Saran Wrap Candy Ball Game
Have you heard of the Saran Wrap candy Ball game. Well neither had I until last year when I heard someone mention it to me. I knew immediately that this fun candy ball game using Saran Wrap was something that I would be doing next year for Christmas. This is one of the best games to play at Christmas. Especially for kids.
How to Make a Saran Wrap Candy Ball
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Making a Saran Wrap Candy Ball is actually very easy. First you’ll need a roll or two of Saran wrap, depending on how big your candy ball is going to be. You can find an endless supply of Saran Wrap here. You’ll also need a pair of dice. LIKE THESE.
Next you’ll need prizes and candy to go inside this gigantic candy ball. Here is a list of some ideas on what to put in a saran wrap ball.
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- Lip stick
- Snickers Bars
- Gum
- Crayons
- $1 Toys
- Money
- Necklace
- Hand Sanitizer
- Compact Mirror
- Plastic Bugs
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Here are some other great what to put in a saran wrap ball.
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Saran Wrap Ball For Adults
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What To Put In a Saran Wrap Ball For Adults
The Saran wrap ball that I made was geared towards kids but you can also make a Saran Wrap ball for adults. Actually this could be really fun or funny, whatever route you decide to take it. I could definitely see the potential of this being the best party game ever. But for these examples, I am going to keep things family friendly. However, if you are having an adult party and would like to add some risqué products I say go for it. So what to put in a saran wrap ball for adults. Here are some of my ideas.
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How To Make A Saran Wrap Candy Ball
To make a saran wrap candy ball you takes a little bit of time. First you will need to take the best prize to go in the center of the ball. This is usually the gift card or money. Whatever is the most expensive prize will go in the middle. Wrap this item up into a ball with several layers. You want this game to last as long as possible so make sure to use a generous amount of saran wrap. After you have the nucleus of your ball, you can start adding more of the prizes to your Candy ball layer by layer. As your ball gets bigger add to the sides. You can even start wrapping the opposite direction at times to make it more difficult to unwrap.
How To Play Saran Wrap Ball Game
Ok, so now that you know how to make saran wrap candy ball, now it’s time to learn how to play the saran wrap candy ball game. First have everyone sit in a circle either on the floor or at a table. You can have has many people play the game but you need at least two. Pick who is going to go first. I like to have the youngest player go first or you can draw numbers. You are going to be passing the ball either clockwise or counterclockwise so line everyone up accordingly.
Hand the ball to the first person and the Dice to the next person in line. When you say go the person with the ball will begin to unwrap the saran wrap candy ball as fast as they can. The person with the dice is going to roll the dice until they get doubles. Once they hit doubles the ball is then passed to them and the dice to the next person. Whatever prizes you are able to unwrap during your turn is yours to keep. This cycle repeats itself until the ball has been completely unwrapped.
The Saran Wrap Christmas Game is perfect to play During the holidays!
You can play the Saran Wrap candy ball game anytime and for any occasion, but I especially love playing this game during Christmas. It’s a a unique Christmas game that everyone can play, no matter how young or old you are. This is a great way to give everyone small gifts and it’s definitely one of the most unique ways to wrap Christmas presents.
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What a great game for the entire family. I’m going to have my whole family here this year so I think I’ll do this for Christmas eve. My grandkids will love it! Thanks!
We have a Family Christmas party planned, I’m gonna give this a try, it’s a game Everyone can play and be involved with,
We did this at my family Christmas party. We did one for the kids and one for the adults. It was so fun. I felt like it brought us together for a moment.
We actually saw this on peppa piga few years ago for a birthday party. Instead of saran wrap they used wrapping paper. I had forgotten about it, so thank you for posting a new spin on it!
Love this idea! Looks like a fun game. I’m definitely going to keep it in mind next time I plan a party.
Love this!! Def gonna have to try it with my kids they’ll love it! Question tho! Do you keep the Saran Wrap as one big piece u keep wrapping around? Or is each layer a seperate piece?
Nicole, we did separate pieces but they were each very long. Long enough to wrap the item in place.
This seem to be a very fun game. I will add it to my activities for our reunion during the Labor Day Family Reunion in 2018. You have a lot of great ideals. Thanks
How big should it be for a fun game for 10 people that it doesn’t end to quickly and doesn’t go to long?
How many little items would suffice for about 9 people?
What happens if it takes so long to roll doubles? Couldn’t that use up all the gifts before everyone got to get a chance?
It should take on average 6 rolls to get a double. Statistically. Of course, sometimes someone will roll doubles on the first roll and others may need 10 rolls. 12 rolls would be highly unlikely. So it should move around the circle quickly. The key is someone may get most of the way and then their turn ends, making it easier for the next person to get one thing unwrapped Ana start on the next.
If someone gets to a gift then it gets moved to the next person automatically is how we played it along with rolling doubles
This looks like so much fun! I will definitely be playing this game at our ugly Christmas sweater party.
