Tag: ages 4 and up

How to Play – Yeti in My Spaghetti

Part of the fun in raising Zoey is finding things that delight and educate her; I want to find fun, creative board games to play with her during our family game nights! This week we played Yeti in my Spaghetti by Play Monster for 2+ players! 

This is a fun one with lots of laughs! Zoey does not “carefully or strategically” remove the noodles yet, she’s our wild card, and more often than not, she causes the yeti to fall to the bottom of the bowl! Set up is very easy, so if this happens too quickly it’s easy to reset and play another round!

Let’s play!

IN THE BOX
  • A bowl
  • A yeti
  • 30 noodles
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Place the bowl on a flat, level surface.
  2. Arrange the noodles over the top of the bowl, criss-crossing in a random way.
  3. Gently set the yeti on top of the noodles (in the middle is best).
  4. The oldest player goes first, carefully and strategically removing a noodle by sliding, slipping, pushing, lifting, etc! Be careful not to disturb the Yeti enough to let him fall into the bowl.
  5. If you touch a noodle, then that is the one you must remove, no touching and testing the placement of the noodles!
  6. You may use both hands to remove a noodle, but you can only use one hand at a time.
  7. If you successfully remove a noodle and the yeti does not fall to the bottom of the bowl, the player to your left goes next, and so on.
  8. If the Yeti falls to the bottom of the bowl during your turn (or immediately after your turn before the next player goes), the game is over! If the Yeti shifts or ends hanging by a noodle, keep playing. The game stops only when he falls completely to the bottom of the bowl!
  9. The player who last successfully removed a noodle before the player who made the yeti fall is the winner!

ENJOY!

How to Play – The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel

Part of the fun in raising Zoey is finding things that delight and educate her; I want to find fun, creative board games to play with her during our family game nights! This week we played The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game by Educational Insights for up to 4 players! 

Zoey has loved this game since before she even knew how to play! She would pull everything out and play with the Squirrel and the acorns, honestly it’s surprising that there are no missing pieces! Then we learned how to play the game together, and she loves it even more! She loves picking up the acorns with the squirrel squeezer; we find it super fun and easy collecting and replacing the acorns to the tree stumps and back.

Let’s play!

IN THE BOX
  • A game-board (part of the box)
  • A squirrel squeezer
  • A spinner
  • 20 acorns in five colors
  • 4 tree stumps
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Remove everything from the game box, then scatter the acorns onto the tree on the inside bottom of the box.
  2. Give each player a tree stump.
  3. The youngest player takes the first turn. Play then passes to the left of that player and onward.
  4. On your turn, hold the squirrel squeezer, spin the spinner, then follow the directions below according to your spin. Then it’s the next player’s turn.
    • Color: If the wheel stops on a color, use the squirrel squeezer to grab a matching acorn and place it in a matching hole in your tree stump. If that hole is already full, skip your turn.
    • One acorn: Pick any one acorn from the tree and use the squirrel squeezer to pick it up and place it on your tree stump.
    • Two acorns: Pick any two acorns from the tree and use the squirrel squeezer to pick them up and place them on your tree stump.
    • The Sneaky Squirrel: Use the squirrel squeezer to steal any colored acorn you need in your tree stump from another player’s tree stump.
    • Sad Squirrel: Pass the squirrel squeezer to the player on your left and skip your turn.
    • Squirrel Storm: Oh no! A furious storm blew all of your acorns back into the tree! Put them back and skip your turn.
  5. If you’re the first player to collect all of the acorns to match the ones on your tree stump, you win!

ENJOY!