Items Needed: An envelop or container for each person and approximately 20 small beans or buttons (if you play with less, the game is easier and if you play with more, it becomes increasingly difficult)

Give an envelope with 20 beans, buttons or another small object in it to each person. Ask people to circulate around the room offering to someone else (one at a time) the chance to guess the "odd or even" number of beans in your closed hand. You can put as many or as few beans in your hand as you wish. You say to the person that you approach “Odd or Even”. If the person guesses correctly, this person gets the beans. If this person guesses incorrectly, this person must give you the same number of beans in your hand. A time limit is set – 5 minutes – and the person with the most beans at the end wins. When your beans are all gone, you are obviously done.

beans in a hand