{"id":2359,"date":"2016-01-25T00:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2016-01-19T00:13:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T00:13:47","slug":"plastic-wrap-ball-party-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/plastic-wrap-ball-party-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Wrap Ball Party Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/plastic-wrap-ball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"plastic wrap ball\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"plastic wrap ball\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/plastic-wrap-ball_thumb.jpg\" width=\"371\" height=\"480\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>What could be more fun than a huge ball of plastic wrap with lots of prizes layered throughout the ball? My sister in law has done this for her kids for years, but it wasn\u2019t until just recently, when we played this game at a family Christmas party that I remembered how much fun it was. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20151219_141144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20151219_141144\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"20151219_141144\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20151219_141144_thumb.jpg\" width=\"219\" height=\"386\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is how it works!<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>The first person with the ball starts unwrapping it while the person on their right rolls a pair of dice, trying to roll doubles. <\/p>\n<p>Once doubles are rolled, the ball is passed to the next player and the sequence begins again. <\/p>\n<p>The person with the ball <em>doesn\u2019t<\/em> stop unwrapping it until the person to their right rolls doubles. This makes for some fun suspense in the game! <\/p>\n<p>As the player unwrap the prizes they put them in their own pile- everyone keeps the prizes they unwrap.<\/p>\n<h2>How To Make a Plastic Wrap Ball<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pre-Stretch Wrap\" src=\"http:\/\/lghttp.18311.nexcesscdn.net\/808EEC\/Magento\/media\/catalog\/product\/cache\/2\/image\/700x\/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95\/s\/t\/stretch-wrap-prestretch_17.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"228\"><\/p>\n<p>To make the ball gather 50- 100 prizes.&nbsp; Small packages of candy work well, especially M&amp;M\u2019s and Skittles.&nbsp; You can also use erasers, hair barrettes and ribbons, Hot Wheel cars and other small prizes. At our Christmas party we had two plastic wrap balls, a girl ball and a boy ball and the prizes in it were items our boys and girls typically enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-7CYxXd2Xc1c\/UPx12h1IDzI\/AAAAAAAAQtI\/vk37jtFC02A\/s1600\/262615_4104327414671_792373758_n.jpg\" width=\"257\" height=\"344\"><\/p>\n<p>To start the ball, use a 2- 3 inch rubber ball such as a bouncy ball.&nbsp; You can also use a good sized bell or rattle that will make noise as kids get closer to the center of the ball.<a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20151219_140852.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"20151219_140852\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"20151219_140852\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/20151219_140852_thumb.jpg\" width=\"219\" height=\"386\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Place a piece of candy or prize on the ball and wrap it up with the plastic. <\/p>\n<p>Every few layers, use tape to seal up the recently wrapped layer as this will make the game a little more challenging.  <\/p>\n<p>Continued this process (adding prizes and wrapping with plastic wrap until it is the size of a soccer ball (minimum) or basketball (maximum). <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard this game&nbsp; called the <b>saran<\/b>&#8211;<b>wrap<\/b>-ball game, the tape ball game and money ball (this version uses only money).&nbsp; But whatever you call it it all comes down to a fun party game that everyone can participate in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What could be more fun than a huge ball of plastic wrap with lots of prizes layered throughout the ball? 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