One fun game is ideally suited for anxious children, but could also be for adults, if you want to add some fun for gift giving. For children, this is a way to make that "open one gift on Christmas Eve" rule a little more exciting and make it last a little longer.
The motive of the game is to make the childrens look for their Christmas gifts by analyzing a series of clues which will eventually lead them to it. Instead of the normal tradition which you leave the Christmas gifts under the family Christmas tree, you hide it somewhere else in the house and the children would have to follow the clues to find it. If you are thinking and wondering what to write the clues in, then you can make use of the excess Christmas cards that you have lying around the house, or you can cut out cards in the shape of the Christmas tree, or use the tree ornaments that you have.
Whatever items you use to write down the clues, spread them around the house where the clues would lead to the next available clue and so on until they find the presents. Make sure the clues are easy to understand. For instance, the first clue would mention a certain fact leading them to their bedroom and their bed in particular. On their beds they will find another clue which leads to another area or item in the house. One crucial matter to remember is that you have to consider the age group of the childrens involved and how long they can concentrate on the game. The final clue would be the gift itself, and as an added bonus the gift is hidden under the Christmas tree all along which the kids would not be expecting.
If you have a large gathering on Christmas Eve, try a circle game. Have everyone get in a circle and the first person will start with, "in my Christmas stocking there is an apple" and the next person will add, "in my Christmas stocking there is an apple and a boot". Each person will continue on, remembering the previous items and the adding one of their own, and all in alphabetical order. If you miss an item, you're out of the game and the winner is the person who successfully remembers all the stocking items over and over again each time they have to recite the items and add to the list.
If having activities that requires you to sweat and moving your body a lot is your idea of fun, then you can try the ever popular game of musical chairs. To blend in the Christmas atmosphere, try and use some upbeat Christmas music when playing the game. Try and use more popular Christmas music so that they can sing along to the song while playing the game. This makes the game more interesting because it is likely the individuals playing the game would be so caught up singing and dancing along to the music that they forgot about grabbing the chairs. The rules of the game remains the same though which each round the person who doesn't manage to grab a chair is eliminated and it continues until the last man standing.
Since the big event on Christmas Eve is Santa's arrival, play a game of "where's Santa"? In this game, everyone sits in a circle and one person is chosen to be Rudolph. That person leaves the room for a minute. A Santa is chosen among those left in the room. Rudolph returns and begins hunting for Santa. Rudolph should stand in the center of the circle and try to figure out which person is Santa. Santa, meanwhile, winks at other people in the circle. If someone gets winked at, they yell, "ho ho ho".
After Rudolph finally guessed right who is Santa, then another Rudolph and Santa is chosen once more and the game starts all over again. | After Rudolph manages to find out who is the chosen Santa, the game starts all over again once a new Santa Claus and Rudolph is chosen.
When Christmas eve finally arrives, your Christmas cards would have been hanging around your home for a long time. So, make full use of them and play some games using the cards. Prepare a laundry basket or a gift box to throw the cards at. Make sure the distance of the gift box or basket is suitable according to the age and ability of the participating people. The task of throwing the cards into the baskets might sound easy, but every card have different weight and shapes so it is quite hard to achieve it in real life.
The motive of the game is to make the childrens look for their Christmas gifts by analyzing a series of clues which will eventually lead them to it. Instead of the normal tradition which you leave the Christmas gifts under the family Christmas tree, you hide it somewhere else in the house and the children would have to follow the clues to find it. If you are thinking and wondering what to write the clues in, then you can make use of the excess Christmas cards that you have lying around the house, or you can cut out cards in the shape of the Christmas tree, or use the tree ornaments that you have.
Whatever items you use to write down the clues, spread them around the house where the clues would lead to the next available clue and so on until they find the presents. Make sure the clues are easy to understand. For instance, the first clue would mention a certain fact leading them to their bedroom and their bed in particular. On their beds they will find another clue which leads to another area or item in the house. One crucial matter to remember is that you have to consider the age group of the childrens involved and how long they can concentrate on the game. The final clue would be the gift itself, and as an added bonus the gift is hidden under the Christmas tree all along which the kids would not be expecting.
If you have a large gathering on Christmas Eve, try a circle game. Have everyone get in a circle and the first person will start with, "in my Christmas stocking there is an apple" and the next person will add, "in my Christmas stocking there is an apple and a boot". Each person will continue on, remembering the previous items and the adding one of their own, and all in alphabetical order. If you miss an item, you're out of the game and the winner is the person who successfully remembers all the stocking items over and over again each time they have to recite the items and add to the list.
If having activities that requires you to sweat and moving your body a lot is your idea of fun, then you can try the ever popular game of musical chairs. To blend in the Christmas atmosphere, try and use some upbeat Christmas music when playing the game. Try and use more popular Christmas music so that they can sing along to the song while playing the game. This makes the game more interesting because it is likely the individuals playing the game would be so caught up singing and dancing along to the music that they forgot about grabbing the chairs. The rules of the game remains the same though which each round the person who doesn't manage to grab a chair is eliminated and it continues until the last man standing.
Since the big event on Christmas Eve is Santa's arrival, play a game of "where's Santa"? In this game, everyone sits in a circle and one person is chosen to be Rudolph. That person leaves the room for a minute. A Santa is chosen among those left in the room. Rudolph returns and begins hunting for Santa. Rudolph should stand in the center of the circle and try to figure out which person is Santa. Santa, meanwhile, winks at other people in the circle. If someone gets winked at, they yell, "ho ho ho".
After Rudolph finally guessed right who is Santa, then another Rudolph and Santa is chosen once more and the game starts all over again. | After Rudolph manages to find out who is the chosen Santa, the game starts all over again once a new Santa Claus and Rudolph is chosen.
When Christmas eve finally arrives, your Christmas cards would have been hanging around your home for a long time. So, make full use of them and play some games using the cards. Prepare a laundry basket or a gift box to throw the cards at. Make sure the distance of the gift box or basket is suitable according to the age and ability of the participating people. The task of throwing the cards into the baskets might sound easy, but every card have different weight and shapes so it is quite hard to achieve it in real life.
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