Board games are great ways of bringing kids and families together and they make for wonderful gifts for the holidays or birthdays.

Below is a list of top recommended games sent in by moms and reviewed by our staff. Most games are available in your local toy stores, but a few are only available online.

The games are divided into different categories with the ages listed in parenthesis. You will note that there is a crossover between some of the ages in the sections, so it would be best to review the entire list.

If you would like to make a suggestion, please email us at info@funplaydates.com.

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PRESCHOOL:

Candyland (3-6)
Candy Land - Dora (3-7)
Cootie (3-6)
Cranium Cariboo (3-6)
Don't Break the Ice (3-6)
Elefun (4-8)
Leap Frog Bilingual Memory Mate (3+)
Leap Frog Bingo (3+)
Mancala (4+)
Sequence for Kids (3-6)
Zingo (4-8)

ELEMENTARY (5 to 8):

Aggravation (6+)
Apples to Apples Junior (7-12)
Clue Junior (5-8)
Guess Who (6-8)
Hungry Hungry Hippos (4-8)
Kerplunk (5-12)
Mastermind Secret Search for Kids (6-11)
Mouse Trap (6-12)
Operation (6-12)
Pass the Trash (4+)
Perfection (5-12)
Pictionary Junior (7-12)
Pretty Pretty Princess (5-8)
Scrabble Junior (5-10)
Sequence (7+)
Sorry (6+)
Trouble (5-12)
Uno (7+)
Zingo (4-8)

8 to ADULT :

Apples to Apples (12+)
Balderdash (12+)
Blind Ignorance (14+)
Clue (8+)
Cranium (8+)
Life (9+)
Monopoly (8+)
Pictionary (12+)
Worst Case Scenario Survival (8+)