Camouflage

I have one more fun game for you to play when family or friends gather at your house for Christmas.  To prepare for this game, you’ll need to locate 20-25 small objects, such as a wooden matchstick, a safety pin, a red thumbtack, a paper clip, a white button, etc.  “Camouflage” is a search for these objects hidden IN PLAIN SIGHT in your living room, kitchen, entrance, or wherever you decide to tell your guests they have been placed.  The key is to hide them beside something of the same color so that they are not noticed.  It is always fun at the end to show your guests that the objects were “right under their noses,” such as the red thumbtack hidden in this wallpaper border or the silver key glued to this phone plate.

                           

For example, a black shoelace could be tied around the black leg of a piano.  A paper clip could be hung on a metal light fixture or from a chandelier.  It is important to emphasize to your guests that the objects are not UNDER anything but in plain sight beside something of a similar color.  Also, guests should be instructed not to give away the locations of the objects when they find them.  After all, why help anyone else in a game that’s a competition?  Give your company a limited amount of time to find the objects, such as ten minutes, or maybe fifteen if you have hidden quite a few things, then have a prize for the person who finds the most.  When you are going back over the list, let the guests who found the items show the others where they were hidden, something that will make them feel victorious!  

Before everyone arrives, type out a list of all the objects you are hiding, such as the list below, then make copies and give each person one, along with a pencil to write down where he/she found the particular item.  Your guests will love it, I promise!

ITEM                                 WHERE FOUND

1.  Penny                           ____________________________

2.  Bobby Pin                    ____________________________

3.  Key                              ____________________________

4.  Toothpick                     ____________________________
5.  Silver Earring                ____________________________