Six Great Dynamite Teen Christmas Party Games

Teens usually consider themselves too cool to play party games, but there are times even the "coolest" teen boy will have fun playing party games and it usually involves the fact that the girls are playing the games. And if you play games that either pit the girls against the boys or allows them to get close and mingle, then a party game becomes the hit of the party. Try one of the following if the Christmas party at youth group or youth organization parties gets dull.

The Shoe Maker Scramble

In this game, two teams are formed and then the teens are told to remove one of their shoes and give it to the leader. The leader takes the shoes, puts all of the shoes in a big pile in the middle of the room.

Teens are to line up in two teams, and one at a time they will race to the pile of shoes, find their own shoe, put it on and race back to the next person in line. Obviously the goal is to be the first team to find all their shoes.

We make this standard party game a little more fun, by having the leader sneak in a several santa's socks. If a teen can't find their shoe, they have to put on a Santa stocking instead. The Santa's stocking should be large enough to be slid over a foot and worn, it doesn't have to fit perfectly. And to add to the Christmas flair, play some Christmas carols.

Name that Christmas song

Divide teens into two or three teams. Leader must prepare ahead by making a Christmas carols CD where one song at a time is played and the first team calling out the Christmas song name wins. Before long in this Christmas game, everyone starts singing all the Christmas songs and it becomes a Christmas Singalong!

Christmas Idol Karaoke

This Christmas game is similar to name that tune, but in this one, teams compete against each other to by the Christmas Choir Idols! You'll need a judging panel, and the funnier your judges are the better. Try to find judges who will get into the fun of being pretend "Idol" judges, perhaps one of them the Diva, and one of them is the harsh mean critic who gives "nasty" reviews. Points are awarded for each Christmas song sung and at the end of the game, the team with the most points wins. Encourage the teens to come up with funny choreography and to ham it up.

Wrap the Human Package

This Christmas game is a variation of the popular party game, wrap the Mummy, where a teen would be wrapped in toilet paper to look like a mummy and the team with the best looking mummy that gets done the fastest using up all their toilet paper would win.

In the wrap the human Christmas package, teams would be given rolls of Christmas wrapping paper, tape, ribbons, bows, scissors and they have to choose one team member to be the Christmas package. They then get a certain amount of time to design the best wrapped human Christmas package. A team of judges needed to offer wrapping critique and to choose the winning team.

Pass the Christmas Fruit Bowl

In this game, two lines of teens, lined up in boy, girl, boy, girl order have to pass the contents of the Christmas fruit bowl from one end of the line to the other, racing the other team to be the first team to empty their fruit bowl. Only the first teen can use their hands to pick up the first piece of fruit from the Christmas fruit bowl and place it under the neck. From that point on, they must pass the fruit neck to neck all down the line. If a piece of fruit is dropped, they may pick it up and put it back under the neck of the person who dropped it and the Christmas game continues.

Christmas Charades

Christmas charades may not be the most original party game, but teens actually enjoy charades. It's active and loud, two good key components for teen Christmas games. In Christmas charades, charade cards are made ahead of time with a variety of Christmas songs, terms, phrases and items. e.g. Silent Night, Rudolph, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, or Christmas turkey. One teen from each team draws a card and act out the phrase for their own team. Timer is set of 1 minute. Points awarded as the game continues.

And when the teens feel like sitting around chillin', a good game of Curses or Apples to Apples will wile away the evening for quieter fun.