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Christmas Activity &
Games Pack
Created for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Created By Samantha Eagle
Contents
A little note for you… ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Easy Christmas Activities ................................................................................................................................ 4
Activity No. 1 - Glove Reindeers ........................................................................................................................... 5
Suitable for Beavers and Cubs ......................................................................................................................... 5
Activity No. 2 - Wool Art ...................................................................................................................................... 6
Suitable for Beavers and Cubs ......................................................................................................................... 6
Activity No. 3 - Glass Painted Candle Holder ....................................................................................................... 7
Suitable for Cubs and Scouts ........................................................................................................................... 7
Activity No. 4 – Paper Plate Rudolph ................................................................................................................. 10
Suitable for Beavers ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Activity No. 5 – Pipe Cleaner Tree ...................................................................................................................... 11
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 11
Activity No. 6 – Snowflake Curtains ................................................................................................................... 12
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 12
Activity No. 7 – Snowflake Globes ..................................................................................................................... 14
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 14
Activity No. 8 – Santa......................................................................................................................................... 15
Suitable for Beavers ...................................................................................................................................... 15
Easy Christmas Games................................................................................................................................... 17
Game No. 1 – Christmas Candy Card Game....................................................................................................... 18
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 18
Game No. 2 – Lucky Dip ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Suitable for Beavers ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Game No. 3 – Cubby Santa ................................................................................................................................ 20
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 20
Game No. 4 – Dream Gift................................................................................................................................... 21
Suitable for Cubs and Scouts ......................................................................................................................... 21
Game No. 5 – Pin The Nose On Rudolph ............................................................................................................ 22
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 22
Game No. 6 – Blizzard ........................................................................................................................................ 23
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 23
Game No. 7 – Whose Santa ............................................................................................................................... 24
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 24
Game No. 8 – Gift Wrap Relay ........................................................................................................................... 25
Suitable for Cubs and Scouts ......................................................................................................................... 25
Game No. 9 – Rip a Christmas Tree ................................................................................................................... 26
Suitable for Cubs and Scouts ......................................................................................................................... 26
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Game No. 10 – The Christmas List Game ........................................................................................................... 27
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 27
Game No. 11 – Name That Christmas Carol Hum (with a few songs thrown in) ............................................... 30
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 30
Game No. 12 – Christmas Win, Lose or Draw .................................................................................................... 33
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 33
Game No. 13 – End of Term Christmas Sweater Competition ........................................................................... 37
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts .......................................................................................................... 37
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A little note for you…
Hi everyone, here´s the Christmas Pack. I´ve had lots of fun creating this for
you and I know the kids will love these activities and games.
The pack is split into two sections “Activities and Games”. Underneath each
heading you will notice that it says who it is suitable for i.e. Beavers, Cubs or
Scouts.
Take a look at all the activities and games because you may feel there are some
activities and/or games which will be also be suitable for your section.
Have fun
Samantha 
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Easy Christmas Activities
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Activity No. 1 - Glove Reindeers
Suitable for Beavers and Cubs
Materials Needed Per Child
