Christmas Day is a time for family and friends to come together, enjoy each other’s company, exchange gifts, and make lasting memories. If you’re on the hunt for ideas on how to have an unforgettable Christmas Day with your family this year, here are 17 creative ways to celebrate Christmas as a family of four or more.
1. Decorate Christmas cookies:
Get in the holiday spirit by baking some Christmas-themed cookies together! Create a cardboard template and cut out dough in festive shapes like snowmen, Christmas trees, wreaths, and bells. Let everyone join in on decorating them with icing, sprinkles, and candies then dig into the delicious results afterward!
2. Make Christmas cards:
You can make homemade Christmas cards with various materials like paper, felt, fabric or foam. You can also layer these materials to create 3D Christmas cards and add decorations like glitter, ribbons, and sequins! Get creative by making Christmas cards together as a family.
3. Go Christmas carolling:
Singing Christmas carols is an activity that the whole family can enjoy. Take turns singing your favourite Christmas carols in the comfort of your own home, or go out on the streets and spread some holiday cheer!
4. Watch a Christmas movie:
A classic way to spend Christmas Day as a family is by watching one of your all time favourite movies together. Pop some popcorn and cuddle up on the couch with a Christmas movie like ‘Home Alone’ or ‘Elf’ and enjoy each other’s company.
Spread Christmas cheer in the neighbourhood by projecting colourful Christmas images on your house’s windows! You only need a projector, Christmas themed slides, and some Christmas music to get in the festive mood.
5. Make Christmas decorations:
Get crafty and make Christmas decorations as a family! Use items you have lying around your houses, such as paper, string, tinsel, glue, and cardboard, to make garlands, wreaths, snowflakes, and Christmas trees. Hang them up around your home for that extra Christmas feeling.
6. Have a Christmas photo shoot:
Put on your Christmas outfits and snap memorable photos of the whole family! Get creative with poses and props to make it even more unique! You will treasure this forever.
7. Christmas treasure hunt:
Hide Christmas-themed items around the house for a Christmas-themed treasure hunt! It’s an activity that the whole family can enjoy and have some fun with.
8. Make Christmas presents:
Create unique handmade gifts for your family to show them how much you care about them this Christmas Day. You can make anything from photo albums to mugs and jewellery boxes whatever you think they would appreciate the most!
9. Play board games:
Spend quality time together by playing board games like Monopoly or Clue. Board games are always a hit, especially on Christmas Day when everyone is in the holiday spirit and looking to have some good old-fashioned fun!
10. Build a gingerbread house:
A creative Christmas activity that kids of all ages will love is building a gingerbread house together! Use store-bought or homemade gingerbread to develop your unique wintery castle – then enjoy munching on it afterward!
11. Host a Halloween Christmas party:
Combine two of the best holidays, Christmas and Halloween, into one super awesome family party! Have everyone dress in spooky costumes, decorate the Christmas tree with ghosts and skeletons, and enjoy some Christmas-Halloween-themed snacks!
12. Christmas karaoke:
Are Christmas carols not enough for you? Sing your favourite Christmas songs together and have fun with them. Then ramp up the Christmas cheer with Christmas-themed karaoke! You’re sure to get in the holiday spirit with this one.
13. Christmas quiz:
Test each other’s Christmas knowledge with a fun Christmas-themed quiz! You can make it as easy or complex as you want, depending on who’s participating, but either way, it will be an enjoyable activity that everyone can join in on.
14. Go ice skating:
Wrap warm and go ice skating together at a nearby rink! This is a great way to bond and support each other if someone falls. It’s also a great Christmas activity to get your blood pumping and enjoy the fresh winter air.
15. Christmas baking:
Get the Christmas mood going with some Christmas baking. Whip up delicious Christmas treats like cookies, gingerbread houses, and Christmas cake pops! Everyone will enjoy sampling them once they’re done – if there are any left, that is!
16. Christmas scavenger hunt:
This one’s fun for everyone! Put together a list of items that need to be collected during a scavenger hunt around the house. Whoever collects the most Christmas-themed items wins a prize!
17. Christmas charades:
Liven up your Christmas day with some Christmas-themed charades! Put together a list of Christmas words or phrases that need to be acted out and see who can guess them first – it’s a fun game that will keep everyone entertained for hours.
Conclusion
Christmas Day is about spending quality time with your loved ones and making unforgettable memories that you can look back on years from now. No matter what Christmas activities you choose, there is always something enjoyable for the whole family! So get creative and have fun! Happy Christmas, everyone!