Summary: Christmas Gift Wrap Relay is a game where each player wraps a gift, but with speed and accuracy to win.
Ages: From 8 to adult
Recommended Number of Players:
Between 6 and 30 players with three players per team
Equipment:
One gift item per team
One box per team
Roll or sheet of wrapping paper per team
One pair of scissors per team
One roll of tape per team
Set Up:
Set up three stations. The first station will have a pile of gifts and boxes, the second will have wrapping paper and scissors and the last station will have the rolls of tape.
How to Play:
There are three stations and three players per team. Put one player from each team at each station. When the host yells go, the first player at station one chooses a gift and puts it into a box. The first player then runs to the second station and hands the boxed gift to his/her teammate. The player then grabs some wrapping paper and cuts it to size before delivering the box and paper to the third player at station three. The last player on the team tapes the wrapping paper to the box.
Winner:
The winner is the team who finished first.
Variation:
Have one gift per PLAYER and let the team wrap three gifts.
Award points instead of having the speediest team win. Give points for speed, but also for neatness, appropriate size box per gift, enough paper to cover the whole box, etc.
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