10 Christmas Activities for Your Family or Church Group
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It’s Christmas time! It’s the perfect time to gather the family together and enjoy some festive fun. Whether you're cozied up at home, visiting relatives, or gathering together for a church party, Christmas family games are a delightful way to create lasting memories, share laughter, and strengthen those special bonds. Here are ten Christmas family activities that will infuse your celebrations with joy and merriment. Get ready to unwrap a bundle of laughter and create cherished traditions that will warm your hearts for years to come.
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Crack the Code: Stocking Stumpers
Find your way through the maze of riddled Christmas songs in Crack the Code: Stocking Stumpers. With each person taking turns, it's not just about finding the right path, but also deciphering the song based on clever image hints. It's double the puzzle for double the merriment.
Tweens and teens love the sweet triumph as they race to be the first to conquer the challenge. Ideal for lively youth activity nights, cozy family home evenings, and even the ward Christmas.
No time for a game during the festivities? Hang these large posters on the wall and see if your guests can decode them. It's décor that adds an extra layer of entertainment! Keep the mystery alive with the answers conveniently concealed nearby for those eager to confirm their deductions.
You can print these puzzles extra large at your local copy center or have us ship them to you.
A Sweet Nativity Story Night
Indulge in a touch of chocolate during your Nativity movie night! Distribute these elegantly wrapped chocolates to all in attendance. Each person's designated wrapper character becomes the person they pay extra attention to as they watch the movies.
What do you think they felt and thought? What was something that impressed you about what they did? How can we be like them or what can we learn from them? It's like experiencing the story through fresh eyes!
Afterwards, craft a Nativity set to gift to a dear friend or cherished family member, because sharing the joy of the season is the sweetest gift of all.
Need a good Nativity movie to watch? There are so many good ones, it’s hard to pick but we’ve compiled a list of our top favorite movies that talk about Christ’s birth.
Gingerbread Foundations
Embrace the Yuletide spirit and lay the groundwork for a rock-solid gingerbread house with our Gospel Fun Kit! First, dive into a world of frosting experiments that'll leave you pondering your own spiritual foundations. Then, channel your inner architect to construct gingerbread masterpieces with foundations so stable they'd make a structural engineer proud. Everyone gets to choose a theme card to inspire their sweet abode, ensuring a kaleidoscope of enchanting scenes that'll ignite the festive cheer!
Display your scene for all to enjoy and ponder what you can do to be a house of light this Christmas season. Using it at a youth activity? Try giving out some silly awards too.
Christmas Reward or Consequence?
Elevate your Would You Rather game to the North Pole of entertainment! Gather a medley of prizes, ranging from delightful to downright peculiar. Picture this: a crisp dollar bill, a humble potato (yes, a potato!), a scrumptious candy bar, and those notorious gross jelly beans.
Armed with Christmas-themed Would You Rather questions, dive into the mysterious path of where your answers will lead- to the potato or to the candy bar? A printable to help you map it all out is included with the questions.
Let it Snow!
Get out the scissors and create some divine snowflakes! We’ve got four gospel snowflake templates just waiting for your personal touch. What scripture stories come to made as you craft? Once you've mastered the art, why not venture into making your very own gospel-themed designs? Challenge your friends: can they decipher the gospel tale behind your intricate snowflake?
Elevate it to a heartwarming service project by adorning each snowflake with complimentary snow puns. Then, surprise someone with a door decked out in these frozen marvels or gather a flurry of them in an envelope and send a blizzard of love to Grandma. Who knew that snow could deliver the warmth of a cozy hug? Try some of these fun snow puns for your flakes:
You're snow cute.
You're the coolest person that I snow.
We love you snow much!
There's snow body like you.
It's snow secret. You’re amazing!
Psst! You could even whip up a batch at a youth activity night to jazz up your ward's Christmas party decor!
Nativity Guess Who
How well do you know the people in the Nativity story? Do you think you could quickly identify Mary or a shepherd? Give it a try with two versions of a Nativity Guess Who game! Simple to play and fun.
Our second version of the Nativity Guess Who game is great for those ward Christmas soirées or bustling youth gatherings where you need to keep the troops entertained while you wait for everyone to assemble. Simply slap one of these character labels onto each attendee's back (except for the little ones who are tethered to their parents) and send them off to mingle with the rest of the congregation. Their mission? To unveil the secret identity emblazoned on their back.
Once they have solved the puzzle, invite them to gather with others who have the same name on their back. It’s an easy way to divide people up for your next activity.
A Breath of Fresh Air
Time for a game that'll have you huffing and puffing with laughter! Grab your trusty plastic cups and our Stocking Stumper riddles for this hoot of a game. Tape a Stocking Stumper on to each cup, making a matching set of cups for each team. Then line up each team’s cups on a smooth flat surface, like a table.
When the game commander belts out a beloved Christmas song, it's all systems go. Each team scampers to find the elusive matching cup. Armed with nothing but their lung power, they've got to blow that cup right off the table. But here's the twist: if they accidentally huff and puff on the wrong cup, it's minus points! The first team to amass a whopping 20 points snags the win and the title of breath-blowing champions!
Light the World Lanterns
Brighten up the night with your very own paper lanterns! First, grab your trusty computer and our dazzling free Christmas templates and print it on some paper lunch bags. Now, here's where the magic begins – you can either liven these lanterns up by coloring them or trace the design with hole punches for the light to dance through.
Adorn your front porch with those radiant Christmas lanterns to spread your warmth, or leave a handful behind as you embark on your festive Christmas caroling adventure.
Don’t want to fuss with lanterns? Take those delightful designs and infuse some movie magic instead. Give the bags a vibrant makeover with your crayons and fill 'em up with popcorn or any other cherished cinema snack. Then, attach our movie tags for the grand invitation to join in on a heartwarming Nativity movie screening.
Christ Mosaic
Prepare for a splash of holiday creativity with our Christ Mosaic for Christmas! It’s 25 squares itching to be colored by your family or church crew. It's like color-by-number on a merry mission. The real treat is when you piece them all together to uncover the big reveal!
Kick it up a notch as you dive deeper into the rich tapestry of names for Jesus Christ, thanks to the included scripture references. This isn't just art; it's a journey of discovery.
Santa Games
Time for some jolly shenanigans with The Santa Games - your go-to printable activity pages for your next gathering. Whether it's post-Christmas dinner excitement or a rollicking youth activity night, we've got the goods.
How quickly can you conquer those mind-bending foldable puzzles? Turn it into a full-blown tournament for the ages. And let's not forget about our Christmas Finish the Phrase game – which team will reign supreme in the epic phrase-busting showdown?
Assemble your family around the twinkling Christmas tree and take turns spinning tales with holiday hilarity with our Roll a Story game. Grab your printable Santa Games and let the festivities roll!
