The highest bidder or each one “wins” it and can open and keep it. For example, play a holiday trivia game or charades and award simple prizes such as holiday bells or ornaments, or provide aprons and all the materials for a. They then buy gifts for their Christmas buddy.
It is quite simple and has a twist toopeople draw names from a hat or a bowl without revealing or sharing the name. Players can then pick up, rattle, squeeze, and examine the gifts before bidding on them. It could be a total splurge (hello, Hawaii), something simple to enjoy at home, or even a personalized gift that includes everyone you love. Save Image: Shutterstock Secret Santa: This classic idea can work for everyone and in almost every setting. Kids like the fast pace of this game.įamily Auction – Using Monopoly money, distribute the same amount to each player. Pass the gifts around one at a time and whoever is holding the gift when the timer goes off gets to unwrap it and keep it. Hot Potato – In this version, you’ll be using gifts instead of a potato! Set a timer. So if you were one of 8 attendees, you would arrive with 8 dozen of one type of cookie and go home with 8 dozen different types of cookies. Each guests brings a dozen cookies (all the same type) for each other guest present. It’s become a treasured tradition.Ĭhristmas Cookie Swap – If you’re looking for a great way to add more variety to your holiday baking, a cookie swap is the way to go. Host a Cookie Exchange Party and Cookie Swaps are fun holiday parties idea that allow you guests to share lots of Christmas cookies. You'll start with this chic Tondo Ebonized Serving Paddle, and then include a bag of peppermint sticks, snowman marshmallows and hot cocoa mix (shop these goodies, below). Then we take turns choosing a restaurant to meet at and at the end of the meal, we ask the waiter or waitress to randomly hand out the bags. 39.95 Crate & Barrel How sweet is this out-of-the-box gift idea Deliver some holiday cheer straight to their door and send the fixings for a hot cocoa board. We each buy a unique ornament (we are on the lookout for them all year and have managed to find some awesome ones over the years!) and place it in a gift bag. Ornament Exchange – Every year for the past 17 years, a group of friends and I have participated in an ornament exchange. With these new twists on the present exchange at your next holiday party, it’s sure to be a night of enjoyment and laughter for everyone! Other Gift Exchange Ideas: Decorate your party space with palm trees and inflatable pool floats, and tell guests to bring gifts perfect for a day on the warm sand. The My Favorite Things Gift Exchange is a fun alternative to the usual gift exchanges during the holiday season and can be a fun, meaningful tradition with your friends and family.No need to get the same box of chocolates every year when you choose a unique theme for your gift exchange. Season With a summer gift exchange theme, your guests can mentally transport themselves to a seaside paradise all while snow falls outside their windows. If you decide to try the Favorite Things Gift Exchange, be prepared to spend A LOT of time mulling over your favorite things! Unlike so many other things in our lives, this is a fun topic to think about and it even helps you to know yourself better! Somehow having to declare a favorite to yourself and others is a good exercise in insight and self-acceptance. Try a twist on spin the bottle to take turns. Try Finish the Carol or Word Guess either works for a kid-friendly gift exchange. Then there’s the standard gift exchange which has the potential to be okay but there’s usually someone who’s a stickler for complicated rules about the exchange, particularly around stealing Save a few stocking-stuffer gifts (anything small and inexpensive), wrap them up, and hide them. I dare you to even try putting restrictions on Grandparents re: buying for kids. Simple and Thoughtful Family Gift Exchange Ideas First off, what hasn’t worked. Whether there is a chill in the air or not, the holiday season is upon us! Many of us moms have already been planning holiday activities and festivities for months and with that comes the inevitable discussion about gift exchanges! We organize gift exchanges with our mom friends, our book clubs, our work mates, our extended family and others and, I don’t about you, but the “White Elephant” gift exchange lost its sense of haha for me sometime in the nineties… What follows are some family gift exchange ideas that have worked well for us: to save money on gifts, while still keeping them meaningful for our loved ones.
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