Are there any good Christmas printable party games to play?

Answer 1

If you search for bowtie Christmas party games on Google or Yahoo you should get to a bowtieproducts site that will give you 5 new original games that will help make your night fun.

Some of the games especially Sandys Christmas Carol game can be adjusted for nearly any age 8 and up.

For parties mixers like this work because they give folks something to do while they get warmed up to each other. if they want to talk, they can talk, but if conversation lags games like these take up the awkward silences that many of us dread.

What's nice is that people don't all have to be in it to enjoy it. Some can just help out if asked or enjoy the groans of the answer section.

If links work in the answer blocks here's the link

http://www.bowtieproducts.com/Christmas_party_games_and_puzzles.htm

there is also some party giving advice you may enjoy.

My wife and I made up the puzzles and many people really enjoy them.

I hope they work out well for you

John Griffin

Answer 2

Supplies:

4 candy canes per team (have a few extras due to breakage) How To Play: Player holds 4 candy canes between fingers and passes them down the line, teammate to teammate, without dropping. Supplies:

Straw for each child

Ornaments cut out of tissue paper (tree, bell, star, etc.) How To Play: Pass the ornaments down the line, teammate to teammate, by inhaling and exhaling on the straw to hang on to or release the ornament. No hands! Supplies:

Vaseline

Cut circles out of red construction paper How To Play:Have child put Vaseline on their nose and then put the red circles on their nose. Relay race to the finish with each new person adding their red nose. If nose falls, go back to bowl and add more Vaseline and reapply nose. How To Play: Played similar to Simon Says. The player up is "Santa". Player will say "Santa says hop on one foot". The children will hop on one foot. Player will say "Stop". The children are to keep hopping on one foot until player says "Santa says stop". Repeat for additional activities such as take one baby step forward, step backwards, turn around, sit down. Sometimes Santa will say "Santa says" and sometimes he won't. It'­s a fun game to play with young children. Supplies:

Inexpensive book gift wrapped for each child

Book- The Gingerbread Man How To Play: Children set in a circle, each one holding a wrapped book. A Room Mother reads The Gingerbread Man story. Every time the word "ran" is spoken you pass the book to the person on your right. Continue doing until the story is over. Whoever has the book on their lap at the end of the story is theirs to keep and open. Supplies:

Stocking, spoon and bowl for each team.

Wrapped candy. How To Play: Divide into teams. Have children line up at one end of the room. At the other end, hang a Christmas stocking for each team. Place a bowl of candy and a spoon in front of each team. Each child takes a turn taking a candy from the bowl with the spoon. They then carry the candy on the spoon to the stocking and drop the candy in the stocking. Race back to the next person in line, give them the spoon. First team to fill the stocking wins! Supplies:

Santa sleigh How To Play: Have children sit in a large circle and blindfold one child. Another child will be given the sleigh and must say: Santa Santa, where'­s your sleigh

Someone'­s come and taken it away

Guess who Guess who? The blindfolded child gets three guesses. The child who has the sleigh is next to be blindfolded. Supplies:

18 items in box How To Play: Show the items in the box to the children. Remove one or more items out of the box (without children seeing you). Have the children guess what items are missing. For older children put items on large tray or cookie sheet. Cover. Remove cover for 20-30 seconds and then remove tray from room. On your mark, the children are to write down as many items that they can remember from the tray before you yell, "STOP". Most correct answers wins. Supplies:

Empty boxes wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper How To Play: Divide the class into teams. Put a stack of presents at the end of each team's course. The first child in each team runs to the presents, unwraps one, and races back to the next person in line. First team finished unwrapping wins! Note: To make cleaning a little easier, parents may wish to adapt this game to where the child unwraps, throws away the paper, then runs back! Take a Christmas related word such as: Christmas, Poinsettia, Candy cane, etc. and find as many smaller words from it as possible before the timer runs out. Example: Christmas

Words: sit, is, his, miss, rat, tar, this, math, chair, rim... Example: Candy cane

Words: candy, cane, and, dance, day, nay, can, dye, an, any... Teacher starts by choosing a Christmas related person, place, or thing. The teacher says, "I'm thinking of something". The children try to guess what it is by asking no more than twenty questions that can be answered "YES", "NO", or I DON'T KNOW". The student who guesses correctly is next up. Clue Teacher thinks of person, place, or thing. Teacher gives a clue. Begin at one end of the room and work your way around allowing each student to take a turn guessing until one student solves the case. The student who solves the case goes next. Example: Frosty

Clue: I'm thinking of someone who wears a hat

Clue: He loves snow

Clue: He'll melt if it gets too warm outside Clues should be age appropriate for the children playing. Supplies:

Christmas Music How To Play: Begin playing music. Everyone moves and dances until the music stops then they must "freeze" in whatever position they happen to be in. How To Play: Challenge the children to do random acts of kindness for others for one day. Tell them that they are not to reveal that they have done these nice things and if someone should ask them, "did you make sisters bed"? they can reply, "Must have been a good elf". This game helps children realize we don't always have to be recognized when we do something for someone else. If playing with preschoolers or kindergarteners, you may want to send a note home with them explaining how parents can help. Craft Activity/Supplies:

Write Feliz Navidad on miniature sombreros with green paint pens.

