Check out this Best Christmas party ideas for teens. Nothing says the Christmas spirit like a fun party! BUT, planning it just for teenagers may seem a little stressful. You want them to have a good time and not be bored, but for this age group that is a little hard.
Good news! I have done the heavy lifting for you and they are going to love these ideas!
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Teen Holiday Party Ideas + Themes
Christmas Lights Tour
Teens will love playing Christmas Lights Bingo as you drive them around see all of the fun displays. This is a great way to have the party at home, then go out on the tour.
Indoor Smore’s Party
Since most of the time it’s too cold during December to be outside the entire time, consider setting up and indoor smores bar!
Christmas Cookie Exchange
See our best holiday cookie swap ideas to recreate them for a teen’s Christmas party. There are tons of fun Christmas cookies to choose from along with free printables to use for the party. They will also have a great time baking beforehand.
Grinchmas
Nothing says holiday spirit like hosting a Grinch themed party! Get 90+ of the Best Grinch Inspired Party Ideas and while you are at, we have over 50 free Grinch printables to make it the best celebration ever!
Gingerbread House Decorating Party
Teens will love decorating gingerbread houses! I would definitely buy the premade houses for ease, but you can also make your own gingerbread dough (if you are having a smaller party) and use house cookie cutters to make custom gingerbread houses.
Another little hack is to add all of the toppings and decorations to several muffin tins to make it easier for everyone to reach.
Home Alone
Throw a full blown party just like Kevin McCallister spent his vacation! It’s the perfect time to have the movie playing in the background and bonus points if you have all of the themed food!
Snowman Themed
A snowman party will be a hit with the kids! Plus, their favorite part will definitely be the indoor snowball fight. Be careful, teens and tweens have a tendency to get a little rowdy!
Elf
Every holiday season we HAVE to watch this movie! Talk about a festive celebration. This party theme will have everyone in the spirit of the season. For easy decor, get the Son of a Nutcracker banner, hanging snowflake swirls, and these cute Buddy cutouts to place around the table.
Cookie Decorating Party
Similar to the gingerbread party except this time it is cookies! We have done cookie decorating for several years at our sweater party and teenagers love it!
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
The best part about hosting an ugly sweater party is that absolutely nothing has to match at all! You can totally DIY the decorations, mix and match patterns, and of course get the award for the tackiest sweater every!
Don’t leave before you grab our free printable voting ballots! You could also have a station set up to make their ugly sweaters at the party, then do the contest.
White Elephant Gift Exchange
This is a fun idea for holiday parties and you don’t really need themed decorations or anything special. Here’s the general guidelines and some may refer to this as Dirty Santa.
- Gift Guidelines: Guests are usually asked to bring a wrapped gift within a specified price range. The gifts can be funny, quirky, or even useful. Sometimes, the theme is to bring something you already own (a “white elephant” being an item that’s interesting but impractical).
- Drawing Numbers: Each person draws a number to determine the order in which they’ll pick a gift.
- Choosing Gifts: The person with number one selects and unwraps a gift. The next person can either choose a new wrapped gift or “steal” the unwrapped gift from the first person. If a gift is stolen, the person who had their gift taken can then pick a new gift or steal from someone else.
- Rules on Stealing: Typically, a gift can only be stolen a certain number of times (e.g., twice or three times) before it becomes “frozen” and can no longer be taken.
- Continuing the Game: The game continues until all participants have had a turn. The first person to pick may get a chance to steal at the end, since they didn’t get that chance at the beginning.
Gift exchanges are a great idea for older teens and will even works for small groups or large groups.
Christmas Casino Night
This is a great idea for a teen Christmas party! There are also companies that you can rent casino tables from if you didn’t want to DIY the party.
Murder Mystery Party
Ho Ho Homicide is one of the more creative themes and less traditional. We ordered their casino version for our daughter’s birthday and it was perfect! Their sets include everything you need for the night and you can print it right from home.
It does take a little planning because you need to know how many people will be there so when you invite guests they will get their profile and who they have to act like when they show up for the party.
Christmas Luau
Host a Hawaiian themed Christmas party to bring the tropical vibes to the most wonderful time of the year!
Christmas Card Party
Get the gang together to make Christmas cards to send out while enjoying each others company. Let everyone purchase their own and bring to fill out or get some crafty supplies and let everyone make handmade cards. This is the perfect idea for teen girls.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Talk about fun Christmas theme ideas! Everyone will LOVE this idea and what’s even better is if people dress up from the movie or make a full spread of similar foods from the classic flick.
Christmas Games and Activities for Teens
These fun Christmas games will keep the party going and are great for this age group.
Printable Christmas Scattergories (Free Holiday Game!)
Teens will try to come up with Christmas themed words based on the categories but they can only start with the letters at the top! You will get 5 free versions of Christmas Scattergories.
Fun Christmas Finish the Phrase Game (Free Printable!)
One person will finish in the blanks while everyone else will write in their answers based on what they think the chosen person thinks! This game can be played in rounds and is so much fun! Finish the phrase offers tons of laughs!
Free Printable Name That Christmas Carol Game with Answers!
Test their knowledge of popular Christmas songs by playing Name that Carol game. There are lyrics written out from Christmas carols on the left, and they can write their answers in on the other side.
Printable Christmas Music Bingo with Free Spotify Playlist
We love Christmas music bingo! It’s such a fun and interactive party game, plus you’ll get our Spotify Christmas playlist so the music part is easy. We also offered 3 prizes for the winner that included a cheap cup stuffed with candy and a gift card (these were $15 or less).
