Win 7 of the best family board games for Christmas!
I don’t know about you but Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a board game of sorts. I know when I was little, every year without fail, I would get the latest board game and spend the whole day waiting to play it. As soon as dinner was over and the dishes were all cleared away, we would get it out on the table and my parents, my brother, and I would study the instructions and off we would go.
We’ve had some great games over the years, and some not so great games, but Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without one. This year I bring you seven of the best family games and I guarantee you that they are all great fun!
My first game is Staccups, and I’m pretty sure it is this years must have game! I played it back in September at BlogOn and let me tell you, the concept might be simple but it is so addictive!
The idea is to race your opponent against the clock to see who is the fastest at stacking their cups. Colour co-ordinated, this fast-paced game is all about reaction times and hand eye co-ordination and the first to get rid of all their cups wins! I love that this is an all round family game and it’s something we are really going to enjoy playing this Christmas. Even better, Staccups is currently on offer at just £12.99 from Smyths toys.
Our second game is Don’t be a donkey which is so much fun to play! It’s a fast paced, card swapping, carrot grabbing game and perfect for families with young children. The idea is to get a set of 4 matching cards and when you do shout donkey and grab a carrot. If you aren’t fast enough to get a carrot you lift one of your donkey ears, lose three times and you become the donkey!! I can’t wait to play this on Christmas day and something tells me the children will love seeing Grandad become the donkey!! RRP £19.99
Next up is a really fun game, Bunny Jump. It actually reminds me a lot of one of our favourites, Pop up Pirate as the concept is quite similar. You take it in turns to pull out carrots and when the bunny jumps the player with the most carrots is the winner. I love games like this where even small children can get involved and my children get so excited waiting for the bunny to pop! RRP £19.99.
Operation has always been one of my favourites from being young and I love that there are so many editions these days. This one, Operation Dinosaurs, from the Natural History Museum is probably my favourite to date and for Harry, who is dinosaur mad, it may well be his favourite game of all time!
A steady hand is needed to carefully excavate all the precious pieces of a fearsome T.Rex fossil in this new and scientist-approved game. Help inspire the next generation of paleontologists whilst having a blast with this family-friendly game. RRP 22.00.
Now I’m a huge fan of the TV show Mr & Mrs so I love that they have brought out a board game based on this popular show. The game is a family edition where players are challenged to answer in-depth and entertaining questions about their partner, friends or family members. It has over 300 questions guaranteed to cause laughter, blushes, blank looks and a whole lot more! This is definitely going to be a firm favourite for after dinner this Christmas! RRP £19.99
Everyone needs a Christmas themed board game and this year is all about The Very Merry Christmas Game. To play the idea is simple, move around the board collecting presents to put in your stocking and the presents have a value depending whether they’re nice….or naff! Presents can be given to other players, particularly the bad ones, and you can take other players gifts off them too – decided on the pull of a cracker.
There are some fun features such as if you land on the singing space you have to sing a verse from a Christmas song or carol to avoid losing one of your gifts. The player with the best presents at the end of the game is the winner! This is a really fun, family friendly game that everyone, young and old, will really enjoy and I definitely recommend it! RRP £19.99.
And lastly we have the Cars Piston Cup Race game from the makers of Cars, Disney. Lightning McQueen and Jackson Storm go head-to-head in the Disney Pixar Cars 3 Piston Cup Racing Game.
Rev your engines ready for the thrilling race and when the light goes green it’s time to start pumping the electronic gas pedal to accelerate your car forward along the track. Be careful when the red light shows you should break, if you hit the gas pump on a red light you must move your car backwards. The winner is the first player to complete the track! RRP £19.99.
So there you have it, our top seven family board games for this Christmas. To win this bumper prize simply enter via the link below. Competition closes on December 10th and the winner will be notified via email. Good luck!
*** This post contains press samples. All words and opinions are entirely my own unless otherwise stated. ***
bunny jump as it looks fun for me and my two boys to play x
The very merry Christmas games sounds fun.
Dont be a Donkey sounds awesome for my house lol x
The Very Merry Christmas Game because it will be festive and fun to play over Christmas!
