10 Hilarious Christmas Party Game Ideas For Kids Of All Ages

With Christmas right around the corner, you may be scrambling to get a program into place. If you're looking Christmas party game ideas though, we've got you covered. From games for kids to the kids-at-heart, here's a list of fun activities you can get up to to foster the holiday spirit:

Candy Cane Game

All you need to prepare for this cute little game is a small stocking, lots of candy canes, chopsticks and a huge bowl. The goal is for each player to place the chopstick in their mouth and hook as many candy canes on their chopsticks as they can, then transfer them to the stocking.

Dress-Up Relay

This fast-paced dress up race requires players to line up in front of a pile of winter clothes, dress completely in hat, snow pants and coat, then unwrap a candy with their hands in mittens. Since this is a relay, each player needs to return to the start and take everything back off so the next player can take his turn.

Christmas Tree Game

For this game, you need to split your players up into two teams and give each team a roll of the green streamer, ornaments, garland and tinsel. The goal is for the two teams to race to wrap one of their members in the streamer and decorate him like a Christmas tree until the buzzer goes off.

Snow Shovel Race

If your players are kids, you’ll never go wrong with this party game. The goal is for them to shovel the snow by balancing cotton balls on a spoon and transferring them into the bowls before the other kids beat them.

Murder Mystery Hunt

Another fun game for kids, this game takes the game Clue off the board and combines it with scavenger hunt. The goal of the players is to discover who murdered Georgie Gingerbread and what weapon the culprit used to kill him.

Sleeping Lions

Also known as “Time To Calm Down,” this fun Christmas game is best for preschoolers. If you want this for your Christmas party, the first thing you need to do is ask the your child guests to lie down very still and pretend they are part of a lion’s pride. Whoever is the most quiet of all wins. What’s funny about this game is that often, some kids actually fall asleep trying to be the most quiet of all.

Marshmallow Mouth

To play this game, the players need to divide themselves into pairs. One player from each team will have a marshmallow slinger and a bowl full of mini marshmallows, while the other one waits with his hands behind his back. The first player to shoot five marshmallows into the mouth of his teammate wins.

Snowman Slam

All you need for this game is a few supplies—white cups, construction paper, and some rolled up socks. For this game, the players need to decorate each cup with a snowman face and stack them in a tower. The kids then take turns throwing the rolled up socks to the tower. The one who knocks over the most snowmen wins.

Christmas Bingo

If you want a party game that doesn’t cost you anything, this one is the best. All you have to do is print out bingo cards and have your guests enjoy this great game.

Christmas Song Picture Scramble

This printable game can be played in four different ways. Perfect for both kids and adults, it involves competing to combine cards to create names of popular Christmas songs. As the host, you can decide whether the players will play this as teams or individuals.