Welcome to Day #6 of the 12 Days of Valentine’s Day, where I’m sharing some fun and affordable Valentine’s Day gifts, plus giving you a chance to win these products yourself! Be sure to check back each day for a new gift idea and giveaway.
Did you know that Time magazine has said that the number one commonality of happy people is that of “counting your blessings”? I whole-heartedly agree that being thankful for what we do have can go a long way in life. That’s why I’m pretty excited about the new game from the maker of Balderdash called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings.
So, the things I enjoy about this game-
Encourages family togetherness- check!
Encourages an attitude of gratitude- check!
This game is right up my alley!
While playing, you’ll be challenged to see things sunny side up (often a rarity in our culture!), giving answers to real-life issues such as “What are three ‘silver linings’ you can fire off about losing your job?”. Game questions are divided into five different categories, including Look on the Bright Side, Soul Food, Attitude of Gratiture, Thank-Tank, and (my personal favorite) Count Your Blessings. (Example Count Your Blessings card question- “Name three things you appreciate about your bedroom… that won’t put the group to sleep!”)
Perhaps instead of getting individual gifts for Valentine’s Day, your family might consider getting the Count Your Blessings game as a family gift. It’s made for groups of two or more, and the game maker says it’s great for ages 11 and up. (I do certainly think a younger child could play and benefit from the family “gratitude” game time though!) What a fun way to encourage family bonding- and a thankful heart- in 2010!
You can purchase Count Your Blessings from Toys, Game, and Puzzles for $22.98, or you can get it from Amazon for $23.50. The game qualifies for free Prime shipping on Amazon, so if you have’t taken advantage of your free Prime trial, this might be a great time to do so to get the game shipped for free! If you find a better price on this game when you’re out and about shopping, please be sure to let me know.
Count Your Blessings wants to give one Mrs. Moneysaver reader a copy of the game, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings. You have three ways you can enter, and you can pick as many entries (up to three) as you would like. Make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry. If you are reading this post from an email, you must click over to the Mrs. Moneysaver site to leave your comments.
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You can enter anytime now through Sunday, February 14thst at 8PM EDT. One winner will be selected at random. I will contact the winner by email shortly after the giveaway ends, and the winner will have 48 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond within that time frame, a new winner will be selected.
Thanks for entering!
The product reviewed above and the giveaway prize were provided by Count Your Blessings. The opinions shared within the review are mine and were not provided by the company.
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Husband talked about when the kids are a little older volunteering together as a family. Now we can have them pick food at store to donate and let them pick out toys to donate. Let them know that there are so many that don’t have as much as we do.
we try to teach our kids about showing gratitude when given things
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Our children are encouraged to make thank you cards for others when they are given a gift or someone does something nice for them.
We recently created a “family time” once a month (New Year’s Eve was the first) where we take turns giving thanks for the different blessings in our lives. We have also been talking about the tragedy in Haiti, what we can do to help, and how lucky we are to have so much.
we encourage please and thank you from the start and love to share our extras with others!
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as a single parent, I try to encourage my child to look at all the ways God or people bless us everyday and all the “things” we have. Do we really need those things?
We also play a I love you more than….
Each night, every member of our family has to say something that they are thankful for.
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We encourage our kids to say thank-you whenever someone gives them something or does something nice for them. I also thank my kids for being good, sharing, and helping with chores.
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This game is right up my alley, too! We play the “name three things you are thankful for” game ourselves. Sometimes when one of us has had a particularly bad day, we play “name ten things you are thankful for” or keep going until the bad mood is lifted.
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Every now and then, at dinnertime, we go around the table saying nice things about each other. Each person has to say something nice about everyone at the table.
We write thank you notes! Letter writing is a lost art, so we give our kids a cute set of thank you notes along w/ b-day and Christmas gifts so that they can write note expressing their gratitude to friends and family.
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We encourage our son to develop a gracious spirit by always treating him with respect and thanking him, saying please, and appreciating his wishes too. (He is only 10.8 months) We are trying to lead by example :-)
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Our family has played the thankful game as we take turns while we are driving in the car. I think it has worked best with the little kids. We would take turns saying I thank God for…and the next person would say it.
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Each night during dinner we go around the table and share one thing we are thankful for–love to hear what my kids have to say.
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The 12 Days of Valentine’s is such a cute idea!
Counting our blessings every day, no matter how small or great and staying positive.
We emphasize saying thank you to everyone for everything, no matter how large or small the favor was.
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Thanks. this good reference for kid best buy toy on Valentine
Every morning when we do our opening of our school time we ask what prayers we have and then any blessings we have to be thankful for. When we start looking down on a situation I always ask what do they have to be grateful for.
We try hard to teach courtesy and respect. Please and thank you are regular parts of our vocabulary in our household.
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We work with our two-year old to say Thank you.
We say grace before our meals and try to volunteer. Also, we give blood…. may not be an obvious way to be thankful, we are very appreciative.
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What a great concept for a game. We all need to be reminded EVERY day to count our blessings, don’t we?
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Hi,
We agree, and love that you took the time to email a comment like this!
I am the co-inventor of the game we are talking about, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Count Your Blessings as well as the classic game, Balderdash.
Hope you get a chance to pick up the game or the CSS: Count Your Blessings book I co-authored with my partner, Elizabeth Bryan.
Grateful for your words,
Laura
We attempt to find the joy in everything. For example instead of dreading going out and shoveling the snow we had fun and enjoyed the beauty of God’s creation.
I make my little girl write Thank you notes for EVERYTHING! Every Christmas gift, Birthday gift, Easter Gift, Etc… That way she knows to be Thankful for all that she has!
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We talk about how blessed we are-I think that in the U.S. we are lower middle class, but really that still makes us some of the richest people in the world and I try to portray that to our kids. And my husband was laid off twice in 3 months-my kids really do view it as a blessing!
My kids write thank you cards for gifts received and for special things done for them. The last two years my 9 yr old daughter has asked for donations to the local animal shelter in lieu of birthday presents. I list 3 things in my head that I a grateful for every night prior to going to sleep.
We close our week counting our blessings and the way that we’ve been especially touched by God’s care for us personally. It helps us keep looking on the bright side!
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We write thank you’s for presents we receive and we pray as a family every day and thank the Lord for our blessings.
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We make sure the kids write their own thank you notes when they receive gifts!
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I think it’s very important for parents to teach their children at a very early age to appreciate and take care of their possessions, be thankful for what we have, donate to the needy, and value and love all the members of their family. No matter what trying times we go through, we focus on thinking positively and we think of the many people in our world who are less fortunate and suffering.
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My boys and I pray together every night and list all the things we’re grateful for from the day. We also pray together before every meal to express gratitude for our food.
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This game is right up my alley! I’ve tried to consistently emphasize the importance of gratitude with both my kids through consistent use of “please” and “thank you” not only to each other but while saying grace and in our attitude toward every day activities.
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