- 1). Let guests create their own ornaments and award a prize to the most festive, innovative and colorful. Provide clear acrylic balls, items to fill them like paper shavings, glitter and beads and accents to adorn the outside like decorative rub-ons, stickers and paint (see Resources).
- 2). Hold a Christmas tree relay race. Divide the group into teams and gather one small artificial tree and identical sets of decorations for each team (such as lights, icicles, a strand of beads, 10 ornaments and a star for the top, for example). The first person on each team must string the lights and run back to the starting line so the second person can hang the beads and the third can add the tinsel, for example. As a fun twist, make the teams decorate the tree blindfolded.
- 3). Assign different areas of the room (like the fireplace mantel, the front door, the Christmas card display and the hallway arch, for instance) and give each team the decorations you typically use to adorn them. Give prizes to the team that creates your favorite display.
- 4). Bake holiday sugar and gingerbread cookies and provide frosting, candy and sprinkles. Hold a contest for the kids to see who can create the cookie with the most personality or that best reflects the holiday.
- 5). Determine the "ultimate winner' by giving the three guests who won the most games some tinsel, beads, ornaments and lights and assign them a section of your Christmas tree. Give them 30 minutes to decorate and let the other guests vote on the most eye-catching use of decorations.
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