We love games! Now that Sienna is getting older we are enjoying playing games together. It is so much fun. We normally do this during the weekends so we can all get involved and play. We were asked by John Adams’ to review their latest family games range which, of course, we were delighted to do. We have not reviewed any John Adams games previously but we have played a few of them before, so we were pretty excited.
We were sent a bundle of 3 games to review. The games were, Don’t be a Donkey, Giggle Wiggle and Mr Bucket. I actually saw all of these games at the Toy Fair back in January and I thought they were fun, so now I am very happy to test them properly with the family.
These games will be available from mid-July from most the typical toy shops such as Amazon, Smyths Toys, Toys R Us, etc. So keep an eye out for their new releases as they will be out pretty soon.
All 3 games are for 2 to 4 players and the age recommended is for 4+. We played all the games with Sienna who is almost 3. Even though she was very keen to play with us and she did a fantastic job, she was still young to understand the games properly. But she had so much fun though.
DON’T BE A DONKEY
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Description & How to Play
Don’t be a Donkey is a fast-paced card swapping, carrot grabbing game. All players choose a card from their hand and pass to the next player. Keep swapping until someone gets a set of 4 matching cards. As soon as a player gets 4 matching donkey cards they shout DONKEY and everybody tries to grab a carrot. If you didn’t get a carrot, you lift up one of your donkey ears. If you lose three times you become the donkey!
Contents
- 4x headbands with ears
- 3x carrots
- 1x Set of playing cards
- 1x donkey nose
- Instructions
Features
Nick is the donkey!
- Card swapping, carrot grabbing game
- As soon as a player gets 4 matching donkey cards, they shout ‘DONKEY’ and grab a carrot
- Didn’t get a carrot? Lift up one of your donkey ears
- If you lose 3 times, you’re the DONKEY
- 2-4 players
- Age 3-6, 7-9
- RRP £24.99
- Batteries not required
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Our Thoughts
Sienna is the Donkey!
This game was fun to play but it wasn’t straightforward to understand at first. It took a little time for Sienna to understand it but then once we played one round it was easier. We also played with the rules for 2 players instead as we thought it would be easier for her. She was ‘just’ able to follow playing in this way. She wouldn’t have been able to play otherwise.
For 2 players the rules were different. Players take turns flipping over the top card of their stack into the middle of the table. At the moment someone flips the same colour card on top of the revealed cards, all players need to shout out Donkey and try to grab a carrot. The player who didn’t grab a carrot loses. Everything else is the same.
This is a great game and something for all the family to enjoy.
GIGGLE WIGGLE
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Description & How to Play
This is a twisting, turning, race to the top game. You will need to place all your coloured balls in Giggle Wiggle’s hands. Giggle Wiggle is cheeky and may drop balls when he moves. You should start at the bottom, then race to balance the coloured balls on Giggle Wiggle’s hands, as he twists and turns to the music. You need to be careful because if the balls fall, you’ll have to start again. To win you will need to stack all your balls into Giggle Wiggle’s hands first to win!
Content
- Giggle Wiggle & base
- 24 Balls (6 of each colour – red, yellow, blue, purple)
- Sticker
- Instructions
Features
- Press the button and Giggle Wiggle will dance to the music
- Watch Giggle Wiggle dance to the salsa music
- Stack all your balls into Giggle Wiggle’s hands and win
- 2-4 Players
- Age 3-6
- RRP £24.99
- Batteries required: 3 x AA (Not included)
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Our thoughts
This game is so much fun! My girls really like it. It is hard to do though because it moves a lot and very quick too. I tried it and I actually managed to do it but it wasn’t easy! I had a great time playing it! It’s great for kids of all ages. It’s also a great game to practice motor skills and patience.
MR BUCKET
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Description & How to Play
Is the original, racing, chase the bucket game! Scoop up all the balls of your colour as Mr Bucket moves around the floor. Race to be the first to scoop up all of the balls of your colour as Mr Bucket moves around the floor. Catch them and get them back into Mr Bucket before he can shoot them out again! Be the first complete the task and pick up Mr Bucket by his handle to win the game.
