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Naughty or Nice Christmas Game

December 7, 2019 By: Katie70 Comments

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It all starts out with two foam core boards that I got at my local dollar store. Depending on how many people you have that will be playing, you may only need one board. I cut the Naughty or Nice title out on my Cricut Explore using Cranberry Vinyl.

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I used red plastic cups as the cylinders and simply hot glued the base of them to my foam core board. I found I could fit 25 cups per board.

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Here are what the boards look like when the cups are all glued down.

Naughty or Nice Christmas Game is perfect for a large group and everyone will be laughing. Start your Christmas tradition! A simple DIY craft tutorial idea.

Now we need something fun to put inside.

I created 50 different slips of paper to put inside. 15 were Naughty and 35 were Nice and each gave an explanation of why they were naughty or nice. I made a google doc that you are more than welcome to use if you would like. Download here.

*Many of these word strips include family jokes. To edit or create your own version with your own family/friend jokes, copy and paste the text into your own document and edit from there.

Here are all of the little slips of paper.

Naughty or Nice Christmas Game is perfect for a large group and everyone will be laughing. Start your Christmas tradition! A simple DIY craft tutorial idea.

I got several little treats and goodies to put in the cups with the Naughty or Nice. Fun things for Nice and bugs and candy coal for Naughty.

Naughty or Nice Christmas Game is perfect for a large group and everyone will be laughing. Start your Christmas tradition! A simple DIY craft tutorial idea.

Here is what one of the Naughty cups looked like before it was covered. I added a mini candy cane to every cup so everyone got a little Christmas Cheer.

Naughty or Nice Christmas Game is perfect for a large group and everyone will be laughing. Start your Christmas tradition! A simple DIY craft tutorial idea.

To cover the cups I took some festive green and plaid tissue paper and lots of rubber bands. I cut squares of the tissue paper into about 4×4 inch squares, laid a piece on top of a cup and then put a rubber band over it to hold it in place.

Naughty or Nice Christmas Game is perfect for a large group and everyone will be laughing. Start your Christmas tradition! A simple DIY craft tutorial idea.

To play the game, I explained this was to help Santa decide if you were Naughty or Nice. Everyone took a turn coming up to the board, punching through the tissue paper, pull out what was inside and read the slip of paper aloud.

Every seemed to have a lot of fun and it was so fun to who was naughty and who was nice!

Naughty or Nice Christmas Game is perfect for a large group and everyone will be laughing. Start your Christmas tradition! A simple DIY craft tutorial idea.

Naughty or Nice Christmas Game is perfect for a large group and everyone will be laughing. Start your Christmas tradition! A simple DIY craft tutorial idea.

Naughty or Nice Christmas Game is perfect for a large group and everyone will be laughing. Start your Christmas tradition! A simple DIY craft tutorial idea.

While this version of the game is a Christmas game I think it could easily be adapted to fit any theme of party. It really is great for a large crowd and a range of ages.

What’s your favorite game to play with a big group of people? Share and leave a comment below!

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Comments

  1. Julie says

    November 26, 2015 at 10:44 am

    Sound like loads of fun, it’s always nice to have games to play in the holidays.

    Reply
    • nessie says

      December 7, 2017 at 8:57 am

      it is nice to be on the nice list!

      Reply
  2. Lindsey says

    November 28, 2015 at 2:57 pm

    This is a great idea! Love it!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 29, 2015 at 3:31 pm

      Thank you Lindsey, it was so much fun to play!

      Reply
  3. Shurayah says

    December 1, 2015 at 10:46 am

    Love it!!! Thank you! I’ll be using this for my party next week!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 1, 2015 at 10:59 am

      Have tons of fun!

      Reply
  4. Mindy says

    December 1, 2015 at 11:55 am

    This looks like so much fun! You are very creative. I would love the Google doc if you have it to share.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 1, 2015 at 7:46 pm

      Here is the link for the free file. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a47IgU881fdQzs-YRK7cnbFfvXk_4c0QwNW9qZ3v0a0/edit

      Have fun!!

