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1. Chomp Champ! — a tabletop game for families who wish every week was Shark Week. Your goal is to collect four-of-a-kind "fish" cards and then grab a "shark tile" while all the other players are racing to get to it first. You'll start with six shark teeth tokens and lose a tooth every time you lose a round. Sharks want their teeth...keep your teeth!
Number of players: 3–5
Recommended age: 5+
Pieces: 40 cards, 4 shark tiles, 30 shark tooth tokens, and instructions
Promising review: "I bought this for my daughter for Christmas. Three generations had a blast playing it! Easy to learn, fast-paced, and fun! It's such a fun game!" —Shannon Ferraby
Get it from Amazon for $14.89.
2. The Floor is Lava! board game that'll be a fan favorite with kids who practically jump out of their skin over summer vacation. To play, they can leap across foam tiles while you (after claiming the – laying down – spinning player position) declare which color tile is safe.
Number of players: 2+
Recommended age: 5+
Pieces: 25 foam stones, 27 challenge cards, 1 game spinner, and instructions,
Promising review: "We bought this for our 5-year-old's birthday party, and it was a hit. Our kids like to play it with each other on the regular now. You don't have to worry about cushions on the floor or anything else. I would highly recommend for a fun game, probably ideally for ages 4–7 to actually keep it challenging, but our 3-year-old plays, and an 8-year-old cousin was able to be the spinner and also participated in the gameplay and enjoyed it." —CH
Get it from Amazon for $16.97.
3. Flushin' Frenzy, a game specifically made for families who are *very* pro potty-humor. Players must plunge away and do their best to catch the, ahem, flying poop before anyone else.
Number of players: 2-4
Recommended age: 5+
Pieces: 1 toilet, 1 plunger, 1 die, and 10 score tokens
Promising reviews: "My 5-year-old niece loves it! What can be said really? It's a game where you use a toy plunger to make a smiling rubber poop fly through the air to be caught for points. My niece, like many little kids, is going through a phase where anything related to poop is absolutely hilarious, so I thought this game would be just the thing for her. She loves it! The game is very easy to pick up for 4- and 5-year-olds, the components are well-made, and the poop is...oddly realistic, except for its smiling face of course. This is without a doubt the cleanest option for playing with poop on the market. Your kids'll love it." —Brendan Williams
Get it from Amazon for $29.89.
4. And a talking, singing, rainbow poop that'll play hide-and-seek with your kids — which means a piece of poop just saved you from hiding inside the bathtub until your five-year-old finds you. Ugh, they are so bad at seeking.
Look, potty humor is the funniest thing this side of the second grade. BTW, this runs on two AA batteries (which are included). To play someone hides the toy and it will, ahem, "fart" to give the seeker hints as to where it is. Once it's found, it sings a victory song!
Number of players: 1+
Recommended age: 3+
Pieces: 1 rainbow poop
Promising review: "I was looking for a game to play at our 5-year-old's b-day party, which had ages 5-15, and this was an absolute hit! All the kids loved it and we even got in on the fun for a few rounds. I can see this being very popular in our house on a regular basis. It's nice to get the kids up and active looking for it rather than just sitting playing a game. Countless people of all ages can play. When it was just the two older boys they timed themselves to see who could find it faster. It was very entertaining just to watch them too!" —Lisa Meade
Get it from Amazon for $12.99+ (also available as an egg).
5. Super Mario Piranha Plant Escape!, which is gonna be a great pick if you're looking for some digital-free fun. Your tiny gamers will roll the dice, move their character figures, and press the trigger button to see if Petey Piranha will gobble them up!
6. A Guess Who? card game that'll be a hit when your family is traveling this summer, and you need something to keep everyone entertained that's easy to pack! Guess who just made traveling with kids way more fun? YOU.
To play, each player lays out their cards in front of them, and picks a mystery card from the deck. Then players ask yes or no questions to try to eliminate cards in order to figure out which card the other player has first.
Number of players: 2
Recommended age: 5+
Pieces: 40 face cards, 20 mystery cards, and instructions
Promising review: "My 6-year-old loves this game. We got it for traveling, but even when home when we have the board version, he sometimes prefers the cards." —swk
Get it from Amazon for $7.99.
7. Yeti in my Spaghetti, a family-friendly game where you have to carefully remove one noodle at a time from a big ol' spaghetti bowl. Be careful! There's a yeti balanced on top of the noodles (naturally), and it does NOT want to fall off. If the yeti falls during your move, you lose!
