Family games for Christmas: more than 21 ideas to have a great time all together

Christmas is a time to enjoy with family, even beyond with dad and mom: grandparents, uncles, cousins ​​...

So this year we propose to leave the game console parked and retake those classic and very popular games with which we both enjoyed small and I'm sure they'll wake up more of a laugh at your children.

We talk about board games like the goose or sink the fleet, but also of others with zero investment: the blind chicken, the chairs, the hanged man ... Here are a few ideas to have a great time all together at Christmas.

Our proposal includes simple and fast games, which will generate unique family moments, important links and memories for a lifetime.

And you can also play most of them without buying anything. You just need to have fun together. A new Christmas custom? And why not! Popular games never go out of style and you can retake them every year by these dates.

Table games

They are the first on our list, because they are a Christmas classic and a fixed in the letters to the Magi to enjoy the following year. We refer to Operation, Jenga, Scattergories, Pictonary, Trivial, Taboo ... Here you have them all, for you to choose.

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But also those that go back to our most tender childhood, when we played Parcheesi, Monopoly or the broom.

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Guess riddle

You can remember those of your childhood, ask your older children to remember those who have learned in school or have a riddle book for children on hand.

On Amazon, you can find '365 Grandma's riddles' for 8.54 euros.

The blind chicken

"Little chicken, little chicken, what have you missed in the haystack? A needle and a thimble ... Turn around and you'll find it."

It helps children understand the importance of the senses, since it is played with blindfolds. Thus, they will learn to move with greater confidence and agility.

It is intended for children over six years and a minimum of three players are needed.

And how to play? You have to choose who will wear the bandage (the one that will play the role of a blind chicken) and who should find the rest, placed in a circle around the blind chicken. The little chicken should take three turns on herself before she starts looking, so she doesn't know where she is.

It's about the little chicken catching someone, who can talk to get their attention. And when he has it, he has to guess who he is by touch. If successful, the roles are exchanged.

Animals on the farm

With your eyes tightly closed, you should imitate a farm animal aloud when you count three.

We open our eyes and everyone has to discover what animal and who made it from each of the group. It is perfect to play with the little ones and as they grow older the voice can be falsified so that it costs more to recognize who does it.

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Hangman

This classic word game can be played at any time, starting at age six and no more than two people are needed.

How to play The person in charge of drawing the hanged man chooses a word and dubuja on a paper as many lines as letters have. You can 'give away' some track letter.

The other players, in turn, say the letters they think the word contains. When a letter is successful, the person in charge of the hangman puts the letters in the right place. When a letter fails, it is written to the side and the first stroke of the hangman's drawing is made.

If the players get the word right before the drawing is completed they win the game. To make the game easier or more difficult, details such as eyes, mouth, etc. can be added to the hanged man.

And it also brings many benefits: in addition to stimulating their attention, they review the letters of the alphabet and learn new words.

There are elaborate board games of this classic. You have them for 14.99 euros on Amazon.

Rock Paper and scissors

Perhaps the most popular of our entire list. To play, two players are needed (better if the child is already five years old) and one of the hands of each participant is enough.

It consists of removing the hand from the back forming one of the three figures:

  • Stone: with a clenched fist.

  • Paper: with the extended hand.

  • Scissors: with the index finger and heart extended and the rest bent the scissors are formed.

The players say out loud "1, 2, 3 ... rock, paper, scissors" and take their hands out.

Depending on the chosen figure, it is considered that:

  • The paper envelops the stone. Win the paper.

  • The stone bends the tip of the scissors. Win the stone.

  • The scissors cut the paper. The scissors win.

If the players draw the same figure, a draw is produced and the game is repeated.

To meet the winner, the game is done three times and whoever accumulates the most points wins.

Table football

Ideal for tabletops and play two by two. The glasses or other objects will be the goal and some plug, sheet or any other small thing that slips easily will make the ball. The players will be our fingers that will throw the ball in 3 touches to the opposite goal.

Hiding place

"One, two, three, itches wall or English hiding place."

Perfect for playing outdoors, and also at home, especially when children are young.

