Holiday Ideas

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Alphabetical list of every idea
in this book.....9
NEW YEAR
Funfetti.....13
New Year’s Day Football Marathon.....13
The Year-in-Review Banner.....13
New Year’s Eve Eve Party.....14
New Year’s Resolutions.....14
Scripture Resolutions.....14
Turn or Burn.....14
New Year’s Prophecies.....15
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
Lovely Confusion.....19
Famous Sweethearts Game.....19
Kissing in the Dark.....21
Valentine Candy.....21
Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt.....23
Valentine Carols.....23
Parent Valentine Banquet.....23
Love Me, Loves Me Not.....23
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Green Thangs.....29
Leprechaun Softball.....29
St. Patrick’s Gobble ’n’ Git.....30
Leprechaun Mad Lib.....30
St. Paddy’s Day Quiz.....30
St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt 33
EASTER and LENT
Recapture the King.....37
Bible-Clue Easter Egg Hunt.....38
Egg-Citing Egg Hunt.....38
Easter Eggstravaganza.....38
Easter Scavenger Hunt.....38
The Magic Egg.....38
Easter Dinner Dilemma.....42
Cross Word Puzzle.....42
Easter Crossword.....42
Easter Collage.....45
Back to the Garden.....45
Easter Caroling.....45
Easter I.Q. Test.....48
the Easter Quiz.....48
Easter Video.....53
Easter Week in Review.....53
Good Friday Meditation.....53
Easter Egg Hunt for Meaning.....53
Good Friday Scramble.....54
Maundy Thursday Experience.....54
Seder.....54
Good Friday Service.....54
Last Supper Simulation.....55
Easter Balloon Fest.....56
Easter Baskets for Shut-Ins.....56
The Blessed Bunny.....56
Easter on the Network News.....56
Live from Jerusalem.....60
The Night Before Easter.....60
The Tomb Revisited.....60
HALLOWEEN
Costume Bingo.....71
Bobbing for Pickles.....71
Jigsaw Jack-O’-Lanterns.....71
Creative Costume Scavenger Hunt.....73
Find the Pumpkin.....73
Halloween Scavenger Hunt.....73
Pin the Nose on Jack.....73
Pumpkin Olympics.....73
Pumpkin Push.....74
Pumpkin Puzzle.....74
Witch’s Broom Relay.....74
Monster Mad Lib.....75
Coffin Trick.....75
Shrunken Heads.....75
Costume Video.....75
Balloon-O’Lanterns.....75
Pumpkin Carving.....75
Halloween Give-Away.....77
Halloween Tunnel.....77
Tombstone Overnighter.....77
Halloween Retreat.....77
Holy Halloween.....77
Pumpkin Party.....77
Halloween Dinner.....79
Pumpkin Object Lesson.....79
Halloween Hospital Visits.....80
Traveling Halloween Costume Party.....80
Trick-or-Treat for the Elderly.....80
Ghost Story.....80
THANKSGIVING
Decorate the Turkey.....85
Turkey Gobble-Off.....85
Thanksgiving Feast Scavenger Hunt.....86
Turkey Carols.....86
Thanksgiving Graffiti.....86
Leftover Lark.....86
Giving Thanks.....86
Thanksgiving Word Association.....89
Cantastic Can Circus.....89
Thanksgiving Outreach.....89
CHRISTMAS and ADVENT
Santa’s Helpers.....95
Christmas Mania.....95
Christmas Confusion.....95
Christmas Jumble.....98
Get-Acquainted Christmas Tree.....98
Christmas Balloon Pop.....98
Musical Gift Unwrap.....98
Tip: Hum a Carol.....98
Christmas Mad Lib.....98
Christmas Poem Mad Lib.....102
Letter-to-Santa Mad Lib.....102
’Twas the Night before Christmas.....102
Christmas Carol Musical Chairs.....102
Christmas Carol Musical Charades.....102
Christmas Daffynitions.....102
Christmas Scattergories.....105
Christmas Family Feud.....105
Christmas Santa Contest.....105
Christmas Songs and Phrases.....106
Christmas Translation.....106
Frosting the Snowman.....108
M and M’s Candy Game.....108
Reindeer Games.....108
White Elephant Gift Auction.....109
Santa Claus Stuff-and-Dress.....109
One-Armed Gift Wrap.....109
Christmas Gift Guess.....109
Draw Santa Claus.....110
Stocking Stuffers.....110
Christmas List.....110
Santa, Reindeer, Christmas Tree 110
Santa’s Delivery Race.....110
Wheel of Fortune’s
Wacky Christmas Carols.....111
Reindeer Hunt.....111
Human Christmas Tree.....111
Christmas Word Search.....111
Christmas Carol Trivia.....113
Christmas Quizzes.....113
Christmas I.Q. Test.....113
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Contents
Christmas Camcorder Scavenger
Hunt.....119
Truly Tasteless Decoration Hunt.....120
Scavenger Caroling.....120
Crazy Christmas Scavenger Hunt.....120
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