Don’t Eat Santa Christmas Game (Free Printable)

Inside: Free Printable Don’t Eat Pete Christmas game or as we like to call it Don’t Eat Santa Game.

When you were growing up did you ever play the game “Don’t Eat Pete”?

For the Christmas season I made Don’t Eat Santa a holiday twist on that old classic game.

I changed the game up a little changing Pete to Santa Claus and creating a printable Don’t Eat Santa game board.

Christmas Don’t Eat Santa Game

Don’t Eat Santa is a fun Christmas twist on the classic game Don’t Eat Pete it’s perfect for class parties or as a fun game to play at home.

Don’t Eat Santa Game Board

There are two different versions of the game board one with colorful Santa’s and a black and white coloring page option. Pick your favorite or print both.

The black and white Don’t Eat Santa page can be colored and personalized before you play.

Playing Don’t Eat Santa!

Have fun with this free printable game in the days leading up to Christmas or make it part of a Christmas party.

What you need:

• Small candy or treat (We like to use M&Ms, fruit snacks, and marshmallows, but you can easily use any favorite small candy or treat).
• Game board (Get it at the bottom of the post)

How to Play Don’t Eat Santa (Christmas Don’t Eat Pete)

To play the game you need at least 2 people, but you can play with as many people as you want.

Place the game board in the center of the playing area and have everyone sit in a circle around it. Place one piece of candy on each Santa.

Choose one person to be it. This person leaves the room. While the “it” person is out of the room all of the other players choose one of the 9 Santa’s to be “the Santa” for that round.

After “Santa” has been chosen call the person who is “it” back into the room. Don’t tell who Santa is, make sure everyone keeps his identity a secret!

Now the Person who is “it” gets to start choosing pieces of candy to eat while everyone watches and waits for them to pick Santa.

As soon as they touch the candy that’s on “Santa”, everyone yells “DON’T EAT Santa!!”. Their turn is now over and someone else gets a turn.

When playing with young kids we keep the yelling to a minimum and instead whisper yell “Don’t Eat Santa” so we don’t have tears.

After each turn, the person who was “it” only gets to eat the candy they collected before they touched Santa!

The game can be played multiple times so everyone gets a turn or two trying to collect candy and not eat Santa!

The Goal of the Game:

Pick “Santa” last! After all the rounds are played the person who was able to collect the most candy before picking “Santa” is the winner.

How to Get Your Christmas ‘Don’t Eat Pete’ Printable

1. Click the link below to download and print the PDF file.
2. Print it out on standard letter-sized paper.
3. (Optional) laminate the game board so it lasts for multiple games (this is my laminator I love!)
4. Gather your family and friends, and let the holiday fun begin!

Free Printable Don’t Eat Santa Game

Get a Free Printable Christmas Game board below. Please keep it for personal use and refer friends to this blog post to get their own printable.

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