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Can u please clarify what is meant by roll the dice till you get doubles. Are we rolling 2 dices waiting to get same nbrs on both dices ?
Thanks a lot !
Mariam, yes, exactly.. you use 2 dice, and the person rolls until both dice are (2) 5’s, (2) 2’s, or whatever number is the same on both 🙂
Yes, when you are told to “roll doubles” you are rolling 2 die as fast as you can, to get the same number on both die.
Yes, two die need to be rolled at the same time until both have the same number.
yes you roll until you get 2 of the same numbers
Yes, rolling the dice 🎲 🎲 until they match numbers! 😉 Enjoy
Yes that is it. Two dice – when both have the same number showing pass them on….
Yes. That’s what doubles means.
Yes Marian, that is what it means. Roll until both dice have the same number.
We played this last Xmas, but the person unwrapping ball had to wear hot mitts! Made it even more fun and challenging!
What a great game idea! I’d rather use something recyclable to wrap, though
Saran wrap is recyclable the same as a plastic bag…
I am so surprised that this isn’t well known in the USA. We have been playing ‘pass the parcel’ in the UK for many decades – it’s a staple of kids birthday parties and my parents (in their 70’s) were playing it when they were children. We use newspaper to wrap the layers and wrapping paper for the very top layer and last big prize layer. For added fun we put ‘forfeits’ in some layers – such as sing a song, do a dance etc
I like that forfeit idea!
You are right, I did this for my sons birthday parties in lieu of a goodie bag, the children have lots of fun but instead of dice I used music and stopped the music usually where the kid that didn’t get a turn to unwrapped got a turn this way everyone ended up with something. I used gift wrapping paper. I have forgotten about it, I have to tell my daughter in law for the children’s birthday.
So the forfeit works like they forfeit their next turn if they choose not to sing the song or do the dance etc etc ?
I would like to know about the doubles also, or is there a verasion.
Although it looks like a fun game, the thought of so much saran wrap being discarded to our already overflowing with plastics landfills, or ending up in our oceans, is frightening.
A change to suggesting using recyclable paper products to make the candy/treat balls instead of plastic wrap would be a good idea.
Please…….don’t suck the life out of this idea! It’s harder with plastic wrap!
I put a fun twist on this game last year. I made this game for my adult children to play on Christmas morning. The person unwrapping the saran ball had to wear oven mitts. So when the ball was passed to them, they had to put on the oven mitts and then start to unwrap the saran ball. It made it much harder to find and peel the end of the saran so it made the game last a little longer.
We gather (standing) around a table or two and have three balls going. We have to sets of dice going – when someone yells doubles – the ball and dice move to the next person. We have zip lock bags to each persons side to put the loot in – so they don’t all get mixed up. After it’s over everyone is free to trade their items – most boys don’t want the girly stuff and most girls want to get rid of the boyish stuff… so it’s fun to watch the trading. Must say whoopee cushion was a big hit – bought 3 for next year. Suggestions? Combs, any hair ornamentals, $2 bills, gift cards, doggie stuff (if there is a lot of dogs in the family), kitchen gadgets, coin purses, whistles, bells, Chinese finger cuffs, rattlesnake eggs, balloons, small sewing kit, small tools, I donate freebies I collect through the year – from fairs. It’s endless. And everyone has fun!
We did this last year at Christmas with the grandkids they had so much fun they want to Play it again. I put pencils., Various $5 gift cards – subway, traget, McDonald’s, DQ lots of candy and small games. The middle granddaughter wants to have everyone put oven mitts on this year to make it harder. Anyone under 7 doesn’t have to war them. We will see how that goes.
CAN YOU SHOW like a video of how to play the game. im more visual than reading the instructions
Love this ! But how many prize thingys do you need to use ?Got a “BIG” family to all get involved. Help please !
My husband and I did this with our 7 kids and their spouses and our 3 Grandsons ages 4-9 last year and it was a blast! It is definitely going to become a family tradition because we all had so much fun. Ours ended up looking more like a huge football LOL so we ended up calling it the Morgan Christmas Football 😀 Definitely recommend
When I did this I would tape down the Saran Wrap in some areas with clear packaging tape which made it a bit more difficult to Unwrap.
So when u roll double how fast do unwrap the Sarah wrap
Our dance studio does this every year at the annual sleepover, but instead of dice they play music. kind of a version of musical chairs. You pass the ball around the circle. When the music stops start unwrapping the ball as fast as you can hoping to get a prize. When the music starts up the ball moves again. Great fun for the kids.
We’ve played this for years. But we wrap in layers of newspaper and packing tape. And the person unwrapping wears socks on his/her hands to make it a bit more challenging.
Just saw this post, great idea I’m doing this for Easter and every party I have. Family loves games. Thanks!!!
we use this for long family car trips. when our 11 and 18 y old boys get bored this has been a great monotiny breaker. and everyone get a bit of sugar or other “treat” to pass the time.
I used this for Halloween with candy inside of the saran wrap. So fun!
I used this idea with all candy for Halloween! So fun!