Making Family Fun Night a Reality
Posted by Danielle Bean in Reviews on Monday, November 30, 2009 10:00 AM
A couple of weeks ago, I decided we weren’t spending enough time together—having fun—as a family. So I attempted to institute a “Family Fun” night (by the way, look for a way-cool article by Kate Wicker on this very topic in the Spring 2010 issue of Faith & Family magazine).
I served steak sandwiches and potato chips for dinner and then forced my family to play charades.
Yes, I did.
It actually worked pretty well and most of the kids enjoyed it, but now I’m afraid the charades thing is getting just a bit old, especially with the big kids.
I want to enforce family fun, but I don’t want to be lame. So I am planning to buy some board games—it would be great to have a variety of popular family games to choose from.
I am considering Pictionary Jr and Trivial Pursuit Family Edition
but I haven’t actually played these versions and I’d much rather choose games that real people recommend.
So I am turning to you for your family board game recommendations.
Here are my criteria:
1. Needs to be play-able (in some form) by a variety of ages
2. Needs to be play-able in 1-2 hours
3. Needs to not bore the parental units to death (This is why Monopoly, Sorry, Clue, and Life have already been rejected)
Rescue my kids from charades! What games have you played with your family that were a hit?
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