So the most magical time is approaching - New Year. Both children and parents are waiting for a miracle, but who, if not mom and dad, most of all wants to organize a real holiday for his child, which he will remember for a long time. Finding ready-made stories on the Internet to create a celebration is very simple, but sometimes they are too serious, without a soul. After reading a bunch of scripts for a theatrical performance for children, there is only one thing left - to come up with everything yourself. In fact, it is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. And do not be afraid, the article is written in order to help each parent.
Heroes of performance
What is the most important thing when planning a holiday? Choose the characters that the child will like. The easiest thing is to take the characters from your favorite fairy tales, films or cartoons and use them. And, of course, the most important thing is the presence of Santa Claus, it is he who is a symbol of magic on this beautiful day. In fact, writing a game theatrical performance for children is not so difficult.
If the parents decided to work on the script themselves, then they will most likely be the actors themselves. So, you can combine several families and create a truly rich program. Very often they are looking for a script for a theatrical performance for children in an educational institution or kindergarten. By the way, age is also very important when choosing characters and writing the script itself. If the concert will be attended by both girls and boys, then you should not portray Winx fairies or heroes of the cartoon Cars. Children under 5 years old are interested in short stories, and older ones are interested in long stories and always with interactivities and moments when you need to think. This should be taken into account when writing the script for a fabulous New Year's pageant for children.
This article will use the characters from the famous work "Alice in Wonderland":
- Alice;
- The rabbit that brought her to Wonderland;
- Cheshire Cat with his crazy smile;
- Brothers Trulyala and Trawl;
- Hatter;
- two opposite queens;
- Santa Claus;
- Snow Maiden.
And there must be a person who is responsible for musical moments and a change of scenery, if they are in the script for a theatrical performance for children. Of course, you can change the number of characters or take the heroes of another tale.
Theatrical script for children
When parents have decided which fairy tale will be set and which characters will play in it, you can start writing the script itself. Of course, you can take any option from the Internet as the basis. But it’s better to just open the book and, inspired by it, start writing, borrowing episodes from the original source.
As practice shows, the hardest thing to start is, therefore, the fairy tale “Alice in Wonderland” will be required, but what do we have there? No chapter, or, as the saying goes, no chapter. So you can tell the guys what will happen, what characters they will see. And you can even use a small preface, for example, about how Santa Claus, walking along his possessions on New Year's Eve, saw a little hare, which led him to the beautiful Wonderland. And at this time, Alice herself wandered on a visit. This is a great start to a theatrical performance for schoolchildren. You can end with the phrase: "And what happened next, you will see right now!".
It is not necessary to prescribe the whole plot, it is enough to outline a picture and come up with dialogs, parents can easily come up with and improvise the details of a theatrical performance for children according to fairy tales.
Costumes for performance
Each city has its own theaters and shops with fancy dress, so you can easily rent all the paraphernalia for the characters. But any parent does not want to spend a lot of money on things that, by and large, are not needed. It is better to buy fabric and small inexpensive decor, and spend the money saved on a child or the family as a whole.
For a theatrical performance for children according to fairy tales, it is very simple to come up with costumes and bring them to life. Not every child, and even an adult, remembers that the rabbit had pink eyes, so there is no need to buy colored lenses. The only costumes that can not be dispensed with are Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden. But they can also be borrowed from acquaintances or rented inexpensively through advertising boards, for example, on Avito or Yule.
Alice
Little girl with an apron and a magnificent dress. Any girl can play it, but, of course, it is better if she is short. A magnificent robe is also an optional attribute, it can be replaced simply with a blue dress and put on a white apron. This can be found with any schoolgirl 11th grade or graduate.
Rabbit
The most important thing for this character is long ears and a pocket watch. It is best to use not a real accessory, but made, for example, from cardboard. This will emphasize the size of the watch, you can also wear blue shorts and a blue cape. And, of course, ears, you can buy them in any accessories store or in children's departments. You can also buy cheaper if you buy with it.
Cheshire Cat
A half-face smile and a huge tail - these are my documents! It is very simple to realize a character, just draw a huge grin and eyes. Striped clothes will be a great addition, but this is not necessary at all, a plain t-shirt and jeans will not confuse small spectators. The tail can be bought in the same place as the ears for the rabbit.
Brothers Trulyala and Trawl
Everyone remembers the two chubby characters with suspenders, and the most important thing here is to submit them comically. Men of the same height will play this role perfectly. You can take pants and a sailor suit a size larger and put a pillow in place of the abdomen. It is not necessary to do everything exactly the same, if one brother has red suspenders and the other has blue ones, this will not overshadow the picture. Young spectators will definitely laugh cheerfully when they see such heroes. You can buy cheap things of the wrong size in second-hand for sale, it will cost about 60-100 rubles per set for one brother.
