Christmas relay race games for kids

Blow up red and green balloons to use as the ball. Attach the end of a lolly stick or skewer to Christmas themed paper plates to create a handle, and these become your bats or racquets. Each player has to hit an inflated balloon with their plate, attempting to cross a designated finish line.

You can use masking tape on the floor for the finish line. This makes an excellent team game for a larger group, or part of a Christmas-themed relay race. This snowman drawing game from Housing a Forest looks so fun and would be perfect for a crowd of mixed ages!

Give each person a paper plate and a marker. We have three versions of this timeless favourite that kids will love. Base your choice upon the age of the children, as well as the time you have for preparation.

This simple Christmas party game, a version of the one we found on All For the Boys , works for even the youngest children. All you need is a few cotton balls and a drinking straw for each player. Draw a finish line on a large piece of paper or tape one onto a tabletop. The goal is to move a cotton ball across the finish line first by blowing through the straw. The team with the most points wins. Put stickers on the bottom and write matching number pairs with a sharpie or pen on the stickers.

Kids turn over the items and try to remember their location so they can make matched pairs. The number of chocolates used is dependent on the age and maturity of the kids playing.

Have each child bring toy a new one or one they are happy to part with wrapped up as a Christmas gift. After the children sit in a circle, put all the gifts into the centre. Randomly choose someone to start the game by picking out a present for themselves. They unwrap the gift, and the next child has the option of taking the gift already opened or choose one from the other wrapped presents, and so on.

The fun comes when there is one toy everyone wants — and one nobody wants. Everyone ends up a gift, although not necessarily one they want! We love this fun Christmas party game from Come Together Kids which would also work well as a Frozen party game. For this you will need some props like hats and scarves and plenty of toilet rolls. This is a great pair, team or relay game which involves setting a time limit to make one of your team into a human snowman! Wrap the chosen person in loo roll, leaving no part visible and then add all the necessary accessories.

You will need a judge for the winner, so be prepared for some family rivalry! The winner could be based on the best snowman or the fastest, depending on the age of the kids.

Race a friend to see who can shovel the cotton balls out of the bowl the fastest — one at a time! You can make this harder for older children and adults by using chopsticks, making them use their non-dominant hand, or even blindfolded and guided by their teammates. If you have more than two players, you can develop the snow shovelling race above into a whole family affair.

The goal in this fun relay race is to move snowballs cotton balls from one side of the room to another with a plastic spoon. Divide the players into two teams. The first person on each team uses a plastic spoon to transfer cotton balls from a full bucket on one side of the room to an empty bucket on the other side. If a cotton ball falls off the spoon and onto the floor, it must be left on the floor. At the end of the game, count the cotton balls in the buckets.

The team with the most snowballs wins the race. Have you ever tried a Christmas maze? Using small balls of wool in several different colours one colour for each player , attach one end of the first colour to a pencil and then string the wool around the room, going under, over, around, and through furniture like this version from How Does She.

Cut the string and begin again with another pencil. Repeat this process until you have one string for each child. When the children arrive, hand them a pencil, and instruct them to wind the string up while following it. Fun and chaos is guaranteed!

Stick ten plastic cups in a bowling pin triangle on a heavy piece of cardboard. Provide small plastic tree baubles or other small items like candy for kids to toss into the cups. Whoever gets the most baubles in the cup wins. Make this harder for older children by letting them play in teams or pairs. Assign a different point allocation for each cup and then see who scores the most points at the end.

Whichever game you choose you will be sure that plenty of fun is had by everyone and the party will really get everyone in the Christmas spirit! What other Christmas party games for kids do your children enjoy? Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

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This Christmas party game for kids will help keep their minds sharp as they try to recall items that were placed before them. There are two more variations to this game: One in which you ask specific questions about the items, and the other one in which you trick the kids into what exactly they were supposed to remember. This free printable game includes the face and a whole bunch of noses, so each child can have their turn. Pin the Red Nose on Rudolph from Untumble. Santa Says is a fun take on that classic game Simon Says that's a great way to end a Christmas party for kids.

Be sure to include things that Santa would do such as delivering presents, sliding down the chimney, and reading a Christmas wish list. Santa Says from The Resourceful Mama. How fast can kids wrap a present? You'll find out in this gift wrap relay. Split the group into teams, then have them race to wrap a present.

The first round should be an easy-to-wrap present, such as a box. Gradually make the presents harder to wrap without ripping the paper. Here's another relay Christmas game for kids: Each child puts on a pair of mittens and then unwraps a small piece of candy while wearing them—it's harder than it sounds! This game can work by dividing the kids into teams or having each guest participate individually.

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Measure content performance. Gather everyone, get comfy and blast your favorite holiday playlist and see who can guess the title and artist first, keep a tally to crown the music champion of the season! Write celebrity names on sticky notes and attach them to party-goers foreheads. They then have twenty questions they can ask with a yes or no answer to try and guess the name of their celebrity.

Choose a prize that would appeal to the age of the party goer, it could be a small toy, book or collectible. Before the party assemble different wrapping papers including newspaper and brown paper, as well as traditional printed wrapping paper. Wrap the prize once before adding a small gift such as a candy or dollar store toy and wrap again. Repeat by wrapping and adding another small gift with each new layer of wrapping paper.

To make it fair you should have as many layers as children attending. When it's time to play, sit the children in a circle and pass the parcel around the group while playing music. When the music stops, the child has to tear off just one layer and claim their prize. The beauty of this game is that the adult can time the music to make sure every kid gets a gift. Just like the well-known game "Simon Says" kids will be asked to copy a range of actions but only if Santa says.

If you don't say Santa, and they copy the action anyway they will have to sit out. You can customize the actions to the stage of the party; jumping and dancing when they have energy and then moving to smaller actions like clapping or nodding as they party winds down.

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