child, which will create additional interest in the event. With an older preschooler, you can create a joint entertainment program. The little one is to tell about the rules of behavior on the walk, so as not to get into a difficult situation. Preliminary preparation and briefing are important, as they allow you to maintain a good mood throughout the event.
- Parents need to understand that their expectations of certain behavior from their child must correspond to his character, psychological characteristics, and age. If the preschooler is calm, do not expect him to have fun on a par with active children. And vice versa, it is impossible to demand from an energetic child that he does not participate in lively events.
What should children be told about Maslenitsa?
In order for the children to be interested and understand the idea of \u200b\u200bthe holiday in which the family is going to participate, you need to tell in an accessible form about its content. You can read books to preschool children, look at pictures on the Internet. And yet, an emotional accessible story by an adult will help the child better feel the upcoming event. In this case, what can parents tell their children about Maslenitsa?
Maslenitsa is a holiday that symbolizes farewell to the bored winter and a meeting with the long-awaited spring. The tradition of Shrovetide days has always been wild fun and generosity, as our ancestors considered this a guarantee of rich harvests, abundance in the coming year. The holiday lasted for seven days, each day was called and celebrated in a special way. The main treat all week is pancakes, symbolizing the spring sun. A fun decoration of the event was the construction of a straw doll or stuffed animal, named in honor of the Maslenitsa holiday. The scarecrow was placed on the main square, where the festivities took place (you can give a small straw doll to a preschooler). Calling on the sun, they tried to please Shrovetide, shouting out the invocations:
Shrovetide, Shrovetide,
Come visit us
To a wide yard.
ride on the mountains,
Roll in pancakes
Rejoice hearts!
Traditional for the holiday was competitions, round dances. People sang, joked, made fun of Maslenitsa. On the last Maslenitsa day, a straw doll was burned, rejoicing in the upcoming spring days. Unpretentious, but exciting entertainment: sleigh rides, taking snow fortresses - attracted both children and adults.
Entertainment during Maslenitsa holidays
Traditional entertainment will support the interest and desire of children to participate in fun activities.
Important: organizing games for the Shrove Tuesday for children, the main thing is to choose the right game actions according to the age and capabilities of the baby.
Dads and moms will bring great pleasure to the kids, who will also take an active part in fun and competitions. This achieves a great educational effect, the unity of parents and children, which can be difficult to obtain. Therefore, adults should take the opportunity to communicate, play, compete with their children, encourage them for their successes. In folk pedagogy, there are exciting games, competitions that can be organized at home, if for some reason the parents do not go with the child to mass entertainment. Preschool children attending kindergarten know and love traditional fun, parents teach home children during family leisure. On holidays like Maslenitsa, it is simply necessary to use the creative potential of the people (chastushkas, nursery rhymes, songs) to expand knowledge about traditions, develop the nursery.
Shrovetide, Shrovetide, we won't praise you,
Come visit us in the wide yard
Play with the kids, ride the slides!
"Pancakes in a frying pan"
Fun for kids of all ages. Adults take an active part in it, the preparation is minimal: draw a round playing field (frying pan). Participants hold hands tightly and try to push each other into a circle so that the pancake player "bakes" in the pan. The winner is the participant who has never been in a circle. At the end of the game, everyone is treated to pancakes.
"Cheerful buffoons"
In this theatrical action, parents prepare hats, learn a song, for example, to a poem by L. Orlova:
I am a cheerful Buffoon!
Look, I'm not bad.
For a penny (preferably five)
I will jump and dance.
I won't let you get bored!
Who is ready to be naughty?
Caps of buffoons are put on the players, you can simply sew bright balls (bells) to the child's cap. To the chorus, children imitate the sprawling habits of a bear at a fair, the important gait of a cockerel, the fight of goats with their foreheads. It is good to use cheerful musical accompaniment.
"Street organ"
With the participation of children different ages. To have fun, an adult needs to dress up as an old organ grinder, pick up a monkey toy or a parrot, a music box like a barrel organ, write notes for children depicting “customers”. The entertainment will be more interesting if souvenirs are prepared for the participants to be hidden in different places. The host sings a song about a barrel organ or reads a nursery rhyme:
I never part with an old hurdy-gurdy,
She gives joy to everyone and drives away sadness!
