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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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I would do a cartoon filled game night. My son is 3 and is just starting to watch cartoon movies. He would love this.
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I would do a cartoon filled game night. My son is 3 and is just starting to watch cartoon movies. He would love this.
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We’d probably have Wild Animal Night haha
We’d probably have Wild Animal Night haha
We are working on spelling– I’d love to get games like Boggle and Scrabble, plus alphabet soup and candy with words. hehe. Thanks!!
We are working on spelling– I’d love to get games like Boggle and Scrabble, plus alphabet soup and candy with words. hehe. Thanks!!
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How about “Learn Something New” night?
Teach us a game we’ve never played before,let’s try to cook a new dish, and watch a movie that will teach us something.
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How about “Learn Something New” night?
Teach us a game we’ve never played before,let’s try to cook a new dish, and watch a movie that will teach us something.
kaytewatts AT aol DOT com
we’d do an extreme night, with physical challenges thrown in between the game challenges.
we’d do an extreme night, with physical challenges thrown in between the game challenges.
My kids adore Swiss Family Robinson so that would be our theme! We’d camp out in the living room, and the kids could pretend certain areas of the room were treehouses. All of the food would be simple, no forks or utensils, all finger food. And we’d play games and bond just like the real Swiss Family Robinson.
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My kids adore Swiss Family Robinson so that would be our theme! We’d camp out in the living room, and the kids could pretend certain areas of the room were treehouses. All of the food would be simple, no forks or utensils, all finger food. And we’d play games and bond just like the real Swiss Family Robinson.
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I would come up with a “healthy” themed night with some healthy fruit/veggie snacks and we would play twister to make us more aware of our bodies and then play Life or Balderdash to work our creative juices and get our minds going!
I would come up with a “healthy” themed night with some healthy fruit/veggie snacks and we would play twister to make us more aware of our bodies and then play Life or Balderdash to work our creative juices and get our minds going!
I would love to have a Family Game Night with a theme of playing games that my husband and I played with as kids.
Clue, Life, Monopoly,Memory to name a few. I think my kids would be so happy to play the same games that we also played as kids.
Thanks so much.
I would love to have a Family Game Night with a theme of playing games that my husband and I played with as kids.
Clue, Life, Monopoly,Memory to name a few. I think my kids would be so happy to play the same games that we also played as kids.
Thanks so much.
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Thanks again.
Our next game night is going to be a Birthday game night for my son-in-law. We’ll be having pizza and appetizers. Since there are 2 small children we’ll have a movie for all of us and then the oldest child will get to play games wiwth us for a while. After she goes to bed we’ll switch over to either Monopoly or Scrabble.
Our next game night is going to be a Birthday game night for my son-in-law. We’ll be having pizza and appetizers. Since there are 2 small children we’ll have a movie for all of us and then the oldest child will get to play games wiwth us for a while. After she goes to bed we’ll switch over to either Monopoly or Scrabble.
How about Cooking Night? Everyone could get involved in making a meal for the week before the fun begins. Sure would help mom out.
How about Cooking Night? Everyone could get involved in making a meal for the week before the fun begins. Sure would help mom out.
Thank you for the giveaway. I’d have a game, music and ice cream night with my family! It would be fun because, we’d pick out a fun game to play, make sundae’s and turn on some tunes!
Thank you for the giveaway. I’d have a game, music and ice cream night with my family! It would be fun because, we’d pick out a fun game to play, make sundae’s and turn on some tunes!
My theme would be ” Bring out the child in you” and I would play fun games from my childhood like Trouble, serve silly snacks, and watch an animated movie.
madmerkf at aol dot com
My theme would be ” Bring out the child in you” and I would play fun games from my childhood like Trouble, serve silly snacks, and watch an animated movie.
madmerkf at aol dot com
I would probably choose mystery night…
The game of clue,costumes, and dinner would be a mystery in that they would have to search the cabinets for what they want…
I would probably choose mystery night…
The game of clue,costumes, and dinner would be a mystery in that they would have to search the cabinets for what they want…
We like to play games when we go camping so I think I would have a camping theme.
We could make smores, break out the sleeping bags and watch Grizzly Adams.
We like to play games when we go camping so I think I would have a camping theme.
We could make smores, break out the sleeping bags and watch Grizzly Adams.
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