Ottie Games
👀 A sample: the real game has more.
🎁 Left-Right Gift Game
- Sit in a circle and give one person the wrapped gift.
- Read the story aloud with energy. Pause just before each LEFT or RIGHT for suspense, and use silly voices.
- Everyone passes the gift the moment they hear LEFT or RIGHT.
- Whoever holds the gift when the story ends keeps it (or picks the next game).
The Runaway Present
It all began when Alex, who swears “Elf” is the greatest movie ever made, spotted a mysterious present under the tree. “Nobody touch this,” Alex whispered, and tiptoed ⬅ LEFT for a cookie. At that exact moment a gust of snowy wind blew the door open, and the box went sliding RIGHT ➡ across the floor.
Jamie, who once dreamed of being an astronaut, watched it zoom RIGHT ➡ past. “Houston,” Jamie said calmly, “we have a problem.” Sam, who can fall asleep anywhere, opened one eye, rolled ⬅ LEFT on the couch, and went straight back to snoring. So much for backup.
Riley dove RIGHT ➡ to catch it and landed in the tree, which shook, which dropped about forty ornaments, which sent the box spinning ⬅ LEFT into the kitchen. Morgan, holding a mug of cocoa like a trophy, hopped RIGHT ➡, then ⬅ LEFT, then RIGHT ➡ to dodge it. Not one drop spilled. The crowd went wild.
Casey, who can almost juggle, spotted the box mid-skid and leaped in. Up it went: ⬅ LEFT, RIGHT ➡, ⬅ LEFT, RIGHT ➡. Casey juggled the present, two oranges and a candle snuffer, and for three glorious seconds nothing fell. Then a very small elf-shaped cookie rolled RIGHT ➡ under Casey's foot.
The box sailed through the air, bounced ⬅ LEFT off the wall, and landed perfectly in Taylor's arms. Taylor read the tag out loud: “To Everyone Who Chased Me. Love, the Present.” The room fell silent. Then Taylor passed it RIGHT ➡ to Alex, who passed it ⬅ LEFT to Jamie, who passed it RIGHT ➡ to Sam, who finally woke up.
Inside was one big box of cookies, with a note that said: “Share me.” So they did. The box went ⬅ LEFT, then RIGHT ➡, then ⬅ LEFT, then one last time RIGHT ➡, straight into the happiest hands in the room, and every single cookie vanished before the movie even started.