ON TIME

Give everybody who is on time a raffle ticket.  As you are giving your demonstration, you will be challenging the guests to earn more raffle tickets.  Pick up a product from your demonstration table, then offer a raffle ticket to the first person who can tell you what page this item is on.  Do this numerous times during your demonstration.  When you are done, have a drawing.  If you are afraid you won't remember which page things are on, have note cards on your demonstration table to refer to.

ABOUT YOUR JOB .. RECRUITING GAME

You can also play a game where the guests as questions about your job.  For example:  A person asks a question about your job, "Why did you decide to sell {Your Company}?"  As you answer the question, give them their raffle ticket.  While you are doing this you want to pay attention to who asks you the most questions, in other words, the one or two that seem the most interested in your job.  At the end of the question session, draw tickets for prizes.  As you are totaling your orders and collecting the money, remember to ask those individuals one on one about joining you in selling {Your Company}.  Make an appointment with them to get together to discuss it. 

DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH!

This game is a game to get your guests to book a show of their own!  Try it, you'll like it!

First you will need one dozen plastic Easter eggs in SIX colors (2 pink, 2 blue, 2 green, 2 yellow, 2 purple, 2 orange) or any six colors you can get.  Place different items in the eggs on paper (see list below or choose your own) and let each guest pick an egg.  Tell your host not to pick the certain color egg that you placed "you are going to book a party today because your host is having a party".  Don't allow them to open the eggs until everyone picks one.  Explain the rules before you hand out the eggs.  Let them choose if they want to play or not - remembering to tell them about the OTHER things in the eggs.  Explain the hostess benefits they can earn by having a show of their own!

These are things you could use in the eggs.

2 Pink Eggs = YOU ARE GOING TO BOOK A PARTY FOR YOUR HOST TODAY

2 Blue Eggs = YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY SALES TAX ON YOUR ORDER TODAY

2 Green Eggs = SORRY, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER EGG

2 Orange Eggs = YOU JUST WON A PRIZE!!

2 Yellow Eggs = YOU JUST WON $1 OFF YOUR ORDER TODAY.

1  Purple Egg = YOU JUST WON $2 OFF YOUR ORDER TODAY.

1 Purple Egg = SORRY!  THIS EGG IS ROTTEN, PLEASE SELECT ANOTHER.

Place these eggs into an egg carton and place it where the guests can see them and wonder about them.

FORTUNES FOR THE FOOLISH

Have your guests answer these questions - then ask them the second set of questions.

1)  Write "yes" or "no"

2)  Write a number from 1 to 75

3)  Pick a number from 1 to 10

4)  Pick a number from 1 to 100

5)  Write "yes" or "no"

6)  Name a place

7)  Pick a number from 1 to 100

8)  Write a descriptive word

9)  Name a worldly possession

10)  Name a trade or profession

11)  Name a fault of your own

12)  Name a flower

13)  Write "yes" or "no"

14)  Write an affirmative expression.

15)  Name a period of time

16)  Write down the place you were last night

17)  Write "yes" or "no"

18)  Write a sentence of 2 to 6 words

19)  Write "yes" or "no"

20)  A member of your sex present in the room

After guests complete these questions, have each take turn reading their answers aloud after you ask the following questions:

1)  Will this fortune influence your future behavior?

2)  How many years will it take before you achieve your secret desire?

3)  How many children will you have?

4)  How many pounds will you gain in the next ten years?

5)  Will you lose all your hair before you are 50?

6)  Where will you enjoy most of your life?

7)  What will your weekly income be in dollars?

8)  How will you look in your old age?

9)  What is one big desire to own?

10)  What would you really like to be?

11)  What keeps you from being more popular?

12)  What expresses your personality?

13)  Do you think very highly of yourself?

14)  Do you have a secret admirer?

15)  How long do you know him or her?

16)  Where did you first meet him or her?

17)  Has he or she asked you for a date?

18)  What did you say?

19)  Do you think anything will ever come of the whole thing?

20)  Who is your foremost rival?

