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Free one-minute Christmas party games for the whole family

Cookies on foreheads, a cup Christmas tree, sock presents flying into a laundry basket: four quick challenges, sixty seconds each, made from things already in your kitchen. Grandma vs. the kids is the best match-up.

Christmas partyAll agesTeams or soloThings you already have

Download, US Letter (0.6 MB)Download, A4 (0.6 MB)

Free for home, party and classroom use. No sign-up, no email: the download starts right away. 6 pages.

What's inside

4 cut-out challenge cards: Cookie Face, Snowball Spoon Race, Cup Christmas Tree and Chimney Sock Toss
An easier and a trickier way to play on every card, so little kids and grown-ups can take turns
A tick-box list of what to gather: cookies, cups, spoons, socks and cotton balls
A score sheet for up to 4 teams, with a cookie tiebreak

Have everyone count down the last ten seconds out loud. It turns a cookie on someone's forehead into the loudest minute of the party.

How to use it

Print the cards and cut them apart on the dashed lines. Letter and A4 both come in the download.
Gather the things on the list (about 2 minutes) and split everyone into teams.
Read a card out loud, start a phone timer on “Go!” and tick the score sheet whenever a team beats the clock.

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Want the full set?

These 4 come from a pack of 12 that comes with our Christmas trivia game (a paid download): 60 questions on a family board and a grown-ups board, played on the TV (PowerPoint or Google Slides) or with big printed question cards at the table, plus a host guide and all 12 Beat the Clock challenges.

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