We all know how crazy things can get around the Holiday's. Take a look at these last minute family friendly games to help keep everyone jolly!
- Snowball Scoop:
- Supplies: Cotton balls, spatulas, two bowls, blindfold
- How to Play: Players are blindfolded and then using a spatula they race to “scoop” as many cotton balls into the bowl in 60 seconds. You can have two players go at the same time using different bowls, or just have one player go at a time and compare the number they scooped up.
- Jingle Bell Shake
- Supplies: Empty tissue box, jingle bells, belt, tape or ribbon
- How to Play: Strap a tissue box filled with bells to a player’s waist (a wide ribbon works well, wound through slits cut in the tissue box). They have one minute to shake, jump, and wiggle all the bells out.
- Candy Cane Pick-Up
- Supplies: Candy canes
- How to Play: Using one candy cane in their mouth, players hook and lift as many candy canes as they can from the table and transfer them into another container.
- Snowball Cup Stack:
- Supplies: cotton balls, cups and new years noise makers
- How to Play: Line up plastic solo cups all along each side of the table, and place a cotton ball on each. Opponents line up facing each other across the table. It’s then a race to see who can blow all the cotton balls off of the cups with their noise maker and then stack all the cups on their side to finish.
- Gift Wrap Race
- Supplies: A small box, tape, wrapping paper, ribbon
- How to Play: See who can wrap their box the neatest — one-handed!
- Gift Unwrap Race
- Supplies: wrapped boxes, oven mits
- How to Play: Now try the reverse, see who can unwrap the present the fastest- with oven mits on!
- Muffin Tin Lotto:
- Supplies: muffin tins with numbers inside (can use little post it notes or just a slip of paper with some tape), ping pong balls, prizes
- How to Play: Set up the muffin tin with a number in each spot. There is a corresponding prize for each number in the tin. Muffin tin is placed on the far end of the table, players line up at the other end and take turns trying to land a ping pong ball into one of the slots. When a player lands one they receive the prize that corresponds with that number. For fun you could make a few of the slots something bad- like dinner dishes duty.
- Stocking Stuffer Race
- Supplies: Christmas stockings, small items (candy, trinkets)
- How to Play: Using only one hand, fill the stocking with all the items scattered on the table. Players take turn and the fastest time wins!
- Christmas Sock Challenge
- Supplies: socks for each player (Christmas socks is a bonus, or just ask people to wear Christmas socks to the gathering)
- How to Play: Pull your socks off your feet a bit so their “floppy” in the toes. Then try to pull all your opponents socks off by stepping on their socks, you can only use your feet! Last person with a sock still on wins.
- Swing the Ornament into the Cup
- Supplies: large rubber bands, plastic solo cups, string, plastic ball ornaments
- How to Play: Tie ornaments from long strings and then tape that string to the outside of a plastic solo cup. Then strap that cup to the players with a large rubberband. Then it’s a race to see who can swing their ornament into their cup first!
- Reindeer Pick Up (bonus idea)
- Supplies: plastic solo cups, candy, paper plates
- How to Play: A pile of candy is put in the center of the table (try things like m&s, starburst or marshmallows). Players sit in a circle surrounding the candy and put the plastic solo cups on each hand. It’s then a race to see who can pick up the most candy from the middle with their “reindeer hooves” and place it on the paper plate in front of them.
