Christmas Party

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A few years ago in South Korea, I threw a party as it was mine and a few others last Christmas over there. It worked really well. A few of the guest didn't know most people as they were visiting from the USA, but the games broke the ice and the night was a great laugh.

I didn't get a lot of pictures (we were too busy having fun!) But I thought I would write down all the party games we played.

We also did pot luck to save one person having to buy all the food and drinks. Before I met my American friends, I had never heard of pot luck. I think this is a fantastic idea. Most people hate throwing parties mainly due to the cost involved. But, if everyone is bringing food/ drink then people would be more willing to throw parties more often.

On to the games! The first thing the guest did was guess how many Christmas decorations were on my tree. The closest answer got a prize. I made sure the guest knew it didn’t include lights and tinsel.

This worked really well and I kept these to re-use in the future for a different party.

I also printed out a reindeer and a red nose. The guest had to pin the nose on Rudolf while they are blind folded. I used blue-tac to protect the walls. and charades. This would be better with an A3 paper reindeer, but I didn’t have right printer and paper for this.

Party Bags

Everyone was given a Christmas bag. I couldn’t find cracker snaps to make crackers. Inside the bag were sweets, cookies, a joke and a hat. There was also a card inside the bag which everyone wrote on for each other. It was nice instead of everyone having to buy 10 Christmas cards.

We also did white elephant. It was our first time doing it. We all got a unisex gift worth around 10,000 won. The first person picks a gift and the second person can steal it or choose a different one. This goes on until everyone has a gift. Things got a bit messy as there was some crappy presents no-one wanted and some really good items. Official rules here https://www.whiteelephantrules.com/

I prepared a giant quiz. The first round was Christmas knowledge. The second was British slang. The third was, ‘what movie was that song from?’.

I got the free printable signs from this blog! There are loads of different designs for parties.

http://catchmyparty.com/blog/category/printables-free-christmas

Ghost Tunnel

For Halloween 2013, I made a ghost house for my students. I made it in the smaller classroom which was being used for storage.

To make the tunnel you line up some chairs facing outwards. You then cover the inside of the chairs in the tunnel with a black bin bag. Then you tape some bin bags above the top of the chairs to make a roof.

At the end of the tunnel leave a small space so the students can stand up. In this space you can place a game or a trick. I put 4 bowls and in each was a different item. In the first I put spaghetti with sweets inside (I used sweets in wrappers for this), the second was a sticky substance. I chose a liquid candy. In the third bowl was just sweets and in the last one was baked beans! The students couldn't see what was inside so they got a surprise!

If you have dim lights then use them. In my case we used my laptop for a dim light and I played some scary music.

You can also add ghost for an extra spook factor. I printed out a ghost head and attached it to a shredded bin bag,

The students crawl through the tunnel (for the braver ones you can grab their legs), then they get to the end and chose which bowl. My students loved it and the queue went on for 3 hours (it was a big school).