Christmas Gift Exchange Dice Game + Fun Printables
Add a gift exchange to the party and let them play the Gift Dice Game to make things a little more interesting.
Free Christmas Pictionary Game (72 Printable Cards!)
Christmas pictionary can be played 3 different ways and comes with 72 different cards. You will get all of the instructions as well in case you aren’t familiar.
Christmas Movie Trivia
Christmas movie trivia is a fun game for all ages! It will test their knowledge of the most famous Christmas movies.
Christmas Mad Libs
Holiday Mad Libs is so funny! Have teens fill in the blanks then go around and read the stories out loud.
Holiday Escape Room
Get the free Christmas escape room game that teens can play right at home!
Christmas Minute to Win It Games
Teens will love these minute to win it games during the holiday party! Teens will love these minute to win it games during Christmas parties and will definitely not be board!
For smaller groups you can let them work by themselves, if you are larger groups, divide them into teams.
Unwrap the Present – Players must see who can unwrap a gift the fastest in 1 minute using oven mitts on both hands!
Snowball Toss – Toss marshmallows or cotton balls into a bucket or festive container from a distance. The player with the most “snowballs” in the bucket at the end of the minute wins.
Jingle Bell Rock – Place jingle bells in an empty tissue box attached to the player’s waist with a belt. Players have one minute to shake all the bells out by dancing or moving their hips. Play a little music in the background to make it more festive.
Christmas Candy Cane Hook – Using a candy cane held in their mouth, players must hook and pick up as many candy canes as possible from a pile and place them into a cup—no hands allowed!
Rudolph Antler Ring Toss – Set up a pair of inflatable or homemade reindeer antlers on someone’s head, and players have one minute to toss rings (could be glow sticks or plastic rings) onto the antlers.
- Fun Ring Toss Game for Family: Add fun to your Christmas party with this inflatable ring toss game. Perfect for Christmas holiday party favors, school day, indoor and outdoor game.
- Wonderful Xmas Party Game: Designed in reindeer antlers shape, stylish and cute, each reindeer antler hat has two tethers to prevent the reindeer horn hat from falling
- Super Valuable Reindeer Ring Toss Game Set: 2 Inflatable reindeer antler hats; 10 inflatable rings; 2 red deer noses; and a little air pump
- Easy to Inflate and Deflate: Increasing the happy Christmas atmosphere and suit for both kids and adults. Reindeer Antler Hats are 24.8 x 9.8 inches. Rings are 7.2 inch to 7.5 inch.
- Great Xmas Christams Gift: Kids ring toss game can help positively channel a child’s physical and mental energy, also help a child improve concentration skills.
Marshmallow Snowman Stack – Give each player a pile of marshmallows and see who can stack the tallest “snowman” out of marshmallows within a minute.
Chopstick Transfer – Add mini marshmallows or festive red and green pom poms to a large bowl. The team has to see how many they can transfer to a second bowl in 60 seconds.
Deck the Halls – Players have one minute to unroll an entire roll of streamers (like “garland”) around a designated area (like a chair or a person). The first to finish or the most wrapped within a minute wins.
Wrap It Up – Players must wrap a gift box using only one hand. Whoever wraps the box the fastest and neatest within the minute is the winner.
Cup Stack – Stack a tower of red plastic cups to make Santa’s hat or use green cups to look more like a Christmas tree. The highest tower at the end of the minute wins.
Saran Ball Game
We play the saran ball game every Christmas and teens will love it!
Christmas Punch Game
Create a party punch game where you fill the cups with bunch of inexpensive prizes. She recommends everyone just getting a turn, but we played before with dice and you punched whatever number you got.
Food and Drinks for Teen Holiday Party
Mini Pizza Christmas Trees
Since we are all about the festive season, we are turning regular pizza into jolly fun mini pizzas! The crust is made with puff pastry and you can customize the toppings based on what kids like. Ready in 30 minutes while still looking fancy.
Reindeer Chow Mix
This white chocolate chex mix will have your little guests wanting more so be sure to make a double batch!
Christmas Tree Sandwiches
Party guests will fall in love with these little “sandwiches“. Such a fun way to take simple ingredients and make them festive. Plus, you can have them ready for the party in 30 minutes.
Ornament Charcuterie Board
Teens love to graze, so an ornament charcuterie board would be perfect! You can swap out the ingredients based on what you think they would like.
Reindeer Rice Krispie Treats
Ditch the regular treats and go with festive reindeer Rice Krispies instead!
Copycat Chick Fil A Nuggets
If you are feeding a lot of teens and don’t want to cater, go with these copycat Chick Fil A nuggets!
Pull Apart Pizza Bread
Teens will go crazy over pizza pull apart bread! It’s made with refrigerated biscuits and ready in 1 hour.
Oreo Ornaments
Chocolate dipped Oreos are an easy no bake party treat that teens and tweens will love!
Candy Cane Punch
Made with just 2 ingredients and festive candy canes, this Christmas punch will be a hit at the party!
Grinch Hot Chocolate
Slow cooker Grinch hot chocolate is fun, festive, and so easy to make!
Santa’s Shirley Temple
How fancy are these Shirley Temple drinks?! I love the coconut rimmed glass.
We hope you loved these fun Christmas party ideas for teens and tweens! There are so many great options and I can’t wait to see which one you chose! These are also perfect for youth group activities for the high school class Merry Christmas guys!