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A glove per child
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Ribbon to tie around the neck area
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Alternatively you could use a bow, fluffy string whatever you
can get hold of
Readymade eyes
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ask the children if they have an old woolly glove they can
bring in. Ideally you want the colour to be brown, beige,
tan or orangey
Alternatively you could just get some black and white felt
and cut circles to make the eyes
A read craft berry for the nose
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Alternatively you can use some scrunched up red tissue
paper or piece of red felt
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Optional brown scrap felt for the ears
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Optional Fluffy material for the head
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Some brown cotton to tie around the fingers
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Wool for stuffing the fingers and body
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Alternatively you can use cotton wool or cheap material
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Glue
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Scissors
Instructions
1. Lightly stuff the four fingers with the wool these will be the antlers
2. Using your cotton tie the fingers together at the base with your
thread
3. Now stuff the hand portion of the glove which will become the head
and tie that off at the wrist of the glove. The thumb should have no
stuffing at all
4. Trim all the loose threads. Next, wrap the thumb around to what will be the back of the
head and either glue it or sew it to the back
5. Now you need to cut the small circles for the eyes and either use glue to stick them on or
sew them
6. Now glue or sew your red nose
7. If you have chosen to create ears then cut out some tear drip shapes and sew to each side
of the head below the antlers
8. Tie the bow or whatever material you have chosen around the neck
9. Cut a one-inch square piece of the fake fur and stitch into place between the antlers
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Activity No. 2 - Wool Art
Suitable for Beavers and Cubs
Materials Needed Per Child
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Wool – red, green, gold and any other colours
you can get hold of
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Piece of foam, board, cardboard or very thick
paper
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Pencil
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Scissors
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Glue
Instructions
1. Using a pencil, draw a few basic shapes of your scene onto your
chosen surface. You only need to draw the main body of each
shape
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Note: the children can use this picture or create one of
their own. If you have a whiteboard just draw this picture
on there for them to copy
2. Spread your glue onto the pencil lines of one of the shapes
3. With your wool, start in one corner and press it into the glue,
tapping it gently. Let the children know not to press too hard or
their fingers will get covered in glue
4. Continue to fill in your shape with the wool
5. Repeat the process for the remaining shapes
6. For the tops of the presents, the star on the tree, and the little
red ornaments, you can make some teeny tiny pom poms out of
the wool and glue them in place, to do this…
Making Pom Poms
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Use a piece of cardboard 1/2 inch wide, or you can use
your finger, wrap the wool around 6 or 7 times
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Holding the wool together, slide it off the cardboard or
finger
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Tie a second 2 inch small piece of wool around the
pinched wool in a knot in the middle to hold it all in place
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Use your scissors to trim off the folded edges of the wool on each side to create the
fuzzy pom pom.
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Activity No. 3 - Glass Painted Candle Holder
Suitable for Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed Per Child
1. Jar of any sort – ask each child to bring in an empty clean
jar
2. Template (please note on the next couple of pages is the
same template but in different sizes to suit different size
glasses)
3. Standard jam jar size (although it would be nice to use a
hurricane lamp or thick tumbler it will be quite costly to
expect the children to bring this in so using a jam jar size
is easier for everyone. Also you will know what size
candles to buy)
4. Transparent tape
5. Glue with fine-tip applicator
6. Bowl
7. Clear glass glitter
8. Red Candles (ask each child if they can bring in a red candle from home that will fit nicely
into a standard size jam jar. It might be better that you ask each parent for a pound and
you buy them all the same size)
Preparation
1. Print out the templates on the next two pages (I have made some different sizes so they
will fit in different size jar/glasses) - You need enough for each child
Instructions
1. Roll up the template and slide it inside the glass with the design facing
outward
2. Secure the top with transparent tape
3. Using the glue outline just one of the pictures then fill it in
4. Working over a bowl sprinkle with the clear glass glitter
5. Let the glue dry
6. Shake off excess glitter
7. Now glue and glitter the next section
8. Continue all the way around the glass
9. Let dry overnight
10. Remove your template
11. Put the red candle in the middle of the glass
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Activity No. 4 – Paper Plate Rudolph
Suitable for Beavers
Materials Needed Per Child
1. A small paper plate
2. A large paper plate
3. Brown paint
4. Brown card
5. Red pompom (alternatively you can use scrunched up red
tissue paper)
6. 2 large wiggle eyes
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Alternatively you can use black and white paper cut
into circles or white paper and a felt tip black dot for
the pupil
7. Brown pipe cleaners (chenille stems)
8. Glue
9. Newspaper (to work on)
Instructions
1. Lay down the newspaper as a work space
2. Paint the plates brown and leave to dry
3. Glue the plates together along the rim. The small plate is the head, the large is the body
