This
is a great game for kids of all ages involving perception you can feel! Prizes
for children can vary from Gingerbread cookies or popcorn balls to small toys.
Adults may prefer a gift card or open stocking filled with goodies, a bottle of
wine or liter of pop, an ornament or candle, or even an ugly white elephant
gift for a booby prize. Doesn’t everybody
have something they’d love to recycle?
1. Fill one or two store-bought felt stockings about
2/3 full with Christmas items such as:a bell, a bow, a candy cane, an unshelled
walnut, a Christmas card, candy kisses, a candle, unbreakable ornaments with
familiar shapes—like a star, a small
horse or Christmas tree, etc.
2. Add common items to fill in as needed: Maybe a credit card, a large paper clip, pen
or pencil, sucker,small ruler, comb, toothbrush, spoon, bottle cap, even a
surprising item such as a baby pacifier.
3. Make
a list of all the contents before you sew the stocking shut, making sure the
stitches will not break.
4. Supply note paper and pencils to every
player.
5. Pass the stocking around, setting a timer—allowing
each person to “FEEL” the objects and write down what they feel in a designated
time limit of 30 to 60 seconds.
6. Whoever lists the most objects they can
identify by touch wins a prize. (This is
fun when you have a lst prize, runner up and booby prize!) Perhaps a gift card or open stocking
filled with goodies, a bottle of wine or liter of pop, an ornament or candle,
or even an ugly white elephant gift for a booby prize. Doesn’t everybody have something they’d love to recycle?
7. Variation: with two or more
stockings you can divide guests into a relay group and the winning team who
guesses the most items correctly gets to open the stockings and divide the
spoils, OR winners can choose from a larger open stocking or bowl of small wrapped gifts.
By Cj Fosdick
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11 comments:
This sounds like fun! We love family games. Happy holidays!
What a great Christmas game for kids. Love the idea. Pre-schoolers and elementary kids would love this. Thanks for sharing. Have a great holiday.
It's like a feely bag for Christmas! Great idea. Thanks for sharing it with us.
That is a really cute stocking game. I'll have to try it this Christmas Eve.
Sounds like great fun! Thanks for passing it along. Now to try it :)
What a fun game. Thanks for sharing!
That sounds like a lot of fun :)
This is a great idea! I'll have to try it with the family this year. Happy Holidays!
Ooo...another game I can add to our families growing list. We love playing games! Happy Holidays!
Love this game. It will certainly be on my activity list this year. Thanks for sharing.
As our family grows (fewer young kids) we are drifting into a "gaming era" after eating and opening gifts. I love playing board games, card games, anything competitive that gets everyone interactive. Please share ANY game ideas with me for next year! It's fun to see the teens play with the adults instead of checking their iphones!
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