(On the eve of the holiday, an invitation is sent to all guests.)
Invitation
We don't get bored in our new home.
For a cake with sweet tea
We invite all guests.
Come to us soon!
(The guests gather all together near the owners' apartment, knock on the door).
You invited guests
From all nearby volosts.
So welcome with joy,
Greet with bread and salt.
(Guests enter the apartment, examine it. At the invitation of the owners, they sit down at the table).
Leading:
Expensive...!
Everyone has fun in their souls now
After all, we came to a housewarming party.
And happy on this day and hour
Congratulations on the update here.
Your apartment is good.
Let's wash the walls, slowly:
We fill glasses together
And now we proclaim a toast.
(Guests fill their glasses).
Toast
It's so good that this day has come
We raise this glass
For light and warmth
Your house has always been rich.
Let the money be kept
Let the shangs be baked
Let the fish pie on the table ...
Let the guests laugh
Let the guests get drunk
Joy and happiness to your family.
(The guests are drinking.)
Leading:
After examining your new apartment, we decided to immediately sign the acceptance certificate. I hope the members of the commission can name not very flattering adjectives-epithets related to this dwelling. So please!
(The presenter fills in the blank in a pre-prepared postcard with text. 31 adjectives must be entered).
Certificate of acceptance of the house number ... on the street ...
So let's start from the beginning. We are approaching ... house number ... along the street ... We go into the first ... apartment we came across on the way. Hanging on one hinge ... is a door. With a threat to our lives, we nevertheless entered this ... apartment, leaving our boots in the spilled tar. And what do we see? ... the hostess in a circle of some ... guests huddles in the only whole corner. "Don't breathe deeply," - these ... wallpaper will be stuck, - the ... hostess told us. But it was too late. ... the members of the commission selflessly tried to get out from under the former ... wallpaper. The hostess, of course, remembering ... the builders ... in a word, gave us a little of her ... attention, took us through ... rooms, showed us ... the kitchen. We were in ... the bathroom. ... the plaster barely adhered to ... the walls, ... the wallpaper hung in torn ... tatters, everywhere there were ... smudges, and something was pulling from the bathroom ... It burst ... a pipe. "Save yourself, who can!" - shouted one of the ... guests. We rushed out into ... the street. When they wanted to slam the door behind them ... they heard the voice of ... the hostess and the screams of ... members of the commission. "Do not touch, they will fall off completely!" All the screams were drowned out by a terrible ... crackling, the ego finally collapsed, the ceiling. Happy new home, dear ... friends.
Commission
(The postcard will be passed on to the owners).
Leading:
Guests, mind you, raising a toast,
That all friends have gathered here.
We will wash the apartment after a glass.
The more toasts we have, the more fun.
Therefore, we will fill the glasses in full,
So that they only go uphill with the owners of the business!
(Guests are drinking).
Leading:
Since everyone got acquainted with the apartment,
Handing gifts, I hope, tuned in.
(Handing over to the owners soft toys or souvenirs).
We give you a puppy with a bow, he will guard the house.
And together with him and a cat, So that she sat by the window,
And I waited for the owners,
I couldn't eat without them.
Here is a flower in a large pot, He is a decoration for an apartment,
And if you need a friend,
He will cheer you up.
Dear guests!
The question arises here: "Well, if we seriously congratulate the owners on the new home now
And leave them something as a keepsake? "
I think you agreed, friends,
That it's time to give us the main gift.
Gift giving options
1. We wanted to housewarming
You buy a big thing,
And then they decided it was easier -
Give you money.
You will decide for yourself
What should you buy with them.
(Handing over an envelope with money.)
2. Here is a set of different items,
In every case, trouble-free.
After all, without them, as without water,
And not there and not syudy.
(For example, kitchenware).
3. We give you a flying carpet,
To fly around the apartment.
And if there is a need for something else,
He will be glad to be of service even then.
(Handing over the carpet.)
Leading:
For much needed gifts
We'll pour all the cups now!
(The guests are drinking.)
Leading:
They say that there is no life,
If there is no brownie in the house.
Let him live with you,
Removes damage from the house, the evil eye.
(The door to the room opens, the brownie settles in.)
Brownie:
What made a noise?
After all, I am already here.
I chose the place for myself, friends.
I will now live in a new apartment,
Such that you will not find in the whole world.
You will have to make friends with the owner.
I promise the hostess not to beat the shouts.
You feed me more food.
Then no trouble will happen.
And now you will accept a horseshoe as a gift,
Believe in luck. Appreciate the brownie!
(Brownie hands the horseshoe to the owners, leaves the room).
Leading:
Well, so we met the first inhabitants of this house. I wonder who else inhabits it? It’s not for nothing that they say “you don’t buy a house, you buy a neighbor”. Therefore, having come to the housewarming, we sincerely wish you, dear owners, good neighbors. They will help you with advice, lend money, look after the apartment, invite you to visit, or even ask for the holiday themselves.
(Knock on the door).
Leading:
You heard loud sounds now?
Probably neighbors are knocking on this door.
(The knock is repeated, grandmother and grandfather enter, sing ditties, dance.)
We are your neighbors on the right
Came to meet
Somehow limped,
They found the door by touch.
We barely heard a noise
The whole house shudders.
It's in your apartment like that
Are they having fun?
Let me dance.
Let me stomp
Is it possible in this house
Will the floorboards burst?
Leading:
Well, mistress, do not regret the wine today,
Pour a full glass to all the guests,
So that they sing and dance merrily
And they remembered your housewarming for a long time
.
(The guests are drinking. They take turns singing ditties).
Ditties
And our parquet is good,
Spreads like Christmas trees.
How will you go along the bar,
They all move.
The hulls are just right,
Only here is one annoyance:
To find a passage to them,
You need to get on the all-terrain vehicle.
The door has cracked, so what,
This also has a reason:
He will be able to lower the newspapers,
In these cracks the postman.
We settled in the housewarming,
Jokes, laughter vying with each other.
Suddenly the wallpaper peeled off,
And they covered everyone with themselves.
The proverb says:
With a lovely paradise and in a hut.
And an apartment in a new house,
Well, who doesn't like it.
They told me: get married,
So that thin, but small,
Ceilings are low now
And the parquet is shabby.
Leading:
Dear hosts! In honor of today's holiday, we decided to present you with a hammer, which will replace your watch for a while and will be a means of establishing cordial relations with neighbors. Are you wondering how it works? Then listen.
If you suddenly want to know the time,
Then knock on the wall harder at night.
It doesn't matter how much nerves they have,
The neighbors will answer you right there, now.
(Handing the hammer)
Toast
Let's drink to be lucky with your neighbors!
(The guests are drinking.)
Leading:
We invite all guests
To dance a dance is more fun.
(Dancing.)
Games while dancing
- "New settlers". Participants are given cut pictures depicting a house. Who will collect the picture faster, that is, move into the house?
- "Look who came to us" Participants are given paper rolls containing costumes. At the signal from the host, the players need to put on a suit, introduce themselves and demonstrate the gait of this hero.
