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Here's an idea for a frugal night in with the family: Institute a weekly night where you get together and celebrate with a favorite food or activity. Kids love routine, and this way they have something fun (and cheap!) to look forward to each week.
Pretty brilliant, right?
Cafe Melisa from Pregnancy Buzz actually gave me the idea. She and her family have a Pizza-and-Movie Night every Saturday. They make homemade pizzas (getting creative by changing the toppings weekly!) and watch movies. And her kids love it!
Want some other ideas for family fun night?
- Cafe Sheri (Home and Garden Buzz) and Cafe MichelleL (Entertainment Buzz) also have Pizza Night every Friday.
- Cafe Kristen from Healthy Living Buzz and her family have Taco Night on Fridays.
- Along these lines (but during the day), Cafe Kierna of Big Kid Buzz says Big Breakfast Saturdays—with pancakes, turkey bacon, grits, and cheddar eggs—are a huge hit with her family.
- We do Breakfast for Dinner (or Brinner, as I like to call it) each week. We also do a Crepe Breakfast Bar on Saturday mornings. My husband makes crepes, and we set all different kinds of toppings out on the counter (peanut butter, fruit, jam, nuts, chocolate, etc.) and go to town filling the crepes with crazy combinations!
Here are some other activities for family fun night:
- Indoor picnic
- Board game night with snacks
- Make your own ice cream sundaes
Do you have a family night? What activities do you do?
Comments (8)
When we have family fun night we have something easy and fun to eat like taco's or something you can eat with your fingers .. we play a game that everyone likes or we watch a movie that is winter .. In the warmer days we go to the drive in or we play putt putt something the whole family can do it keeps you close and connected
We do Friday Night Camp Out at our house. We put sleeping bags and blankets all over the living room floor and we make pizza or something else fun to make that we can all do together. Then we watch something fun on TV or dig our our old movies we have not watched in awhile. We will pop some popcorn and snack and then we all camp out on the living room floor. My son and I started this a very long time ago and would watch TGIF with Boy Meets World. Once my daughter was born I decided to continue on with this because it was so much fun!
We do family fun night on Friday. We do pizza and either a movie or game.
Occasionally, when it is cold, we do a camp in like peajewel mentioned. We light the fire place and dont turn on the TV at all. Just roast hot dogs and marshmellows and play cards.
for famil night at my house we watch movies n eat pizza in winter and once it nice out we go for walks and to the park
Family fun day is the best day of the month... My husband works A LOT so we have family fun day once a month. The day starts with a HUGE breakfast and then we spend the whole day together without TV or computers, friends, phones or things that cost over $20. Sometimes we go to the Children's museum on their free day... or go hiking on one of the many trails around our area... or go to Home Depot for free building project for kids day (my kids LOVE that) or even just have a slumber party all day long! The point is you can have fun with you family and not have to spend money to have tons of fun!
We have tacos or pizza on Fridays and occasionally have "families fun" where we invite another family over and host a tacoluck where everyone contributes different ingredients. This way, we spend time with other families, the kids think it's fun and we share the cost of the meal (not a bad thing in these uncertain economic times!) Then, after all the kids run around, they either watch a movie or play board games.
We are trying to save money by eating at home as much as we can. Pizza night is a great one! My son and husband are becoming great cooks. It is a real family building activity. We are on the go with kid's sports and this is something they look forward to.
at our house we just started last month doing game night on wednesday nights one child picks a game then if theres time the other child will pick a game or gets first pick the next week. We also do once a month family movie night on a friday night we all agree on a movie the get blankets and pillows and jammies on the kids and i'll make popcorn.they love catching the popcorn as it pops out of the popper,lol. the night usually ends with dad and i carring a child to bed :) its fun for me as well as the kids.