Do you enjoy playing games with the family? My daughters love to play games, and I’ve always loved them as well, ever since I was little. I’ve always been a huge fan of playing games. It gets everyone together for some family time, and keeps the kids away from electronics. It’s a win win for us! There are so many amazing games out there too. Goliath and Pressman have always been some great brands for our family. We always find something that we love playing from them. Recently, we were given the Charades for Kids and Color Smash games. These are perfect games for those with kids, like myself.
My daughters and I were very excited to try out both of these games. If any of you have played charades before, then you probably know how that game is going to go already. This charades one is actually great for traveling. My family and I have travel plans in a couple of months, so we already know we’re going to be bringing both of these games with us.
This classic game of Charades is designed especially for kids to play and enjoy! With three levels of clues, kids of all ages can participate. Each card has a clue with a picture, so no reading is required (although the combination of the picture and its corresponding word reinforces early reading skills). Younger players can act out a toothbrush, a cat or a bumble bee! Older children can read the simple words and phrases and act out actions like eating spaghetti or playing guitar! This game is great for the whole family to play together as they try to guess the charade before time runs out! For 3 or more players, ages 4 and up.
- Smaller version of the family favorite is great for travel!
- Fun, active game gets kids moving
- No reading required
- 3 Levels of play
Game Contents:
- 150 Charade Cards with 450 Charades
- Sand Timer
- Game Die
- Complete Instructions
If your kids love playing charades, then this is the perfect game for them. It’s a lot more simple then other charades games. This one is created for kids, and we love it! They’re very simple for the kids to read off what they are going to be acting out. There are even some photos on the cards to help them out with some of them. In this game, they have a dice that has the numbers 1,2 and 3. These all determine which number on the cards they have to act out. There is a timer for everyone who is acting out what’s on the card too. You have until the timer runs out to try to guess what the player is trying to act out. The person who guesses three cards correctly, is the winner!
Slap your way to victory in this test of color coordination and smash the splat with the same color and name to win the deck! It’s quick to learn and easy to play! The unique, colorful storage “paint can” holds cards for future play. You’ve got to be smart and fast to win at Color Smash! The eye sees one thing while your brain perceives the other. Take turns laying your cards down on the table – remember to pay attention, or they may get stolen! For 2 or more players, ages 6 and up.
Game contents
- 72 Cards
- 1 Paint Can Storage Tin
- Complete Instructions
My daughters and I really enjoyed playing this game. This is a quick thinking game, but you don’t want to “smash” the wrong colored card. As you can see, some of these words match up with the colors, and some of them don’t. For example: the black colored card says blue on it. That means you don’t want to “smash” your hand down on that one because the word is not the correct color. Now if you look on the green card, it does saw green, so that one is correct. That means you want to “smash” down on that card. If there are cards that show color, but no words, you don’t want to “smash” down on those ones either. The multi colored ones just mean that if you’re the one to get that card, then you get to steal five cards from a player of your choosing.
Now, if you “smash” down on the wrong card, you have to put five of your cards back in the pile. This game can be extremely exciting, but you have to watch what you’re doing, and be quick about it too. You don’t want to “smash” down on any of the wrong cards, or you could easily lose the game very quickly. It’s certainly a fun one to play though! My daughters and I have been having a lot of fun with this one. The player who wins this game, is the one with the most cards in the end.
Both of these games are great games for the family. If you’re in search of some fun games the whole family can enjoy, then these ones are right for you. Goliath and Pressman have a lot more exciting and fun games to check out too. We can always find something we want from these brands. I’m sure you will too!
Would you enjoy playing these games with your family?
robin rue says
That sounds like such a fun game! I would love to play this with my kids.
KatBp says
They sure are. We love them both!
I like how this is for the younger children. All three of my grandchildren could play this including the three year old which makes everyone happy.
Right! I really loved that too.
These look like some fun games for kids to play! I might have to pick these up for our next game night.
They sure are!
Oh these all look like fun! My kids love to play games together, especially at Christmas with the family. These do look like something we would enjoy.
They sure are!
Those look like great games to play with the kids. I think it would be a lot of fun!
They sure are!
They both sound like a lot of fun. My kids are older but I would like to try out Color Smash for myself.
Color Smash is a great game for all!
What a fun game! My kids would love to play this! This game will make a great addition to family game night.
They both are really fun!
These sound like some wonderful games to be playing with family. It seems like the company have really tried to put together something fun and educational.
Yes, certainly!
What a fun game for kids! Charades for kids will help them use their imagination!
Yes, they sure are fun!
What a cool game! My family would love to play this one! Sounds like a lot of fun.
They sure are lots of fun!
My son would really love the charades for kids – he is very animated so he would have fun with that!
That’s great to hear! I bet he’d love this then.
I really would love these. I adore anything that brings kids and family together.
Right! Me too!
I can imagine the Color Smash game getting pretty fun and energetic! Great options for kids and families to get some time together. Thanks for sharing this.
Yes, it really is!
These games look like so much fun! We love a good game night. I might have to pick up some of these.
We do as well!
I’m getting back into the habit of playing actual board games and things like this with the kids. My kids have gotten to attached to their electronics.
Yes, us too! We love games.
I love family games. I was thinking about buying some. Thanks for the great ideas!
Same here. They’re lots of fun.
Totally agree with you, this stuff can bring families together and have some quality time while having fun. It so nice of you to feature this kind of toys that can initiate family bonding.
Yes, certainly!
Appear to be great idea for family game nights with younger children. Finding age appropriate games are important so everyone has a good time when families play together.
They really are. We love them both!
All of these games look like ideal options for kids to have fun while staying off of electronics! I’ll be sure to check these out!
Right! We love all games, and especially love when the kids stay off the electronics by playing games.
Those games sound like a lot of fun for families with young kids. When my kids were little we played a lot of games.
They sure are!
I’d love to try the charades game with my grandsons. They’re still a little young, but I think they could do it.
I’m sure they’d love it too!
We love playing charades or any guessing game because they are always fun and exciting. That said, we’re going to enjoy this game for sure.
Us too! That’s one of our favorites. Kids love it!
We love our winter game nights! We have so much fun with some simple treats and good friends!
Same here. Game nights are so fun!
My kids and husband love board games! We don’t have these ones yet. I think they look pretty fun!
They sure are!
These definitely look like some fun games to play with the family! I would love to check these out!
They sure are!
I haven’t seen either of these games. I think my kids would love these. They just started getting into games.
They sure are a lot of fun too!
Will you please post or send me a picture of the instructions I seem to have lost mine… Thanks!
For which game?