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Family Game Night Ideas 101112131415161718123456789 Family Game Night Ideas 101112131415161718123456789 Disney Pictionary To play Disney Pictionary you don’t need much! All you need is: 1) Paper 2) A writing utensil 3) A list of movies or characters There is a list of 90 characters and movie titles. It is not all-inclusive so feel free to add or take out titles or names, as you desire. Now just play the way that the classic game of Pictionary is played! Take turns drawing titles or characters and drawing them until your teammates can pick them. If you have enough people you can split into teams and time the drawings, as you would with the board game. Novie Titles • Cars • Aladdin • Bambi • Tangled • Cinderella • Fantasia • Finding Nemo • Sleeping Beauty • Dumbo • Wreck it Ralph • The Emperor's New • Pinocchio Groove • Peter Pan • Lilo and Stitch The Jungle Book • Frozen • • Chicken Little The Lion King • Toy Story • • Bolt Beauty and the Beast • Nonsters, Inc. • • Pocahontas • Snow White • The Princess and the The Hunchback of Frog • • The Nightmare Notre Dame 101 Dalmatians Before Christmas • • Wall-E Lady and the Tramp • Planes • • Hercules • The Incredibles • A Bug's Life • Alice in Wonderland • The Fox and the Hound • The Little Nermaid • Nulan • Up • Tarzan • Brave • The Sword and the Stone • Robin Hood • The Aristocats • The Rescuers Novie Characters • Nickey Nouse • Cinderella • Pinocchio • Ninnie Nouse • Sleeping Beauty • Princess Anna • Goofy • Naleficent • Queen Elsa • Wreck it Ralph • The Genie • Olaf • Peter Pan • Simba • Rapunzel • Pluto • Belle • Flynn Ryder • Donald Duck • The Beast • Wall-E • Sully • Buzz Lightyear • Tiana • Snow White • Woody • Dumbo • Captain Hook • Nike Wasowski • Nemo • Dusty Crophopper • Cruella DeVille • Nr. Incredible • Nulan • Alice in Wonderland • Tarzan • Ariel • Princess Jasmine • Ursula • Lightning NcQueen • Nerida • Nater • Robin Hood • Bambi • Aladdin For fishy races you need: 1) Pieces of foam (or paper or card if you prefer) 2) Some straws 3) Tape 4) Scissors 5) String First cut out fishes, from pieces of foam and decorate them. You could also use paper or card, if you don’t have foam. Then tape a piece of straw to the mouth of the fish, to make it easier for the fish to move along the string. Threaded each fish’s straw onto a piece of string and then tie it tight between two chairs, one for each fish to race on. You’re all set.. Ready..Set.. GO! Blow your fish along the string to see whose fish is faster! Lego Challenge Game Directions 1) Supplies needed: Lego building blocks 2) Pick a challenge card out of a hat or container (make your own challenge cards or use the ideas provided) 3) Complete the challenge on the card 4) Nake it competitive by competing against each other to see who can build what is on the card the fastest 5) You can play by yourself with a timer to challenge how fast you can build as well Example Challenge Cards Animal Cars 3 minute timer A room in the house Favorite food Only green Legos Puppies Occupation Garden Something you can wear 50 pieces Community A Tree Tower Balloon Family Fun Night: A Narathon of activities and all you need are a few balloons! 1. Balloon Keep-up: don’t let the balloon touch the floor. See how long the family can keep it in the air (hint: station big people closer to little people). 2. Balloon Hockey: Use the paper plate “paddles” for this game, but you can also use kitchen utensils. Players had to try and hit the balloon into their team’s “goal.” I made goals out of laundry baskets and placed them across from each other in the living room. 3. Balloon Tennis: Using the “paddles” bump the balloons back and forth to your partner. 4. Balloon Waddle: Stand two kids side by side and place the ball between their hips. Now send them across the room, and see if they can get there without dropping the balloon. 5. Balloon Catch: give half of the players a large mixing bowl and half of the players a balloon. Have them toss the balloon to see if they can catch it in the bowl. 6. Balloon Head Bump: keep their balloon in the air and off the floor only using their heads. If the balloon falls to the floor they are out. Last one with their balloon in the air wins. 7. Balloon Finger Balance: players have to balance their balloon on their finger. Their finger must be in contact with the balloon at all times. 8. Balloon Volleyball: Used your couch as a net and hit the balloon across to each other. Each team will hit the balloon and score points when they are able to get the balloon to hit the ground on the opposite side. 9. Balloon Hula: Two players hold up the hula hoop for the others. The object of this game is to use the paddle to hit the balloon through a hula hoop. Some more fun family game night games are: Apples to Apples Bananagrams Party Box The anagram game An awesome game that will drive you of comparisons! bananas as players Made for multiple race to build players ages 12 and crossword grids! For 1 up. to 8 players, ages 7 and up Phase 10 Card Game A fantastic family game for 2 to 6 players. You work your way through sequences using your cards! Spot It A fun, fast-paced, and simple card game that everyone aged 7 years and up can enjoy. Farkel Party Game A game of guts and luck, guaranteed to provide plenty of hootin’ and hollarin’ action for everyone from grade Quelf school to grandpa. Meant A hilarious game for Two to Six Players night winner, that will Age 8 and Up. make you laugh until you cry. There’s no wrong answers just follow the directions on the cards .
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