Exciting! Recreational Activities to Enjoy at a Christmas Party
Are you looking for Christmas activities you can enjoy with family and friends? There are lots of perfect party games that will make everyone—from kids to adults—smile, such as a “present delivery relay” where you dress up as Santa and carry gifts, hand-clapping games set to Christmas songs, and a lively “Christmas Basket” game that gets everyone excited.
In this article, we’ll introduce Christmas-specific activities that are easy to prepare and fun for any age or group size.
Use them to help create wonderful Christmas memories!
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Exciting! Recreations You Can Totally Enjoy at a Christmas Party (41–50)
Christmas Balloon Rally
https://www.tiktok.com/@jr_12340301/video/7452129650999872776A safe and fun Christmas balloon relay game that gets everyone moving.
Prepare balloons, pool noodles cut in half, and a Christmas tree, then start the game.
Place a balloon on the two halves of a pool noodle and carry it around the tree to the finish without dropping it.
Keep passing the pool noodle pieces and the balloon to the next person, and the team whose entire lineup finishes first wins.
Once players get used to the game, try increasing the difficulty by adding a call-out like “Santa Claus!” or “Merry Christmas!” before carrying the balloon.
Santa Search Game
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With simple prep and rules, this Santa search game is fun for everyone from kids to adults.
Find the Santa in the room that matches the one on your card and stick it onto the corresponding spot on the card.
You win when you’ve collected all the Santas shown on your card.
For older participants, we recommend mixing in lots of dummy Santas to increase the difficulty.
If there are many small children, reduce the number of Santas to find or make other adjustments.
It’s a game everyone can get excited about—give it a try!
balanced tree
In the Balance Tree game, children develop the ability to think and play while watching their friends.
You can even make the game yourself, so why not try creating it as December approaches? All you need are a paper plate, a toilet paper roll, pipe cleaners, and plastic bottle caps.
Punch holes around the edge of the paper plate.
Cut the pipe cleaners short and tape the tips so they aren’t sharp.
Glue two bottle caps together and attach them to the pipe cleaners.
When playing, stack the paper plates and toilet paper rolls alternately, and hang the pipe cleaners from the holes.
Be careful not to upset the balance and make it fall.
It’s a fun way to play with focus!
When, where, who did what? Game
A long-popular game is this “When, Where, Who, Did What?” game.
You form a team of four, and each person writes down, in turn, when, where, with whom, and what someone did on a piece of paper, then announces it in order.
Since you don’t know what the person next to you has written, you leave it to chance and enjoy the funny combinations that come out.
If you have fewer people, you can make several cards for “when,” “where,” “who,” and “what,” and draw them at random instead.
Spoon race
The “spoon race” is where you run to the finish line while balancing a ping-pong ball or another sphere on a spoon.
It’s a very simple game, but when you get flustered your hand shakes and the ping-pong ball falls off, and if you try to run faster to reach the goal, your body sways and—again—the ball drops.
Setting rules like making it a team competition or restarting from the beginning if the ball falls would likely make everyone take it more seriously!
Rolling Balance Game
The Rolling Balance Game is a game where Santa tries to deliver presents to children without falling into holes.
Cut several holes in a piece of cardboard and assign points to some of them.
Roll ping-pong balls—pretending they’re Santa or the presents—across the cardboard so they roll into the children’s holes that have points.
If you make the non-scoring holes a bit smaller, the ping-pong balls won’t drop all the way through, making it easier to play—highly recommended.
For the scoring holes, make them large enough for a ping-pong ball to fall in clearly, and place a paper cup underneath to catch it.
Set a limit on the number of ping-pong balls or the time, and compete to see who can score the most points!
Jenga
Since its release in the UK in 1983, the balance game Jenga has been loved for many years.
While Jenga is typically known for pulling and stacking wooden blocks, there are now versions made of jumbo-sized paper that you assemble and play with.
Kids love the oversized Jenga, making it a great recommendation for Christmas parties.
And because it’s made of paper, it’s safe even if it falls!