Leading:
Dear guests!
We invite you all to the table
And we suggest you treat yourself to it.
Dear hosts!
Insure without delay
Separately - life, separately - home.
And, not being afraid of trouble later,
Have fun with your friends.
The insurances are ready, they are already here.
You’ll have to crawl into your bag for them.
And in the bag of pockets ... still figure it out,
It is not so easy to insure yourself sometimes.
So who will find insurance faster?
And put his signature there first?
(Competition for the owners: who will quickly find the "insurance" in their bag and sign it?)
Leading:
Well, here you signed it,
No need to tempt fate anymore.
For your renewal and good luck
We'll drink wine and nothing else.
(The guests are drinking. The feast continues).
Leading:
Dear hosts!
We'll all go home soon, little by little,
But you will remember this evening again.
Let the whole apartment sparkle with fun
May happiness, joy, love live in her.
(Guests drink tea, go home).
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Friends love to come to us for fishing. Nearby there are stocked ponds, a good restaurant where you can cook caught fish, a good playground.
In the morning, whoever gets up first prepares breakfast. Porridge for children, everyone else coffee, sandwiches, pancakes. Children splash in the pool, adults take a steam bath.
Towards the evening we light up a brazier and a barbecue grill. Fish, meat, poultry, vegetables. Whoever wants, then eats.
If guests arrive on Saturday morning, then they leave Sunday afternoon. The working week is ahead.
Ohohoh, we are waiting for four people next weekend, two married couple, a girl and a man. There is a sofa, a bed in the summer kitchen and a couple of folding beds. The first thing they thought about was bed linen, three sets. We will not iron, after fresh air, libations and a bath, no one will pay attention. Most of all, the toilet worries, we have a bio, for 30 liters, they are very squeamish themselves, they seem to be their own. I think the ladies will be engaged in breakfast when everyone wakes up. I’m also thinking, but what about the towels and sheets in the bathhouse, for six people, I’ll ask you to take it with you. There are no more worries, we will provide barbecue, kvass, okroshka, and the guests usually bring them themselves
any products. The main thing is to make people enjoyable rest!
Cool) cultural leisure tired the comrade, pies were not given to him, probably Housewarming. Holidays and gifts. Organization of holidays: animators, script, gift.
Housewarming was usually celebrated. At work, we accepted lunch trips to a restaurant on the first and last days of work of ordinary employees (when the unit is no more than 10-12 people).
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Regarding refrigerators or cars - no, of course.
Housewarming was usually celebrated.
At work, we accepted lunch trips to a restaurant on the first and last days of work of ordinary employees (when the unit is no more than 10-12 people). And a small buffet at work for the incoming and outgoing bosses (when there can be more than 100 people)
I’m just now thinking whether it’s necessary .. the work is good, the team is good, but I’m being laid off and I’m offended :)
Housewarming. Holidays and gifts. Organization of holidays: animators, script, gift. We go to a housewarming party to friends ... I would like some kind of mini-script or something !!! poetry can ...
Then tell me, like Yes, it was cool, I have to repeat it, when is the next corporate party? Housewarming! Organization of holidays: animators, script, gift.
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Well Duc. Creators, color, bohemia, type. They already know how to eat and get to know each other - a mandatory requirement, well, and talent hangs somewhere on the side. Go to some purely techie New Year's Eve party for contrast.
12/24/2007 21:08:23, .user.and on Saturday I went to my husband's corporate party, to the doctors. he doesn't walk without me.
everything was very worthy, and the cult. the program - no ala serdyuchka and rushen pop, as a cult program there was a pantomime and dance theater, then everyone danced perfectly and behaved within the framework, and drank in moderation.
the ladies are the leaders there.
Why do I need it? And you will most likely go to this housewarming ... because relatives, right? But I was conquered by the past invitation to the DR and the current one to the housewarming. too...
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You did everything right last time - the peace of mind of your family is above all,
the godson is sacred, to run into his DR with a gift to congratulate, you can not sit down at the table, IMHO.
And ordered housewarming gifts are generally cool!
You have two Temki
1.about finances / gifts
2.about husband / children
About 1. I also discovered that during the transition period from a poor middle class to a not too poor middle class, they give such lists for the holidays. That is, the people no longer need all the garbage, the breadth of the soul for gratitude for the garbage is not enough (by the way, I also hate to thank for the donated Mr.), but the list of necessary things still remains. When moving to the middle middle class, they usually count on a surprise, because everything that can be given from the necessary amount exceeds the decent amount for a gift)))
I’m all for something, why is it so difficult for YOU to say that it is dear to you, if you cannot cooperate on your own? What's so embarrassing about that? Why is it necessary to look for negativity in the owners themselves, they say, everything is okay with me, I'm poor, but I won't proudly tell this to anyone, which means they are bad and act disgustingly ...
About 2. Similar situations have passed many times ... Unfortunately, it is much easier not to invite anyone from the family than to conduct such conversations. Downstairs, someone is proud to invite them only together. I am sure that in most cases they simply DO NOT invite quietly. Recently I came to paintball myself with a 4-year-old. Others were able to leave their children with someone, but I could not. I got a bunch of negativity (it was really fun -oooooooooooooooooooothe organizer wrote with boiling water, she imagined my participation in a completely different way ...)
We have a group of school friends. Common-law wife one guy well sooo disagreeable to everyone else. Moreover, the guy himself with her, neither the fish nor the meat-lady, needs all his attention for the whole evening. At first, they did not invite both ... Then they took the risk, talked to the guy ... We met without her already.
And this I mean that if you were told this about unwillingness to see your husband with children, there are two options - either people want to grind with their tongues, the fools are shorter, or they have a very good attitude towards YOU and they want to see YOU in any way, they really want, they love and appreciate in general ... I even lean towards the 2nd option ...
Well ... then there is nothing wrong with this either - all cockroaches, as well as always - are in ourselves - and for show we react as if everyone around is so greedy and disgusting
And I also have a friend - married, with children, nothing personal, together for 20 years ... We would really like to get drunk together and sit as before ... but husbands / wives will not understand (((And his wife is completely not interesting, the children are still going anywhere, he is not interested in mine either. Well, why do you need these dances with tambourines? Ah, we are a single whole, we go only in packages ...
Plus - plates with fresh and salted vegetables, not salads, but cut into pieces for one cous))) (tomatoes in 8 pieces, radishes in half, cucumbers in thick slices, pickled mushrooms, peppers in slices, wild garlic, pickled garlic ... all types in the Slavic style))))
Plus - plates of fish slices (white, red, lampreys, Korean squid ...) There was a plate of pancakes with red caviar.
I also made it hot, but they ate it already without fanaticism, slowly))) they were quite satiated with pancakes. I put two carps, unpeeled, unpeeled, into the oven. Before taking out, I took out their bellies, and the guests themselves were sorting out the plates with the scales. Garnish with buckwheat and fried onions. Cooked the day before, before serving - shoved into the oven to the carp for 20 minutes ...