An adult, imitating an organ grinder, shouts: “Happiness is for sale!”.
Children-"buyers" pull out little notes, the organ grinder reads out their content, for example: "Look for your happiness under the Christmas tree", "Your happiness is behind the bench."
"Ride on the carousel"
A classic outdoor game for preschoolers of any age, well known to children in kindergarten. The leader (adult or senior preschooler) raises a stick with multi-colored ribbons tied to it. Participants choose a ribbon for themselves, the presenter spins in place, depicting a carousel. Players perform rhythmic actions, singing along to the leader:
Barely, barely, barely
The carousels spin.
And then, then, then
Everyone run, run, run!
Hush, hush, don't rush
Stop the carousel.
One-two, one-two
Here the game is over.
"Inflate, Bubble"
Classic old-time entertainment, familiar and loved by all preschoolers. A round dance game is often played in kindergarten. For a game action, everyone needs to stand in a circle and perform certain movements in accordance with the words:
Blow up, bubble
Big-big, ( participants gradually expand the round dance, the "bubble" inflates)
stay like this
And don't crash!
He flew, he flew, he flew the players hold hands, run in a circle)
And hit a thread.
The thread has fallen everyone stops)
The bubble is gone!
Bach! Burst: sh-sh-sh ( the circle narrows, the bubble "bursts")!
"Old Malanya"
Fun for all the kids, a lot of fun playing. It is good if adults take part, whom children can imitate. At first, the parent ("Malanya") is chosen as the parent, then the role can be transferred to the older preschooler. The players stand in a circle, the driver is in the center. Under the words of the nursery rhyme (it can be sung in unison), the leader depicts various fun actions, the rest of the participants reproduce them:
At Malania, at the old woman's
Lived in a small hut
Seven daughters, seven sons
All without eyebrows eyebrows covered with hands).
With such eyes "Malanya" shows funny eyes, playing copy),
With those ears, those noses, the driver builds mischievous faces),
With such a mustache, with such a head, with such a beard.
They didn't eat anything, they sat all day,
They looked at her, did like this ... ( a cheerful pose is depicted, which is copied by all players).
The participant who shows Malanya the most cheerfully wins and receives a prize.
"Dudar-dudary"
Vintage entertainment will fit perfectly into, create a cheerful mood in adults and children. Maslenitsa is the right time for such old-fashioned amusements. First you need to tell the guys who the dudar is (plays the pipe), what a deck is (a thick cut down tree). The adult first becomes the leader, and then the role is transferred to the children. For entertainment, a large area is required, so they play on the court. Participants walk in a round dance, rhythmically pronounce or sing:
Dudar, dudar, dudarishche, old, old old man.
His under the deck, under the damp, under the rotten.
Dudar, dudar, what hurts?
Dudar plaintively pronounces, pointing to any part of the body, for example: “The finger is sick”, playing with a laugh, grab the neighbor’s finger and move on.
Or: “The hand hurts”, they hold hands, continuing the round dance with the words: “Dudar, blower, what hurts?”
Dudar cries: “The barrel is sick”, the participants grab each other by the sides with laughter, the game continues.
The fun ends with the words of the dudar: “Nothing hurts!”
Everyone scatters, the leader catches them.
"Let's ride horses"
Shrovetide events are impossible without horseback riding. During the festivities, you can ride with children on a horse-drawn sleigh. At home, skating is simulated by the game. An adult ties bells to a beautiful ribbon, offers to make a “team”, putting a ribbon on one child is a “horse”. Children grab the ribbons and shout:
Knock-knock, tra-ta-ta, open the gate!
Open the gate! We're leaving the yard! But!
With these words “the horse is running”, ringing bells, the children run after it. When the guys have played enough, the host says: “Whoa, horse, stop!”.
To diversify the game of "horses", it will be interesting to theatricalize the nursery rhyme "Like thin ice ...":
Like thin ice
A white snow fell.
A white snow fell
Vanechka-friend was driving.
Vanya rode, hurried,
He fell off his horse.
He fell and lies
Nobody runs to Vanya.
Two friends saw
Soon they ran up to Vanya.
Soon they ran up to Vanya,
They put him on a horse.
They put Vanya on a horse,
The path was shown.
Maslenitsa is a traditional time for fun with snow, preschoolers will enjoy playing Snow Fortress, Snow Shooting Range, and King of the Hill with their parents.