Number of players: 2+
Recommended age: 4+
Pieces: 1 yeti, 30 noodles, and 1 bowl
Promising review: "This is so funny to play! Sort of like stacking sticks, you place the spaghetti in the bowl and place the Yeti on top. Don't let him fall, though! I love hearing her laugh as the game intensifies! Highly recommend. The product is well worth the price in the quality!" —Solange
Get it from Amazon for $14.88.
8. Pancake Pile-Up! for the tiny chef in your home who would love starting up their own brunch spot. Get your home restaurant-ready by flipping an order card. Once flipped, make the pancake shown as fast as you can, using the spatula to place it on your plate, race back to the starting point somewhere in the room, and hand the plate and spatula to the next player (like a relay-race). The team or individual that correctly completes the stack shown on the card wins the round!
Number of players: 2-4
Recommended age: 4+
Pieces: 10 plastic pancakes in 5 flavors, 2 plastic patties of butter, 2 plastic plates, 2 plastic spatulas, 10 order cards, and a plastic griddle game board
Promising review: "I’m a Preschool teacher and a mom to a 4-year-old and I’ve recommended this game to every parent with young ones! This game is great quality, fun, and teaches so many concepts. Highly recommend" —Chris and Brittany Causey
Get it from Amazon for $15.89.
9. Pixar Spot It! that'll be a hit with families who need a break from screen time...while still getting to hang out with their favorite characters. This is my family's favorite game! I was introduced to it by my 4-year-old sister a decade ago (ooof) and I literally played it with a bunch of adults last week. I love how evenly matched kids and grown-ups are — there's really no telling who will find the most matches!
FYI, this children's version has fewer cards than Spot It! Classic (which has 55) — if you'd like a bigger deck grab the classic tin. Be sure to check out all the different Spot It! character cards available! I literally impulse-bought the princess deck while writing this post. Whoops!
Number of players: 2-5
Recommended age: 4+
Pieces: 1 tin, 30 Disney cards
Promising review: "This is such a fun game! My 4-year-old loves playing games and this really helps her focus on the cards! It is great for family/friend game nights or even out to do dinner to help pass the time while waiting for you food!" —Rita
Get it from Amazon for $13.81.
10. A giant inflatable bowling game your kids are sure to have a ball playing in the driveway or on the pack patio.
Number of players: 1+
Recommended age: 5+
Pieces: 1 inflatable bowling ball, 6 inflatable pins
Promising review: "This inflatable bowling set is quite a good addition to any party that includes kids. The pins and the ball are easy to inflate. They are sturdy. They stand upright and you can set them up like regular pins in a bowling game. We left the pins inflated and they are still inflated after a few months with no problems. The pins have a sturdy bottom that enables them to stand upright until they get hit by the ball. The kids had a really good time playing with it." —teeny0211
Get it from Amazon for $37.99.
11. Zingo!, which is a new take on Bingo that's gonna be *extra* fun. It's fast paced and the toy does all the hard work for you! Just slide it and watch the tiles fall down...here's hoping you get your bored covered first!
Number of players: 2-7
Recommended age: 4+
Pieces: 1 Zinger tile dispenser, 6 double-sided Zingo cards (for two levels of play), 72 double-sided tiles, and a parent's guide
Promising review: "My 4 year old loves Zingo! We play almost every night. Not only is this game fun but it teaches kids patience and to take turns. We love playing this as a family." —Bri
Get it from Amazon for $15.49+ (available in four styles).
12. Noodle Knockout! — this'll be a fabulous choice if you're helping your kiddos work on their fine motor skills. Pick up pieces from the big bowl and add them to the different colored bowls based on the card you pull and the color you spin on the spinner. Soup's on!
Number of players: 1-4
Recommended age: 4+
Pieces: 20 noodles, 27 ramen toppings, 1 spinner, 4 sets of chopsticks, and 4 bowls
Promising review: "My 4-year-old son LOVES this game!!! He had been doing some sequencing activities with his speech therapist, and this fit perfectly with some of the goals he had been working on. He would pull this out and play independently for up to a hour. Great game to have for family! Also works on fine motor skills." —Katherine
Get it from Amazon for $11.99.
13. An open-ended marble run set for inquisitive kids who would love creating a massive marble run all on their own — no rulebook included!
