11. Ice Cream Snowmen
Whether your Christmas season has snow or sun, everyone can play this ice cream snowman-building game. Be prepared for plenty of Christmas cheer…and mess!
12. Snowball Fight
This fun, quick get-to-know-you game works well as an icebreaker. Give your Christmas event a winter-wonderland atmosphere with this creative way to pretend to be in the snow.
13. Bag of Goodies
Turn this into a Christmas game by renaming it Santa’s Sack of Surprises. Then let the fun begin with all sorts of eating challenges. Why not also give the eating challenges a Christmas spin? For starters, try using items such as eggnog, Christmas pudding, and candy canes.
14. Play Dough Pictionary
Use a collection of Christmas scenes, objects and characters to put a Christmas twist on Pictionary. Here’s a start: elf, present, sleigh, reindeer, snow, north pole, candy, pine tree, lights…
15. Balloon Frenzy
Turn this into Christmas Balloon Frenzy by using white, red and green balloons. Play some Christmas tunes during the game, of course!
16. Create a Commercial
Get teens in the Christmas spirit by having them create and act out a commercial for a common Christmas item. Examples include a candy cane, tinsel or even a surprise present that the actors won’t see until the final performance.
17. Silent Ball
Silent night = silent ball. It’s as simple as that!
18. Jelly Bobbing
Dive into Christmas by playing Jelly Bobbing. Keep it Christmas-themed by placing classic Christmas candy items in the jelly. (Candy canes are a must!)
19. Team Architect
Teams must work together to build a Christmas-themed challenge using a limited set of items. Here are some ideas for the challenge:
- Build Santa’s sleigh from straws and sticky tape. The sleigh that slides furthest or fastest down a slope wins.
- Build the nativity scene from play dough. The best-looking one wins!
20. Biblical Detectives
Put a Christmas spin on Biblical Detectives. Make sure the goal is to reveal the Christmas story from the Bible.
This article about Christmas youth group games originally appeared here.