Important: in outdoor games with snow, adults should not leave children unattended in order to avoid injury.
The whole family can take part in such Shrovetide games as "Tug of war", "Burn, burn, clear ..." and other similar games. We wish you a merry wide Maslenitsa!
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In this development, a scenario for the celebration is presented. The children were invited to take part in the Fun Fair (in winter fun) and burn a scarecrow so that Winter would give way to Spring.
Purpose of the event: an introduction to the celebration of Russian folk holidays.
Event objectives:
- to acquaint students with the customs and traditions of celebrating Maslenitsa;
- broaden the general horizons of students;
- develop dexterity, speed, coordination of movements, logical thinking;
- create a festive atmosphere for students;
- to cultivate friendly relations, respect for the way of life, life, customs of ancestors.
Forms of organization of activities: theatrical performance, games-competitions.
Event progress
Cheerful music sounds, buffoons run out.
1st buffoon: All! All! All! On holiday! We meet Maslenitsa, we see off the winter, we call spring!
2nd buffoon:
Hey gay guys
You listen to me!
I'll tell you a secret
And you are farther than the whole world,
What do we have here today
For fun - expanse:
There will be music and singing
Dancing, games, entertainment
Very interesting,
Simply wonderful!
Today the law is simple:
"Sing and dance, dance and sing!"
Forgive all mistakes today
But not the lack of a smile!
1st buffoon: Come break the bones! Today Shrovetide invites you to visit!
2nd buffoon:
To us, here! Gather up, people!
Something interesting is waiting for you today!
Games, fun, fun and laughter,
We have enough holidays for all of us.
Everyone gathered in a big round dance.
Leading: Hello, dear guests, long-awaited! Today we have - Walk around! The fourth day of the Great Maslenitsa! Maslenitsa! Maslenitsa! Wide carnival!
1st buffoon: We will see off the winter and meet the spring, sing funny Russian songs and play games.
2nd buffoon: Look who's coming to us! It's Zimushka herself walking towards us.
Music for winter.
Winter. Hello people! Are you tired of the long winter? Maybe add some more frost to you, more snow?
Buffoons (together). We don’t need such joy, we are frozen to the bone, we don’t get a tooth on a tooth, we can’t wait for warm days. Maybe you will give way to Spring?
Winter. I'll look, I'll think. If you make me laugh, amuse me, maybe I will give way to Spring.
Leading: Guys, do you want Spring to come? Let's try to make Winter laugh, shall we?
1st buffoon: Winter does not want to leave like this, she wants to be amused!
2nd buffoon: Are you ready to take part in winter fun?
1st buffoon: Then, we open our Fun Fair.
Leading: In order to take part in the Fair, each class must obtain an "Entertainment Ticket" and follow the indicated route. Having finished, all the tasks are going here with you. And find out if we were able to please Zima?
1st buffoon: We begin!
Music.
Entertainment Fair
- Shooting range of Santa Claus. What is winter without snowball fights? In the fresh frosty air there is no better gambling, warming fun. Set up snowball targets on the site. The easiest option is wooden shields 1 x 1 m in size with several circles drawn on them with a diameter of 30, 60 and 90 cm (you can make them in the form of a stuffed Maslenitsa or Snowmen or just stick images from thick cardboard on the shield or draw on the shields). Shields can be dug into the ground on poles, hung on a wall or on a fence. If it is not possible to make targets, you can simply draw them on a blank wall of a house or a fence. The most accurate wins.
- Competition - relay race "Plant potatoes". The first member of each team has a bucket with 6 "potatoes". At the signal of the leader, the first participant runs to the drawn line and puts one potato into the "holes" dug in the snow and painted with paint. Having finished work, the first participant returns to the team and passes the bucket to the second participant. The second participant collects potatoes and passes the bucket of potatoes to the third participant. The third one “plants” potatoes, etc.)
- "Cock-fights". Draw a narrow path in the snow. Participants are invited to knock down an opponent with a pillow. The one who goes beyond the line is the one who lost.
- Bowling. Goal: knock down the skittles. Team standings: who will bring down the most. Each is given one attempt.
