Piñatas
Snowman
Present - decorated in red or green wrapping paper

Invitations
Decorate the front of a card to look like a present, using thin ribbon to wrap it. On the front write: The Hollisters are presenting a Christmas party and you’re invited! On the inside of the card include the date, time, location and RSVP information for the party.

Or use one of these printable Christmas invitations.

Cakes
Decorate a square cake to look like a present. You can just frost it a solid color and then use Fruit by the Foot as ribbon to add the finishing touches to the present and create a bow.

Or, another favorite is to make a white cake and poke the top of it with a fork. Pour hot red and green jell-o over the cake (careful not to mix the red and green, which makes brown). Then completely cool the cake and frost with white frosting.

Candy Cane Cupcake Cake

Snowman Cupcake Cake

Decorations
Use a Christmas color scheme of blue and silver or the traditional red and green

Santa hat centerpiece – just need a hat and a silk poinsettias

Make a Christmas present train. Wrap small boxes (like tissue boxes), then prop them up on wheel to make a present train! You will need to put a little more work into the engine, but it’s still a fun decoration.

Top a white pole with a gold ball and wrap it with red ribbon for a North Pole

Make a street sign signs pointing to Santa’s Shop, Snowman Way, Candy Cane Lane, Rudolph’s Circle, etc.

Hang snowflakes and curling ribbon in a doorway

	3D Snowflake Craft So simple to make. Just fold, cut, twist and tape to make this delightful 3D snowflake to hang up for a festive winter decoration.
	Large Candy Decorations Put something more than just visions of sugar plums dancing in their wee little heads.

Crafts

S’more Snowmen (ages 3-12)
Make snowmen s’mores by placing a graham cracker on bottom, followed by a square of chocolate bar and three marshmallows on top. Chocolate chips for eyes and white frosting for glue. Pretzel sticks for arms. Use a strip of fruit roll up for a scarf. This was a popular craft at our Christmas party with the kids and the adults.

Jingle Bell Necklace (ages 3-16)
String some bells and beads to make a necklace. Things will be jingling along very quickly at your Christmas party.

Stained Glass Windows with Melted Crayons (ages 4-16)
Provide each guest with a large folded sheet of wax paper. You can trace (using a coloring page) a Christmas image onto the wax paper if you would like. Then provide several colors of crayon shavings and let your guests use the shavings to decorate their picture. Use your food processor to shred old bits of crayons. Tape the top and bottom sides of the wax paper together and carefully set it on a protected surface. Put a towel or several layers of newspaper on top of the wax paper creation and use your iron on a low to medium setting to melt the crayon shavings. Practice this before the party, if the crayons shavings get too hot they’ll all turn brown. After the creation has cooled trim the edges or put it in a paper cut with a frame the shape of a stained glass window.

Candle Stick Holders (ages 4-16)
Cut cubes from 4x4 posts. Drill a hole (big enough to hold a tapered candle) about an inch deep into the center of each cube. Have your guests sand and then paint their candle stick holders, and provide each guest with a tapered candle to fit inside their candle stick holder. You can even decorate your Christmas party table with these candle stick holders.

Refreshments
Cut cookies or sandwiches into star shapes. 

Create Santa hat cupcakes by putting ice cream cones upside down on a cupcake and decorate with red frosting. Top with a white marshmallow and use mini marshmallows to create a fringe around the cone. 

Cut rice krispies with Christmas shaped cookie cutters and top with frosting and red, white and green sprinkles.