board game recomendations

[pud1]

i am looking for some board games as Christmas presents for my 2 dds aged 3 and 5. there are so many out there i dont know where to start. are there any games that you think that they could play together

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I have this orchard game on DS's (3) list for Christmas. And also these dominoes and this pengin game. I also looked at buckeroo but it has rubbish reviews to got an older version, Ali Baba and his bucking camel off eBay. I'm not sure whether my 3 year old will be light of hand enough to play but your 5 year old should be ok.

also have you considered the old favourites:
hungry hippos (will love this for years)
pop up pirates
kerplunk ( again may be too old for the 3 year old)

Sorry, that should read "it has rubbish reviews so got an older version...."