      Reply
  5. Debbie Forthofer says

    December 3, 2015 at 11:11 am

    Love the idea but in my family everyone wants a winner of the game. How would I do that?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 3, 2015 at 5:29 pm

      Debbie, Inside one of the cups you could put a strip of paper that said something like “You baked Santa his favorite cookies. Of course, you are nice, and his most favorite. WINNER!!”

      Just a thought. 🙂

      Reply
      • Janet says

        November 27, 2018 at 7:23 pm

        Another way would be to do a ticket drawing. Make two-part, numbered tickets and put one inside each cup along with all the other items. As each person punches their cup and takes their items, have them tear the numbered ticket in half and drop one half (with their number) into a container of some kind. They keep the other half, which shows the same number. At the end of the game, have someone draw a winning ticket number out of the container. The person holding the other half of the winning ticket is the winner. You’re not in the drawing til you choose a cup and find out if you’re naughty or nice, and this way the winner is chosen at the end after everyone has had their turn. Maybe the winner gets a small prize of some kind.

        Reply
        • Katie says

          November 29, 2018 at 8:18 am

          I love this idea, Janet! So fun! Thank you for sharing.

          Reply
          • Jennifer says

            December 17, 2018 at 7:54 am

            I am absolutely going to do this game with my husband’s family. They get so competitive and cutthroat they had to quit doing the gift exchange because there was always hard feelings after the “stealing” !

          • Katie says

            December 27, 2018 at 1:21 pm

            Then this game is perfect! Still fun with a little bit of competing of who is naughty and who is nice!

  6. Sara reed says

    December 4, 2015 at 10:15 am

    How do u figure out what to put inside

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 4, 2015 at 12:14 pm

      Inside the post are links to some ideas, but really the possibilities are endless. You can put whatever you want inside the cups.

      Reply
  7. Robin says

    December 5, 2015 at 10:00 am

    How does a player know whether to pick a naughty cup or nice cup? Is it just random, or is there some kind of assigned way?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 5, 2015 at 3:36 pm

      The player picks whatever cup they want and the slip of paper inside the cup will tell them whether they are naughty or nice and what they did to be naughty or nice.

      Reply
  8. Wendy cranford says

    December 7, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    Oh my gosh Katie this is so cute! I am totally going to do this for Christmas Eve this year!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 8, 2015 at 7:15 am

      Thanks Wendy, I hope you have fun!

      Reply
  9. Sheila says

    December 10, 2015 at 5:54 am

    What a great idea for a group game. This sounds like so much fun! I’m definitely going to do it with my family.

    Reply
  10. Catherine says

    December 11, 2015 at 1:50 pm

    What a great idea! I totally could see doing this for a church, kids, Christmas party. Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂

    Reply
  11. Janis Collins says

    December 11, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    I think we will try t5hat this year .we have a total 15 in our family .Thank you for sharing…. Janis

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 12, 2015 at 8:39 am

      I hope you have so much fun Janis!

      Reply
  12. Alayna @AlaynasCreations says

    December 12, 2015 at 10:23 am

    Such a fun game idea! It would take a bit of thought to put together all of those funny slips of paper but I bet everyone was laughing the entire time.

    Reply
  13. Dianne Adams says

    December 12, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    These game idea’s are awesome!

    Reply
  14. Christia Colquitt says

    December 16, 2015 at 1:20 pm

    This is so creative. I love it. I wish I had an ounce of your creativity! Blessings and Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  15. Lisa says

    December 24, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    What did you use to prop up your board?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 26, 2015 at 7:59 am

      Lisa,

      I sat the boards in a chair and leaned the board against the chair back. I hope this helps. Have fun!

      Reply
  16. Jane says

    August 12, 2016 at 5:18 am

    This looks like an amazing game since I have such a big family – however if they can pick any one what if it doesn’t relate to that person? i.e my mum picks a cup that says ‘ you put your feet in your sisters face’ and she doesn’t have a sister?
    What exactly happens in that situation?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      August 12, 2016 at 8:47 am

      Great question Jane. The best thing you could do is just laugh it off. The game is supposed to be silly.

      Reply
  17. Jamie says

    September 28, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    Did you miss the naughty and nice slips of paper or kept all on each side?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      September 29, 2016 at 9:44 am

      I am not quite sure what you are asking Jamie. Here is the link for the download: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a47IgU881fdQzs-YRK7cnbFfvXk_4c0QwNW9qZ3v0a0/edit All of the word strips are there.

