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Great for schools, small groups or rows of children. The kids love it ! the gifts don't have to cost a lot just something that they like . Thanks Elaine
Gift
Giving Game - Great for Christmas Parties and Exchanges
Everyone brings a gift to the party, this is fun for gift exchanges during
the holidays. TO BEGIN: Everyone stands in a circle holding the gift he/she
brought to the party. Someone reads the story, every time the word RIGHT is
read, everybody passes his gift to the right. Every time the word LEFT is
read, gifts are passed to the left. The gift that each person is holding at
the end of the story is the gift he keeps.
Story Example:
The Right Family Christmas Story Christmas was almost here and Mother RIGHT
was finishing the Christmas baking. Father RIGHT, Susie RIGHT, and Billy RIGHT
returned from their last minute Christmas errands. "There's not much
LEFT to be done," said Father RIGHT as he came into the kitchen. "Did
you leave the basket of food at Church?" asked Mother RIGHT? "I
LEFT it RIGHT where you told me to," said Billy RIGHT." "I
don't have any money LEFT." The hall telephone rang, and Susie RIGHT
LEFT to answer it. She rushed back and told the family, "Aunt Tillie
RIGHT LEFT a package for us RIGHT on Grandma RIGHT's porch. I'll go over there
RIGHT now and get it," she said as she LEFT in a rush. Father RIGHT LEFT
the kitchen and brought in the Christmas Tree. By the time Susie RIGHT returned,
Mother RIGHT, Father RIGHT, and Billy RIGHT had begun trimming the tree. The
entire RIGHT family sang carols as they finished the decorating. Then they
LEFT all the presents arranged under the tree and went to bed, hoping they
had selected the RIGHT gifts for their family. Now I hope you have the RIGHT
present for yourself, because that's all that's LEFT of our story, except
to wish you a Merry Christmas, isn't that RIGHT?
Find
Out Who
A Christmas Holiday game where you try to complete the list of twenty questions.
A great game to get people talking and telling stories. We've created a page
that you can print out. Go Here
The Holiday
Gift Grab - Many Variations are out there
Have all of your guests bring a small gift that costs under $10 - $20. You'll
need to have one gift for everyone attending. (You may want to have some spares
just in case) The gifts can be anything from gag gifts to wine to movie tickets,
hot sauces, teddy bear, anything goes. As guest arrive place the gifts in
one central area. Once everyone is there, put numbers (1 for each guest) on
pieces of paper (1 per piece), fold and put in a hat. Have the guests choose
a number, this determines who goes first. The guest with number 1 goes first
and selects a gift from the pile. The person who is number 2 has a choice
take Number 1's gift or select one from the pile, if Number 2 takes Number
1's gift then number 1 can pick from the pile again. Once you get to the 4,
5, and 6th guest, it will get tricky because only two people can steal gifts
from the other guests.
Example:
Guest 5 - takes Guest 3's gift (One gift grab)
Guest 3 in turn takes Guest's 2's gifty (Two gift grabs)
Stop: Now guest 2 must pick a new gift from the pile.
Now we proceed to Guest 6 and so on.
Remember there is no gift grab if a gift is choosen from the pile.
This continues until the person with the highest number goes and either grabs a gift from another or chooses the last gift from the pile.
More Rules:
You can't grab a gift back from the person that just took it.
Options
Make a theme of the gifts - Regifter Party, Worst Gifts (See what people come
up with and be creative.)
Thanks - Tonya
Wrapped
Gift Game Take 2 - It Gets Harder
Require a small wrapped gift and a pair of dice. The gift should be wrapped
in a solid box. We had a gift certificate wrapped in a hard jewellery case.
Wrap the gift with paper,
then masking tape, paper, masking tape, paper
(the more layers, the harder the game). Players, as many as there are to play,
sit in a circle. Each player takes a turn at rolling 2 dice, first person
to roll doubles, get to start unwrapping the gift, the catch, they have to
wear a pair of mittens (wool, oven mitts, etc). Players cannot use teeth.
Immediately players continue to take turns to roll the dice, next player to
roll doubles take the mitts and a turn at unwrapping the gift. Play continues
until the gift is unwrapped, the player to unwrap the last piece of paper
gets the gift.
Hint - to build the excitement,
do not tell players that you used masking tape and several layers of paper.
