The Ultimate Game Night
Idea by Michelle
Food - We did appetizers and desserts. All finger-food as we only had
napkins out for use. I of course left mine in the fridge (put there to
keep it cold while I set-up), so I came home with most of
mine. (Grin!) I believe there was enough, since I never got a
opportunity to go back there I can't say for sure.
Kids - We had the nursery set up for the younger kids. There was an area
to play, a table set up with coloring pages and crayons and a TV set up
with a movie. I believe this also went well. I put someone
else in charge of making sure there were adults rotated in to help watch
the kids. I was trying to alleviate the problem of kids running the
halls.
Games - When people came in we had a place where they could
drop their names in the bucket of each game they wanted to play. We
started exactly at seven so we could keep on schedule.
Win, Lose, or Draw - We played this for fifteen minutes while the
stragglers came in. We would draw a name and they would come up and draw.
Whomever guessed it correctly won a pencil. Here is a list of the
items we had to draw.
I Love to See the Temple
David & Goliath
Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree
Seagulls and the Crickets
Daniel and the Lions Den
Families Can Be Together Forever
Captain Moroni
Baptism
Scripture Study
Food Storage
Prayer
Family Home Evening
The Last Supper
Golden Plates
Samuel the Lamanite
Three Degrees of Glory
Tower of Babel
Noah's Ark
Book of Mormon Stories
I Hope They Call Me On A Mission
Liahona
Jonah and the Whale
Garden of Eden
2000 Stripling Warriors
Wise Man and the
Foolish Man
Nauvoo
Tree of Life
I did all the cards on "word" in a template, so they all came out the
same size. I then printed the name of the game on the back and laminated
them. This way, I can use the game again for Family Home
Evening or whatever.
Name That Hymn - I also did these cards the same way. This was a
harder game and it didn't turn out as well as I would have liked.
I'm going to rethink it and see if I can make it easier. It was the
least popular game of the evening. If I can think of a way to make it
better, I will let you know. The prizes we had were whistle pops for
runners up and a giant symphony bar for the winner.
The Price is Right - We had purchased five items for this game. We
called up four people for each one. The I read a "bit" I had written for
that item (usually funny) and each of the four wrote on an index card
what they thought the price was. A couple times they all over bid and
had to try again. The winner got the item and the other contestants got
two gold coins (chocolate ones). The audience had a
great time calling out prices. We did two the between the first two
games, and three between the last two. Our items were:
A Stand-Up Dishwasher - The kind you put dishwashing liquid into.
A Travel Manicure Set
A Box of Puffs Plus
A Kitchen Hand Towel - This was a fall-themed one.
A Golden Basket - A Christmas decoration item.
The Eternally Wed Show
- We had four couples (one was the bishop and his wife). We asked the
men three 5-point questions, the women were asked three 10-point
questions and the 25-point bonus question. The audience really enjoyed
this game. We had people to help write the answers that were given so
that they could be shown like on the real show. The contestants were
give gum and the winners (not our bishop by the way) were given a bag
with "hugs and kisses".
Family Feud - The big hit of the night. We played just like the TV show.
We called up five people for each team and I had someone writing the
answers on the chalk board. Easier and quicker then trying to do paper
strips. We also had some younger kids come up and hold up the "strikes".
Big X's on pieces of paper. We did three questions, first two regular
points and the third double. Then the winning team play the bonus round
with five questions of course. The team that didn't make the bonus round
got whistle pops and the winning team got a bag of candy with "hugs and
kisses" and "treasures". We actually played two rounds of this. As for
the questions, I'm still working on them and will post them at a later
date.
Let's Make a Deal - This was hysterically funny. We play this a
couple times during and then after when we had about ten minutes left.
We would ask for an item, and the first person to find it would wind
"100,000 dollar bar". We bought the mini ones. Anyone interested in the
list of items we choose from (we didn't use them all), just let me know
and I can also post it. Just as a side note, our missionaries took about
35 copies of our flier and passed them out. Actually all the
missionaries from all the wards took them. We ended up with about 3 of 4
investigators and families showing up. I don't think any of them were
from our ward but the Bishop thought it was great. We also had probably
four pairs of missionaries show up.
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