How to Give XBox Live Points

Xbox 360 Themed Party

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  Send out invitations highlighting that your party will have an Xbox 360 theme, complete with games and prizes.

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  Decorate the party location with balloons in green and white, Xbox 360 colors, and put up posters of some popular Xbox 360 games or characters. Make sure that your Xbox 360 is hooked up to your television, and your controllers and peripherals, if wireless, have working batteries.

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  Hold a video game tournament with the guests and play multiplayer games that support competitiveness, such as "Guitar Hero," which has a versus mode, fighting games like "Street Fighter 4," or sports games like the "NBA 2k" series. The winners of these tournaments can get Microsoft points as prizes.

Scavenger Hunt

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  Plan a video game themed scavenger hunt by choosing clues that can be associated with video games, or a specific video game. Research various video games for ideas on some clever clues. For example: Mario and Luigi eats these to grow big, but you eat these on a pizza.

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  Design a map that resembles one from a video game, like "Super Mario World" or "Grand Theft Auto 3," to give hints as to clue locations.

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  Use the scavenger hunt to give multiple gifts relating to video gaming by putting them at particular clue locations. Start with small gifts, like video game figurines, and build up to bigger items, like video games and Xbox Live points.

Gift Ideas

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  Send a card with a video game character or theme on it for a special occasion, such as a birthday. Since Microsoft points come on a gift card, they can easily be included in the envelope.

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  Put Xbox Live points in Christmas stockings along with other video game related gifts, like toys or an Xbox Live Gold membership.

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  Give Microsoft points as rewards for good grades, winning sports games or good behavior.