Christmas Eve gift ideas are so scarce these days. It's always either one of two things: pajamas or stockings. What's the best gift to open on the night before Christmas? Our family tradition is to open one gift the night before and the rest on Christmas Day. This year I will be spending Christmas Eve with a lot more children than I'm used to. I'm not a parent, so I'm not used to coming up with ideas. This year, after a lot of crowdsourcing and googling, I've come up with a few super fun ideas for Christmas Eve!
1. Fright Factory
1. Fright FactoryFright Factory lab is disgustingly terrifying! It combines the global trend of 3D Printing, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and proven boy’s play pattern.
With Fright Factory Creature Creator kids can create frightening, gross and yucky 3D creations! Squeeze slimy EwwGoo into the creepy molds, turn the crank and in minutes create skeletons, insects, rats, bats and more!
FrightFactoryToy.com
2. Gemmies – Make Crystal Creations
Introducing Gemmies, a simple and addictive way to make sparkling 3D creations. Gemmies is the only activity that allows kids to make awesome 3D crystal creations using a simple yet engaging process.
Gemmies allows a child to develop their dexterity and as they master creations move on to more intricate designs and ultimately free-play- to design whatever can be imagined! Make glittering animals, shimmering flowers, bracelets, bangles, chokers and rings!
MakeGemmies.com
3. Design Your Own Ocean Crown
You'll be queen of the mermaids with your dazzling seashell crown. This easy to make DIY kit comes with pearls, starfish, and The Little Mermaid charms. Design and wear your crown, then imagine your own undersea adventures.
Bring your favorite adventures to life, your way! The Design Your Own Disney Kits by Seedling offer a fresh, exciting way to dream and design the stories you know and love.
Seedling.com
4. Design Your Own Alice Clock
Keep track of the time with your own whimsical wooden clock. This easy to make DIY kit comes with wooden clock and mechanism, paint, felt, decorative paper, felt rabbit cutout and more. Paint, create, and never say, late!
Bring your favorite adventures to life, your way! The Design Your Own Disney Kits by Seedling offer a fresh, exciting way to dream and design the stories you know and love.
Seedling.com
5. Kaboom
6+, 2-5 players
In this fast flying game of construction and destruction, players take turns playing as the master builder, whose goal is to build as many wooden towers as possible. Meanwhile, all the others play as saboteurs trying to knock down the builder’s towers with their catapults! It’s a mad dash to build or crash!
BlueOrangeGames.com
6. Brix
7+, 2 players
X’s and O’s are taken to a whole new dimension in this one-of-a-kind strategy game. Players build a wall of bricks by placing their pieces on top of each other. The first player to align four of their symbol or color in a row wins! But watch out! Each brick contains both your symbol/color AND those of your opponent. So each time you add a new piece, you risk helping your opponent win the game!
BlueOrangeGames.com
7. Pinpoint!
7+, 1-6 players
Develop your eagle eye abilities with this new twist on a classic “find the differences” game! Each card has 5 images on it- one Original and four with variations. Players use the process of elimination to locate the Original by pointing out differences in the other four pictures. This brain teasing game will delight kids of all ages as they race to spot the differences in the printed pictures.
BlueOrangeGames.com
8. U-Turn
7+, 2 players
U-turn is a strategy game that will challenge your visual perception and critical thinking skills. You must remain aware of each of the six different sides of the structure, while thinking ahead about how each piece you add will affect the future shape of the game.
BlueOrangeGames.com
9. Middle School: The Worst Years Of My Life
Rafe has an epic imagination, and a slight problem with authority. Both collide when he transfers to a rule-crazy middle school. Drowning in do s and don ts, Rafe and his best friend Leo hatch a plan to expose the principal by breaking every rule in the school s Code of Conduct. As the principal strikes back, Rafe s world, at home and at school, explodes into hilarious chaos in this laugh-filled family comedy based on James Patterson s bestselling book series.
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10. Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
The adventure begins after the events of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and before RETURN OF THE JEDI and follows a family of scavengers who build and sell starships from battle debris strewn throughout the galaxy. When their youngest discovers a natural connection with the Force through an ancient artifact — the Kyber Saber — his world is turned upside down, and he and his family are thrown into an epic struggle against the Empire to restore peace and freedom to the galaxy. The Freemakers explore new worlds, meet new and familiar characters and learn the meaning of family. Relive all 13 action-packed episodes in LEGO STAR WARS: THE FREEMAKER ADVENTURES SEASON ONE.
These are great ideas for kids. I love that it forces them to be creative. That Alice Clock I want for myself though!