Dirty Dice Christmas Gift Grab Game
Supplies:
Gifts, 2 decks of cards
Step 1: Everyone brings a wrapped gift and it is placed in the middle of a room.
Step 2: Once everyone is seated two dice are passed to each person to roll (a larger group of people can pass two or three pairs of dice). Whoever shakes a double retrieves a prize but can't open the gift, and so on until all gifts are taken. Everyone who has a gift (some have none, some might have many) opens their gifts for everyone to see.
Step 3: Now it gets dirty! A timer is set for 15 minutes and the dice keep going around the room to each person and if someone shakes a double they can steal an unwrapped prize from anyone. 'Everytime' a double is rolled, a prize gets stolen.
Step 4: When the timer runs out, that is the end of the game. When we have very young children participating, the adults make sure each child is left with at least one prize.
Thanks, Cactus
Variation Everyone Gets a Gift
Step 2: Once everyone is seated, have guests start rolling the dice and when they get a pair they can pull a gift from the pile. The dice continue to be passed around to those who have not yet rolled a pair. Note: Those who already have a gift are skipped. When you get down to two people rolling dice the last person to roll a pair selects one gift and the other person gets the final present.
Step 3: Now everyone has fun opening their gift and seeing what they have.
Step 4: Now set a timer for 10 or 15 minutes and start the dice with the person who received the last gift. They roll the dice and if they roll a pair they can now trade gifts with anyone. However, if they roll a pair of 6’s then they can trade gifts with anyone and the gift they chose is theirs to keep! No one can steal it. After they roll the dice, they then pass it off to the next play (either to the right or left).
Continue playing the game until the buzzer goes off. Once the buzzer sounds, the last turn is finished and each person gets to keep their gift.
Standard Holiday Gift Grab Game Decisions / Variations to change it up a bit.
Select Budget for gift: Up to $5, $10, $20, etc…
When to unwrap? Unwrap after gift selected from the pile or unwrap once everyone has a gift.
Number of gift grabs per turn? Limit to 2, 3 or more
Gift stealing – 3 times and it can no longer be taken or unlimited stealing
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