15 Fun Christmas Activities for Kids to Enjoy This Holiday
The tinsel of lights, the chill of the weather, sparkling decorations, and towering Christmas trees make both children and adults ecstatic during the holiday season. But while adults busy themselves with holiday shopping and other preparations, kids have nowhere to put their bubbling holiday energy.
This is where unique Christmas activities for kids help. You can do them on both Christmas eve and day.
Not only do they engage your kids for hours. They bring out their creative side. Depending on your pick these activities also foster positive values such as kindness, charity, sharing and team work. And if you take the time out to do these fun Christmas activities with your kids, they help strengthen your connection with them.
And before you know it? You have a fun Christmas family tradition that your kids would one day love to pass on to their families.
Below is Plan B’s guide to unique Christmas activities for your kids that go beyond Secret Santa.
Unique and Fun Christmas Activities for Kids
The magic of Christmas comes alive when your kids get a hands-on experience of the festival. Science experiments, creative storytelling, baking adventures or outdoor fun, your Christmas activity ideas should get them actively involved. It's even better if you can match your ideas with your kids’ interests.
Try the below activities to unleash the full fun of the holiday season on your kids.
Christmas Activity Ideas for Family Bonding
For every child, their strongest Christmas memories are formed with family. The below ideas can help you start new Christmas traditions that your kids will love to pass on.
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Gingerbread Construction Competitions: If your kids are bored of decorating the gingerbread cookie or gingerbread houses every year, give them an architectural challenge. Ask them to create train stations, and even imitations of famous landmarks.
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Movie marathon: Looking for easy Christmas activities for kids? A holiday movie marathon with a hot chocolate bar at their disposal will make their holiday cozier than ever.
Crafts Ideas and DIY Christmas Projects
Whether it's baking or decorating, the holiday season makes us all want to get a little creative. It's the same for kids. Try out the below 4 Christmas ideas to unleash your kids’ inner artist.
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Christmas Ornament and Decoration Making: Nothing brings the holiday cheer like decorating your home and the family Christmas tree. Sit down with your kids to make beautiful DIY wreaths or make ornaments out of recycled materials.
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Snow Globe Jar Craft: Looking for Christmas party activities for kids? With Snow Globe Jar Craft sessions you can bring winter indoors and engage kids for hours. Get mason jars or clear jars with a lid. Then get some white cotton balls to create snow. Add miniature figurines like snowmen, reindeer, or tiny Christmas trees.
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A Holiday-Themed Jigsaw Puzzle: Wanna skip Christmas home activities for kids that require elaborate planning? A holiday-themed Jigsaw puzzle is the perfect choice. Get an elaborate puzzle, and assign your kids sections. Lets say one child tackles the border, another one will sort the colors. Don’t forget to play Christmas music in the background and keep a hot chocolate ready for them to enjoy.
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Christmas Themed Photo Booth: This is a DIY Christmas activity idea to get kids actively involved in holiday party preparations. Later, this Christmas-themed photo booth will become the attraction of the party too. Gather Santa hats, reindeer antlers, elf ears, oversized candy canes and have kids decorate the booth.
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Christmas Activities for Kids in School
The Christmas fun for kids need not be limited to home. There’s a way of making your kids’ school Christmas experience more immersive. Try the below 3 activities.
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Christmas Storytime and Theater: Are you a teacher looking for fun Christmas activities for kids in school? Host a read aloud session of A Christmas Carol. You can also put up a small theater production of The Nutcracker and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Christmas Bingo with Holiday Vocabulary: Creating a Christmas-themed bingo game is super easy. Fill the cards with Christmas-related words or pictures like "snowman," "candy cane," "reindeer," "ornament," "sleigh," "gingerbread," "mistletoe” etc.
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Holiday themed science and maths lessons: If your school still wants teachers to take lessons even during Christmas season, you can still have science and maths lessons more Christmas-themed. Think of doing Candy Cane Math Challenges. Also think of doing a Holiday Themed Science Experiment. You can teach them about osmosis using a Christmas tree.
Outdoor Christmas Adventures
From sledding to building a snowman, both kids and adults can enjoy outdoor activities during the holiday season. Make your kids' Christmas special with these fun activities.
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Treasure hunts or scavenger hunts: You can conduct these both indoors and outdoors. Use Christmas-related items like jingle bells, stockings, ornaments and more to create trails and clues. For a scavenger hunt, you can also create a list of holiday-themed items kids can find.
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Plan B’s Christmas skeggings for girls are ideal to support your little one’s outdoor activities.
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Tech-Savvy Holiday Activities
Most Gen Alpha kids love their iPads and phones more than outdoor activities. If your kids don’t want to participate in outdoor activities, you can bring the holiday spirit indoors with below ideas.
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Virtual Christmas Card Creation: A fun Christmas activity for kids who want to involve their iPads and technological devices in the holiday fun. You can even send out these Christmas cards to friends and relatives as invites to your Christmas party.
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Create a Christmas Playlist with Music Apps: Christmas playlists hold a lot of power in creating the festive spirit. They give you nostalgia and bring people together at parties and gatherings. If your kids are musically inclined, ask them to create their own Christmas playlist which you can then play during family gatherings. Give them brownie points for finding more unique songs.
Charity and Giving Back at Christmas
Giving back to the community and taking care of others is an important value to teach to your kids. You can get your kids involved in charity with below activities.
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Christmas Caroling at Senior Homes: Use your kids’ passion for singing and theatre to teach them about serving the community. Take them Christmas caroling with their friends to your local senior home. The holiday season can especially be a tough time for the elderly who are away from their families.
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Holiday Care Packages for the Homeless: Winters are particularly rough for the homeless people. To make your kids' holidays more meaningful, involve them in prepping and distributing care packages for the homeless. These packages can include warm clothes, non-perishable foods like granola bars and canned soups.
Fashion and Costume-related Activities
The holiday season is a time to get super creative with fashion. Whether it's wearing an ugly sweater or cute holiday outfits, holiday fashion lets you bring your weirdest outfit ideas to life.
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Christmas-Themed Fashion or Dance Show:
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Halloween isn’t the only time to dress up as a crazy character. Parents and teachers can both host a Christmas-themed fashion show and dance party. Parents can involve neighbourhood kids. Have them dress up as Santa’s helpers, elves, reindeers and more.
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