Open House Games

[Sara Dawn]

Each new season I host a open house where I play games with my guests, have the new products on display and feed them food. I used to demo something but I just stopped when people started losing interest so I just went with all games for Pampered Chef prizes or logo items I order for Merrill.

I have played the Queen of Shoppers but changed it to Champion of Shoppers since I do have men that attend. I have also done a game similar only they use animal sounds when they find the page. I have done the left right game and played bingo. I have done a points game and the most popular has become an auction game. I read a list that has a certain point value. For each point they have is how much money they have in their "bank" to bid on wrapped product. Highest bidder gets the prize.

I want to do the banana points game I found in the files and then they can use their banana in a banana split station. I'm also going to have them to dress up another banana and when they come in I will assign them a number or letter or something and then all the guests will vote on who has the best dressed banana. I want to the left right game again but the version I have just does not work well with crowds because they end up passing it back and forth between the same people. I will either do the Champion of Shoppers game again or do the animal sound game again since it has been about a year. Of course the auction game.

Anyone have any fresh new games that work great with a crowd? Usually have between 30 and 40

 

[Admin Greg]

people.One game I have seen done at other house parties is a hot potato game. Everyone sits in a circle and passes a "hot potato" (something like a ball or stuffed animal) around the circle while music plays. When the music stops, whoever is holding the "hot potato" has to answer a question or do something silly. The person who gets caught with the "hot potato" last is the winner!Another game I have seen done is a memory game. Take a few items from your Pampered Chef collection and lay them out on a table. Give your guests a minute to look over the items and then cover them up. Ask your guests to write down as many of the items they can remember. The guest who remembers the most items wins!You could also do a trivia game. Do some research beforehand and come up with questions about Pampered Chef products and history. You can divide your guests into teams and whoever answers the most questions correctly wins!