This White Elephant dice Christmas gift exchange game is fun for kids’ Christmas parties or even for family gift exchange on Christmas Eve. It’s another version of a White Elephant gift exchange, Dirty Santa game, or a Left-Right present exchange.

Dice Christmas Gift Exchange Game - green dice, red dice and white game dice on a lacy green christmas tablecloth

How do you play the dice Christmas gift exchange game?

The most popular Christmas dice game is a fun holiday party game where the person rolling the dice follows the corresponding rules for the number they roll and then swaps and / or steals gifts from others.

The fun thing about this family holiday party game is that you can make your own funny rules so that when you play the dice game actions may vary slightly.

The general instructions stay the same: roll a die (or dice) and perform the corresponding action.

Basic Christmas Dice Game Rules

Roll a 1: Switch gifts

Roll a 2: Steal a gift

Roll a 3: Steal a gift and unwrap it

Roll a 4: Everyone passes to right

Roll a 5: Put a gift back

Roll a 6: Pick 2 people to swap a gift

You don’t really need a Christmas dice game printable download to play this easy game, but I’ve put the FREE CHRISTMAS PRINTABLE DOWNLOAD below in case you want a dice roll printable to follow.

This is another one of my favorite holiday games for exchanging presents that works well for small group party games or large groups for Christmas:

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Fun Party Game Tip

This is one of the most popular Christmas dice games exchanging gifts, but you can make up any rules you want for the dice swap game that have players doing any gift action you want. Or create your own Christmas dice game rules based on the players attending!

You’ll see different variations of this dice Christmas game floating around during the holiday season, but have fun making it your own holiday game if you want!

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Free Printable Holiday Dice Gift Exchange Game

Dice Christmas Gift Exchange Game

This holiday dice games is a fun alternative to a traditional White Elephant game, Dirty Santa holiday game or fun Christmas Eve game ideas.

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Total Time: 1

Equipment

1 Dice
Wrapped Gifts

Instructions

Party guests should each bring a small wrapped gift to exchange at the Christmas party. (TIP: Set a minimum price for the gifts on the party invitation.)
Gather the gifts and then redistribute them, so that everyone is holding a wrapped gift at the beginning of the game.
Have the first person roll a dice and then follow the rules on the dice.
DICE RULES:
Roll a 1: Switch gifts with the person on your left. (Don't unwrap the gifts!)
Roll a 2: Steal a gift from anyone else (and give them your gift).
Roll a 3: Steal a gift and unwrap it.
Roll a 4: Everyone passes their gifts to right.
Roll a 5: Steal a gift from anyone, unwrap it and then decide if you want to keep it or give it back to the original person.
Roll a 6: Pick 2 people to swap a gift (excluding yourself).
The next person then rolls the dice and follows the dice rules. Keep going around the table until everyone has rolled. At the end of the game, everyone unwraps their gift and gets to keep that gift.

Notes

GAME TIP: If you. have a smaller group (less than 10 people), you may want to have everyone roll at least twice (or, 2 rounds of rolling) so that the Christmas gift prizes get a chance to get really mixed up.

We play where, unless the directions say, no one opens their gift until the end of the game. (You will have some players with gifts opened and some unopened.) I think this way adds an extra level of fun and surprise to the game play.

I also put 1 hour as the game time, but it will vary based on how many people you have playing the game.

With fewer people, it will take a lot less time. With a large group, it will take longer.

If you have a large group, you may also want to use two dice and create more rules for rolls 1 - 12.

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Happy Holidays And Merry Christmas!

I hope you have fun with this Dice Christmas Gift Exchange Game!

Free Printable Dice Christmas Gift Exchange Game For All Ages