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 Pete the Cat: The Missing Cupcakes Game by Briarpatch for 2 to 4 players!
Zoey loves Pete the Cat and loves cupcakes so this game is a perfect fit for her! It’s also enjoyable to play a cooperative game that we all work together to complete rather than always be competitive. Competition is great, but teamwork is a valuable skill too!
Let’s play!
IN THE BOX
- 4 game pieces
- 14 colorful cupcakes
- 20 birthday present cards
- A Game board
- A Game spinner
- A Grumpy Toad & cupcake tray
INSTRUCTIONS
- Each player chooses a character pawn and places it on one of the four corners of the game board (it is ok for 2 players to share a space).
- Place all the cupcakes onto Grumpy Toad’s cupcake tray.
- Shuffle the present cards and place them all, face down, next to Pete the Cat.
- The youngest player goes first by spinning the spinner and moving clockwise around the board.
- Players move around the board performing one of the following activities, based on the space landed on:
- Present spots-The player picks up one present card and performs one activity (playing like charades, but sounds are okay). If someone guesses successfully, then the player who performed the activity takes two cupcakes from Grumpy Toad’s cupcake tray and places them on two of the open slots (shaded circles) on Pete the Cat’s birthday party table on the game board.
- Activity spots-(animal, food, letters, music) If a player successfully completes one of the four activities, the player takes a cupcake from Grumpy Toad’s cupcake tray and places it on one of the open spots on Pete the Cat’s birthday party table:
- Dog – Name an animal and say its sound (i.e. cow…moo!).
- Apple – Name a yummy food.
- ABC’s – Think of a letter and name something that starts with that letter (i.e. T…table).
- Musical note – Sing a verse from a song (i.e. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) or make up a new song!
- (Once something has been named by a player, other players cannot name the same thing. They must remember what others said and say something new.)
- Grumpy Toad spots – Grumpy Toad decides he’s still hungry and, if there is a cupcake on Pete the Cat’s birthday party table, takes one (any) cupcake off the table and back to his cupcake tray.
- Home spots – Relax, you’re home, not activity is performed.
- After the player performs one of the above activities, his or her turn is over and play passes to the left.
- When all the cupcakes have been taken from Grumpy Toad’s cupcake tray, the game ends and ALL the players celebrate the team victory by singing Happy Birthday to Pete the Cat!
ENJOY!
Whole Heartily 