Christmas Game And Puzzle Kid


Looking for something new to do this Christmas season? Then how about this Christmas game and puzzle kid?


They are all a little bit challenging, and a whole lot of fun!


So the next time the kids say 'I'm bored" whip out one of these Christmas games and enjoy.


Word Find


Materials Needed:

  • Pen
  • Paper

Instructions:

  • Take a Christmas related word such as: Christmas, Poinsettia, Candy cane, etc. and find as many little words as possible within before the timer runs out.

  • Example: Christmas
  • Words: sit, is, his, miss, rat, tar, this, math, chair, rim...

  • Example: Candy cane
  • Words: candy, cane, and, dance, day, nay, can, dye, an, any...


Christmas Scramble


Materials Needed:

  • Index Cards
  • Paper Bags

Instructions:

  • Choose a Christmas word such as: Christmas, Candy Cane, Santa Claus, Reindeer....

 

  • Write the letters of the word on individual index cards.

 

  • Do this two times, making two sets.

 

  • Put each set in a brown paper bag.

 

  • Divide children into teams. Give each team a bag.

 

  • The first team to decipher what the word in the bag is wins.

 

  • A variation of the game would be to divide into teams with the same number of children as there are letters in the word.

 

  • Each child get's a letter and they must hold onto the card and stand in the proper order to spell the word for all to see.



Christmas Concentration

Here is another Christmas game and puzzle kid idea.

 

Materials Needed:

  • Colored butcher paper
  • Marker
  • Adhesive
  • Christmas trivia questions
  • Stocking

Instructions:

  • On a large piece of colored butcher paper write out a message using words and symbols.

 

  • Example: Have "ewe"rself a very "Mary" "Christ"mas ("pictures").

 

  • Cut into several odd shapes, turn over so words face the chalkboard.

 

  • In a stocking have Christmas trivia questions.

 

  • Pull out a question, read.

 

  • Player that answers correctly may turn any piece of the puzzle over.

 

  • First player or team to guess what's written wins.

 

  • Guess incorrectly, lose a turn.

 

  • Play over and over, lots of fun!



Clue


Materials Needed:

  • None

Instructions:

  • Teacher thinks of person, place, or thing.

  • Teacher gives a clue.

  • Begin at one end of the room and work your way around allowing each student to take a turn guessing until one student solves the case.

  • The student who solves the case goes next.

  • Example: Frosty

Clue: I'm thinking of someone who wears a hat

Clue: He loves snow

Clue: He'll melt if it gets too warm outside


  • Clues should be appropriate for the knowledge of the children playing.



Christmas Twenty Questions


Materials Needed:

  • Pen
  • Paper

Instructions:

  • Teacher start by choosing a Christmas related person, place, or thing.

 

  • The teacher says, "I'm thinking of something".

 

  • The children try to guess what it is by asking no more than twenty questions that can be answered "yes", "no", or I don't know".

 

  • The student who guesses correctly is next up.

Enjoy these Christmas game and puzzle kid ideas. Happy Holiday's!!


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