Make tiny chile peppers to hang on them for memento shelf. Food and Decor: Cactus juice- Any green punch

Nachos- Chips & salsa

Layered Mexican dip

Flour tortillas rolled with cream cheese & salsa

Sapodillas (bought from local Mexican restaurant)

Burritos cut in half

Mexican blanket for tablecloth

Pinata for decoration

Lots of balloons

Tissue flowers

Poinsettias big holiday flower in Mexico Supplies:

Oversized stocking that will fit two feet

Tie

Tape to mark finish line How To Play: Pair up kids. Have each pair put a leg in the oversized stocking and tie it at top so that it won't fall off. Make sure you have plenty of space. Put all the pairs at one end and mark a finish line at the other. On your mark the kids race to be the first pair over the line. Supplies:

Big Picture of Frosty or Rudolph

Red circle or orange carrot shape for each child, with adhesive on back and their name on the front

A blindfold How To Play: Blindfold the player, spin 'em around and let them try to stick the nose where it's supposed to go. Give a prize for the player that gets the closest. Supplies:

Index cards

Paper bags. How To Play: Choose a Christmas word such as: Christmas, Candy Cane, Santa Claus, Reindeer.... Write the letters of the word on individual index cards. Do this two times, making two sets. Put each set in a brown paper bag. Divide children into teams. Give each team a bag. The first team to decipher what the word in the bag is wins. A variation of the game would be to divide into teams with the same number of children as there are letters in the word. Each child gets a letter and they must hold onto the card and stand in the proper order to spell the word for all to see. Supplies:

Large cardboard with Frosty drawn on one side with a good size hole cut-out in belly or a few small holes for older kids

Marshmallows wrapped in plastic wrap and tied

Bucket to hold snowballs

Tape to mark distance line How To Play: Place cardboard Frosty a little distance from a wall with a paper box lid on floor to catch snowballs. Mark your distance line according to age and skill of children. Line children up behind the line and place a bucket of marshmallows beside them. Give each child three tries to get their marshmallow snowball through the hole. Get all three snowballs in and earn a snowball reward. Supplies:

Colored butcher paper

Marker

Adhesive

Christmas trivia questions

Stocking How To Play: On a large piece of colored butcher paper write out a message using words and symbols. Example: Have "ewe"rself a very "Mary" "Christ"mas ("pictures"). Cut into several odd shapes, turn over so words face the chalkboard. In a stocking have Christmas trivia questions. Pull out a question. Read. Player that answers correctly may turn any piece of the puzzle over. First player or team to guess what's written wins. Guess incorrectly, lose a turn. Play over and over; it's lots of fun! Supplies:

8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper

Pencil. How To Play: Give everyone a piece of paper and a pencil. Explain to them that they will close their eyes and you will tell them what to draw. DON'T tell them they're drawing a snowman! Draw 3 circles on top of each other. Each circle gets smaller from bottom to top. In the middle circle draw three buttons going vertically down the center. In the top circle draw two eyes, a carrot nose, and a mouth. Draw a hat on top of the smallest circle. Draw stick arms on both sides of the middle circle. Draw a broom in one stick hand. Open your eyes! If playing with older children you might want to devise a point system, such as: 5 points for each circle that touches the other. Points for the hat touching the head, the eyes being in the top circle, etc. Supplies:

Silly Christmas Phrases How To Play: Say each phrase three times as fast as you can. Let kids practice on their own or take volunteers to come up and try their best for all to hear. A candy can prize for anyone who tries. Chocolate cocoa cravings cure colds

Santa sings shining star songs

Sally skis super slow

Big bright bells banish boredom

Grumpy Grinch goes grizzly gus

Pretty packages perfectly packed

Tip-top tiny tot toys

Sally's striped stocking's stuffed slightly

Santa's super souped sleigh swiftly slides sideways

Cheery cute caroling Christmas critters

Candy cane cookies keep kids coming How to Play: Middle School dance or higher. All the girls stand on one side, the boys on the other. One girl and one boy are chosen to dance for a minute (or two), a signal is given and the girl and the boy choose new partners. This continues until everyone is dancing.

Answer 3

Well, some fun ones are TACOS

Some fun Christmas games would be White Elephant. It's like Bingo, but with cards. You have two decks. One you divide evenly between the players and the other is a call deck. Each person brings so many wrapped small gifts to put in the center. When all of your cards are called, you say Bingo and get a present.

Answer 4

There are many good Christmas printable party games such as Treasure Hunts, Scavenger Hunts, Charade, story time, Memory Match games and Christmas themed activities as well. Bingo is also extremely popular as there are many bingo cards to print off online.

Answer 5

It depends on your guests really. Some general games are like pictionary or mab libs. You can also play a "guess who am I" type of game where the guests write down the name of a person and stick it on your forehead and they take turns guessing who it is.

Answer 6

Some good Christmas websites that you may be interested in include North Pole and The Twelve Voices of Christmas. Another website you may be interested in is Santa's Net.