When Kids are home from school for the Christmas break it’s always nice to make their time off relaxing, fun, and filled with enjoyable surprises that make for great memories! Enjoy the Christmas break with kids doing some fun and creative things together!
While they are so young, it’s nice to let them have fun and make Christmas break full of exciting activities!
I love making Christmas extra special and memorable for my kids by adding little surprises to their Christmas break. They get excited over the smallest things, and it blesses my heart to watch them beam with joy! Whether it’s a fun Christmas craft, a special Christmas treat, or an exciting festive outing, they soak it all in and it makes every moment so worth it! I want to cherish these moments with them and I hope they one day look back and remember Christmas time as some of their best childhood memories!
It’s the simple things that make kids happy, it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money or be fancy, they love being a part of a fun activity, using their creative side, experiencing new things, and simple surprises that are new and exciting.
There are so many ways to make Christmas break exciting and fun for your kids, below is a list of 60 ideas that are sure to make your kids smile and have a fabulous time!
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60 Exciting Things To Do With Your Kids On Christmas Break
1) Decorate A Gingerbread House (Extra Candy And Lots Of Icing!)
Have a blast with your kids decorating a gingerbread house, it’s fun, creative, and ends up being a tasty treat after it’s been enjoyed as a display for a while! Extra candy options and icing make it all the more fun!
2) Make A Gingerbread Fort (Using Cardboard)
This is sure to be a blast for kids! Make a gingerbread fort using cardboard and once the base is up and ready they can have fun decorating it, coloring on it, adding stickers, glitter glue, or anything that brings out their creativity! Then of course they get to have fun in the gingerbread fort afterward and enjoy some playtime!
3) Go Sledding (Hot Chocolate Is A Must Afterward!)
Sledding is a blast! Kids love it, get all bundled up and find some fun hills to sled down. To warm up after enjoy some hot chocolate together!
4) Enjoy A Hot Chocolate Bar
Set up a hot chocolate bar for your kids to enjoy! You can add Christmas sprinkles, whipped cream, crushed candy cane, chocolate chips, chocolate spoons, and marshmallows! Using Christmas mugs makes it extra festive and fun! Because sometimes being a little extra is part of the fun, and what better time of the year to enjoy this than Christmas break!
5) Make Candy Cane Ice Cream Sundaes
Use Candy Cane Ice cream (if you can find that flavor!) and add festive toppings to make a yummy Christmas sundae! You can add Christmas sprinkles, anything mint-flavored, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, Christmas chocolates, crushed candy cane and so much more!
6) Go To A Christmas Parade (Classis But So Fun!)
Enjoy a family night out watching a Christmas parade! It’s a classic and fun way to make special memories for kids at Christmas!
7) Do A Family Secret Santa Gift Exchange
Having a Secret Santa family gift exchange is an extra fun way to make Christmas break fun for kids. Set a budget for the gifts, everyone pick a name from a hat, and enjoy seeing what everyone gets! It’s fun to have this gift exchange on the night before Christmas day so the gifts aren’t lost in the pile of other gifts! It makes it a fun activity to watch one-by-one who got each other and what they were gifted. This is a fun time to get silly or funny gifts to add some good laughs!
8) Have Present Wrapping Fun (Kids Love Being A Part Of It)
Let your kids be a part of wrapping presents! Kids love being creative and being a part of all the fun. Set aside gifts that they can wrap and make this a fun time with Christmas music and quality time together!
9) Drink Eggnog In Fun Christmas Cups
Because eggnog only comes around once a year and having it in fun Christmas cups just makes it extra special!
10) Make A Christmas Pinata (Then Have Fun Breaking It Open)
Enjoy making a Christmas pinata together, then fill it with Christmas goodies and let the kids have a blast trying to break it open! Or buy a pinata, either way, it’s bound to be a fun time for kids!
11) Do A Christmas Craft Afternoon (Go Crazy Crafting!)
Enjoy a Christmas crafting afternoon with your kids! Go crazy letting their creative side out! This Snowman Craft is a great option for a fun craft kids would enjoy!
12) Decorate Mini Christmas Trees For Different Rooms In The House
Have fun decorating mini Christmas trees for different rooms in the house! Kids can be creative and make each one unique and use different colors! A fun way to add a little touch of Christmas to each room!
13) Have A Family Christmas Party
Enjoy a family Christmas party, and have a laid-back time together, enjoy some yummy snacks, watch a Christmas movie, and enjoy some festive treats!
14) Have A Christmas Movie Marathon (Enjoy Popcorn With Chocolate Drizzle And Christmas Sprinkles)
Enjoy watching a few great Christmas movies together whether it’s one right after the other, or back-to-back nights, enjoy some popcorn with chocolate drizzle and Christmas sprinkles for an extra special festive treat!
