12 Best Minute to Win it Christmas Games for Kids & Adults. Hilarious games with minimal supplies, but silliness and laughter guaranteed!
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Hilarious Minute to Win It Games for Kids & Adults
Last year I planned my first grader’s Christmas party and during it, we played a bunch of Minute to Win it Christmas games. The kids had a blast and other classes kept peaking in to see what all the laughter and cheers were about.
These Christmas party games work for kids of any age, and I guarantee, adults will have fun getting in on the hilarious action too.
I’m going to pull out some new Minute to Win it Christmas Games this year for their second grade party, and when I went looking for new ideas, knowing how fun they are, I wanted to gather a list of the 12 best Minute to Win It Christmas Games and share them with you.
Silliness and laughter guaranteed!
Have fun planning your next party, or pulling these out on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day for activities to do with your family.
12 Minute to Win It Christmas Games That’ll Have You Rolling on the Floor
Minute to Win it Games are so fun, they’ll make your next classroom party or Christmas gathering with friends and relatives a huge hit!
Here are the 12 best Minute to Win it Christmas Games out there.
Adults and kids alike will be lining up to play these games at your holiday party!
Snow Shovel from The Chaos and The Clutter
You’ll need bowls, plastic spoons and inch white pompoms or cotton balls
Give each player two bowls; one with fifteen white pompoms and a plastic spoon in it and one empty bowl.
Once the clock starts, the players each have one minute to transfer the pompoms (snowballs) into the empty bowl using only their mouth to hold the plastic spoon.
Scents of Christmas from Happiness is Homemade
Fill each box with seasonal smelling items, and assign a number to each small box (party hostess will need to keep a cheat sheet handy).
Players have one minute to smell each box and match them with the plated object. Fun smelling ideas include pine, candy cane, candle, fresh cookie, cloves, orange, trick items, etc.
The Flour Game by One Good Thing
This is one of my favorite minute to win it games!
Here’s what you’ll need: Flour, a dinner plate, measuring cup, butter knives and a piece of candy.
To play the game, you fill a teacup or measuring cup with flour, and packing it down firmly. Flip it over onto a plate, then place a Lifesaver candy on the top of the packed flour mound. Each person takes a turn cutting the flour with a knife. Whoever makes the Lifesaver FALL has to fish it our with their mouth! No hands allowed!
Minute To Win It Chopsticks & Marshmallows Game from I Heart Arts and Crafts
How many marshmallows can you pick up with chopsticks in one minute? The winner is the person who picks up the most and puts them in a bowl or container nearest them.
Reindeer Antler Game from Intelligent Domestications
This is such a funny game for both adults and kids. Using just pantyhose (make sure you buy an XXL pair) and balloons you can play the game following the directions from Intelligent Domestications
Avalanche Tissue Box Shake from Kid Friendly Things to Do
You’ll Need – tissue boxes, bungee straps, 1 bag of mini marshmallows per player. Attach a long bungee strap to a tissue box or loop it through a belt or piece of fabric.
Try to find a tissue box with a dispenser hole centered. Strap the tissue boxes to the player’s waist – with the box on the back side and when you’re ready to go, fill the boxes with an entire bag of mini marshmallows. Players in under 1 minute must shake the marshmallows out of the box.
Christmas Minute to Win it Games Aren’t Complete Without the Candy Cane Hook’em from Happiness is Homemade
Hook the most candy canes using only your mouth and place them in a jar in just one minute.
Snowman Shake from Play Party Plan
Using White ping pong balls
Fill an empty tissue box with the snowmen ping pong balls and tape the tissue box (or use a velcro belt glued to the box) to someone’s backside and the player has to shake all of the snowmen out of the tissue box before the time runs out. Or if you’d rather not decorate like snowmen, use ornaments instead.
Face the Gingerbread Man from The Chaos and the Clutter
All you need is a small gingerbread men (one per person whose playing the game), and you begin the game with it on each person’s forehead. The players have one minute to get the cookie into their mouth using only their facial movements.
Whip Cream Shovel from Kid Friendly Things to Do
Start with a plate, then place about 20 – 25 candy gumdrops on the plate and cover it up with whipped cream. Only using their mouths, players will need to locate the gumdrops under the whipped cream and transfer them into the bowl that is waiting in under 1 minute
Christmas Tree Stack from Happiness is Homemade
Players must stack up a pile of cups and then place them back into a single stack in under a minute.
North Pole Pop Game
Players, wearing winter mittens or gloves, have to pop 10 balloons using just their hands before the time runs out. Definitely one o the most fun minute to win it Christmas games for adults! Here are some fun holiday balloons that’d be fun!)
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- Free Printable Christmas Coloring Pages PDF / Printable Christmas Placemats
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- 35 Funny & Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas
- 5 Gift Rule Christmas: Want Need Wear Read (& A Special Family Tradition You Need)
- Letter to Santa & Certificate for Making Santa’s Nice List