I would love to play Operation Dinosaurs! Oh it looks great fun and I remember playing operation when I was little i used to cringe when trying to pull the body parts from the mans body haha, super fun bundle 🙂
The very merry Christmas game fun fun
Operation Dinosaur- The children are keen on dinosaurs
The very merry Christmas game would be my favourite to win, it is Christmas after all.
Operation Dinosaurs, looks like a lot of fun
Don’t be a donkey looks like great fun
The Mr & Mrs game as I would love to challenge my husband!
This is like a prize made for my family! every christmas we play board games together, from right after dinner up to the evening before chilling out with a film and chocolates! this would super fun!
The Cars game as it looks like fun and one that will be very competitive especially if my boyfriend and I play it whilst the kids are in bed.
The Very Merry Christmas Game, as there isn’t much about tinsel and mince pies I don’t know about.
Operation Dinosaurs looks right up my son’s street as he is mad on dinosaurs.
bunny jump so all the children can play
Bunny Jump sounds perfect for us as we have little ones who would like to get involved too x
Don’t be a Donkey!
The dinosaur operation, my son would really love it!
don’t be a Donkey game looks so much fun!
Operation Dinosaurs. I loved Operation as a child and my children are dinosaur crazy. Sounds like a fab game.
Operation dinosaur great fun for all our family
The Very Merry Christmas Game as it’s so close to Christmas.
The Very Merry Christmas game because it’s perfect for families at this time of year!
Would love to win this for our community and beyond toy bank who help underprivileged kids have a nice Christmas
WOULD LOVE to win this for our community and beyond who help underprivileged kids have a nice Christmas x
Staccups sounds fun and is a game that everyone can play
the Operation Dinosaurs game could be lots of fun
Bunny Jump so the kids and big kids can play
I’d love to win the Operation Dinosaurs game. I loved the original Operation game when I was a child and my son loves dinosaurs so it would be great to play this altogether as a family over Christmas. Fingers crossed!
The very merry Christmas games looks like a game the whole family can play
A very merry Christmas game would be my pick
Would love to win the Mr and Mrs Family edition.
I like the look off Operation Dinosaurs game could be fun
Operation Dinosaurs brings back so many memories of my son cheating at the original game. (wonder if he still will with his daughter watching, lol)
bunny Jump. We loved Pop Up Pirate.
The very merry Christmas game
The very merry Christmas games sounds lots fun.thank you for the chance x
Operation Dinosaurs looks fab! My boys would love it.
Operation Dinosaurs as I think my girl will enjoy playing it
I think the kids would have lots of fun with the cars game.
Mr & mrs so good
The Very Merry Christmas Game
the very merry christmas game
Dinosaur Operation as my kids are dino-mad!
Operation! Always loved Operation and they do all different themes now, this dinosaur one looks great!
staccups looks fun we have family round at christmas so something the grandparents could play with the littlys
The Very Merry Christmas Game because it looks fun to play over Christmas with the family
Mr & Mrs – we join in when the shows on TV so would be good to play whenever we like x
The very merry Chtistmas game looks fun at this time of the year.
The Operation Dinosaurs looks great and my daughter loves dinosaurs!
The Very Merry Christmas because it looks like a fun family game
Don’t be a donkey – because even my young daughter should be able to join in with this game.
Mr and Mrs family game looks good fun, we are getting married in July and are handing out invites at Christmas so the game would be fab
Don’t be a donkey looks really good fun.
would love to win the merry christmas game as it looks like a lot of fun
I think Mr & Mrs Family Edition looks like it could be good fun! 🙂
I WOULD GO FOR The Very Merry Christmas Game
the dinosaur operation game, as my grandson is obsessed with dinosaurs
Staccups for us I think!
The Very Merry Christmas Game because it looks a great game to play in the festive period.
The dinosaur operation looks like great fun!
Bunny Hop – the kids just love rabbits, pass the carrots
Mr & Mrs for us, it would be so much fun at home with our friends!
Piston Cup Race Game please – my Grandson would love this
They all sound amazing but I like the sound of don’t be a donkey as our little boy would be able to join in
Bunny Jump as the kids will find it fun and exciting
bunny jump just cause bunnies are cute !
OPERATION DINOSAUR LOOK FAB
Bunny jump as it looks like a game that my daughter would love
Bunny jump, it would be the easiest for our 4 year old to understand how to play and we would be able to play as a family!