The goal is to hide and not be discovered until the end. That is why it is not convenient to play with children under 3 or 4 years old, since they may suffer fear or anxiety if they do not understand that finally all the participants appear.

Where is?

It is a visual hiding place. There are two options:

  • Whoever catches it has to observe the room where you are and then leave. Meanwhile, the ersto hides an object and when he returns he has to discover what is missing.

  • Another option is that a player hides an object in the room while the rest waits outside. You can give clues to know if they are approaching or not: cold (you are very far from the hiding place) hot, hot ... (you get closer) and you burn (when it is literally next door).

I see I see

From the age of four, you can now play the game par excellence with the children to entertain them anywhere, anytime.

The more players participating in the game, the more fun it will be. Do you remember the magic words?

  • One of the players thinks of an object and says out loud: "I see, I see."

  • The rest of the players respond: "Do you see?"

  • And the first responds: * * "A little thing." **

And add one of the following options to the sentence:

  • "color… " and point to one of the colors that characterize the object.

  • "that starts with ..." and pronounce the initial letter of the object.

You have to guess what it is, naming different objects until it is right. And who does it, proposes the new word.

Broken phone

Do you remember this game? In a circle, the one who starts says to the one next to the ear a phrase that will go from person to person until the last one that will say what he has understood. The laughs are assured.

The serious face

Who has not ever played is that he has not been a child. It consists of staring into each other's eyes with a very serious countenance and the first one who laughs loses. Impossible not to laugh, impossible.

And more if the one who is eliminated makes nice gestures so that the rest laugh as soon as possible and start again. And best of all: it is suitable for all ages.

Tongue twister

Just like riddles it is one of our favorite games for any time. Refresh those you already know and teach them to children.

And if your memory falters, ask Santa Claus for some book of tongue twisters for children and to laugh he touches. On Amazon, 10.96 euros.

The chair game

"He who went to Seville lost his chair" How many laughs we miss as children with this game! You remember? Before you start, just one tip: that the chairs are sturdy.

Then to play: you have to have as many chairs as participants, less one and place them in a circle with the backs inwards.

Participants should stand around the chairs and one behind the other while an adult controls the music player and does not play.

When the music starts playing, all participants should turn around the chairs following the rhythm of the song. At the time the person in charge of the music stops the song, each player should sit in a chair. The one who runs out of chair will be eliminated.

Another chair is removed and the music starts again and the operation is repeated until only one player remains, who will be the winner.

The game will resume by removing a chair and so on until there is only one and two opponents left.

The shortest stick (or straw)

Prepare as many sticks of different sizes as people play. Put them all in one hand hiding part of the stick. Make sure that the visible parts are at the same height.

Each player takes one and wins the one that gets the shortest stick. Very simple, right? Well, children (and children notice) will love it.

Jokes for kids

Another game that is easy to become fond of and that puts our memory to the test are children's jokes. You can start telling them a person, but then the round of jokes arises.

A joke book will even stimulate your interest in reading. On Amazon, 'The trickiest jokes' for 12.50 euros.

Who I am?

It's fun to play with a large group of people. One covers his eyes and in front of him puts a person who has to guess who is just touching his face. Another person may ask who am I? so that the voice gives off and the game is more sensory.

Chained words

The idea is to chain words in turns where the word has to start with the last letter or syllable (if you want to make it more difficult) of the word you just said.

Upside down words

Say a word of two syllables but with the order reversed ("ca-va" by "va-ca") and you have to guess what word it is.

It is as simple as repeating many syllables many times and fast so that the hidden word appears. Whoever wins, proposes the following.

Human knot

A large group forms a ring that has to intermingle without separating the hands, creating a human knot, while 'the one who keeps it' is out of the room. When entering, you have to try to slide the knot without letting go of your hands.

Sensory bag (or box)

Take different objects that you find nearby or the treasures of nature that have been brought to you and you are sure to carry them in your bag. Put them in an opaque bag and ask the child to put their hand.

Without looking, only with touch, they have to guess which object it is in turns. The one who accumulates the most successes wins and then he can hide himself.

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