Games, Games, & More Games

DU's Beverly Mason inundated two teens with games, December 19, 2019.  Though there were only two in tow, Beverly and P/T shelver Joshua Long made sure the teens' time was entertaining and a little challenging during the program, Game On:  Minute to Win It Holiday Edition.  Beverly said, "Joshua and I served as human Christmas trees and the teens decorated us.  They competed to see who could use all their supplies first; it turned out about a tie and they enjoyed bedecking us in less than splendor.  You may want to use some of the games we played so I'm sharing those:

"White Elephant - Book Style! – Teens introduced themselves and familiarized themselves with different teen fiction books.  They took a few minutes to preview the books involved and shared a brief summary of a few of the books.

"House of Cards – We discussed Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen.  Then the teens had to see how tall of a shelter they could build with a deck of cards in one minute.

"Progressive Snowball Balance Relay – Teens ran a relay race while balancing paper snowballs.  They started with a snowball between their knees.  Then they added a snowball under their chin.  Then they held a last snowball between their elbows.

"That’s a Wrap! – Teens competed to see who could unwrap the most Hershey kisses with one hand in a minute.

"Present Time – Teens competed to see who could unwrap their gift first while wearing a pair of ski gloves.

"Snowball Stack  - Teens competed to see who could build the tallest tower with their marshmallows(snowballs).

"Christmas Pictionary –  Teens used their drawing skills to see if they could draw a picture well enough for other teens to guess the word or phrase.

"Then the teens enjoyed Gingerbread Cookies."