4. Cut four rectangles of card and glue these along the back of the large plate to form the legs
5. Cut some card for the tail
6. On the small plate, glue a red pompom nose and the two eyes and draw on a mouth
7. Finally twist some pipe cleaners into antler shapes (you need about 2 pipe cleaners for each
antler) and stick to the top of the head
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Activity No. 5 – Pipe Cleaner Tree
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed Per Child
1. Plastic lid for the base (paint it green or red or you can cover it with
tissue paper)
2. Red, green and white pipe cleaners (you need about 12-15 for each
tree)
3. Rod for the middle of the tree
4. Red pom pom for the top of the tree (alternatively you can use some
scrunched red tissue paper)
Instructions
1. Take one pipe cleaner and place the centre of it on the stick
then twist the end around
2. Bend the ends to create the curl effect
3. Repeat this all the way up the stick alternating the colours
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Activity No. 6 – Snowflake Curtains
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed Per Child
1. Four sheets of white paper
2. Assortment of plates of different sizes, saucers, and cups I
used old scratched dvds they are a perfect size
3. Print out the example snowflake designs on the next page
Preparation
1. Layout the tables with the materials for each child
Instructions
1. Draw circles on the paper of different sizes using the objects on a table
2. Cut out the circles
3. Fold circles in half, then fold that in half to quarter the circle making a triangle shape
4. Then fold that in half to make a more narrow triangle
5. Cut into the edges (you can cut both sides) of the folded triangle, snipping away to make
the cutout designs in the snowflake, but being careful not to cut it completely in half
6. Here´s some different designs you can try… I have put these on the next page on their own
so that you can print just that page to give to the children to look at
Making the curtain
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Sew the snowflakes together into strands using an
ordinary sewing needle and thread. Sew several
stitches per snowflake linking them together by
their tops and bottoms
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Vary the sizes of snowflakes you use to get a
"random" look
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Hang up each strand before starting the next one
so you can see how they look and build up your
display gradually
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Hang the snowflake strands using tape, tacks, or whatever
works for you from a curtain rod
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You can also use the snowflake strands to dress archways
and doorways throughout a party space
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What looks really pretty is if you tie some red ribbon at the
top of each strand
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Snowflake Examples
Here´s some simple designs for Beavers
Here´s some more complex designs that Cubs and Scouts can try
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Activity No. 7 – Snowflake Globes
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed Per Child
1. Jars with lid of any size
2. Plastic Christmas figures (you can buy these cheap at pound
shops) – don´t use metal ones because they are prone to
rust
3. It would be good to have the jar lids either Silver, Gold, Red
or Green if this is not possible then you can paint them with
an oil based enamel paint
4. Small piece of sand paper per each four children sharing
5. Clear drying epoxy (glue) small amount for each child (it has to be this type of glue because
it is suited to water)
6. Distilled water
7. Pinch of glitter
8. A dash of glycerin (available at chemists) – This is essential because it will stop the glitter
from falling too quickly
Instructions
1. Sand the inside of the lid until the surface is rough
2. Stick the figurine to the inside of the lid and let the glue dry
3. Fill the jar almost to the top with distilled water
4. Add a pinch of glitter and a dash of glycerine this will keep the glitter
from falling too quickly. WARNING – do not add too much because
the glitter will stick to the bottom of the jar when it is flipped
5. Screw the lid tightly being careful not to dislodge the figurine
6. Turn the jars over and back again and let it snow!
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Activity No. 8 – Santa
Suitable for Beavers
Materials Needed Per Child
1. A Santa template (found on the next page)
2. Scissors
3. Colouring pencils or pens
4. 4 brass paper fasteners
Preparation
1. Print out a copy of the next page you need one for each child
2. Layout each table with their materials
Directions
Get the children to:
1. Colour their Santa
2. Cut out their Santa
3. Attach the legs and arms to the Santa’s body using “Brass Paper
Fasteners”
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Easy Christmas Games
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Game No. 1 – Christmas Candy Card Game
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed
1. Lots of small sweets and chocolates
2. Deck of cards for the leader
3. 2 Decks of cards for the children (if you only have about 10
children then 1 deck will do)
Preparation
1. Place the sweets and chocolates in the middle of the room in a Christmassy decorated
basket or something similar
How to play:
1. Get the children to sit in a circle around the basket of candy but as far away as possible
2. Get one leader/helper to sit in the middle with the candy
3. Walk around the circle and deal out the cards so that each child has about 4 cards each
4. Now using your deck of cards call out the number on the first card
5. The children look at their cards to see if they have that number – if they do they run to the
middle with their card pass it to the person in the middle and pick one sweet/chocy and
bring it back to their place
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If you are Cubs or Scouts make it more exciting by reading out the cards quickly
7. If you run out of cards turn them over and start again
8. If the kids run out of cards and you have spare candy you can deal out more cards maybe
this time just give them two each
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Game No. 2 – Lucky Dip
Suitable for Beavers
Materials Needed
1. Lots of small sweets, wrapped chocolates, small objects, carrots,
small toys etc.
