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Growing up I loved to play board games. Santa brought me one every Christmas and my family played them a couple of times a week. Some of our favorites were Clue, Scrabble, Monopoly, and Life! We also loved card games and dominos. Some of my absolute best childhood memories are nights when my whole family sat around the kitchen table eating pizza and playing games. I hope to do that one day with my own family!
Until then I will just have to invite my girlfriends over for Girl’s Night In so I can get my game fix!
I think the perfect game night includes a good selection of both board and card games, fun snacks, and a signature drink! Every party has a signature drink, right? Mine do! Luckily I already had this bottle of Blackberry Cobbler Arkansas Lightning from Rock Town Distillery, a central Arkansas distillery, and so I decided to mix it with some champagne and rock candy and call it Blackberry Rocks! The fun part about this drink is that the flavor changes with the different rock candy flavors, it also changes the color so you can easily tell who each drink belongs to easily! To make it you just mix a shot of Blackberry Cobbler Arkansas Lightening with a glass of champagne and top with a rock candy of your color/flavor choice! YUM!
The leftover rock candy also makes cute table decor!!
For my fun snacks I would just go out and grab some Confetti Popcorn from Pop Pop Shoppe in Little Rock! It’s bright and colorful and it tastes delicious! Each different color has its own flavor, you should seriously try some if you haven’t already.
And then there are the games. Of course I would go with my childhood faves Scrabble, Clue, and Monopoly. I would also throw in Apples to Apples because that has quickly become one of my favorite games to play as an adult. I also love Cards Against Humanity but I don’t own that one! I also found a super fun “retro” pack of Uno cards at Target that I just had to buy. I am a sucker for anything retro…my Scrabble and Clue games are also “retro” that I grabbed at Target last year!
And then of course there are gift bags! No party is complete without gift bags! For a Girl’s Game Night In! party I would have to include some rock candy, a mini champagne (with its own mini straw…I DIE!!!), and a “The Perfect Gift” Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Scratch Off!! The Perfect Gift is one of the brand new scratch off games and is perfect for all of the upcoming holidays! I think scratch offs make great stocking stuffers, gift bag goodies, to go in Christmas Cards, etc.
I would also have some of the other new scratch offs as party decor that could double as prizes for whoever wins the games! Because you must have prizes at a game night party. Duh. The other new scratch offs are the $10,000 Blast, 10X Joker’s Jackpot and the Fast 5X.
I think scratch offs make fun prizes because it you win it is literally the gift that keeps on giving. I also love supporting the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. According to the information on their website…
“More than 92 cents of every dollar of Arkansas Scholarship Lottery revenue goes to prizes, scholarships, retailer commissions and other expenses in the state. Since Lottery sales started in 2009, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has helped provide nearly $700 million for scholarships to Arkansas students at 51 colleges and universities across the state. More than 235,000 students have been awarded an Academic Challenge Scholarship. Players have won nearly $2 billion in prizes and Lottery retailers have earned more than $178 million in commissions.”
…and that it truly something I can stand behind. I love that just by me purchasing a few lottery tickets I have helped to provide a scholarship for a college student who really needs it. As a recent college graduate, again…HA, I can really appreciate this. Thank you Arkansas Scholarship Lottery for giving back to students and for sponsoring this blog post!!
And that is how I would host a Girl’s Game Night In!!
Do you love game nights??
What is your favorite board game??
Do you play the lottery or purchase scratch off tickets??
Sounds like a great plan to spend the night with the girls and laugh until we cry playing these fun games. So fun!
What a fun Girls Night! I wish I had thought of this when I was younger. Oh well, board games know no age. I can still organize something like this for my girl cousins and sisters. :) My favorite board game is Clue and Scrabble.
Scrabble is probably my favorite board game and it’s so much fun playing with the girls. All the delish treats and goody bags are a great addition to girls game night. Looks like a fun party!
My hubby’s family love playing board games and his brother even keeps a list of winners. Our grandchildren always enjoy board game night with the family. Clue is their favorite and now they are all old enough to enjoy it. We will clear the table after Thanksgiving dinner and the competition begins.