POINT GAMES ~~ Guest with most points wins

10 points if you live in the state where you were born

100 points if you live in the house where you were born

15 points if you got up before 7 a.m. today

20 points if you washed the dishes before you came to this party

15 points if you are wearing tennis shoes

15 points if you are wearing boots

10 points if you are wearing dress shoes

10 points if you kissed your husband today

20 points if you kissed your boyfriend today

100 points if you kissed them both

25 points if you have ever been in an airplane (up in the air)

50 points if you went to church last week

100 points if you are going to book a show today to help your host achieve her sales goals

20 points if you have ever been a hostess for a party like the one we are having now

Point Game #2

There's a point for the ladies whose shoes are red.

There are three points for the mother whose children are in bed

Two points for all guests when their name has letters more than four, but if your name has eight that is great - give yourself four more

And three if your name is Pat

And five points for anyone who brought a hat

And if you have something that's gold tonight, we'll give you six, 'cause it's precious and bright

Now one point for red nails and two for red toes

And add seven for anyone wearing a rose

Who washed the dishes before they came?  Please add six because there is no shame

Add two points if your hair is brown, but please don't frown, add three points for each of your crowns.

Now add two for each child that you have in your home, and three if you brought a comb.

THE YES OR NO GAME

Do you have earrings?                                                                   

Do you have blue eyes?                                                                15 pts.

Do you have red hair?                                                                  25 pts.

Are you over 5 feet 6 inches tall?                                                15 pts.

Are you wearing fingernail polish?                                             10 pts.

Do you have a gold chain on?                                                        5 pts.

Do you have a ten dollar bill in your possession?                       15 pts. 

Are you wearing a dress?                                                            20 pts.

Do have red shoes on?                                                                 50 pts.

Are you over 35 years old?                                                          25 pts.   

Be honest - do you have a hole in your sock?                              10 pts.

Are you wearing a Timex watch?                                                25 pts.

Are you wearing a shoe over size 8?                                           15 pts plus 5 pts. full each size over

Are you wearing "running" shoes"?                                             10 pts.

Do you have a crown on your tooth?                                            50 pts.

Have you come in a blue car?                                                      15 pts.

Are you wearing glasses (contacts don't count)?                          10 pts.

Is the outfit you are wearing have buttons on it?                             5 pts. for each

Are you a former {Your Company} Hostess?                              50 pts.

Are you willing to have a {Your Company} Show?                  100 pts.

Have guests add up scores -- highest score wins a prize.

CAN YOU HOLD THAT POSE?

Ask everyone to respond to these questions by following directions ... PRECISELY!

If you have a car and you know how to drive, hold up your hand.

If you enjoy being with people, wiggle your fingers.

If you have a telephone and love to talk, hold up your left hand.

If you like money and wish to have more of it, raise your right leg.

If you have lots of {Your Company} products and are glad of it, raise your left leg.

If you like giving your opinions or saying what you think, nod your head.

Now pick one of the most enthusiastic people from those who have two or more hands and legs in the air.  Have everyone else hold their position until guest comes up front.  Then have the guest introduce themselves to the group and select a {Your Company}product he or she wants to buy or has at home and have them demonstrate it.  Tell them you have something to talk to them about later.  (Recruiting bid!).  Give everyone a prize for being such a good sport!

SILLY QUESTIONS

Ask each question to answer the following questions, you may have them write them down or answer aloud.

When was the war of 1812?  1812

How much would 100 eggs cost at 12 cents per dozen?  $1.00

Who wrote Ben Franklin's autobiography?   Ben Franklin

Where had Sherman been when he marched from Atlanta to the sea?  Atlanta

Who is the father of Zebedee's children?  Zebedee

Who fought the Spanish/American War?  Spanish and Americans

Who wrote Spencer's Fairy Queen?  Spencer

Who was president during Jefferson's term?  Jefferson

What is the Queen of England called?  Queen

What do they mine in stone quarries?  Stone

What was "Stonewall" Jackson's nickname?  Stonewall

Who invented Whitney's cotton gin?  Whitney

What does the Statue of Liberty stand for?  Liberty

What is a rag rug made of?  Rags

How many quarters make a pair?  Two

LOTS OF LAUGHS

Use these questions and challenge your guests for the answers.  Check to see if their knowledge is correct.

Do you know why storks stand on one leg?

Because if they lifted the other one they would fall.

If you had a sandwich and I had a sandwich, what would you have?

Lunch

If you went into a room and only had one match, and there was a kerosene lamp, an oil heater and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?

The match

What is the best possible use for oak bark?

To cover an oak tree

What was our president's name in 1947?

