The Christmas Wrap A Tree game is an easy DIY party game for kids Christmas party, classroom holiday party games, fun youth group games, or even funny things to do on Christmas Eve for a family game idea!
How To Play The Christmas Wrap A Tree Game
If you’ve ever played the Wrap a Mummy Game for Halloween (aka: the toilet paper roll game), this is that same type of easy party game. You may even have the game supplies at home already!
In case you’ve never heard of it, you’re basically making a human Christmas tree. This works as a Christmas tree wrap game for adults and kids games or fun Christmas Minute To Win It Games!
What is the tree wrap game?
The Christmas tree game (aka: “Oh Christmas Tree” Game) is a Christmas relay race where each team races to wrap and decorate their Christmas tree the quickest before the other team.
Teams race to wrap each other in Christmas crepe paper like a Christmas tree to see which team wins!
Some people also play the Christmas tree wrap game where once the Christmas tree is wrapped and decorated, then the person wrapped as a the tree has to do things while wrapped — like having the Christmas tree people do an obstacle course.
Definitely add this to your Christmas party games list!
It’s a hysterical game to play (and watch!). This is even a fun teen Christmas game or for office party holiday activities.
Decorate A Tree Game Instructions
Game Overview
Be the first team to decorate a person (as the Christmas trees) with all of the items in the Christmas decorations box.
Christmas Tree Game Supplies
To play the Christmas Wrap Tree Game, you’ll need:
- 3-5 rolls of green crepe paper streamers (per team) – you’ll need less if you’re playing with kids vs adults
- Christmas tinsel garland
- Rudolph Noses
- Christmas headbands like this (for the tree topper)
- Christmas “decorations” like Christmas star stick ons and Christmas ornament stickers
- Blindfolds (optional – see alternate game play rules below)
Assemble one box of “decorations” per team. Each team must decorate their tree person using all the items in their Christmas decoration box.
You can also put tape in there, but I think it’s more fun for people to try to get everything to stay without the tape.
PRO PARTY TIP: If you want to make it more challenging, wrap the Christmas decorations box so that players have to unwrap it before getting to the game supplies.
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Christmas Wrap Game Rules
*Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom for different ways to play the game and make it easier or harder based on age group.
- Split guests into at least two teams, with at least two guests on a team. (If you have a big group, split them into teams of 3-4 people.)
- Have each team choose someone who will be wrapped as the Christmas tree. The other game players will be the Christmas tree decorators.
- Give each team their Christmas decorations box.
- Set a timer for three minutes. On GO! Each team tries to wrap their Christmas tree with the crepe paper to create the tree and then decorate the tree with tinsel, star and ornaments stickers, Rudolph nose, and topper headband before time is up. (Be sure to have them wrap the head, but leave an opening for their face!)
- Winner is the team who best wraps and decorates the Christmas tree completely before time is up. (Don’t forget to snap pics of all your Christmas tree people before they start unwrapping their tree!)
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Alternate Game Play Ideas For The Wrap a Tree Holiday Game
Blindfold Wrap A Tree Game
If you’re having a teen Christmas party or doing this for an adult holiday party game, blindfold the decorators (grab these cute Christmas themed blindfolds) and have them decorate the tree person blindfolded for an extra level of game challenge.
Untimed Tree Wrap Game
If you’re doing this game as a Christmas classroom game for younger kids, do an untimed game.
The first team to get their tree wrapped and decorated wins the game.
Oven Mitts Christmas Game
Another challenging way to play this Christmas game is to a make the decorators wear oven mitts. (You can grab bulk holiday themed oven mitts like these.)
If you play it with oven mitts, also remove the timer and just play the team that places all the decorations on the wrapped tree first wins the game.
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Let me know how much fun you have with the Christmas Wrap A Tree Game!
