Neptune Day is a fun and bright summer holiday.It is celebrated in recreation camps, kindergartens, sanatoriums, in resort towns and on passenger ships. The history of the holiday is connected with the ancient traditions of seafarers, who tried to appease the sea lord and ask him for a fair wind when crossing the equator. Before this, Neptune forced recruits to pass a test, necessarily involving pouring water.
Celebration traditions
В советские времена День Нептуна стал широко celebrated in pioneer camps. It was conducted in the middle of summer or separately for each shift of vacationing children. The main hero of the holiday is the lord of the seas and rivers - Neptune. His entourage can be mermaids, devils, fish, frogs, pirates, frights, water.
For children on holiday Neptune usually arrangesports competitions or relay races. Presentation necessarily includes swimming in a pond or douche of all those present with water from buckets, watering cans, mugs and so on. Therefore, such entertainment is held on a hot day.
Scenarios of the Day of Neptune
There are several options for the development of the plot, which are used by the organizers of the holiday:
- Competitions for the Neptune Cup. This is the easiest option when children are divided into teams and offer them to participate in sports competitions.
- Search for a stolen character or item.In this case, a theatrical performance is played out in front of the children. They have to save Neptune, kidnapped by devils. Or find a stolen trident, a lost little mermaid, a pirate treasure. To do this, it is necessary to withstand the tests proposed by fairy-tale characters.
- Sea voyage around the islands.Children are divided into teams and handed route lists. Moving through these points, they perform tasks of fairy-tale heroes related to the water theme. For their efforts they can be awarded with tokens in the form of pearls, shells, sea stars, or fish. The winners are awarded a sweet prize (ice cream, lemonade) in the central point.
Contests on the water
What entertainment can be offered to children per dayNeptune in the camp? If there is a reservoir nearby (river, sea, pool), most of the competitions are held in it. Of course, the organizers should take care of the safety of competitors.
So, offer the children the following games:
- Fairy-tale characters scatter inflatable toys on the surface of the reservoir. They need to collect competing. The winner is the team that has more toys.
- The teams bathe in the pond, but they should run out of the whistle and line up as quickly as possible in height, foot size, eye color (from light to dark) or the first letter of the name.
- Team members line up in two linesdistance of 10 meters from each other. They are handed an air mattress on which to swim this distance and pass the trophy to the next participant. Swim time is intercepted.
- Commands line up at a distanceoutstretched hands, becomes the captain in front. You must pass the ball over the head from the first player to the last. When this happens, the participant, standing at the end, swims into the head of the team, takes place in front of the captain. The transfer of the ball continues until the players take up their original position. The winner is the team that finished the baton first.
- "Captain Competition".At the whistle you need to slide on the water, putting his face into it and stretching his arms forward. You can only work with your feet, you can not get the air. The winner is a child who has sailed past their rivals.
Games on land
If there is no reservoir nearby, this is no reason to cancel the holiday of Neptune. Kids can be offered the following contests:
- "Water Carriers".At some distance from each other pots are placed: one empty, the other with water. It is necessary for some time to fill an empty container with liquid, transferring it in a spoon. The winner is the team that collected more water.
- "Guess what." With their eyes closed, the children grope the object in the water and determine what it is.
- "Get an apple." Their pelvis with water you need to pull out the apple, not helping yourself with your hands.
- "Your wetness".Team members wear T-shirts and get bottles of water, in the cork of which there are holes. Task: to pour over each other. Then the liquid from the T-shirts is squeezed into the basin. A team that gets wet more wins.
- "Bumps". On the distance, paper circles are laid out, a bog must be crossed over them, without stumbling. To complicate the task, you can wear flippers on children.
- "The cleverest". The teams take turns calling the inhabitants of the reservoirs. Can not be repeated. The winner is the team that named the last inmate.
Holiday Completion
Neptune's Day Finale should be bright andmemorable. It is difficult to imagine him without dousing or bathing under the leadership of a fabulous retinue. And, of course, the results of the competitions should be summed up, and well-deserved prizes should be awarded.
Under camp conditions, rewarding can be delayed until the evening disco. Offer children to dress up in costumes of sea inhabitants or fairy-tale heroes, hold a competition for the most original outfit.
Neptune Day is a fun holiday duringwhich guys improve their motor skills, strengthen their health. The task of adults is to make it fascinating, joyful and as safe as possible for their charges.