Number of players: 1+
Recommended age: 4+
Pieces: 85 "marbulous'' pieces including 25 action ones, 65 glass-marble set
Promising review: "My 5- and 3-year-olds (and me) have spent hours building towers and watching marbles clatter down these chutes, steps, gears and spirals, HOURS! And they’re not bored yet! It’s also educational learning the physics of slopes by experience. Plus, it comes with enough marbles so that losing a few doesn’t matter." —Joyce Parker
Get it from Amazon for $34.99+ (available in four kit sizes).
14. A Bluey Scavenger Hunt Game sure to delight families who doggone adore this show. You'll all work together to find the 12 toy tokens *before* bedtime. This game definitely gets out kids' wiggles, because most of the moves require moving — each space on the board explains what you'll do on your turn: act out something silly, find items around your house, or answer questions about Bluey! Get ready to have a ton of Heeler family fun...for real life!
Number of players: 2-4
Recommended age: 3+
Pieces: game board, 20 "Find" cards, 10 "Play" cards, 35 toy tokens, and 4 character pawns with bases (newer version has 15 "Find" cards, 15 "Play" cards, 15 "Surprise" cards, 15 "Think" cards, 12 toy tokens, 1 time token, 1 die, 1 sand timer, and 4 3D character pawns: Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, and Chili)
Promising review: "My 3-year-old can’t get enough of this game!! He wants to play every day. I also have a 5-year-old that likes to play. It’s easy enough that they can do it on their own and only need help with the questions and reading the cards." —Amber Branson
Get it from Amazon for $14.99+ (available in two styles).
15. Unicorn Candy Land — a stupendously sweet version of this classic game for little tykes whose favorite animal is, naturally, a unicorn. If you haven't played before (Hello, welcome to Earth, we're glad you're here!) your goal is to get to Candy Land first. You do so by drawing cards that'll tell you what color spot to land on. This game is simple, but it gets intense.
This specific board is an Amazon exclusive, where Hasbro also has an updated Classic version and a Disney Princess pick.
Number of players: 2-4
Recommended age: 3+
Pieces: 1 pop-up board, 4 unique unicorn pawns, 44 cards, and instructions
Promising review: "This is a great game for kids! We got this for my 3-year-old for Christmas and she loves it! She loves the unicorns — she thinks these are so cute. The game is very fun and my girls love the glittery spaces on the board. This was a great gift!" —Emily Lankford
Get it from Amazon for $14.99.
16. Slapburger, which is a card game for kids who have a real appetite for game night! On each turn, a player will lay a card face up in the center of the table, then everyone slaps cards down to make some primo meal combos: like a SlapBurger card, Double Decker or Sandwich. The last player holding all the cards wins.
Number of players: 2-6
Recommended age: 4+
Pieces: 52 cards
Promising review: "This is a perfect family game. It's a fun card game that is easy to learn. I got it to play with my 4-year-old daughter and she loves it! It's a perfect gift and compact for traveling purposes." —Zoro
Get it from Amazon for $12.99.
17. Moody Food — a surprisingly aesthetic game so cute your teenager may love it as much as your toddler! This is designed with six different ways to play, making it a family-friendly find for kids of all ages. Your littles can use it to interpret feelings, your middles will love it as a matching game, and your oldest may be explaining the rules of the hardest levels to YOU. No matter how you play, get ready to gobble these up!
Number of players: 2+
Recommended age: 2-12
Pieces: 36 tile cards
Promising review: "This is a great family game for all ages. We have a 4-year-old and 7-year-old and I really love how there are multiple games that can be played at various levels. The cards are super cute and my kids love the illustrations with expressions and creative names. It truly is a game that is family friendly. They both had a blast and have asked to play it multiple times since we received it. I also appreciated the quality — they are durable cards, which is a HUGE PLUS with littles that get overly excited during games.
Get it from Amazon for $18.99.
18. And finally, Pretty Pretty Princess (a game that'll spark the memory of every '90s baby) sure to be loved by ANYONE who believes dress up is still an essential part of play. This fashion-forward game'll have you and your kids throwing on dozens of accessories at a time while making your way toward the greatest goal, the crown. Here's hoping *you* are the prettiest princess of them all.
Number of players: 2-4
Recommended age: 5+
Pieces: a game board, spinner, four plastic characters, one crown, 21 pieces of plastic jewelry, and illustrated instructions.
Promising review: "This is a childhood classic. My daughter loves this game, and if I can be honest, it was one of my favorites growing up also. A classic game." —Lts819
Get it from Amazon for $18.74.
Reviews in this post have been edited for length and clarity.