Girls Night In ideas

[dailydwellin]

My husband is a chaplain in the Army and he's leading a retreat for spouses of deployed soldiers this weekend. I'm going along to help out. Specifically, I'm going to lead a "Girls' Night In" on Friday night and I'm looking for ideas.

Have you ever been to a fun Girls' Night In? What did you do? I was thinking games and snacks, but if you have other ideas, I'm all ears! I'd like something to get everyone talking...these ladies are two months into a twelve month deployment and they can be a great support for one another.

Thanks in advance for any ideas that you offer!

[Milmomma]

With Army wives, I found that best thing is Wine. As long as I bring wine they are all happy. Our best parties involved food, wine, and lots of talking.
You can try a fun game, board game or something. Maybe have a video lined up. But if you want them to get to know each other focus on activities that drawl like minds together.
ETA: If you do games try to do a variety. Some of us stink at spelling and trivia. I love anything math related.

[NeverendingJen]

manicures, pedicures, girly movies, snacks, games, even fun craft projects are all things I've done at GNI before.

Have fun on the retreat!

[Darcy Baldwin]

Our most fun mom's night outs have been sitting around a table with Bunko or any other kind of game and just talking. No pretense...no overplanning, just fun.

[dailydwellin]

Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

Our most fun mom's night outs have been sitting around a table with Bunko or any other kind of game and just talking. No pretense...no overplanning, just fun.

Is Bunko easy to learn? It sounds fun, but I've never played.

[NeverendingJen]

Originally Posted by dailydwellin

Is Bunko easy to learn? It sounds fun, but I've never played.

super super easy! I love Bunko!

[Txcorey]

One icebreaker game that I've played in the past at a Mom's group is called 2 truths and a lie. Each person gets up and tells 2 truths and a lie about themselves and the group has to guess which is the lie. It is a way to find some things out about the person in a fun way. I still remember some of the things some of the ladies told us-things I probably wouldn't know about them otherwise.

But if my group of friends get together for a girls night in, we typically just eat, drink, and talk and have a blast doing it.

[lee69]

I also LOVE Bunko! It's easy to learn. Try to Google it for more information. It's a Dice game and you need 12 people to play however you more around a lot so you are constantly sitting with someone else (visiting too!)

[BrattyMeg]

Bunko would be fun! I just learned to play recently it's pretty easy

This might be cliche but what about scrapbooking? Either paper or digi if some have laptops. With a spouse away it seems like a great idea for memory keeping so they have something to look through upon return and to have those keepsakes

[xboxmom]

I like Cards Against Humanity but some people might be offended by it. That and cocktails and chocolate!!!