CHRISTMAS/WINTER CLASS PARTY IDEAS
CHRISTMAS THEME IDEAS:
• Host a pizza party
• Host a white elephant gift exchange – possible themed exchanges: - book theme - board game theme - ornament theme - coloring book theme - movie theme - Holiday candy theme
• Organize a Secret Santa for one of the employees/teachers of the schools – and the class secretly raises money for the chosen recipient and then all present it to him/her from the class during the party
• Use red or green feather boas and metallic gossamers as table-runners
CHRISTMAS PARTY DECORATION IDEAS:
• Let the kids have fun with a snow cone machine! Trying out different flavors – or serve hot chocolate and peppermint ice cream
• Use red and/or green tablecloths and scatter red and green Hershey Kisses in the center of table around a miniature Christmas tree as centerpiece
• Use red or green feather boas and metallic gossamers as table-runners
• Use fun, themed ornaments as decorations – either putting at each place setting or making a cute centerpiece with some
• Hang the old-fashioned paper snowflakes from the ceilings – just fold up a piece of white paper in 1/8s and cut small holes around the edges, unfold to make a snowflake – you can also cut the outside edges to give more of a circular shape – hang from ceiling – you can also incorporate this into a craft for the kids to do during the party
CHRISTMAS PARTY GAME IDEAS:
• Give the children each a white, paper plate and a marker. Ask them to put the plate on top of their heads and when the teacher or hostess says, “GO!” the class has to draw a snowman on their plate without looking or taking their plate down – when time is up, whoever has the best snowman, wins. Let the class vote!
• For small children, pass out 3-4 kleenex’s to each child, let them crumple into a ball and then throw at each other!! If older kids, could use crumpled up paper
• Divide the class into 2 teams – have them line up and at the front of each of the 2 lines – have a wrapped box of macaroni (or anything else fun you can think of). Pass out a pre-cut piece of Christmas wrapping paper to each of the children, all the same size – when the teacher says, “GO!” the first person in line in each of the lines run to their gift, unwrap it and wrap it with their own piece of paper, run back and then tag the next person in line. The first team to finish going through their line, wins
• Ask a teacher or employee of the school to dress up as Santa Claus and crash the party - delivering small favors to all the kids – don’t forget to take pictures!
• Cut out small circles out of red construction paper – one per child. Divide the class into 2 teams and have them line up. The first person in each line puts Vaseline on their nose and applies the red circle to their nose (like Rudolph) and has to run to the other side of the room without the nose falling off. If it falls off, they have to go back, reapply Vaseline and start over. Once they successfully cross the finish line, the next teammate in line has a turn. The first team that has all players cross the finish line – wins
• Divide the class into teams of 4 and each team is given supplies to build a “snowman” – using white trashbags, newspaper (crumple up and stuff into trashbags for body), colored cardstock, markers, ribbon, hats, buttons, etc to decorate their snowman – let the kids vote on who has best snowman
• Make Magic Reindeer Food for the kids to sprinkle on their lawns on Christmas Eve – go to your local craft store and buy small, red sachet bags and fill with oats and red/green glitter – punch a hole in a tag that is marked with directions and loop the drawstring through it
• Fill a box with candy or Christmas coloring books, wrap the box with numerous layers of different prints of wrapping paper. Have the kids sit in a circle and pass the gift around the circle –when the music stops, whoever is holding the gift has to unwrap a layer of wrapping paper. Keep doing this cycle until a child gets to the box – and he can keep what is inside or share with the class
• Have the kids make handprint snowflakes by getting blue or black construction paper and white paint – have them dip their hand into the paint and go around in a circular pattern, overlapping each print slightly
• Blindfold 1 student and pick another child (quietly) from the class to come up to blindfolded child and say “Ho Ho Ho, Who Am I” and can disquise their voice however they want – the blindfolded child gets 3 chances to guess which classmate it was – try to let each chld have a turn at being blindfolded and being the secret voice
• Use Styrofoam balls as ‘snowballs’ and have each of the kids have a turn at tossing the snowball through a wreath opening
• Provide a mini terra-cotta pot for each child along with 2 googly eyes, red pom for the nose and brown card-stock for the antlers. Have the kids outline their hands and cut out the hands and then glue onto the back of the pot – angle out like antlers
CHRISTMAS PARTY FAVOR IDEAS:
• Use red plain gift bags with handles and hot-glue a white, marabou feather boa around the top, edge of bag
• Use red plastic or metal buckets and hot-glue a white, marabou feather boa around the top, edge of of bucket
• Candycanes, chocolates, Christmas M&M’s
• Use miniature stockings that are stuffed with candy
• Use sheer, red, organza sachet bags and add white feather trim and fill with candies
• Use a candy-cane and add some thin, brown yarn around the short end of the cane, 2 googly eyes and a red, mini pom to be a little Rudolph candy-cane
• Santa hats full of candies and coloring books
