This is one of my favorite games! It is super easy to set up and loads of fun and giggles. And new to this blog, I even was able to put together a demo movie for your viewing enjoyment!
What You Need:
- 1 or 2 large bags of Peanut M&M’s depending on group size (not the extra large pictured above!)
- A big bowl for the M&M’s
- 2 dice
- Shake straws – like the kind you get from a fast food place
- 1 cup/little bowl for every player
- Something to roll the dice in or on (pie tin, box, plate, etc)
Object:
Rules:
- No touching the bowl other than to place it in front of yourself (i.e. don’t have one hand on the bowl while trying to suck up the M&M’s).
- You must roll a double to pass the pie tin on and snag the M&M bowl.
- The only way to transfer the M&M’s from the bowl to your cup is with the straw by sucking. (NO HANDS!!!)
Directions:
Pour large bag of M&M’s into bowl. Peanut M&M’s have worked best thus far. Also, a large bag of M&M’s is more than enough. I bought a extra huge bag and it was WAY too many!
Gather friends and/or family and have everyone sit in a large circle around the M&M bowl.
Hand a straw and cup out to each player. Shake straws work the best for sucking.
Pass the pie tin around with the 2 dice to the left. Each player rolls. The first player to get a double gets the M&M bowl.
The person to the left of the “M&M Sucker” gets the die and keeps rolling until they roll a double. Once they roll a double, they get the bowl and the pie tin moves to the left.
Keep repeating until all the M&M’s are gone!
Note: This game is more suited for older kids and adults. We let the little kids have their own “turn” at the end of the game.
**UPDATE: Here is a fun alternative for the younger children to have a turn at this game.
Video Demo:
Have Fun!!!
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Now that's a cute game! i've got loads of family coming in a few weeks and we'll give it a try…thanks for the video…makes it all make sense!
okay well thats a good game to play when you familoy coming in!:)
OMGood Gravy – this looks like so much fun! I am so going to try this with my family!!
Thanks for the awesome idea!!
Fun game! I'll file this idea for when the boys are older…or have a party with my friends when all the kiddos are asleep!
Love this! Anything with peanut butter m&ms i love!
We used PB M&M's because the store was out of Peanut. I think I would recommend using Peanut over PB simply because the PB can get a bit oily…and I stuck them in the freezer because they started melting on the way home from the store (good ol' AZ sun!), so that made them a bit sticky in the bowl once they started to defrost.
how cute! will have to try this soon!
That looks so fun! My kids would love this! Thanks for sharing!
What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing.
Becca
What a great game! I am definitely going to try this one. It looks like so much fun. Thanks for sharing it with us.
That's a brilliant idea. Sure I'll be trying this out with my little Chick over the holidays!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog on SITS Pot Luck Friday!
Any excuse to have M&Ms on hand.
This would be fun!
I love that! My daughter is having a couple friends spend the night on her birthday at the end of the month. This would be fun to play along with a sweet snack afterwards. Great idea, thanks for sharing!
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Such a fun idea…thanks for sharing!
That looks like so much fun! Definitely going to have to try that!
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We did this as part of our family reunion Minute to Win It game … it was hysterical. And rather competitive!
Enjoy your SITS day!
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Is it sad that I think this could be a fun grown-up game, too?? Happy SITS day!
No, not sad at all! lol It’s a perfect grown up game! The first time I played it was a friends 29th birthday party and there were no kiddos there. =-)
I imagine my kids would have lots of fun with this one. We’ll have to give it a try.
Congratulations on your SITS day. I hope it’s a great day for you.
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I am taking this idea with me to share with the non-profit I support. There always looking for inexpensive ways to keep the kids entertained. And who doesn’t like M&M’s! Great blog!
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Looks fun!! I’ll have to try this at home with my kids. Congratulations on being featured on the SITS website today!!
I LOVE this. My little guy would have a blast. He LOVES m&m’s.
Happy SITS day!!!
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This is brilliant and I cant wait to try it out with the family. Happy SITS Day
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Great slumber party game! Congrats on your sits day!
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Not only does it look like a fun game, but the M&M’s are so colorful … that makes it more fun!
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I would love to give a try by myself just to do the part to suck the M&M from the straw. Looks like a fun game I would love to give this a try… Congrats on your sits day…..
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Sounds like a lot of fun! Happy SITS day to you also!!
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Simple but really fun game!! thanks for sharing!
Natasha xx
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Just wanted to let you know that this fun game will be re-featured tomorrow on ‘Or so she says…’, where you shared it as a guest post in the past.
Have a great night!
Mariel
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