Christmas Party Games for Children

Having a party at your house this year? What will you be doing other than eating food and talking? If you haven't yet figured out how you will entertain your guests, especially those of the younger persuasion, you had better get busy. Here are some ideas for Christmas party games that are sure to please everyone.

The Gift Wrap Game

You will need gift items, wrapping paper, tape and music (to be turned on and off). Before the game begins, wrap each gift in several layers of wrapping paper. The more layers, the longer the game takes. Divide your players into groups depending on number of guests and number of gifts. Tell them when you turn on the music they are to start passing the gifts around the group and when the music stops, whoever has the gift unwraps one layer of paper. Continue in this fashion until all layers are gone. The person with the unwrapped gift wins the gift.

Pin the Nose on the Reindeer

Here is a fun Christmas take on the traditional birthday game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Create a picture of a reindeer head sans nose. Place on a flat surface such as a wall. You will also need the noses that will be pinned on the reindeer. Give each player a nose with tape attached to it, blindfold them and spin them around a few times. Point them in the direction of the reindeer and tell them walk toward the picture and try to pin the nose on it as close as possible to where the nose would actually be. The player with the nose closest to the actual reindeer nose wins the game.

Gift Wrap Relay

Select 2 small boxes of equal size and gift wrap them. Cut extra sheets of wrapping paper to fit the size of the box making sure to have one sheet for each child. Divide the children into teams.

To play the game, a team member leaves their group and runs to the gift station. Here they unwrap their gift, rewrap it and run back to their team where they tag the next team member who then repeats the sequence. The first team to have all their players unwrap and wrap the gift and return to their team, wins!

Christmas Idol

Similar to American Idol but the players sing Christmas Carols instead. Make sure you have a song list with age-appropriate songs listed. The children get to pick a song to sing (karaoke machine and music are very helpful here). The adults present are the judges. The children sing their carols and the judges pick a winner. That child receives a prize. Or, there can be many different categories of prizes so every child is a winner, like most creative, best vocal performance, best acting, etc.

I hope these ideas have gotten your creative juices flowing and will help you out at your next Christmas party. The kids will have a blast and, if you video tape the action, you will have made many fun and funny memories!