Arranged a classic buffet table - canapes, pies, fruits and so on + open bar
It seems to me that housewarming differs from other holidays in that it takes place in an unsettled, better, almost empty apartment! The acoustics of an empty room are incomparable ...
There were always a lot of scenarios and ideas, funny children's birthday parties went off with a bang! And now at a dead end, maybe because the children will be of different ages.
The question “how to celebrate a housewarming” is asked by everyone who has changed their place of residence at least once. Still, the event is not ordinary, the start of a new life! I would like to note on a grand scale, of course, if you are not a resident of intelligence on a mission)))
Housewarming dates
Traditionally, housewarming is celebrated on the coming weekend after moving in / out, when not all things are unpacked yet. Previously, housewarming was celebrated in this way: on suitcases, trunks, floor, etc. But if a small number of guests are invited, set the table traditionally. If there is still not a lot of furniture in the new house and there is not enough for all the invitees, it will be most logical to set a “table” (clearing) on a large carpet, where each invitee will be allocated his own ottoman, pillow or bag.
How to invite to housewarming
Do not be lazy to send invitations to everyone you want to see at the housewarming. By mail, beautiful postcard... You can also e-mail. The main thing is to indicate in detail how to get to your new habitat.
Preparing for housewarming
The first thing to do before celebrating a housewarming party is cleaning. Agree, it will not be comme il faut when guests staggering from fatigue on their way to the toilet step on a pile of construction debris, rub their shoulders against the whitewash or on an openwork female hairstyle a spider web will appear from somewhere ...
The housewarming style should be the most democratic - in the form of a buffet table with snacks that you can take with your hands. Therefore, do not bother with culinary delights. Plenty of sandwiches, sandwiches, canapes. But it is important that in holiday menu there was a new settling loaf, which symbolizes the prosperity and well-being of the newly moved family. It can be decorated with branches of viburnum or mountain ash, as in the old days. It is placed in the center of the table.
How to welcome guests
The hosts or their children meet each guest at the door and, if he is not familiar with someone, introduce them to each other. It's not worth showing your new home right away, invite your guest to the table with drinks, and only then take a short tour. Subsequent guests can be driven around the house by one of the spouses or a guest already familiar with the premises.
In addition to this, you can give guests a humorous map of your house from the doorway. To make it more interesting for them to walk around the house, serve a small table in each room with some kind of snacks. I went in, looked, refreshed myself ...
What to give for housewarming
It is not accepted to give money for housewarming. But every guest right from the doorway must throw a coin into the far corner of the apartment. "So that money in the house is not transferred." Tradition is obligatory. Do not forget.
New settlers are usually given items that will bring coziness to a new home: kitchen utensils, paintings, rugs, figurines, lamps, household appliances ... The main thing is to take into account its practical value and dimensions of the room)))
Hosts can also give guests memorable trinkets. For example, key fobs with your address, magnets with shared photos ...
Housewarming scenario in the form of a tour of a new home
When guests arrive, the hosts give them slippers and offer them a tour of the house. The tour begins in the hallway.
Hallway. There is a tray with glasses filled with juice, beer, light wine or other drink. At the bottom of each glass is a small key. Keys for mailboxes- you will need to buy a couple of inexpensive locks, which come with several keys. Of course, the keys must first be washed with soap and water. The guests pick up glasses with a drink and, at a sign from the owner, begin to drink, trying to quickly fish out the key. Whoever fishes out the key faster and takes it out of his mouth wins this game. The owners give him a small symbolic prize: for example, they present him with a decorative figurine-key with the words: “This is a pass to our house - now you can come here at any time”... But after a few seconds they add: “We also wanted to give the winner mobile phone so that he would call before coming to us, but you don't need a phone - you have your own. So call me if you decide to come ”.
The next stage is the kitchen. The owners say that it is here that they will prepare all those delicacies for which guests will be invited. But the question is - do they (guests) know how to understand the taste of products. One or two volunteers are blindfolded and alternately allowed to sniff different foods. The guest must guess the product by smell. It could be a slice of tangerine, pickle, shrimp, cheese, ice cream, a glass of vodka, etc. If two people participate at the same time, then different products are offered to them "by the scent".
Whoever guesses everything or almost everything gets joke prize- a very deep plate with a huge spoon to take with you, next time going to visit the heroes of the occasion.
Next is the bathroom. The owners say: “We are always glad to have guests and we want you to be comfortable. We don't know how comfortable it is for you, dear guests, that toilet paper we buy. Let's check it now ”... You will need two to three rolls of notched paper (perforations on the tear line). 2-3 people participate. They need to tear off the paper exactly along the tear line (along the notch) and shove these small pieces of paper into their pockets or bosom - in general, hide them on themselves. Whoever ends the roll faster wins. He is entitled to a comic prize - a collection of anecdotes: "When you go to visit us, you can take her with you: our toilet is at your complete disposal.".
The next object is a bathroom. The bathroom is probably tiled or something else, but always waterproof. You can ask guests to write their wishes with special “bathing” pencils (easy to wash off). How nice it will be to see kind words friends and family, taking a shower, but only before the first cleaning. Don't worry - the pencil washes off very easily.
Bedroom. There are already two special pillows in the bedroom. Rather, they are just pillowcases filled with various items. The hosts are asking to rate the bedroom: “How do you like our bedroom? Is it convenient? Comfortable? Is everything there? Yes? Do you know exactly what should be in the bedroom? Will it be comfortable in the dark? Have you been here in the dark? Well, now let's see how authoritative your opinion was ”.
Two people are invited to play a game and thereby prove that their praises can be trusted, for they understand this issue. The owners show the same pillows, then blindfold the participants, give each of them a pillow. Assignment: unbutton the pillowcase and get objects out of there, sorting them. To put aside those items that may be needed in the bedroom in one direction, and those that do not belong in the bedroom in the other. To determine this, of course, you have to touch.
The following items can be put into pillowcases: sleep mask, night face cream, book, towel, comb, condoms, massage oil, sun cream, tweezers, wallet, screwdriver, jar of canned food, washcloth, tube of toothpaste, small pillows, soft slippers, nightie, Evening Dress, stockings, tweezers, glue, etc. After the items are sorted, the blindfolds from the players' eyes are removed. Then the number of obvious errors is counted. Whoever has less wins, receiving a symbolic prize. For example, a small pillow-dummy that needs to be handed with the words: “If it’s really bad, take this pillow and come to us - we will always be glad to see you and find where to put it, but don’t count on a place in the bedroom!”.
We pass to the nursery. “How do you like our nursery? Will our children be comfortable here? And how do you know whether it is convenient or inconvenient - you have long forgotten what it is like to be a child. Or have not forgotten. Check it out? ", - with such a liner, the hosts invite guests to the game. If the nursery is for a very small child (perhaps even the future), you can organize a competition for the farthest throwing of a dummy directly with the mouth. Of course, you will need a lot of pacifiers, since everyone who wants to "shoot" needs to be given an individual pacifier.
If this is a nursery for older children, they probably have a Lego-type constructor. Let the guests make a plan of the apartment out of it - the very one to which they are invited to move in. That will check how they remembered everything they saw.
