"Mitts-night" Train to Georgia

For our final "Midnight" themed New Year's Eve game, I'm bringing back a popular one that we played at our family Christmas party.  In this version, I'm calling it:

"Mitts-night Train to Georgia"

This is the game where the present is wrapped multiple times and you have to unwrap it using oven mitts.  Because of my song title, I've decided that the prize will be a Salted Nut Roll and Peanut M&M's!

For the game specifics, here is a link to the original post:

Merry Christmitts Game

So...in a nutshell, here are the three games that I'll be bribing my kids to play on New Year's Eve:

1. Midnight at the O-Aces (card toss)
2. Midnight Caller (Bingo)
3. Mitts-night Train to Georgia (dice/present passing)

Just for fun, I bought $1 lottery scratch-offs.  I put them in individual envelopes with a sticker that says,

"Wishing you peace and prosperity in the coming year!"

 

(And I wish that for you, too!)

I truly was going to stop right there, but then I thought about our cat, Rider, or should I say...

Midnight Rider!

Happy 2011!

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Midnight Caller (New Year's Eve Bingo)

Continuing with my theme of naming our New Year's Eve party games after songs that have the word "Midnight" in them...here is a free bingo printable.

"Midnight Caller"

Click here to generate your free cards:  New Year's Eve Bingo

This brings up a custom word list...

• Click submit

On the next screen, I left everything at the default settings, except I put the word, Free, in the center square.  This gave me ten different bingo cards (two per sheet) with randomly generated words that could go under any column.  (However, you can customize the cards at this point if you want to.)


Important:  Before you go on, select the entire word list and copy it.  Open your word processing program and paste it in, then...

• Click submit

• Click the link to generate your free set of bingo cards and print them out (I used card stock).

Note:  If you need more cards, go back and change "Card Size" to "four bingo cards per page".  This will give you 20 different cards.


Finally, go back to your word processing document.  Increase the font size and space the words farther apart.  Print this page to cut out your "call words".

Use "Smarties" candy or M&M's for the playing pieces.  Buy a couple of small prizes and have fun playing Midnight Caller on New Year's Eve! 

(Remember this website for other free bingo games, too.

There are all kinds of options under "Bingo Templates"!)

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Midnight at the "O-Aces" Game

We host a family New Year's Eve party every year.  There are teens/tweens involved and we like them to play a couple of games with us.  As long as there are prizes, they don't complain too loudly...so stock up on the after-Christmas candy!

This year, in honor of New Year's Eve and for my own enjoyment, I've named our games after songs that have the word "Midnight" in them.  :-)

"Midnight at the O-Aces" Game

(This game doesn't have anything to do with aces, I just liked the name!)

• Buy a piece of tagboard and divide it into four equal quadrants.  (For straight lines, trace along a yardstick or a large T-square.)

• Number each of the squares, either freehand or trace stencils if you have them.

• You need two decks of playing cards with different colored backs.

• Divide your group into two teams.  Give each player the same number of cards (we used 10 cards per person, but it will depend on how large your teams are).

• Have players take turns tossing their cards at the board from approximately five to eight feet away.  (The weight of the cards is a factor here.  Ours were lightweight, so we had to be closer to five feet for them to even get near the board.)

• The goal is for your team to score the most points.  (It doesn't matter what value is on each card or if they land face up or face down.)

• At the end of the game, turn over all of the cards that landed on the board so their backs show.  If any part of the card touches the game board, they get the points (1, 2, 3 or 4 points).  If it is on the line, move the card to whichever section has most of the card on it.

• Add up the point values for the red cards and the blue cards to determine the winner!

If you'd like a New Year's Eve Bingo Game click here:

Midnight Caller

Remember, if you play your cards right...

no one will get lost in the shuffle!

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