Christmas Tree Party
Christmas Tree Party with fun and inexpensive games, crafts and food ideas.
Something magical happens when you take a plain green tree and add lights and ornaments!
Christmas Tree Party Games
Tree Decorating Game
Supplies:
Scissors
Green poster board large
Yellow poster board small
Masking tape
10-12 pieces of different wrapped candies (per player)
Directions:
Cut a large Christmas tree shape from the green posterboard.
Cut a star from the yellow posterboard and tape it to the top of the tree.
Lay the tree flat on the floor.
Mark a line on the floor using the masking tape. Put the line about 5 feet away for small kids and further away for older kids and adults.
Hand each child their candies. Use flat candies for small children and rounded candies for older children. Each child playing should have a different type of candy. Example: one would have candy canes, one would have red disks another would have red and white mints etc...
Taking turns each child stands behind the line and tosses one of their candies onto the tree to decorate it.
If the candy lands completely on the tree, they get one point. If a candy gets knocked off the tree the point is taken away.
Child with the most points after all candies have been tossed wins.
Christmas Tree Party Hot Potato
Supplies:
A small Christmas tree button or charm that will easily fit into a childs closed hand.
Music source.
Directions:
Have the children sit in a circle and hand the Christmas tree to each other as fast as they can.
When the music stops the person holding the tree is out of the game.
Continue until time is up or all players are out.
To make the game fun for older kids, use two or more charms.
Have a coloring page handy for the kids who get eliminated early in the game or have them take turns turning on and off the music source.
Clean Sweep Relay Game
Supplies:
One Pinecone per team
One broom per team
Several boxes wrapped to look like presents.
Masking tape to mark start and finish lines.
Directions:
Divide the class into two or three teams.
Each team has a pinecone and a broom.
Place the boxes in front of the students. For younger kids use just a box or two, for older kids use more.
First person from each team uses the broom and sweeps the pinecone in and out around the boxes to a line marked at the other end of the room and back to the next person in their line.
First team to have everyone sweep the cone to the line and back wins.
Christmas Tree Party Crafts
Swirled Ornaments
Supplies:
Clear ornament
Acrylic paints
paper towels
Directions:
Pull the top off the ornament.
Put a drop of paint into the ornament and swirl it around.
Add another drop of paint using a different color and swirl it around.
Let ornament dry before replacing the top.
Popsicle Stick Tree Ornaments
Supplies:
4 sticks per student
Glue
Green Paint
Brown Paint
Small gems
Ribbon
Directions:
Glue three of the sticks into a triangular shape. Add the fourth stick as a tree trunk.
Paint the tree green and add gems to it. You can paint the sticks before the party if you think you will be running low on time.
Tie a ribbon loop to the triangle for hanging the tree ornament.
Classroom Christmas Party Treats
Rice Krispie Trees
Make a batch of rice krispie treats following the directions on the box.
Add green food coloring to the mixture.
Form the mixture into cone shaped trees.
While trees are cooling add small candy pieces to them for lights and ornaments.
Mini Trees
Supplies:
Box of Bugle Corn Snacks
Green Frosting
Shredded White Coconut
Directions:
Frost the outside of the corn snacks with the green frosting.
Serve 3 or 4 on a plate sprinkled with the coconut.
Yule Logs
Supplies:
Pretzel Rods
Chocolate Melts
Directions:
Melt the chocolate according to directions on the package.
Dip the pretzel rods into the chocolate to coat one end.
Set onto wax paper to cool.
Christmas Drink Ideas
Serve milk tinted with green or red food coloring. Serve in a clear cup.
If you live where the weather is cold served hot chocolate with marshmallows.
