Grab a gift game

What's better than holiday games? Board games! Have people bring their favorite childhood game with a short description. Randomly select the order of who picks first.

After everyone has opened their gifts, have fun playing with all the games. As you can see there are many ways to bring the fun into gift exchanging. It makes for a fun memory for all to share. The year has been a year like no other, and this…. Updated May 5, While we are pleased that Personal Creations remains open for business, our personalization and fulfillment facility in Illinois has just….

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Monthly Memberships Instead of exchanging gifts, get them a subscription for shaving supplies, movies, makeup, or even liquor.

White Elephant This works best with gag gifts or gifts with little or no use. Book Exchange Bring in a favorite book and attach a short description about why you love it. Charity Exchange Whoever picks your charity will donate a small donation in your name. Coffee Mugs Pick a cool mug and wrap it up! Gift Guess Wrap a gift of your choice in an extravagant way, hold it up and let people guess what it is.

Holiday Trivia Have everyone bring a present and place it on the floor. Pet Exchange Gather everyone who has a pet and do a gift exchange for your furry friends instead. Craft Exchange Preselect a random name from a box. Holiday Spirit Bring in your favorite cocktail wrapped up in a gift by adding a fun cup and the ingredients to make it. Rotating Gift Exchange Make a list of long-distance friends who want to participate in a gift exchange.

Musical Chairs Have kids sit in a circle and pass around a gift until the music stops. Gag Gift Place a gag gift in a present pile at your family's house. Cookie Swap Bake a batch of your favorite cookies and wrap them up nicely in a tin, box or jar. Coupon Exchange Have kids and adults fill out a coupon for a fun activity. Hot Potato Time If you ever played as a child, you know your kids will love this game as well.

Grab Bag Exchange Have people bring a box or bag with individual little gifts and pick the order of who will begin first. Holiday Giggles Have a list of holiday jokes prepared, one for each person participating in the exchange.

Christmas Bingo Play bingo and have the first winner select a gift from the pile. Joy to the World Prior to the party, have everyone select a country and a person. Guess Who Have each person bring a gift. Gift Basket Fun Think of it as a care package for the recipient. Edible Exchange If you are unsure what to get your co-workers, this is the perfect theme. Swap it Out Make cards with sayings such as "switch with someone wearing red" or "trade with whoever you've known the longest" and hand them out after each person has selected their gift.

Dollar Store Delights If money is tight this year, try doing a dollar store exhchange. Game On! Share this post. Subscribe Subscribe RSS. Related Posts.

I'm sure you're going to love it! It's a mystery game that involves wrapped presents!!! Need I Say More Chances are you might be familiar with this game, and you might even be playing it a different way, or you may have never heard of it altogether! I think you'll really like it and want to play it this year when you and your family spend Christmas together. It's even a game that doesn't have to be just played once a year for Christmas! Photo Credit: Marc Storm.

We munch on snacks that are usually prepared by my mom Those drinks must be high in caffeine and sugar because they sure make you feel a little tipsy and energetic lol. As the evening gets later we're almost ready to give each other our presents. Image Source. It is fun to make some, get the kids involved.

Don't have the time? Then why not just order some Old traditions are great! Each present's label card has some funny one liner written on it. Maybe a play on words with whatever item might be inside, something Christmas related or our own inside family jokes we have with each other But before we get to exchanging gifts with one another on Christmas Eve, we always play a family favorite game. A game that we've played for as long as I can remember.

We usually go to our local Dollar Stores or check a store's kids toys section for ideas. You can put anything in your grab bags. Anything ranging from funny or absurd to awesome or cool. There have even been some big cash prizes! Sometimes people have put in some tastefully, tasteless, products like hemorrhoid cream and other funny products. Just remember that if there are kids playing, to not be too risque". I mean who doesn't love getting extra presents with an added game aspect, to win them.

The best and worst thing about playing grab bag is that there are usually gag gifts in the mix. You should try to think of some really great gifts to put in the grab bag.

There are many ideas to choose from Maybe a toy, like a Slinky, or cash money or food or a rock lol! You could even go to a dollar store and pick up some inexpensive goodies. Just have fun with the ideas! Image Source So come up with some great ideas for grab bag gifts and pile them up. Figure out how many you need based on how many people are playing.

