GAMES
Click on the name of the game below to discover the directions.
Christmas Carol Chaos - Sounds Like Fun!
Gift Giving Game -
Great for Christmas Parties and Exchanges
Pass The Bow (or
apple or whatever fits the occasion)
Christmas
Fun - Twelve Days of Christmas
Photo's
of Grandchildren at play - not necessarily games.
This is Amber at her graduation party (from grade school) w/some fellow friends.
This is AJ at his graduation w/his friend Ryan after Middle School Graduation.
This is Amber (back row middle-light green
swim suit peeking out)
at a back to school party, 6th grade...Middle School, Alpine, California
Solomon and Chris
Solomon discovers a worm.
Marina, cousin and Jasmine play Candyland.
Amanda and Danyell
Tanya and Eddie
Christmas Carol Chaos - Sounds Like Fun!
Type: Team game
Number: Any number really, teams do not need even numbers
Winner: Team that figures out all 5 of their Christmas
carols first
How to play: Divide group into teams. Each team sends one
person up
to the Game Master who gives them the name of a Xmas carol. Person returns to
group and, in the manner of Pictionary, tries to get the group to guess the name
of the carol by DRAWING ONLY. As soon as the group knows the song, they must
sing it as loud as they can. After singing, they send a new person for another
song. Play continues until one group completes all five songs.
Hints: Make sure your group is well warmed up or they
won't want to
sing. Also make the carols easy ones.
Items needed: Pen & Paper for each team. If your team is very large,
you may need a chalkboard, dry Erase board or big sheet of butcher paper on the
wall so everyone can see.
Gift Giving Game - Great for Christmas Parties and Exchanges
Everyone brings a gift to the party, this is fun for gift exchanges during the
holidays. TO BEGIN: Everyone stands in a circle holding the gift he/she brought
to the party. Someone reads the story, every time the word RIGHT is read,
everybody passes his gift to the right. Every time the word LEFT is read, gifts
are passed to the left. The gift that each person is holding at the end of the
story is the gift he keeps.
Story Example:
The Right Family Christmas Story Christmas was almost here and Mother RIGHT was
finishing the Christmas baking. Father RIGHT, Susie RIGHT, and Billy RIGHT
returned from their last minute Christmas errands. "There's not much LEFT to be
done," said Father RIGHT as he came into the kitchen. "Did you leave the basket
of food at Church?" asked Mother RIGHT? "I LEFT it RIGHT where you told me to,"
said Billy RIGHT." "I don't have any money LEFT." The hall telephone rang, and
Susie RIGHT LEFT to answer it. She rushed back and told the family, "Aunt Tillie
RIGHT LEFT a package for us RIGHT on Grandma RIGHT'S porch. I'll go over there
RIGHT now and get it," she said as she LEFT in a rush. Father RIGHT LEFT the
kitchen and brought in the Christmas Tree. By the time Susie RIGHT returned,
Mother RIGHT, Father RIGHT, and Billy RIGHT had begun trimming the tree. The
entire RIGHT family sang carols as they finished the decorating. Then they LEFT
all the presents arranged under the tree and went to bed, hoping they had
selected the RIGHT gifts for their family. Now I hope you have the RIGHT present
for yourself, because that's all that's LEFT of our story, except to wish you a
Merry Christmas, isn't that RIGHT?
Christmas - Find Out Who Game
The Goal is to Find out who has done everything on the list First... or just use it as an icebreaker!
It’s a race to be the first person to fill in the blanks with someone who fits the description!!
Click here to PRINT the game list.
Gift Wrap Game
What you will need :
Gift items, wrapping paper, tape, music - that can be turned on and off.
Wrap each gift item in several layers of paper (the number of layers depends on
how long you want the game to last)
Give your group / groups a gift and tell them when you turn on the music to pass
the gift , ( like in the game hot potato) when you turn off the music who ever
has the gift gets to take off ONE layer of paper, continue this until the last
layer of paper is taken off ,and whoever has the gift unwrapped gets to keep it.
Great for schools, small groups or rows of children. The kids love it ! The
gifts don't have to cost a lot just something that they like.
