Games to play at home during christmas

These Christmas party games for kids are perfect for a school party or a family get together where there are going to be lots of kids. The best part about these Christmas party games is that they only use items that you already have. That means you don't have to go out and spend your hard-earned cash on items you probably won't ever use again.

The kids will love this Christmas party game in which they race to recreate a stack of gifts. All you need to play is some empty boxes, leftover gift wrap, and two chairs. Participants split into two teams and race against each other to carry stacks of gifts between the chairs without dropping any presents. Playground Parkbench.

This Christmas party game for the kids challenges them to toss jingle bells into colorful cups. You can easily modify this game for kids of all ages by varying the distance of the cups from where they throw.

Growing a Jeweled Rose. You'll just need a few supplies, which you probably already have on hand for this Christmas party game: white cups, construction paper, and rolled-up socks. Decorate each cup with a snowman face and then stack them in a tower.

The kids take turns throwing the rolled-up socks to the tower to see how many snowmen they can knock over. Snowman Slam from Growing a Jeweled Rose. Put a Christmas spin on a basic game of charades by making all the phrases about Christmas and the holiday season. This free printable will help you out with quite a few ideas for Christmas charade clues.

Just print it, cut the clues apart, and place it in a container so guests can pick one to act out. Kids love to decorate cookies, so turn it into a contest. Cookie-decorating can be a messy activity, it's an easy one that the kids can jump right into. The first person to get all of the questions answered wins a small prize. Test your guests' knowledge of favorite holiday films. Print Christmas movie trivia sheets and either hand them over to your guests to fill out on their own or host a live trivia game.

Everyone thinks they know their favorite Christmas movies, so this will really get some people excited. Write out a list of rules that follow the movie—when one of those rules occurs in the movie, everyone takes a drink.

Charades can be a great ice-breaker and, because all of the clues are Christmas-themed, you keep your guests in the holiday spirit. When you come up with your Christmas charade list, consider using holiday phrases or titles of Christmas movies or songs.

Good options include:. Add a Christmas twist to this popular ice breaker by setting the theme of "Worst Christmas Gift Ever Received" and have each guest come up with two that are true and one that is a lie. Can your guests spot which one is real and which one isn't?

Give your guests green craft paper and see who can rip and construct the best-looking Christmas tree while blindfolded.

To make the game harder, give them other colors of paper and tell them to rip out and place ornaments for their tree, too. If your party includes a gift exchange , play this hilarious Christmas gift exchange game before you open the presents. It uses fun poems that will get everyone laughing while they're exchanging gifts by passing them from left to right. For this Christmas game that is suitable for adults or kids , you'll need paper plates and markers. The party-goers draw a Christmas scene on a paper plate—but they do it while holding the plate over their head.

The best scene wins a prize. If you want to engage in a game that's a little more physical, bring out the marshmallows and let the "snowball" fight begin. Just be sure to get your guests on board to clean up after the fight! Do your guests like to go all out in what they wear for your Christmas party?

This game will truly reward those who embrace the ugly Christmas sweater. The winner of this game is the person who is wearing the most holiday-themed items. This Christmas party game is a spin on your traditional relay race. So if you have some teens coming over for the party, take a look at our collection of Christmas games for teens below. Divide your teen guests into equal numbers and make the first person in each team wrap the right arm around the left arm of the person standing next to them.

The entire team should be built up this way. The first person then has to take a bow and pass it on to the person standing next to him without using her hands.

The bow has to be passed to the entire team. If the bow falls at any point of time, it has to be lifted and passed without using hands. If the chain breaks, the game will start again for that team. The team that finishes passing the bow to all its members will win the game. The time of each player will be recorded and the bag will be handed over to another player of the same team at the end of each round.

The winning team will be the team with the fastest time combined. You can prepare the following questions for example: Who played the title role of Elf: a. Owen Wilson b. Robin Williams c. Will Farrell? Gather the participants in a room and ask them one question at a time.

The player who gives the most correct answers will be the winner. Fill two buckets with the items and keep it aside for the game. Divide the participants into two teams and give each of them a bucket. When the hostess says go, the teammates have to gather the times according to the lyrics.

The team that arranges the twelve items first will be the winner. Write down the names of popular Christmas carols on the pieces of paper, fold and put them in a bowl.

Divide the participants into several teams and make one player from each team come forward and pick a paper. The job of the same teammate would be to convey the carol to his team members without uttering a single word. To make the game more competitive, allot a specific time. If the team can guess the carol within the specified time, it will gain one point.

The team with the most points will be the winner. In this game, the players will gather on one side of the room and the other side of the room will have a jar filled with cotton balls. Do this until one winner remains. Have participants put a "santa belly" under their shirt using a pillow.

Place a limbo stick at a starting height. Then line up, and one by one try to limbo underneath with the Santa belly until everyone has tried. Slightly lower the stick and have those who made it through go again.

Continually lower the stick until one winner remains! Write down this list of Christmas carols on separate flash cards. Divide players into teams. One person draws from the pile of cards and has one minute to illustrate the Christmas carol. If their team guesses correctly, they get one point. Make sure to alternate the team artist. Teams take turns until one reaches twenty points.

First, print out this list of Christmas terms to act out. Separate everyone into teams, the get one person from each team to do the acting. Like regular charades, the actors are not allowed to talk or make signals of any letters. Every time a team guesses correctly within the time limit, they get one point. The first team to get twenty points wins the game. Pick eight Christmas images ex.

Now place cards on the table in a 4x4 layout. Each player gets a chance to pick a card, then try to find the match. When a player finds the match, they keep it, get a point and get to try for another match.

Play until someone reaches the predetermined amount of points to win. Players are broken up into teams. Make up questions from a list of holiday-themed survey responses for everyone to answer. Each team is given an allotted time to write their three guesses on a piece of paper.

The judge then reveals if their guesses were on the list and the value of their answers. The number one ranked survey response is worth 50 points, 40 if it's number two and so on. Once all the questions have been answered, the points are tallied to determine the winner. First, you need a host to put random items in a stocking.

Once it's stuffed, tie a ribbon or string around the top of the stocking so that no one can peek. Sit in a circle and pass it around to let everyone feel what's inside.

Give them note cards so that they can write down their guesses. The person who guesses the most correct items wins. First, grab some paper plates and markers. Players are blindfolded and hold their paper plate on top of their head. One person gives drawing instructions while everyone else tries to draw the Christmas scene they describe onto the plate.

The most accurate drawing wins! The game and its instructions are provided by Happy Home Fairy. Form two teams based on how many players there are. Place a Christmas stocking for each team on the other end of the room.

This relay continues until one team fills up their stocking to win the game. Draw or print out a picture of Rudolph and place it on the wall. And get a red circular piece of paper for his nose with a thumbtack or piece of tape.

Then blindfold the participant, spin them in a circle, then have them try to pin the nose on Rudolph. Mark their attempt with their name. Give everyone a chance to pin the nose and whoever pins it most accurately, wins. Hide a variety of plastic or stuffed elves and reindeer throughout the house. For the younger kids, make the items easy to find and give them a head start.

Let them choose some Christmas games for the family to play and ask them which games they enjoy the most.