Materials
List of items for each person
Find someone to sign his or her name for each item on a list. You can ask a person only one question. If the answer is no, you must go to someone else before returning to this person with another question. If the answer is yes, have the person sign your list next …
Materials
A list of Christmas Carols written in groups of two or more on slips of paper.
(see Christmas Carol Pictionary for a list of some common Christmas Carols and songs.
Activity
1. Write the names of the Christmas songs on individual slips of paper (There should be at least 2 slips for each song or more–More is good for …
Materials
Christmas Cards (2 copies of each card)
Activity
Use this as an icebreaker / crowdbreaker to divide your youth into teams at a Christmas Party:
1. Select the front panels of several Christmas with different pictures and cut them into pieces. Use 2 identical Christmas cards for each group. Each group will have a different card.
2. Cut one …
Materials
Sheet of paper and a tray or hard cover book for eack participant.
Activity
Everyone places a tray or large book on top their head with a piece of blank paper on it. Participant are to draw on the page resting on the top of their head, without looking, according to the instructions given.
Instructions might be
1. Draw …
Materials
Sheet of brown construction paper for each participant.
Activity
Participants must rip a sheet of construction paper into the shape of a turkey — behind their back. They are not allowed to look at their creation until it is complete. Hang the works of art up for everyone to judge. Give prizes for the best-looking turkeys.
Holiday Collection
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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday among all holidays. It’s special to me because it’s when I look back, reflect on the past year and give thanks. Also because it’s a time when God reminds
Imagine that you have been invited to Thanksgiving dinner at the home of the richest man in the world. You pull up a chair at a table two football fields long that’s piled high with so much turkey, dressing, potatoes, bread, carrot cake, pumpkin pie, mixed vegetables, milk, and anything else you can think of that the table is about …
Materials
None
Activity
Play a classic game of “Hide and Seek,” but call it a turkey hunt.
1. One player covers his eyes and counts to a number while all the turkeys hide.
2. When he reaches the number, he uncovers his eyes and tries to find all the turkeys!
Variation
Only one turkey hides. When the first player is …
Materials
1. A blank sheet of paper and something to write with for each person.
2. A timer
Activity
1. On your signal to begin, everyone should write down everything they are thankful for that can be described in two words or less.
2. Set a timer, for two minutes (or less) and tell them to begin.
3. When the …
Materials
None
Activity
1. Sits everyone down in a circle.
2. The first person says, “I am sailing on the Mayflower, and I am taking…” [The first person then says something that starts with “A” like apples.]
3. The second person says, “I am sailing on the Mayflower, and I am taking…” [The second person then repeats what the first …