- Ditties about carnival, winter
- Panicle throwing. Wonderful is this competition in the open air, fun and simple: this is the championship in throwing a broom for a distance. For such fun, you need to take a few panicles without a shaft. What would winter be without a janitor with a broom to clear the snow? We are holding a competition for the title of Honorary Janitor. The winner is the one who throws the whisk the farthest or knocks down the snow figure.
- Riddles (about the holidays of Shrovetide)
From window to window - a golden spindle. (Sunbeam)
He came from the sky, he went to the earth. (Rain)
The red yoke hung across the river. (Rainbow)
Without language, but speaks. Without legs, but running. (Creek)
Old grandfather, he is a hundred years old, he paved the bridge. She came red, dispersed the entire bridge. (Frost and spring.)
What is not sown in the spring will be born? (Grass)
Little, green covered the whole field. (Spring meadow.)
Mother in spring - in a colored dress, mother in winter - in a white cloak. (Field)
The brothers began to get out of the cradle. They fell to the ground - they became green. (Sprouting grain.)
In summer he walks without a road near fir trees and oaks, and in winter he sleeps in a den, hiding his nose from the frost. (Bear) - You can also play "Sparrows and Crows"(if you guess riddles quickly). Rules of the game: players are divided into two teams - "sparrows" and "raven". The host says: “Sparrows!”, The members of this team catch the “crow”. Suddenly, the host says “Crows!”, And everything happens the other way around, the “ravens” catch the “sparrows”. The game is dynamic, there is no need to drag it out, the main goal is to warm up, get a charge of vivacity.
- Panicle racing. A long strip is drawn on the snow - a track, along it plastic bottles are arranged like a snake, participants (you can seat a whole family) sit astride long brooms and run to the finish line.
Note: if panicles are difficult to find, replace them with brooms or shovels for clearing snow.
Music.
1st buffoon:
Hey people! Get ready for the round dance.
Well, we started the holiday.
2nd buffoon: Interestingly Zimushka was respected?
Winter: You have amused me. Maybe I'm thinking of staying. You are good with me. There are so many good games in winter. Why should I leave?
Leading: Yes, Winter is good with you! But I want the sun to warm us with its warmth.
Winter: Then one more challenge for you. Get it right, I'll give up. You need to draw Spring. On the one hand, my team, on the other, my rivals.
Leading: Yes, in the old days on Maslenitsa one of the funs was tug of war, let's follow the tradition.
1st buffoon. Who is the stronger of the guys, come out, don't be shy! We quickly take up the rope, the one who pulls it will be happy. He will become the strongest and get a gift.
The rope can be pulled both in the individual competition and in teams.
The main thing is that the strengths of the participants are approximately the same. This should be followed by adult assistants to the presenter.
Buffoons can help competitors, or they can “fool around”, pretending to help.
Winter. I see that the buffoons spent the winter in vain, they didn’t play snowballs, they didn’t leave the mountain. I’ll probably treat you with snow and frost, I won’t let spring go.
Leading. Wait, Winter, let's ask the guys how they spent the winter. Guys, was there always enough snow for skiing?
Children (chorus). Yes!
Leading. Have you always moved down the hills quickly?
Children (chorus). Yes!
Leading. Zimushka! Thank you for the snow, for the snow slides, for the skating rink and for the fast ski track.
1st buffoon. And now give way to Spring-Red. She's not far off.
2nd buffoon. Shrovetide will help us in this.
Winter. And where is your assistant?
Leading. To do this, you need to stand in a round dance and sing a song together.
1st buffoon. Only she would come sooner, cheerful, provocative, reckless, and not meek.
2nd buffoon. Hey guys let's sing a song with you "____"
Children sing and Maslenitsa appears.
Leading. Maslenitsa lasted seven days.
1st buffoon. The first day - "Meeting", we have already met Maslenitsa. Let's move on to the second day.
2nd buffoon. The second day - "3game". Guys with girls from the hill ride, trying to get to know each other.
1st buffoon. Winter lasts a long, long time, and Maslenitsa runs quickly. The third day is announced - "Gourmet".
2nd buffoon. And what do they eat on Maslenitsa?
Children (chorus). Pancakes!
1st buffoon. Thursday is the most oily day - "Razguly".
2nd buffoon. Day five - "Teschiny vechi". On a visit to the sons-in-law, mother-in-law complained about pancakes.
1st buffoon. The sixth day - "Zolovkina gatherings."
