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In this game you get a bunch of small inexpensive gifts for everyone, and wrap them all or put them in gift bags. Find a pass the gift story here , and another variation here. Charades is a classic party game that everyone is familiar with and otherwise, easy to learn. Make your charades specific to your party and select all popular holiday songs. Get some ideas of what to act out here. Pictionary is like charades, but instead of acting it out, you try to get people to guess the word by drawing.

You will need a large white board or pad of paper. Write clues ahead of time, and include a subject Ex: object, action, person to be read aloud before drawing begins. Teams work best in this game. Clues can be related to the holidays of course. Wise Man! The North Pole! The possibilities are endless. Split everyone into small teams. The object of the game is to unwrap kisses wearing the gloves. When the first person succeeds, they pass the gloves to the next person on their team and so on.

The first team to unwrap two kisses each wins! Their prize for winning could be a bag of kisses or winter gloves! People can share about horrible gifts they have received, or wonderful gifts. Either way, it may be hard to tell which is a lie.

This is a great non-threatening way to get to know others better. For this entertaining challenge, you need empty boxes wrapped like gifts and gift bags. Prepare more than any one person could carry. The object is to pick up as many gifts as you can and walk across a room or designated distance. If anything is dropped, the helper who dropped it is out. If the helper makes it across, then count up the number of items they successfully carried across.

Whoever carries the most is the winner! Maybe one of your gift wrapped items actually has a gift for the winner inside! Gather empty boxes, lots of wrapping paper and tape, and a bunch of gift bows. The last one to finish is out. The remaining contestants go at it again. Every round someone is eliminated until the final two contestants battle it out. The gift wrapping winner could be given a roll of novelty gift wrap.

Ex: Am I a woman? Do I have special skills? Am I from the North Pole? Am I fictional? When the person guesses who they are, they get to stick their persona to a poster on the wall, the goal of course being the first person and getting first place! You can get as silly or as saucy as you like. Here are some ideas to get you started:. Once the group correctly identifies the song, they must sing it to earn full points. So, you may as well lean into it with this hysterical game. As the name tells you, this game is all about stumping people.

For a holiday rendition, simply tailor it to your holiday party theme. For example, at a Christmas party, you can ask each guest to mention the worst or best Christmas gifts they ever received.

Everyone else will then have to determine which one is a fakeout. One of the easiest and most entertaining party ideas, this game requires nothing more than paper plates and pens, pencils, or markers. Set a timer for one minute and instruct guests to draw various holiday scenarios on a paper plate while the plates are on top of their heads. They could try a snowman, gift box, ice skater, or a gingerbread house. The person with the most dazzling artistic skills wins a prize.

Depending on the ages of your holiday party guests, you might want to consider some other activities to keep everyone entertained. Here are just a few ideas to spark your creative holiday spirit. Get crafty with DIY decorations that adults and youngsters will love.

Buy a few extra boxes of ornaments opt for plastic if the kiddos are doing this craft , and paint them with chalk paint. Guests can then use a white paint pen to draw holiday designs on the ornaments or customize them with their names or other fun doodles. There are even free printable PDFs. Homemade cookies are always a welcome treat, but it can be an ordeal that leaves you with a four-letter situation: mess.

Instead of making cookies from scratch, use plain, store-bought versions and let your guests add the icing and sprinkles. To add a competitive element, set a timer and see who can make the best-decorated cookie. Cover the elastic with pretty ribbon or twine, and you have cinnamon stick candles that work perfectly for a tablescape, mantle decoration, or room freshener.

This handy craft also makes a lovely gift for guests to take home. For a fun and simple holiday craft, make popsicle stick Christmas trees you can use to decorate your tree, mantle, office desk, or any other space that could use some holiday cheer. All you need are popsicle sticks, stickers, and twine. Another fun option is a menorah made out of popsicle sticks , which you can also adapt to create a Kwanzaa kinara.

To get the most out of this game, let people in your office know a few weeks in advance that there will be a Holiday Karaoke competition. This gives them time to prep and confirm what songs will be available, and they can either choose to sing holiday classics or re-write other songs to make them holiday themed e.

Next, rent a Karaoke machine and make sure it has the promised tracks. Judges will award first, second, and third place based on creativity, spirit, and commitment. After forming teams, have everyone write down three holiday phrases, words, or lyrics on small slips of paper. Next, everyone should fold their papers in half and throw them in a bowl.

Whichever team gets the most right wins. Ah yes. The ultimate holiday party classic where your coworkers get to discover just how little you really know them. Two weeks before the office Christmas party, see who wants to participate in this time-honored tradition, and then establish a price limit for gifts e. Write the name of each participant on a slip of paper, fold them in half, put them in a bowl, and have each participant pull out a name. Have everyone bring their gifts to the holiday party and put them in a pile.

When everyone is gathered together, each person should open their gift, say thank you, and pretend that they really did like that flan recipe book you got them. Cute Fluffy Christmas Guinea-pig Illustration by zoel.

To set up this game, hang a bunch of Christmas cookies from the ceiling with string they should range from about Each person who wants to compete will need a partner to keep track of their points and will need to have their hands tied behind their back.

Whoever can eat the most dangling cookies with their hands tied behind their back wins. Before the game starts each player is given a sheet of 10 holiday-themed stickers. The objective of the game is to be the first to stick all your stickers on your coworkers without their noticing. If someone does catch you sticking a sticker on them, you have to take it back and they get to stick one on you.

The one to get rid of all their stickers first wins. When the holiday party rolls around, your boss gives prizes to the nicest and naughtiest people they have observed. The set up for this game is pretty intense. It requires time, thorough knowledge of inside jokes, and a pretty lenient HR department. But it will so be worth it. Merry Extinction Illustration by Teo Zirinis. Before the party starts, hide a bunch of jingle bells around the office the way you would for an Easter egg hunt.

At the party, give players ten minutes to find as many bells as they can, and the one who finds to most wins. Before the party, decide on what holiday-related events make sense for your office stuff like carrying an ornament on a spoon, hiding something in a pile of wrapped presents, and carrying a gingerbread man on your head and get them set up.

When the party starts, have everyone separate into teams and then explain the events. Whichever team is completes the events fastest wins some serious bragging rights. Before the party, the host should come up with a list of holiday words. It should start off with easy ones e. Ask each participant to spell a word on their turn, and if they spell it incorrectly, they get eliminated.

Keep it up until only the winner is left. There are certain topics that feel pretty unavoidable during an office holiday party: Christmas plans, visiting family, food, travel, and the weather. This game however, will force you to change up these standard conversational topics through some holly jolly bloodthirsty competition.

Start out the game by giving every participant a jingle bell necklace and a list of taboo words. By the end of the party, the one with the most necklaces wins. And is also very jingle-y. Avo Merry Christmas Illustration by daisy-beatrice. And victory is what this holiday is all about. First, set up a workspace with all kinds of decorations: fabric paint, sparkles, glitter-glue, pom-poms, rhinestones, etc.