Are you doing a white elephant gift exchange this year? Our family does it every year, and we have so much fun with it.
- Invite your guests and tell them to bring a wrapped white elephant gift. Be sure to set a dollar amount limit so that everyone’s gift is the same in value. Often these are gag gifts. (Our family doesn’t allow liquor bottles or gift cards; that’s too easy!)
- Each gift should be wrapped. No name tag is needed on the gift, because you don’t yet know who will get it.
- Have a designated place for the guests to place their white elephant gifts as they arrive.
- Once you know how many gifts/guests there are, write numbers (For example, 1-15 if there are 15 guests) on individual slips of paper. Place each number in a bowl.
- Each person draws a number from the bowl.
- The player with number 1 gets to choose the first gift. They unwrap the gift in front of everyone.
- The player with number 2 goes next. They can either choose the gift player #1 unwrapped or choose a wrapped gift.
- If they choose player #1’s gift, player #1 gets to choose a new gift.
- The unwrapping and stealing continue until every gift has been claimed.
- Designate the number of times a gift can be stolen, usually 2-3 times.
Although gift tags on the gifts are not required, I have a cute White Elephant Gift Tag for you to download if you want to make your white elephant wrapping extra special.
A couple of years ago, I made a Beer Mug Hat for the family white elephant gift exchange, and it turned out to be the gift that everyone wanted!
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