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Christmas Gift Swap Game ~ Free Printables & Instructions

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Hey there! So I’m popping in here to NOT give you an organizing assignment. You’re welcome. Listen December is busy, I get it. I can’t imagine too many people have time on their hands to be organizing drawers and closets right now. Instead you may be hanging out with friends and family more (that’s good!) and looking for a fun game to play.  Well this post has just what you need. The Christmas Gift Swap game (with free printables!) is a fresh take on the old gift exchange game. I’ve been waiting to do this game with my girlfriends this year but unfortunately we still have restrictions in place making getting together a little difficult to do still. Sigh. However, I didn’t want to hold up sharing this post with you any longer because you might as well have some fun even if I can’t!

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So I’ll share the free printables with you today and should a miracle happen where I do get to have fun festive times with my gal pals this year I’ll update this post with some pictures of us playing. We’ve always played it the traditional way in the past. You know where everyone draws a number to decide who goes first and then Player One picks a gift and opens it. Player Two can then choose a new gift from the middle or steal Player One’s gift. And on it goes from there. But this new way is fun too and unique because nobody opens a gift until the very end of the game!

Christmas Gift Swap Game ~ Free Printables & Instructions

I’m one of those people that just love playing Christmas gift exchange games each year and I think they’re just so much fun. I know not everyone does though. Maybe this version will be more your speed or just something new to try.

How to Play:

1. Cut out the cards and place them in the envelope

2. Place all the wrapped gifts in the middle of where you are playing

3. Each person chooses a gift (you can draw numbers to determine the order if necessary)

4. The first person draws the top card and reads it aloud. They follow the instructions on the card (example: swap gifts with someone wearing red)

5. The person that they swap with goes next and draws the next card. Continue until all the cards are gone.

6. Once the cards run out, everyone opens the gift that they have.

Pretty simple. And there are definitely way less fights and stealing playing this way. However what I always found with the old way was that if no one brought a “coveted” gift the game got pretty boring because everyone just kept whatever they opened.

Christmas Gift Swap Game ~ Free Printables & Instructions

With this Christmas Gift Swap game it’s left a little more to chance as to what gift you’ll end up with. But there is still a little wiggle room because if you have the card to swap with someone wearing red, you get to pick which person to go with. This is where packaging comes in for sure so be creative with it.

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Download your FREE printable holiday planner HERE.

Once the file opens in Dropbox, click on the three dots at the top of the page and then click on Download.

{for personal use only please}

Anyway I’d love it if you gave it a go and came back and told me what you thought of this version of the Christmas Gift Swap game. Or maybe you’ve played it this way before? Let me know!

Merry Christmas everyone!

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