Living room (or dining room). This is where the table is set. From where they started - there they came. At the table, you need to immediately raise your glasses for interesting excursion, and after that, you can conduct a ritual: the owners hand out pieces of paper and felt-tip pens to the guests with a request to write something bad that might happen to their new home. Then all the papers are collected and immediately burned in a large heat-resistant dish or in the fireplace, if there is one. Now the owners can be sure that nothing bad will happen to their new home!
Housewarming scenario in "cave style"
This version of the housewarming scenario is suitable for young people. Themed "cave" party is an interesting and original way celebrate housewarming. In advance, you should send your friends invitations created in graphic editor.
The invitation should be decorated in the appropriate style, using images of prehistoric animals and attributes of cave life.
Sample invitation text:
Dear friend! Having broken many spears and having killed several mammoths, I made myself a new comfortable cave, located at the address (address of the new home). On this occasion, I invite you to a wild party that will take place in my new house (date, time). Dress code: loincloths.
Feast
You need to arrange it right on the floor - for this, of course, you need to spread the skins of the killed mammoths. There are none? They will be replaced by fluffy blankets, woolen blankets, air mattresses, mats and lots of pillows. You need to spread all this in a circle so that there is free space in the middle for an impromptu fire and a “table”.
We are having a feast in a cave? This means that the fire must be present. To do this, you can take a large metal pallet and place it with many floating candles. Around the "fire" you can arrange dishes with common dishes. It is better to prepare such dishes that it will be convenient to eat with a fork without a knife or just with your hands.
A barbecue will come in handy, because meat from a fire is the best treat for “cavemen”.
When the guests gather, the hosts will offer them to walk through the cave (apartment / house), carefully examining it for convenience for living.
After the excursion, the owner will invite everyone to the table, that is, on the floor, and read out the document “Acceptance certificate of the cave”. This document must be prepared in advance. It is better to type the text in a graphics editor using a background such as tree bark. The document itself can have something like this:
Acceptance certificate of the cave belonging to (names and surnames of the owners)
The cave contains:
safe hearth - 1pc .;
solid hide covering the entrance to the cave - 1 piece;
rock painting like wallpaper - on all walls;
tools for keeping the territory of the cave clean - available;
cold cabinet for freezing and storing mammoth meat - 1 pc .;
comfortable soft beds - according to the number of residents;
openings in the cave, letting in daylight - high-quality, glazed;
cave brownie - 1 pc.
Inspection of the cave was carried out by experts of the cave commission:
Surname-name of guests in order - a place for signatures opposite each surname.
date
After reading the document, the hosts ask the expert guests to confirm what they have written by leaving their signature on the document. This document, by the way, will remain in memory of the owners: it can be framed and hung on the wall.
After accepting the cave, the owner will offer to “wash” this case. This is followed by a feast and "cave" entertainment. For example, you can do rock painting: blindfold several people, give them simple pencils and ask them to draw on the wall a plan of the cave they inspected. On the wall, if it cannot be washed, you can hang several large sheets of wallpaper or Whatman paper left over from repairs on double-sided tape. However, you can draw on the table by spreading a large sheet of paper on it. Whoever draws the most accurate plan will receive the title of Cave Architect.
Then you can arrange "Ritual Dances": in fact, it will be a familiar game of pantomime, but to the music. You need to prepare cards in advance, each of which has one item written on it. modern technology for home: Washer, refrigerator, gas stove, microwave oven, TV, DVD player, iron, etc. The cards are shuffled and dealt 1-2 to each participant, including the owners. Appropriate music is played (something in the style of "primitive drums"), and the participants take turns showing with gestures and movements the object that they got. But it is imperative to do it smoothly and rhythmically, that is, in a dance. The “talking” dance lasts until someone guesses what was being said. After that, the next participant shows his ritual dance, and so on.
After dancing, you can play dice - one of the most ancient games. It is called so because the first dice were made from animal bones. But only this time the game will take place a little differently. You will need a cube, a block of sticky notes, and a pen.
Dice game at a cave party.
The players take turns rolling the die. Each number on the die has its own meaning:
one-eyed - mammoth: for someone who has lost one, a sticky note sheet with a large target drawn on it is glued to the head or body;
deuce - baby mammoth: to the one who has a deuce, a piece of paper with a small target is glued;
three - a hunter: the one to whom the three falls, himself sticks a sheet with a big target to any participant in the game;
four - the keeper of the hearth: the keeper of the hearth is given an indulgence - she rolls the dice again;
five - the owner of the cave: the one to whom the five fell, sticks all the other participants one sheet of paper with a small target;
six - leader: the leader can remove one large or small target from any participant at will.
Housewarming party There is no need to draw targets in advance - they are easily and quickly drawn schematically directly during the game. The players roll the dice in a circle. In total, five to ten laps can be made, depending on the number of players (the more players, the fewer laps).
Then, targets are counted for each participant: for each large target 2 points are awarded, for a small target - 1 point. The winner is the one with the lowest score. And the loser (who got the most points) gets the title of mammoth.
Housewarming contests and games
The most main task housewarming hosts is to introduce all the guests to each other. Then there will be relaxedness, and jokes, and sincere laughter in the company ... The easiest way to do this is with the help of a non-tricky competition that can be held without getting up from the table. The owner of the house says his name and asks the neighbor on the right to repeat it and say his own. Then the next guest does the same, but he adds his name to them. The latter will be the most difficult of all, but by the end of the competition, everyone will remember the names of their neighbors firmly ...
In general, there are a lot of such contests. We recommend reading on our website GAMES IN A LITTLE FAMILIAR COMPANY, PARTY COMPETITIONS, LATE COMPETITIONS, ALCOHOLIC GAMES.
Housewarming toast
What kind of housewarming is complete without speeches for the health of the owner and mistress of the house ?! And perhaps the most popular housewarming toast is COLLECTIVE toast.
Its principle is the same as in the method described above to introduce guests. The first guest says: “Let's drink so that there is always money in this hospitable house,” the second repeats and adds something from himself. For example, the children laughed. That is, on the second speaker, the toast will look like this: "Let's drink to the fact that in this hospitable house there is always money and children laugh." Further, the toast will become overgrown with wishes like a snowball)))
Individual toasts will be more specific, which means they will require more imagination from the guests than in a collective toast. And such a toast will be much more expensive for the owners than for a group toast. Choose one of these in our selection FOR THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE.
Hosts can also find toasts for themselves in the material "OWNER'S ANSWER TOASTS".
Housewarming traditions
Previously, before the housewarming party, the corners of the new house were coated with honey - "so that the life of the new settlers was sweet."
On the day of arrival, the priest blessed the dwelling.
The man who was the owner of the house was the first to enter the house. With him he carried a pot of coals, with which he kindled the stove. It is noteworthy that in pagan times, the oldest in the family was launched into the house first. It was a kind of tribute evil spirits that could live in the house. Later, this human sacrifice was replaced by a cat or a dog, which was the first to be launched into the house. There was a tradition in the evening to launch a rooster into the house so that he would spend the night there and, with his morning cry, expel all the evil spirits from the room forever.
