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What’s on your child’s wishlist for Christmas? Is it the latest video game? A DVD? A new electronic device? Technology is great fun, but what about also putting something classic, retro, and cool under the Christmas tree? Give a gift that encourages the whole family to unplug and spend quality time together during the holidays. What kind of gift does that? A board game like the ones from Winning Moves Games is an exciting hands-on gift that’ll provide hours of family fun!
Hi, I’m Jennifer Dawn, a mother of three young children, a contributor here at 5 Minutes for Mom, and the blogger behind The Life of Jennifer Dawn. Today we’re teaming up with Winning Moves Games to share with you a few reason why board games make ideal gifts for Christmas. This post is sponsored so thank you for reading and sharing.
When I was growing up, my parents always gave my sister and me a board game at Christmas. It was the one present we were allowed to open on Christmas Eve. The rest of the presents had to wait until Christmas morning, but that board game kept us happy and occupied for the rest of that day and on countless other days and occasions that followed.
Now I’m the one buying, wrapping, and gifting board games for my own kids each Christmas. Yes, I’ve continued the tradition and have remained a BIG fan of board games through the years. My sister and I grew up playing them together. I don’t think we ever played one we didn’t love. From card games to word games, they were all fun and exciting to us.
I can say with great assurance that as kids we would have loved the game I’m about to share with you today. It’s an exciting, education game suitable for young children called Nibbled™!
Nibbled™ Game for Kids
Nibbled is a fast-paced game that involves correctly guessing the colors on cards. Each player starts with the same number of fish clipped onto their clothes. Make a guess, flip a card over, and clip your fish to another player if you guess correctly. The first player to get rid of all their fish wins the game! It’s a fun, creative game that involves colors and counting.
My kids are 4-8 and it was a game they were all able to play together. My husband and I enjoyed playing too making it a perfect game for our family game nights. I love when we find a game that all ages can play and enjoy!
Nibbled is just one example of a game that would make a great gift this Christmas.
Think back to your childhood. What were some of your favorite games? Whatever board game has made it to the top of your list, I know we can all agree that there are some amazing benefits to be gained from gathering together and playing games with family and friends.
6 Reasons Board Games Make Fantastic Christmas Gifts
- Promote Family Time
Hosting a game night is a great way to bring the whole family together for a time of fun and laughter. If extended family members are visiting during the holidays, pull the board games out for hours of fun.
- Educational
Many games provide opportunities to practice math and literacy skills. There is often critical thinking and strategy involved, too. They offer countless chances to learn through play.
- Foster Valuable Skills
Sportsmanship, teamwork, fine motor, memory, and countless other skills can all be practiced and sharpened through playing board games.
- Affordable
Those electronic gadgets on the kids’ lists might be costly, but board games certainly aren’t. For a low cost, you can purchase a gift that will provide hours upon hours of fun. Winning Moves Games has some great prices on all your favorites.
- Provide Years of Use
Take good care of them and a board game will last for years. I still have games from when I was a child. Do you remember games like Clue, Trouble, Scattergories, and Guess Who? Those are classics that will never become outdated.
- Entertaining
Let’s face it… Board games are just plain FUN!
Other Screen-Free Gift Ideas for Kids
Here are some more ideas for great gifts for children…
- Classic family board game from Winning Moves Games like Connect 4® Twist & Turn™, Clue® Classic Edition, and Monopoly® Classic Edition
- Rubik’s® Cube and other Rubik’s® puzzles from Winning Moves Games
- Magazine subscriptions
- Books–picture books, activity books, any kind of books!
- Monthly activity box subscriptions for kids
- Construction toys
- Lessons for art, dance, music, or sports
- Art and craft supplies
- Memberships to zoos, aquariums, or museums
- An experience to a sporting event, play, concert, or other fun destination
Giveaway
Would you like to win $150 worth of games from Winning Moves Games? We will draw one random winner who will be able to choose $150 worth of games from Winner Moves.
To enter to win, take a look at the Winning Moves Games site and leave us a comment letting us know a couple of games that you think your family would like the most. Then complete your entry using the entry form below.
Sorry to our Canadian friends, this giveaway is open to the US only.
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored so extra thanks for reading and sharing.
Written by 5 Minutes for Mom contributor Jennifer Dawn. Jenn blogs about living a beautiful and creative life at The Life of Jennifer Dawn.
