13 Nov White Elephant, Murder Mystery Game and other games
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Games
Looking for a fun game for your small group to play? Chuck and Pat Hawkins gathered their group to play a Murder Mystery game and had a fabulous time (Let me know if you’d like to borrow it-it does take 4 hours or mor). Games are a great way to help people relax and get to know one another. Someone who may be reserved about sharing during discussion time may find game night a time to open up.
Doing something different with your group will develop relationships and create opportunities to build community :)
White Elephant Gift Exchange
This is a great way to exchange gifts without any cost!
Everyone brings a wrapped (used gift bag or paper is a must!!) gift. They must find their gift in their homes (no purchasing required!). The gift must be something that they no longer use/need but something they think someone else may want. This is a great opportunity to “regift” something you have never used, but the item does not have to be new–just usable :)
All the gifts are put in the middle of the room. Depending on the number of people have a dish (or two if over 8 people) with 2 dice in it.
The host starts the dice rolling. If a person gets doubles, the rolling stops. The person picks a gift from the middle of the room and opens it. When the next and subsequent people get doubles, the rolling stops. They have the option of getting a new gift or “stealing” the gift from someone who has already opened one. This continues until everyone has a gift.
Once all the gifts are opened you go around the circle 3 more times (more if you want to keep things going) trading gifts for the one you really want. It’s fun to see what gift everyone goes after!
in the top right of the video.