I’d love to win the Very Merry Christmas game because it’s something I can play with my whole family and it looks alot of fun.
The Mr and Mrs game to play with my husband and my sister and brother in law
Staccups as it looks like the one we would have most fun with
The Very Merry Christmas Game sounds right for our family
My sons are Dino mad so the operation dinosaur looks great
Definitely Bunny Jump! We love Pop Up Pirate so this would be equally amazing 🙂
I think for the competition element in our family especially between my husband and son it’s got to be Staccups that we would most love to win
All the games look lovely! My family love games and it’s such a wonderful way to spend time together.
The Very Merry Christmas Game – we love Christmas and games so this combination has to be great!
The Very Merry Christmas game sounds great – Singing?! Oh i have this game in the bag 😉
Don’t Be A Donkey. I think my nephews and niece would enjoy that game.
The Very Merry Christmas Games wounds like a fun games that would be enjoyed by our family.
Don’t Be A Donkey as all ages can play
the game of christmas, perfect for our xmas eve box x
Operation my daughter loves dinosaurs we bought her the doctor operation last year and she loved it think she would really enjoy this one . X
They all look fun and I think the boys would like the car one best
I’d most like to win Operation Dinosaurs! It looks good fun and a great twist of the classic!
Ahhh Mr& Mrs for sure, this would be a lot of fun, and we can see how much we know about each other!
Mr & Mrs – this looks like great fun for game night with our friends 🙂
The Very Merry Christmas game looks like a lot of fun!
I’d love operation dinosaur style
the very merry christmas game and we could all play it on christmas day x
The Very Merry Christmas – because we haven’t played it before x
Operation Dinosaurs becasue its at the top if my kids xmas list
MR&MRS I think it would be a really fun family game for the grown ups
The kids would really enjoy bunny jump!
The Very Merry Christmas Game will be so much fun when everyone is in the festive spirit. I can see it creating lots of laughs
It has to be the Merry Christmas game, perfect for the festive season
all look like great fun but would love the Cars Piston Cup Race game, my twin boys absolutely adore Lightning Mcqueen
The Very Merry Christmas game …. because I LOVE Christmas and this means I could annoy hell out of my hubby all year round on family game nights lol
The Cars Piston Cup Race game as my Grandson loves anything to do with cars so we would enjoy playing with this together
I would like to win the Mr & Mrs the most. We played the travel version last Christmas eve, and it was a lot of fun.
The Donkey game .
Operation Dinosaurs because my kids would absolutely love this!
The Very Merry Christmas Game sounds very festive and sounds like something the whole family would enjoy.
The very merry Christmas game as Ive never seen that before
Operation Dinosaurs, as we have some dinosaur mad nephews and nieces.
Don’t be a donkey sounds like a really fun game that everyone would enjoy.
The very merry Christmas game because its christmassy x
Operation Dinosaurs
mr and mrs as we have loads of couple visiting over the xmas week
Operation Dinosaurs, my little 1 loves’em
The Very Merry Christmas Game looks like a fun play on Christmas night with the family!
The Bunny Jump looks good fun could play this one with my little grandson
I’d love to win the Dinosaur Operation as my boy loves dinosaurs
My son likes cars and bunny jump 🙂
Operation Dinosaurs looks great fun
We would like the bunny jump in our house
My 16&12 year old girls would love the stack cups game and my little boy would love the cars game ! I’d love them all ! Thankyou for a chance x
Operation dinosaurs because my son is dinosaur mad!
Don’t be a donkey as my daughter likes the look of this gMe
Dont be a Donkey looks like a lot of fun and heard its down has one of the top 5 games for christmas this year. Fantastic giveaway
dont be a donkey
Mr and Mrs would be a fun family game to see what answers everyone comes out with
I think we would love the Don’t be a Donkey game. It looks a lot of fun x
Dont be a Donkey
Staccups, because my son would enjoy this.
Dont be a Donkey sounds fun
The Very Merry Christmas Day game, I think my daughter would really like it 🙂
I know our family would love to try the “Don’t be a donkey” game, it looks so much fun!
