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Best Games for Younger Kids!

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These are some of our favorite games for little ones! Each game focuses on a different skill; cooperation, hand-eye coordination, deduction, color recognition, problem-solving and balance. All these games are guaranteed to bring hours of fun! Toy tested and approved!

HOOT OWL HOOT

We love all the cooperative games by Peaceable Kingdom! In Hoot Owl Hoot players help the owls fly back to their nest before the sun comes up. Play a color card and fly to that space. Draw a sun card, and you’re one step closer to the daylight. Help all the owls get home before the sun rises and everyone wins!

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OUTFOXED

Mrs. Plumpert’s prized pot pie has gone missing and it’s now a chicken chase to crack the case! Move around the board to gather clues and then use the special evidence scanner to rule out suspects. You’ll have to work together quickly because the guilty fox is high-tailing it towards the exit!

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HEADS TALK TAILS WALK

Can you hop like a frog while clucking like a chicken? Have a blast trying with this delightfully silly game for ages 3+. Players try to match hidden head tiles to the correct body tiles. If the head and body don’t match, the real fun begins!

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CONCEPT KIDS

Concept Kids Animals is a cooperative version of the game Concept, adapted for children who don’t yet know how to read. In turn, the children attempt to make the others guess an animal by playing pawns on the illustrated icons on the game board. 

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SPOT IT JR. ANIMALS

With Spot It! Jr. Animals, young ones are on the lookout for creatures of the land, sky, and sea. Each card is decorated with 6 different animals of varying sizes. Here’s the amazing part: there is one, and only one, matching animal between any 2 cards.

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ANIMAL UPON ANIMAL

A classic in the world of dexterity games, this simple game may be created for kids, but don’t kid yourselves….adults love it too! Only the most dexterous, with nerves of steel, comes out triumphant in this exciting game. Animal Upon Animal scores high on the “let’s play again” game meter. We challenge anyone to stop after just one game!

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HISSS

In this simple, elegant card game, players match colors and make snakes from heads to tails. Long snakes, short snakes, purple, yellow and rainbow snakes. Finish a snake and add it to your snake pit. The player with the most snakes at the end of the game wins.

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LION IN MY WAY

ROAR! How would you get past a lion? Would you float over him with a balloon or offer him a cookie? Lion in My Way is a journey along a path of hazards and barriers which are overcome by the collective cleverness of the players. Armed with the unlikely tools they are dealt, imagination and some silliness, players cooperate creatively to innovate solutions that let them get home together.

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LABYRINTH JUNIOR

Make your way through the shifting labyrinth! The player who collected the most treasures wins! A classic game the whole family can enjoy!

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THREE LITTLE PIGGIES

We love all the games from SMART GAMES! Three Little Piggies is a perfect brain game for young children. It features 3 big puzzle pieces that are easy to hold, and kids will be intrigued by the way the pigs fit inside the houses and look through the windows.

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SUSPEND JUNIOR

This is a game that focuses on balance and concentration! Game play is easy: Simply set up the frame, spin the spinner, and balance the color-coded pieces to create an incredible hanging structure. Race against your opponents to be the first to run out of pieces—but watch out: One wrong move and the whole structure could fall!

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