Apples to Apples

July 20, 2010

For Jon’s birthday, we had family game night. We struggle with finding games that entertain us and the kids. We gave Katelyn this game for Christmas and got it out to play for the first time this weekend. We played again last night and everyone has a great time with this game.

Several versions of the game exist, including a regular version, a junior version and the 7+ version. We have the 7+ one to start with for the girls. Madison and Emily need help reading the cards, so we play on teams with them. Katelyn reads the cards without a problem and will be 7 soon. They all understand the concept of the game and enjoy playing. They each love taking their turn as judge.

The set up and play is easy. You begin by dealing out red cards(5 each). Then the judge turns over a green card. The green card has a descriptive word on it such as yummy or large. Then the players each choose a red card from their hand with a word or phrase that best fits what the judge will think fits the word on the green card. The judge collects the card from each player and shuffles them up so they do not know who gave what card. After reading the card aloud, the players can try to sway the judge into choosing their card. Once the judge chooses a winner, that player receives the green card. The judge position passes to the next person and the game continues. The game ends after someone collects 4 green cards.

We played until we felt like stopping and added up the cards the first time we played since Katelyn collected 4 cards pretty quickly. Last night, we played until someone won 4 and then sent the kids off to get ready for bed. I can see us playing this game for years, especially since there are different versions we can get as the girls get older.

We are in the market for more games like this…ones we enjoy playing with the kids, but aren’t too advanced for kids ages 4-7 to enjoy.

I’m looking at getting:

and

Any opinions on either of these games or suggestions for others?

I want to get a few more to add to our collection before we go to the beach. I’m so afraid with all the rain lately, we will be at the beach with nothing to do. So if I go prepared with other entertainment, it will be beautiful and we won’t need them.

Posted in Kid Activities