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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!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Diane

    We LOVE to play games. We play games all the time. Lately it’s been Blink between schoolwork and meals. We also like Blokus. Take 2 is fun as well. The little ones enjoy Buckaroo!

  3. Heather

    We love playing games at my house, but it is hard to just pick one. When my daughter is playing too, I would say Candyland and Don’t Wake Daddy are our favorites. With adults, our favorite game ever is Scattergories.

  10. cnuland

    I prefer adult board games versus the kids versions. Our all time favorite (with older kids) – the one we keep going back to is just plain, old-fashioned cribbage.

  13. Jennifer

    My family and I love family game night! We are looking for a few new games to put in our camping stash, so this would be AWESOME to win. Candyland has alway been a big hit here!

  16. Jenny Tadehara

    wow…tough choice:) we la la love games!! we definitely play apples to apples more than candyland, but what a fun childhood memory!! we also like to play whatiff!! great family night idea…thanks!

  18. Maggie Gardner

    I love the game Settlers of Catan and I am also in love with connect four. My favorite game to play with my daughter is buckaroo (a mule stacking game). I love the family night at home.

  19. Michele

    My daughter is 3 and we just started introducing her to games. So far, she has Candyland and this Domino Fairy game and she loves both of them. I want to buy her the shoots and ladders game (I think that’s what it is called. It’s been so much fun playing games with her.

  21. Tracy P

    Our family has stock in all different versions of Memory! It is a game we have played with our 17 year old, 7 year old and now down to our 2 year old.

  30. Christina

    My oldest boy is only four – so our favorite “family” game is “Hi Ho Cherry-O” and a really old game I picked up at garage sale called “Snoopy’s Dog House.”

    My husband and I love playing Balderdash, Outburst, and Taboo with friends.

    Thanks for a great giveaway!