Bill Clinton

How do you get down off an elephant?

You don't, you get down off of a duck or a goose.

Why can't a man living in Winston-Salem, MC, be buried west of Missouri?

Because he isn't dead.

You take two apples from 3 apples what do you have?

Two apples

Some months have 30 days, some have 31.  How many months have 28 days?

All of them.

Do they have a Fourth of July in England?

Yes, if not, where would the 5th of July come from.

WHAT IS IN YOUR PURSE GAME

Give a prize to the guest that has the most items in her purse.  (Male guests may use wallet and pocket contents.)  Give guests a slip of paper to keep track of their items OR type all items on a piece of paper and let them check off what they have.

Outdated calendar

Burnt match

Old love letter

Safety pin

Postage stamps

Dry cleaning stub

Nylon

Handkerchief

Spool of thread

Picture of a man or woman you didn't marry

Parking ticket

Grocery receipt

Pills of any kind

Pair of sunglasses

Gum or candy

Lighter

Tube of lotion

Hairbrush or comb

Something you think is really strange (consultant will determine strangest)

... another purse variation would be to have a scale and WEIGH the purse.  Heaviest wins!!

LETS TRAVEL TO A HAWAIIAN ISLAND

The following game is usually with the guests either placing a sheet of paper on top of their head and drawing as instructed, or by placing the  paper on their lap and drawing the picture with their eyes closed.  Remember to tell the guests that they must be honest and promise NOT to peek.

Give everyone a piece of paper, and tell guests to close eyes and imagine you are on a Hawaiian Island.

First, draw an island in the middle of your paper

Then to the left of your island, draw a ship.

Your island is surrounded by water, so please put some fish in the sea.

This is Hawaii, so put a palm tree on the island.

It's a nice day, so put some birds in the air.

That ship didn't get there by itself, so put a sailor on the ship.

He might get hungry, so draw some coconuts on the palm tree.

Sailors like to see where they are going, so put some portholes on the ship.

Sailors like entertainment, so draw a hula dancer on the island.

Now open your eyes and how does it look?

If you island is in the middle, give yourself 10 points

If your ship is to the left of the island, but not touching, give yourself 10 points

If you have more than 2 fish, give yourself 15 points

If the base of your palm tree is on the island, give yourself 20 points

If you have more than 2 birds in the air, give yourself 20 points.

If your sailor is on the ship, not swimming, give yourself 20 points

If there are any coconuts on the tree, give yourself 15 points

If your portholes are on the ship, give yourself 20 points

If you hula dancer is on the island and not touching water, give yourself 20 points.

Now if the sun is ...

To the left, give yourself 20 points

To the right, give yourself 15 points

And if your sun is in the middle, give yourself 10 points.

Add your points up and guest with highest score wins special prize.  Perfect score = 165

CHRISTMAS GAMES

HOW READY ARE YOU FOR THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON?

Score one point each for the following that you have in your purse:

Postage stamp (to mail a last minute Christmas card)

33 cents exact change to buy a stamp to mail the last minute card

Someone's address other than your own (to mail the card to)

Bonus point for a separate address book

Credit card (bonus point for 5 or more)

Gas credit card (for gas needed to find the elusive gift)

Bonus point for a credit card holder

Aspirin for headaches

Tissue for battling winter sniffles

Towelette

Footie for trying on those great shoes on sale

Tape measure to figure out how your are going to get it all in the back of the car

Coupon

Emergency candy

Purchase receipt for the inevitable return

Bonus point if over $25

Mirror to see how bad you look

Quarter to call home to tell them to start dinner without you.

Checkbooks to pay

Bonus 5 points - something with MY name/number - so you can shop at home and avoid the whole mess, I've got something for everyone on your list. 

SHOP {Your Company} COMPANY!!

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

Instructions:  Give each guest a sheet of paper and have the guests follow instructions.  Tell the guests they must draw the following items with their eyes closed.  Please no peeking!

