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Giveaway: Create Your Own Family Game Night

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In today’s economy, a family outing to the movies can put a strain on most budgets! You don’t even want to know what a recent trip to the movie theater cost our family. We dropped over $100 and didn’t even get to watch the entire movie between bathroom breaks and tantrums. From now on, we’re definitely waiting for the DVD!

Luckily Walmart and Hasbro have partnered to help families make memories and enjoy each other at home. This week, stores across the country have Family Game Night aisles dedicated to helping you put together your own Family Game Night for under $40.

Choose a theme like Sweet Tooth Sunday — with Candyland and the sugary sweet movie Pollyanna along with soda and makings for a homemade ice cream sundaes — or Special Mission Night — all about solving puzzles and using your smarts to uncover a mystery and play Pictureka along with secret recipes of creative snacks to enjoy while you watch National Treasure. Or pick from your all-time favorites at affordable prices.

We headed out to Walmart today with $40 in hand to check it out, and the kids were thrilled with both the selection of games and movies. We finally narrowed it down to Trouble and Operation (both faves of mine when I was younger), and the girls picked out High School Musical. We snagged all 3 for just $35, so we have $5 left over to pick up some simple snacks. $40 for a fun and relaxing evening at home compared to $100+ for a disastrous and stressful outing is a huge bargain! Plus the entertainment isn’t limited to a single 2-hour span.

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom winner will receive a $40 Walmart giftcard to put together their own Family Game Night theme!

To enter, tell me what your family’s favorite board game is. Do you have young children who love Candyland, or do you prefer adult games like Apples to Apples?

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. Tell me about your favorite family board game!

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Prize:
(1) $40 Walmart gift card

This giveaway ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on Wednesday 9/23. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email on and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Good luck!

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Comments

  3. Amy S.

    Our favorites include: Connect 4, Candyland, and Whac A Mole. They are fun for all the different ages 8 and down! Love game nights:)

  5. Kira C

    I was raised on games several nights a week, now I am doing the same thing with my children. We love the time together and I think it gets their brains working really well.

  15. Sheri

    My family loves electronic monopoly. Takes a long time to play, but it’s alot of fun and teaches them about money.

    Thanks for the chance to win.

  17. Wren

    We always have a game ready when we entertain. Right now the game of choice is Apples to Apples for every age we have visit. With our youngest just entering high school, it would be fun to get some new games for after footnball game get togethers:)

  21. Shelly in SoCal

    I just signed up for your RSS feeds, but our favorite family game is Taboo for kids, it always gets us laughing. :)

  22. Jenn W

    We love to play Guess Who, Don’t break the Ice and trouble with our kindergarten aged child. Together, as a couple we enjoy Scrabble and Yahtzee. Awesome post. I think people do need to be reminded of going back to the more “simple” forms of entertainment that don’t break the bank.

    I’m also a subscriber :)