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Christmas Charades

Supplies:

  • A container or bowl

  • Slips of paper with Christmas actions, characters, and items written on them

  • Timer (optional)

Steps:

  1. Prepare the Charades Cards:

    • Write each Christmas-themed prompt on a slip of paper.

    • Fold and place them into the container.

  2. Form Teams:

    • Split the group into 2–4 teams depending on size.

    • Each round, one player from the active team will act out a prompt.

  3. Act It Out:

    • The player picks a slip of paper and acts out the word or phrase silently — no talking, no pointing to objects or people.

    • Their team has 30–60 seconds to guess.

  4. Scoring:

    • If the team guesses correctly within the time limit, they earn 1 point.

    • If not, the other team may have 1 chance to steal the point (optional rule).

  5. Winning:

    • Play until all prompts are used, or for a set number of rounds.

    • The team with the most points wins.

Other Information:

  • Encourage kids to use big actions and facial expressions.

  • If a child is shy, allow them to choose a partner to act with them.

  • Great as a warm-up game before crafts or lunch.

Christmas Charades Prompts

Here are 40+ kid-friendly prompts you can use:

Characters

  • Santa delivering presents

  • Mrs Claus baking cookies

  • Rudolph flying

  • An elf wrapping presents

  • Frosty the Snowman melting

  • The Grinch sneaking around

  • A gingerbread man running

  • A toy soldier marching

Activities

  • Decorating a Christmas tree

  • Hanging stockings

  • Wrapping presents

  • Opening presents

  • Ice skating

  • Building a snowman

  • Drinking hot chocolate

  • Making Christmas cookies

  • Sledding down a hill

  • Singing Christmas carols

  • Ringing sleigh bells

  • Shopping for gifts

Christmas Items

  • A candy cane

  • A Christmas cracker

  • A snow globe

  • A wreath on the door

  • Fairy lights twinkling

  • A nutcracker opening and closing its mouth

  • A present shaking

  • A snowflake falling

  • A Christmas star twinkling

Animals & Creatures

  • Reindeer pulling a sleigh

  • A penguin sliding on ice

  • A polar bear waving

  • A robin hopping along

Funny / Silly Ones (kids love these!)

  • Santa getting stuck in the chimney

  • An elf slipping on wrapping paper

  • A cat knocking down the Christmas tree

  • Someone burning cookies

  • A giant candy cane walking

  • Reindeer doing a dance

  • Rudolph losing his nose

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