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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Game Night!

Want to a turn a regular night, afternoon or maybe a slow moving Sunday morning into a Fantastic memory with your Kiddos?  Then break out the Board Games!!!!! 

Now I have 3 Kiddos at very different board game levels so I'm going to share some favorites that work for all the Kiddos together & some that maybe better when the littlest Kiddo goes off to bed.




A family favorite here is Princess Charming by International Plaything. Each time you play the Kiddos can set up the boards in the order they want making every time you play a new adventure. It requires your youngest Kiddo only to spin a number wheel & the older Kiddos or parents can help with the counting. When Princess Charming reaches her castle, the player who has collected the most tokens wins! Find it at Amazon  http://www.amazon.com/International-Playthings-P20065-Princess-Charming/dp/B000OSHGZU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1263318996&sr=8-2-fkmr1



For a fun family move around kind of game I highly recommended Hullabaloo by Cranium. It come with a prerecorded host that has hundreds of games already to go and game pads that you place around on the floor, they are very durable and last! You press the button & listen to the directions given you me could be looking for a game pad that is a shape, a color, a food, a musical instrument or even an animal. The game keeps everyone moving from pad to pad by with tons of movements including crawling, tip toeing and spinning. Once my kiddos get going they play this game for a long time. One of the greatest parts is if you are on the winning pad it will tell your Kiddo to complete a task as the winner; maybe a dance, taking a bow or a host of other things. In between all the laughing the kiddos listen to the very end to see what they get to do! http://www.amazon.com/Cranium-16518-Hullabaloo/dp/B00008MIGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1263318506&sr=8-1
 
 

Another game that we find fun to play as a family is ZINGO by Think Fun.  Now the youngest Kiddo who is 2 is a little young for this one, but she has lots of fun just collecting the pieces we don't use on our boards.  We like to add a little to this game and we start off by having every Kiddo pick a board & then tell  a story about their pictures.  This game gets even better for Preschool aged year old kiddos because all of the pictures are also spelled out & that helps with the early recognition of words to objects! Once everyone tells their story we begin!  It is a much quicker version of BINGO because the board has only 9 images. The player to fill their card first wins & you will to with this great game!
 
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Another Great Family game is Yahtzee Junior by Hasbro the kids only need to try to get 5 of a kind of the 5 different characters on the dice.  There is even a Wild side on the dice which adds to the Kiddos total.  It also comes with a scoreboard so no need for a pencil you keep track on the board.  Now it comes in a variety of characters so have fun & YAHTZEE!   Toy Story version - http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3783140  Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_2_7?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=yahtzee+jr&sprefix=yahtzee
 
 
Now we came across a card game that the kiddos really enjoyed over the Holidays, Pictureka Card Game by Hasbro.  It would be a great addition to your Kiddos card game collection like UNO by Mattell which now comes in various character cards.  Now to make all the card games more enjoy for your Kiddos I would suggest getting a set of Card Holders they make holding much easier for little hands!! http://www.target.com/s/179-5918141-6476267?_encoding=UTF8&CPNG=Bedding&LID=13898846&search-alias=tgt-index&keywords=kids_card%5Fholder&searchSize=30&ref=tgt%5Fadv%5FXSGT0780&searchView=grid5&searchNodeID=1038576&AFID=Google&searchPage=1&searchRank=target104545&LNM=kids%5Fcard%5Fholder
 
 
Now there are too many to list but just as a reminder don't forget Candy Land, Chutes and ladders, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Sorry, Operation, Jenga, Monopoly and Clue.  For more games that the Kiddos enjoy check out Guess Who? Hi-Ho Cherry-O, Rummikub, Lucky Ducks and Othello!   http://www.hasbro.com/shop/browse.cfm?N=63+605+351 or http://www.mattelgames.com/browse.asp
 
Now don't forget that game night time is great with the classics too! So pop some pop-corn the old fashion way & get playing!! And when your game night is over post your favorites so we can all add to your favorites to Our Kiddos Game Night!
 
Happy Gaming!

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