We all know Santa had a belly that shook like a bowl full of jelly so draw his body
Now, add his head
Draw his left leg
Draw his right arm
Draw a boot on his left leg
Draw his right leg
His eyes, how they twinkled - Draw his eyes
His dimples, how merry - Draw a dimple on his left cheek
His nose was like a cherry - Draw his nose
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow - Draw his mouth
Draw his left arm
Draw a boot on his right leg
The beard on his chin was as white as the snow - Draw his beard
A stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth - Draw a pipe
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath - Draw a circle of smoke
A bundle of toys he had - Draw a sack next to Santa
He spoke not a word but went straight to his work - Put 2 presents in the sack

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf
And we'll laugh at your pictures, in spite of ourselves.
Now pass your paper to the guest on your right
And we will total your points for the winner tonight.

Points:
5 points if Santa's head is on his body
10 points if his legs are in the right place
10 points if his arms are attached to his body
15 points if his boots are on his feet
10 points if his eyes are on his face
20 points if his dimple is on his left cheek
10 points if his nose is on his face
10 points if his mouth is on his face
15 points if his beard is in the right place (on his chin)
20 points if his pipe is in his mouth
15 points if the smoke goes around his head
10 points if the sack looks like a sack and is next to Santa
20 points if both presents are in the sack

PARTY IN TWO MINUTES

Give all guests a piece of paper and pencil.  Using a timer, give guests 2 minutes to write down their favorite food, favorite drink, and as many people as they know who live within 30minutes away from their home.  Give a a small gadget to the person sharing your favorite drink, and one for your favorite food.  Give a larger gadget to the person with the most names on their list.  Then, tell them all they just planned their own {Your Company} Show in two minutes - "wasn't that easy?"  Give a gift to anyone who decides to date right then.

CANDY GAME - GOOD FOR HALLOWEEN

Candy is always on our minds around Halloween.  Lots of advertising on TV, radio and newspapers for candy for trick or treaters - so play this little game at shows.

I like to give out the fun sized candy for little prizes - sometimes I just throw it out with the clues.  They just guess the right names:

The red planet (Mars)

Happy, but not laughing  (Snickers)

A famous author  (Oh Henry)

Famous street in NY  (5th Avenue)

Favorite day for working people (Pay Day)

Can't think of the name of it  (Whatchamacallit)

A galaxy  (Milky Way)

Home of the movie stars  (Hollywood)

Can't hold anything  (Butterfinger)

Famous baseball player  (Babe Ruth)

Sweet sign of affection  (Kiss)

A double letter of alphabet candy  (M&M's)

Happy cattleman  (Jolly Rancher)

Classical concert  (Symphony)

Academic outcasts  (Nerds)

Not a Big Mac  (Whoppers)

Charlie Brown's friend (Peppermint Pattie)

Sun explosion  (Star Burst)

Round flotation devices  (Life Savers)

A feline  (Kit Kat)

Present & past  (Now and Later)

Jackpot payout  ($100,000 Bar)

Pleasingly plump  (Chunky)

What bee's make  (Bit O Honey)

Single women look for him  (Big Hunk)

JINGLE BELLS

Take a strip of thin cloth ribbon and give each guest a nice length of it with one Christmas jingle bell threaded on to it.  As you go along with your presentation, pause and ask questions like "does anyone know {Your Company's Founder} mothers' name?", "father's name", "the name of this particular basket", "what year the company was founded", or whatever details you want to cover in your presentation ... then go on to talk about the products and ask as you hold up a product if anyone has this basket and what they use it for.  As guests provide answers, you give them a bell to add to their ribbon.  After the presentation, the guest with the most bells get a prize.  All the guests get to keep their string of bells and may use them as a Christmas tie-on.

THE BASKET MAKER BUNNIES 

Once upon a time, there lived an Easter-basket maker just left of the {A Location Particular To Your Company} and right across the street from {A Location Particular To Your Company}. He was very poor. He had just enough splints left to make one basket, one left handle and one right handle. He left the splints on the bench and went right to bed. 

Soon some bunnies came right through the window and started to make the basket. First they made the right handle and weaves. They used just the right amount of splits, cutting it just right, weaving it just right. Then they used the splints that were left to make the left handle and weaves. As the stars left the sky, they left, right through the window. 

Right after breakfast, the basket maker went to his workbench and found the basket. He sold the basket and since he always did the right thing, he immediately paid his bills. He used the money that was left to buy more splints. He left the splints on his workbench and went right to bed. 

Soon the bunnies came right through the window and started making baskets, right and left. First they made the right handle and weaves. They used just right amount of splints, cutting it just right and weaving it just right.  Then they used the splints that were left to make the left handle and weaves.
Right as the stars left the sky, the bunnies left, right out the window. 

