Pass the parcel - rules?!

[Motheringthrough]

Hi all,

Daughter’s birthday party to organise, food, party games etc

Now the big question that I can’t seem to get a definitive answer about… what is the party etiquette when it comes to prizes in pass the parcel?!

When I was a kid (child of the 90s/00s here) there were multiple layers of wrapping paper, with the only prize being at the very end underneath the very last layer.

I’ve been to kids parties recently with my daughter and there have been small prizes underneath every layer… ie, every child should end up with something.

Is this the done thing now? Don’t want to make a kids party faux pas!

Everybody I ask seems to have a different view on this 😂

(There is a hilarious episode of Bluey about this dilemma)

You DEFINITELY need a prize in every layer!!!

Top tip if you do a class party with a lot of kids... Put a sticker on each child who unwraps a layer so you can keep track of who has had a go already.

Well this is genius.

😂Might be more useful than some of the guidelines they do publish!

Small sweet each layer. One layer per child. I always had a list of names and I'd cross them off as they won.

Once every child has a sweet, random (eyes closed) for any remaining layers (due to no shows) and the main prize. Birthday child and birthday child's siblings pre-warned that if it stops on them we'll go again.