At the housewarming party, the guests were necessarily treated to bread and salt, the same ones put coins on the stove so that prosperity and prosperity would not leave the house.
They gave food from bacon to cereals. The second most popular were tablecloths, kitchen utensils, blankets and pillows.
Before leaving the old house, they swept out all the garbage, and took the broom with them. There they swept out new housing and burned them. So our ancestors moved their brownie to a new place ... More details can be found in the article NEW HOUSING.
Housewarming these days
Much has changed over hundreds of years: places for houses are chosen with an eye on the cost and convenience of location, brownies are not invited and are not appeased, the sacred fire is often nowhere and nowhere to be carried. Many people today consecrate houses and apartments, asking for blessings and protection from Higher Forces... Of the old, superstitious traditions, there are often those that are associated with the launch of a cat into the house and inviting relatives and friends to a housewarming holiday, although many no longer remember that once the feast had a special meaning. We're just gathering for a joyful occasion to have a good time.
With a cat, everything is clear, there is nothing complicated in the performance of this ritual. But it is worth preparing for the arrival of guests. Housewarming is almost the only holiday where guests will not discuss the lack of renovation. Lack of furniture, old wallpaper - these are not the reasons why you should postpone the celebration. After the general feast, the wishes of happiness and prosperity sounded, you quickly get used to the house, tune in to a positive mood. Celebrating housewarming is a kind of ritual of transition to new life, so do not neglect it, postponing until better times.
If you are a housewarming guest - gifts
Today, as in the old days, it is not customary to give money. But the choice of gifts for a new home is huge.
This can be kitchen utensils: pots, kettles, French presses, dish sets, vases for sweets, fruits and flowers, cutlery, ice and baking dish, etc.
It's hard to find new settlers who don't need anything from household appliances(a gift can be discussed in advance): blender, toaster, slow cooker, yogurt maker, egg cooker, vegetable cutter, juicer, coffee grinder, coffee maker, etc.
The hostess can be delighted with decorative things: a painting, scented candles, a figurine, a pretty photo frame, flower pots, an elegant tablecloth, a topiary. Gifts of this type are chosen with great care so as not to miscalculate with colors and style orientation.
If the new settlers are close people, they can be presented with a set of bath or kitchen towels, bed linen.
Leaving housewarming, you need to sincerely wish the house and the people living in it happiness and prosperity, it will definitely come true.
Housewarming, or vlazins - as it was before
Our connection with ancestors, belief in age-old traditions and the supernatural is so strong that even technical progress cannot overcome it. To understand why superstitions are associated with housewarming, it is worth knowing how it was previously treated.
The huts were erected by the whole village, and the builders were very responsible in choosing the place. For example, they laid out oak bark and after 2-3 days looked under it: if insects got in, the place for a construction site is not good, if the worms are rainworms, you can live here. They could roll the loaves: if they lay down correctly, with the top up, everything will be fine. Having decided on the place, having prayed and laying under future home a coin of silver began to be built.
With such a reverent attitude towards the beginning of construction, the ancestors could not but attach importance to the move (vlazin) to the house. This was done in the early morning, after the first time the cocks crowed. We tried to move to a new hut along large Christian holidays... The best for moving was the one when the Introduction to the Temple of the Virgin was celebrated.
Today, when we enter the house for the first time, we launch a cat in front of us. Previously, they did the same, except for a cat, they could let in a rooster, a barely familiar or non-Orthodox person. Only then did the eldest of the family enter the house, followed by all the others. There is an explanation for both of these traditions. People believed that after the construction of a new house, someone from the family would die, and most likely it would be the one who entered it first. Following the logic of everyday life, the oldest was allowed to be the first: he doesn't care to die before anyone else. The role of a cat and a rooster is interpreted in different ways: someone says that they can appease evil spirits, someone - that they did so in order to avert the threat of death from the head of the family. The cat was also useful because the ancestors, looking at where it will be installed, put a bed or a cradle on this place.
Before moving, they put bread and salt on the table in the old house, prayed, then asked the brownie, whom they were very afraid of and revered, to go with everyone to new house... It was believed that if you take a broom with you, the brownie would leave, so they did so. In the new hut, the owner, who traditionally carried the icon, set it up in the allotted place, prayed and spoke with the brownie again, invited him to settle down.
It was no less important to take the sacred fire with you: the hostess raked out the hot coals, carried them out in a pot covered with a tablecloth, then poured them into a new stove. The vessel was smashed and buried, the tablecloth was also used to release the brownie - they cowed her in the corners of the new hut. Instead of coals, if it was not possible to carry them away, they would definitely take a poker or a grapple.
The consecration of the hut by the priest was of great importance for the ancestors. Without this, the vlazins did not make sense: few dared to live in an unconsecrated house. Only after the consecration and all the rituals were carried out, food was prepared, guests were summoned to the table.
They believed that noisy fun would scare away evil spirits and attract good ones. The hostess cooked pies - to live in peace with the neighbors, and something from chicken - so that money would flow. First of all, at the table, the guests and the hosts drank vodka - so that the new settlers would have the same clean life.
The invitees tried to bring bread and salt with them, thus attracting wealth and prosperity, as well as rye and barley grains, wool from a sheep. Grain was sprinkled on the benches, wool with small change was thrown into the stove - also to the prosperity.
Guests gave gifts, already saying goodbye to the owners - something for the house. Money was not given so that the owners did not know the need.
There were a lot of traditions associated with housewarming, so we could not completely forget about them.
In the life of every family, a housewarming is an event no less significant than a wedding. If, celebrating a wedding, the newlyweds "announce" to the whole world about the creation of a new family, then at housewarming the family celebrates the "birth" of the family hearth. Since these celebrations - both weddings and housewarming - are rooted in the distant past, the traditions of the formation of these festivals are just as ancient and respected.
Housewarming scenario when moving into a new house, apartment
The holiday, arranged at the entrance to a new house, is obviously the most anticipated and should be a worthy completion of the construction. Regardless of whether the house was being built by a contracting organization or a "family cleanup" was arranged, the owners can arrange a walk with family and friends lush and cheerful. The script for the housewarming party can and should even be cool, funny and comic.... For housewarming the house must be decorated, outside (on the door itself or next to the wall), you can fix a bouquet in the shape of a broom and hang a colorfully decorated housewarming poster. The scenario for carrying out largely depends on the season of the housewarming, but the tradition of the oldest man in the family entering the house first can be beaten in any weather.
We start to celebrate housewarming on the doorstep
Guests never come all at the same time, so in the courtyard near the house, you can put a table with a "small" treat and soft drinks
, so that when the guests are gathering, they can “refresh themselves” with sandwiches and at the same time “choose” a place where the owner will plant a tree. 