In the morning, the basket maker found the baskets and sold them. Every night the bunnies came through and made baskets left and right. 

One night the basket maker and his wife Bonnie, hid right behind the wall just left of the workbench. They wanted to see who was making the Easter baskets. 

Soon the bunnies came right through the window and started making baskets right and left. First they made the right handle and weaves. They used just the right amount of splints, cutting it just right and weaving it just right.  Then they used the splints that were left to make the left handle and weaves.
Right as the stars left the sky, the bunnies left, right through the window.

The basket maker and his wife decided to make some baskets for the bunnies.  They bought just the right amount of splints, cut it just right, wove it just right and made baskets just the right size for the bunnies. That night instead of splints, they left the baskets on the workbench. Then they hid right behind the wall. 

Soon the bunnies came right through the window and found the baskets.   They tried them out and they fit just right. They left, right through the window and danced right down the street. 

When the people of the town heard what the Easter-basket maker had done, they made him mayor. Which goes to show...if you do the right thing at the right time, in the right place, you will not be left out.........right?.....RIGHT! 

SPEEDY WRITERS

Give everyone a piece of paper and pen.  Tell them they have one minute to write down the names of FIVE friends.  Give a small prize.  Then have them list FIVE relatives over the age of 20, or whatever age.  Give small prize.  Then list FIVE people from their church group, etc.  Give small prize.  Keep going with different groups until they have actually compiled a list of 30 or so people, then tell them to keep their list.  When you ask for bookings, and they say "I don't have any idea who to invite ..."  you can tell them they just made their guest list during the game you played.

ICE BREAKERS

Place a picture of a product on a piece of paper (good use for left over {catalog name}).  Make several different pages with different products (1 on each) on them.  Tape a sheet on each guest's back.  Have guests walk around the room asking yes/no questions about the product that is on their back.  Only one question per person can be asked, then move to next person.  The person who guesses what product is on their back first wins.  For instance, I have no idea what product is "on my back".  So I would as a person "Do I have a {Product} on my back?" or "do I have a {Product} ?"  The answer can only be yes or no.  Once you narrow down the product line, you can ask things like "does the name of my  {Product} have to do with food (vegetable)?", "does the name of my {Product} have to do with a season? (spring)", "am I a {Product}?"  People come up with their own questions -- these are just examples.

ICE BREAKER #2

Explain that the guests need to think of their house, just as it was when they left it. 

Now, imagine surprise company just called and they will be there in 30 minutes.

Then pass a NEW toilet bowl brush around the room.

As each person holds the brush they can introduce themselves and explain what type of cleaning THEY would rush to do in the 30 minutes.

It is fun to hear each person's 'fetish' must clean area.  Of course many people explain how they quickly "stash" clutter or a counter of unread mail and newspapers into a {Product}!

Have a door prize type drawing and award the "winner" the new toilet bowl brush as their prize! 

ICE BREAKER #3

I did this 'game' with a crowd and it was more of an icebreaker ... no prize.  They really participated!   

Give guests a list of famous people and have them write which basket/pottery that person would use.  They can use their {Catalog Name}, which most people like to start looking through right away anyway.

For Example:

George Washington   berry, pie plate (inaugural)

Martha Stewart    oregano, parsley, Botanical Fields fabric, etc.

Betsy Ross  darning, button, Homecoming, All American, etc.i

Dear Abby   envelope, pen pal, note pal, newspaper, etc.

Peeping Tom  show sneak peak of what is coming

Try to have the list diverse enough to bring in the baskets, pottery, wrought iron, fabric, hostess, booking, etc. so you can cover these points

Have everyone write down ideas, then read back through the famous person list and let them read out their ideas.  They are involved!  The see LOTS of uses for the products!  

ENVELOPE SHOW GAME

Everyone seems to have fun playing this and it helps you remember all that you want to cover in your show.

Fill envelopes with the following things (one item per envelope)

{Recruiting Info} (talk about being a consultant)

Hostess program page  (talk about being a hostess)

Fabric chart  (all the different fabrics available)

Other items particular to your company and product

... you get the idea -- something that will bring out a feature such as booking, feature baskets, etc.

