{"id":3493,"date":"2010-06-30T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T03:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2010-08-15T06:40:30","modified_gmt":"2010-08-15T12:40:30","slug":"minute-to-win-it-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/30\/minute-to-win-it-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Minute To Win It Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/minute-to-win-it.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3497\" title=\"minute-to-win-it\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/minute-to-win-it.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/minute-to-win-it.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/minute-to-win-it-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever seen the game show on NBC called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/minute-to-win-it\/index.shtml\">Minute to Win It<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 Hosted by Guy Fieri, contestants on this show complete increasingly difficult challenges using household items in one minute or less.\u00c2\u00a0 The Picky Apple and I have watched it a few times, and we always say &#8220;I could do that!&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 We decided to put ourselves (and others) to the test.\u00c2\u00a0 Inspired by a post on <a href=\"http:\/\/thedahlingdatingdivas.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/couples-minute-to-win-it.html\">The Dating Divas<\/a> about a couples Minute To Win It Party, we decided to host our own Minute To Win It Party.\u00c2\u00a0 We had 12 people, including us, and it was SO MUCH FUN!<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Food<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/13\/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-salad\/\">Cafe Rio Sweet Pork<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/13\/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-salad\/\">Cilantro Lime Rice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/13\/cafe-rio-sweet-pork-salad\/\">Cafe Rio Black Beans<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tortillas and other fixin&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Pico de Gallo (made by The Picky Apple, trying to get the recipe&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Taco Dip (recipe coming soon)<\/li>\n<li>Buffalo Chicken Dip (recipe coming soon)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/20\/im-nuts-for-you-spicy-garlic-nuts-and-candy-glazed-nuts\/\">Spicy Garlic Nuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/14\/corn-and-blueberry-salad\/\">Corn and Blueberry Salad<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Watermelon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/15\/sugar-cookie-bars\/\">Sugar Cookie Bars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Derby Pie (brought by guest)<\/li>\n<li>Freezer Caramel Drizzle Pie (brought by guest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I loved this menu!\u00c2\u00a0 Most of the items could be prepared ahead of time.\u00c2\u00a0 I much prefer serving this type of meal to a big group rather than hamburgers that have to be cooked as the party is happening.\u00c2\u00a0 By preparing food ahead of time, you can relax and enjoy the party too!<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Drinks<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Speaking of relaxing&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Absolut Raspberry Lemonade<\/li>\n<li>White Sangria<\/li>\n<li>Margarita Popsicles (recipe coming soon)<\/li>\n<li>Strawberry Margaritas (recipe coming soon)<\/li>\n<li>Beer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did I mention this was an adults-only party?!\u00c2\u00a0 We don&#8217;t do parties like this much, and <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">we<\/span> I got a little carried away with the drinks.\u00c2\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t make up my mind, so I just decided to make it ALL!\u00c2\u00a0 As a result, I still have freezerful of delicious margarita popsicles.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s not a bad thing, I don&#8217;t think.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Games<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>We selected 5 games (and 2 bonus games) from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/minute-to-win-it\/index.shtml\">Minute To Win It<\/a> website (and described in detail below).\u00c2\u00a0 We have some rather competitive friends, and I figured the drinks would loosen everyone up, but I wanted to encourage everyone to play without forcing them to do each game if they didn&#8217;t want to participate.\u00c2\u00a0 Therefore, we created the following rules:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Times will be recorded for each player.\u00c2\u00a0 3 points will be awarded for 1st place, 2 for 2nd place, and 1 for 3rd place.<\/li>\n<li>The winner of each of the 5 games will receive a prize.\u00c2\u00a0 (The prizes were all from dollar bins at Target at Michael&#8217;s: sling shots, velcro catcher things, little guns, etc)<\/li>\n<li>After the games are completed, the scores will be added up, and the winner will receive the Grand Prize.\u00c2\u00a0 (We really hyped this up, but kept it a secret.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.target.com\/P8821-WWE-Ecw-Championship-Belt\/dp\/B0030HTSR6\/ref=sc_qi_detailbutton\">giant WWE belt<\/a>, which was fabulously gaudy.)<\/li>\n<li>The Picky Apple and I were disqualified from winning since we practiced the games to test them out and kept the games top secret from everyone else.<\/li>\n<li>2 or 3 people will go at the same time for games if possible, to speed things up.\u00c2\u00a0 Even though people weren&#8217;t competing against each other in pairs, it helped fuel the competitive spirit.\u00c2\u00a0 Also, no one felt too silly going by themselves.<\/li>\n<li>Names will be drawn from a hat to determine the order for each game.<\/li>\n<li>We let some of the games go for a little longer than a minute&#8230;some of these games seem impossible to complete in just one minute!