6 Simple Parent-Child Bonding Activities For Christmas

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Looking to make this Christmas season unforgettable for you and your child? Discover heartwarming parent-child bonding activities to create cherished memories and strengthen your connection. Dive into the magic of the holidays and share the season’s warmth with your little munchkins through these festive, fun activities.

But, of course, don’t forget about Christmas gifts for 17-year-old girls, boys, or children of any age because kids love receiving presents. Unwrapping them while sitting under the Christmas tree is one of the activities children look forward to during the holiday season.

Let’s look at the parent-child bonding activities you can engage in this Christmas.

Relay race with marshmallows

Wintertime is all about hot cocoa cravings and s’mores. Hence, you might already have your pantry stocked with lots of marshmallows. You can put them to use by creating a fun game of relay racing with marshmallows.

The relay race is not like a regular race. You can fill a few bowls with marshmallows and place mugs of hot chocolate. You can create teams or let everyone play individually.

The gameplay is that every player must attempt to eat as many marshmallows as possible and drink as much chocolate milk before time runs out. Whoever finishes first wins.

Christmas-version Heads Up

You can create a customized version of the Heads Up game by writing classic Christmas characters on sticky notes. Each player can paste a note to their forehead without looking at what it says.

The other player or everyone will have to help the player guess whose name is stuck to their foreheads without saying the word.

It is a fun game that will take you all on a laugh riot. Although there are online versions of this game, it is more fun when you sit with your family to create notes.

Family trivia night

Family trivia is a rousing game that will help people get to know each other better. Everyone can write down little-known characteristics and facts about themselves and then read them out aloud. Then, everyone else will be asked to guess which piece of trivia belongs to whom.

It is a game of family bonding, and fun rolled into one.

Gift wrapping race

Do you stress about wrapping Christmas gifts beautifully? Are you always worried they are not perfect? Forget about worrying this holiday season and gather some helper Elves to do the job. You can turn it into a competition to see who wraps gifts as quickly as possible.

Sure, this might not be the ideal way if you are trying to save wrapping paper. But it will take the pressure off of wrapping presents. Also, it will be a fun family activity to do together.

Guess who?

The iconic game of Guess Who can be customized for the holiday season. You can create cards with pictures of family members. You can get others to guess the person by giving hints, such as who loves baking Christmas cookies, who pampers the children the most, etc.

Once you are finished playing, the pictures can become a part of your Christmas decor.

Scavenger hunt

Christmas-themed scavenger hunt is one of the most exciting activities you can do with your children. You can personalize the hunt by including items of sentimental value. The treasure can be the Christmas gifts you have bought.

Christmas movie bingo

Who doesn’t enjoy binging on Christmas movies during the holiday season? Playing movie bingo can turn this movie marathon into a collaborative activity. Create Christmas movie bingo cards, and this is a clever way to keep everyone off of their devices. Whoever wins gets to pick the movies for the movie marathon.

Gingerbread house competition

Include a gingerbread house project this holiday season and engage little builders for the task. Challenge them to construct a replica of their home or any home from an ionic Christmas movie. They can even be whimsical or imaginative.

Cookie decoration

Cookies and Christmas go hand-in-hand. You can turn this holiday baking chore into a fun game for the entire family by adding a twist of friendly competition. You can add different categories to the competition, such as the most creative, messiest, and unique toppings.

Christmas movie marathon

One of the most wonderful parent-child bonding activities is sipping hot cocoa with marshmallows while enjoying Christmas movie marathons. These movies are family-oriented and made to ring in the festive season.

Pictionary

Do you have budding artists in your house? Let them showcase their talent by playing Pictionary. This is a fun drawing game where one person draws on the whiteboard, and everyone guesses what it means.

Snowman drawing competition

A snowman drawing competition is another friendly activity for budding artists. You can turn this into a silly holiday activity where everyone is given a timer and some stationery to draw the best snowman. The best snowman becomes a part of the holiday decor.

Enjoy the fun holiday activities mentioned above and notice a strengthened bond with your children. Merry Christmas!