Looking for alternative to Saran wrap game for christmas

I've been seeing one using Solo cups or mugs, turning them upside down and placing various items under them. The one that keeps popping up for me is using a lot of cash lol, but you could use anything. They put anything under them from common kitchen items to cash the lottery tickets to candy, I really think it's unlimited imagination. There's usually one cup that's the big loser and in the videos I've seen they're doing something like an egg on the head or pie in the face. I don't think that's something I'm on board with, but I would do something silly like make somebody sing Jingle Bells bells or turn around and Quack Like A Duck three times or something like that.

We do pictionary on the whiteboard, whoever guesses it gets to choose their gift card. We usually use Christmas carols, movies and sometimes divide into teams but it gets so loud lol. I can't remember all the details but you get the idea.

We do a round of Dirty Santa last, after everyone's had a turn and everybody has a gift card.

Put your own spin on it and make some fun 😇

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We do another similar to Saran Wrap. You wrap a gift in a box. Add layer upon layer of wrapping paper, each layer taped with tape. The person unwrapping puts on a Santa hat and oven mits. Like the Saran Wrap you go around in a circle rolling dice. If you get doubles you steal hat and gloves and get a turn to try and unwrap. Keep going til someone gets to the inside.

We also like playing spoons. Everyone puts in three bucks. When you loose a round you loose a buck to the pot. Keep playing until one person wins the pot.

We play a game called Splounch, and it’s hilarious. To prepare for the game, everyone writes 5 names of well-known people/characters (real people or fictional) on slips of paper, and those are folded and put into a bowl. Divide into partnerships.

Round 1: First partner draws a name from the bowl and describes the person, and the other tries to guess who it is. When they answer correctly, they grab another paper. When the timer goes off they pass the bowl to the next team, keeping the papers they answered correctly. Keep going until all names are guessed, and then count the points for each team. Papers get folded and go back into the bowl.

Round 2: Whoever ended Round 1 starts Round 2. In this round, you can only say 1 word to describe the person. You can act things out, but, again, only one word can be said. Take turns until all names are guessed, tally Round 2 points, and then put the names back in the bowl.

Round 3: Whoever ended Round 2 starts Round 3. In this round, you can’t say anything or make any sounds, only act it out. Take turns until all the names are guessed, tally your final points, and declare your winners.

So, say the name written is Harry Potter. Round 1: I would say, “He’s a wizard, and he goes to Hogwarts, and he has a scar on his forehead” or whatever until the person guessed Harry Potter. Round 2: I might say “wizard.” Or “Hogwarts.” Or “scar.” Round 3: I would pretend to wave a wand, maybe draw a lightning bolt on my forehead, etc. The single word and actions you use kind of depend on what was said in earlier rounds.

When we played this a few weeks ago, one of the names written was “Dirty Harry.” My sister was trying to describe him to her partner (her 18yo son,) and was saying “it’s not Tom or Dick, but _____.” And he had no idea why she was talking about dicks. 😂When that name came up in Round 2, the single word used was “dick,” and they knew to guess Dirty Harry. And in Round 3, my other sister pretended to unzip her pants, like a man at a toilet. Her partner didn’t get it, but I used the same actions when it was my turn and my partner did.

Rules:
Each turn is 1 minute.
Partners must alternate, so if you were the guesser on your last turn, you need to be the one describing on this turn.
You can’t say any of the names written on the paper.
If you say “umm” in Round 2, that counts as your one word.
If you haven’t guessed a name when the timer goes off, you put it back in the bowl. (You don’t want to say what it was, because that will help the next person who draws that name.)

Tips:
Definitely listen when other teams are playing. Round 2 and Round 3 are only manageable if you know the names that are in the bowl.
This is harder to play with big age gaps.
If you don’t know who a person is, you can just use whatever to get there. So, for Dirty Harry: “If someone is not clean they are _____. Not Tom or Dick, but _____. Now put those together!”

Poop the potato

My grandsons and I saw this relay race game on YouTube and we were laughing so hard about the video that they begged to do it themselves. It has now become the requested team party game every time we have a gathering. It’s great for a mixed ages group, and though I know you said you’re all adults, I’m posting for anyone with a kid + adult mix.

Two teams, one potato for each player, two small trash cans. Each person has to carry their potato high between their legs, run to the trash can, bend over and “poop” it out. If you drop your potato you start again. Team that fills their trash and “toilet” wins. Here’s the video that got us started. youtu.be/rMHC3cCfIlo

I’m doing version of the solo cup game mentioned a few times above this year. Because I already had a bunch of stuff that didn’t fit under solo cups, I decided to use old Christmas themed gift bags to put over the bigger items in addition to the solo cups. I’m also adding in a few “challenges” that the person who gets one can choose to do & get cash, or can choose not to do and the cash will go to a community pot at the end. Only players that didn’t pass on the challenges/didn’t get a challenge are eligible for the community pot. I’ve got some “gross” food challenges, the raw egg you have to crack on your head, doing a Christmas karaoke song, 10 push-ups, stuff like that.