Kids love games and kids love games that are fun, silly and make noise even more! These two games that I’m about to share with you are just that; fun, silly and they both make noises. These games are sure to keep your kids happy and busy and I found that both are great with either fine motor skills, balance, hand-eye corrdination and learning to take turns.
The first one is the Giraffalaff Limbo.
This game is unlike any limbo game you’ve seen and probably played with as a child. This one plays music and makes sounds. Press the little button to turn on the music and spin the spinner to see which limbo style you are supposed to do. There are six different limbo styles; backward, classic, crabwalk, giraffe walk, forward and crawl. Each time you move the stick down it gets trickier and trickier and if you knock the giraffe the music will stop and he will start laughing and giggleing at you. My kids thought that was hilarious so they would knock it down on purpose! lol
This game is great for balance, exercise and learning to take turns. It’s easy to put together, turn off, take apart and play with. Even my 2 year old was having a blast with it! This one is a great one to put on your Christmas list for your child. For ages 3+ and requires 2 or more players.
The next game is called Scatterpillar Scramble.
Out of the two this one is my favorite and my kids’ favorite. This game comes with the Scatterpillar, small, colored, plastic marbles and tong-like grabbers. Turn him on and watch him move as you try to place the marbles on each of his ‘hands’ from top to bottom without dropping them. Whoever gets all theirs stacked first wins. The tricky part? The Scatterpillar moves and shakes while playing music.
The kids loved it but I have to make sure to either keep a very close eye on my youngest or keep it out of her reach as the marbles are little and could be a choking hazard for small children. Again, easy to put together, doesn’t fall apart and keeps my kids busy for a long time! (Bonus!) Another great gift idea for this holiday season! One more reason why it’s a great buy…Scatterpillar Scramble was named the 2009 Preschool Game of the Year by Creative Child Magazine. This game is for ages 4+ and requires 2-4 players.
But wait…don’t rush to the store just yet, I have two games to giveaway. One Giraffalaff and one Scatterpillar to two different winners! See below on how to enter!
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Over the summer, I filled up the little wading pool and add dish detergent. I gave the kids some straws and let them go to town. The bubbles got so big. They had so much fun.
Once I was told “you mean nothing to me. We’re not even friends” by a 3 year old. I had to remind myself he’s only 3 and he didn’t mean it.
my oldest son always gets really upset when he doesnt win a game…this isnt funny, but it makes me want to play more games with him to try to teach him that not winning is okay
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We actually love chasing each other around and trying to catch each other. Our two-year-old is hard to catch, because he has these football-like defensive moves where he ducks, finds an opening, and dashes through.
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My sons always liked to make “forts” in the living room with blankets and throws, and I was always the snack provider. They like to play Swiss Family Robinson.
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My son gets so excited playing bored games that he can’t wait for his turn. He will often try to grab the game pieces or the dice any chance he gets.
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My son enjoys imaginative play. He likes to dress in old halloween costumes (pirate, knight) and go on big adventures. I always go along because they are so fun.
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Every time we play a game my son always thinks it’s his turn…whenever anyone is done their turn he thinks it is his turn. It is cute. Thanks for the chance!
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My kids are very competitive when we play games. They take winning very serious lol. Just last night;however,my baby boy must have felt sorry for me because he was actually trying to let me win at trouble. Not all that funny but I thought it was cute.
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Something funny…we were outside playing ball one afternoon with all the kids (my niece and nephew and son). I was standing to the side chatting with my mom when my son let go of the bat and cracked me right in the head! Luckily it was plastic, and bounced off. Everyone was laughing over it.
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Most recently it would have to be my kids using dice and Game of Life cars while playing candy land.
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We were playing win, lose, or draw and my then-ten year old son kept beating everyone. It was hilarious because surely you would think the many adults there could draw better than a fifth grader, but um, no.
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While playing with Dora and Barbie, my 3 year old exclaimed that Barbie was “mortified”. I said, do you even know what that means? She said scared and nervous. I have no idea where she heard it, but to remember the word and its meaning – wow. Out of the mouths of babes!
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My daughter and I were dancing like crazy people in our house, and we were yelling and screaming while we were dancing! Just being crazy, and someone called the cops on us! I had to explain to the cops that we were just playing and it took forever to convince them!
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A funny and fun moment I had playing with my daughter was when she tried to do Twister for the first time. She was still a little too young for the game (we got it as a gift). She tried with all her might (lol she can do it now).
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We were playing the board game Sorry! a few game nights ago and my youngest (she’s 4) played along the “right way” through the whole game for the first time…and she won, fair and square!
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We were playing scrabble and she used the word “tudmat”. I was confused at what word she thought this was and explained that it wasn’t really a word. After trying to figure it out for a while, she explained that it was the thing on the bathroom floor. She thought it was a bathtud, not tub.
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My son like to play transformers, so we were playing and his transformer tells my transformer “Do you want a piece of me?”
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