The holiday season is the perfect time to bring people together, share smiles, and build stronger teamwork.
With fun activities, you can help coworkers, students, or friends connect in a cheerful and relaxed way.
These Christmas team building games make it easy for everyone to join in, laugh, and enjoy the spirit of the season.
Each game encourages teamwork, communication, and holiday joy. Whether your group is big or small, these ideas can help make your celebration more exciting.
This relay game focuses on speed and balance. Players must carry Christmas ornaments using spoons, hands, or other simple tools.
Dropping an ornament means starting that round again. Each teammate takes a turn, so everyone helps the group.
The challenge feels silly, but it teaches patience and careful movement. When the last runner finishes, the fastest and most steady team becomes the winner.
Holiday Trivia Challenge
Teams answer questions about Christmas movies, songs, traditions, and history. The group with the most correct answers wins a small festive prize.
In this activity, small groups work together to create a gingerbread house. Teams use cookies, icing, and candy to build walls and decorate the outside.
Everyone must share tools and decide how the house should look. Time is limited, so planning is important.
The houses often turn out funny, creative, or amazing. When the timer ends, teams show off their final designs and enjoy the sweet results.
Christmas Charades
Players act out Christmas words, movies, or songs without speaking. Their team guesses before the timer ends. Lots of laughs and silly moves.
Christmas Charades is a lively guessing game. One player acts out a holiday word, song, or movie without using any voice or sounds.
Their teammates watch closely and try to guess before time runs out. The actions are usually silly, and people often laugh as they try to understand the clues.
This game brings energy to the room and helps everyone loosen up and have fun.
Snowball Toss (Cotton Ball Edition)
Teams toss cotton “snowballs” into buckets from different distances. Each throw scores points. Misses are funny, and everyone gets many turns.
Everyone wears their silliest, brightest holiday sweater. People vote on the ugliest, funniest, or most creative. Winners get bragging rights and maybe candy.
A fun and colorful event where everyone shows up wearing their wildest holiday sweater.
Some sweaters are bright, some are strange, and some are just hilarious.
After everyone takes a look at each outfit, the group votes for different categories like ugliest, funniest, or most creative sweater.
The winners enjoy bragging rights, a few cheers, and sometimes a small candy prize.
Christmas Karaoke Battle
Players sing popular Christmas songs, either solo or in groups. Judges or coworkers vote for best performance, funniest act, or loudest cheer from the crowd.
This activity adds a creative twist to Secret Santa. Each person brings a small gift and writes a short story or clue about it.
The stories can be sweet, mysterious, or even silly. People read their stories aloud one at a time. After each reading, everyone guesses who the Secret Santa might be.
When the truth is revealed, the group enjoys the surprise and the laughter.
Holiday Potluck Cook-Off
Team members bring homemade holiday dishes. Everyone tastes, then votes for the best appetizer, main dish, and dessert. Sharing recipes encourages bonding and conversation.
A Holiday Potluck Cook-Off brings food lovers together. Each team member brings a homemade dish to share with others.
Everyone tastes the appetizers, main dishes, and desserts. After sampling the food, players vote for their favorites in each category.
People often trade recipes or cooking tips. The event helps everyone connect, talk, and enjoy a warm holiday meal as a group.
Reindeer Antler Ring Toss
One player wears inflatable or homemade “antlers.” Others toss rings, trying to land them on the antlers. Teams switch roles and count the total successful throws.
This playful game turns one teammate into a “reindeer.” The chosen player wears inflatable or homemade antlers, making the game look silly and fun.
Other teammates toss rings and try to land them on the antlers from a short distance.
Everyone takes turns wearing the antlers, so each person gets a chance to play. Teams count all successful tosses to see who scores the highest. Lots of laughter is guaranteed.
Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle
Teams race to finish a Christmas picture puzzle. They must talk, share pieces, and stay organized. The first group done gets a simple, fun reward.
A Christmas puzzle race encourages teamwork and focus. Groups gather around a table and work together to complete a holiday-themed jigsaw picture.
Good communication is important as players look for edge pieces, match colors, and keep the workspace neat. Some teams form small strategies to move faster.
The first group to finish the full picture wins a small reward and plenty of bragging rights.
Stuff-the-Stocking Relay
Players run back and forth, filling a stocking with small items. They can only carry one object each trip. Fast teamwork fills the stocking quickest.
This relay game is fast, simple, and full of movement. Players take turns running to a pile of small items and bringing them back one at a time to fill a stocking.
Because only one object can be carried per trip, speed and teamwork matter a lot.
Teammates cheer each other on as the stocking grows heavier. The fastest team to fill their stocking wins the round.
Santa’s Workshop Challenge
Teams pretend to be elves in Santa’s workshop. They build simple toys or crafts, solve mini puzzles, and finish fun tasks before the time limit.
This craft challenge lets groups use a Cricut machine to create holiday designs. Teams choose shapes for cards, ornaments, labels, or signs.
They plan their ideas together and cut their designs using the machine. After decorating their final pieces, each group shows off what they made.
Judges or coworkers pick the most creative, neat, or festive project. It’s a relaxing and hands-on holiday activity.
Snowman Building Contest (Indoor Edition)
Teams build “snowmen” using paper, cups, balloons, or toilet paper. They decorate with markers and craft supplies. The most creative or funniest snowman wins.
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This cheerful game uses bingo cards filled with Christmas words or pictures. Each player listens carefully as the leader calls out items from the list.
When a word or image matches their card, they mark the square. The game becomes exciting as players get closer to completing a row.
The first person to finish a full line stands up and shouts “Bingo!” to win the round.