Content
- 1x easy-assemble bucket
- 2x arms
- 1x handle
- 4x shovels
- 12x balls (3 of each colour: green, blue, yellow and red)
- Instructions
Features
- Racing, chasing and scooping action game
- As he moves and waves his arms, cheeky Mr Bucket will pop balls out of his mouth
- Grab a shovel and chase Mr Bucket
- Be quick as he pops out balls almost as fast as you can drop them in
- Return all three of your coloured balls into Mr Bucket and lift him up by the handle to win!
- 2-4 Players
- Age 3-6
- RRP £24.99
- Batteries required: 3 x AA (Not included)
See Amazon details below:
Our Thoughts
This game was the only one that needed proper assembly but it was easy to do and didn’t take much time to get everything ready to play. You also need to affix the stickers that were provided.
The game is also perfect for little ones because they get to move around chasing the balls and the bucket. I guess the hard part is getting your 3 coloured balls in the bucket before Mister Bucket spits them out.
Sienna loved chasing the balls but not so much putting them in the bucket, LOL! Bella played the game very well and understood it straight away. Nick and Bella played the game once against each other, which Bella won! This is another fun and different game to play at home with the family.
Do you like games with your family? Have you played any John Adams’ games before? What do you think of these games? Which do you like the look of the most? Will you buy any to play at home?
*Disclosure: We were sent a bundle of the latest John Adams’ Family Games range to review for the purpose of this blog post. However, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
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I don’t really play games. But my kids do love playing. Don’t be a donkey–I should introduce it to my kid 🙂
What gorgeous pics of your family! I was just saying to my husband this week that we don’t have enough games to play as a family when it’s raining outside. It’s nice to see there’s some new, fun games coming to the shops! X #kcacols
And we do have so many rainy days lately, right? Lol yes we need lots of games to entertain our hyper girls at home! 😉 x
The donkey one looks like a laugh! #KALCOLS
Yes it was! Lol x
These games sound amazing, I think my Leo would love the giggle wiggle one, sounds like great fun. It’s lovely that you all enjoy playing games as a family x #kcacols
They are all super fun! Yes the giggle wiggle is great! Not easy though! 🙂 x
They all seem like such fun games especially don’t be a donkey… I’m sure your family had fun playing it #KCACOLS
I love the idea of the ‘don’t be a donkey’ looks like loads of fun.
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Yes it is! 🙂 x
These look so much fun. Our boys are really starting to get into games now, their favourite is Looping’ Louie 🙂 #KCACOLS
These look fab. Our favourites are the Junior Monopoly and Guess Who! #KCACOLS
I need to get the Junior Monopoly. I think my eldest would love it, 🙂 x
Fantastic review lovely. Games like these are the best! #KCACOLS
We love traditional games like this here. #KCACOLS
Giggle Wiggle looms like the most fun. I love a good game night. #kcacols
These games look really fun. My eldest is enjoying playing games now so I think he would definitely like these. #kcacols
All 3 look like so much fun! I think Giggle Wiggle is my fav although maybe not the easiest! #KCACOLS
These look like such fun games that the whole family can enjoy. I wish I’d seen this post at the start of the wet summer holidays… #kcacols
Giggle wiggle looks great fun x
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These look like a lot of fun. Pen x #KCACOLS
HA HA HA! Brilliant review and hilarious photos. (: #KCACOLS
The donkey one looks like a lot of fun! #KCACOLS
These look like brilliant games! I love the look of Don’t be a Donkey, but I can see that Dot would love Giggle Wiggle!
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Bless Sienna. She looks like she’s having loads of fun but is totally unsure what’s just gone down in the donkey game lol
I remember Giggle Wiggle when I was a kid. So much fun.
We love playing board games with George now he’s getting older. We play a lot of orchard games as they are perfect for his age at the moment. Looking forward to many more years of board games.
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Fab review. Loved watching the video.
Ooh these look fun! We love playing board games, our kids are really getting into them. #KCACOLS x
I like the bucket one. #kcacols
I think I need all of these! Emma loves this sort of thing, I think letter to Santa might be very specific this year!
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We love games like this. The donkey one looks like a lot of fun #kcacols
We love games in our family. Father Christmas stills brings one every year even though my children are teenagers!!! These look like a lot of fun for little ones! Sorry for the delay in commenting! I linked, forgot and went away! It’s my age! #kcacols
These games look ace! I love the look of the donkey one, so funny!
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