
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?
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!


Melinda Carter
I am a mother to four kids and, for all intensive purposes, I am a single mother at night. My husband is gone from 2:30 pm to 11:30 pm every night! So, finding the time to be able to spend with four kids at the ages of 11, 5, 3 and not yet 8 months is hard!
I love the idea of game night though! That is something that we can all get into!
Aimee
My family and their families are notorious for loving board games and are always looking for the next great one. We have a family birthday party and BBQ coming up in October and I would love to bring this as a gift!
Ruth Ann
My family loves Settlers of Catan. Not the sterotypical boardgame but all kinds of fun. Thanks for the chance to win!
Rebecca Manning
Our family loves to play BananaGrams. It’s fun for the older ones, and for our youngest, it helps him to learn his letters. We also love to play clue.
dora
my kids love monopoly jr.
martha
oh man, this is a hard question, b/c we have alot of favorite games…. but let’s see………….. I’m going to say right now the favorite is UNO attack. we all enjoy [email protected]
nikki
Cranium is a favorite with our group of friends and family.
nikki
I subscribe to your RSS feed too!
rebecca meyers
my son love’s the dora version of candy land.
Eric
I love game night!!!!!
Rebecca
We love Trivial Pursuit and all manner of card games!
johanna
Catch Phrase, scrabble and all manner of word games. Our kids are too young right now for board games!
Rebecca
I subscribe in google reader.
Rebecca
I joined your forums as Mountain Mama
maria
my kids love the shrek operation game!!
maria
and your badge is already on my blog
maria
and im a forum user!!
TheAngelForever
Love all types of board games. Candyland with my boys, Uno with older kids, Scattegories with adult. Thanks for the opportunity.T
TheAngelForever
RSS Subscriber in Google Reader :)
evonne
I love love love candyland, i plan on getting it for christmas this year for my daughter!
Kristie Fox
Already a RSS subscriber…
Jessie
My 9 year-old son loves strategy games like Stratego and Risk, but his little sisters can’t keep up!
Jessie
I belong to the forums.
Gabe
We just started family game afternoon with our 2 and 4 yr olds. They love to play Brown bear, Brown bear
melissa christenson
our favorie games are cranium, would you rather, and phase 10…
kelly ronca
My boys love to play Uno. I am teaching my oldest son to play boggle (a favorite of mine) For the whole family, we play blokus together!
Ariel
We love Blokus.
Elizabeth
My family loves playing Connect Four and Operation. Everytime we play operation my daughter dresses up in her Doctor Costume.
Melissa
Right now, our favorite is Whoonu!
Melissa
I already subscribe thru e-mail.