“You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch.” With these simple words, I’m instantly, transported to my childhood and the magical time of Christmas. Does it do the same for you? Every year the tall and the small gather around the TV and watch the Classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” To further the Grinchy fun, we put together everything you need for a Grinch Party!
This post will bring your Grinch-watching to a whole new level full of all the laughter and sparkle that makes lasting, cherished childhood memories. There are games, crafts and food all with a Grinch theme.
While you are setting up the party, entertain the kids with our Grinch Activity Book. 19 full page activities that are all Grinch themed and fun for kids of all ages. You can get it for free with any purchase in our Family Game Shelf Shop. Just choose your products, check out and then email me at familygameshelfblog @ gmail.com the the subject line: Grinch Free and I’ll send it to you!
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Get Your Grinch On
Few characters are as recognizable as the Grinch. All you need are some green fur, yellow eyes and an evil smile. This is made easier with a great selection of sweaters, pants, socks and pajamas. Canadians can see all things Grinch wear here.
If wearing green is not your thing, you can cozy up in a blanket with a Grinch pillow or two.
You could even go all the way and get a Grinch suit—with or without the Santa suit. The possibilities are endless.
Feast, Feast, Feast
What party would be complete without food? We don’t have who-hash or roast beast on the list but we’ve put together some crumbs that are more than big enough for a mouse.
Pull Apart Tree
You can practice your Grinch skills by pulling apart the tree and stuffing the pieces in your mouth. (Of course that is jut poetic license. Please eat responsibly.) You can find the directions in our Hallmark Movie Party! Check out the Pretzel trees too.
Grinch Kabobs
These adorable snacks are not only Grinchy, they’re healthy too.
To make them you’ll need toothpicks, green grapes, strawberries, mini marshmallows, and bananas—without the greasy black peel. First, slide a grape on the toothpick. Follow it with a banana slice and a strawberry topped with a marshmallow.
Heart Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are the perfect desert for a Grinch Party. First, you could make heart shaped cookies and have everyone decorate theirs with green and red frosting. This is a doubles as a craft and what kid doesn’t love a sweet treat craft?
Second, you could make sandwich sugar cookies. Start with a round cookie cutter–2 per cookie. In the top cookie, cut out a heart in the middle and sprinkle with green sugar. After baking and cooking, spread strawberry jam on the bottom layer and top with the other cookie. Ahh a Grinch heart cookie.
You can make the cookies easier to make with sugar cookie mixes and done for you icing. We love simple around here!
Limeade
To wet your whistle after signing and easting, make up a batch of green limeade—just Grinchy enough for a Grinch Party.
Grinch Party Games
Of course we have to have games. They’re the best way to make noise, noise, noise, NOISE!
Grinch Dice
This easy dice game has players contemplating to risk it all and be a bigger Grinch or take the points and go. You can get the full rules here and the reference card in the Fun Library (you can get your password in the black box below.)
Present Drop
For this Grinch game, you will need some small present. (Snack sized cholate bars wrapped up work great.) You will also need a gift bag and a chair.
Pretend to be the Grinch stealing presents and tossing them in his sack. To do this, players stand on the chair and try to drop the present into the bag. The player who gets the most in the bag is the winner.
Ribbons, Tags, Packages, Boxes and Bags
For this Grinchy game, you will need a tray, a tea towel, and a collection of holiday items, about 20.
First, place all the holiday items on the tray. Next, cover everything with the tea towel.
To play, everyone gathers around the tray. Next, the towel is removed. Players then have one minute to observe the items. At the end of the minute, the towel is replaced.
Next, there are two options.
The first option is to give players one minute to write down everything they remember seeing on the tray. The player with the most correct items is the winner.
Second, the tray is taken out of the room and one item is “snatched” or taken off the tray. Everything else stays the same. Next, the towel is put back on. When the tray is brought back into the room and the towel taken off, the first player to call out what’s missing is the winner.
Candy Cane Snatch
For this game you will need a big pile of candy canes and a cup.
First, place the candy canes in a big pile. Next, give the first player a single candy cane. He then has one minute to see how many candy canes he can put in the cup—using only the original candy cane.
To make it more of a challenge, have players use their non-dominate hand to hold the candy cane. Or for more Grinchy fun, have players wear a fuzzy green Grinch glove.
Who-Pass
For our last Grinch Party game, you will need to wrap a small gift.
While watching the show, every time the word “who” is said, the player with the present passes it to another player. The player who has it at the end of the show gets to unwarp it.
Similarly, this game could be played snowball style. First, warp little gifts like candy in layers of saranwrap—making some layers with candy, some empty. Every time the word who is heard, the player who has the ball unwraps a layer and then passes the snowball—keeping anything that might be in that layer.
Grinch Party Crafts
Ramshackle Sleighs
For this craft, you will need two candy canes and a Kit-Kat bar per person. Full sized candy works as well as fun size.
First, place the candy canes on the table so that the canes are up in the air. Next, glue the Kit-Kat to the candy cane sticks. You can add a ribbon to hang on the tree. Or add other mini chocolate bars as packages.
Grinch Hearts
For this Grinch Party craft, you will need felt in green and red as well as some glue.
First, cut out a small heart in red. Next, cut out three green hearts in growing sizes. Last, glue the hearts together with the red one of top. You can add a ribbon to hang on the tree.
Three Sizes
Snuggling up with the Grinch during this Grinch Party will make your heart grow three sizes. The memories will last a lifetime and make How the Grinch Stole Christmas even more special for years to come.
And if you’re looking for even more Christmas fun, be sure to check out Santa Uno, Christmas Shenanigams and Candy Cane card game, Hallmark Christmas movie Bingo and Santa’s Sleigh dice game. Don’t forget to head over to the shop for all things Christmas–including our escape rooms for kids–to get your free Grinch activity book.
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