Holiday Ice Breaker Game - a fun game idea for everyone, young and old! This is a great game to break that awkward silence early into a holiday gathering. Especially one where not everyone knows each other. It's good, clean, wholesome fun that won't create any awkward moments with guests that are new to the crowd.

It'll help guests get to know one another or family members to learn something new about each other. It's so easy to make that the kids can get involved. Plus it's an inexpensive party game, made with dollar store finds.

Welcome back to year 6 of our Festive Christmas Event where we team up with a bunch of talented blogging friends to bring you a plethora of creative ways to celebrate your holiday season.

We will be baking some cookie recipes for you, sharing some party games, making some handmade gifts, doing some ornament crafting, and sharing our Christmas movies family fun. There will be breakfast recipes and as always our decorated Christmas Trees which is always a fun tour of homes.

New this year is Gift Guides. We are right there with you shopping from home due to Covid 19 and we understand how hard that can be so we have been busy little Elves doing tons of research to create fabulous Gift Guides to help you with your holiday shopping.

You will find new ideas every Monday and Wednesday between Oct. 19th through Nov. 18th. Scroll all the way down to find all the ideas linked at the end.

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Farmhouse Tabletop Christmas Tree - made with recycled bifold door slats.

Repurposed Cabinet Door Christmas Signs - made with kitchen cabinet door panels.

Easy Mini Cranberry Eggnog Loaves - perfect for gift giving.

Eggnog Crepes With Cranberry Grand Marnier Compote - a festive make-ahead Christmas morning breakfast idea.

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Christmas Ice Breaker Game Idea

What You'll Need To Make This Holiday Game

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Holiday Red, Holiday Green, White, and Silver Glitter Acrylic Craft Paint

Jumbo Craft Sticks (tongue depressors) 

Hot Glue Gun

Felt Christmas Stickers 

Large Recycled Food Tin

5/8-inch Black Ribbon

Gold Glitter Foam Sheets

Mod Podge

Sharp Craft Knife

Game Labels (free printable provided)

Color Printer

Scissors or Paper Cutter

Here's how I made it

So let’s begin...

These are the Dollar Tree supplies I used to make it. Plus you'll need a large food tin for the festive container.

Festive Holiday Game Container

Dig through your recycle bin for a large food tin to use as a container for the game sticks. Spray paint it a festive red and set aside.

Cut a 1 1/2-inch square out of a gold glitter foam sheet. Then with a craft knife cut two slits on each side.

Feed 5/8-inch wide black ribbon through the two slits to make a cute Santa belt to embellish the painted can. I used a glitter ribbon but any black ribbon is just fine.

Wrap the Santa belt around the middle of the painted can, trim the ribbon, and add a few dabs of hot glue to hold it in place.

Festive Holiday Game Sticks

Paint 25 craft tongue depressor sticks with acrylic craft paint in a mix of holiday red, holiday green, and white. Once the white sticks are dry, dress them up with festive clear silver or gold glitter paint.

To speed up the drying process use a blow dryer or heat gun set on low. I had all 25 of mine painted with three coats of paint on each side in less than 45 minutes.

Attach the Dollar Tree felt Christmas stickers onto the top of each painted game stick. They come with self-adhesive dots but with children most likely playing this game too, I erred on the side of caution and secured them with a dab of hot glue.

Now it's time to add the player question labels to each game stick. I've included a free printable with the readymade game labels for you to print or download.

I've also included the option for blank game labels so you can add your own player questions. Double click your mouse on your preference in the links below for your unwatermarked printable.

Readymade Game Sticks Printable HERE

After you've printed the labels, cut them with a paper cutter or sharp craft scissors and decoupage them onto the back of the sticks on the bottom (where they will be hidden when inside the can) with Mod Podge.

Once dry, brush Mod Podge over the entire stick, both on the front and back, to protect the labels and the paint. Set the sticks inside the Santa tin and you're ready to play the Christmas Ice Breaker Game.

How To Play The Holiday Ice Breaker Game

Playing this game is fairly simple and the goal is to have your guests get to know one another - hence the name ice breaker. It's a great game to play before dinner, during cocktail hour, or between dinner and dessert. If everyone already knows one another then it's a great after-dinner game to learn something new about each other.

Simply pass the Santa container to the person on your left and have them pick one of the festive sticks. Each participant reads the question on the stick out loud and answers the question. Then they pass the Santa can on to the next person. That's it! No skill, no competition, no winner.

One idea though if you'd like to give out prizes is to pick, for example, the funniest answer or the most heart-warming answer - you get the picture. Have fun!

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