Christmas Movement Story
Christmas Drama Games
Christmas Drama Workshop
Drama Workshop based on the Christmas Angel
Christmas Drama Games for Children
Game: If I Could Be a Christmas Toy…
Age: 3 years +
Minimum number of participants: 2
Resources needed: Clear space
Benefits: This game stimulates creativity. It helps the children to move and to get into different roles.
Instructions: Each child in the circle takes it in turn to say, for example: “Hi, my name is Anna, and if I could be any Christmas toy, I would be a football because…” The children should be encouraged to come up with unusual toys. They could also comment on and respond to the other children’s choice of toy. At the end, the teacher can ask the children to imagine that they are in a toy shop. They then walk around the clear space pretending to be their chosen toy.
Game: All I Want for Christmas Is…
Age: 4 years +
Minimum number of participants: 5
Resources needed: Clear space
Benefits: This game stimulates the imagination and is excellent for memory skills and listening.
Instructions: Everyone sits in a circle. The teacher starts by saying something like: “All I want for Christmas is a doll…” The child next to the teacher repeats this and adds an item: “All I want for Christmas is a doll and a PlayStation…” The next child continues, for example: “All I want for Christmas is a doll and a PlayStation and a guitar.” The game continues around the circle, with each child repeating the full list before adding one new item. If a child makes a mistake, they are out of the game. The list continues until only one child remains.
Game: Follow the Reindeer
Age: 4 years +
Minimum number of participants: 3
Resources needed: Clear space
Benefits: This game improves reaction and observation skills.
Instructions: All the children stand in a circle and begin walking on the spot. The teacher (or a volunteer) plays the reindeer. The reindeer makes a gesture and the children copy it, for example, waving their left hand. Then the reindeer shouts out the name of one of the children, and that child must change or add to the action, for example, waving both hands. The game continues until everyone in the circle has had a chance to add or change an action.
Game: Santa Claus’s Glasses
Age: 4 years +
Minimum number of participants: 5
Resources needed: Clear space, a pair of glasses
Benefits: This is an effective listening game that also develops concentration skills.
Instructions: One child is chosen to be Santa Claus. Santa puts the glasses on his head and faces the wall at one side of the clear space. The rest of the children stand at the opposite side of the space. They must creep up on Santa and try to take his glasses. Santa can turn around suddenly at any time. If he sees anyone moving, that child must return to the starting line.
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