12 fun family Christmas photoshoot ideas for 2024

Nothing captures the Christmas chaos quite like a big mess in the kitchen. When baking festive gingerbread or Christmas cake with the kids, grab the camera, start snapping, and capture all the funniest (messiest) moments). Trust us, it won't be long until you've got flour all over your faces! Christmas photo gold. 

Since you might not fancy all the cleaning up after, you can always take the little ones to a professional cake smash photoshoot instead. There’s still loads of mess, just not in your home…

If your family loves a festive film, then these fun Christmas photos will really jingle your bells. Get the kids (or the whole family) together to recreate the most iconic Christmas movie moments or posters!

The possibilities are endless. You’ve got the aftershave moment in Home Alone, Buddy the Elf’s sugary breakfast, or even Bruce Willis climbing through the vents in Die Hard. All classic Christmas scenes, but loads better when they star your kids as the main characters!

Everyone loves a good Christmas story and, better yet, the kids tend to pull all kinds of funny faces when they’re trying to read. It’ll be wrinkled brows and big smiles galore.

Simply grab a traditional leather-bound Christmas book, dress the little ones up in festive pyjamas, and take pictures of them reading it with a cosy backdrop. If they fall asleep while reading… well, that’s the money shot!

So long as you don’t mind picking it all up afterwards, confetti is a fantastic prop for your family Christmas photo this year.

It’s just a simple case of giving each family member a fistful of festive-coloured confetti, putting your camera on a timer, and then flinging it all in the air just before the timer ends. The result is a super-fun Christmas confetti storm… and some very funny faces!

What’s a Christmas photo without including all members of your family?

Yep, your furry friends are the perfect stars for your Christmas photo gifts and cards. Dress them up in adorable Christmas outfits, have them pose by the tree, or grab photos of them cuddling up with the kids next to a cosy backdrop!

Cuteness. OVERLOAD.

Oh yes, here’s a classic Christmas photoshoot idea. You’ll just need to grab a big Christmassy blanket and wrap up the whole family together!

You could all snuggle up on the sofa, by the Christmas tree, or even somewhere in the great outdoors. Paired with a warm glass of milk or mug full of cocoa and marshmallows, at the very least, this is the perfect excuse to use that warm family blanket you’ve been dying to use all year!

Ahhh, the parent trap. A classic Christmas photo that will get all your friends and family laughing - and it’s one of our easiest Christmas photoshoot ideas!

Get the grown-ups to kneel beside the Christmas tree, tie themselves together with Christmas lights, and watch in horror as the kids steal presents from under the tree. You’re probably smiling just thinking about this one!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, so capture the beautiful winter scenery with a little outdoor Christmas photoshoot. Although you probably won’t be lucky enough to get any snow, a frosty walk through the woods will still serve up some great photo opportunities!

Just position yourselves in front of some beautiful autumnal trees, then get the whole family cuddling and smiling for the camera (all wrapped up in warm winter coats and hats).

Yes, we’re big fans of the classic matching Christmas pyjamas shot, especially if you get a set for the dog, too. However, you might want to surprise people by taking things a step further and dressing the family in even sillier matching outfits!

That’s right, we’re talking about those colourful Christmas onesies, ugly Christmas jumpers and even ludicrous Christmas suits that look hilarious on the kids (yes, these exist).