Card game and $5.00 snack at a locally owned business: Quality Time Project© Idea

The Quality Time Project© in Greenville, SC: Spend Less Money, Spend More Quality Time with Kids

A simple card game can be fun for both parent and child. The kitchen table or den works, but choose an unusual place to play cards and the special time together becomes extra memorable. Tuck a set of cards in your purse or pockets and head out the door with one child in tow!

Parents, plan a bit of quality time playing cards in an interesting location other than home. Take a stack of your favorite cards along when you and a child spend some one on one time away from the house.

Fun Snack Ideas in and around Greenville, SC

The snack doesn't have to cost money. Parents can accomplish the same goal by packing a snack from home to bring along.

Some parents may think it's tough to get a snack for two for $5.00. If you set the limit before hand, it's a great oppotunity to teach kids about budgeting and even sharing a cupcake, drink, etc.

For those who'd like to splurge five bucks, here are some locally owned places where parents might consider going to play cards and purchase a snack:

• Iced - The Upstate Cupcake,Taylors, SC
• Liquid Highway (various Greenville locations)
• Dillard's Farms Ice Cream Parlor, Greer, SC
• The Twisted Bean, Powerdersville, SC
• Strossner's Bakery, Greenville, SC
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Choosing Age Appropriate Two Player Card Games

Parents, make sure the card game you choose or allow your child to choose is age appropriate to maximize the quality time experience.

Preschoolers: Uno, Continuo, Sticker Hearts,

School Age: Cranium Ziggety, Crazy 8s, Go Fish, Gin Rummy, War, Old Maid, Set

Teens: Gin, Gin Rummy, Scrabble Card Game, Quiddler, Set

More about the Quality Time Project© in Greenville, SC

This article is part of a series on parents spending quality one on one time with each child using $5.00 or less. Each idea will incorporate resources in the Greenville, SC and upstate South Carolina area although similar resources are available in other areas of the country. Learn more by reading The Quality Time Project© in Greenville, SC.