20 Christmas Minute to Win It Games That Bring Out Everyone’s Competitive Side
Minute to win it are my favorite Christmas games to play. They are not just fun but quick one minute games that be enjoyed with friends and family at Christmas. If you are also think the same, you will love these 20 Christmas minute to win it games they are mix for different ages, whether you are looking for games for teens to play at Christmas eve or want to make Christmas dinner with family fun these christmas minute to win it are perfect.
Christmas Minute to Win It Games for Adults
Grownups enjoy silly games as long they are not too childish. And these ones work just well for grownups at a Christmas party where everyone is chatting and you can in between just play some quick games. These are easy to set up with things you already have. If you’re hosting a work event, these also double as great office party games.
1. Unwrap the Present with Mittens
This will need a little prep, wrap small gifts or something like a chocolate bar in a few layers of paper and tape. At the game the players have to unwrap it but while wearing thick winter mittens or oven mitts. They need to unwraps it under a minute, whoever does it first keeps the treat and is the winner. It’s one of my favorite games on this list because everyone struggles equally.
2. Christmas Light Untangle
I am sure everyone as tangles lights or the ones that are not working. I don’t know what it is but each year I find even the safely kept go bad. This is a chance to use them, give each player tangled string of lights, go something around around 5 to 10 feet, and enure they are same length to be keep it fair. They need to untangle it under a minute. If its too long you can give them 2 minutes.
3. Santa’s Cookie Face Challenge
This one gets funny at play and needs no prep. Place a cookie on each player’s forehead and they need to move it to their mouth using only their face muscles. Cookies like oreos or any round, flat ones work great. It looks silly and everyone ends up laughing. Make sure to have some extra cookies at hand.
4. Gift Box Tower Challenge
Gather all the boxes, better collect them for some days, specially at holiday season we tend to get many.To play this game players need to stack the boxes, you can wrap them for festive vibe or just use as such.Whoever makes the tallest tower under a minute wins. You can use boxes of varying sizes, to make it tricky for the players and empty box balancing is tricky itself.
5. Reindeer Antler Ring Toss
You need to play this game in pairs, let one teammate wears a reindeer antler headband and stands at a distance, while the other tosses rings, it can be embroidery hoops or playing hoops. Look for lightweight rings, you can also look for inflated ones to keep it safer. Players need to toss the ring onto the antlers from a few feet away, the more they can do under a minute better.
Christmas Minute to Win It Games for Kids
Games for kids need to be quick and a little silly, yet easy enough for them to play and enjoy. Look for the objects that are easy to handle, and give them a practice or demo before the timer starts.
1. Stack the Snowman Cups
Give each player 6 to 10 white plastic cups and ask them to stack them into a snowman shape in 60 seconds. The easiest way to do it is to make a pyramid of 3-2-1 , and give them can a paper carrot nose or a pom-pom to add once built
2. Stocking Stuffer Challenge
Hang a stocking on the back of the chair or side of stairs and they need to drop small items like pom-poms, wrapped candies, or mini ornaments into it, only using one hand. Surprisingly its easy enough for little ones and still gets competitive with older kids. Usually the stocking will be easy to stuff but if they do not remain open place in cardboard roll from cereal or chips box to let it stay open.
3. Snowball Knockdown
Make a pyramid of 6 cups and give each player a socks ball or white ping-pong balls cotton balls to knock it down. It is not as easy to do when the stack of cup is a distance. Whoever do it first under a minute will win the game.
4. Ornament Color Sort
Make a good mix of plastic ornaments in 3 or 4 colors in a big bowl, players need to sort as many as they can in a minute time. The one who sorts the most in a minute wins the game. You can play the same game with grownups to but intesad of hand they need to use chopsticks. The more kids play the more ornaments you will need count atleast 10 for each kid.
