Minute To Win It Christmas Games for the Whole Family (2024)

Post author:Melissa Haines
Post published:October 31, 2018
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I wanted to share these fun Kid Friendly Minute to Win It Christmas Games that are perfect for your holiday party. Easy to set up and play. Perfect for all ages, kids, teenagers, and adults.

Christmas Minute to Win It Games

Here’s a quick video to show you how we played these Fun Christmas Minute To Win It Games…

First up in these Holiday Minute to Win It Games…

Snowball Fight

Players try to gather the most snowballs

(1 or more players per team)

Supplies needed…

Cotton balls – about 4 bags
1 large container
2 wooden spoons (or 1 per team)
see through wire buckets, bowl or a large glass measuring bowl per team

Setting up…

Dump all of the cotton balls into your large container and add wooden spoons
When you are ready, players will need to scoop up as many cotton balls as they can and run to fill their teams container
*if you want to add more players, you can easily turn this into a relay race
Players should continue running back and forth, depositing the cotton balls until 1 minute is up
The team with the most cotton balls (snow balls) wins this round!

North Pole Pop!

(1 player per team)

This is hilarious, as the balloons are almost impossible to pop with mittens on!

Here’s what you’ll need for this fun Minute to Win It Christmas Game…

Inflated Balloon for each player
Pair of mittens for each player

Setting up…

There’s not a whole lot to do here. Just make sure you have plenty of balloons and mittens for players

Playing…

When you’re ready, players should put their mittens on and grab a balloon
They should try to pop it their mitten covered hands in under 1 minute
The first person to pop their balloon – without cheating – wins for their team!
*It’s harder than it looks

Next up…

Jingle Bell Shake

(1 player per team)

Here’s what you’ll need for this fun Christmas Minute to Win It Game…

Playing…

players will need to sort the boxes 1 bell through 5 bells by shaking them to listen in under 1 minute
you can check to see if they are right by peeking on the bottom of the boxes
The team who did the best job of sorting, or who sorts them correctly the fastest – wins
*This would be a great game on it’s own. You could have each person take a stab at sorting the bells and see who the winner is

Next up…

Rudolph Wrap

(2 players per team)

Here’s what you’ll need for this Christmas Minute to Win It Game…

20 ft. of brown burlap roll or a large roll of brown streamers – I originally set out to find the streamer roll, but couldn’t find brown. Luckily, burlap is in style and I found it easily
Clown nose
Rudolph antler headband

Setting up…

just have the supplies ready to go

Playing…

In under 1 minute

players will have to use all of their streamer or burlap up by wrapping their teammate
they will have to finish off by adding the clown nose and the headband to make a Rudolph! – all in under 1 minute
The team who gets it done the fastest, wins

Suck it Up!

(1 player per team)

Here’s what you’ll need to get for this game…

M&Ms – 6 per player
paper plates – 2 per player
straw

Setting up…

the challenge level of this game depends on how far you set the plates apart
*we started with a plate on each end of the table – about 10 ft. apart and quickly realized how hard that was. For my 8 year old, we pushed them to about 2 feet apart
Place the candy in one plate and a straw nearby
Place the other plate wherever you think would be a good distance for your age of players

Playing…

Players will need to suck the candy up with the straw, maintain the suction and deposit the candy onto the empty plate
Keep going until you’ve got them all transferred – in under 1 minute
*the team with the most transferred M&Ms wins this round

Next up…

Defy Gravity

(1 player per team)

Here’s what you’ll need for this fun party game…

inflated balloons

Setting up…

just have the balloons ready

Playing…

Players will have to keep 1 balloon up in the air with the same hand for 1 minute
*the original minute to win it defy gravity game asks players to keep 3 balloons in the air for 1 minute. That’s really hard to do and super frustrating for kids. You can really make up your own level of challenge by adding more balloons

Next up…

Bell Bottoms

(1 player per team)

Here’s what you’ll need for this fun Christmas Minute to Win it Game…

1 set of panty hose
2 jingle bells

Setting up

place a jingle bell in the bottom of each panty hose foot

Playing…

In less than one minute,

Here’s what we discovered about the game…

It’s really challenging to do it exactly as the rules state – perfect for adults, but it got a little frustrating for the younger kids when it came time to pull the hose off

How we modified it to make it a little more kid friendly…

I helped them by putting the end of the pantyhose on their arms, so they were ready to go when the timer went
Then…they had to use their fingers to do the work of inching down to the bottom of the panty hose – no cheating there – It’s totally possible for them to do
The really hard part was pulling the hose off without the help of your arms, so they got to use their arms to pull the pantyhose off
The adults and older kids can do it without the help of their other arm. They will look hilarious trying!

Here are the rules for the true game without modifications…

players should reach in with both hands – 1 in each leg – and try to remove the jingle bells in under 1 minute
*players are not allowed to use one hand to help the other. Each hand and arm has to work on it’s own, wiggling down to the end of the hose

Next up…

Choosing Cups

(1 player per team)

Here’s what you’ll need for this Christmas game to play…

25 cups
5 stickers
water or beverage of choice

Setting up…

place stickers on the bottom of 5 out of the 25 cups and set them down on the table
pour a small amount of liquid into the plastic cups – just a smidgen

Playing…

Here’s what we discovered about this game…

If the kids or adults don’t find the sticker cups quickly, then they will want to hurl. Forcing even a smidgen of your favorite drink down from several cups in under 1 minute makes anyone want to gag! Kind of funny, but kind of gross if they actually get sick.
If you play it with liquid in the cup, only put a little bit and hopefully they will find the five cups with stickers right away.

How you can modify this game…

Don’t put any liquid in the cup
The kids will still have to pick the cup up – 1 at a time – you have to be clear on that(trust me, they will try to double up) and find the 5 cups with stickers at the bottom

Here are the rules to the game without any changes…In under 1 minute,

players should drink the beverage out of the cups and then look on the bottom to see if it has a sticker
when they find one with a sticker, they should set it aside
as soon as they find the 5 cups with stickers on the bottom they are done