Webkinz Trading Spaces
My daughters have asked me to tell more details about the following:
My children and I have taken two of our favorite activities and combined them into ONE super fun game that we enjoy so much that we now play it just about once a week. What are these two things? Webkinz and Trading Spaces.
We always start this homemade game when we have at least a couple hours available with no planned Webkinz maintenance downtime (so not close to the scheduled 2:00AM-4:30AM Webkinz time maintenance period). The rules are simple and similar to the television show Trading Spaces and we vary them depending on who we are playing with and how we all want to play.
Here are the basics:
- We trade for a certain length of time.
- Each person/team is given a certain number of rooms they are allowed to touch (usually 2-3). We agree to not touch any other rooms, but they can be looked at.
- Each person/team is allowed to spend a certain amount of money (and NO more unless they earn it).
- No one can sell any of the room owner's items, but they can reuse anything in any of the potential rooms.
- If there is extra time and/or money, the other rooms can be redecorated/reorganized also.
- The pets have to be kept healthy and happy, even if this means that extra food needs to be purchased during the game.
This is SO much fun for all of us! Even if a person doesn't like their new room, the results and experience have always been good. We often take a "before" and an "after" screen shot, so rooms could potentially be recreated. What I enjoy the most is watching the process of the people involved. It is very interesting to see how the kids (and sometimes adults) work together to create rooms they truly believe the room owner will love. They often base the rooms on what they feel the personality of the pet is, unless the room is a garden, bathroom, family/living/playroom, or kitchen.
We love Webkinz so much we're considering hosting a Webkinz party. This activity would definitely be on our "must do" list.
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