Anyone have some Christmas party ideas?!
I just recently moved out, and I want to host my first no-parents Christmas party :]
I know the general theme and decorations and whatnot, but I need some fun game/activity ideas!
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I know the general theme and decorations and whatnot, but I need some fun game/activity ideas!
thnx in advance<3Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
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1!. Snowball fight: Form into two teams!. Hand the first player in each team an empty tray and a bin full of white balloons!. To play, the first player in each team must grab as many balloons as they can from their bin and places it onto their tray!. They race to the other end of the room and dump the balloons into another empty bin!. They race back and hand it to the next player in line who repeats the process!. The winner is the team that gets rid of all their balloons first!.
2!. Gingerbread Hang: Hang gingerbread from the ceiling using string!. Players have to race, hands behind their backs, to see who can finish their gingerbread cookie the fastest!. The winner is the player who finishes their cookie first!. Tip- to make this game harder you can blindfold players!.
3!. Pin the Nose on Rudolph: Sketch an outline of a reindeer on construction paper, cut it out, and glue it to the poster!. To play, hang the picture on a wall, blindfold the players one at a time, hand each a red dot sticker, and have them stick Rudy's shiny "noses" where they belong!.
4!. Snowball Race: Play this game as you would any relay race!. Divide into teams!. Each player takes turns putting on mittens and balancing a "snowball" on a spoon while racing to the other side of the room!. Drop the snowball into a bucket, return to the team, pass the mittens and go to the back of the line!. First team to complete the race wins!
5!. Wreath Throw: Suspend a large Christmas wreath in a doorway at a convenient height from the floor!. Prepare in advance "snowballs," made of cotton batting covered with white tissue paper!. The players stand about eight feet from the wreath, and take turns, one at a time!. Each is given three "snowballs," and the one who succeeds in throwing all three, one at a time, through the wreath, is given the prize!. To make it more exciting, sides may be chosen, and each one of the three snowballs numbered, one being 5, the other, 10, and the third,
20!. If the ball numbered 5 goes through, it counts 5 for that player's side!. If it does not go through, it is a loss, and so on!. The side scoring the most points is victorious!.
6!. Fill the Christmas Socking: Divide into teams!. Have children line up at one end of the room!. At the other end, hang a Christmas stocking for each team!. Place a bowl of candy and a spoon in front of each team!. Each child takes a turn taking a candy from the bowl with the spoon!. They then carry the candy on the spoon to the stocking and drop the candy in the stocking!. Race back to the next person in line, give them the spoon!. First team to fill the stocking wins!
7!. Gift Unwrap Relay: Divide the class into teams!. Put a stack of presents at the end of each team’s course!. The first child in each team runs to the presents, unwraps one, and races back to the next person in line!. First team finished unwrapping wins! Note: To make it easier on the Room Parents, you may wish to adapt this game to where the child unwraps, throws away the paper, and then runs back!
8!. Stocking three-legged Race: Pair up kids and have each pair put a leg in the oversized stocking and tie at top so that it won't fall off!. Make sure you have plenty of space!. Put all the pairs at one end and mark a finish line at the other!. On your mark the kids race to be the first pair over the line!.
9!. Bobbing for Snowballs: Fill a bucket with water and some ping-pong balls!. Add some large ice cubes to!. Players have to try to catch the ping-pong balls using only their mouths!. The winner is the person who collects the most ping-pong balls!.
10!. Snowball Fight: Designate one girl to be the first “snow girl!.” She will hold an empty bowl!. All the other players hold small bowls full of marshmallows!. Have them stand in a straight line, their backs toward the snow girl!. On “Go,” players begin throwing the marshmallows towards the snow girl!. The snow girl must try to catch as many pieces as possible in 30 seconds!. Each girl gets a turn to be the snow girl!. The winner is the player who catches the most marshmallows!.
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1!. Snowball fight: Form into two teams!. Hand the first player in each team an empty tray and a bin full of white balloons!. To play, the first player in each team must grab as many balloons as they can from their bin and places it onto their tray!. They race to the other end of the room and dump the balloons into another empty bin!. They race back and hand it to the next player in line who repeats the process!. The winner is the team that gets rid of all their balloons first!.
2!. Gingerbread Hang: Hang gingerbread from the ceiling using string!. Players have to race, hands behind their backs, to see who can finish their gingerbread cookie the fastest!. The winner is the player who finishes their cookie first!. Tip- to make this game harder you can blindfold players!.
3!. Pin the Nose on Rudolph: Sketch an outline of a reindeer on construction paper, cut it out, and glue it to the poster!. To play, hang the picture on a wall, blindfold the players one at a time, hand each a red dot sticker, and have them stick Rudy's shiny "noses" where they belong!.
4!. Snowball Race: Play this game as you would any relay race!. Divide into teams!. Each player takes turns putting on mittens and balancing a "snowball" on a spoon while racing to the other side of the room!. Drop the snowball into a bucket, return to the team, pass the mittens and go to the back of the line!. First team to complete the race wins!
