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The holidays are the perfect time of year to host a kid-friendly
gathering. Christmas party activities can range from games to
crafts; but the key is to keep things light and accessible to
all ages. Read on for some great Christmas party activities you
can include in your next children's holiday event.
Gingerbread Man Book Exchange This is a great Christmas Party
activity for children because not only does it keep them
entertained, but each child leaves with a gift. Buy enough
inexpensive children's books for each of the children invited
and gift wrap each one. Give each child a wrapped book and ask
them to hold them in their laps while an adult reads the story
of The Gingerbread Man. Every time the word "run" is spoken
(Run, run as fast as you can; you can't catch me I'm the
Gingerbread Man!), the children turn to their right and pass
their book to the next person, accepting a new book from the
child on their left. At the end of the story, the children open
and keep the book they're left with.
Santa's Sleigh Easy games are great as Christmas party
activities. Santa's Sleigh requires all of the children to sit
in a circle, with one child blindfolded. Another child is given
a toy sleigh, and he or she recites this poem: Santa, Santa,
where is your sleigh? Someone has come to take it away. Guess
who, guess who? The blindfolded child gets three guesses; the
child with the sleigh is the next to be blindfolded.
Christmas Word Find Word finds are more appropriate for slightly
older children. The point of this Christmas party activity is to
find as many words-within-words as possible before the timer
runs out. Give each child a list of Christmas-related words like
sleigh, present, or candy and ask them to write down smaller
words that can be made from the same letters. For example, the
word Christmas can be turned into sit, is, his, miss, rat, tar,
this, and math.
Christmas Crafts - Make a Holiday Ornament! Our list of
Christmas party activities would not be complete without a
craft. Let the children create their own beautiful Christmas
ornaments using last year's holiday cards, lids from frozen
juice containers, construction paper, scissors, ribbon and glue.
The children can cut pictures out of the holiday cards and
attach them to a circle of construction paper that has been
traced from the juice can. An adult can then use a glue gun to
attach the construction paper to the juice lid, and a paper clip
to the back of the whole ornament. Slip a ribbon through the
paper clip and hang their ornaments on the tree!
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