Thanks Howie Mandel for the inspiration.  Get well soon!

Home party plan games are a must if you want to make some serious home party sales!

For this in home show party game you will need four envelopes and a basket with your inexpensive door prizes. Wrap all the items in the basket. Inside each envelope, put a small piece of paper folded several times so they can’t see it. On one, write $1.00; one will say $2.00: one will say $3.00 and one will say $5.00. Tell everyone what is inside and that they are gift certificate for tonight.

Have the first person to your left pick one of the envelopes. But tell her she CAN’T LOOK. Now have them pass the envelope around and the hostess says either LEFT or RIGHT and they have to switch direction when she says each word. Stop her after the envelope has gotten around to most everyone. At the end, I tell the person with the envelope “DON’T LOOK” ~ Because I want to “Make A Deal” with you: “Since you didn’t pick the envelope, maybe your luck is better than hers (meaning the person it started with) …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 and 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. Play this at the end of your demo because by then they are already thinking about having a party.

Here is a great deal or no deal parody ha ha ha

Till next time for more games to play at a home party,

Party Plan Pat