I would love to win The very merry Christmas game it looks fab for all the family and very festive! 🙂
Operation dinosaur would be perfect, my five year old daughter has asked for operation for Christmas and loves dinosaurs so it’s the perfect combination xxx
I think the Very Merry Christmas Game would be perfect to keep everyone awake after a turkey lunch.
Don’t be a Donkey, it sounds great fun!
Operation Dinosaurs great fun for every 1
Operation Dinosaurs would be wonderful as the children are endlessly fascinated with dinosaurs.
bunny jump looks good fun
I think the grandchildren would love the operation dinosaur but I would like to play the Mr and Mrs game I think this could be fun but could cause some disagreements ha ha
Mr and Mrs to test my husband!
Mr and Mrs as we have recently got married so would be fun!
Bunny Jump as my little girl would love playing it
Operation dinosaurs looks lots of fun
Bunny Jump – just because it looks cute!
NHM Operation looks great, because my kids like dinosaurs!
The Very Merry Christmas Game 🙂 because I’ve never come across it before and it would be a fantastic game to bring out on Christmas Day (and then probably a Christmas Eve tradition after that!)
The very merry Christmas game as it looks like a game we could all enjoy.
Mr & Mrs would be brilliant for our family to play on Xmas eve. Its a tradition of ours to buy a game and all come to mine on Xmas Eve Last year we bought the Logo game and have had hours of fun.
Operation dinosaur as I think it would be hilarious!
Operation Dinosaurs would be fab as we’re dinosaur mad in this household.
I think it would have to be the very merry Christmas game as i’ve never seen a themed Christmas game before so that would be fun to play.
The very merry Christmas game
STACCUPS – It looks FAB! Would love this for some FAB Christmas Eve Fun
Don’t be a Donkey
I really want Mr & Mrs but it will probably cause arguments ?
Bunny Jump looks a lot of fun 🙂
I think my grandsons would love dinosaur operation. This bundle would certainly keep them busy when im on babysitting duty lll
The Cars Piston Cup Race game as my four year old grandson loves the Cars movies
The very merry Christmas game
Bunny Jump – it looks like a lot of fun and my nephew would love it.
the very merry christmas game is my fave as definate christmas day play
The very merry christmas game as uts ine we havent played before and looks fun
mr and mrs. its look like a goo game to play when we have friends over
Operation Dinosaur because we love anything dinosaur x
Mr and Mrs so I can see how well my husband knows me!
The very merry Christmas game
Mr & Mrs, The Family Edition would be great fun!
I would most like to win Staccups as my nephew would love this game
operation dinosaurs! Never seen this version, son now 11 wants to be an archaeologist still after 4 years, he would love it!
Don’t be a donkey, the grandchildren would love me to be the donkey, Eee aww
Operation dinosaurs looks like great fun. Thanks for the chance.
Mr & Mrs
Given the season the Very Merry Xmas Game!!
Bunny jump looks great,my daughter loves to jump like a bunny!! x
The Very Merry Christmas Game
The Very Merry Christmas Game
it sounds great fun and very christmassy
we love a really good board game at christmas
and i think this will suit all of us
I would love to win the Operation Dinosaurs, because I think my children would have lots of fun with this, thanks.
Don’t be a donkey I haven’t seen this game before and it looks fun for all ages
I’d love operation dinosaurs – the original game us one of my favourites so I’m sure this is just as good
A very Merry christmas game! Sounds great!!! Dont have christmas game
Wry merry Christmas game as looks great fun
Operation Dinosaurs
The Mr and Mrs game looks so much fun. Xx
mr and mrs game
Don’t be a donkey as my boys have seen this and both have it on their Christmas list, it looks a fun game we could all play at Christmas even gran and gramps could join in
The very merry Christmas game because i love Christmas and we love to play games together as a family most of all at Christmas
Dinosaurs operation because I think it’s the one my son would enjoy the most and it would be educational too!
I would like to win the Mr and Mrs family edition game. It looks like lots of fun and would be interesting to find out how well my three sons know each other.
Mr & Mrs! I think it would be really funny and I love the show!
I think Bunny Jump will be ideal to teach my granddaughter about playing board games
The Piston Cup Race Game because my son loves Cars and would love to play this game.
TheVery Merry Christmas game sounds like great fun
The Very Merry Christmas game which I’d love to play with my family at Christmas x
The very merry Christmas game xxx