How about taking advantage of Christmas Eve to have a little fun with the family? Here are some ideas for “homemade” games that should add a hell of a dose of good humor to this magical moment … and help your kids to wait until the presents are opened!
The aim of the game ? Guess what’s inside the sock. Hint: Christmas. Indeed, you will have previously filled it with a dozen objects and delicacies such as a Christmas ball, a barley sugar, a chocolate Santa Claus, etc. Obviously, you must close the sock with a rubber band before starting the game, and your children will have to guess the objects that are hidden there. by feeling or shaking it. 1 point per find.
Your mission : transmit a message from Santa Claus to Mrs. Claus whispering it in one another’s ear. The last to hear it has to repeat it out loud and in general, it doesn’t really look like its initial version, which is sure to make the whole table laugh. Example : “My dear, can you knit me a new hat, I left it in a fireplace and I’m starting to catch a cold. By the way, I’m bringing you some good cookies and lots of pacifiers!”
Christmas dinner not to mention Christmas and its lexical field (gifts, Santa Claus, Christmas tree, party, decorations, etc.) seem impossible to you? Let’s see who will do the best during dinner. Necessarily, you won’t have to wait too long before a forbidden word is spoken. And there shouldn’t be just one player who gets nabbed!
Take old socks, ask your kids to make reindeer out of them. To do this, give them red pompoms, for the nose, brown kennel yarn, for antlers, wiggly eyes (or markers to draw them themselves) and of course, fabric glue. After this manual activity that is well in line with the theme, ask them to put their creation on their hand, like a puppet. Meanwhile, place all kinds of appetizing Christmas treats in a container. The goal of the game: that your reindeer greedy catch as many as possible in less than a minute. The winner is the one who has collected the maximum. But with a sock, or rather a reindeer as a hand, it is immediately less easy (and more fun).
At table, the whole family wears a Santa hatincluding you. And whoever takes theirs off before you take yours has lost. Except that over dinner, your elves will quickly focus on the food more than your headgear, so you can take the opportunity to remove it discreetly. The players will gradually realize it and imitate you. The last one wearing his hat has lost!
At nightfall, enjoy the light garlands adorning your tree or / and your living room to turn off the light and turn the room into a dancefloor. You can stay on the theme of Christmas songs by launching a dedicated playlist or let them go wild on their favorite music.
On New Year’s Eve, before Santa Claus passes in the night to drop the (real) gifts at the foot of the tree, you can give yourself a funny taste. by organizing a Secret Santa. If the idea tempts you, it will take you a few days before, in order to proceed to a drawing of lots where everyone will draw the name of a member of the family. The name written on the paper is the one for whom the person should prepare a gift. You can decide that each gift should be made yourself (a drawing, a cookie, a knitted scarf, a candle, a pearl necklace, etc.) or bought but limiting the budget to 5 euros for example. The object of the game is not to break the bank but to be creative in trying to please the other!
Same principle as the Peaktionary classic except that the axis Christmas themed by noting on pieces of paper words such as log, gift, Santa Claus, tree, hood, etc. Form two teams, one player from each team draws a piece of paper and draws what is written on it to try to make his team guess it in less than a minute. If no one finds the other team can respond and take the lead.
In the same ilk, the Christmas version post-it game should also produce a good mood break between turkey and log for example. The principle ? Each player has a post-it on their forehead with a character that reminds Christmas (Rudolph, Santa Claus, an elf, the Grinch, Father Fouettard …) and must guess which one it is by asking questions.
Buy as many balls of yarn that there are children and attach a small gift to each of them. Choose them in different colors. Hide your gift somewhere in the house and unwind the ball by passing it around the house. Repeat your maze for each of the balls. All they have to do is follow the thread until it leads them to their gift! The trick: Attach a pencil to the other end of the ball so that it can wrap the string around it as you go without getting tangled.