This Pass the Package Christmas Game is great for groups of all sizes.
Guests have to complete activities as they unwrap layers of paper in search of the prize.
Did your parents ever give you a really small gift for Christmas wrapped inside multiple bigger boxes? Just as you thought you were able to open your gift you hit another layer of wrapping paper.
The same idea applies here – your guests will never know when the wrapping paper ends and the gift begins!
You are going to need lots of wrapping paper and an assortment of boxes to pull this off! Use up those remnants in your closet or grab some rolls at the Dollar Store.
Pass the Package Christmas Game
Group size: 6- 20 (divide into multiple groups if needed)
Time needed: About 20 minutes
Supplies: Christmas music; sound system; gift(s) pre-wrapped with multiple layers and inside multiple boxes – one per group or table; activity cards for each layer of wrapping paper (see free printable cards below); trash can.
Instructions:
1. Before the event gather your gift(s), boxes, and wrapping paper – 1 per table or group depending on the size. Wrap the gift. Tape the printable card that lets them know they can open the gift on top of that layer of wrapping paper. Now take your wrapped gift and place it in a slightly larger box and gift wrap that box. Place an activity card on the outside of the wrapping paper (IE. Sing a line from a Christmas carol). Add another layer of wrapping paper, topped with another activity card. Add another box when you can. You should have layers of wrapping paper with an activity card on the top of each. I recommend at least 6 layers of paper, but no more than 10. There should not be an activity card on the outside layer. Repeat with additional gifts if needed.
2. At the event, assemble women into groups as needed. Distribute 1 wrapped gift per circle/group/table. Let them know that as the music starts they need to pass the gift around the table/circle and when the music stops to remove one layer of wrapping paper. Start the music, pausing for unwrapping and instructions to be followed. Continue until the gift has been completely unwrapped.
Notes:
Use different colors/patterns of wrapping paper so it’s easy to distinguish where a layer begins and starts. Have your camera ready to catch the fun!
Free Printable Activity Cards – Click to open the PDF files.
christmas pass the package game cards
May God bless your Christmas festivities with lots of laughter and fun!
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My Favorite Christmas Icebreaker Games
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Why I Don’t Do White Elephant Games
This is great! It’s always hard to find icebreakers that are good clean fun for my ladies group. I adapted your “what if” ice breaker for this month. I cut them up and put them in plastic Easter eggs. Then did a kind of pass the parcel thing. If you were caught with an egg , you had to say what was inside. So much fun! Thanks!
How fun! Thank you for sharing, Judy!
there use to be a game on here passing packages using numbers. for example no1 take package, no 2 change with no 1 and so on, but i can’t find it. I used it for my church group a while back and they loved it. now i can’t find it. can you help me
Hi Tina, so sorry! That must have been on another website. Try searching Pinterest.
This game worked great at our May women’s tea. We had 70 women at several round tables and it worked quite well. I changed it up a bit calling it, “Give the Gift and Get to Know you Game”. I made up new questions including “What city were you born in?” since many were born in other parts of the US or in foreign countries. The gifts included about $9 worth of tea items and were much enjoyed. I used a bell when I stopped the music so the ladies could hear clearly. It was a blast! Much laughter, chatting, and smiling. Thank you for the inspiration. Carrie, Seattle area
Carrie – I love that you changed it up to make it work best for your group! Thanks so much for sharing the details with all of us! I’m sure they’ll be useful to other leaders. 🙂
I’m confused… The package is on the table. Music starts and you begin passing the package, music stops I have the package, I unwrap the first layer and do what ever the card says then the music begins again passing the package
Cyndi, Yes! You’ve got it! 🙂
Hi Cyndee, Question for you….Am I placing a box within a box or am I just placing the gift inside a box and wrapping it with several layers of wrapping paper? I’m trying to visualize this and I want to make sure I do this right when we play the game in December. It sounds like a lot of fun and I can’t wait for our Ladies Group to try it! 🙂 Thanks so much for your time.
Janis, sorry for the delay – I’ve been at a conference. Great question! It is one box wrapped with several layers of wrapping paper. You’ll want to tell your women to carefully remove one layer of wrapping paper. I’d love to hear how it goes! So sorry it was confusing!
So this is not a contest? No need to find a winner in this game?
Ericka, Great question! The winner is the last person to unwrap the gift (that has been buried inside all of the other boxes and layers of wrapping paper). Hope it is a great success with your group!! Blessings, Cyndee