Tonya Flores says
We would love to play Game of the states, clue and the rubiks games. 🙂
Gina Ferrell says
My family would like to play The Game of Life, Hi-Ho! Cherry O, Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders.
vivian blevins says
big boggle and monopoly.
Kathleen Hand says
I would love to introduce my kids to aggravation and parcheesi – 2 of my favorite board games when I was their ages.
Hanna D. says
My nephew would love the game, Sunk. I never heard of it until today and it looks like a lot of fun,
amanda whitley says
my family would like Clue® Suspect Card Game and pictureka
Leah Shumack says
Boggle and Scrabble are some of my favorite games!
Angela Hendricks says
Looking through the games my kids would like a lot of them but for now I’ll say Candoo and Sunk look like a lot of fun and I bet my kids would enjoy those games.
DanV says
We like Clue® Suspect Card Game – fun!
Hesper Fry says
My kids would like the games Chutes and Ladders and also Candy Land.
kathy pease says
I would like Scattergories®: The Card Game and Pit
sylvia says
I’m looking forward to the advance to boardwalk game. i think our family might also enjoy pass the pig and crocodile dentist
Amy Greenwood says
I think my family would really enjoy playing the Clue Suspect card game and Cranium Cadoo. There are a lot of games on their site that look like fun. We love playing games, so these prizes would be amazing!
Rachel says
Monopoly is my favorite and my kids loves it to & we play often
Meme says
I know my kids would love moose caboose and waterworks among others
Theresa Miller says
No Stress Chess & Pass The Pigs games look like ones our family would like to play.
AEKZ2 says
My family would like Risk and Game of the States
Sand says
I like Monopoly Classic Edition.
Trisha McKee says
Rubiks Triamid and Upwords are a couple of the games I think my family would enjoy. We love board games. My teenage daughter has a game night once a month for her friends.
Buddy Garrett says
We would like Monopoly Classic Edition and Trouble Classic Edition.
Julie Hawkins says
I like the cadoo and sunk games a lot.
Katie Bellamy says
We are big fans of Monopoly & Clue!
Rose Santuci-Sofranko says
I like Canasta, and I’d like to learn something new like their Rook. Thanks and God Bless!
Deborah W. says
I love Nibbled and Pictureka. They look like a lot of fun!
Leela says
Game Of The States and Nibbled.
Anna Pry says
pass the pigs, cadoo and sunk
Carla C says
We would like nibbled, sunk,clue,and racko
Ed says
Big Boggle ans Upwords Classic would be my games of choice!
Jae Park says
I think my family would like the TROUBLE CLASSIC EDITION, PASS THE PIGS, and CROCODILE DENTIST. We played Trouble at a friends house and had fun, and they love animals so that’s why I chose the other 2. Thanks for hosting!
Mickie Smith says
We love family game nights and try to have them often! Big Boogle looks like a game we would use often. The kids also love Trouble, and could use a new one.. they have played out the one they have! Lol
robby rob says
Monopoly Advance to Boardwalk looks awesome. We would enjoy that
Stephanie Liske says
I think that we would like Monopoly® Advance To Boardwalk™ and Game Of The States™.
Lisa V. says
I would love Boggle.
Tara Woods says
We would love to have Super Scrabble, Monopoly Advance To Boardwalk and Upwords.
Cathleen N says
Rubik’s Build it solve it, Twister, the Clue card game, and Pass the Pigs
Alexandra Y says
My family would like the Rubiks games and the Clue card game.
Angela Thorpe says
We’d love to play the Cranium Cadoo and Nibbled
peyton wyjad says
canium caddoo and clue look super fun
susan smoaks says
i would love cranium caddoo and game of the states. they both look like fun.
Rosanne Robinson says
My grandson loves board & card games, so I know that he would enjoy Clue, Cranium Cadoo, & Pictureka! Card Game.
Erica B. says
I like: Clue Card Game, Crocodile Dentist, Candy Land, and Big Boggle.
Thuy Vy Vu says
My kids love Chutes and Ladder or Crocodile Dentist®
Kelly says
We love cadoo, sorry, scrabble, monopoly, clue. The girls just played twister this weekend. I never even heard of guess who until quite recently so we would like to give that a try. We would probably enjoy all of the games. There are several we don’t have and we LOVE playing games.
Mary Jacobowitz says
We like Monopoly Advance to Boardwalk and Big Boggle.
Molli Taylor says
i love monopoly so advance to boardwalk would be awesome. also pcitureka, my kids love that
Crystal Rose says
We would like the NO STRESS CHESS® & CRANIUM® CADOO.