15) Enjoy Christmas Karaoke Fun
Have fun as a family with Christmas karaoke time, singing only Christmas songs! Make it extra fun by dressing up in Christmas costumes or colors!
16) Make Christmas Beaded Bracelets And Necklaces
Have fun being creative with your kids by making Christmas-beaded bracelets or necklaces, kids can have a blast making some for friends and some for themselves to enjoy!
17) Go On A Drive Looking For Christmas Lights
Have a special family outing going on a drive to find as many Christmas lights as you can. Count each house with lights and keep track of how many you can find!
18) Go Skating As A Family (Another Classic, But So Fun!)
Enjoy skating time as a family, a classic and fun way to make Christmas break extra exciting for kids!
19) Have Christmas Pancakes (Fun Shapes And Festive Toppings!)
Enjoy Christmas pancakes, make them in fun shapes using Christmas cookie cutters, and add festive toppings like green and red sprinkles, whipped cream, and crushed candy cane!
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20) Have A Christmas-Themed Tea Party
Enjoy a kid-friendly Christmas-themed tea party with festive flavored tea and Christmas goodies! You can play some Christmas music while enjoying this special time together!
21) Do A Fun Family Photo Shoot With Christmas Props
Enjoy a fun time having a family photo shoot using Christmas props! This is bound to be a great time and part of the fun is looking at all the silly photos afterward!
22) Have A Christmas Family Games Night (Using Christmas-themed games)
Enjoy Christmas family games nights playing Christmas-themed games together!
23) Decorate The House For Christmas Together
Have fun decorating the house for Christmas together, let the kids be a part of the fun! Play some Christmas music and enjoy a special time decorating!
24) Have A Christmas Campout In The Living Room
Set up a Christmas campout in the living room and enjoy family time with Christmas movies, Christmas stories, festive treats, and carols.
25) Have Christmas Coloring Fun
Provide Christmas coloring pages for your kids to have fun being creative!
26) Have A Christmas Story Marathon
Enjoy family time having a Christmas story marathon, and reading classic Christmas stories together!
27) Go Christmas Caroling At A Retirement Or Nursing Home
Take your kids Christmas caroling at a local retirement or nursing home, it’s sure to be a special treat for those they visit.
28) Have A Christmas Pajama Day (PJ’s All Day/Cozy Day)
Have a fun day when your family wears Christmas pajamas all day long! Encourage a cozy and relaxing day, watching movies, playing games, enjoying comfort foods, and spending quality time together!
29) Have A Red And Green Day
Have a red and green day where everyone in the family has to wear those colors, part of the fun is picking out the outfits!
30) Build A Snowman Together (Or Two, Or Three!?)
Enjoy a fun time outside building a snowman, or a few! Be sure to take photos afterward!
31) Build a Snow Fort Together
Spend time with your kids building a snow fort! Allowing them to lead the way and take charge so they feel proud of their hard work! It’s great quality time together!
32) Have A Christmas Take-Out Night (And Watch Christmas Movies)
Enjoy a Christmas take-out night while watching Christmas movies together!
33) Have A Christmas Shopping Day As A Family!
Enjoy Christmas shopping as a family, a great way to make kids feel like they are a part of giving and choosing gifts for others.
34) Enjoy Christmas Baking Together
Enjoy Christmas baking with your kids, let them be a part of all of the work! Cookies, cupcakes, and any festive treats you desire!
35) Bake A Happy Birthday Jesus Cake
Bake a Happy Birthday Jesus cake to celebrate Christ’s birth!
36) Decorate The Kid’s Bedrooms For Christmas
Enjoy making the kids’ bedrooms festive and fun for Christmas. Hang lights, get mini Christmas trees, and some fun decorations! Kids can have fun leading the way and decorate how they desire!
37) Make Christmas Goodie Bags For Friends And Deliver Them
Enjoy putting Christmas goodie bags together for friends and delivering them as a special treat! It’s good to get kids thinking of others and fun ways to bless them!
38) Bake Christmas Treats For Neighbors And Friends Together!
Enjoy baking Christmas treats for neighbors and friends with your kids. Then, have your kids deliver the special treats!
39) Have A Christmas-themed Bathtub Fun Night
Have a Christmas-themed bathtub fun night using Bathtub Paints, Bathtub Crayons, Bath Crackles, and Christmas Bath Bombs! Because sometimes making bathtime super fun is necessary and what better time to do this than Christmas break!
40) Make Christmas Ornaments Together
Enjoy making Christmas Ornaments together, then display them on your tree afterward!
41) Make Hot Chocolate Spoons
Have fun making hot chocolate spoons with your kids! Get wooden spoons and melt chocolate to dip them in. (You may need to dip a few times to get a good coating of chocolate.) Then, dip the chocolate spoon in crushed candy cane or mini marshmallows. After the chocolate hardens, you can enjoy dunking them in a cup of hot cocoa or wrapping them in nice bags with bows as gifts!
