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Games for 5 year old

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AliasGrape · 02/11/2025 00:12

Looking for recommendations for a board game or similar for our 5 year old - always buy her one or two as stocking fillers and usually end up roping in grandparents for a game or 12 on the day.

We have a lot of the Orchard ones, Pigs in Pants being a firm favourite. I’ve picked up the magic maths one for her already this year but feel like it’s a bit too educational to be the only one in the stocking.

Also already have -
Guess Who
Snakes and Ladders
KerPlunk
Dobble (she’s amazing at this!)
A junior version of articulate
Pop up pirate
Various Frozen or other character themed ones
Operation
Hungry hippos
Connect 4
All sorts of pick a pair or lotto type ones

Any other suggestions that your kids loved around this age? She’s not quite at the stage where she can read prompts and stuff independently which makes things like the articulate one mentioned above a bit tricky. I did think about bananagrams but again, not sure we’re quite there. Something fun and silly is fine, but ideally something the adults will like too.

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BuffaloCauliflower · 02/11/2025 00:14

Edited as saw you’d mentioned Dobble (buy more kinds of Dobble)

WaryOchreZebra · 02/11/2025 05:40

Cat taco goat cheese pizza is loved here
Uno
Outfoxed - or any collaborative game really
Charades - we have a really basic pictures in a tin version which is pictures of simple things, as we found even the kid/family versions were too tricky when ours was little.
Soundilicious - like charades but with sounds, gets some giggles.
Hedbands
Screwball scramble
Could get a really nice pack of cards in a theme your child likes and then teach them pairs, solitaire, pontoon, beat the deck etc.

Forgottenmyphone · 02/11/2025 06:13

Jenga
Pictionary
Uno
Yes No

Merrow · 02/11/2025 06:19

Have a look at Spy Guy Fantasy - it's a cooperative where you all have to find items on a massive seek and find board, while aiming to outrun a dragon.

1wer · 02/11/2025 06:27

My first castle panic.

NotDelia · 02/11/2025 06:40

Junior monoply? Maybe buy second hand as it has a short life (ds was onto big monopoly age 6)

Cakeandcardio · 02/11/2025 06:58

Hedbanz

Juneey · 02/11/2025 07:01

Boardgames made by londji

Can recommend the postman game. It grows with the child in terms of complexity

Tiebiter · 02/11/2025 07:03

Eye found it
Colour brain

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 02/11/2025 07:05

Labyrinth

amilliondreamsofsleep · 02/11/2025 07:05

My daughter loved Sleeping Queens at 5, and it was enough fun that the rest of the family got it too.

Baboutheocelot · 02/11/2025 07:12

Rhino hero
Animal upon animal
Enchanted forest

kersh33 · 02/11/2025 08:03

My 5 year old loves Dragomino and is OK with Junior Labyrinth ( though I think she could probably play the full version soon). We play lots of boardgames but not sure if they exist in England (we live abroad). I would definitely recommend looking at the Kindespiel des Jahres which is an annual prize given for the best children’s board game, we’ve found some brilliant ones there.

Tryingatleast · 02/11/2025 08:04

Ludo and jenga

Bitzee · 02/11/2025 08:06

Junior Monopoly, kids version of Cluedo, Jenga, Uno

Northumberlandisbest · 02/11/2025 08:08

Have you seen Ocean Bingo. The advantages are it teaches your child the names of all sorts of sea creatures and it’s a game suitable for all ages. We’ve played it with my three year old grandson and with adults after a dinner party as it’s interesting for everyone. Can highly recommend.

Tiebiter · 02/11/2025 08:08

Chess is good to start now too

Ophy83 · 02/11/2025 08:27

Jenga
The sock game
Old gorilla (like old maid but with animals)
Dogopoly
Djeco card games- the pirate one and skeleton game are both very good

BobblyBobbleHat · 02/11/2025 08:37

Don't wake Dad and Funny Bunny are good fun.

WhatAKnob47 · 02/11/2025 08:39

The bluey scavenger hunt game is good.

AliasGrape · 02/11/2025 09:38

Wow so many great suggestions thank you all. I’ll enjoy checking them all out - some I’ve never heard of so definitely good to broaden our horizons a bit!

We have quite a big wider family who like to buy for her so there’s some good suggestions to pass on too, as we really don’t need more toys but always happy to add to the game collection.

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