Kriss says
Cadoo and Clue would be fun.
Kathy B. says
We love Clue the board game, so I know we would like the Clue® Suspect Card Game. Also the Tile Lock Scrabble.
Angie says
Game of the States and Connect 4 Twist and Turn. Cool games!
Heather A.E. says
Our family is a fan of the classics, and we don’t have any board games of our own. Definitely Candy Land, Monopoly, Life and Payday!
Laurie Nykaza says
Crocodile Dentist & Big Boggle both sound like so much fun.
Ty says
I’d love to have the pass the pigs game and clue.
Amy says
We’d probably enjoy playing Racko, Sunk!, Pass the Pig Party and This Game is Bonkers. 🙂
Elizabeth Ferree says
Rubik’s build it and solve it and Gave of the States.
Rebekah says
Clue® Suspect Card Game and Monopoly Advance to Boardwalk.
Cheryl K says
We’d love monopoly, scrabble and tons of the other games. This prize would allow me to buy gifts for my family, my sisters family and my friends kids. Thank you for the opportunity 💕
Jeremy says
Clue, Scrabble and Pit
sarah says
scattergories, canasta
Chelsey Bennett says
I think Candyland and Crocodile Dentist would be a hit in my house. Hi Ho Cherry-o was one of my favorites growing up too!
desiree says
the kids would love card game the one want clue games
Nancy Bowers says
We would like Connect 4 and Guess Who.
Tiff Cho says
My family loves Monopoly and Uncle Wiggley!
Tara O. says
I think my family would really enjoy Game of the States, The Game of Life, Cranium Cadoo and Instant Insanity!
crystal mccord says
Love monopoly.
Tom Bellamy says
I would like the Game of the States and Clue.
Jessica Whitehouse says
I’d like to have BIG BOGGLE, MONOPOLY ADVANCE TO BOARDWALK, and CROCODILE DENTIST
Anita Duvall says
Game of the States looks like a lot of fun. Good learning game. Cranium Caddoo looks like fun, also.
Heidi c. says
My kids would enjoy Chutes and Ladders, Crocodile Dentist and Candyland.
elizabeth miller says
Nibbled and the Rubiks games would definitly be a big hit. Pass the pigs would be enjoyed as well, along with This game is bonkers and crocodile dentist.
Eileen Richter says
The Rubiks build it, solve it would be great for our granddaughter. The Cadoo game, the This game is Bonkers, and the Guess Who (this one always a favorite but we have not had in the house for over a decade.) Love to gift the games to each of the 6 kids, 3 of which have families! Thank you!
Pat F says
game boards are big in our house. We would love Game Of The States and Clue.
Jen F says
The Crocodile Dentist and Moose Caboose look like they would be super fun to play!
Lindsey Garrison says
I think that Crocodile dentist and sunk would be some fun family games to play!
KENNETH OHL says
The clue card game would be one and crocodile dentist game
Nancy says
I like Tile Lock Scrabble and Trouble.
Allyson Tice says
I think my family and I would really enjoy Risk and Scrabble!
Tiffany says
Any of the games our family would live, but Id most want Parchese, Life, and Clue. The game of the states would be great too, since we are learning state geography in our homeschool.
lana says
My son really wants the monopoly game so thats what he is getting easy enough for me
Mary Somerville says
I love No Stress Chess, and Game of States. Sunk! and Rubik’s Build It Solve It look really fun, and different. So many great games!
Heather D says
Clue, Scrabble and the Monopoly would all be big hits in my house.
Onyinye Elochukwu says
I’ll say the clue card game, Moose Caboose and Uncle Wiggily. They’ll be fun.
Angela Williams says
I love the No Stress Chess, the card Clue game, the Pass the Pigs game, and the Game of the States game for our family game night!!
Emma says
My daughter loves to play board games! I’d like to try this Nibbled game. And, hey, they have Game of the States – I used to play that when I was little!
Robin Abrams says
We would love the Game Of The States & the Monopoly® Advance To Boardwalk games
Aaron Reck says
Payday was always a really fun and cool game. Thanks so much. This is great.
Jessi Housel says
My kids already have some of these great games like candy land and chutes and ladders, but I am so sure they would enjoy more like Moose Caboose and Uncle Wiggily! We play games often (about every other day and almost everyday in the winter months). Playing games is great to teach them about playing fair, winning/loosing and creates lots of fun family moments.
jenny says
My kids would love game of the states, scrabble and Yahtzee!
