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We love to play games as a family, it is one of our favorite things to do. For a Frugal Family Fun night we chose to play Apples to Apples. Playing games is always a great (and inexpensive) way to have fun!
I have mentioned before that I like to purchase gifts ahead of time when Target has their big 75% markdown event. I also like to pick up games at these type of sales and save them in our gift closet. Occasionally, we will give one of the games as a gift, but every once and awhile I will pull out a new game to entertain our family. It is a very inexpensive way to add a new game to our collection. These games above are a sample of games that I bought on clearance.
To carry on with the apple theme, we made these fun apple cupcakes from the new book What’s New, Cupcake?. Incidentally, Amazon has the What’s New, Cupcake? cookbook for only $7.82 (That’s an awesome deal!)
I thought they turned out so cute! They were fun and fairly simple to make too. Our oldest son is very artistic, so we had him working on shaping the stems and leaves. Not only did we have the fun of playing the game, but we also had fun baking the cupcakes together. If you are interested in making these cupcakes, Amazon is sharing the Apple Cupcake Recipe on their website.
Cost breakdown of our Frugal Family Fun night:
Red Cupcake Liners = .24 (I just counted the 8 we used)
Cake Mix = .78
Frosting = .73
Tootsie rolls (brown & green) .29 (I bought these in the bulk section at Winco)
Red Sprinkles = 1.99
Final Price for our evening of fun = $4.03 ( .58 per person)
Tatiana says
Thanks for the tip on the cupcake book! I just ordered a copy!
Abby says
I love this we do the same thing at our house every Friday night is Family fun night so we often will either play a Wii game together or a board game I have bought on sale.
By the way I was at the Renton Target today and found Caterpillar Scatter on clearance 75% off for less than $5. Also found the Nintendo DS game Charm Girls Club My Perfect Prom for only $7.48! I am putting that one back in my gift closet! It is rare to find DS games on sale.
Jaime says
Those cupcakes look awesome! You guys did a great job on them!
Peggy Gorman says
The apple cupcakes are adorable!