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Enjoy a family game night using one of many fun children board games. Take the time to look for games that are education, fun and active that your children would like to play. Instead of sitting around the television, make some fun, family memories by bringing out games you may have enjoyed as a kid.

Apples to Apples
- Apples to Apples is a game for four to ten players. It is a game of comparisons. One person is assigned the role of judge. Other players are dealt seven red cards. The red cards have nouns on them. The judge draws a green card that has an adjective. He displays his card and the players decide which red card in their pile is the funniest match with the judge's. The judge decides who made the funniest match.
Twister
- Twister is a fun, classic game by Hasbro that gets you up and moving and twisted in crazy positions. Spread the Twister mat on the floor. Remove your shoes and decide what person will be in charge of the spinner. Rotate this role after each game so everyone gets the chance to play. Twister is played with two to four players. The person in change of the spinner spins it and calls out a body part and the color the spinner landed on. For example, left foot, green. One player only is allowed on a circle at a time. Anyone who falls or whose knee or elbow touches the mat is out.
Connect Four
- Connect four is game of checker dropping. It is a two-player game. The original way to play is having players take turns dropping their checkers in the grid and be the first player to get four in a row wins. A bar along the bottom releases the checkers when the game is over so a new game can begin. The game is for ages six and older.
Candyland
- Candyland is a game for children three and up. There can be two to four players. The object of the game is to be the first to reach the Candyland castle at the end. Place the board game on a table and choose the character you want to be. Shuffle the 64 game cards and place them face down in the middle of the board. The first player draws a card and moves on the board to the first square that matches the color drawn. If the card drawn has two color squares, the player moves to the second color square on the board. If a picture is drawn, the player moves to wherever that picture is located on the board. Players may slide down a path if they land on a square that contains one.

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