Label each envelope with letter A-? -- let each person take one until they are gone (some might get more than one).  The person opens up the envelope and try to guess what the item referred to.  If holder has no idea when anyone could help them.  They sure have wild imaginations.

CHRISTMAS ELVES

This is a re-vamp of the Basketmaker Bunnies games.  If this is new to you, what you do is read this at your show.  First hand a small basket with a little prize inside to a guest (you might want to start 2 baskets on opposite sides of your group).  Whenever you say "right", they pass the basket to their right; when you say "left" it goes to their left.  The person who ends up with the basket at the end of the story, gets to keep the prize.  (Make sure they know up-front that it's the PRIZE they get, not the basket!!)

This story begins right after Halloween and is about a Christmas basket maker named {Your Company Founder} who lived just left of the {A Location Particular To Your Company}and right across the street from  {A Location Particular To Your Company}.  He was very sad.  He wanted to be Santa at the mall, but had to make baskets and that left him little time to do what he loved.  Since he didn't have a lot of money left to pay his bills, he knew the right thing was to keep making baskets.

He had just enough splints left to make 2 baskets.  One with a left handle and one with a right handle.  He left the splints on his workbench and went right to bed.  Soon some little Christmas elves came right through the window and started making baskets right and left.

First they made the right handled basket, using just the right amount of splints, cutting it just right and weaving a new pattern, just right.  Then they used the splints that were left and made the left handled basket with just the right amount of splints, getting it just right and weaving its new design just right.  As the stars left the sky the elves left, right through the window.

Right after breakfast (Your Company Founder} went to his workbench and found the baskets.  He sold the baskets and since he always did the right thing he immediately paid his bills.  With the money that was left he bought more splints, maple splints, natural splints, and he had money left for just the right amount of red splints and green splints.  Every night for all the weeks left until Christmas, soon after {Your Company Founder} left for his bed, the little Christmas elves would come right in the window and make sleigh baskets, and {name of}Baskets (change the names of these baskets for whatever the current Christmas baskets are called)  and {name of} Baskets.

With the time they had left before the stars left the sky they used just the right amount of natural splints to make the Hostess Basket to be given away free right after the hostess from October had her January show.  One night a few weeks later, right before Christmas Eve, {Your Company's Founder} and his daughters -  hid right behind the wall just left of the workbench.  They wanted to see who was making the special holiday baskets.

Soon the little Christmas elves came right through the window and started making baskets left and right.  Again, they used just the right amount of splints, cutting it just right and weaving the pattern just right.  Then they used the splints that were left and made MORE baskets.  Right as the stars left the sky the elves left, right through the window.

{Your Company's Founder}and the girls decided to make some baskets for the little Christmas elves.  They bought just the right amount of splints and cut them just right and wove them just right and made baskets just the right size for the little elves.  They even had brass weaves made to say Merry Christmas from {Your Company's Founder}, and his daughters, and left on on each basket.  That night they left the baskets on the bench and hid right behind the wall.

Soon the elves came right through the window and found the baskets.  They tried them out and they fit just right.  They left right through the window and danced right down the street. When the people of the town heard what {Your Company's Founder} had done, they made him the Santa at the local mall.  Which goes to show you if you do the right thing at the right time in the right place you will not be left you.  Right?  RIGHT!!

BARNYARD BINGO

Ask each guest to write down their favorite barnyard animal, it can be any barnyard animal EXCEPT rooster.  Now, the associate has to determine this part by the number of people attending.  You have to give the guests a range of numbers to pick 5 numbers from.  For example, on a bus trip with 53 guests, you might tell them to pick any 5 numbers from 1- 45 and write them down on their paper.  After they have picked their animal and numbers then you explain the rules.  You will call out the numbers 1-? in a random order (like bingo) and any time you call a number they have written down, they must make the sound of their barnyard animal!  Once you have called all 5 of their numbers, to win the prize they must stand up, flap their arms and crow like a rooster.  This game is a hoot on a bus.  You can hardly call the numbers because of the laughter.  On one bus trip it was played several times with prizes of {Product}, candy bars, etc.

DIME GAME

Give each guest a marked dime.  Then you pick a secret word - like your company name, products, locations, etc. that pertain to your company, whatever.  If you hear the guest say the secret word you take their dime away from them.  The person with the most dimes at the end of the party or bus trip - wins a prize.  Mark the dime with red fingernail polish.

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