I'm looking to freshen up our game collection this Christmas for the kids. My boys are 6 & 9. We've got the basics: Monopoly Jr, Battleship, Pictureka, Connect Four, Chess, and many others that have kind of gone stale. I'm thinking of getting Jenga, and my 9 year old wants the Diary of a Wimpy Kid board game. What are some of your kids favorites?
My 6 year olds favorite games are Trouble and Guess Who - she's requesting Apple to Apples Jr for Christmas this year!
Our kid's favs:
Wits and Wagers (whole family loves this)
Table talk
Scrabble Jr
Connect Four LAUNCHERS (newer)
Is there a Scene It version for kids? That would be fun!
Good luck!
My girls (ages 10 and 8) love Blockus and Mastermind, Jr. They can also play Skipbo for hours on end. I've heard Headbandz is awesome, so my girls are getting it for Christmas (they happened to have it at BJ's!)
I went out on a limb last year and bought Qwirkle for a friend of the family who collects games (it was one of a few I found he didn't have already). It had ridiculously high recommendations and has won all kinds of awards - even one from Mensa. I thought it might be difficult or boring but it is neither one! It's sooooo much fun but best of all it's fun for a large age range!!!! Your 6 yo may or may not get it depending on how patient he is but the 9 yo definitely would!
my kids love the "guess who" "guess where" games, there is a fun game called sequence that has a state capitals version. that would be great for your age group. we love 13 dead end drive in fact am buying that for the kids I nanny for this year.
We like UNO, Sorry, Jenga, Life, Pictionary, Scattegories, and Cranium
My boys like The Game of Life and Trivial Pursuit (there are kids editions and there is also one with two sets of questions, one for adults and the other for kids).
You may already have these -
Don't Make Me Laugh JR
Apples to apples JR
stratego
twister
Yahtzee!
Toss Across Tic Tac Toe
ANd a friend just told me about a game called "who knew"
We are putting that on our dockett of games this year!
My family love Hedbanz and the Pick Up Sticks and Uno.