2. Big deep box
3. Lots of scrunched up colourful paper
Preparation
1. Place all your items in the big box and mix them up with the scrunched paper and place it in
the middle of the room
How to play:
1. Get the children to sit in a circle around the basket of candy but as far away as possible
2. Let the children take it in turns to go to the box and take a lucky dip
3. Depending on what you fill the box with they may be able to have a couple of goes
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Game No. 3 – Cubby Santa
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed
1. Extra large santa suit
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if you have a large group it would be good to get more than
one suit but they need to be the same size (once you read
the instructions this will become clearer)
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Balloons (the amount will depend on how many children you have)
How to play:
1. Split your group into separate teams the amount of teams will depend on how many santa
suits you have
2. Each team needs to pick a santa
3. The santas put on their large santa costume
4. Hand each team a pack of balloons (not blown up – for Beavers you can have the balloons
already blown up)
5. When you say go the players quickly have to blow up the balloons then place them inside
their Santa’s suit
6. Give them two minutes to do this
7. Now take out the balloons from each teams suit and count them. The team that managed
to put the most amount of balloons in their santa suit wins.
NOTE: If you can only get hold of one santa suit then just get each team to go one at a
time
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Game No. 4 – Dream Gift
Suitable for Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed Per Child
1. Piece of paper and pencil for each child
2. Box big enough to fit about 20 pieces of paper
How to play:
1. Give everyone a piece of paper and a pencil
2. Each child has to write down their dream gift money no object
3. Now get them to fold the paper in half and put it into the box
4. The leader needs to shake the box or mix up the paper thoroughly
5. Now get each child to retrieve one slip of paper
6. In turn get each child to read out what is on their piece of paper they then have to guess
who wrote down this gift
7. If they guess correctly they could receive a prize
8. If they guess it wrong they put the slip back into the box (therefore the person who wrote it
shouldn´t shout out)
Note: Make sure all children remember what they wrote down!
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Game No. 5 – Pin The Nose On Rudolph
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed
1. Large picture of a reindeer
2. Cut some red card circles and write each childs name
on the red side then place some double back tape on
the back
3. Blindfold for each child (they can use their neckers)
Preparation
You need to make a large reindeer…
1. What would be really great is if you could get a parent or helper to
paint a large reindeer on a piece of wood or something similar. You
could keep this to use every year
2. Alternatively you can draw a reindeer one on flip chart size paper (if
this is not possible you can stick lots of pieces of paper together to
make one large one)
3. If you are going to do a quick sketch yourself then here´s some easy pictures to copy…
How to play:
1. Give each child a reindeer nose
2. Decide how far away you want to position the children from the reindeer (this should be
dependent on their age so the younger they are the nearer they should be to the reindeer)
mark this spot on the floor
3. Now the first child walks blinded towards the reindeer and sticks his red nose where he
thinks it should go on the picture
4. Once all the children have had a go at placing the nose on the reindeer the leader
announces 3 children who got the closest and awards them a prize
5. If you have a relatively small group and enough time you could play the game one more
time
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Game No. 6 – Blizzard
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed
1. A large supply of white polystyrene packing popcorn
2. A small Christmassy container for each team – this could be a Santa
hat, woolly hat or small bucket
3. A large Christmassy container for each team – this could be a crate or cardboard box
covered in wrapping paper
4. A scoop or spade for each team or they can just use their hands
How to play:
1. Split your group into teams of six (if you have a small group have smaller teams)
2. Stand the teams at one end of the room and place the large containers at the other end of
the room opposite them
3. Place a large box of packing popcorn on the floor in the middle of the room
4. At your signal the first person in each team race to the middle and shovel the pieces of
polystyrene into their small container then race to empty it into the bigger container
5. Once they get back to their team the next person can go
6. You can either:
a.
