Need Christmas-themed party games that are fun for all ages? You came to the right blog! Stay tuned as we share five fun Christmas games you can play with friends and family over this joyous season!
GAME 1: Santa Hat Toss
- Props Required: 3 Santa hats per player + an additional object around the house.
- Objective: Time-based game designed around the bottle flip concept - Who gets the hats to stand vertically upright?
- How To Play:
- - The game consists of 3 rounds.
- - Round 1: Players receive one hat each with a chance to land it upright. Successful players proceed to the next round.
- - Round 2: All the players get three hats and require to land a minimum of two hats upright to proceed into the final round.
- - Round 3: Hand players an object or ask them to choose anything from around the house. The hat should land on top of the obstacle to win. Add challenging twists (like spinning them around a few times) to make the game more exciting.
GAME 2: 12 Candy Canes
- Props Required: 12 candy canes.
- Objective: Creatively hang 12 candy canes on your face in a limited time frame.
- How To Play: Each player gets 12 candy canes. Within a minute, they creatively try to hook the canes on their face. Players can balance them on their nose, ears, lower lip or head. The one with a unique arrangement wins the game!
GAME 3: Gingerbread House
- Props Required: Crackers, frosting/cream, marshmallows, Christmas-themed sprinkles.
- Objective: Assemble a cute and creative gingerbread house using crackers instead within 10 - 15 minutes.
- How To Play: You can divide your guests into groups, asking them to make a gingerbread house using the ingredients handed to them. The best-decorated house wins!
GAME 4: Christmas Family Feud
- Props Required: Presentation or printable pages with answers.
- Objective: The team with the most popular answers to Christmas-themed survey questions wins the prizes!
- How To Play: Divide your guests into two teams and let them compete against each other. They have to guess the most popular answers to win the game! Like the original family feud game, ask players survey-based questions about the Christmas season, and the team with the most points wins the game.
GAME 5: Hallmark Christmas Movie Drinking Game
- Props Required: A print-out of the drinking rules and drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic).
- Objective: To keep your party hydrated, JUST KIDDING! Enjoy a movie marathon while pointing out Christmas movie cliches.
- How To Play: As the movie proceeds, players follow drinking rules for different Christmas movie cliches. E.g., take a sip every time someone wears an ugly Christmas sweater, finish your drink if it starts to snow, take a shot if the main characters fall in love, etc. If kids and teens join in the silliness, serve non-alcoholic beverages!
Comment below which game entertained your party the most, and don’t forget to share this with your Christmas-spirited friends!