Blind gift exchanges are extremely popular around the holiday season, as people are looking for fun games to play at family dinners, friend reunions, and office parties. The White Elephant gift exchange game involves “stealing” gifts from other players in order to take home the best gift.
In order for you to throw the ultimate White Elephant Party this holiday season, we have put together a party guide, a guide to the ins and outs of the game, and a list of fun White Elephant gifts.
How to Throw a White Elephant Party
There are many variations of White Elephant parties, but there are traditional features that are common across the board. Here is the basic way to throw a White Elephant party, but feel free to add your own twist!
1. Invite Friends and Tell Them to Bring a Gift
Gifts and guests are the two essentials to playing the White Elephant game. Send out invites to each of your guests, informing them that they are expected to bring one wrapped gift. Try sending out cute physical invitations, such as these.
2. Decorate and Prepare for a Party
3. Display Gifts as Your Guests Arrive
As your guests arrive, display the wrapped gifts. You can even add cute gift tags, like these, to each of the gifts. Have some wrapping materials aside in case a guest arrives with an unwrapped gift.
4. Review the White Elephant Game Rules
There are many variations of the traditional White Elephant game, but this is the original way to play. As guests arrive, have them draw a number from a hat and have them hold onto it. This number will determine the order of gameplay.
- To kick off the game, the guest who drew number one will pick a gift from the pile and choose to unwrap it or keep it wrapped.
- The next player now has the opportunity to choose a gift from the pile or steal a previous player’s gift.
- New gifts from the pile can be opened, stolen gifts that are unopened cannot be opened. This pattern will continue until everyone has gone.
- Once everyone has gone, player one will go again. Player one can choose to steal a gift or keep the one they have.
- After this, the gift each person has will be what they leave with. Any unopened gifts can now be opened.
White Elephant Gift Ideas
If you aren’t sure of a budget-friendly gift to take to your next White Elephant party, consider one of these gift ideas.
Friend Gift Ideas
Disposable Camera
Puzzle
Smores Maker
Cocktail Making Kit
Family Gift Ideas
- Popcorn Maker
- Cookbook
- Gingerbread House Kit
- Face Masks
- Memory Foam Pillow
Office Gift Ideas
- Blue Light Glasses
- Mug
- Plant
- Mini Heater
- Mini Desk Fan
DIY Gift Ideas
No matter what route you decide to take for your White Elephant party, you are sure to have a fun celebration with good friends and family this holiday season.
Disclaimer: this post was written in partnership with Siege Media and FTD. Printables and images were supplied by them and as such are not owned by me.
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