game for party

[avonbetsy]

Ok- I'm not new to my business, but I've never had an open house before. I plan to have a pre-holiday open house in early november. Basically I'll just have all the products on display and my guests will browse. I'm planning to demo a few things too. I thought it would be fun to give away some gifts, and I need some kind of a game or drawing idea to decide who wins them. My guests won't go for anything too silly. Any good ideas out there? Maybe (but not necessarily) with a Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter theme?)
Thanks for your help!
avonbetsy

[tonja]

Hi
If you are sending out invitations you could mark one and then let them know that one is marked and that person will win something - All who bring thier invitations with them could be entered in a drawing - all who bring an outside order or bring an a guest you did not invite - could be entered
As for games with a Holiday theme
Snowman Game

This is obviously a winter game, but can be adapted for any season. For summer, change the scene to a beach, complete with umbrellas; lifeguard in a chair blowing a whistle, shark in the water, sunbathers, sandcastles with flags, etc.! In the fall, have them draw a family raking leaves, geese flying south, pumpkins by a fence, etc. There’s even a recipe for “pumpkin poop”!

1. Close your eyes - and no peaking!
2. Draw the head of a snowman
3. Now draw the middle circle
4. Now draw the bottom circle
5. Give your snowman 2 eyes
6. He needs a nose
7. Now give him 2 arms
8. And 5 buttons marching down his front
9. Oh - he has to have a mouth
10. And you’d better give him a hat before he melts

· If the head and middle section are touching or overlapping - 5 pts.
· If the middle and bottom section are touching or overlapping - 5 pts.
· 5 pts. For each eye inside his head
· 5 pts. If his nose is inside his head
· 5 pt.s If his mouth is inside his head
· 5 pts. For each button that’s in the middle or bottom section
· If his arms are connected to his body, 5 points for each one
· 5 points if his hat is touching his head

You drew a snowman without using your eyes
I’m sure you thought you’d win grand prize!
For the winner I have snowman soup
And the rest of you get snowman poop!

Recipe for snowman soup: 1 packet instant chocolate milk
1 candy cane
Little bag of marshmallows
Tie it all together with Christmas ribbon

Recipe for snowman “poop”: Bag of little marshmallows

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For the Fall version, here’s the “pumpkin poop” poem! J
-Pumpkin poop is a bag of candy corn.

You’ve tried your hand at artistry
Without the use of your eyes
And for our lucky winner
I’ve got a special prize!
I had started to carve a pumpkin
With my carving knife and scoop,
But when he saw your picture
Well, he took a little poop!
It looked so cute and funny
Just like a candy treat
So I’m sharing it with you, now
Because you are so sweet!

That's all I could find in my list of games
Hope your turn out is a GREAT one!
Tonja

[homemaker]

You could give tickets for a drawing.
1 ticket for arriving on time!
2 for bringing a friend
3 for spending 20.00

You can also include this in any other game you play.
My PL lady used to play a "what's in you r purse game" she asked us to find something that started with a named letter,and the first to get it out got a ticket.
It was fun becouse you would really be surprised what people have in their purse!