Stop the game when all the children in a team has had a go at putting the
polystyrene into the large container
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Or when an allotted time is up
7. Either way at the end check who has put the most amount of polystyrene into the large
container, this team is declared the “Blizzard Winner”
8. Play the game again if you wish
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Game No. 7 – Whose Santa
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed
1. Optional: Rudolph horns
How to play:
1. All the children sit in a circle and one is selected to be ´Rudolph´
2. ‘Rudolph’ leaves the room wearing their horns
3. Once ´Rudolph´ leaves the room another child is chosen to be ´Santa´
4. ‘Rudolph’ then comes back and sits back in their place in the circle. ´Santa´ starts winking
(or blinking for youngsters) at people in the circle. A person who has been winked at shouts
a loud “HO! HO! HO!’. ´Rudolph´ must try to identify ´Santa´. When they have succeeded,
start again with a different Santa and Rudolph
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Game No. 8 – Gift Wrap Relay
Suitable for Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed Per Team
1. Shoe box full of sweets, chocolates, homemade biscuits or basically
whatever your budget allows) – you need one for each team of let´s
say 4
2. Pre-cut wrapping paper big enough to wrap the shoebox and enough pieces for each child
3. Tape
4. Ribbon (optional use this just for Scouts)
5. A small table for each team to wrap their gift
Preparation
1. Tape the lid on the shoebox so the children can´t see what´s inside once the game starts
2. Wrap each parcel (shoebox) before the evening
3. Layout four tables with the pieces of wrapping paper (enough for the amount in the team)
4. Place tape on each table
5. Place the piece of ribbon on each table (if you have decided to use it for Scouts)
6. Place markers at the other end of the room from the table for each team to stand on
How to play:
1. Divide the children into teams of let´s say 4
2. Get each team to stand on their marker
3. Hand the first child in each team their wrapped gift box
4. On the leaders go signal the first team member leaves their group, runs to the gift station,
unwraps their gift, rewraps their gift, and runs back to tag the next team member
5. The next team member repeats the process and so on until all the team members have
wrapped the parcel
6. The first team to have each member wrap the gift wins
7. Once the game is finished you can let each team open their present and eat their goodies.
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Game No. 9 – Rip a Christmas Tree
Suitable for Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed
1. A piece of green paper per child
How to play:
1. Give each player a piece of green paper and ask them to rip it into the shape of a Christmas
tree behind their back. Compare trees and declare a winner and a booby!
2. If you want to play the game again you will need more than one piece of green paper per
child
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Game No. 10 – The Christmas List Game
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed
1. The Christmas list template one for each pair of children (found on the
next page)
2. A pencil for each team
3. Some small prizes for the winners (this will depend on how many subjects you use)
Preparation
1. Print out the templates you need enough for each team of two
2. Cut the templates to separate them because you are going to hand out one at a time let´s
say the “Christmas Carol one”
How to play:
1. Hand out each team a “Christmas List Template”
2. Choose the list you want to start with
3. On your word go the team have to list as many things as they can on the list (give them an
allotted time let´s say a minute. Make it age specific so if it´s Beavers give them more
time than Cubs and so on)
4. The winning time gets a small prize
5. Now do the same with a different list
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Note: If you are playing this with Scouts you could get them to do it on their own
and make the time shorter
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Team Name: _____________________________
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Game No. 11 – Name That Christmas Carol Hum
(with a few songs thrown in)
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Materials Needed
1. List of Christmas carols (the first verse of each carol/song can be
found on the next page)
2. Flip chart or paper stuck on the wall to keep the points
Preparation
1. Print out the Christmas Carols/Songs on the next page and separate each song
How to play:
1. Split your group into two teams
2. Hand a slip of paper with the first carol to the first child in the first group
3. This child stands up in front of their group and hums the first verse or two to their team
4. If the team guesses correctly they gain two points if they can´t answer the other team get
to guess for one point
5. Write the scores on the flipchart
6. The team at the end that has the most points is the winner. It´s up to you if you want to
hand a prize for the winning team
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Silent Night
Ding Dong Merrily On High
White Christmas
Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, All is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
Holy Infant so Tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Ding dong merrily on high,
In heav'n the bells are ringing:
Ding dong! verily the sky
Is riv'n with angel singing.
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.
Good King Wenceslas
We Wish You A Merry
Christmas
Away In A Manger
Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the feast of Stephen
When the snow lay round about
Deep and crisp and even
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel
When a poor man came in sight
Gath'ring winter fuel
God Rest Ye Merry,
Gentlemen
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
The holly and the ivy
The holly and the ivy,
When they are both full grown
Of all the trees that are in the wood
The holly bears the crown
O the rising of the sun
And the running of the deer
The playing of the merry organ
Sweet singing of the choir
Away in a manger,
No crib for His bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And a happy New Year.
Glad tidings we bring
To you and your kin;
Glad tidings for Christmas
And a happy New Year!
The stars in the bright sky
Looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay
Hark the herald angels sing
O Come All Ye Faithful
Hark the herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled"
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With the angelic host proclaim:
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
O Come All Ye Faithful
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to
Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Rudolph, the red-nosed
reindeer
We three kings of Orient are
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.
We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts we traverse afar
Field and fountain, moor and
mountain
Following yonder star
All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games.
