I put together a Saran Wrap prize ball. Prizes included individually-wrapped candies, pocket-size tissue packs, socks, travel-size toiletries, a device charger to be plugged into a car's 12 V cigarette lighter socket, dishcloths, individual packages of snacks, and low-denomination gift cards. In addition, there were notes wrapped up in the ball with or without prizes, saying "skip one turn," "take an extra turn," "everyone pass their last prize to the person on the left," "swap one prize with someone else's," etc.
To make the prize ball I wrapped the prizes/notes in between layers of Saran Wrap, forming a ball by the end.
To play the game, one person unwraps plastic wrap until they come to a prize and/or note. They then pass the ball to the next player. This continues until the wrap is completely undone.
You should also know that when we finished the game, we rewound the plastic wrap. My plan is to wash lengths of it, dry, then use in the kitchen as needed. No waste on this front.
It was a fun game. You could see what upcoming prizes were, but didn't necessarily know when they would be "found."
That's a fun game that our office party has done several times. We used two dice and the person with the ball would unwrap until the next person in line rolled doubles and then the ball would go to that person and the dice would move ahead to the next person. It became very fast paced and a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteAlice
Hi Alice,
DeleteThe dice sounds like a very fun twist on the Saran Ball game. Thank you for sharing!
How fun! Our daughter's family does this but you must wear oven mitts while unwrapping. Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda,
DeleteThat sounds fun and funny! I'll remember this for a future game. Thank you!
Oh my goodness, that looks so fun! And good for you not wanting to waste the plastic wrap.
ReplyDeleteHi Tina,
DeleteIt was a lot of fun, and as Alice and Linda above mentioned, there are variations which would make this even more fun.
I would have such a difficult time throwing away an entire roll of practically new plastic wrap. Sometimes habits and attitudes run deep in a person's psyche. LOL -- my way of admitting I'm something of a tightwad.
Sounds like fun. I remember that you've done variations of a game like this in the past. Does you family wonder what you've come up with every year?
ReplyDeleteHi Live and Learn,
DeleteI don't keep the games too big of a secret from family members. I hope they enjoy the games just as much, even when knowing what we're planning on playing in advance. We did have fun.