Kids Christmas Party

The kids were out of school for Parent/Teacher/Student conferences on Dec 14th.  So instead of wasting the day away, we decided to have a Christmas party for the kids and their good friends.  Cole invited two of his closest friends and Mia invited 5 of hers.  Luke was at a Birthday party and Ella napped the whole time, so it worked out really well.  

The party started with a game.  The boys did a Christmas word search, and the girls played a game of "name that Christmas song", using picture clues.  

 I was so surprised at how good the girls were at this game.

 I assembled 10 gingerbread houses the night before the party.

 Each kids got a gingerbread house and a bag of frosting.  The kids brought candies to make their houses super fancy.

 I made this vegetable christmas tree for the kids to snack on, and believe it or not, they ate the whole thing.  No dip required!  Thanks Family Fun magazine for this great idea.

 Aspen brought some really great games for the kids to play.  In this game you pass the tissue paper star to your neighbor using nothing but a straw.

 Mia and her gal pals, Aspen, Lauren, Audrey, Katelyn, and Sara.

 Cole with Jake and Michael.

 In the next game the kids had to put vasaline on their nose and race to the other side of the room, touch a red paper circle with the tip of their nose, and run back.  The Rudolph Relay.

 And in the last game the kids had to scoop up candy with a spoon and stuff it into a mini stocking.  Everyone wins in this one.

Merry Christmas!