40+ of the Best Fun Christmas Activities for Families

Don’t miss out on these fun, family friendly Christmas and/or Winter activities!


Are you looking for something to do this Christmas that will help engage and unite your family? Are you looking for experiences or ideas that will allow your family to have fun together and build lasting memories? Below is a compiled list of over 40 ideas for Christmas or Winter activities that can help your family bond, and give you some fun options for this holiday season! Don’t miss out on these fun, Christmas activities for families.

You can even use these ideas to create an activity based Advent Calendar! Maybe you can even start a new family tradition.

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Fun Christmas Activities for Families

Below are ideas for fun Christmas activities for your family. Some of these ideas are simple and quick enough that you can even incorporate them into a weeknight.

  1. Build/decorate gingerbread houses
  2. Have a snowball fight
  3. Build a snowman
  4. Make a hot cocoa bar (check out my DIY Hot Cocoa Bar here)
  5. Watch a Christmas movie (or have a Christmas movie marathon)
  6. Bake Christmas cookies
  7. Have a Christmas music dance party
  8. Go sledding
  9. Go ice skating
  10. Visit a tubing hill
  11. Roast s’mores indoors
  12. Have a winter fire (outdoors or indoors)
  13. Read a Christmas book together
  14. Make Christmas crafts
  15. Make Christmas ornaments
  16. Have a candy cane hunt
  17. Write letters to Santa
  18. Make Christmas cards
  19. Make popcorn garland
  20. Take a Christmas light tour
  21. Sing Christmas carols (or go caroling)
  22. Attend a Christmas play / show
  23. Make paper snowflakes
  24. Play Christmas party games
  25. Make a nativity scene
  26. Visit Santa
  27. Go to a Christmas arts/crafts show
  28. Pick out a Christmas tree
  29. Decorate your Christmas tree (make it an event with music and food)
  30. Build a model train
  31. Track Santa (use the NORAD Santa Tracker found here)
  32. Decorate your bedroom doors
  33. Attend a Christmas light show
  34. Watch a tree lighting ceremony
  35. Build a snow fort
  36. Make Christmas wreaths
  37. Make snow angels
  38. Have a family game night (find my list of the best board games by age here)
  39. Decorate the windows with Christmas sticky decorations
  40. Hang Christmas lights together
  41. Create a Christmas village
  42. Make snow globes
  43. Make your own personal stockings
  44. Decorate gingerbread men
  45. Make decorative porch pots

If you don’t have snow in your area, you can find fake snowballs, and there is this amazing fake modeling snow that is re-usable, you can find it here.

Find my list of Family Game Night Board games here.

Find out how to build your own snow globe here!

Find out about the candy cane hunt activity here.


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15 Comments

  1. […] 40+ of the Best Fun Christmas Activities for Families […]

  2. I love these ideas! I can’t wait to make gingerbread this year – it’s my favorite!

    Thanks for linking up!

    Erin
    http://www.crackercrumblife.com

    1. It’s my favorite too. We are definitely going to be decorating some gingerbread men this year.

  3. This is a great list. I am hoping to do most of these

    1. Thank you! The kids have been having a lot of fun with the activities this year.

  4. Thank you for sharing at Gma’sPhoto ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #10.
    Take care and best wishes.

  5. Thanks for sharing all these wonderful family activities for Christmas! I’m happy to be featuring your post at Tuesday Turn About this week! Pinned!

    1. That’s so wonderful, thank you for featuring my post!

  6. There are some really great ideas on this list! Thanks for sharing on our Comfy Cozy link up!

  7. Such fun and festive ideas! Thanks so much for putting this list together for us all!

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