I would say if there are 10 people you should try and have at least items, but you could always use less. But if the money is tight then just go with what you can.

Depending on how big or small you plan on going. You could even have each visiting relative contribute gifts to the mix, so everyone can play and keep the mystery of what they're playing for, a surprise. Especially, since the person knowing what the gifts are, and has wrapped them, can't really play with the mystery aspect. Later I'll tell you how the person choosing the grab bag gifts can play as well, and still have it be a surprise for them, as for what's in each present. Now wrap you're presents and label the boxes as Grab Bag, so that way you don't forget which ones are which.

Just don't label what's inside. The game is built around mystery, as you'll learn when I show you how to play it. So when you wrap the presents up you want to make it so that someone can't figure out what it is. Find random boxes that are plain square shaped or even extreme shaped so that it adds more intrigue. One shape that's always in the mix for us is wrapping it like a Tootsie Roll, twisted ends. We've even used long cylinder shaped tubes that posters come in.

It makes people wonder what the heck could be in there that's so thin and long. Kids love the wonder if it all. Also, if an item that you're using for the grab bag makes noise, you might want to find a way to pack it in without it making noise Players will end up shaking the present to hear what it might be, generally people tell them not to.

Now that you have all your presents wrapped and accounted for, the next thing is Learning how to play the game Put all the Grab Bag presents in a pile in the middle of the room that you plan on playing in. Shuffle up one of the deck of cards and pass one card out to each player until you run out of all the cards.

Then shuffle the other deck and turn it upside down and pick the top card and read it aloud. When someone has that card, they hand in their card and grab a present from the pile. Now, when the presents from the pile run out, people can then start picking presents that others have already taken from the pile, from their own accumulated stash. Some people will then end up competing for the same present, if they really want it, back and forth until one of them runs out of cards or moves onto someone else's gifts.

Hide the gifts in the game area. The players can grab an unwrapped gift from someone. In that case, the person now without a gift is back in the game. Comes in two sizes. Digital, pdf file. Nothing will be shipped to you. Sold via our store ShopRelaxedHostess. Currently available only to customers in the USA. The more people you have, the more fun this game is, so; it is the perfect Christmas exchange game for large families.

As a variation : play a short clip of a Christmas song and ask the guests what word comes next. Play like the Christmas carol game, except that in this game, you play a short clip of a Christmas movie and ask the guests to name the film. You could also read quotes from Christmas movies. The one who guesses the name of the film the section is from gets to pick a gift. The Christmas Lane game is like a cakewalk game, except that you keep playing until everyone gets a gift.

Buy the beautifully illustrated Christmas Lane Gift Exchange Game and go for a walk to collect a gift. For this game, you need two decks of cards and a big pile of presents. Maybe two or three for each player. One is good too. Play a fun game of Christmas Pictionary or charades. Whoever wins the round gets to choose a present. Stack up paper cups, write points on the cups. Everyone gets a set amount of shots. Whoever has the highest score gets to choose a present first.

This Whose Gift Is It? Christmas exchange game is excellent for adults. Play it at home or at work. Lots of different gift exchange games to choose from! Which one will you do? Swapping, grabbing, unwrapping, and pleading for someone to take it… These Christmas gift exchange ideas are funny, sweet, and maybe a little sentimental.

The Greatest Memory Give a gift that has a ton of sentimental value. Organization After the Holidays starts all the house cleaning and organization. Fitness Yep, the other thing that is super popular after the Holidays. Outdoors Anything you can use outdoors: sled, beach ball, buckets and gardening stuff. Then choose which wish list you want to use. Christmas Gift Exchange Chaos This can be chaotic depending also on how fast-paced you make it.

Take it slow or create chaos. Whatever way you choose to play, it will be a blast! Holiday Cheer Game How to play: In this game, the gifts stay in place, and the players move. Sit in a circle. Place a gift in front of everybody. It can be wrapped or unwrapped, your choice. Read the statements one at a time. Players stand up if the information applies to them. Those standing up switch places with each other and sit down in the new spot.

No stepping on gifts! You could also place them behind the players to avoid breaking the presents during the game.