We featured the Batik game last week, and then found the new version for younger children, called Batik Kid. It works just like regular Batik, but the shapes are fun undersea creatures. It looks like a great game for those 4 and up.
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Batik Game
Simple games are often the best games, and Batik is a prime example of this. To play Batik, two players draw geometrically shaped wooden pieces from a pile, then take turns placing them vertically into a game board. The pieces stack into the clear board, and the first player whose piece sticks out above the board loses. It’s great for learning spatial reasoning and geometry, and it’s fun and challenging for all ages!
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Snorta the Family Animal Game
What is Snorta? Snorta is the family game where everyone acts like an animal! To play Snorta, everyone chooses the sound of a typical farm animal. As players flip over the cards, players attempt to sound out the animal sounds of the other players. It gets very funny very quickly!
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Beginner Dinner Games
Here’s a wonderful game for all the younger kids: Beginner Dinner Games. Kids as young as 3 can participate in Beginner Dinner Games, and the games teach great skills like thinking, memory, the 5 senses, social skills, and more. The games even encourage kids to eat their vegetables! Thankfully the cards are also spill proof and wipe clean. Don’t stress at dinner time, have fun!
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Melissa and Doug Monster Bowling
Try and knock down as many monsters as you can with the silly monster bowling ball, and go again and again until you get them all. It’s a fun and challenging game, even for the adults in your family!
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Apples to Apples Junior
We featured the original Apples to Apples game in the past, but the somewhat new Apples to Apples Junior is a great game for younger kids – down to nine year-olds. Older kids and adults will still love it – a lot of the joy in the game is in the gamesmanship and players, and that hasn’t changed. The Red Apples and Green Apples cards are just a little easier to manage for younger players. This one is a favorite!
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Costa Rica Xeko Card Game
Xeko is an award-winning collectible card game that also teaches kids about Earth’s wildlife, natural wonders, and biodiversity. The game includes a play mat, guide, rulebook, CD, and colorful storage box. Have fun, and teach your kids about math, science and nature!
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Inflatable Movie Screen
With this inflatable movie screen, it doesn’t just have to be a family game night – it can be a neighborhood movie night! And yes, you can play video games on this, too!
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Disney Sing It Family Hits
Disney Sing It: Family Hits features all your favorite songs from classic Disney films including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book, as well as from contemporary favorites from films like The Lion King, Aladdin, even The Princess and the Frog. Sing solo or with families in collaborative and competitive modes!
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Outdoor Table Tennis Table
Now this is how to have a fun summer party – with outdoor table tennis! Put this table in the yard, and the party begins.
It’s possible that I’m a table tennis fanatic.
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