Choose fun and festive solid color tableware in an assortment of Christmas colors - red napkins, green plates, silver cups, etc.  The more the better! 

Get the Kids Involved: The kids can definitely help create your candy cake, or let them decorate a gingerbread house for a perfect and personal centerpiece.

Candy necklaces or bracelets make adorably festive napkin rings to bring flatware and other table decorations together. Be sure to place a candy bar wrapped in a Candyland theme candy bar wrapper at each place.

For a more casual look, set up tables with different kinds of miniature candies such as Hershey Kisses, individually wrapped peppermints, wrapped chocolates, etc. all over each table. Center a few baskets full of goodies throughout each table so that the guests can munch on sweets all through the evening.  It would be great to hang gingerbread man and gingerbread house danglers from the ceiling over the table.

For dessert, have a "candy bar". I don't mean an actual bar of chocolate, but a large table filled with bags, jars and bowls and absolute mountains of all kinds of candy. Let everyone fill a small bag full of candy from this table. Eat some candy for dessert and take the rest home for a favor! 

Christmas Candyland Games and Activities

Play Candyland!  Set up a few of the games and let people play throughout the evening. 

Another fun game is Name that Candy. It will help break the ice by throwing people together for some healthy competition. For this game, you will need to split all of your guests into two teams. Give a numbered piece of paper to each team. Across from each number is a "candy clue." For example, the clue for number one could be "mean laughs." The candy that matches this clue is "Snickers." The clue for number 2 could be, "Lip smackers," and the candy that matches this could be "(Hershey) Kisses." The clue for number 3 could be "Cow's that can't lactate," and the candy that matches it could be "Milk Duds." I think you get the idea. The team who matches the most "candy clues" to the correct candy wins a prize. I'll give you a hint about what the prize should be: It's sweet, and sometimes has fruity or cocoa flavoring…

NAME THAT CANDY

Clues	Answers
1. Mean laughs ________________________	1. Snickers
2. Lip Smackers __________________	2. Kisses
3. Cows that can't lactate __________________	3. Milk Duds
4. Slippery digit __________________	4. Butterfinger
5. A pooch's enemy __________________	5. Kit Kat
6. Halfway to 10th Street __________________	6. 5th Avenue
7. Happy nuts __________________	7. Almond Joy
8. What you get when you make mountains out of molehills __________________	8. Mounds
9. Flexible cubs __________________	9. Gummi Bears
10. Opposite of Dum Dums __________________	10. Smarties

Candyland Candy Favors

Your guests will be going home with their bags of candy filled up at the candy bar, but why not give them one more treat as they walk out the door.  How about a personalized candy tin filled with mints or candy?  They'll be able to refill it and will think of your Christmas celebration every time they use it!

Here are a few fun favors for the kids:

• Gingerbread house sticker set - they can design a house without the mess!

• Giant candy canes - you can get these all over the place at holiday time.

• The Candyland board game - if you're having a small crowd, give out the game as a great Christmas present.

Merry Christmas!  Have a fabulously sweet Christmas, from all of the Sweethearts at Party411.com!  For more ideas, check out our Candyland theme party.