O Star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy Perfect Light
Jingle Bell Rock
Once in royal Davids city
Let It Snow!
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell
rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells
ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of
fun
Now the jingle hop has begun
Once in royal Davids city,
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her Baby,
In a manger for His bed
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ, her little Child.
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Jingle Bells
Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Rocking around the Christmas
Tree
Rocking around the Christmas tree
at the Christmas party hop
Mistletoe hung where you can see
every couple tries to stop
Rocking around the Christmas tree,
let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
and we'll do some caroling.
All I Want For Christmas Is
You
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you.
Do They Know It's Christmas
(Bob Geldof)
It's Christmas time; there's no need
to be afraid
At Christmas time, we let in light
and we banish shade
And in our world of plenty we can
spread a smile of joy
Throw your arms around the world
at Christmas time
But say a prayer to pray for the other
ones
At Christmas time
Feed the world
Feed the world
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time
again
Feed the world
Let them know it's Christmas time
again
Frosty the Snow Man
Frosty the snowman was a jolly
happy soul,
With a corncob pipe and a button
nose
and two eyes made out of coal.
Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale,
they say,
He was made of snow but the
children
know how he came to life one day.
There must have been some magic in
that
old silk hat they found.
For when they placed it on his head
he began to dance around.
O, Frosty the snowman
was alive as he could be,
And the children say he could laugh
and play just the same as you and
me.
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Ding dong, merrily on high
On the first day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
A partridge in a pear tree.
Ding dong, merrily on high
In heaven the bells are ringing
Ding dong, verily the sky
Is riven with angel singing
On the second day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Two turtle doves
And a Partridge in a pear tree.
Last Christmas
(George Michael)
Santa Claus Is Coming To
Town
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it
away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it
away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list,
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out Who's naughty and
nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town
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Game No. 12 – Christmas Win, Lose or
Draw
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Please note: The questions in this game are more suited to Cubs
and Scouts but you can sort out some of the easier questions for
Beavers or give them lots of clues
Preparation
1. Print & cut the Win, Lose, Draw Cards found on the following pages
2. Mix them up
3. Ideally it would be good to have a flip chart so that you can write down the scores as you it
will add to the excitement if the children can see the scores you can just stick a big sheet of
paper on the wall.
The Santas
Rudolph´s
11111
11111
11111
111
Example of scoring on
your flip chart
Get each team to give
themselves a name
Directions
1. Get the teams to give you a name
2. Split your group into two teams
3. The leader gives the first child in the first group a card he stands up and faces the other
team and reads out the question to the first person in that team
4. If that person answers it correctly that team will gain 2 points
5. If he/she cannot answer it then it can be opened to their entire team – In which case they
will earn 1 point
6. If they still can´t answer then the other team gets a chance to answer for ½ a point
7. Now the leader gives the first child in the second team a card
8. When you get back to the first group you give the card to the second child and so on…
9. The team with the most points at the end wins.
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WIN LOSE DRAW CARDS
How were Christmas Trees
first lit?
ANS: Christmas trees
were first lit with
actual candles
The shortend “Xmas” for
Christmas has been popular
in Europe since the…
a)
b)
1800s
1500s
c) 1900s
ANS:1500s
What store beginning with
the letter “W” was the first
to sell manufactured
Christmas tree ornaments in
1880
a)
b)
1830s
1900s
c) 2001
ANS: Woolworth
According to the National
Confectioners Ass. for 200
years candy canes were only
made of what colour?
a)
b)
Red
White
c) Green
ANS:1830s
Name one of santas original
reindeer beginning with the
letter D
ANS: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid,
Dunder and Blixem
ANS: White
Name one of santas original
Christmas
were first
reindeertrees
beginning
with the
lighted with actual candles
letter P
ANS: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid,
Dunder and Blixem
Name one of santas original
reindeer beginning with the
letter B
ANS: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid,
Dunder and Blixem
Name one of santas original
reindeer beginning with the
letter V
In the movie “How the
Grinch Stole Christmas” how
many Christmas Lights do
you think they used…
10,000
52,000
c) 5,000
ANS: 52,000
Name one of santas original
reindeer beginning with the
letter C
ANS: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid,
Dunder and Blixem
ANS: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid,
Dunder and Blixem
If you received all of the
gifts listed in the 12 days of
Christmas song how many
presents would you receive?
