Fun December Activities!
December 12th, 2023 by tisner
The best thing about the holidays in December is getting together with family and friends. Adults and children alike can enjoy most of these activities:
- Cookie swap: This is a gathering that benefits everyone. Invite several friends who will choose a cookie recipe to pre-bake, and bring the batch to a central location. Sample the treats, with cocoa or coffee, and have packaging available so attendees can take home small batches of their favorites.
- Ugly Sweater Crafts: Instead of wearing an ugly Christmas sweater, use it to make a stocking, pillow, or small ornaments. Have invitees bring one snack or drink each so you won’t have to worry about a lot of food prep. Get inspiration from these ideas from Better Homes and Garden’s website.
- Hanukkah Cupcake party: Each party goer bakes a dozen cupcakes, and brings them unfrosted to the party. Have frosting, frosting bags and tips, sprinkles and candies available, and everyone gets to dress up their cupcakes themselves. Swap them out so they can take home a variety.
- Kids Christmas ornament party: purchase clear shatterproof ornaments specifically for filling and have artificial snow, small toys, artificial greenery–anything small enough to fit in the ornament– along with ribbon, craft paints, and stickers, and have them create their own ornament. Use adult supervision with very small children, or if using adhesives, especially hot glue.
- Gingerbread house decorating: Lucky guests get to make and take their own cookie house! This can be a simple venture with a gingerbread house kit, or using graham crackers, candies and royal icing, or more advanced with home-baked gingerbread cookies and decorations. This is another fun activity for the children as well as the adults.
- Dreidel craft: Have the kids come over and make dreidels from craft kits or from modeling clay, skewers cut into 2” lengths and blue markers. There are also many inexpensive paper kits available on etsy. After the dreidels are finished, have some gelt ready, and host a spin-off tournament with prizes!
- Kalah game for Kwanzaa: This is something kids will enjoy. Cut the lid off an egg carton, then cut the lid in half. Tape each half to the end of the bottom of the egg carton to form a tray. Using 36 pebbles, dry beans, or pasta, play the game of kalah.
For these casual get-togethers, send invitations via email, create an event on social media and invite friends, or use an online website to help–evite can help you design a free e-invitation, and can help you track RSVP’s. Add snacks, a cocoa or coffee bar, and make it merry!
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