“Guess the Christmas Scent” Challenge
Blindfolded players smell holiday scents like cinnamon, pine, or peppermint. They guess each scent and earn points. Safe items only, and no tasting required.
A fun-smelling game where players try to identify holiday scents while blindfolded.
Each person gets a safe scent to smell, such as cinnamon sticks, peppermint, pine, or gingerbread. They make a guess and earn points for correct answers.
Some scents are easy, while others can be surprising. The challenge creates laughter and friendly competition without any tasting involved.
Christmas Cookie Decorating Contest
Teams decorate sugar cookies with icing, sprinkles, and candy. Categories can be prettiest, funniest, or most creative. Everyone gets to eat their art afterward.
This lively game turns the room into a holiday treasure field. Candy canes are hidden in tricky spots around the office, classroom, or home.
Players race to find as many as they can before time runs out. Some candy canes may have special marks or colors that earn bonus points.
Everyone moves quickly, laughs at surprising hiding places, and compares their final collections.
Christmas Minute-to-Win-It Games
Teams rotate through fast one-minute challenges, like stacking cups, moving ornaments, or blowing cotton balls. Quick thinking and teamwork help them earn points in each station.
A fast-paced set of challenges that test speed, focus, and teamwork.
Teams rotate through short one-minute tasks, such as stacking cups, rolling ornaments, or blowing cotton balls across a table.
Each station offers a new mini-game with simple rules. Groups must work together and move quickly to score points.
Pin The Nose on Rudolph
Players are blindfolded and spun around. They try to stick a paper nose on Rudolph’s face. Closest placement wins, and everyone laughs at silly misses.
This playful activity feels like a real snowball fight but is safe for indoors. Teams stand in a marked area and toss soft marshmallows at each other.
The marshmallows are light, so no one gets hurt. Players run, dodge, and laugh as they throw.
After the game, everyone helps pick up the marshmallows to keep the space clean. It’s simple, active, and full of holiday fun.
Christmas Costume Relay
Teams race to dress one player in holiday clothes and props: hats, scarves, antlers, and more. They run back and tag the next teammate to change outfits.
This guessing game lets players discover their secret Christmas identity.
Each person gets a card placed on their back with a holiday character or item written on it.
They walk around the room and ask others yes-or-no questions to gather clues.
Players must think carefully and ask smart questions to figure out who or what they are. The first to guess correctly wins that round.
Santa’s Treasure Box
A decorated box holds small mystery gifts or challenges. Teams pick items, complete quick tasks, or trade prizes. Everyone is curious about what’s inside next.
A fun mystery game where a decorated box holds small surprises, challenges, or tiny prizes.
Teams take turns opening the box and choosing an item without knowing what it will be.
Some items may lead to quick tasks, while others might be small gifts they can keep or trade. The excitement grows each time the lid opens, because no one knows what treasure comes next.
Ornament Tower Challenge
Groups must build the tallest standing tower using ornaments and simple supplies like cups or tape. They test, fix, and rebuild until the timer ends.
This exciting game fills balloons with tiny surprises such as notes, dares, or small prizes.
Players choose a balloon and pop it by sitting on it or stepping on it. Once it bursts, they read the message inside and either complete the task or enjoy the reward.
The popping sounds, funny dares, and unexpected prizes make the activity lively and full of laughter.
Cookie Taste Test
Blindfolded players sample different holiday cookies. They guess the flavor or ingredients: gingerbread, chocolate chip, peppermint, and more. It’s tasty and fun for everyone.
A tasty game where blindfolded players try different holiday cookies and guess their flavors.
Each person samples cookies like gingerbread, peppermint, sugar cookies, or chocolate chip.
They rely on taste and smell to figure out what each cookie is. Guesses can be serious or silly, and players often react with surprise.
It’s a fun, friendly challenge that ends with everyone enjoying sweet treats.
Stocking Stuffer Guessing Game
Small objects are placed inside stockings. Players feel the outside and guess what’s inside without looking. They write answers, then reveal and score points.
This guessing game uses holiday stockings filled with small objects.
Players feel the outside of the stocking and try to guess what’s hidden inside without looking. They write down their answers and wait until all guesses are made.
When the stockings are opened, everyone compares their guesses to the real items.
Points are awarded for correct answers, and the surprises make the game fun for all.
Holiday Photo Booth Contest
A simple photo corner is set up with props like hats, glasses, and signs. Teams take funny or cute pictures, then vote on the best photo.
This cheerful activity sets up a small photo corner with fun holiday props like hats, glasses, scarves, and funny signs.
Teams or individuals take turns posing and snapping creative, cute, or silly pictures. Everyone tries different props to make their photos stand out.
After all the photos are taken, the group votes on categories like funniest, most festive, or most creative. The winning photo earns holiday bragging rights.
Christmas Office Olympics
Teams compete in silly holiday “sports” like chair sled races, paper snowball toss, and candy cane balancing. Points from each event decide the overall champions.
A lively set of mini “sports” designed for holiday fun in the workplace.
Teams compete in playful events such as chair sled races, paper snowball tosses, or candy cane balancing challenges.
Each event gives groups a chance to earn points through speed, skill, or teamwork. Laughter fills the room as coworkers try their best in each round.
When all events are finished, the team with the most points becomes the Office Olympics champion.
Conclusion
Christmas is a wonderful time to bring people closer and create happy memories together.
These Christmas team building games make it easy for groups to connect, laugh, and enjoy the holiday spirit.
Whether you use them at work, school, or a party, each activity helps build teamwork in a fun and stress-free way.
With a little creativity and teamwork, your holiday event can become something everyone remembers fondly. Enjoy the games, share the joy, and celebrate the season!
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