You're almost at the Christmas gifting finish line! Maybe you’ve finished wrapping all those wonderful gifts and are now onto the stockings. Like me, you've probably considered candy (do you really want the kids more wired on Christmas morning?), tiny stuffed animals (we certainly don't need any more!), chapstick, or even lottery tickets. First I want to say thank you to Happy Duo Games for providing me with the Family Dates Card Game for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own, but I really do think I've found the perfect final touch for any stocking!

The Happy Duo Games Family Dates Card Game is the ultimate choice for a stocking stuffer (measuring over 5 inches by 4 inches)! You get so much in this perfect gift, including 40 incredibly fun scratch-off cards. The best part? Everyone is a guaranteed winner, every single time—much better than traditional lottery scratch-offs!

The Family Dates Card Game offers a wide variety of scratch-off date ideas, ensuring there's something for everyone. The deck includes: 12 games and challenges, 7 tasty dates, 7 mini adventures, 6 bonding activities, 5 create and make activities, and 3 invest and imagine activities. A feature I particularly appreciated is that the cards are color-coded by the time of day: pink for Anytime, red for Daytime, and blue for Evening. This categorization made it simple to quickly narrow down the selection to find an activity suitable for our family at that specific time.

Each card offers four key pieces of information to give you a head start before scratching off the activity:

• Prep: The estimated time needed for preparation.
• Length: The duration of the activity itself.
• Cost: Many options are even Free!
• Location: Whether the activity can be done at home or requires going away from home.

This makes sure you aren't going into the scratch-offs completely blind! As an extra feature, a small hint at the bottom of each card suggests what you may be about to participate in.

We had an absolute blast using the home scratch-off cards! For example, a game of dice truth or dares led to an hour of genuine, cost-free family time. We ended up jumping around with ice cubes and sharing our least favorite meals, proving that spending time together is the real win.

I will definitely be breaking this game out for the week between Christmas and New Years when everyone is home and the house feels SO full. I’m looking forward to Happy Duo’s Family Dates Card Game giving my family and I some much needed laughs and fun straight into the New Year. 

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