5!. Wreath Throw: Suspend a large Christmas wreath in a doorway at a convenient height from the floor!. Prepare in advance "snowballs," made of cotton batting covered with white tissue paper!. The players stand about eight feet from the wreath, and take turns, one at a time!. Each is given three "snowballs," and the one who succeeds in throwing all three, one at a time, through the wreath, is given the prize!. To make it more exciting, sides may be chosen, and each one of the three snowballs numbered, one being 5, the other, 10, and the third,
20!. If the ball numbered 5 goes through, it counts 5 for that player's side!. If it does not go through, it is a loss, and so on!. The side scoring the most points is victorious!.
6!. Fill the Christmas Socking: Divide into teams!. Have children line up at one end of the room!. At the other end, hang a Christmas stocking for each team!. Place a bowl of candy and a spoon in front of each team!. Each child takes a turn taking a candy from the bowl with the spoon!. They then carry the candy on the spoon to the stocking and drop the candy in the stocking!. Race back to the next person in line, give them the spoon!. First team to fill the stocking wins!
7!. Gift Unwrap Relay: Divide the class into teams!. Put a stack of presents at the end of each team’s course!. The first child in each team runs to the presents, unwraps one, and races back to the next person in line!. First team finished unwrapping wins! Note: To make it easier on the Room Parents, you may wish to adapt this game to where the child unwraps, throws away the paper, and then runs back!
8!. Stocking three-legged Race: Pair up kids and have each pair put a leg in the oversized stocking and tie at top so that it won't fall off!. Make sure you have plenty of space!. Put all the pairs at one end and mark a finish line at the other!. On your mark the kids race to be the first pair over the line!.
9!. Bobbing for Snowballs: Fill a bucket with water and some ping-pong balls!. Add some large ice cubes to!. Players have to try to catch the ping-pong balls using only their mouths!. The winner is the person who collects the most ping-pong balls!.
10!. Snowball Fight: Designate one girl to be the first “snow girl!.” She will hold an empty bowl!. All the other players hold small bowls full of marshmallows!. Have them stand in a straight line, their backs toward the snow girl!. On “Go,” players begin throwing the marshmallows towards the snow girl!. The snow girl must try to catch as many pieces as possible in 30 seconds!. Each girl gets a turn to be the snow girl!. The winner is the player who catches the most marshmallows!.
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There is a great christmas present exchange game -some places call a White Elephant - Its where every guest brings 1 gift - I pulled up the info online for you, but it is real fun, when people start "stealing" and swapping gifts they want, but didn't get!
Here is what I found on it~
Gameplay
All participants bring their gift to "the pile!." Gifts are wrapped, but are not labeled to reflect a sender or recipient!. Gifts are typically inexpensive, humorous items or used items from home; the term white elephant refers to a gift whose cost exceeds its usefulness!.
All participants draw a number (from a hat, perhaps) to determine their order!. The participant with #1 unwraps any gift from the pile and then shows it to everyone!. Each successive participant, in the order determined from the drawing, can either 1) "steal" an already opened gift (if there's one they really like) or 2) be adventurous and go for a wrapped gift from the pile!. If the participant chooses to steal, the person whose gift is stolen now repeats their turn and either 1) steals another person's gift (they cannot immediately steal back the gift that was just stolen from them) or 2) unwraps a new gift!. This cycle of stealing can sometimes continue for a long time, until a new gift is chosen, at which point the turn is passed to the participant with the next number from the drawing!. (An alternative to the drawing is to sit in a circle and take turns in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction!.)
Since items can be stolen, the item in your possession is not yours until the game is over (e!.g!., a food item cannot be eaten until the game is over)!. However, this is often amended with a rule declaring a gift "dead" or "safe" after it has been stolen a certain number of times (usually two or three)!. This helps the process go more smoothly (avoiding, for example, the hypothetical scenario of the same gift being stolen by every successive participant) and limits the disadvantage of being among the first to choose gifts!.
Variants
In another variant, called a Yankee Swap, the person who picked first also has the option of picking last or keeping the gift already in hand!. In a Yankee Swap, every participant opens a wrapped gift first, and then decides whether to keep or exchange it!. After they exchange or decide to keep their gift, the turn ends and there is no additional swapping!.[1]
Additionally, some variants alter the time in which the gift is unwrapped!. Some allow only the person holding the gift to know what is inside, and others wait until all of the picking is completely over!. This provides more mystery to the game!.
Another variant includes the use of two six-sided dice!. The players take turns in an agreed-upon rotation (i!.e!. clockwise around a table), each rolling the dice!. If the player rolls doubles, that player can then steal a gift from another player or take an unopened gift from the pile per the original rules!.