Is it true or false that in
1647, the English parliament
passed a law that made
Christmas illegal?
a)
b)
125
368
c) 364
ANS: 364
a)
b)
The idea of Christmas
greeting card started in
Britain in…
In the movie “How the
Grinch Stole Christmas” how
many Christmas Ornaments
do you think they used…
a)
b)
10,000
8,200
c) 2,000
ANS: 8,200
ANS: True
In the movie “How the
Grinch Stole Christmas” how
many Candy Canes do you
think they used…
a)
b)
9,000
500
c) 2,000
ANS: 2000
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According to a survey how
many dogs get Christmas
gifts from their owner?
a)
b)
What tree is mentioned in
the Christmas Song “Twelve
Days of Christmas”?
Who was the red-nosed,
lead reindeer?
7 out of 10
5 out of 10
c) 8 out of 10
ANS: 7 out of 10
How many wise men were
there?
ANS: 3
Spain
Mexico
Germany
ANS: Mexico
In the carol “Away in a
Manger” where was the little
lord Jesus asleep?
ANS: 3
a)
b)
c)
The Bed
The Hay
The Crib
ANS: The Hay
Who was the author of "A
Christmas Carol"?
a) 3 Mark Twain
ANS:
b) Charles Dickens
c) Hans Christian Anderson
ANS: Charles Dickens
ANS: 3
What did the child want in
the Christmas Song?
ANS: 2 Front Teeth
What country did the
flowers “Poinsettias”
originally come from?
a)
b)
c)
ANS: Pear
What brought “Frosty the
Snowman” to life
a)
b)
c)
d)
An old silk hat
A Kiss
Magic Snow
Pixie Dust
ANS: An old silk hat
At Christmas it is customary
to exchange kisses beneath a
sprig of which plant?
a)
b)
c)
Holly
Mistletoe
Ivy
ANS: Mistletoe
The carol 'Silent Night' was
first played on what
instrument?
a)
b)
c)
Guitar
Piano
Harpsichord
ANS: Guitar
ANS: Rudolph
In the song the “Twelve
Days of Christmas” what did
my true love give on the
fifth day?
ANS: Gold rings
In the film “A Christmas
Carol” who says “God Bless
Us Everyone”?
ANS: Tiny Tim
In the movie 'Miracle on
34th Street', Kris Kringle is
hired to play Santa Claus in
what department store?
a)
b)
c)
Macy´s
Gimbles
Marshall Fields
ANS: Macy´s
In the film 'The Santa
Clause' who plays Santa?
a)
b)
c)
Tim Allen
Arnold Schwarzeneggar
Ted Danson
ANS: Tim Allen
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What is the name of the
Christmas snowman?
ANS: Frosty
What Christmas movie did
Ebenezer play in?
What is green, needs
watering, and fills the house
with an aroma?
In the polar express movie
what was chosen as the first
Christmas gift?
ANS: Christmas Tree
ANS: A bell from
Santas sleigh
What is the nutcracker?
Name the popular red
Christmas flower.
ANS: 3
ANS: Scrooge
How do you say Merry
Christmas in Spanish?
ANS: Christmas ballet
Name a popular Christmas
cake
ANS: Poinsettia
Name the popular red
Christmas flower.
ANS: 3
ANS: Feliz Navidad
Pronounced “Felith
Navidad”
Name a ghost with the
initials “JM” in the movie “A
Christmas Carol”
ANS: 3
ANS: Jacob Marley
What´s the name of the
Christmas Movie with Arnold
Schwarzeneggar?
ANS: Fruitcake
Name the 3 ghosts with
their first intial “C” in the
movie “A Christmas Carol”
ANS: Christmas
Present, Past and
Future
What´s the name of the
Christmas Movie that has a
funny green man in it?
ANS: 3
ANS: Jingle All The
Way
ANS: The Grinch
ANS: Poinsettias
In the movie “A Christmas
Carol” how many ghosts visit
Ebenezer Scroodge?
ANS: Four
What´s the name of the
movie where the little boy
gets accidentally left at
home?
ANS: Home Alone
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Game No. 13 – End of Term Christmas Sweater
Competition
Suitable for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts
Directions
1. Each child comes to the meeting wearing a Christmas Sweater.
The most chrissmasy looking sweater wins a prize
2. Tell them not to buy one just use an old sweater and decorate it at home
3. Don’t forget to take some photos
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