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    60+ Fun Christmas Activities For Families

    Last updated: Dec 24, 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

    Here's over 60 simple and fun Christmas activities that will help you create fun memories with those you love! Includes Christmas activities for kids, service ideas, craft ideas, free Christmas things to do, easy Christmas recipes, and more! 

    Simple Christmas Activities this awesome idea!

    FUN CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES

    Are you looking for a fun Christmas activity?

    Whether you are looking for fun Christmas activity ideas for your advent calendar or just need something fun to do with your family, this list will give you tons of simple and fun Christmas activities ideas! 

    Many of these activities can be done at home and won't cost you a fortune! Even better, right? Since Christmas can be an expensive time of the year. 


    CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES: DECORATIONS & CRAFT IDEAS

    1. MAKE ORNAMENTS 

    Make easy salt dough ornaments for your Christmas tree or as gifts. Recipe here. 

    salt-dough-ornaments

     

    2. MAKE A CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN CHAIN 

    Christmas Countdown Chain

     

    3. DECORATE THE CHRISTMAS TREE

    Make this easy galvanized tree collar to make your tree extra awesome. 

    Galvanized-Christmas-Tree-Collar

     

    4. MAKE I-SPY NATIVITY ORNAMENTS 

    A perfect Christmas nativity craft for kids! Here's the directions and supply list! 

    nativity-ornaments

    5. PAINT ORNAMENTS FOR AN ORNAMENT EXCHANGE

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    6. DECORATE GRAHAM CRACKER OR GINGERBREAD HOUSES 

    Use this gingerbread house icing glue recipe to keep your houses together! 

    gingerbread-house-1

    7. STRING POPCORN FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE

    8. CARVE SOAP NATIVITIES 

    How to here 

    Soap Carving Nativities

    9. KID-FRIENDLY GIFT WRAP IDEAS 

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    CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES: EASY CHRISTMAS RECIPES

    1. MAKE GINGERBREAD MEN TREATS 

    Easy no-bake gingerbread men cookie treats is a fun Christmas activity for kids! 

    gingerbread-men-treats

    2. DECORATE SUGAR COOKIES

    These Christmas sugar cookies won best all-around cookie at a Cookie Swap. They will be well-received! 

    best-sugar-cookie-recipe

    3. MAKE FAMOUS ENGLISH TOFFEE

    Fail-proof English Toffee recipe here 

    best-english-toffee-recipe-2

    4. MAKE SANTA HAT COOKIES

    Here's the recipe for Santa Hat Oreo Cookies 

    oreo-santa-hat-cookies

    5. MAKE HOLIDAY BEIGNETS

    christmas-morning-breakfast-tradition-beignets

    6. MAKE RUDOLPH SANDWICHES OR TOAST

    reindeer-toast-christmas-breakfast-1

    7. MAKE FROZEN HOT CHOCOLATE

    No need to go all the way to NYC when you can make delicious Frozen Hot Chocolate in 5 minutes. 

    easy-frozen-hot-chocolate

    8. SET UP A HOT COCOA BAR 

    hot-cocoa-bar

    9. HAVE A FANCY CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT DINNER 

    christmas-eve-dinner

    10. MAKE M&M CHRISTMAS COOKIES 

    m & m cookies- christmas-cookies_

     

    11. SNOWMAN DONUTS 

     

    12. REINDEER DONUTS

    reindeer-snowman-donuts-christmas-desserts-for-kids

     

    13. SANTA CUPCAKES 

     


    FUN CHRISTMAS GAMES TO PLAY

    1. CHRISTMAS BINGO 

    CHRISTMAS-BINGO-GAMES

     

    2. CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT 

    christmas-scavenger-hunt

     

    3. DICE GAME FOR GIFT EXCHANGE 

    DICE-GAME-GIFT-EXCHANGE (1)

     

    4. EMOJI NAME THAT CHRISTMAS SONG GAME 

    EMOJI CHRISTMAS SONG GAME

     

    5. JINGLE BELL BOWLING 

    Christmas Game Idea- Jingle Bell Bowling

     