2nd buffoon. On these days, family tea parties were held with presentation of gifts.
Leading. Maslenitsa ended with Forgiveness Sunday. Everyone asked each other for forgiveness, and then they burned the effigy of Maslenitsa and finally said goodbye to Winter.
Winter(who has been watching the events all this time). Or maybe you'll change your mind? Why do you need this Spring, with me how fun, snowy, frosty, fresh!
1st buffoon. No, Zimushka, your time has passed.
2nd buffoon. Empress Maslenitsa, we boasted of you, ate pancakes, had fun! Your time has come, leave us!!!
Leading. Well, guys, it's time to say goodbye to Winter - to burn Maslenitsa! Let's say to her in chorus the words that the Slavs uttered a long time ago.
Children(chorus). Shrovetide-deceiver, brought to the post - she ran away! Maslenitsa, come back, to New Year show yourself! Burn, burn brightly, so that it does not go out !!!
We burn the scarecrow, and Winter leaves.
Music. Spring exit.
Spring. Hello guys, teachers, dear guests. Zima told me that you know how to sing and dance, play different games. You amused Winter, so she gave way to me.
Buffoons. Farewell winter! Long live Spring!
Spring.
Like seeing off winter, pancakes flew from the oven,
Wow, buffoons, do not be stingy, share an oily pancake!
And we will sing the song "Pancakes" with the guys
The song "Pancakes".
Leading. Thank you for your attention, for your active efforts, for the fun, jokes, and laughter. And the reward will be for everyone! We invite you to pancakes, to the samovar.
Although Maslenitsa is not a public holiday, the whole country celebrates it. Including children, who also rejoice at the arrival of spring and eat pancakes with pleasure. Therefore, Shrovetide contests for the youngest children will come in handy. Funny and funny competitions for speed, knowledge, dexterity. Children will be happy to compete with each other, because the main prize is, of course, pancakes. And if you spend in your kindergarten, then these competitions can help you diversify and supplement it.
Competition 1 - jump over the pancake.
For the contest you will need plastic bowls. First, one basin lies down and the children must jump over it. It is possible from a place it is possible from a running start. Those who jumped over one pelvis move on. And then the second pelvis lies on the first pelvis, and the children jump again, but already through two pelvises. And so on. Until there is only one winner. Many basins are not needed, since children are unlikely to jump over four basins that lie on top of each other. Still, the height will be already high.
Competition 2 - pancake relay.
And again we need basins. Only they are placed in one line at a distance of a meter from each other. And after the last basin there is a chair on which pancakes lie. Children should jump on two legs, jumping over the basins, jump to a chair, take a pancake and also come back. And after he came back you have to eat your pancake. As soon as the pancake is eaten, the second member of the team goes to the distance. Which team will transfer and eat all the pancakes faster, that one won.
Competition 3 - the best scarecrow.
It's no secret that an effigy is burned on Shrovetide, which symbolizes the farewell to winter. And in this competition, children will have to make such a scarecrow. And for this you need old rags, old clothes and so on. Whoever gets the best scarecrow in five minutes wins. You can play in teams or every man for himself.
Competition 4 - bell.
One child is chosen to stand in the center. The rest of the children form a circle around him. Children who have formed a circle should carefully pass the bell to each other behind their backs, trying not to ring it. And the child in the center must find the one who has the bell in his hands. If the child guesses correctly, then the one who, at the moment when they showed him, will have a bell, stands in the center and now he must guess who has the bell.
Competition 5 - three legs.
For this competition, children are divided into pairs. Each pair is tied one leg together: the right leg of one child with the left leg of the other child. And makes an obstacle course. That is, you need to place flags that you need to run around, horizontal bars that you need to crawl under, and so on. And couples compete on this lane. Which pair will show best time passing, she won.
Competition 6 - the best vehicle.
Children are divided into two teams, and each team is given one broom. And the obstacle course must be made of pins that stand in a line. Children sit astride a broomstick and in this way must run the entire track. For each pin knocked down, a penalty of one second. So you need to time for each team, and then add penalty seconds. And the team that has less time with a penalty wins.
Competition 7 - proverbs, sayings and carnival.
Children take turns telling proverbs and sayings about Shrovetide. They also name objects and things that are suitable for Shrovetide. Whoever names more wins.