 Old Fashion Christmas Party Ideas and Games
Note: Christmas holiday resources can be found in two separate categories. You will find navigation to both categories on each resource page:
Christmas Fun - Activities that promote the season of hope, love and charity through Santa Claus, St. Nick, and Kris Kringle.
Religious Christian Christmas - Activities more religious in nature to remind us of the reason for the season...
Christmas Candles
A small tree is placed on a table. The candles are lighted.
Blindfold the players, one at a time, turn around three times,
and allow each to take five steps toward the tree. Then he must
blow as hard as he can, endeavoring to blow out all the lights,
if possible. The one who succeeds in extinguishing the most receives
a prize.
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Christmas Guesses
Suspend a large bunch of mistletoe from one of the chandeliers.
The children, one at a time, stand under the mistletoe, and guess
how many berries there are on it. The berries are counted when
all have guessed. The one coming the nearest receives a prize.
While watching the Christmas tree, after the presents have been
distributed, some one says, "I see something on the Christmas
tree which begins with T. What is it?" Many guesses are
given, the one who says "Tinsel," has guessed correctly,
and it is his turn to give a guess, which may begin with P
and C. Pop-corn is easily guessed, and so on, until everything
has been guessed.
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Christmas Presents
Christmas presents are such fun.
In this box is a special one.
I'll give you clues to what's inside.
Then you guess what the box does hide.
Place several items in a gift box. Adult says verse. Adult describes on of the objects in the box. Players guess what is described. Display item. Repeat. Prizes can be rewarded for correct answers.
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Christmas Tree
A novel amusement for children at Christmas time is to trim
a Christmas tree when blindfolded. Stand a small tree at one
end of the room, ready to be trimmed. Have all the ornaments
on a table near at hand, ready to be put on the tree.
Blindfold the children one at a time, lead them to the table
to take their pick. The first thing touched must be taken, and
after turning the child around three times start him straight
toward the tree.
When he reaches the tree, he must wire the ornament, or whatever
he had, in place. Some older person can be ready to turn the
tree around, as it will be trimmed only on one side, if not.
The children can have as may turns as they wish until the tree
is trimmed.
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Christmas Wreath
Suspend a large Christmas wreath in a doorway at a convenient
height from the floor. Prepare in advance "snowballs," made
of cotton batting covered with white tissue paper.
The players stand about eight feet from the wreath, and take
turns, one at a time. Each is given three "snowballs," and
the one who succeeds in throwing all three, one at a time, through
the wreath, is given the prize.
To make it more exciting, sides may be chosen, and each one
of the three snowballs numbered, one being 5, the other, 10,
and the third, 20. If the ball numbered 5 goes through, it counts
5 for that player's side. If it does not go through, it is a
loss, and so on. The side scoring the most points is victorious.
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Decking Santa Claus
Santa, who has been invited to the party, after being introduced
to all the children, sits at the end of the room.
The children are blindfolded one at a time, and after being
turned around three or four times, are told to walk up to him,
and place on his head their own caps, which they had received
in bonbons just before.
The child who succeeds in decking Santa Claus with his own cap
may receive a little prize.
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A Game Within a Game
While the children are waiting on Christmas for their presents,
or dinner, or whenever the time seems to drag, suggest that each
one think up the best game he knows.
Give each child a pencil and a card on which the game and the
name of the child who thought of it are written. Each one in
turn tells his game and all the children play it. When all have
had a turn, and each game has been played, the children look
over their lists and choose the game they liked best. The originator
of the most popular one receives a prize.
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The Night Before Christmas
Another amusement is playing "The Night before Christmas" like "Musical
Chairs ." Give
each child the name of some part of Santa Claus' outfit, the
sleigh, the reindeer, etc. The hostess then reads the well-known
story, "The Night Before Christmas." As she mentions
the names, the players having them, rise, turn around, and sit
down again. When she mentions Santa Claus, all change places,
and she tries to secure a seat. The one left out continues the
story, and so on, until completed.
Santa Says
Play like "Simon Says" but replace the phrase "Simon Says" with "Santa Says." For instance, leader Elf says: 'Santa says, "Put your hands on your head."' All players should be their hands on their head. When the leader Elf gives an instruction without saying "Santa Says" and the followers do the action anyway, the leader Elf says "HO! HO! HO!" and the player must sit down. The last player left standing is the winner and can then be the leader Elf.
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Snowballs
A pretty idea for concealing Christmas presents for the children
is to make a lot of snowballs out of white tissue paper and cotton
batting, and concerting the gifts inside.
Pile all these snowballs under the tree, and when the time comes
for distributing them, the mother, or some older person tosses
them, one at a time, to the children, who are standing at distance
eagerly waiting for them.
As the children catch them they step out of line to leave room
for others until all have received one. Then all the balls are
opened and the presents disclosed.
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Toss the Goodies
The children form a square, each one holding the sides of an
old tablecloth or piece of sheeting. In the center of this is
placed a pile of nuts, candies, raisins, fruits, and all sorts
of goodies. When a signal is given, the children all together
toss the cloth up and down, singing:
"Toss the goodies up and down,
Up and down, up and down,
Toss the goodies up and down,
Goodies for you and me."
When the last line is sung, an extra large toss is made and
thus all the goodies fly to all parts of the room. The children
then all scramble around picking them up and having a jolly
time.
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