family game night {a gift}

Do your kids get invited to birthday parties over and over and over and over?  Between my 3 little ones {miss teen is past that stage}, some weekends seem to be about running from party to party.

Anyway.

Lately, I feel like I’ve been wanting to give more creative or meaningful gifts to the girls friends.  And I suppose it doesn’t help that I’m not really the most creative gift-giver to begin with.

Anyway.  I had a stroke of gift-giving genius right in the middle of good-ol’ Tarjay and figured I might as well share it with y’all!

So.  I was passing through the toy department waiting for something to jump out at me, when I came to the game aisle.  Yes! a game.  Perfect!  But just a game?  Boring.

What can I to make it a little more exciting?  I’ll put together “a family game night” package!

What to include?

  • a game {play}
  • popcorn {snack}
  • children’s cd {listen}
  • gift card to Domino’s {eat}

Perfect, no?  If not … at least humor me and say you think it is … :)

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110 Comments

  1. Melanie Melugin April 29, 2010 at 7:43 am

    what a great and inventive idea…..don’t you just love Tarjay?

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  2. Amy April 29, 2010 at 7:47 am

    I love this idea Tracie. I am so stealing it for my girls’ friends. I always struggle with Birthday gifts. They would love this. Thanks for sharing your idea!

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  3. Lauren April 29, 2010 at 7:48 am

    That’s totally awesome and adorable!! What game did you get?

    If you’ve never heard of Five Crowns, I totally recommend it! It’s a card game with five suits and then you basically play a sort of progressive rummy with it. It’s super fun and we’ve found that kids 8+ can pretty much handle it, or at least sit on a parent or grandparent’s lap.

    Where can I sign up on the “have Tracie send me a package on my birthday” list just to see what beautiful thing you put together. :)

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  4. Cathy April 29, 2010 at 7:49 am

    Ohmygosh, SO cute! What a fun idea!

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  5. cyndi April 29, 2010 at 8:14 am

    What a perfect idea! It would also make a great “family gift” for neighbors & friends at Christmas.

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  6. Dawn April 29, 2010 at 8:58 am

    perfect? perfectly brilliant! and i’m not jsut saying that to humor you :)

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  7. heather April 29, 2010 at 9:07 am

    Love it! But you know how I feel about the themed gifts! :-)

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  8. Leslie April 29, 2010 at 10:20 am

    Awesome idea, and deliciously executed! Love the wrapping!

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  9. Abbie April 29, 2010 at 11:29 am

    Love that gift! It’s very thoughtful.

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  10. heather April 29, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    and the more i think about it, the more i know i finally need to get some of the japanese tape. where do you get it? and…what is your tissue source these days?

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  11. Beth April 29, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    Perfection!

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  12. karen April 29, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    love it! (i especially love the pretty packaging with the pretty tape.) tracie, you are hereby invited to my birthday party….um….next year?

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  13. katherinemarie April 30, 2010 at 10:14 am

    beyond perfection!!!!!!! I would die and go to heaven if my kids received a gifts like this… OF course your packaging is beautiful too. :):)

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  14. Sue April 30, 2010 at 11:35 am

    You are one of the most creative gift givers I know and your family game night idea proves it!

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