6 – Oh Nuts
Okay so I know that I said another game is my favorite, but this one is actually my favorite to watch. It was absolutely hilarious and voted the favorite nutcracker game of the family!
This one takes a bit more prep than the others, but it’s totally worth it!
Start by putting either a cashew or a penny into a bunch of balloons. I used nutcracker balloons of course, but you can use any kind of balloon you’d like.
I did one cashew for every three pennies when I was filling mine up.
Once you’ve filled the balloons, blow them up, and put them in a large space. We moved the couches out of the way and played this in my living room but a basement, garage, or playroom would work too!
Then when you say go, one player from each team has to go and grab a balloon. No shaking or touching the balloons and putting them back down – the first balloon you touch is yours.
The player has to take it back to their teammate and with the help of their teammate, pop the balloon.
If you want to make this the funniest possible (and also most challenging), play that teams can’t use hands. If you want to make it a bit easier, play that each player can use one hand (but not two).
When the balloon pops, they have to find what came out of it. If it’s a penny, they add it to their collection. If it’s a cashew, it’s an “oh nuts” moment, and they don’t score anything.
Then the other teammate runs and grabs a balloon for their team and brings it back to try and pop another one.
The first team to collect three pennies wins!
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