The Spin-The-Bottle White Elephant Game

The increasingly popular White Elephant gift swap and Spin the Bottle, the game you all know and love, can be combined for the ultimate gift-sharing fun. It’s entertaining for the whole family and a great way to add some variety to your group gift parties. You’ll need to organize the game in a larger room so that all of the chairs could be in a circle – make sure that there's enough room between the chairs to easily identify a player when the bottle is pointing at them.

Remember the golden rule – the more unique the gifts, the better the conversation during a White Elephant party. Encourage all the participants to actually dedicate some time to finding a present that’s either weird or nice enough to have people competing for them. 

However, always make sure to keep the atmosphere on a relaxed, casual level. After all, the most important thing when organizing gift exchange parties is for everyone to have as much fun as possible. When you start the game, everyone should be on their chairs and the gifts should be in the middle of the room.

Here are the rules:

1. The game starts when everyone has been seated. Have someone spin the bottle until it points at one of the players (re-spin if it is unclear which player has been selected). The first person selected opens one of the gifts from the pile.
2. Spin the bottle again until it selects the next player, who can either open one of the wrapped presents or steal the gift that's already been opened. If a player has an item stolen from them, they can either open a replacement gift or steal another player’s opened gift. Just remember that there are no direct steal-backs, so make sure to plan ahead!
3. Once all the stealing and opening have stopped, spin the bottle again. If the bottle lands on a person who already has an opened gift, they have the option of either swapping the present with another person’s opened gift or donating it to a player who does not currently have anything. If they choose to donate, they must open one of the wrapped gifts from the pile.
4. Continue playing until all the gifts have been opened.