Sock Guessing Game
You take a new pair of thick thermal socks. You know the gray ones that hunters
use in the winter. Then you put objects, that you see or use around Christmas
time, into the socks. Make sure you put the same things in each sock. Things
like holly, scotch tape, ornament, pine cone, etc. Make sure you put about 20 to
25 different objects in. Tie a ribbon or rope around the opening to make sure
nobody peeks. Give everyone a piece of paper and pass the socks around at your
party and tell them how many objects there are in the sock and have them write
down all they can feel. Two socks just makes the game go a little faster. The
person that guesses the most objects is the winner.
Pin The Nose on the Reindeer
Holiday variation of Pin the tail on the Donkey. Create a picture of a
reindeer's head. You can draw it or use construction paper, make sure you draw
an outline for the nose, but don't complete it. You'll want the picture to go on
a wall or flat surface. You'll also need to make noses to be placed on the
picture. Red or black work great, or use different colors for each child so you
can tell who placed which one where or just number the noses.
To play: Each child will be given a nose, you can use tape on one side of the
nose so it sticks to the board. Blindfold the who's turn it is and spin them
around 3-5 times, (so there a little dizzy) now point them in the direction of
the reindeer (2-3 feet in front of it) and tell them to walk forward and place
the nose on the reindeer. The one closest to the actual reindeer noses wins!
Pass The Bow (or apple or whatever fits the occasion)
Type: Team game
Number: Any number, about 6-15 players per team
Winner: Team that passes 6 bows down and back first
How to play: Have the teams line up side by side, either sitting or standing
next to each other (they could hold hands if they wanted to). At one end of
the line, place the six Christmas bows (or apples). With their left hand have
each player grab the right wrist of the person to their right. On the mark,
teams pass all the bows down and back again. If a bow falls, players must
retrieve while still holding on. The chain must not be broken!
Items needed: 6 objects for each team.
Christmas Fun - Twelve Days of Christmas
Great for larger offices over 30. Group everyone into 12 teams, it can be random
or have people count off from 1-12. Then group the teams together and give each
one a verse of the twelve days of Christmas. Each team was responsible for
singing one verse of the song. As you know, the song repeats itself, with a new
verse added each time. The best part of all is that as the teams sing their
verse, they are to act out the verse (i.e. eight maids a milking, six geese a
laying). It is hilarious to see the interpretations that each group had for what
motions should be acted out. Each team should be allowed to gather together at
first to determine what motions they plan to do. This game seems simple, but it
is a bonafide riot!
Note: If you don't have a Santa outfit, make a list of Holiday items that guests can search for and the first ones to find them wins and ornament of a small gift. The theme of your party can determine the list of items.
Where are Santa
Clothes?
Get a Santa outfit about the size of a beanie baby or so and Hide the various
items, jacket, pants, cap, etc... throughout your holiday decorating, You may
want to even take a photo of Santa before he lost his clothes, so that everyone
has an idea of what to look for.
Examples of place to hide Santa's clothes
Santa jacket On the silo of my barn
in the Christmas village I put out
Santa pants On a small tree
Santa belt Use to hang an ornament on a different tree
Boots Standing amongst candles or small Christmas statues
Bag In the corner of my nativity set up
Mittens Hanging around a small stuffed toy
Hat On a small statue or stuffed toy
Everyone is given a pad and pen when they enter (or you can wait until everyone arrives to begin) and told to look through out the decorating to find Santa's clothes. When they find Santa's clothes they need to write it down and prizes can be given to the first 5 people who get everything correct. This is a way of getting everyone to see all your decorating and different stuff through out the party area.
This is Amber (front right) at her graduation party (from grade school) w/some fellow friends.
This is AJ at his graduation w/his friend Ryan after Middle School Graduation.
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This is Amber (back row middle-light green swim suit peeking out) at a back to school party, 6th grade...Middle School, Alpine, California. The white stuff was whipped cream…they had to find the bubble gum and blow a bubble…there was lots of different chewy candies, so there was stuff everywhere.
Solomon and Chris
Solomon discovers a
worm.
Marina, cousin Lisa and Jasmine play Candy Land.
Amanda and Danyell
Tanya and Eddie
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