We are a family who loves to spend time together playing games. Usually this finds us at the dining room table, split into teams throwing jibes back and forth. Yup we like to refer to this as bonding time. Mattel wants to bring back family game night and I’m all for it. The time spent together, winning and losing has allowed us to bond and help our kids to become gracious losers….and remind myself of this all too often.
The fine folks at Mattel recently asked me to hold a Family Game Night and of course I said YES! They did present me with a challenge, I had to head over to the Mattel Gameology Facebook App which asked me a bunch of questions in order to determine my game sign. I’m a Socialies. Mattel sent me an amazing box of games and party accessories which were based upon my gameology profile.
Game On Family Game Night Kit
Mattel sent me a gorgeous box which included some games, coasters, bottle openers, napkins and colourful fortune cookies. For our game night we decided that we’d invite my Mum and our friend from next door to join the kids, my husband and I.
After putting out some chips and blending up some Pina Colada Mocktails we were all set for our night of fun.
We chose to play UNO first, this is a card game we play often. It’s perfect if you have a variety of ages, believe me when I say it can get competitive. Our girls actually ganged up on me and well….I may have come in last…My Mum had never played UNO and it was hilarious teaching her. She caught on quickly and much to my dismay she joined in on the “Get Julie” mantra.
Because it was a weekday evening we gave the kids the choice of our final game. While we’d love to have gotten to play all of them, it was getting late. It was no surprise that they jumped on Angry Birds, they’d been bugging me to open the box since it crossed the threshold of the front door.
This game is AWESOME, we love the digital version and this one didn’t disappoint. First thing you do is line up the cards and choose form 4 levels of difficulty. You choose a card and build your obstacle as per instructions.
Now you line up the birds specified on the card and send them flying towards the obstacle. The idea is to knock off all of the birds to WIN.
We really enjoyed our Game Night and encourage you all to get one on the calendar yourselves.
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In fact…the kind folks at Mattel have provided me with one Game On package to giveaway to one of my Canadian readers! The winner will be drawn on November 29th and have 48 hours to respond. Good luck!
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I would invite my parents to come and play games with us.
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My four wonderful boys and husband.
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I would def do this for my hubbys birthday. He loves getting his friends and my family together for some good ole game night fun!
my kids :)
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my family!
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my grandma
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Nothing is better than family time!
Just Hubby and kids and I
A whole bunch of relatives from my sisters, cousins, mother and aunts.
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I would invite my nephew
Including hubby, our 7 yr old son, 5 year old daughter and myself we would probably invite my parents as they are a hoot to play games with and they bring up the level of competitiveness just a wee bit ;-)
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my sisters
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We love playing board games!
I’d pass this on to my niece, she could invite her husband and 4 children.
Well..we don’t have any family in the province so we’d make it a family and friends game night and invite some close buds of ours. ;)
Id invite my nephews to come play with us they like playing games as much as we do
With my kiddies (boys) of course.
I would play with my hubby, my daughter and fiance
Sounds like a great way to wile away evenings in a Great Canadian Winter.
i would invite my sister and her kids
LOok like fun…We love to play our angry birds…and angry birds UNO with the boys!!
All my kids love board games, I would of course have them, my brothers, and friends who wanted to play. We love playing board games together :)
Parents, siblings and friends :)
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My husband and kids would be the company for the night – awesome – we LOVE game nights!!
We do family game night with the 4 of us fairly often but I’d love to host a big game night with my mom, her husband, my sister and nephew! The more, the merrier!
We do game night with the four of us.
We have the angry birds game and love it – building and then smashing is always fun!
We’d invite my grandson and his parents!
my neighbours
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my bff and her 8 yr old son.
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I would invite Aunt Madsine!
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We love game nights with the whole family !
I would invite my Mom and Step-dad to my family game night! We are a game playing family :)
I would invite the whole extended family…we’re a quirky bunch who are funny and loud when playing games!
our game nights would be myself, my husband and our 2 rascals
I would invite my nieces and nephews :)
my hilarious neighbors
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nana and papa
my kids, and my nieces!
I’d invite my nephew and some family friends!
I would invite my family and even my in-laws!
my crazy kids and inlaws
I would invite my son, sister and nephews….
my kids and grandkids
My parents and brother:)
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I would invite my neighbors and their kids.
my kids of course and some snacks
My nephews!
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no one lives close.
it would just be us.
My sister and her kids definitely
Cousins!
My kids and family friends
I would invite a neighbour family – my girls & their girls love to play together.
my family, games are a fun reason for us to all get together.
I’d invite my cousin and her family. They are always a lot of fun.
I’d invite the extended family.
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I would invite my sister and her family over for game night.
I’d invite my parents.
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My sister and her family along with my immediate family!
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my dad and cousons
My two boys.
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Awesome! We have family game night on Saturdays !
I’d invite my kids
Parents and my brother and his family
My inlaws. It’s so much fun to get togetehr and play games.
DEFINETLY my grandkids – all 16 of them!! :-)
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I’d play with my family. I’m sure my three kiddos would love this!
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I’d invite my in-laws.
I’d invite the guys helping us with the reno and their wives.
