Party Games 2

For Party Games 1, click here.

It was requested that I put up some more party games to keep our home shows fun and interesting.  The problem is that I'm really bad coming up with ideas on my own, so this list will be populated by other peoples' ideas I found around the internet.  Every game I post here will have a link back to where I found it, originally.

Auction!

This can increase both sales and bookings.
Items Needed:

• Play Money
• Prizes (2 for every 5 guests) 
• Wrap each package so guests do not know what is inside..

Distribute money as follows:

• $100 for Attending the Party
• $200 for Bringing a Friend
• $100 for Placing an Order
• $200 for every $50 Ordered
• $200 for Paying for Order at Party (I make everyone pay at the party, so free money!)
• $200 for Booking a Party
• $300 for Booking Party to be Held Within Two Weeks
• $500 for Requesting Information about Becoming a Demonstrator

After everyone has placed their orders, begin the Auction of the items wrapped. The highest bidder gets the item.
Note: You can also issue money during the party as prizes for other games you might play, someone asking questions, etc.

Let's Make a Deal

Great way to get bonus bookings!
Items Needed: 4 envelopes and a basket with your inexpensive door prizes.

Inside each envelope, put a small piece of paper folded several times so they can't see it.
n one, write $1.00; another $2.00; another $3.00; and another $5.00.
Tell everyone what is inside and that they are gift certificates for tonight!  Have the first person to your left pick one of the envelopes. But tell her she CAN'T LOOK!  Now, play  the "Right-Left" Game and the envelope travels right and left.
At the end, tell the person with the envelope "DON'T LOOK" ~ Because I want to "Make A Deal" with you. 
Say: "Since you didn't pick the envelope, maybe your luck is better than hers...so you can trade for another envelope if you want to."  Hold the other envelopes out. Usually everyone is hollering "trade" or "don't trade."
Next, say, "DON'T LOOK!" ~ "I'll make another deal with you...(Pull out your gift basket). "I will trade you the envelope for an item in my basket....that envelope could be worth $5 or maybe just $1." Everyone is again yelling "trade" or "don't trade."
She then makes her choice. Then say, "DON'T LOOK!!!" ~"I have another deal to make with you....I will give you your envelope back and DOUBLE what's inside or give you TWO prizes from my basket IF you will book a show tonight and help (Hostess) out."
If she doesn't book she gets either what's in the envelope or her gift but MOST of the time they will book.

Purse ABC's

Bring a bag of candy with you to the party (Hershey Kisses, etc.).

Tell guests not to eat the candy during the game. Call a letter of the alphabet, and the first person to SHOW an item from their purse representing that letter wins a candy.

Each person who wins, gets a piece of candy; the person with the most candy at the end of the game is the winner.

Only use about 8-10 letters or so, then stop the game and do your party demonstration.

You can play the second half of the game at the end of the demonstration, but this time the guests must ask you questions about your direct selling career and company to earn a piece of candy. Imagination counts. It could be a description of an item, the brand name, color, etc.

You'll notice that the same things can be called different names, but they all work for this game. It's a lot of fun to see what people think of when you call a letter.  Sure to bring you lots of laughs.

Jamberry BINGO

Okay, so I can't attribute this to just one person because it's all over the internet.  A lot of direct sales businesses recommend you have customers write down different products then mark them off their card as you talk about them, but that doesn't work very well for Jamberry as we don't have enough different products to fill a card.
I thought long and hard about how to adapt it to Jamberry.  I have 3 potential solutions for you:

1.  Download these blank BINGO cards I made and give each one to a guest.  During the time between demonstration and sales, have them go through the catalogue and fill out their own BINGO card.  Make sure they know they can choose anything from the catalogues - Heaters, Indulgence, etc.  Then draw designs and products from a hat (here's a file with all of the designs that you can cut up and use for draws).  First one or two with a BINGO win! 
        Pro:  Gives you an idea of what designs and products your customer really wants.  Use that as a booking or recruiting tool 
        Con:  Takes a long time.  If your party's running long, use pre-printed cards (see below.)
2. Download this list of all the designs and products (different from the draw slips above) and make your own pre-printed BINGO cards using this site.  Cut up the draw slips and play as before.
3. Skip all of the previous rigmarole and print off my BINGO cards.  (Note:  My BINGO cards don't include Collegiate, Sorority, or Holiday Designs, so the draw slips are different.)