The hatter
A white face, a shock of red hair and a tall hat - this is the image of the hero. A headpiece can be made of cardboard and a lot of strange things can be hung on it, and hair can be made of woolen threads. Of course, ideally, you need to prepare clothes, but the character is so awkward that sewing it will come out in a tidy amount. The only accessory that must be present is a scarf on the neck.
Black queen
Heart sponges and shadow on half of the forehead - this is what the viewer remembers the most. The character must be presented in a black dress and with a magic wand. But if we talk about the hairstyle, then it is not necessary to have red hair or splurge on a wig. Having made a pile along the entire length, and after collecting it in two bunches, you will get a suitable hairstyle, which will be a great addition to the look.
White Queen
If in the previous case the hair did not matter, then here they play an important role. If none of your friends have a wig, and a girl with dark hair plays the role, then it is better to buy a spray can with paint that is washed off with water. It costs 150-300 rubles. The dress should be white, it is not necessary to look for a magnificent option. The image will be completed with dark lipstick, while in no case do you need to paint with black or a color close to it. It is better to make dark scarlet or cherry lips.
Of course, each New Year’s performance for children will be unique, so you need to think through the images from what is at hand. The key factor will be a good makeup artist or artist. If the faces of the actors will be as similar as possible to the characters from a fairy tale, even costumes of neutral colors will not ruin anything.
An example of a New Year's performance for children
In addition to the fact that you can rewrite the tale in a new way with Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, it would be nice to come up with a sequel. For example, about how Alice should become the queen in Wonderland. But before that, you need to perform various tasks.
- At the beginning, a meeting should occur with Alice and Rabbit, who, as always, is late and constantly looks at his watch. It is he who informs the girl that she is the new queen in their state. But if she does not have time to sit on the throne before the New Year, then in Wonderland she will never come again tomorrow, but always will be yesterday.
- After that, the heroes meet the brothers Trulyal and Thrall, who, as always, quarrel all the time and cannot come to the same decision. Here you must definitely perform their favorite dance "Leapfrog". Spectators must repeat the movements of the actors and have fun together. Brothers are asked to take them along.
- Once near a large tree, Alice recalls that she is already very familiar to her. Indeed, the Cheshire Cat lives here, who says that he knows where the throne is located. But just like that, he will not tell anything, first you need to solve all the complex puzzles that he will make. But, as it turns out, the cat does not know anything, except that the Hatter can lead Alice into the castle. Now Cheshire follows with our friends and shows the way.
- The Hatter does not like the fact that some little girl imagines herself a queen. It must be checked! Alice asks for help from the audience, and together they solve a difficult task from the Hatter. Now they are already six in the direction of the palace.
- And now, all the heroes will face a difficult test, a battle with the White and Black queens who do not want to give up their throne. But, as always, friendship wins and Rabbit recalls that they forgot to call a very important person - Santa Claus! And all the actors and the little spectators are called a magical old man.
Musical moments
The most striking, of course, are theatrical performances with the participation of children, so there should be a lot of interactivity.
It is very good if there will be a narrator’s voice-over during the presentation, which will explain some points. This work can be trusted with a DJ. And if we talk about music, then there should be a lot of it, while you should not turn it on during dialogs, you can reduce it so that it does not overlap voices.
The playlist needs to be composed of incendiary compositions, and for each scene the plot to choose your own music. For instance:
- The first episode takes place with Alice, so the music should be fun and kind, under which you can jump in the meadow or play loves, dislikes.
- When the Rabbit starts to run fast, then the music becomes very energetic at a fast pace. In this case, you do not need to put rock songs or turn on the track very loudly. It’s better to have all the songs for children.
- Trulyula and Trawla are very funny guys, that's why the music is selected suitable so that you can waddle under it. And when they dance "Leapfrog", the track should be replaced by a dance song.
- The Cheshire Cat is a mystery itself, and its appearance should occur under a similar composition. You can even give the actor a little dance in front of the audience. But you need to do this very lazy and impressive.
Many compositions can be taken from the film “Alice in Wonderland”. Such explosive theatrical performances for preschool children will also be enjoyed by the actors themselves.
Interactions with small viewers
First of all, you need to add repeating dances, and the younger the children, the more mobile they should be. Everyone knows that the kids are restless, so it is difficult for them to sit still for a long time. If the performance is 45 minutes, then at least 3 times you need to dance.
Examples of dances can be found on various resources or come up with yourself. The movements should be light and funny in order to constantly keep the guys in a good mood.
If the parents decided to create a theatrical performance for the children according to the book, it is best to take quotes from it when drawing up dialogues. This will add energy, while not having to devote much time to thinking through words.
So it’s so easy to come up with a script for any event, even to create a theatrical performance for Children's Day.