This game is a lot of fun for all ages,
requiring some “packaging ingenuity” of the host family who supplies a gift
card or popular gift item you know may be valued. Wrap it in a small box, taped
well. Wrap the box using Christmas paper or newspaper, taping it securely in a
slightly larger box and then another box and so on, like Russian dolls, using twine
and tape and secure wrappings, until you have nearly a crate sized box under
the tree. (Twine and tape work great to
make the boxes hard to open.)
You
will also need 2 sets of dice and a few sizes of mittens and a second timer. You may also want a camera close by to
photograph the frenzied fun!
One at a time, players roll the dice.
Whoever gets box cars (two sixes)
puts on a pair of the mittens and starts opening the box in a 6 second time
limit. Next player rolls dice--then passes them on--unless he gets box cars to
resume opening the box with mittens he dons. Unwrapping with mittens makes this
game funny and exciting to the finish. (The
dice will make several rounds and everyone eventually gets a turn and a chance
at the grand prize. You can vary the time limit to more –or less—6 seconds
according to the dexterity of the players.)
Variation: You could have two odd-shaped boxes to open, OR…if children
participate, have a separate box for them containing an appropriate “special
gift” they may value.
Cj
16 comments:
Looks like a fun game CJ. I would want to play just to get in on the secret package wrapping. Happy Holidays!
Oh my gosh, I can almost feel the frustration as the seconds click down. A fun and crazy game. Thanks for sharing!
That does sound like a fun game! I can picture the frenzied activity of the players. Thanks for letting us in on a game that's great for the whole family to play.
Best wishes, Cat
Wow, sounds like a fun game for the whole family. Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas!
That sounds like a lot of fun! I bet there are a whole lot of funny pictures and memories :)
We played a variation of this game at an office holiday party. We rolled candy bars up in a big wad of plastic wrap to form a huge ball. People were supposed to try and unpeel it while wearing gloves. I'm afraid we shed the gloves almost immediately, in a bid for that candy. But it was fun!
Sounds like fun!
We love playing games in my family, so I've added this one to our list! Thanks so much for sharing, Cj! Happy Holidays!
What a fun alternative to the usual White Elephant gift exchange! Thanks for sharing this.
This looks like a blast. I hope I can figure out how to get this comment to post. I haven't had much luck with others but have more time to mess with the process now.
Always looking for new games to play. Thanks, CJ! This kinda reminds me of a game we learned in England called Pass the Parcel. It's really musical chairs with a prezzie wrapped in Christmas paper that gets really mutilated as it's passed around to the music. The game gets rough--trees knocked over, furniture scattered and people bruised. It's wild and fun. Can't wait to play it Christmas Eve.
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Original game with the mittens. Makes one want to create more of these ideas to open presents among family members. Thanks for sharing.
What a funny holiday game! Thanks for sharing the rules. Have a happy holiday season!
trying to open with mittens is novel! love it. Thanks for sharing.
We played a variation of this game on Christmas Day this year. My two grown daughters wrapped a lottery ticket and $5 in saran wrap and more plastic to create a huge ball. (In the wrapping was wedged candy, small gifts, tickets to a free lunch, a little rubber chicken, tiny bottles of Bailey's etc.) People next to the unwrapper rolled a pair a dice in a pie plate, and when any pr. of doubles came up, the plastic ball was passed to them and the next adjacent person rolled the dice. Whatever fell out of the plastic on your turn, you get to keep! Sitting in a circle, with 9 people, we each got at least 3 or 4 turns! Fun!
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