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Christmas
Party Ideas
Spread the holiday cheer with these Christmas
Party ideas!

Red Partyware

Gold Star Mylar Balloon
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Piņatas
Snowman
Present
- decorated in red or green wrapping paper
Christmas Ornament
Invitations
Cut out a snowflake from white paper and glue it to a card
of blue. One the front write: You’re invited to a Winter Wonderland or
Glide
through the snow to our home for a Christmas party. Or use one of these printable Christmas invitations.
Cakes
Frost a cake with white frosting. Put large (clean) plastic
snowflakes on the cake and lightly sprinkle with blue sugar, then
carefully
remove the snowflakes to reveal the snowflake pattern.
Decorate
a square cake to look like a present
Candy
Cane Cupcake Cake
Snowman
Cupcake Cake
Decorations
Blue and white for colors or blue and silver or the
traditional red and green
Snowflakes
dangling on strings from the ceiling
Make
a snow scene centerpiece - Styrofoam ball snowmen covered
with white glitter for snow
Santa hat
centerpiece
Lay
out batting and sprinkle with silver glitter to make it
look like sparkling snow
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Costumes/Dress
up
Santa hats
Elf hats
Games
and Activities
Snowman Dress Up Race
(ages 3-10)
Split the guests into two teams and dress one of the team
members like a snowman. Dress in a puffy coat then wrap in toilet paper
or
white sheets, then put on oversized mittens, hats, scarfs, etc. Take
lots of
pictures.
Build
a Snow Turtle
(ages 3-12)
If you have snow, but it’s not good packing snow, try this
activity for your Christmas party. Just pile a bunch of snow and form
it into the shape of a turtle, a
large shell, head and four small legs. Younger guests will have fun
climbing and
sliding down the turtle as you make it, ha ha. Provide spray bottles
with
coloring for the guests to color the turtle. HINT: Use warm water and a
packet
of lemon-lime punch mix without the sugar in the spray bottles. It
takes too
much food coloring to get a good coloring for the snow. Cotton Ball Fight (ages 3-12)
I have yet to meet a group that doesn’t enjoy party games
involving
throwing things at others. My children enjoy it even when there is no
party.
Give everyone a handful of cotton balls and then let them throw them at
each
other, gather up fallen cotton balls and continue the snowball fight.
Warning:
Although it does vacuum up nicely, the cotton makes a horrid mess
on carpet
so do this activity last at your Christmas party, or do it outside if
you live someplace warm.
Gifts
for Others
(ages 4-16)
Wrap presents for a family in need, or an Angel Tree, or one
of the other many local charitable organizations you may have.
Build
a Snowman
(ages 5-16)
Just like it says. Go outside and build a snowman. Be sure
to have something warm inside when the activity is done, like hot cocoa
or warm
cider.
Sled
Relay (ages
7-16)
Split the guests into two teams and race, taking turns pulling
each team member on a sled on a specific course around the yard.
Snow
Sculpture Contest
(ages 8-16)
Instruct the guests to create a snow sculpture. Provide
tools such as butter knives, cups and buckets. Provide spray bottles
with
coloring for the guests to color their sculpture. HINT: Use warm water
and a
packet of punch mix without the sugar in the spray bottles. It
takes
too much food coloring to get a good coloring for the snow.
Christmas Word Search
(ages 8-16)
Search for the familiar Christmas words in the word search
puzzle. Or use the religious Christmas word search puzzle.
What’s
the Next Line? (ages 8-16)
Fill in the next line of the Christmas song. Better watch out. Some
carols have several "next lines."
Crafts
I Love You in ASL
Mittens (ages 3-12)
Share the joy with this craft at your Christmas party. Stuff knit
mittens with batting. Fold down the middle and
ring ringer and use hot glue to hold down these fingers so the mitten
is saying
“I Love You” in American Sign Language. Tie with a ribbon and bow at
the bottom.
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 or bracelet.
Candy Land (ages
3-16)
Make
a candy scene. Turn ice cream cones upside down and decorate with green
frosting and small candies to make Christmas trees. Build a sleigh with
graham crackers, frosting and candies. Build a gingerbread house. Have
fun!
Stained
Glass Windows (ages
3-16)
Create
stained glass windows. Sprinkle crayon shavings between two sheets of
wax paper, tape edges together. Then place between newspaper or a brown
paper bag and use a hot iron to melt the crayon shavings. Be
careful to not burn the shavings or the creation will simply
turn a nice shade of brown.
Another option
is to use bits and pieces of colored tissue paper between two sheets
of clear contact paper. It's tricky, so only use with older
guests. You can lay an outline under the contact paper and use a black
marker to trace over the lines on the sticky side of the contact paper.
Fill in with bits of tissue paper and very carefully place another
sheet of clear contact paper over the top, sticky side to the middle.
Then trim the edges. Hang in a window.
Mini
Snowmen (ages
4-12)
Make
snowmen from Styrofoam balls of various sizes. Use
toothpicks to hold the balls together, cover with white glue and white
glitter
(not clear or silver glitter—white). You can even make an entire
snowland scene at your Christmas party with these fun Christmas crafts.
Make
a Snowman Kit
(ages 5-16)
Before the party cut out the pieces needed for each guest: 2
eyes, 6 pieces of coal for the mouth, and 3 buttons. Cut large circles
for the
eyes and buttons and small circles for the coal pieces from 1” thick
plywood.
Drill a hole in the back to glue in an 8” long dowel rod. Purchase
carrot noses
from a craft store, take out the leafy greens and glue in a dowel rod.
Have the
guests use acrylic paints to paint their snowman eyes, coal mouth
pieces and buttons. Then
they can take them home to build their own snowmen, just add a hat and
a
scarf—and maybe a bit of snow.
Cut
Out Snowflakes
(ages 5-16)
Here's a classic Christmas party craft. Have the guests fold paper and
cut out
snowflakes. Try it with colored papers. Make a montage of the
snowflakes in
your front window.
Fleece
Scarves
(ages 8-16)
Provide strips of fleece and have the guests use pinking
shears to cut a fringe at either end of their scarf. You may need to
borrow a
few scissors from neighbors. Or, cut the fringe with regular scissors
and knot
each fringe.
Fleece
Pillows
(ages 8-16)
Turn your Christmas party into a slumber party with this craft. Cut two
matching squares of fleece and cut a fringe around
the pillow (so the size of the uncut part of fleece matches the pillow
filling). Then tie the fringes of the two squares together with the
pillow
batting in the middle.
Refreshments
Hot cocoa and doughnuts
Hot cider
Hot
dogs—Sorry, I was on a roll with the “hot” theme
Choose any of your
favorite Christmas goodies. Red and green candies, cookies. etc.
A cheeseball is always a classic for this time of year.
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