SCOOP Term 4 2016

Family Fun At Christmas
So the presents have been opened, the food
consumed, and everyone is getting a little bored
with the endless loop of Christmas movies playing
on the tube. Time to shake things up with a little
family fun. It doesn’t matter if your family is large
or small, old or young, active or full of couch
potatoes — we’ve got entertainment ideas that
will make everyone jolly.
Here are five fun and festive family games to
keep folks laughing all day long.
1. Present Scramble: You’ll need to do a bit of
prep to pull off this game, but it will pay off
10-fold in family laughs when the time comes to
play. Wrap a small gift in a small box. Then wrap
that gift in a larger box, and repeat as many
times as you can. To play, choose a number and
then have everyone in your family take turns
rolling the die. The first person to roll the chosen
number can begin unwrapping. But there’s a
catch: they have to wear oven mitts to do it!
The remaining players continue rolling while the
player wearing the mitts is unwrapping. The next
person to roll the chosen number takes the mitts
and continues the unwrapping. The person who
unwraps the actual prize gets to keep it.
2. Christmas trivia: Does your family know
everything there is to know about Christmas?
Why not challenge the clan to a Christmas
trivia showdown? Search on the internet for
someSanta trivia, Christmas tree trivia, or trivia
about Christmas traditions from around the
world — or go for the gold and mix up questions
from all three. You can have a dedicated game
time where players compete for a prize (extra
dessert!) or just ask the questions throughout the
day to keep everybody guessing!
3. Christmas Charades: Create your own list of
words or go online and print a list, cut out each
of the charades and place them in a bucket.
Split the group into 2 teams. Team A will pick
one player as the actor. This player will draw a
charade from the bucket and will then have a
specified amount of time to act out the charade
and have the other team members guess. If Team
A doesn’t guess the right answer before the
timer ends, then Team B gets one guess for the
correct answer.
Remember, in charades there is no talking and
no props allowed. Just use your fantastic acting
skills!
Whatever you do to make Christmas day more
fun for the family we hope you enjoy it!