Looking for some fun holiday Christmas activities or things you can do to get you in the Christmas spirit? Here’s a list of family friendly activities to do together. Some are free and some may cost you a little money but any of these are sure to bring lots of memories this Christmas season.
- Have a Color Contest – there are so many free printables online for you to use. Just do a quick search on google and a bunch will come up.
- Make Hot Chocolate over the stove – create some fun and let the kids help make some hot chocolate over the stove one night.
- Game Night – I have lots of memories of family game night! It’s something I hope to create with my kids.
- Random Acts of Kindness – this can really bring out the Christmas spirit by serving others. Plus there’s lots of great ideas you can do while staying safe.
- Decorate Christmas Cards – A passion of mine (other than finding deals) is card making/crafts and my girls love to participate. So creating cards together is a great way for us to spend time together and bring in the Christmas spirit.
- Go Ice Skating – we did this last year and the kids keep asking when can we go again, definitely a hit! (And we found a good deal using Groupon & Living Social)
- Read a Christmas Book – I love finding new Christmas books at the library and it’s all free.
- Sing Christmas Carols – you don’t have to go house to house but why not just sing right in your home!
- Research Christmas in another country – I’m pretty interested in this one and think we might have to give it a try this year.
- Take Pictures of Snowman – we’re always pointing out the snowman so why not take a few pictures of them all!
- Try a Pinterest Craft – oh Pinterest, you always have a ton of awesome ideas and there’s no short on Christmas crafts you can do with the kids or get some friends together to create something fun.
- Bake Cookies to take to the local police station – this one is dear to my heart and I know they’d really appreciate it. (While some areas might not be accepting donations like this you can always ask ahead of time)
- Make a new no sew fleece blanket – yes, a nice new warm blanket sounds wonderful!
- Eat Candy Canes – you could mix it up and get different favors and try guessing what each one is.
- Build a Fort – this is always happening at our house, thank goodness for grandmas that quilt, we have a lot of blankets.
- Watch Family Videos – It’s so fun going back through old videos and watching them together. It reminds me I need to pull out the recorder (or i guess phones now) and record more of my own kids so they can do the same when they get older.
- Try a new recipe – my first pick is going to have to be the desserts
- Create a Homemade gift – grandparents love homemade gifts and kids love to make them for them!
- Watch a version of a Christmas Carol – always a Christmas classic (check your library if you don’t have this one in your own collection)
- Drive around town and look at Christmas lights – yep I’m sure we’re not alone in doing this – we make it a tradition to head out on Christmas eve!
- Build a Snowman – fresh snow is such a great time to get out and build a snowman! Don’t forget the carrot nose.
- Go sledding – Find a new favorite sledding hill!
- Build a Gingerbread house – we started this tradition a few years ago and it’s carried through, I love watching the creativity of what the kids will do with the different candies.
- Wear Christmas Jammies all day – this one I’m excited about cause I’ll be joining in too
- Cut out snowflakes – this would be fun and to do and then maybe share them with a near by nursing home (you could hang them on the outside of their window)
- Toy donation bag – we do this all month long. We have a “Santa” bag the kids fill up with their unused/no longer play with toys that Santa takes back on Christmas Eve and replaces with their new toys.
- Picnic by the tree – this is fun to do while the kids are out of school and a way to break up the day a bit
I want to hear about your family traditions? Do you guys go somewhere or do something every year around this time?