5. Rudolph’s Nose Toss
Cover a bucket or box with a reindeer face, you can use a mask or put brown paper and add googly eyes. Make a small hole in place of nos. In turns let players toss red pom-poms towards it from a set distance. The one who lands a single or many pompoms or ping-pong balls through the nose hole wins the game. If you are using pom-poms keep it at a shorter distance.
Christmas Minute to Win It Games for Teens
Teenagers like to play competitive games, so these games are good for them as they are a bit trickier.
1. Candy Cane Chain Challenge
Players need to make the longest chain of candy canes. In a bowl place lots of candy cane and marshmellows when the game starts, players need to hold one candycane in the left hand with the curved end in hand and use a marshmellow to stick the next one such that the curved end of the candycane is down to which they can hang the next candycane and continue so on. Its tricky to balance and add next with one with marshmellow making it a tricky challenge which will excite the teens, moreover they need to do this in a minute time.
2. Jingle Bell Shake
Strap an empty tissue box with 8 to 10 jingle bells inside to the waist of each, you can use belt or ribbon but duct tape works fine. When the timer starts, they need to shake their waist to get the bells out without using their hands. It gets very funny and is not easy to do.
3. Snowball Bucket Bounce
Lay out 3 buckets at different distances on a table, each worth different points. Give each player 6 white ping-pong balls to bounce them off the table into the bucket. The farthest bucket should be worth the most. This game can be played in turns with white ping pong ball or you can give each player a different color to identify them and let them all play together. The one with highest pints at the end of the game wins.
4. Gingerbread Balance Challenge
In this game players balance as many gingerbread cookies as they can on the of one hand. They can even stack them, untill 1 minute and maintain till the end of the minute. It my feel easy but is much harder than it sounds. Its about balance and everyone hold their breath to keep them from falling. You can use store-bought gingerbread cookies work best. It can be made more challenging by giving the mixed.
5. Peppermint Pass
This is a team game, divide players into team of 4 or 5 and line them up shoulder to shoulder in a circle. All players holds a toothpick in their mouth, and the first player will have a ring-shaped peppermint candy, like Life Savers hanging on their toothpick. When the game starts, they need to pass the candy to the next player’s toothpick, without using hands, till the round is completed and it reaches the first player. If it drops, the team needs to restarts. The team that gets the peppermint candy to the first player fastest wins.
Family Christmas Minute to Win It Games
If you are looking for quick Christmas game that the whole family wants to enjoy together. Here are some that entire family can plan. The whole point of these games is that everyone from grandma to the 5-year-old can play.
1. Penguin Waddle Relay
This is a simple and funny game, give each player a balloon to hold between their knees and they need to move from one end of the room to the other and return back under a minute without letting the balloon drop. If it drops they need to start again. Everyone looks funny walking like penguins.
2. Christmas Gift Delivery Race
This is another simple yet fun rance game for the whole family to play on Christmas. Place a small, lightweight gift box on their feet. The player need to deliver it to the finish line that can be on the other end of the room. They can either hold it between their feet or balance it on their feet. The first one to reach the end without dropping the box wins. Just make sure to use small and empty boxes.
3. Snowball Catch Challenge
This game must be played in pairs, making it perfect for family. The team can be couple or father and daughter or siblings. One player must hold the Santa hat and try to collect the cotton balls or pom-poms while the other teammate toss them from a few feet away. The one who lands the most in the Santa hat in a minute wins the game.
4. Build a Gingerbread House
This one is challenging so to make it easy you can turn it in a 2 minute game of make them to be played in pair or teams. Set out graham crackers, a tube of icing for glue, and a few candies, and let the players make a simple little house. It need not be perfect but just quick build of Gingerbread house using crackers.
5. Christmas Tree Team Challenge
This is another team based game, where one person stands still in the middle as the “tree” while other team members stick green color sticky notes onto them to make a Christmas tree shape and add a yellow sticky note on the forehead for the star. The team that covers the most area or makes the best-looking tree under a minute wins.
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