Candy Relay
Divide the kids into teams and have them form lines. Give the first player in each line a pair of mittens. Give everyone a piece of wrapped candy. At a signal, the first player in each team puts on the mittens, unwraps the candy, and pops it into their mouth, the second player does the same, and so on, down the line. The team that finishes first wins.

Santa Snowball Toss
Cover the bottom and sides of a rectangular cardboard box with construction paper. On a piece of paper, draw a Santa face with a large mouth. Paint or color the face with markers. Glue it to the box and cut out the large mouth. Cover six large marshmallows (or use cotton balls) with plastic wrap. To play - Place Santa against a wall. Give each player six tries at throwing marshmallows into Santa's mouth. See who feeds Santa the most.

Dance Like Snowflakes
(sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques")
Dance like snowflakes,
Dance like snowflakes,
In the air.
In the air.
Whirling, twirling, snowflakes,
Whirling, twirling, snowflakes,
Here and there.
Here and there.

Here's a little Candle
(sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")
Here's a little candle dressed in white,
Wearing a hat of yellow light.
When the night is dark, then you will see
Just how bright this light can be.
Here's a little candle straight and tall,
Shining it's light upon us all.
When the night is dark, then you will see
Just how bright this light can be.
Here's a little candle burning bright.
Keeping us safe all through the night.
When the night is dark, then you will see
Just how bright this light can be!

Where is Santa?
Sung to the tune: Are you sleeping?
Where is Santa? Where is Santa? (hands behind back)
Here I am! Here I am! (arms out in front making a belly shape!)
Merry, Merry Christmas! Merry, Merry, Christmas! (keep arms up through the
rest of the song!)
Ho! Ho! Ho!, Ho! Ho! Ho!

Reindeer Pokey
(sung to the tune of "The Hokey Pokey")
You put your antlers in. You put your antlers out.
You put you antlers in and you shake them all about.
You do the Reindeer Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
You put your hooves in....
You put your red nose in....
You put your fluffy tail in...
You put your reindeer body in...

Reindeer Pokey
You put your antlers in, you put your antlers out.
You put your antlers in and shake them all about.
You do the Reindeer Pokey and turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

Continue with:
You put your hooves in...
You put your red nose in...
You put your fluffly tail in...
You put your reindeer body in..


* Tune: We Wish You A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!
 Let's all do a little clapping,
 Let's all do a little clapping,
 Let's all do a little clapping,
 & spread Christmas cheer.

 You can change the clapping to other activities.
 2.Jumping
 3.Twirling
 4.Stretching
 5.Bending
Ask the kids for other ideas.

Hide & Seek
The child hides 3 plastic snowmen in a bowl of beans/rice, puts on woolen gloves & a blind fold and tries to find the snowmen without looking.

A Shy Santa
 Isn't it the strangest thing,
 That Santa is so shy? (hide face with hands)
 We can never, never catch him, (make fingers run)
 No matter how we try.
 It isn't any use to watch, (hold hand to eyes and look)
 Because my parents said,
 "Santa Claus will only come
 When children are in bed!" (shake finger)

Santa Claus

 Here is the chimney (make fist, enclose thumb)
 Here is the top (place palm on top of fist)
 Open the lid (remove top hand)
 and out Santa will pop. (pop up thumb)

Gingerbread Man

 Stir a bowl of gingerbread (stir as in bowl)
 Smooth and spicy brown

 Roll it with a rolling pin
 up and up and down (Pretend to roll)

 With a cookie cutter, ( pretend to cut out)
 make some little men.

 Put them in the oven ( place in oven)
 till half past ten!

This is Christmas sung to 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'

What is Christmas? We'll tell you.
It's putting love in all we do;
In our work, and in our play.
In our living every day.
It is showing love for others,
Father, Mother, Sisters, Brothers.

 Old St. Nicholas had a tree (tune Old McDonald had a farm)
Old St. Nicholas had a tree (form tree with arms)
Ho, ho ho ho ho!
And on that tree he had some horns (blow horns)
Ho ho ho ho ho
With a toot toot here and a toot toot there
Here a toot There a toot
Every where a toot toot

continue....
lights-------flash flash
candy canes-------yum-yum
drums-------boom-boom
bells---------ring ring
birds------peep peep
stars------twinkle twinkle
snowflakes-------flutter flutter

This is a good one to use on a flannel board


Gift Un-Wrapped
Place a candy cane for each kid inside a small cardboard box and gift wrap it. Put the wrapped box inside a larger box, wrap it, and then select another larger box until the package is as large as you can handle. To play - have
everyone sit in a circle. Play music and pass the package around. When the music stops the player holding the package starts to unwrap it. When the music stars, the package is passed again. When the candy canes are found,
share them with everyone.

Christmas Sense of smell game:
Smell game Pass jars under their noses & see if they can identify the smells; evergreen, ginger, candy canes, christmas cake, eggnog, candles, etc.