I also found this!.!.!.
http://www!.partygameideas!.com/christmas-!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Here is what I found on it~
Gameplay
All participants bring their gift to "the pile!." Gifts are wrapped, but are not labeled to reflect a sender or recipient!. Gifts are typically inexpensive, humorous items or used items from home; the term white elephant refers to a gift whose cost exceeds its usefulness!.
All participants draw a number (from a hat, perhaps) to determine their order!. The participant with #1 unwraps any gift from the pile and then shows it to everyone!. Each successive participant, in the order determined from the drawing, can either 1) "steal" an already opened gift (if there's one they really like) or 2) be adventurous and go for a wrapped gift from the pile!. If the participant chooses to steal, the person whose gift is stolen now repeats their turn and either 1) steals another person's gift (they cannot immediately steal back the gift that was just stolen from them) or 2) unwraps a new gift!. This cycle of stealing can sometimes continue for a long time, until a new gift is chosen, at which point the turn is passed to the participant with the next number from the drawing!. (An alternative to the drawing is to sit in a circle and take turns in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction!.)
Since items can be stolen, the item in your possession is not yours until the game is over (e!.g!., a food item cannot be eaten until the game is over)!. However, this is often amended with a rule declaring a gift "dead" or "safe" after it has been stolen a certain number of times (usually two or three)!. This helps the process go more smoothly (avoiding, for example, the hypothetical scenario of the same gift being stolen by every successive participant) and limits the disadvantage of being among the first to choose gifts!.
Variants
In another variant, called a Yankee Swap, the person who picked first also has the option of picking last or keeping the gift already in hand!. In a Yankee Swap, every participant opens a wrapped gift first, and then decides whether to keep or exchange it!. After they exchange or decide to keep their gift, the turn ends and there is no additional swapping!.[1]
Additionally, some variants alter the time in which the gift is unwrapped!. Some allow only the person holding the gift to know what is inside, and others wait until all of the picking is completely over!. This provides more mystery to the game!.
Another variant includes the use of two six-sided dice!. The players take turns in an agreed-upon rotation (i!.e!. clockwise around a table), each rolling the dice!. If the player rolls doubles, that player can then steal a gift from another player or take an unopened gift from the pile per the original rules!.
I also found this!.!.!.
http://www!.partygameideas!.com/christmas-!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
we used to play this game at our christmas parties!. but it prolly wouldn't work if your inviting kids!.!.!.!. heres how it goes!.!.!.!.
have everyone go in the back of the house (where they can't hear whats going on) bring them in the living room one at a time!. sit them down in the middle of the floor (indian style) place a sheet over them- tell them to take off the one thing that they are wearing that they do not need!. (obviously-its the sheet- but they will have everything else off b4 they realize the sheet, lol) its fun and cost nothing to play!. after each person plays have them stay in the room so they can get a good laugh at the next contestant!. you are guaranteed to have a blast!.
we also play dirty santa- where everyone brings a gift and puts it under the tree!. then have everyone draw numbers 1-how ever many people you have!. number one picks a gift first!. then number two can either get a gift from under the tree or they can take number ones gift!. in that case number one would get a new gift!. this goes on until the very end its fun because you can be ruthless!. and then at the very end number one gets the chance to pick from all the gifts- if they decide to take someones gift- then that someone is just stuck trading with number one!. its pretty fun too!.
good luck with your party!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
have everyone go in the back of the house (where they can't hear whats going on) bring them in the living room one at a time!. sit them down in the middle of the floor (indian style) place a sheet over them- tell them to take off the one thing that they are wearing that they do not need!. (obviously-its the sheet- but they will have everything else off b4 they realize the sheet, lol) its fun and cost nothing to play!. after each person plays have them stay in the room so they can get a good laugh at the next contestant!. you are guaranteed to have a blast!.
we also play dirty santa- where everyone brings a gift and puts it under the tree!. then have everyone draw numbers 1-how ever many people you have!. number one picks a gift first!. then number two can either get a gift from under the tree or they can take number ones gift!. in that case number one would get a new gift!. this goes on until the very end its fun because you can be ruthless!. and then at the very end number one gets the chance to pick from all the gifts- if they decide to take someones gift- then that someone is just stuck trading with number one!. its pretty fun too!.
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hmmm thats a tough one
well you gotta have alcohol so try think of a xmas drinking game
i know it might sound lame but some board games could be pretti fun wiv the right crowd
just dont invite any party poopers ;)Www@FoodAQ@Com
well you gotta have alcohol so try think of a xmas drinking game
i know it might sound lame but some board games could be pretti fun wiv the right crowd
just dont invite any party poopers ;)Www@FoodAQ@Com
maybe like a christmas costume party!?
like everyone has to dress up like santa, mrs!. santa or an elf or something like thatWww@FoodAQ@Com
like everyone has to dress up like santa, mrs!. santa or an elf or something like thatWww@FoodAQ@Com
Pin the tail on the santaWww@FoodAQ@Com
SEX DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL!!!!
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