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Decorate the Christmas Tree Free Cooperative Game Printable

12/7/2011

Do you get tired of all the competition between children? Especially when it’s time to play a game together?

I know I hate it when my kids start playing a game as friends and by the end, someone is in tears! That’s why I created this fun and cooperative Christmas game.

In this game, all players work together to win and end up encouraging each other along the way. The element of chance also helps keep kids from blaming each other for moves that hurt their chances of winning.

Decorate the Tree Cooperative Christmas Game

  • a free printable Christmas game (great for playing on holiday break)
  • designed for children age 3 and up
  • works best with 2 to 4 players although you can have more (but the players will have fewer turns)
  • can easily be glued inside a file folder to make a file folder game
  • can be played in as little as 15 minutes
  • encourages children to work together and support one another
  • builds a team spirit

The Objective

In this cooperative Christmas game players work together to get all of the ornaments on the Christmas tree before the children (game piece) reach the last space on the game board.

How to Play

On their turn, children spin the spinner and move to the next space on the board with that particular image. As they move, they count the number of spaces. Then they place the same number of ornaments on the tree.

Let’s say on your turn the spinner lands on the wreath. You pick up the game piece and proceed to the next space with a wreath counting the spaces as you go. When you arrive at the next wreath you stop counting and then place the same number of ornaments on the tree. If you moved five spaces you place five ornaments on the tree.

But in this Christmas game you need to watch out for that pesky little kitty. He likes to knock the ornaments off of the tree. Every time a player’s spin lands on the kitty one ornament must be removed from the tree and placed back on the empty space of the game board.

Our kids had a great time playing this Christmas game and have been asking for it all morning.

Update: You can make the game more challenging by printing a second sheet of ornaments. We’ve added 5 to make the game a bit harder as our kids have gotten older.

We hope you’ll have a great time playing this game with your kids!

Included in the Free Printable

  • Instructions For Assembling the Game
  • Directions to Play
  • Game Board
  • Game Piece
  • Ornament Pieces
  • Spinner

Additional Materials You’ll Need

  • 4 Pages of 8.5″ x 11″ White Cardstock
  • OR 2 Pages White Cardstock, 2 Pages White Paper, and 1 File Folder
  • 1 Metal Brad
  • 2 Large Paperclips

Click here to download the Decorate the Tree Free Cooperative Christmas Game

Be sure to check out our Free Christmas Printable Pack
for more holiday fun and learning
as well as our Christmas Favorites Shop, too.

Please, let me know if you like this game so I know to share more free game printables in the future.

Click here or scroll down to leave a comment.

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  1. Deb Chitwood says

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    Thanks so much for sharing your free printable … I love cooperative games! I featured your printable as the Free Printable of the Day at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow

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  2. Christina Morley says

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    Hi Allyson! This game is very cute. Amanda has played it several times. I’ve included it along with the link to this post on my blog, Amanda’s Books and More. You can find it here:

    http://abooksandmore.blogspot.com/2012/12/make-my-saturday-sweet-blog-hop-20.html

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  3. Tara says

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    I would love to print this little game for my daughter, but am having trouble, it says it is unavailable. Is there perhaps another link.?

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  4. Anonymous says

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    This does look like so much fun, I am going to print it out as a quick fun game for a Christmas day get-together.

    I found your wonderful website by accident after it was recomended!

    http://www.mycoupons.com/boards/just-freebies-jf/1086973-cute-free-printable-christmas-game.html

    Thank you so much for making this available!

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  5. Cristina says

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    I think this is the best game I ever saw for Christmas or any dates. It is the first one I saw that is not competitive. I loved it and I´m sure my nieces will too.
    I just translated the rules for Portuguese and will be glad to share them with you or your readers.
    Thanks for sharing. Have a great Christmas.
    Cristina – Portugal

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  6. Anonymous says

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    This was a great game for my three year old. He loves it. Thanks for posting.

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  7. Mel says

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    Thanks so much! My children will love this game!!! I really appreciate it!

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