Christmas games

Materials: Tray, 10 small Christmas decorations or household items, something to cover them over, paper, pens

Players: 2-10

This memory game is great for all ages! Can you remember what’s disappeared from the tree?

• Gather together 10 or more small objects that will fit on a tray together
• Once they’re on a tray, players have 30 seconds to memorise what’s there before they’re covered over
• Everyone then has 5 minutes to write down as many things as they can remember on a sheet of paper
• At the end of each round, add up the scores and keep a running total
• To keep playing, you can remove an object between each round
  and try to guess what’s missing.

Materials: Dice

Players: 2+

This dice game will get everyone up on their feet and singing and dancing together!

Take a dice or two and choose 6 actions from the list below. 

1. Stand on one foot
2. Echo
3. Invisible instruments
4. Children only
5. Adults only
6. Whistle
7. Jog on the spot
8. Humming only
9. Dance moves
10. Everyone else but the roller
11. Sing fast
12. Whisper

Once you’ve chosen your six actions, assign each one a number on the dice.

When each player rolls the dice, they have to perform a Christmas carol or song while following the rule linked to that number.