Each person has a random gift. The first player draws a card. He does what the card says and returns the card to the bottom of the pile. Then, the next person chooses a card. Keep picking cards until the deck has gone around the circle at least once. You can choose how many times to go around. Each gift should have at least five layers depending on how many times you want to pass the gift and how many people there are.
To make wrapping the gift easier and another party activity , set up a gift wrapping station with a variety of wrapping paper. Check your local thrift shop for half used wrapping paper rolls or the dollar store carries inexpensive Christmas wrap. Ask guests to arrive with a wrapped gift in one layer of wrapping paper. Once at the party, they can wrap the gift in the additional layers of wrapping paper. This way you can guarantee that each gift has the correct number of layers.
Tell guests that when you play the Christmas music, they need to pass the gifts to their right. They continue passing the gifts until the music stops. Then, each person holding a gift takes off one layer of wrapping paper. Play continues until the last layer of wrapping paper is taken off.
Whoever is holding the unwrapped gift gets to keep it and is out of the game. A variation would be to switch passing directions each time the music starts again. This way the gifts would be going both ways around the circle. For each of these Christmas gift exchange games, guests need to bring a wrapped gift.
You may want to have gift wrap on hand in case guests forget to wrap their presents before arriving. You never know. When sending out your Christmas party invitations, be sure to mention that you will be hosting a Christmas gift exchange game. Our editable holiday invitations let you add any text that you need to tell your guests — including information on a gift exchange.
Let guests know that they need to bring a gift to the party. And make sure that you set a budget for the gifts. Once guests arrive at the party, have a space to put the gifts. Either under the tree or on a table works well.
Photo courtesy of Juliana Malta. When organizing your Christmas gift exchange, set a reasonable budget. Let guests know about the budget to help them with their shopping.
Since everyone has different tastes and interests, unlike a Secret Santa, gifts should be more on the neutral side. Think socks, things for the kitchen, candles, self care items or something fun. You can find some great Christmas gift exchange suggestions here to share with guests. Depending on your guests, you might want to add a theme to make gift buying more fun.
It can also help people focus on specific gift options. If you choose a gift giving theme, be sure that information is on the invitation as well.
Instead of simply switching gifts as you choose, you play with a custom card designed with instructions on what to do. Each card will instruct you what to do. You can download these Free Printable cards to play here. Swappy comes with a cute white elephant that holds 20 unique game cards. Instructions are funny and silly with a twist.
Using dice to determine what happens to your gift is a fun alternative to the traditional gift exchange game. Before your guests arrive, print out the Switch, Steal or Unwrap dice instructions. Get everyone to sit in a circle and distribute the gifts so that everyone has three random gifts in front of them. You will need three dice to play this game. If you decide to only play with two gifts, then you will only need two dice. The game ends when all the gifts are unwrapped, and then guests keep all three unwrapped gifts in front of them.
You will need a dice and a card with instructions on what to do when someone rolls a certain number of the dice. This player is basically out of the game. There are two possible endings to the game. Either the game ends when all the gifts have been unwrapped and kept i. For example, once everyone has thrown the die twice, then guests get to keep the gift in their hands.
Everyone stands around a table and takes turns rolling the dice. When someone throws doubles, they put on the oven mitts and try to unwrap the first gift. Instead of buying gifts, guests buy gift cards instead. Be sure to let everyone agree on a gift card amount so everyone gets a card of equal value.
Gift cards can usually be used at several outlets , and guests get to choose something they really want or need. You can play any of the gift exchange games with your gift cards, but I prefer the Guess The Guest or Christmas Gift Auction for this one. Guests arrive with two wrapped gifts which are handed to the host. Give your guests equal amounts of fake money monopoly money is excellent , and then they get to bid on gifts at your Christmas Auction.
Whoever wins the bid gets to unwrap and keep the gift s. Put the same number on a piece of paper and ask the guest to write a funny or strange fact about themselves on the back. Put all the slips of paper into a box. During the distribution of gifts, have your guests draw a paper, read the statement on the back, and guess who it is about. This is an enjoyable game for younger kids but does take a bit of setting up by the host upfront.
The host ties a gift to the end of different color yarn and rolls out the whole ball of yarn zigzagging across the room, making it hard for the guests to unwind it around table legs, behind couches, etc.
Each guest gets a yarn color and has to follow the string through the cobweb of lines until they find their gift at the end of their ball of yarn. This is a combination of secret Santa and Pass the parcel. Everyone brings a small gift of equal value. You can either play that people who have already received a gift cannot open another gift, i.
Alternatively, you could decide that they can choose if they want to pass on their opened gift or the new gift to the person sitting next to them. In this fun gift exchange game, guests must wrap up their gifts using multiple layers of wrapping paper, and each layer has an instruction written on it.
If you want them to wrap in four layers, then give them four instructions each, like the examples below. Give a gift to the first person in the circle. Something for every taste. If you are here just for the games, jump to the Christmas Gift Exchange Games. This post contains affiliate links.
After clicking one of these links, I might get a small commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase. Read our full disclosure and liability disclaimer. It can be fun; it can be stressful… and it can get costly. Having a theme for the gift exchange makes the shopping perhaps a little easier and so much more fun. Pick a season and get ready to shop and receive all kinds of cool things, from beach bags to umbrellas.
Perhaps the gift is simply a t-shirt, or it could be something odd like a state bird, hopefully, a decorative and not a real one…. Made in the USA is a popular version of this. It does not have to be made in the country you choose but something that reminds you of it, like a gift with all the flag colors. Board games, card games… it will be fun! After unwrapping the games, go ahead and use them right there at the Christmas party.
If your family has many people who love DIY projects, this is the one to go with. Everyone gets to prepare a DIY gift. Well, perhaps we all have received items that we never use. Pass on the gift to someone who would love it.
Give a gift of doing an activity together with the gift receiver. It could be something simple like going to movies, hiking, picnic, or something extravagant like a cruise. Everyone writes their initials on paper. For example, Ally Smith would write AS. Whoever buys a gift for her would look for an item with those letters like bASket or SoAp. This is especially fun for adults. Buy a gift that has something to do with the birth year of the gift receiver, like a movie that came out that year. Yeah, you need some music at your Christmas party.
This can get quite crazy, but it will be a hoot. Give a gift that has a ton of sentimental value. Something that reminds you of the gift receiver, maybe a vacation you have taken together. Everyone needs some kind of storage thing. It could be for the desk, closet, cupboard, counters, or storing magazines, books, anything. Yep, the other thing that is super popular after the Holidays. Any kind of fitness item from jump ropes and hand weights to yoga mats would be fun. Christmas gift exchange wish lists make shopping easy!
Pick a style that you like the best: gift sack, sleigh, or Christmas tree. Take a closer look at the Gift Exchange Wish Lists and pick the one you like the best! You can always do the bowl or paper bag way. Nothing wrong with that, but to add a little bit of excitement and fun to the drawing, do one of these activities:.
Attach the names to candy canes and hide them in the game area. Everyone scatters to look for the candy canes and will get a name AND a sweet treat. You could also use clear ornaments and put a rolled-up paper with the name and the wish list in the ornament. Tape the names and wish lists under the chairs. All you need is Christmas Gift Exchange Chaos cards.
Put the cards in a bowl or paper sack and take turns picking one and doing what it says. Digital pdf file. Nothing will be shipped. Currently, only available to customers in the USA.
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