Pass the Parcel

by Julia Gorham

An absolute must party game and best traditional game for your children to enjoy to music with a hidden present for the child who unwraps the last layer of wrapping!!

You will need:

• A small gift (a nice idea when you are doing this with a group is a bottle of bubbles to blow: because it is something they can all enjoy afterwards)
• Wrapping paper or newspaper
• Sticky tape
• Music to play

To do:

• Wrap a small gift with many layers of wrapping paper
• Gather the children in a seated circle
• Play lively music and ask each child to pass the parcel
• The parcel can only be passed when the music is playing
• As soon as the music stops, the child unwraps one layer of the parcel and then passes it on to the next child.
• The reward will be the last unwrapped layer, with a special surprise!