I love your Girls’ Game Night In theme! My favorite game is Scattergories (though I haven’t played that in ages) – it’s so much fun seeing the different answers people come up with for each letter.
The scratch off tickets fit in with your party theme perfectly! It’s great that even if you lose, someone wins via the scholarship fund — that’s a fantastic benefit. I like to include scratch-offs when I mail out birthday or holiday cards, and to put in Christmas stockings. I’ll be keeping your party favor idea in mind as well :)
This looks like so much fun! I love a good game night in with the family! PS I LOVE me a scratch off lottery ticket!!
This is such a fun idea for a Girl’s Night In. Celebrating a relaxing evening at home with my friends sounds like a great idea. I love your ideas for making this a special night!
Lottery tickets are always a nice prize! They fit easily into a card as well during the holidays.
Oh! I want to attend the party! Sounds like a perfect evening!
Ummmm can I come to your next game night because it looks so fun?! I love board games, but most of the time my game nights include little guys. I’d love an adults-only game night!
This is awesome. We just recently hosted a family game night., with relatives we don;t get to see very often It was a blast. I would love to host a girls night with games.
This is such a great idea. We were going to have a wine exchange, but now maybe I’ll have it as a girls game nite!
Yes!!! This is an awesome girls night! Heck, would have to make this my always Friday night. In college my friends and I use to stay in and play board games. It was so much fun and I have my feeling my friends would be thrilled to do it again.
Can I please be invited? This sounds like a very fun night! I love the classic games and of course the signature drink you created.
I love a good game night with the family. This sounds like such a fun game night with the girls. How fun!
Looks like a perfect girls game night. I’m curious did anyone win big on those scratch tickets? lol
These sounds like great ideas for a girls game night in. I love the idea of the board games and having the scratch off tickets as the prizes. A signature drink and the colored popcorn with each color a different flavor are both great idea too. Thanks for sharing the tips.
Wow, great setup! You included so many fun aspects!
Oh my gosh, this looks like such a fun time with friends. I love how fun it looks.
What a fun night you must have had! My friend loves lottery tickets and wine, so she would be there in a heartbeat. I also love the idea of board games.
That sounds like so much fun. Nothing is better than a little friendly competition and a little (or a lot) of alcohol.
Candy, games, and alcohol? Sounds like a recipe for the perfect girls night in to me! I love it.
I love the idea of a girl’s game night. I bet it gets really funny when everyone has had a few drinks lol
What a great girls night in!! My husbands family lives playing board games at family get together a and we have incorporated it in our family as well. I love that drink concoction. I can’t wait to try it
Girl!!! This is the best idea! We do girls night in all the time and I never thought to add scratch offs. I love a gift that keeps on giving! We always play cards, so next time I’m giving out scratch off tickets to the winner. Love this idea and so inexpensive!
My friends and I love girls game nights. These are super fun ideas. I have to try that drink.
I could have a fun time with a couple drinks and some scratch offs, my husband and I do that occasionally. Nothing like the chance at winning!
Oh gosh this looks like so much fun! I love the way the rock candies look in the drinks – and they way they taste too!!! So amazing and such a great idea! I love your pictures!
It has been ages since I have done a girls night in party like this. I miss playing board games with my girls. We used to have so much fun.
This is so cute! I’ve never even thought of having a game night but with some wine and the perfect games it sounds like the best night!
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My family loves game night so we have a nice collection of board games to keep everyone entertained. I’m also a fan of scratch off tickets but I haven’t bought any in a while.
That sounds like a lot of fun. I need to have a girls night soon. I haven’t had one in so long.
This is a super cute idea! I like the lottery ticket touch, very unique.
Scrabble is probably my favorite board game and it’s so much fun playing with the girls. All the great treats and goody bags are great to a girls game night! Love it!
How fun would this be?! I love the drinks and the rock candy! The little goody bags are so fantastic!
The popcorn looks so good. I wish that I could try it.
I loved playing games growing up. I might have to find my boys a new game for Christmas.
What a fun night to spend with my girlfriends. I already have a date on the calendar for December and we will definitely use some of these ideas.
Omg how fun is this?!?! I just love a good girls night!!!! Plus who doesn’t love playing the lotto?!?