      If I’m not answering the question correctly, let me know and I’ll try again. 🙂

      Reply
    • Sue says

      October 1, 2016 at 6:51 pm

      I think she mixed the Naughty and the Nice cups up on both sides of the board. Each person can “punch” any cup they’d like.

      Reply
      • Katie says

        October 2, 2016 at 8:22 am

        Yes, that is exactly what I did Sue. Thanks!

        Reply
  18. Terrie says

    November 28, 2016 at 8:50 am

    Thank you Katie. I was looking for inspiration for our girlfriend’s ornament exchange. I’ve done some creative games in the past years and now I feel like I have to keep it going. Last year was the best – “What Kind of Santa Are You?” I bought odd things (soap, disco ball, Cosmo, Snickers, Devil’s food cake mix) and put them all in the center of the table. Everyone then picked what they wanted and it determined what kind of Santa they were. I then used different clip art of Santa Claus & wrote little descriptions of each one. Example: The soap was for Smelly Santa & the Devil’s food cake was for Sinful Santa. It was a hoot!

    I think I can personalize this game well for us and they will enjoy it. Thanks so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 28, 2016 at 10:25 am

      What Kind of Santa Are You? sounds like so much fun! Thanks for sharing your idea, Terrie! I hope you have just as much fun with naughty or nice!

      Reply
  19. Jennifer says

    November 29, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    I took your idea and tweaked it just a bit for our adult Christmas party. I had our party-goers roll dice and whoever got doubles got to punch a hole. In the hole I didn’t have a naughty or nice paper, but I had a pocket pack of tissues for the “naughty” person to dry their tears and a $1 scratch off holiday lottery ticket for the “nice” person.

    Last year, I just didn’t have the time to commit to all the cute naughty and nice sayings. The dice idea (which I, of course, stole from someone else too) added a level of competition that the adults liked while making it fair for everyone. Also, I just hot glued the tissue paper to the rim of the cup (and then trimmed the excess paper) instead of using the rubber bands; it seemed to work fine.

    I felt this went well with our small group because tissues in the wintertime (in Central Illinois) can come in handy anyway, but it was fun to watch the “nice” people scratch their ticket to see if they were a winner again.

    Thank you for the idea; I will use it again this year. And, I might have the time to devote to the cute naughty or nice sayings =)

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 29, 2016 at 3:50 pm

      I love this Jennifer!! I love how you adapted the game to work best for your group and the dice do sound like a lot of fun!

      Reply
  20. Konni A says

    December 12, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    Hi Katie!
    So cute! Will be using this for my next year’s party, or maybe before Christmas! Great idea!

    Thanks,
    Konni

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 14, 2016 at 9:22 am

      Awesome! I am so glad you like this idea Konni! I hope you have so much fun!

      Reply
  21. Shirley Shaw says

    December 13, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    We had the most fun with this game…several of us adapted this for office and family….fun fun fun

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 14, 2016 at 9:01 am

      Thank you Shirley! I am so glad that you had fun and were able to adapt it to fit your party.

      Reply
  22. Royal Lancer says

    January 1, 2017 at 3:35 pm

    Seems to me everyone would take the nice cup. How do you determine which cup one takes? I must have missed a step

    Reply
    • Katie says

      January 2, 2017 at 9:04 am

      The Naughty and Nice cups are mixed on the boards. The player chooses a cup and they may pick a nice or they may pick a naughty. The strip of paper inside and the contents of the cup will tell them if they are naughty or nice.

      Reply
      • jackie says

        October 5, 2017 at 9:28 am

        so just because they go to the naughty side it may not be a naughty saying inside correct?

        Reply
        • Katie says

          October 6, 2017 at 5:05 pm

          Correct, you don’t know if you are naughty or nice till you pull out what is inside. I just needed two boards to fit all of the cups for my entire extended family, but you might not need that many for your party.

          Reply
  23. Nancy says

    November 9, 2017 at 8:55 pm

    I love this I am planning a kids naughty/nice since we have so many little ones and another for older teens and adults as i think hey will understand the sillyness of the sayings.

