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You all know that we love "Family Game Night" at my house from my last post that I wrote here. We continue to play even more so since the economy has taken it's toll on our pocket books. I wanted to give you guys a comparison on how much you would spend for a night at the movies for a family of 4 versus a family game night for family of 4.
Night at the movies for 4:
Movie Tickets for 2 adults $18
Movie Tickets for 2 kids $12
Combo #2 Lg Popcorn & 2 lg drinks $16.25
Total: $46.25
Family Game Night (using Walmarts prices):
$8 board games- Candyland,Chutes and Ladders, Yahtzee
$10 board games- Jenga, Monopoly,Trouble
$15 board games-Life, Operation and Twister
$18-Bop It, Monopoly Championship,Pictureka,Sorry Sliders
There are also tons of Family Movies for under $10 for example :
Little Rascals
A Goofy Movie
o Air Buddies
o Camp Rock
o The Chronicle of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
o College Road Trip
o Dinosaur
o Enchanted
o Escape to Witch Mountain
o Hercules
o High School Musical
o High School Musical 2
o Homeward Bound 1
o Homeward Bound 2
o The Game Plan
o National Treasure 1
o National Treasure 2
o Pollyanna
o Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
o Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead Man’s Chest
o Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
o The Rescuers
o Return to Witch Mountain
o Snow Buddies
o Treasure Planet
o The Wild
o Underdog
Snacks:
They have movie theater candy for only $1 each and Popcorn 3pks for around $3
So you could do a movie,a game and all the snacks for under $40. You could even do a theme. Here are some examples of some theme nights:
Example 1: Rock n’Roll Night
Turn your living room into a 50’s diner for Rock n’ Roll Night. The
family could play include Twister, watch one of the two High School
Musical movies, pull out those old tunes and serve diner themed foods
like milk shakes and classic hot dogs.
Example 2: Double Trouble Night
Turn family night into trouble fun by playing the infamous Trouble
game and bending the rules such as eating with your fingers. Then
relax around the TV to watch your favorite Pirates of the Caribbean
movie and see how everyone’s favorite pirates get in and out of
trouble
Example 3: Special Mission Night
This night is about solving puzzle and using your smarts to uncover a
mystery. Create or solve puzzles, play Pictureka and consider adding
in a movie like National Treasure. Secret receipts of creative snacks
might also be revealed!
Example 4: Day of the Week Family Night Kit
For a Sweet Tooth Sunday. Walmart would provide the board game
Candyland as well as the sugary sweet movie Pollyanna along soda and
makings for a homemade ice cream sundaes.
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Our theme could be exercise. We’d pick games, like Twister, that exercise our bodies too.
Our theme could be exercise. We’d pick games, like Twister, that exercise our bodies too.
My boys are younger and just learning how to play games. I think it would be fun to do Candyland but change it up a little. Do something like if you land on red you get to take a piece of candy or land on blue and you get to take someone else’s candy. Make it more interesting than just the game itself.
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My boys are younger and just learning how to play games. I think it would be fun to do Candyland but change it up a little. Do something like if you land on red you get to take a piece of candy or land on blue and you get to take someone else’s candy. Make it more interesting than just the game itself.
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I think that we would have a pirates night! We would all dress up as pirates and play the pirate games. we could make walk the plank sandwiches with eye patch cookies! We would also have a treasure hunt here in the house with the prize being a little treasure box of candy. I have the perfect little box for this. I think that we would top if off with watching one of the pirate of the carabian movies
I think that we would have a pirates night! We would all dress up as pirates and play the pirate games. we could make walk the plank sandwiches with eye patch cookies! We would also have a treasure hunt here in the house with the prize being a little treasure box of candy. I have the perfect little box for this. I think that we would top if off with watching one of the pirate of the carabian movies
My Theme is: WORDPLAY
Alphabet Soup for dinner, a game of Scrabble, and the movie “Akeelah and the Bee”.
My Theme is: WORDPLAY
Alphabet Soup for dinner, a game of Scrabble, and the movie “Akeelah and the Bee”.
I’d choose Let’s Get Wordy and play word games.
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I’d choose Let’s Get Wordy and play word games.
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Since we are heading into the cold, miserable winter. I would do a beach party theme. I would crank up the heat, everyone would wear summer clothes, we would spread a beach blanket on the floor and play games!
Since we are heading into the cold, miserable winter. I would do a beach party theme. I would crank up the heat, everyone would wear summer clothes, we would spread a beach blanket on the floor and play games!
scrabble and babble night
scrabble and babble night
I told my kids we would have a famil-friend game night. We invite a friend of the family to join us for our game night.
I order pizza and enjoy sodas ending with some homemade cupcakes and ice cream.
I told my kids we would have a famil-friend game night. We invite a friend of the family to join us for our game night.
I order pizza and enjoy sodas ending with some homemade cupcakes and ice cream.
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My theme would be snack foods.
My theme would be snack foods.
We have pirate family night,we dress up&watch pirate movies&eat different kinds of food!
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We have pirate family night,we dress up&watch pirate movies&eat different kinds of food!
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My theme would be the letter F for Friendly,Family,Fun,Friday
We could eat snacks like Frito’s, fizzles etc.
and play music by Faith Hill
My theme would be the letter F for Friendly,Family,Fun,Friday
We could eat snacks like Frito’s, fizzles etc.
and play music by Faith Hill
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Ooo it would be fairy tale theme… That way we would play candy land, watch any fairytale movie, eat some fun silly food, and end it all with a FAIRYTALE night time story…
Ooo it would be fairy tale theme… That way we would play candy land, watch any fairytale movie, eat some fun silly food, and end it all with a FAIRYTALE night time story…
a theme involving different countries would be fun, with a movie involving some far off destination and food to match
a theme involving different countries would be fun, with a movie involving some far off destination and food to match
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Dora night
Dora night
I would say have a Haunted night. We could turn down the lights and watch a (slightly) scary movie.
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I would say have a Haunted night. We could turn down the lights and watch a (slightly) scary movie.
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