Christmas Stocking BINGO. Please advise.
I have been tossing around an idea of doing a Christmas Bingo for stocking stuffers.
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We have about 12 "kids" who get stockings (ages 24 to 5. The majority are in the tweens and teens). My MIL did the stockings for all of them and spent about $50 per kid. Unfortunately she passed away this past January and I'll be inheriting the stockings.
So my idea is to have BINGO for stocking stuffers because IMO kids get the stocking stuffers which are filled with kinda junk, dump it out and then move on. It last for all of 4 minutes then the kids are back on devices. I'd love to hear if anyone has done anything like this.
Last night I tested out my idea by doing BINGO at a party (we had 27 people, about 18 kids ages 4-14) and it worked out pretty well. The kids that weren't into BINGO stayed to get a prize that they wanted and moved on. Others stayed THE WHOLE TIME.
How to keep the people who checked out engaged? (We did multiple wins per card and you can trade up your prizes for the "Top Shelf" prizes).
I made a "rule board"
- BINGO is a game of luck, not skill. You will eventually get lucky if you don't quit
- Have fun
- Three wins and you are out.
I bought prizes throughout the year, mostly on super clearance or things I got for free (I framed 3 pictures in frames I had gotten for free that morning...and they were the first to go!)
Okay, so I'd like any advice you have - prizes, rules, experience! Thank you!