WEEK OF DECEMBER 16 - 20

50 Fun Holiday Activities Your Teen Will Love

By Denise Witmer

Christmas time is always a special fun time of year for the whole family. If you need ideas for some activities for your teen, youth group or entire family, here are 50 things teens I know will have fun doing this holiday season.

1.     Decorate Christmas cookies.

2.     Decorate their room.

3.     Make a glitter painted glass ball ornaments.

4.     Make Christmas cards.

5.     Sing carols for a cause.

6.     Volunteer at local area projects.

7.     Hunt for a Christmas tree.

8.     Trim a Christmas tree.

9.     Make Christmas beaded safety pin patterns.

10. Make cinnamon ornaments.

11. Make tinsel-filled ornaments.

12. Make ribbons and sparkles ornament.

13. Sell Christmas trees with a youth group.

14. Have a Christmas Specials and Movie marathon.

15. Send a Christmas card and letter to a soldier.

16. Journal this quick list: My Ten Favorite Christmas Specials.

17. Journal this quick list: My Ten Favorite Christmas Songs.

18. Journal this list: Top Five Gifts I've Received of all Time.

19. Think about and journal what Christmas means to you.

20. Make a Christmas wish list.

21. String popcorn for the tree or mantel.

22. Read a holiday story.

23. Say this tongue twister 5 times: Snow slows Santa's sled.

24. Write a poem about Christmas.

25. Write a poem about snow.

26. Make a music video using Christmas Carols.

27. Wrap your bedroom door like a present.

28. Make candy cane bath salts.

29. Organize a local coat drive.

30. Make Christmas wrapping paper.

31. Learn to make a traditional family Holiday dish or dessert.

32. Adopt a grandparent or visit a nursing home with a group of friends.

33. Take your younger sibling to see Santa.

34. Offer to babysit for a Christmas shopping night for a family with younger kids - for free.

35. Put your name in glitter on a Santa hat. Wear it.

36. Make Christmas Chunk Soaps.

37. Make Christmas Container Candles.

38. Paint a Faux Stained Glass Christmas Ornament.

39. Make Puzzle Piece Ornaments.

40. Make a Rubber Stamped Advent Calendar.

41. Make a Flower Petal Ornament Cover.

42. Make a gingerbread house.

43. Make Candy Cane Fudge.

44. Track Santa online.

45. Make a holiday journal.

46. Make a CD of your favorite or new this year Christmas songs.

47. Write out Christmas cards for your friends.

48. Read the Christmas story in a Bible.

49. Learn something new about Christmas in a different culture.

50. Sit in the room with your Christmas tree with all the lights out but the tree lights. Enjoy your Christmas.