Childrens Christmas Party

Christmas Parties for Children

If you are in charge of your church’s children’s Christmas party there are five essentials, the nativity scene, presents, Santa, games and food.

However if your party is in a secular surrounding then you have four essentials, presents, food, Santa and games.

At your church party hide the figures from your nativity around the room, except for the baby Jesus, he should be placed in the scene by the pastor or the youngest player after everything else is found.

Give all players a list: Mary, Joseph, three wise men, 2 (3, 5 whatever) shepherds, at least one camel or horse, some sheep, possibly a dog and definitely at least one angel and don’t forget the ox and donkey.

The more pieces that are hidden, the better the chances of each child finding at least one. Ask the kids who found a figure to help someone else. Tell them that as soon as they find a figure they have to bring it to you before they go looking again.

When my kids were little all of their farm and zoo animals wound up at the stable working for Jesus.

For your secular Christmas treasure hunt send the kids off searching for candy canes, ornaments, etc. Again have them come back to base with each find before they head off to find more. Again ask them to help others.

Play Christmas bingo. You can print the cards and instructions from several sites on the web. . Collect toys and small gifts all year round so that Santa has a gift for every child. You could ask each parent to send the child with a wrapped gift labeled simply boy or girl. So that every child present gets a gift. Have several extra on hand in case a few kids don’t bring anything.

You could play pin the nose on Rudolph. Give each kid a red pom-pom and have Velcro on a reindeer poster. Or they could put cotton balls on Santa for a beard.

Cookies, juice and candy canes will be all the refreshments you need. You could read The Night Before Christmas poem and stop every so often and see if the kids know the next word or line.

Play Christmas music in the background or have a sing along. Who cares if someone is off key. If this is a church party you might want to have someone read the Christmas story to the assemblage and have your minister place the baby Jesus in the manger at the appropriate moment in the narrative.

Then have Santa arrive in maybe a fire truck or police car since the reindeer have to rest for their long trip around the world.

Here is another game to play - ask the kids to come up with a Christmas item or gift that begins with the same sound as their first name. Carol - candy cane, John - Jesus, William - wise man, etc. It will be amusing to see what they come up with.

You could print some Christmas coloring projects and have the kids make an ornament to take home and put on their tree. Or have them twist red and white chenille sticks into a candy cane shape as a present for their parents.

They will feel so important and thrilled to give their family a gift they made themselves.

How can you end the party in such a way that even the little ones will remember it for a long time? Have someone take pictures of each child with Santa with a digital camera and have them available to the parents for the few cents it will take you to print them. For the grand finale have everyone sing happy birthday to Jesus.

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