After everyone is gathered, an older family member enters the house with bread and invites guests... The entrance to the house is "not free" - in the hallway you can put a bucket of water into which guests can throw coins. With this, they wish the owners well-being and hospitality. The answer to the question "how to mark a housewarming" can be searched among the scenarios new year holidays... This festival can be arranged as a gala "dinner with dancing", or as a costume theme party with theatrical script and toastmaster. Housewarming is primarily a feast, so guests are invited to the table with homemade treats... The first word at the table is given to the head of the family: he offers to start the fun and conveys his feelings, which, of course, he has in abundance.
A long-standing tradition requires a housewarming party to be celebrated with good friends and relatives, so that the new house is always a "full cup" and all hardships are avoided.
Obligatory "excursion" program for the new home
Guests, of course, should be given food, but inspection of the house should not be postponed... Still, the main culprit is the new house, which must be shown in all its glory (by the time the housewarming is organized, the connection of the house to all communications must be completed). That's why, after the guests have had the "first toast" after greeting the host, the excursion must begin... The order of visiting all the premises is chosen by the owners, but everything must be shown - from the closet to the hall, without missing the toilet. This part of the housewarming takes place "on a sober head", but it is not difficult to spend it cheerfully, since the owners have accumulated a lot during the construction interesting stories that you can tell guests. If the house is not yet furnished, you can hang posters on the walls:
- "There will be a closet for storing my wife's fur coats."
- "A safe will be hidden here to keep my husband's money."
- "There will be a computer for my son to write his dissertation."
The inscriptions on the posters depend on the composition of the family and the age of the owners.
"Japanese" youth housewarming
In such decorations (you can even have a few "salty" texts on the posters) you can have fun organizing a housewarming "on the floor" without using a table... To decorate the room, you can put several suitcases or travel bags showing that the hosts came to the ball directly from the ship. Guests should be warned about this form of celebration in advance so that they can “withstand” the dress code: you will have to sit on the floor, because clothes will need soft, spacious and comfortable... But on such a walk, nothing prevents you from holding funny contests and entertainment.
Who can "drive away the darkness"
First of all, you need protect the house from " evil spirits»
... There are many ways, but in modern conditions they need to be creatively adapted. Since not everyone will dare to close a live rooster in a new apartment for the night before a housewarming party (what to do with it later if the hand does not rise to hack?), Then the guests will have to drive away the evil spirits. The easiest way - hold an art competition, in which the guests will depict this rooster on paper. The owner chooses the winner; he can mark the funniest, the most beautiful, the most unusual. The one who won the competition is solemnly allowed to "sing" the cockerel's morning song and disperse "all evil spirits."
House for the brownie
Further you have to respect the brownie... Everyone remembers that he loves to hide behind a broom, so for the celebration, you can purchase several new simple brooms for competitions. Guests can compete in "cleanliness and speed" sweeping. Garbage for such a competition can be:
- tennis balls;
- confetti;
- plastic bullets for children's pistols;
- large beads;
- foam balls (you can “crumble” a piece of foam from the packaging of household appliances).
The lighter and more elusive the garbage, the more fun the competition will be... Scoops and bags should also be chosen in a cool shape.
You can spend beauty contest among brooms: to do this, before the "catwalk" guests must decorate these "predecessors of vacuum cleaners" and organize a funny presentation of their models.
New neighbors are future friends
Acquisition of an apartment in apartment building accompanied by "getting in the load" neighbors, good relationship with which they can become the key to a quiet life in a new home. You can get to know your neighbors better at your housewarming party by inviting them to the celebration.... In a cheerful festive atmosphere, acquaintance will pass easily and naturally. If people gather at the table different people
(both by age and by "experience" of acquaintance), entertainment needs to be thought out in advance(so as not to offend by chance some of the guests). 
A housewarming scenario, as a rule, implies availability of music... It's good if there is a possibility sing karaoke: long tradition drinking songs have not yet been forgotten, but very few people remember the lyrics by heart. And with karaoke, the acquaintance of new people is more fun, and the "old" friends are happy. For big company, in which it is difficult to establish a "queue" of congratulations, it is necessary to provide for a lottery with the drawing of these serial numbers... You can use a simple deck of cards: drawn cards will indicate the order of performances. Guests by "voting" need to choose who congratulates first - "ace" or "deuce".
Presenting gifts to hosts and guests
Ancestors have always revered purity - this concerns not only the absence of material waste, but also spiritual, energetic. Therefore, it is customary to come to a new home with pure bright thoughts and useful gifts. If the housewarming is held in a house (apartment) where furniture has already been installed, the owners may allow "Hide" gifts for guests throughout the house... Such gift-giving will be fun, because the hosts will have to find them according to the rules of the game "cold - hot" or guessing funny riddles of guests... The hosts, in turn, will take guests on a tour of the new dwelling in the "process of searching" for gifts. New settlers of apartment buildings can prepare colorful cards - business cards for the housewarming day, on which they can write a cheerful text of an invitation to visit with a new address. The host will give such an "invitation" to the guest in response to his congratulations and presenting a gift.
According to popular belief, a fun festivities arranged for a housewarming guarantee the family a happy life in this house.
"Office" housewarming
Housewarming should be adequately celebrated not only when moving to a new house, but also in new office. Corporate party it is better to spend in the building itself (not in a restaurant or cafe) after renovation, but even before installing equipment and arranging work tables. Such an event may please the team and tune in successful work in the new premises... The scenario of the party is developed taking into account the number of participants: when moving to a new office of a large company with numerous staff the best option- invitation of professional organizers. 
Labor collectives often consist of unfamiliar people, so only experienced mass worker... However, the program will have to be compiled together. To make things even better in the new office than in the previous one, it is necessary to "bring" all the best from the old into it. These are not necessarily things and furnishings, they can be interesting stories that happened before, which can be told before the toast. The new office is usually purchased New furniture, but how the desktops will be arranged can be played out in fun contests (if such a decision does not interfere future work). Each team has a cheerful person who can help the toastmaster in holding a fun holiday. It is better to choose a topic "profile" related to the activities of the company: at such a holiday, everyone can not only have fun, but also show their abilities. In addition, during the work, each company develops its own corporate style, the employees accumulate gifts from grateful customers, talismans. All such things must definitely find a place in the new room (and in the script), and for the celebration of housewarming, you can provide souvenirs in the "corporate" style.
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Housewarming is a great reason to arrange a holiday on the eve of a new life... It is possible to solemnly move to the next stage of life, not only by moving to a new house, but also by overhauling it. According to the ancient Chinese feng shui tradition, the house must be equipped with a suitable environment for the flow of beneficial energy - for this, it is enough to start by replacing front door or flooring. That's why fun party housewarming can be arranged for a new front door, and the arrival of happiness and prosperity will not keep itself waiting long. Well, what kind of holiday can do without funny ditties- yes, practically none. In confirmation of this, we are watching a short video with mischievous ditties for housewarming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggjk8SkaeX0
"Wow or Eh" for latecomers
All latecomers must choose "Uh" or "Eh" and complete the appropriate task. For example, "Uh" - kiss two, "Eh" - kiss everyone.
