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Party Game – How To Make A Saran Wrap Ball

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Saran wrap balls have been around for a few years, but have taken off this past Christmas with lots of households using them as a gift-giving game. They are lots of fun! I made one a few years ago for an Easter Picnic, I made one for the adults with items wrapped around a wine bottle. The trick to making them fun is choosing small items that are easily hidden. I used the Saran wrap or Glad wrap as it is known in other countries to hide in small items. White-coloured items, like notes etc are easy to hide.

For example in my wine bottle Saran wrap ball I had scratch lotto tickets, a sample pack of mini moisturiser and 4 pack of earbuds from a hotel. Of course I added some good things too, mini perfume samples, a pen and some chewing gum, all very easy to hide under the bottle or flat against the bottle. So as we got down to the bottom, everyone thought the wine bottle was theirs.  Of course my version was for adults, but here are some variations of the Saran ball game you can make too. It’s used like a saran wrap pass the parcel and some of these blogs have created “Rules” and “Dice throwing” to add a little extra craziness to the Saran Wrap Ball game.

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Reflecting on the Past Year with Kids

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

  • Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
  • NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
  • Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
  • The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]