White Elephant Wheel: Spin a Gift Swap Move

White elephant wheel with 8 gift swap moves, from open a new gift to steal one. Spin on each turn at an office party, a class swap or with family.

Office parties
Family swaps
Class swaps

On this wheel

Open a new gift
Steal a gift
Swap with the person on your left
Swap with the person on your right
Keep your gift
Trade with anyone
+2 more

Why use a white elephant wheel

Everyone brings one wrapped gift. On your turn, spin and do what the wheel says: open a new gift, steal one, swap or keep. Eight moves are already on it, so the swap stays fair and nobody has to remember the rules.

Run the office white elephant swap
Teams can spin on each turn, in the room or on a video call, so the swap keeps moving and stays fair.
Add twists to the family gift swap
Families can spin before each turn, so a steal or a swap can come up for anyone, young or old.
Run a class gift swap
Teachers can project the wheel and let each child spin their move before the winter break.

This wheel wears the Jingle Wheels theme: christmas only: candy canes, fairy lights and snow. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the white elephant wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own gift swap move picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 8 entries on the white elephant wheel

Open a new gift
Steal a gift
Swap with the person on your left
Swap with the person on your right
Keep your gift
Trade with anyone
Everyone passes left
Swap with the last player

Frequently Asked Questions

How many times can a gift be stolen?

Agree before you start. Many groups say a gift is safe after its third steal, so the swap ends on time.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own gift swap move picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.