icebreakers, womens ministry

Left – Right And Pass the Gift Games

  • The activity leader reads a scripted story aloud.

  • The story is filled with cues like “left,” “right,” and occasionally other directions (“forward,” “back,” etc.).

  • Each time a cue is read, participants pass their wrapped gift in that direction.

  • At the end of the story, whoever is holding a gift keeps it.

  • The PDF includes three versions:

    • A standard/general script

    • A holiday-themed version

    • A meeting-specific variant

Sample Passages (Based on common versions)

  • “You’ve worked so hard to get here—take a left, turn around, reach out your right hand… pass that gift!”

  • “Now take a right, then two steps to the left, wiggle forward… pass it left again!”

  • Holiday variant: “The Christmas bells ring—pass one to the right; the stockings hang—pass to the left…”