MaryAnn says
The game Nibbled looks fun.
Nicole Martin says
Cranium Cadoo and Nibbled look fun!
Monique Rizzo says
I paid pass the pig with my parents growing up. I would love that game!
colleenMarie says
MY kids love Candy Land and Hi HO Cherrio
Julie Waldron says
We’d like Payday and Connect 4 Twist & Turn.
Anne says
The Clue Suspect Card Game and Scrabble.
Becca says
I think Clue Suspect Card Game, Yahtzee Classic, or PayDay would be popular in my family!
Kristie says
The Clue® Suspect Card Game looks fun!
barbg says
Wow, I did look at their site and $159 would buy a lot of games! I would probably choose a new type of monopoly, rubik’s, cadoo,, scattergories and who knows what else.
Laura Barnes-Schrillo says
Pass the pIg is a fun game
Peggy Nunn says
I would like the Rubik’s Triamid and Cranium Cadoo games for my family.
beth shepherd says
The Clue Suspect Card Game would be fun. Thank you
Jennifer Collette says
We’d love Pass the Pig, UpWords, Guess Who? and Rack-O!
Donna Clifford says
Pictureka and Cadoo
Karley Moore says
My family would like Sunk! and Upwords. Thanks for the giveaway!
Anne Higgins says
Game of the states would be great (we have been trying to teach our grandkids the songs of the states – there is always room for educating while having fun. And, Chutes and Ladders along with CandyLand are on their requested wish list. Love our family time playing board games and cards.
Nicole Lancaster says
I think my family would enjoy Game Of The States, Pictureka! Card Game and Sunk!.
Michelle J. says
Pass the Pigs or the party version!
Stacy Renee says
I loved Pass the Pigs as a kid and love that they have a BIG PIGS version now! That would work great with toddlers! I also love that they have made Boggle bigger!
Azeem Isaahaque says
I like the Clue Suspect Card Game!
Vickie L Couturier says
Game Of The States™ and Pass The Pig game
Rebecca C says
We would really enjoy the Game of the States, the Clue card game, and Cranium Cadoo. Fingers crossed. We just love game nights!
JessicaT says
Big boggle looks fun
Mary W says
Cadoo and Nibbled look like games we would have fun playing with all the kids.
Tara Darity says
My kids would love cranium and nibbled!!
Denise L says
So many awesome games. I’m kinda old fashioned. I’d love the Big Boggle.
Janet M says
I know she would like Crocodile Dentist, Chutes and ladders and Moose Caboose. They all look like fun.
Cheryl VanBrunt says
I think my family would like the Clue Suspect Card Game and the Monopoly Advance To Boardwalk games.
Ashley C says
I think my family would like Moose Caboose and Crocodile Dentist
Sandra Watts says
I would like to get the Monopoly® Advance To Boardwalk™ for my family.
stephanie says
the Winning Moves’ Clue Classic Edition looks fun!!
Katie E Smith says
My family would love Monopoly advance to boardwalk and candyland :).
Ann Fantom says
My family would like Winning Moves’ Clue Classic Edition and Yahtzee games.
nickie says
I like the Rack-o and big boggle
Heather B says
Super Scrabble and Big Boggle both look like games that would be a big hit in my house.
kathy Persons says
They would likeRubiks build it and sunk
Lauren says
My kids would like the Rubik’s Triamid and Pig Party game.
BusyWorkingMama says
I’d love the clue suspect card game
Michelle Hill says
We would love Monopoly Advance to Boardwalk, Big Boggle and No Stress Chess.
Julie F says
Big Boggle® and Brynk look fun!
Janet W. says
I think my family would most enjoy the games Crocodile Dentist® and Uncle Wiggily®!
Carey says
Rack-o and big boggle Willis be fun.
Terra Heck says
Our family would enjoy playing Rack-O and Big Boggle. Thanks.
Annette says
We’d like CRANIUM® CADOO and PICTUREKA!® CARD GAME.
Jeanna Massman says
We would love to play Nibbled and Clue Suspect Card Game.
jan says
the kids would love Uncle Wiggley and Crocodile Dentist for sure
Pat Schwab says
I would pick the Clue card game, the regular game was one of my favorites growing up. We always had at least one new game under our tree at Christmas when the kids were younger. Thisi is one of my favorite things to do when all my kids are home– play games.
Amber Ludwig says
My son would LOVE the crocodile dentist game and Id love to see some of the classics like Candyland and Hi Ho Cherry-o!