"Wishes"
Before sitting down at the table, each invitee, on a piece of paper given to him, writes with a felt-tip pen what he would like to present or wish to the owners. For example, a car, a key to new apartment, baby, banknote, new dress. All pieces of paper are folded into a hat (deep bowl). The owners are invited to draw out one piece of paper and read it out. What turned out to be there will certainly appear in the new settlers before the end of the year.
"Cheat sheets" for the first acquaintance of guests
The presenter launches a roll of paper in a circle to everyone present. Guests are encouraged to tear off as many pieces of paper as they want. After that, everyone just as in turn gets up and how many pieces of paper they have torn off, so many they tell interesting stories and facts from their lives. It will be even better if these stories are associated with heroes of the occasion.
Then a toast is drunk to the fact that there are so many friends and a bunch of pleasant and funny memories.
"Paravozik"
The hosts and guests stand one after the other in a chain, placing their hands on the shoulders of the person in front. Thus, the whole chain moves around the apartment or house, from time to time stopping at certain places for small games and competitions. If the apartment is small, you can walk not from room to room, but from corner to corner, to the kitchen and back.
So, the "steam engine" begins its journey from station to station.
Station 1. "Money"
The owner stops the "train" and announces that if the guests want to come back here again and again, then they should throw a coin for luck into the "pond" (a bucket or a bowl of water). Guests form a circle around the "pond" and throw coins into the water. The most accurate coin thrower is awarded a prize, and the "locomotive" goes on.
Station 2. "Family"
The "locomotive" stops and the owner says that no person can live without their loved ones. All those present are invited to name their close and distant relatives in turn, for example: grandfather - brother - brother-in-law - sister-in-law, etc. The participant who named the last definition of a relative receives a prize.
Station 3. "Children's"
At the station "Detskaya" the "locomotive" makes a new stop. Here all adults are invited to read children's poems and sing children's songs. Participants take turns completing the task, and everyone receives small sweet prizes. If children are present at the holiday, then they participate in all competitions on an equal basis with adults.
Station 4. "Teatralnaya"
At the Teatralnaya station, guests take turns showing a pantomime various subjects... If the guests find it difficult to independently come up with what they will show, then you can offer them cards with tasks. One shows, the rest try to guess. The best "actor" is awarded a prize. Examples of assignments: a bottle of champagne, a boiling kettle, a toaster, new shoes, escaped milk, etc.
Station 5. "Conversational"
“Talking to talk” is not an easy task. The host invites guests to verify this statement, the host or hostess calls the guests simple words, and the guests try to pronounce them backwards as quickly as possible, for example: rainbow - agudar, etc. The guest who correctly called the “shape-shifter” faster than others gets a small prize.
Toast after Paravozik
Now your turn has come.
We came to housewarming
View your property -
Accept honest people!
Here are the mansions, so the mansions,
Everything you need for your soul:
Kitchen, bathroom with toilet,
Well, the rooms at the same time -
If you want - stop, but if you want - dance!
At least you roll on them sideways
With a turn and with a jump -
Who can not deny
Is it luxurious for you to live here?
To keep the doors from breaking
And the floors didn't dry out
Soap bath, oven cooked,
So that it was warm in the apartment.
Come on, kind mistress,
Fill our glasses.
A cup of good wine
Let's drink, brothers, we are to the bottom.
Toast "Connection of names" for carriers (for example, names: Sveta and Kostya)
I would like to draw your attention to the connection between the names of our new settlers. “Constantine” means “solid, constant, constant”, and “Svetlana” means “light”. The combination of these names means that Constantine found his bright ray of light and that, due to the firmness and constancy of his character, they will live in this house happily ever after. We wish you to keep up with the happy meaning of your names. For you!
Toast "Autographs"
The presenter puts a key-shaped postcard and a pen around the table. All in turn write their wishes on this postcard. Then it is solemnly presented to the new settlers and a toast is drunk.
Toast
There is a crush on the tram. Some are going to work, some from work.
The old storekeeper was squeezed from all sides. One of the women stood close to him and felt something hard press against her thigh.
- Wow! the woman exclaimed.
- This is not wow, but the key to a large warehouse!
I propose to drink to the key to your new apartment, for whatever you say, this is - wow!
"Target" for new settlers
The heroes of the occasion are given sheets with painted targets and a felt-tip pen. The facilitator asks them to fill in the “target”. In each sector of the second circle, you need to arrange the numbers from 1 to 4 in random order. In the third circle, you need to write the names of animals, for example, bee, hippo, boa constrictor, lion. In the next circle - character traits: importunity, generosity, laziness, tenderness.
In the last circle, catch phrases, aphorisms, sayings, "jokes" are recorded.
Now the presenter "deciphers" all the inscriptions. The first circle will tell you that the birthday person is in the first, second, third and fourth place in life: P - bed, S - family, P - work, L - love.
The third and fourth circles should be read together with the main one. For example, a lazy hippo in bed, a gentle boa constrictor in the family, an annoying bee at work, a generous lion in love.
The last circle also refers to the main one and characterizes the culprit (tsu) of the holiday with one phrase: "Measure the bed seven times", etc.
Competitions during musical breaks
Cork
I need five guys and girls. Blindfolded girls stand in a circle with their faces outward. To the sound of music, the guys begin to walk around the girls. As soon as the music stops, the girls grab the men who are right in front of them. So the couples are created. I give each pair a cork, which you must squeeze together; for this you have to hug. You need to dance to the music without dropping the cork. As soon as the music stops, you need to race to the bucket in the center (indicated by the bucket in the center of the dance floor), and throw your cork into the bucket, but do not touch it with your hands. Whoever completes the task first takes first place and receives a prize. Those who get into the bucket with a cork are eliminated from the game. The others form a circle again and the game is repeated until the last pair.
(The last couple wins, she is declared the most loving and she is awarded the most erotic prizes - condoms).
Stickers
Five pairs are required. Here are the stickers for all of you. You need to stick them in different places one of the partners (on the arm, on the neck, behind the ear, on the cheek, on the lips, and sometimes on the tongue). The second partner should rip off these stickers with his mouth, teeth, tongue, without touching it (the sticker) with anything else.
Find a wife and a kiss
Competition to test family passion. Taking part in the game married couples... In the middle of the room, chairs are placed on which the wives sit, and empty bottles are placed in a straight line to the chairs. The husbands are blindfolded and the task is explained: to pass without knocking down a single pins (bottles) and kiss his wife. The moment husbands begin to approach their wives, they need to quietly and imperceptibly switch places.
Chained by one chain
Teams of 5 people participate. Participants put on hats, sewn with a single rope, over their heads and dance to the music. The team that lost the cap earlier from the participant loses. You cannot hold the hat with your hands.
Relay game "Think for three"
It is known that drinkers are divided into three categories: low drinkers - no matter how much you pour them, everything is not enough; shy ones - those who hold on to the wall, having drunk even a little; hardy - those that often just do not dry out.
The teams are recruited into three participants - low drinkers, shy and hardy. Low drinkers empty the bottle (drink the leftovers - the bottles are prepared in advance), shy ones line these bottles along the wall on short distance from each other, and the third team members, that is hardy, having received "string bags", collect the bottles as quickly as possible.
