Not all Christmas games have to be for
children, or have to be serious. Good gracious, adults like to
let their hair down and have a good, silly time too. Here are
several games to get you started.
If this is a group that's not afraid of looking silly, here's
just the game. Provide a pair of pantyhose for each team and a
total of 8 balloons. When the game begins, the team should begin
blowing up the balloons and the inflated balloons have to be put
into the legs of the pantyhose. To make this game fair, the
teams should be of equal number and the pantyhose not a petite
size.
The game ends when someone gets all their balloons into the legs
of the pantyhose, "wears" the antlers and sings the first verse
of "Jingle Bells". Be sure to make everyone finish the game,
however, so you can get a great picture of everyone in his or
her pantyhose antlers.
For a fun relay-type game, how about making a Santa beard? Make
a big bowl of cotton balls and get a container of Vaseline. Put
some Vaseline on the chins of each member of each team (ideally,
2 teams of about 5 people each). The first players in line run
to the bowl of cotton balls and sticks their chin in trying to
get as many to stick to the Vaseline as possible. They run to
the back of their line, so the next player can have a turn.
When everyone on a team has a beard, that team wins. As with the
other game, be sure to take lots of pictures of everyone wearing
their Santa beards. Also have plenty of towels and water to get
the Vaseline off.
This next game is great for a smaller group of people who are
open to a more quiet game. This is about packing Santa's bag.
You start by saying, "I packed Santa's bag and in it I put
pajamas." The next person continues with, "I packed Santa's bag
and in it I put pajamas, and toilet paper." Each person
continues, each time adding a new item, but also listing the
items that were added before. You are out of the game when you
miss an item. Someone could be sitting outside the game keeping
a list of all the items so if the game goes on for a bit, you
will know if someone misses an item.
If you're having a Christmas party for adults, why not offer up
a fun game that's sure to remind them of a childhood favorite?
Create a Christmas scavenger hunt. You will tell people to
create teams (about 4 people per team is adequate, but you might
want to have larger or smaller teams depending on the size of
your party). Make a list of items they need to return with.
If you choose to keep the searching local, either at your home
or in the neighborhood, include items like a miniature light
string, a piece of holly, a leave off a poinsettia plant, and
the like. If you choose to have guests traipse all over town for
items, you can have even more fun. You might require them to
purchase a holly-decorated box of tissue, or have them provide
photo proof that they went down your city's Christmas Tree Lane.
Whatever it is, be creative and enjoy the process. People love
this game, not only because it reminds them of childhood, but it
helps people get to know other party guests they might know that
well and it's a game that gets people working together, which
can always be fun.
Everyone enjoys Hershey's kisses at Christmas. Divide your group
into two teams and have two bowls of Hershey's kisses at the
other end of the room. Give each team one set of oversized
mittens or gloves. The first person in line runs to the bowl of
kisses, and has to unwrap the kiss while wearing the oversized
mittens/gloves and pop the kiss into their mouth. They run back,
tag the next person in line, and exchange the mittens/gloves and
the next person runs forward to get a chocolate kiss. The
winning team is the one in which all members have enjoyed a kiss
first.