🎅 Secret Santa 🐘 White Elephant Gift ideas $2 Pack Classic White Elephant Rules In classic White Elephant, each player brings one wrapped gift within a price limit and draws a number. Player one opens a gift. Each next player opens a new gift or steals an opened one, with no immediate steal-back. A gift is frozen after its third steal. When all gifts are open, player one may make one final swap.
Rules: Classic · Yankee swap · Dice game · Steal limits · Gift ideas
What you need One wrapped gift per player, within a set price limit Numbers for turn order (use our generator) How to play Put all gifts in a pile and draw numbers. Player #1 picks and opens any gift. Player #2 either steals #1's gift or opens a new one. If stolen, #1 opens a new gift. Continue in order. Each turn: open a new gift or steal an opened one. A player who loses a gift can steal a different gift or open a new one, but can't immediately take back the one just stolen from them. A gift is "frozen" (safe) after its 3rd steal. Once every gift is open, player #1 may swap with any unfrozen gift. Game over! Popular variations Limit steals per turn (e.g., 3) to keep things moving. No final swap for #1. Simpler, and some think it's fairer. Gag-gift only or "useful gift" only themes. → Free turn-order generator
FAQ Who goes first in White Elephant? Whoever draws #1. Because they have no choice on turn one, they usually get the final swap.
Can you steal the same gift twice in one turn? No. Once a gift is stolen from you, you can't take it right back on the same turn.