Thanks Richard & Krista
Gift
Unwrap Game Take 3:
Number of players: about 10-30
Type: Can be a stunt, if the group is very large, or the entire party may
play
Winner: The person who FINISHES unwrapping the present
How to play: A gift is placed in the center of the group. A basket
with dice is passed around. When a person rolls double sixes, they run up
to the gift, don the hat, scarf and gloves (goggles if you want too!) and
begin unwrapping as fast as they can. (The more items they need to put on
the less they'll be able to unwrap) The dice continue to be passed and as
soon as someone else rolls double sixes, they take their turn at the present.
Play continues until the present is completely unwrapped.
Items needed: Dice, Basket, Hat, Gloves, Scarf, one very well wrapped
present. It helps to have several layers of wrapping paper and even boxes
within boxes to keep make the game more challenging.
Thanks - Alice
Gift
Giving Game #4
This is a fun and exciting way to exchange gifts. Each person brings a wrapped
unmarked gift. (We usually have a $$ limit-ex. $5.00) Or you can bring white
elephants gifts for added fun. Everyone sits in a cirlce and the gifts are
placed in a pile in the middle of the circle. Write nimbers from 1-??, depending
on the number of gifts, on small pieces of paper. Do not number the gifts.
Fold papers and place them in a hat or some other container.
Each person randomly picks
a paper (number) from the hat. Start with the
person holding number 1. He/she picks a gift and opens it. Number two can
either pick a gift from the pile or take the gift from number one. Number
one then chooses a wrapped gift from the pile and opens it. Number three can
either take a gift from numbers 1 or 2 or pick one from the pile to open.
. There is no limit on the number of gifts one person can open if others continue
to take the gift they have opened. Each gift can only change hands three times
through out the game. The person with the gift on the third exchange keeps
it. Each person ends up with only one gift. You may end up with the same gift
you brought.
You may also play this game
without opening the gifts til the end when
everyone has a gift in hand and all the exchanging is over. It's not only
funny to see people vie for a gift when they don't even know what is actually
in the package but also when the gift is opened..
Thanks - Peggy
Gift
Grab # 4 - Card Game
The idea is to have 2 decks of cards, pass out one deck of cards to everyone
at the party circling around giving everyone one at a time until all the cards
are gone. Hopefully everyone will come out with an even number of cards..
Have a bunch of nice little gifts wrapped 5 or 10 depending on the amount
of guests.. Put the gifts in the center of the room..
Then with the second Deck of Cards have someone call out each card, the person that has the card that is called gets up and picks a prize, when all the prizes are taken from the table, everyone can steal the gifts from each other, when the whole deck has been called out the people with the prizes on their laps keep them..
This game is fun because
everyone likes to pick a certain prize that looks interesting and they try
to steal it back and forth and other people try not to let you remember they
have a prize, but of course they have to keep them in the open.... (This game
works for birthdays too.)
Thanks - Shirley
Sock
Guessing Game
You take a new pair of thick thermal socks. You know the gray ones that hunters
use in the winter. Then you put objects, that you see or use around Christmas
time, into the socks. Make sure you put the same things in each sock. Things
like holly, scotch tape, ornament, pine cone, etc. Make sure you put about
20 to 25 different objects in. Tie a ribbon or rope around the opening to
make sure nobody peeks. Give everyone a piece of paper and pass the socks
around at your party and tell them how many objects there are in the sock
and have them write down all they can feel. Two socks just makes the game
go a little faster. The person that guesses the most objects is the winner.
Thanks - Patsy
Christmas
Carol Chaos - Sounds Like Fun!
Type: Team game
Number: Any number really, teams do not need even numbers
Winner: Team that figures out all 5 of their christmas carols first
How to play: Divide group into teams. Each team sends one person up
to the GameMaster who gives them the name of a Xmas carol. Person returns
to group and, in the manner of pictionary, tries to get the group to guess
the name of the carol by DRAWING ONLY. As soon as the group knows the song,
they must sing it as loud as they can. After singing, they send a new person
for another song. Play continues until one group completes all five songs.
Hints: Make sure your group
is well warmed up or they won't want to
sing. Also make the carols easy ones.
Items needed: Pen & Paper for each team. If your team is very large,
you may need a chalkboard, dry Erase board or big sheet of butcher paper on
the wall so everyone can see.
Thanks - Alice