<\/li>\n<li>Scores were recorded on the official scoreboard&#8230;created lovingly by me, channeling my inner high school self&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minute-to-Win-It-Scoreboard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3499\" title=\"Minute to Win It Scoreboard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minute-to-Win-It-Scoreboard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minute-to-Win-It-Scoreboard.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Minute-to-Win-It-Scoreboard-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, we had 5 games planned that would count toward the final score, and 2 bonus games in case of a tie or if everyone just wanted to play a few more silly games.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, not only did everyone want to play MORE silly games, they wanted them to count toward the final score!\u00c2\u00a0 Love our competitive friends!<\/p>\n<p>I tried to pick games that would not only be fun to play, but fun to watch too.\u00c2\u00a0 And boy, were they ever!<\/p>\n<p>Penny Hose: Two pennies are placed in the ends of the legs of a pair of pantyhose.  Using only their hands, the contestants must inch their way down the  legs to retrieve the pennies and pull them out. Each arm must work  independently and the player cannot use one hand to stretch or hold the  hose for the other.\u00c2\u00a0 <em>(We used quarters instead of pennies, and this is MUCH harder than it looks!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Penny-Hose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3500\" title=\"Penny Hose\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Penny-Hose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Penny-Hose.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Penny-Hose-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Face the Cookie: Contestants, using only their  faces, must move three Oreo cookies individually from their forehead to  their mouth. <em>(We only did one cookie.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Face-the-Cookie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3501\" title=\"Face the Cookie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Face-the-Cookie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Face-the-Cookie.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Face-the-Cookie-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Paper Dragon: Contestant must unspool two rolls of party streamers using only their  hands and arms. <em>(I bought 32! rolls of crepe paper at Party City)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Paper-Dragon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3503\" title=\"Paper Dragon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Paper-Dragon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Paper-Dragon.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Paper-Dragon-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Nutstacker: Contestant must create one stack of large metal nuts by sliding them off  a chopstick without touching them with their hands. <em>(We used 6 nuts)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Nutstacker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3504\" title=\"Nutstacker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Nutstacker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Nutstacker.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Nutstacker-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Elephant March: Eight unopened water bottles are placed in two parallel rows on the  ground, precisely eight feet apart. The contestant must wear a standard  pair of pantyhose over the head, with a baseball placed inside the end  of one leg. Keeping one foot on each side of the centerline, the  contestant must swing back and forth using the momentum of the baseball  to knock down all eight bottles. (<em>We only used 6 water bottles, and used an orange instead of a baseball)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Elephant-March.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3506\" title=\"Elephant March\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Elephant-March.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Elephant-March.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Elephant-March-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(After this, the photo taking fell by the wayside&#8230;)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ping Bounce: Bounce ping pong balls to land in 3 different cups full of water.\u00c2\u00a0 (We simplified the Tic Tac Toe game from the show)<\/p>\n<p>Tipsy: Contestant must balance three 12-ounce cans on their beveled lower  edges. It is impossible to balance a full can like this, therefore the  contestant must first drink from the can. The contestant must balance a  total of three cans to successfully complete the challenge. (<em>I let our contestants use their drink of choice.\u00c2\u00a0 All the guys used beer (mistake?) and the ladies either used Fresca or diet soft drinks<\/em>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"games-video-player\">I think everyone had a really great time.\u00c2\u00a0 After days of worrying whether people would participate and get in to the spirit of the game, it was SO reassuring at the end of the night to hear everyone say how much FUN they had!\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;re already talking about making this a semi-annual (or more frequent?) event where we pass on the Grand Prize Belt to the next winner.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Looking forward to the next time!<\/div>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/30\/minute-to-win-it-party\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever seen the game show on NBC called Minute to Win It?\u00c2\u00a0 Hosted by Guy Fieri, contestants on this show complete increasingly difficult challenges using household items in one minute or less.\u00c2\u00a0 The Picky Apple and I have watched it a few times, and we always say &#8220;I could do that!&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 We decided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,61,74,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homekeeping","category-menu","category-party","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3493"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3520,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3493\/revisions\/3520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}