Tango with a mop
At many parties, dancing is organized in one way or another. If the number of dancers is odd, then instead of a pair, someone will get a mop. And he will have to behave with her as with a partner (or partner). The main thing is that the music is regularly interrupted so that the couples can mix.
The final
Two teams are formed: in one - men, in the other - women. At the signal, the players of each team begin to take off their clothes (whatever they want) and put them in a line. Each team has its own line. The team with the longest clothing line wins.
Do not laugh
Players squat in a circle (female-male-female). Everyone is warned not to laugh (the leader can). The presenter "solemnly" takes his right-hand neighbor (neighbor) by the ear. Everyone else in the circle should do the same. When the circle is closed, the leader takes the neighbor on the right by the cheek (nose, knee), etc. Those who laughed leave the circle. The rest wins.
Our ancestors put into the word "housewarming" not only moving into new housing, but also the celebration of this event. At the same time, it was considered mandatory to celebrate housewarming. People believed that if this holiday was not held, the brownie would consider the new owners greedy and would not help them. Quite a few traditions are associated with this holiday, which, unfortunately, are already very difficult to observe among urban landscapes.
For example, in the days of paganism, the most terrible member of the family entered the house. This was interpreted as a kind of sacrifice to the pagan gods for comfortable housing. People believed that he could live for a long time, but that he would die before all other family members. Later they began to run pets instead of people. They had to drive away all evil spirits from the dwelling. It could be a cat that was given to the owners for housewarming. There could also be a rooster that was supposed to spend the night in an unoccupied house.
At the same time, old dwellings were revered. From it it was necessary not only to move out, but to leave it in order. To be in abundance in the new house, you need to leave some money in the old house.
But how to organize a modern housewarming?
1. Drawing up a plan
The organization of any event, including housewarming, should begin with a well-thought-out plan. Where to begin?
First, it is necessary to take into account the degree of readiness of the new housing. Perfect renovation is not required, but the condition of the house or apartment should be such that guests will feel comfortable.
Second, make a list of guests that the newcomers will want to see.
Third, choose the most convenient time for yourself and your guests. If the opportunity permits, you can call all the guests on the list in advance.
Equally important in this celebration is the selection and preparation of treats and drinks for guests. In order not to get into a mess, you need to make a list of the necessary products in advance. To preserve their freshness, you need to buy food almost a few hours before the meeting.
Also, so that guests do not get bored, you can come up with a scenario consisting of puzzle games, etc.
2. Men's arrangements
Very often, when organizing a housewarming, the owner of a new home cannot do without help. However, they can easily be made by faithful friends. Moving and related events are quite troublesome. In addition, there are problems at work, school, school, hospital, etc. Therefore, some of the work of organizing the celebration can be entrusted to one of your best friends. The choice should fall on a male friend because he is physically stronger: "exploitation" of brute physical force to move products from the store to festive table has not been canceled yet.
Alternatively, a housewarming party can be held in a purely male team by organizing a bachelor party. In this case, the volume of organizational work may be even greater, but friends will happily take on their implementation.
3. Choice of premises
First of all, it is important to remember the feature of housewarming - the holiday of moving to a new home. This means that it makes sense to celebrate it only in new housing. Renting restaurants, cafes, etc., although tempting, does not give the desired impression. In this case, it is worth concentrating on organizing a holiday at home.
Firstly, the possible incompleteness of the interior of the house (if the renovation is not completed) will add spice to this holiday.
Secondly, the housewarming atmosphere should be homely, and the purpose of the holiday is to familiarize guests with new housing. With this, the owners say that this is our house and you can come to visit it.
Of course, the room should be comfortable. It is not necessary to completely rearrange the room or redo the interior, you can simply. For example, if there is still not enough furniture in it, you can spend a holiday in oriental style- On the floor. However, in this case, you need to provide a large soft carpet or several carpets, pillows and ottomans, which will be spread on the floor. V summer time of the year, a feast organized right in the courtyard would be an excellent option.
4. Creating the interior
It has already been said above that you can even celebrate housewarming not in fully finished housing. At the same time, I would like to create a cozy atmosphere in which guests will be provided as comfortably as possible with treats for the stomach, as well as food for long oral reasoning.
If the decoration of the room is still not finished, local lighting will help hide many of the imperfections. Its dim light, illuminating only the dining area, will create an atmosphere of mystery. At such a table, you can play poker or other card games. Popular is such a drinking game as "Mafia", which stimulates communication between guests.
In the case when the decoration of the house has long been completed, it is advisable, on the contrary, to illuminate the room as much as possible so that guests can enjoy all the beauty of the interior.
To receive guests, it is best to organize a recreation area - put soft sofas in a circle, between which there is a coffee table with light treats.
As for the furnishings as such, it is not worth creating a separate interior for receiving guests. It should be the way its owners want to see it. And the housewarming was created in order to appreciate the tastes of the owners.
5. Housewarming in winter
It does not matter at what time of the year there was a move to a new home. This should not stop us from celebrating such a wonderful holiday with friends. In winter, you can't go out to the patio (if it's a house) due to the weather. Therefore, housewarming is celebrated indoors.
Given the cold weather, you should not immediately invite guests to participate in outdoor and any other games, show them the premises of new housing, etc. On the contrary, guests should be given time to move away and warm up from the cold. It is advisable to serve everyone a cup of hot coffee or cocoa, a little later - you can also more strong drinks.
When the guests have rested, warmed up and a little satiated, then you can arrange for them a mini-tour of the accommodation. And after that - play board or slightly more active games. For example, everyone famous game"Crocodile", which involves showing one of the participants of the words, and the other participants - attempts to unravel this word.
6. Housewarming in summer
Housewarming can also be carried out in summer period... At this time, the weather is hot, and therefore, instead of hot drinks, something cooling and refreshing should be served. If your new home is a home, it might be a good idea to have a small backyard party. Having equipped a place for a barbecue or barbecue, fry meat, cook a shurpa over a fire. Food cooked on wood and fresh air, will be eaten with pleasure by guests. Plus, outdoor cooking is a fun activity in and of itself. After all, you need to chop wood, make a fire and, in fact, cook on it.
By the evening, when everyone is tired and full, nothing can be better songs in front of the fire. The main thing is not to wake up the neighbors.
7. Housewarming Gift Ideas
By tradition, you cannot come to the house empty-handed. Therefore, new settlers need to be presented with useful and practical gifts.
Today, as a rule, they give useful gifts in the form of interior and household items: souvenirs, boxes, watches, or household appliances. It all depends on who the newcomer is, his age and gender, as well as the ability to take jokes (after all, you can play a joke and give a joke gift).
The globe-bar will become an original gift: opening the dome reveals a niche with alcohol and cigarettes. Reading people will become useful books... And for those who like to feel nostalgic, it is better to present photo archives or photo frames. Coffee lovers will appreciate a gift in the form of a coffee or even a coffee machine.
