Christmas Surprises from Orchard Toys is a fun game that your little ones will love to spend time with around the Christmas Holidays, although they can play with it all year around really!! 🙂
We are now Official Testers of Orchard Toys and because of that we are incredibly lucky to receive games to review. This time we were sent the Christmas Surprises game which we have been playing at home with Bella.
Review
This game is basically two games in one as the game board is reversible. Each player has their own game board, and on one side you have Santa who needs help to with finding different shaped presents for his sack. On the reverse side you have a Christmas tree which requires decorating with different coloured baubles.
The box that we received contained 4 reversible game boards, 24 coloured baubles, 24 presents and two dice (one for each game). The game is aimed at children aged 3-6 and for 2-4 players. Bella is 5 and she had lots of fun playing it. Maybe she is a little bit old for it but she enjoyed rolling the dice and putting the pieces in the correct places.
Game One: Help Santa find the toys by matching the shapes
You have to roll the dice (which has shapes on) and for the shape you roll you need to find a corresponding present (using the wrapping paper side) and place it on the shape of your game board until you complete all the shapes. Once Santa’s sack is complete you then turn over the presents revealing what they are. Finding out what the presents are is such a nice surprise. This is where the game gets the name Christmas Surprises from. It adds an extra element of surprise and excitement!
Game Two: Colour matching
You need to match the coloured baubles to the tree. You have to roll the dice (colours on) and then the colour you get from the dice you then need to find a bauble matching that colour and place on the game board until it is all complete.
As you all know, Orchard Toys are not just well known for their fun games but that they are educational too. See below the benefits of this game:
- Develops Colour Recognition
- Promotes Imaginative Play
- Encourages Observational Skills
- Encourages Discussion
- Develops Shape and Matching Skills
- Develops Personal and Social Skills
This is a perfect game to play at this time of year. Your little ones will have a lot fun playing it and learning about colours and shapes. The price of this game is £9.50. This could be a perfect option for a Christmas gift.
You can go to the Orchard Toys website or see them on Twitter, and you can also browse around their boards on Pinterest.
Have you bought Orchard Toys before? Have you tried the Christmas Surprises game? What type of games do you like playing with your kids around Christmas? Leave a comment below as I would love to hear your opinion.
*Disclaimer: I was contacted by Orchard Toys to review this game in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
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natalie moore says
we love playing family games together we love disney trivial pursuit!
Samantha O'D says
festive What am I?
Corinne Peat says
Love family board games like Cluedo
Sonia Cash says
We love Snakes and Ladders and Snap – easy games as the children are still quite young
christine shelley says
Cluedo
Alana Walker says
My 3 sons are all aged 4 and under so any games we do play have to be easy to play and understand, so we are already huge fans of Orchard Toys games. Our favourites are Dotty Dinosaurs and Shopping List, so I’m sure we’ll be having a few games of those at Christmas. The Christmas Surprises game looks like a great seasonal variation of Dotty Dinosaurs so it must be a lot of fun too.x
aaron broad says
I like playing family board games
Emily Knight says
We play a whole range of different board games – our favourite is Articulate!
Sarah mackay says
Blove playing Scattergories at Christmas
Joanne phillips says
At Christmas time we play board games, card games, table tennis and any games that we have got as gifts for Christmas
Jo Carroll says
We love family board games like Monopoly and Scrabble and always enjoy the odd 1000 peice puzzle! 😉
Michelle O'Neill says
charades x
Lyndsay-Rose says
Cluedo and the logo game
Chris Andrews says
we like to play board games, especially Scrabble
kim neville says
We like playing different board games, my kids like playing telling time and shopping list by Orchard and memory game. My son is so good at them 🙂
Becca Staples says
Any games the whole family can join in with x
Christopher Read says
Quiz games
Phyllis May Ellett says
We love playing cards and board games such as Sorry!, also the dart board comes out and we have a darts competition which is fun.
cheryl kean says
I used to love playing monopoly , my sister had it and she was soooo bossy with it, she HAD to be banker and in charge of the cards..lol
Michelle Ferguson says
I like board games like trivial pursuit
Laura Corrall says
We always love playing pop up pirate at Christmas. My little girls love it.
JULIE WARD says
Looks like monopoly as grandson is getting the game for xmas
sarah clegg says
monopoly 🙂
Christine Caple says
We like playing board games
Janine C says
Anything easy and fun that the whole family can get involved with, like charades and monopoly