My parents :)
I think I would pull this our during christmas, after the kids have gone down to have a good old fashioned game night with my parents & my inlaws, what a great way to celebrate ;)
I would invite my BFFs. We have great games night
My kids hubby n sister
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We’d invite the grandparents over to play!
I would invite my two sons and their girlfriends over for game night.
I’d invite our friends who enjoy game nights!
I’d invite all six of my kids and my mother. Thanks.
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I’d invite the grandparents and uncles. :-) Let the fun begin!!
I invite all my children to game night, usually we have have it after Sunday Supper for holiday dinners.
good luck to all
Some of my closest friends!
My two brothers, my sister, my nana, my mom and step dad :-) Sounds like a party! :-)
My husband and kids!
my besties
I love playing games with my cousins, siblings, parents and aunts and uncles. So I’d invite them all!
We have game nights about every six weeks. We invite our neighbors and a few other couples. We play games and have great food. Each time we go to a different house in rotation. It is one night we always look forward to. Thanks for the super giveaway opportunity. Keep up the super blogging.
ide invite the inlaws i actually have pretty great inlaws!
I’d invite my bestie and her family!
Our best friends and their kids
We play cards with family a couple times a month. This would be nice for a change
I would invite the grandkids
I would invite anyone who would play !!!
The usuals, my brother his girlfriend, my sister her boyfriend, my mom, and my fiance.
My mom dad and my grandparents
I would invite the in-laws :)
Our family would LOVE the game, hope we win!
Elaine and Toney are always fun for a game night with the kids
I would invite my sister and her family .
We have 4 kids, so our family along makes for a great game night :-) We also enjoy getting together with good friends and playing games!
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I would invite everyone over for my birthday party:)
My cousin and her kids!
my mom and dad
I would invite the local nieces and nephews for a game night sleepover.
My Family!
Our best friends.
My friends an I always play board games together. Beats playing video games
i would invite many people over we love to play games with others . I would say either my sis in law or my best friend
I would play with my husband and two kids.
I would invite my lil’ boys, partner & close friends
It would be just me and the kids :)
i would invite my brother, sister in law, niece and nephew to family game night
I would invite relatives
My Son, his girlfriend, my step-daughter and her boyfriend.
hubby and the kids
my sister and her children as well as my children and husband
My Wife and Kids. I’d be too shy to ask anyone else.
I would give this to my daughter to play when she invites her co-workers for a fun night!
I would invite my family.
I would invite my mom to come playing with her grandkids :)
Just me and my boys, game nights and movie nights are our time together.
My sister and her children – we love playing games!
I would invite my brother, his wife and nephews!
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My best friend Ashlee and her family, we love board games!! =)
My sister, brother in law and nephew
I’d invite my cousins over! It’s a great excuse to see everyone.
Our family LOVES game night and are always excited to find a new game for the whole family… great contest!
Oh the memories of game night as a child. Every friday night we would sit around the kitchen table (me, sis, brother, mom, stepdad) and play Game of Life and other games. I would definitely invite everyone over and do it all over again … except we would never play survivor again because I ALWAYS got voted off the island first :( LOL
We are also a gaming family!! Love!
My son’s best friend. If they are in town, my sis-in-law and her kids.
The Whole Family! Game Nights are the Best!
My family of course as well as our cousin and his family
I would invite the grandparents, aunts and uncles and all the cousins!
I would invite my kids and spouses and grandkids.
My BFF’s!
Thank you!
Dawn
my mother and father in law
family and friends
friends and amily
i would invite my brother and his daughters to family game night!
I would love it if my brother came to game night
i think just me, my boyfriend, the kids, and my mother in law (my parents dont live close enough to drop by to play games, Lol)
My sister, brothers and cousins
id invite my kiddos and a couple family friends
I’d invite my family
All my familly mmember
I would have my nephews over to play. We’ve been having gaming time since they were little wee ones and it’s always the highlight of my life…….
I would have my little cousin and siblings over and play the whole night!
hubby’s cousins – they are cool
I would invite my brother, his wife and their two sons over.
My brothers with their children
I would invite my family
I would invite my sis and my 2 nephews!
I would invite the whole family! I think this would be great fun for Christmas Eve.
my kids and fiancee
my in laws, we would have a blast
The kids have just started to get into baord games. We need to add some more classics like thesr to keep them interested
This is definitely an awesome prize pack! My son would love the angry birds and Uno games! The apples to apples looks like loads of fun! Thanks for the giveaway!
I’d invite my friends over.
I would invite my son & his family over for family game night. I always love board games :) Thank you Julie for the chance to win!! xx fingers crossed xx
My brother-in-law and his girlfriend.
I love family game nights! I would invite my daughter, Valerie & her husband and our 2 grandchildren for a fun evening. Thanks Mattel & Julie for this great Game On Family Game Night Prize Pack…..hope I’m lucky:)
I’d invite my sisters, my mom and dad, and my boyfriend.
I would invite all mu kids friends — blast night!!
Hubby and daughters!
I’d invite my parents and my brother!
Bf and his daughter
I would invite SIL/BIL and nephew over for a fun family game night!!
Game nights are huge in my house. Usually family and friends are invited. Lots of laughs and memories!
My husband and kids
My cousins and their children
Id invite my mom and her boyfriend
A group of friends that gets together regularly for games night.
I would invite my parents to game night!
grandma & aunties for sure :)