Children’s Holiday Gift Guide - Inventive Games and Fan Favorites For Hours of Learning Fun

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Category: Gift Guides

Published on Saturday, 10 November 2018 17:34

Written by Janet Walker

With the gift giving season right around the corner, inventive ideas that will stimulate a child’s imagination and highlight any learning concerns, outside of the technology realm, are worthy of the exhaustive search to find the new and unusual.

Blue Orange Games a unique board game, craft and educational toy company, located in San Francisco, offers a comprehensive, in-depth and far-reaching catalogue of inventive games that make learning fun.

Blue Orange Games are consistently named in the top ten by GeekBuzz, an independent board game listing services.

The Board Game Geek GeekBuzz measured the popularity of new games during the recent August convention based on on-going voting and Blue Orange games remained in the top 10 on the first day. One week after the opening, Scarabya was # 1, Blue Lagoon # 2 and Age of Giants # 3. This was strong proof that the new releases were very well received by the players.

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A collection of interesting, unusual education games are available at from Blue Orange that will make learning fun!

Scarabya  - Ages 8 +

Scarabya is a tile-laying puzzle game designed by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc, that includes unique gameplay and intricate components. By positioning pentomino tiles on individual boards, players create excavation zones of 1 to 4 squares that contain scarabs. The scarabs are then worth the size of the zone they are in. 

Blue Lagoon - Ages 8 +

Blue Lagoon, designed by Reiner Knizia, requires smart placement and anticipation to win. The area control and set collection game is won through the accumulation of points by collecting resources and settling on the islands. 

Kingdomino Expansion Age of Giants – Ages 8 +

Age of Giants was an expected hit following the fame of Kingdomino, Spiels des Jahres winner in 2017. The expansion, to be played with Kingdomino or Queendomino, adds new challenges, brings a new level of player interaction, and includes a domino dispenser tower. It also allows for a fifth player to join. 

Diggin' Dino Bones – Ages 4 +

Diggin' Dino Bones introduces paleontology and the study of T-Rex and all his pre-historic companions with a new twist. Diggin' Dino Bones puts the child with a team of excavators charged with excavating dinosaur bones and suddenly, with a little imagination, the child has gone from observer to participant. 

Word Q • Ages 8+ • $12.99

Choose a puzzle from the Word Q book and setup the letter tiles that are shown in the puzzle. Then, rearrange the letters in a grid-like configuration so they form words in every row and column.

Forty puzzles in different difficulty levels from Beginner to Word Q-Pro offer a variety of challenges.And the companion game Verbal Volley – Ages 8+ Awarded as A Brain Toy.

Play Nine • Ages 8+

Whether you own a set of clubs or just like pitch-and-putt, this golf-themed card game requires players to aim for the lowest score. Draw, flip and discard card values range from -5 (hole-in-one) to 12 (out of bounds). Ideal for 2 to 6 players.

Linkt™ Craft Kits Athena Necklace Kit • Ages 8+ 

One of nine titles under the Linkt brand, these gorgeous jewelry kits are works of art, created by small hands!

Winner of multiple awards including ASTRA Best Toys For Kids 2017 (Bubble Loops® by Linkt® Craft Kits), Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award (Hoops & Loops by Linkt® Craft Kits), Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award(Spinning Halos@ by Linkt® Craft Kits), Parent Approved by Today's Parent Canada (Spinning Halos@ by Linkt® Craft Kits) and Top 5 Innovations of 2017- Association for Creative Industries (formerly Craft & Hobby Association).

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Camp Antics • Ages 8+

The children’s board game of summer camp adventures, mischief, and activities. Players travel around the board and experience camp life; one circuit of the board is equivalent to one day of camp. The player with the most points at the end of camp is the winner.

The set-up is versatile, allowing anywhere from 1-4 players, and 1-7 days of camp. There are also three different levels of play, allowing the game to grow with your child. Throughout the game play, children will be learning new things and developing their existing skills and abilities including: strategic thinking, social interactions, weighing risk against rewards, basic math, reading, vocabulary, what life is like at a summer camp, and new outdoor activities not yet experienced. 

CampAntics™ also teaches basic moral values. This is accomplished through the rules, Mischief cards, Announcement cards, and design of the game board. Examples of moral lessons: bullying is wrong, listen to those in charge, and boys don’t belong in the girls’ cabins.  

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Images and product descriptions courtesy of Blue Orange Children Games; Art Direction and content in part by Janet Walker