Board Games

[laura1711]

I am looking at getting my little boy some board games for Christmas.

Can I ask board games your kids have loved and played with plenty around the age of 5.

Thank you 😀

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Snakes and ladders and hungry hippos were a big hit when my two were little .

Kerplunk, Jenga, Frustrastion, Operation, Guess Who, Headbanz, Mouse Trap and Game of Life Junior.

Mine love Frustration, Funny Bunny, Pop Up Pirate, Screwball Scramble, Junior Monopoly, Monkey Flip, Mousetrap

Uno, Hungry Hippos, Junior Pictionary, Mousetrap

Snap Dragon was a big hit when my youngest was 5. Like Pop-Up Pirate, it’s a fun cause-and-effect game.
Also Barbecue Party.

Snakes & ladders, Ker Plunk, Jenna. Dc1 loved Battleships and still does. Dc2 loved junior scrabble at 5 and still does. Junior Monopoly is good as is Ludo.

Can't beat a game of draughts!

DD loved Orchard games. Pizza pizza, pigs in pants, shopping list etc

Sorry! Is a great game that you can play nicely when they're young, or really mean when they're older. It's essentially Ludo, but if you land on someone, you send them home and they have to start again. As they get older, you can start to gang up against each other, form alliances etc to try and win. It's a good game, you can play from when your children can read, and it's still a favourite with my teens now.

Hasbro Gaming Sorry! Game, Ages 6 And Up, For 2 To 4 Players amzn.eu/d/aoGGC35

Dobble is brilliant.
Also frustration and uno

When he that age, my eldest loved Dobble, Pizza Pizza, Kerplunk, Buckaroo, Shark Chase & Junior Monopoly

Big Potato OK Play: Multi-Award Winning Game For Kids And Adults | Great Travel Game For 2-4 Players… amzn.eu/d/aw833AO

this is a current favourite with my 5 year old

Harry Potter Top Trumps Match Board Game amzn.eu/d/6JGDLyc

also this - we have the Harry Potter one from my eldest but there’s lots of different versions.

Orchard toys do some really good games, mine liked the shopping list one, the one with the piggy bank and crash bang wallop.
Also loved hungry hippos but its noisy! And a monkey version of kerplunk .

Buckaroo! Also ludo

My 6 Yr old likes
Uno
Dobble
Bugs in the kitchen
Cluedo junior
Pirates in a stew
Tummy ache
Junior scrabble
Orchard games..pop to the shops,shopping list, money match cafe ,what a performance
Connect 4
Headbanz
Hungry hippos launcher
Mole in the hole

So many amazing ideas and games I had never heard of, thank you so much 😊

Bugs in the Kitchen is so much fun!

Orchard games!