42) Dress Up In Christmas Colors Or A Festive Design And Go Out For A Christmas Meal Together
Have fun dressing up in Christmas colors or a festive design and enjoy a family Christmas meal out. It makes it extra special for kids to add the dress-up fun!
43) Have A Christmas Chocolate Treasure Hunt
Make a Christmas chocolate treasure hunt for your kids, hide all the goodies, and watch them have a blast searching for them! It’s the little things that make Christmas break extra fun, and what kid doesn’t enjoy the fun challenge of finding yummy treats?!
44) Play The Present Game
Wrap a present that suits everyone in several layers of wrapping paper, newspaper, or anything else! Make layers upon layer, then have fun sitting in a circle and passing the present around. Each person has a few seconds to unwrap as much as possible. Whoever gets the gift inside first gets to keep it!
45) Kids Christmas Bingo
Play Kids Christmas Bingo as a family! It’s a fun time for everyone, you could have a little prize for whoever calls bingo!
46) Write Christmas Letters To Mail To Friends And Family (Let Kids Deliver Them To Post Office For Full Experience!)
Enjoy time together writing Christmas letters to friends and family! And let the kids deliver them to the post office for the full experience!
47) Make Christmas Cards
Have an intentional time as a family making Christmas cards together! Make a list of people to make a card for, and have a bunch of fun options available for card-making. Christmas stickers, glitter glue, colorful markers, colorful festive paper and play Christmas music and enjoy!
48) Go On A Drive To Count Christmas Items (Snowmen, Angels, Nativity Scenes, Reindeer, And So On)
Enjoy a family drive to count Christmas items! Each person can have a different item they are looking for, and for extra fun keep track of who counts the most of their Christmas item!
49) Participate In A Local Christmas Coloring Contest
Lots of local businesses often have coloring contests on holidays. Looking for some fun ones for your kids to participate in is a fun idea! Once they finish coloring their page they can submit it to the local business and maybe they will win! If not, it’s still fun to participate and have fun coloring!
50) Have A Chocolate Fondue Night With Christmas Treats
Enjoy a Chocolate fondue night as a family! Enjoy dunking fruit pieces, marshmallows, and any fun Festive treat! You can have green and red sprinkles to add a touch of Christmas fun!
51) Write Letters And Make Cards To Deliver To A Local Retirement And Nursing Home To Bless Them
Enjoy writing letters and making Christmas cards to deliver to a local retirement and nursing home to brighten someone’s day! A lovely way to inspire your kids to think of others and be thoughtful on Christmas break!
52) Have A Family Christmas Sweater Day
Having fun Christmas-themed days as a family over the break is fun for kids! It’s a great way to make some special Christmas memories and have special family time enjoying little touches of festive fun!
53) Attend A Christmas Eve Service At Church As A Family
Attend a Christmas Eve Service at church as a family! Take that intentional time to reflect on Christ’s birth and bonding together as a family.
54) Enjoy Shopping Around At Local Christmas Markets
Enjoy a day shopping around at local Christmas markets with your kids! Even if you don’t buy much, it’s always fun to window shop and see all the Christmas decor and festive fun!
55) Record Fun Videos With Your Kids To Send To Friends And Family On Christmas
Have a blast recording fun videos with your kids to send to friends and family on Christmas! Make funny videos, send thoughtful messages, or just record a simple “miss you and thinking of you” video!
56) Wrap Presents In Plain Wrapping Paper And Let Your Kids Color Pictures On It And Decorate It With Stickers
This is a fun way to make presents have that extra personal touch! Use plain wrapping paper and let your kids draw nice pictures on it and add Christmas stickers to make it extra special! Giving gifts like this to family members to enjoy the personal touch!
57) Do A Christmas-themed Scavenger Hunt
Let your kids enjoy a Christmas-themed Scavenger Hunt! It’s bound to be a great time where they can enjoy being creative and having fun!
58) Have Fun With Christmas Balloons
Have fun decorating a room with Christmas balloons (red, green, gold, silver, and white). Be sure to use some of the balloons for some fun games!
59) Enjoy Coloring A Christmas Activity Poster
A great idea for kids on Christmas break is to let your kids enjoy coloring a Christmas Activity Poster, which makes hours of fun and creative time!
60) Christmas Sticker Fun
Kids can have a blast putting faces on the Christmas Sticker Characters! It makes for a fun and creative time!
Christmas break is a great time to put a little extra effort in for some special fun with kids! They love being creative, trying new things, and being a part of making something fun! It’s nice to let kids’ creativity flow and see their faces beam with joy over simple but fun activities!
They are only this young once, so it’s nice for them to have a good time and enjoy some fun Christmas surprises to make their break extra special and memorable! In this list of 60 exciting things to do with your kids on Christmas break, you are certain to find something that will be a hit!
