Big List of Fun Family Christmas Activities
One of my biggest traditions every year is to pick up Christmas ornaments from wherever we travel. It makes for extra special family time as we decorate the tree and remember all the adventures we have been on together. We also bake Monkey Bread on Christmas morning and almost always burn our fingers because we can’t wait for the cinnamon goo to cool down.
These traditions make the holidays great! I collected some of my favorite family Christmas activities below for you to use as a bucket list while the kids are off school for Winter Break. Ideas for things to do to keep them busy (trust me, I get how hard that can be) – and ideas for perhaps some new traditions you can add to your repertoire.
Merry Christmas!
Big List of Fun Family Christmas Activities
[ezcol_1half]Decorate your tree together
Drive around and look at lights
Volunteer for a charity
Make your own ornaments
Bake cookies
Bring cookies to neighbors
Take silly Christmas selfies
Watch holiday movies
Visit an center for the elderly
Hide your Elf on the Shelf
Make hot chocolate
Sponsor a child in need
Make a “Countdown to Christmas” chain
Light Advent candles
Create a family Christmas playlist
Camp out under the tree
Sign Christmas cards together
Decorate a gingerbread house
Write letters to Santa
Play board games
Do a puzzle
Attend a Christmas Eve church service
Read the Christmas story[/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Go ice skating
Build a blanket fort
Sing Christmas carols together
Hug in front of a fire
Make snow angels
Capture the kids’ handprints
Interview family about the past year
Donate extra toys and clothes
Put carrots out for the reindeer
Host a gift exchange
Go get a photo with Santa
Make eggnog
Decorate Christmas stockings
Play “Hide The Pickle” ornament game
Family coloring/drawing night
Make paper snowflakes
Look for community and school plays
Attend the local parade
Look up traditions around the world
Open one present on Christmas Eve
Set out cookies and milk for Santa
Track Santa on NORAD
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Check out my post about a Letter From Santa!