    Reply
  24. Carol says

    November 19, 2017 at 6:12 pm

    I can’t wait to play this game at my annual Moms club party. For the naughty I plan on using condoms, mini bottles, aspirin……you get the picture! snicker snicker! and for the nice….pampering items such as lip gloss, lotion, nail polish, chocolate, etc.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 21, 2017 at 8:04 am

      Oh, I love that idea!! So fun!! Thanks for sharing Carol!

      Reply
  25. Wendy says

    November 25, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    Hello,
    We are playing this game for our work Christmas party dec 15th 2017, and I am trying to think pf naughty or nice reasons/sayings for a Human Resources group. The ones on your link is mostly for kids. Any ideas that are more adult, but clean? I’ve tried to Google them, but I’m not having much luck. Any ideas?
    Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 27, 2017 at 10:15 am

      I would suggest to base it off of your group. Each group is different. Maybe put some real-life experiences into the cups to make it more fun.

      Reply
  26. Rhonda says

    November 26, 2017 at 12:22 pm

    Trying to figure out how to adapt this for a smaller group…about 10. And a couple of those are maybes. Any suggestions?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      November 27, 2017 at 10:14 am

      I would suggest to base it off of your group. Each group is different. Maybe put some real-life experiences into the cups to make it more fun.

      Reply
  27. Patti says

    December 6, 2017 at 5:27 pm

    If you pick “you put your feet in your sisters face”, shouldn’t the people try to figure out who the culprit is and then hand the “gift” to that person? Or is it just made-up stuff?

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 7, 2017 at 7:57 am

      That would be a fun variation! Most of the lines in my version are made-up, so they aren’t real.

      Reply
  28. Diane says

    December 9, 2017 at 8:20 pm

    This was a fun activity at our Family Christmas party today ? Lots of laughs

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 11, 2017 at 9:32 am

      Thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed the game!

      Reply
  29. Amy Olson says

    December 13, 2017 at 4:46 pm

    Hi Katie! I found your game last year and played it with my family. It was a hit so I am creating the game again with a little variation. I want to say thank you for sharing! This game is so much fun!!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 14, 2017 at 8:19 am

      Thank you Amy! I am so glad that you and your family enjoyed playing the game. Thanks for sharing with me! <3

      Reply
  30. Lisa g says

    December 16, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    What would be a added fun would be at thanksgiving give people 6 strips of paper and write 3 things they did Naughty and 3 nice. At Christmas game you could try to guess who it was.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 18, 2017 at 8:48 am

      Great idea Lisa! That would be a lot of fun!

      Reply
  31. Gracie says

    December 17, 2017 at 7:55 am

    I used the game for a staff party and put real situations. Ex: Naughty – You forgot to throw trash.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 18, 2017 at 8:48 am

      I love it Gracie! I think the real situations is what makes the game so much fun!

      Reply
  32. Adrienne Hinds says

    December 19, 2017 at 7:52 am

    This was really fun – we did it with a women’s club cocktail party so there were some more naughty/fun slips – we too wanted winners so at the start of the game we gave a “making a list” sheet of paper with nice on the left and naughty on the right and as each slip was read out – the ladies gave herself a “point” if true – for example – naughty – don’t always take your make-up off before bed – if that was true you for you you gave yourself a point. At the end of the game the person with the MOST nice points received a nice gift (coffee) and MOST naughty points received a naughty gift (small bottle of champagne) – it was a great ice breaker – especially for people who don’t necessarily like out in front games like charades. It was a blast and very cute!!

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 28, 2017 at 10:25 am

      I love this idea! Thank you so much for sharing Adrienne!

      Reply
  33. Diane Livingston says

    September 16, 2018 at 9:58 am

    We have done Christmas Eve ever since we moved back home, now this will we the 11th year. I asked everyone what they wanted to do. I asked for suggestions and no one came up with one. So I was looking for something different that we hadn’t done. I like the Naughty and Nice. and the unwrapping one. That would be a great one because I was think we would do a gift everyone has to bring like $1 gift. We have done that exchange but the one above is a little different. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      September 20, 2018 at 8:59 am

      You are so welcome Diane! I hope you and your family have so much fun!!

      Reply

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