Board game ideas...

[krissie328]

For a 2.5-3 year old? I have no idea if there are any games in this age range.

 

[wish4baby]

I just got my daughter (2.5) Hi Ho Cherry-o...she LOVES playing it (she sees us playing games all the time) but she's not really good at waiting her turn or following the rules, etc. - she basically wants to spin constantly and get all the cherries LOL

I plan on giving her Candy Land, Don't break the Ice & a memory/matching card game for Christmas.

 

[george83]

I've seen a perilous penguin game which I'm getting my nearly 3 year old so not a board game as such but a game he can play. I've seen a Gruffalo game for ages 3 and up but I'm thinking it might be too tricky still.

My 5 year old has some games which my 3 will 'play' but not sure that I would actually them for him yet:
Bunny Jump game (along the theme of pop up pirate)
Avengers version of frustration
Dominoes
A dinosaur bingo game from the works
Memory matching game

 

[motherofboys]

Orchard Toys games are pretty good at that age

 

[Amarna]

At that age my kids enjoyed:

Matching games
Candy Land
Go Fish
We have a Doc McStuffins version of Operation that's meant for younger kids that was a favorite with my youngest.
Tabletop Tic Tac Toe set
Chutes and Ladders

 

[Bevziibubble]

We liked:

Snakes and Ladders
Snap
Orchard that's my cupcake game
Orchard shopping list game.


Orchard do some great games

 

[c1403]

Orchard toys games are good for that age.
We also like hungry hippos, connect 4, matching pairs, dominoes.

 

[kirstybumx3]

Rio loves hungry hippos, pop up pirate and frustration. Frustration though he only really understood once he could count (obviously) but is still a good one. Dominoes are another good thing to aid counting skills. And at that kind of age he loved matching cards/playing snap.

Eta: buckaroo is quite simple in terms of rules too. We haven't got that but I might get it for Christmas.

 

[leoniebabey]

definately orchard toys games
shopping list is really good for that age

 

[SmartieMeUp]

Operation?

 

[vaniilla]

Orchard Toys games are pretty good at that age

This is what I was going to say too!


The age guides on them are very good, have a look on their site, they always do nice puzzles.

 

[krissie328]

Thanks ladies, you've given me many great ideas.