How To Celebrate Christmas in July With Kids

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Ah, Christmas!  It’s that magical time of the year where families and friends gather together to create memories, share laughs, and show their love and affection.

Who says that feeling joys and overall excitement can’t be recreated some other time? Why must there be a brisk chill in the air and snow on the ground?

This July, you and your family can embrace the holiday spirit with a little summer spin. Enjoy the warm summer air, barbeques galore, and family gatherings by celebrating Christmas in July!

Here are some fun ideas for you to celebrate Christmas in July!

10 Fun Ways to Celebrate Christmas in July:

1.)  Christmas Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches

Slap on your aprons and gather the kids together. It’s time to bake a batch of your favorite X-mas cookies and turn them into homemade ice cream sandwiches!

Need a little inspiration? Here’s a recipe for Perfect M&M Cookies. They pair perfectly with ice cream and will surely get the kids excited! 

And if you’re really adventurous, try making your own ice cream at home!  I know that sounds like a big chore, but I found a recipe that doesn’t require an ice maker! Oreo Mint Chocolate Chip in 6 easy steps

Too much to take on? What if the kids made the ice cream for you?!

Yep, my nieces, Lola and Layla discovered this ice maker that’s also a toy!

I know it sounds a little weird, but it really works! You place your ingredients inside the ball, roll it to one another on the floor, and voila! Ice cream! My nieces and nephews LOVE making their own ice cream.

On the less positive side, it does leak just a bit once you start rolling it. Either use this item in a place where a mess is easy to clean up or have them play with it outside. The ice cream won’t get dirty because it’s trapped inside the ball.

Also, they can’t throw this ball and they shouldn’t kick it. Otherwise, it’s a fun way for kids to become little scientists and create a treat for themselves that requires almost no parental supervision. Once the ingredients are placed inside the ball, they can “have a ball” with it.

Check them out on Amazon:

Ice Cream Ball- Ice Cream Maker

2.)  X-mas themed BBQ 

Invite the family over for a barbeque using Santa’s leftover coal from his naughty list. 

What do you serve for dinner? How about Santa Fe burgers?!

Tossed “holly” salad. (made with arugula)

Frosty’s fries (frozen french fries)

And for dessert? Reindeer Rice Krispy Treats

3.)  Ornament Hunt

Have the kids decorate their very own Christmas ornaments with mess-free glitter sticker decorations or draw and paint on wooden ornaments. 

Hide these nonbreakable ornaments around the house and have the kids go on a scavenger hunt to find them.  Afterward, everyone can head outside to the backyard to hang the ornaments on the trees.

Check them out on Amazon:

mess-free glitter sticker decorations

wooden ornaments

4.)  Watch your favorite X-mas movie

Invite the family over for a Christmas themed movie night.  Bingle watch classics like Chrismas Vacation, Elf, A Christmas Story, Jingle All The Way, The Santa Claus and more!

Bonus points if you wear your X-mas pajamas.

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5.)   Order a personalized Letter from Santa

Excite the kids with a “just checking in” letter from Santa with North Pole Notes. 

Personalize your own card from Santa for a child you love. Make them feel extra special with encouraging words from the jolly man himself. The card has a prewritten poem from Santa.

You can keep my message or write your own. If you want to keep the message, just personalize the name for the child receiving the card. These can be mailed or “sent” by popping it in the mailbox for a surprise drop in from Santa! Don’t forget to color your very own Santa, it’s the cherry on top!

Use Santa’s voice any time of year to capture the imagination of a child you love.  Send a letter from Santa to create lasting memories, encourage healthy habits, and inspire them to always do their best!

Patriotic Santa 4th of July Card
by The_Enchanted_Aunt

See the entire collection on Zazzle:

Letters From Santa
by Dana Gutkowski

6.). Make edible ornament bird feeders

Use birdseed or fruit to make edible ornaments bird feeders. Hang them on the trees in the backyard for a festive look! 

Here’s a great site to help you create those homemade feeders.  The kids will have a fun craft and the birds will have a hearty meal!  Win! Win!

7.)  Frozen hot chocolates with the family. 

Hot chocolate is a delicious treat that nearly every kid enjoys. But in the summer, no one wants a hot drink when the sun is beating down on your head.

So instead, make it a frozen hot chocolate. Cool down with this delicious beverage and enjoy the flavor that you look forward to in winter. Here’s a simple Serendipity style recipe for the kids.  And here’s one for when after the kids go to bed.  Recipe for Adults with Bailey’s Irish Cream.

8.)  Melt-less “Snowmen”

Bring the kids to the beach and make a melt-less “snowman” out of the sand.

9.)  “Snowball” fight!”

Build a fort with lawn furniture and have a “snowball” fight with water balloons.

Fill up water balloons and arm each side with their ammo.  Secure yourself behind your fort, or head out on to the front line and on the count of three fire!

Water balloons are so much fun to play with, but tying them closed is not so fun.

Instead of wasting time and hurting your fingers, get Buncho Balloons for quick and easy fill and play experience!

All you do is secure the balloons to a nose like a sink or a hose, turn on the water and bam! Water balloons all filled up and tied in seconds! It’s seriously that simple and the inventor a genius!

Check them out on Amazon:

Buncho Balloons

10.)  Play 20 Questions X-Mas style

20 Questions starts off with one person asking a general question, such as Is it an animal, vegetable or mineral?. From there they continue to ask yes or no questions to seek the mystery answer.

If the answer is yes they ask another question. But if the answer is no, they lose their turn and it moves on to the next person in the group. They only have 20 questions to ask, so make ’em good.

Christmas style 20 questions. Wrap up items around the house in X-mas paper and have the kids ask questions to guess what’s inside.  For all of our Christmas Vacation fans, please don’t wrap up the cat!

If you don’t want to go that route, just keep your mystery answers to Christmassy things like Santa Claus, Chimney, stockings, egg nog, etc.

No matter which way you choose to have fun, I know it’ll be great!  Stay cool!

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