Class Christmas Party

Our class Christmas Party was a great success today.  I had to entertain them for the whole morning so I figured a movie was the way to go.  We watched the Polar Express.  I arranged the room with cushions in front and the desks around the back.  The Christmas tree lights were a beautiful touch to the room.

Of course with 1st and 2nd grade, watching a whole movie straight through is too much to ask.  15 minutes in I started making the hot-chocolate with the snowman marshmallows.  They loved it.  It coincided with the hot-chocolate scene in the movie.

This kept them busy for a little while, but not for long.  When they started getting ancy I pulled out a paper doll nativity set for them to color and put together.  It worked very well.  They colored while they watched the movie, and then they played with their paper dolls.

(Set Available here:  Nativity)

After the movie we played a really fun game.  I picked up a few packages of Air Heads and I wrapped them.  Then I wrapped them again, and again, then put them in a box, wrapped it, then another box, you get the idea.  I had about 8 layers of wrapping paper.  Next you need a pair of gloves and a pair of dice.  Now for the game.
1.  Kids sit in a circle around the present.
2.  They start rolling the dice.
3.  The first one to get doubles grabs the gloves, puts them on and then attempts to unwrap the present.
4.  Meanwhile the dice are being rolled and passed around the circle.  As soon as someone else manages to roll doubles the first person has to hand over the gloves and the next person gets to try.  Keep rolling and unwrapping until the present is unwrapped.
5.  The winner is whoever ends up finishing the unwrapping.  Make sure that there is enough candy for the winner to get a bag, and then another bag for the rest of the class to share.  They loved it!

Last of all we did the food.  Instead of asking parents to send in food, I just asked them to send in $3.50.  I picked up pizza, chips, root-beer and grapes and that was plenty.  Much easier for parents, and easier for me to organize.

It was a great party!