Christmas Tree Scramble

This is a great event to get your kids working together doing something really fun and competitive. You will need transportation (to a surplus store or dollar store for Christmas decorations) unless your church is really close to one already.

Give each team a given time to acquire decorations and decorate their tree. (60 minutes or so . . . enough time to judge the trees at the end, hang out, and eat Christmas cookies.

Each team receives:

1. A fake tree…all teams must have the same size tree, of course


2. $5 for supplies


3. Starter kit of decorations

Goal: Decorate your team's tree. Trees will be judged on Beauty, Economy (money efficiency), Creativity, and ÒPizzazzÓ (over-the-top uniqueness).

You may:

• buy decorations with your teams money


• trade decorations with a stranger


• use only decorations that do not need to be returned to their previous owner


• make decorations out of recycled materials


• trade decorations with another group

You may not:

• take decorations from your house or a friendÕs house (everything must cost you something)


• use decorations that need to be returned


• sabotage another teamÕs decorations


• spend your own money


• use pyrotechnics


• damage your tree

Idea by Scott Kobewka