    6. CHRISTMAS MOVIE TRIVIA GAME 

    christmas-movie-trivia

     

    7. WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT AUCTION 

    CHRISTMAS-PARTY-GAME-GIFT-AUCTION-WHITE-ELEPHANT

     


    CHRIST-CENTERED IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES 

     

    1. LEARN ABOUT THE SYMBOLS OF CHRISTMAS

    This beautifully-illustrated book teaches about the 12 symbols of Christmas and what they mean. 

    symbols-of-christmas

     

    2. GO TO A NATIVITY DISPLAY NEAR YOU

     

    3. CELEBRATE ADVENT SUNDAYS

    This is one Christmas activity that will help you slow down and really enjoy the season! 

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    4. READ THE NATIVITY STORY 

    Here's a kid-friendly nativity script with songs! 

    5. WATCH THE CHRIST CHILD

    6. WATCH THE FREE CHRISTMAS DEVOTIONAL 

    7. DO A SCRIPTURE ADVENT CALENDAR

    Read about one of Christ's attributes each night of December with this free scripture advent calendar. 

    scripture-advent-calendar-printable

     


    CHRISTMAS SERVICE IDEAS

    1. DO THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS FOR SOMEONE

    Giving the 12 Days of Christmas is super easy with these printable gift tags and gift list! 

    gifts-for-12-days-of-christmas-3

     

    2. PLAY BELLS, CAROL OR READ STORIES AT AN OLD-FOLKS HOME

    3. DO A SUB-4-SANTA OR ANGEL TREE 

     

    4. START A CHRISTMAS JAR

    CHRISTMAS-JARS-TRADITION


     

    CHRISTMAS ACTIVITY IDEAS: SANTA  

    1. GET A PICTURE WITH SANTA

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    2. CELEBRATE ST. NICHOLAS DAY ON DECEMBER 6TH

    Here's why you should celebrate St. Nicholas Day and how to make it a fun day! 

    st-nicholas-day-gifts

    3. MAKE COOKIES FOR SANTA

    These are Santa's favorite chocolate chip cookies, just sayin'. 

    cookies for santa

    4. WRITE & MAIL LETTERS TO SANTA

    Here's Santa's real address and a free Santa letter template! 

    Dear-Santa-Printable-letter-address

     

     


    CHRISTMAS THINGS TO DO AT HOME

     

    1. WATCH CHRISTMAS MOVIES 

    2. DRINK HOT COCOA ON THE FRONT PORCH

    3 .BUILD A SNOWMAN

    4. SLEEP  BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE 

    5. HAVE AN INDOOR PICNIC BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE

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    6. DRIVE TO SEE THE LIGHTS IN PAJAMAS

    Don't underestimate simple ideas for Christmas activities like driving to see Christmas lights! Have everyone get in their pajamas like they would for bed, but surprise kids with this Christmas activity instead! 

    7. READ CHRISTMAS STORIES

    Better yet, read do a Christmas book advent countdown using all your favorite Christmas books. Here's our list of favorite Christmas stories. 

    christmas-book-advent

    8. DANCE TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC 

     


    CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES: OUTINGS

    1. CUT DOWN YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS TREE

    2. GO TO A LIGHT PARADE

    3. GO TO A FREE CHRISTMAS CONCERT

    4. ATTEND A TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY

     


    I hope you have a memorable Christmas season. Let me know your favorite Christmas activities in the comments below! Or tag them on Instagram with #sofestivechristmas!

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    1. Hadlee Grace says

      November 28, 2020 at 11:16 am

      Melissa!! I love the simplicity of your ideas!! I seriously am loving your website and all that you are doing for families!! You've got a mega-fan over here!! haha!! I love the idea to do soap carvings of the nativity!! My daughter made a Christmas tree out of soap stone last year at school and it definitely is one of my most cherished possessions.

      Simplicity definitely makes the world go round!!

      Thanks again Melissa 🙂

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      • melissa says

        December 03, 2020 at 4:11 pm

        oh that's a cute idea to carve trees, too!

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