Parents attach great importance to the relationship with their children and hope to spend more time with their children growing up.
Unfortunately, when parents are faced with the pressure of life, they may not always be able to accompany their children. Especially for dual-career families, parents may just want to rest after work and have no time to play with their children. . .
30 minutes of parent-child play every day
In fact, accompanying your children does not necessarily mean being around them all the time. If you are willing to take a little time every day to play a parent-child game with your children attentively, I believe that your children will also feel that you value and care for them.
We specially recommend 3 parent-child games for you that don’t take too much time and can be played with your children to the fullest.
Each game lasts no more than 30 minutes and is simple to play. It is very suitable for parents and children to spend time together after returning home from a busy day.
1. Speed + Accuracy = Victory – Super Battleship Battleship Shots
Battleship Shots aims to sink the opponent's battleship as quickly as possible. Through strategic battleship layout, you can arrange your own battleship in a position that is difficult to hit, and hit the opponent's battleship with the ball as quickly as possible. The process is tense and exciting, and you will win. The ball is in your hands!
Preparation time:
1. First open the entire box, insert the transparent partition in the middle according to the instructions, and the battlefield is ready;
2. Each person has 3 white battleships and a yellow lifeboat, and then each places them in your ideal location.
How to play:
When the battleships and lifeboats of both sides are placed, both sides can take turns picking up a yellow ball and then throwing it to the other side's battleship.
There are two ball placement positions on each battleship (only one on the lifeboat). If you want to sink the opponent's battleship, you must throw two balls to be successful.
• Situation 1: The yellow ball hits the opponent's warship
You get an extra chance to throw the red ball onto your opponent's battlefield.
• Scenario 2: The yellow ball hits the opponent’s lifeboat
Successfully sinking the opponent's lifeboat does not result in instant victory. You still need to hit other warships to win the game.
• Situation 3: The red ball hits the opponent’s warship
The red ball will lose its original function and become an ordinary yellow ball, and the game will continue.
• Scenario 4: The red ball hits the opponent’s lifeboat
Instant victory!
Victory conditions:
1. Throw all the opponent's battleships and lifeboats into the target;
2. Hit the opponent's lifeboat with the red ball.
Advanced gameplay:
In order to increase the difficulty of the game, you can also choose to bounce the ball instead of throwing it. Just like a table tennis ball, you first hit the ball on your own side of the table, and then let the ball bounce to the opponent's battlefield.
Thoughts after playing:
Although the game seems simple, it is not easy to throw the ball or even bounce it to the opponent's battleship. Once successful, it will bring a great sense of success! The game is also very fast-paced and does not require a lot of mental effort!
Suitable for: 8 years old +
Number of players: 2 people
Purchase price: HK$199.9
2. The most classic puzzle game – layer upon layer
As the saying goes, tall buildings rise from the ground. The classic Jenga game allows you to experience the fun of building blocks.
On the one hand, it tests your hand and eye coordination, and on the other hand, it tests your patience. If you are not careful, you will knock down the precarious tower. It is a parent-child game that is both fun and can train children.
Preparation time:
There are a total of 54 building blocks in the game package. First, 3 building blocks are used as a layer and staggered to form a tall tower.
How to play:
Each person takes turns to randomly pull out one of the building blocks from the tower, and then place it randomly on the top of the tower to set a trap for the other party.
game over:
During the process of extracting and placing blocks, you lose as soon as the tower collapses.
Advanced gameplay:
Layers itself is a very simple game, but it tests your coordination ability. The rules are not difficult to understand. If you think the gameplay of just pulling out and placing blocks is too simple, you might as well add some more rules and restrictions to make the game more interesting and difficult!
• You can only use one hand to draw the blocks in each round, and you cannot change hands during this period;
• Each person must complete each round within 30 seconds;
• Increase the number of blocks drawn each round;
Thoughts after playing:
Layers are no stranger to most people, but they bring joy to everyone every time they play!
Especially when the opponent is pulling out the blocks or deliberately tilting the blocks, others will invariably make any non-foul harassment, and the scene becomes chaotic.
If the children successfully make you knock down the blocks, they will burst into laughter, and the whole house will be filled with laughter!
Suitable for: 6 years old +
Number of players: 2+
Purchase price: HK$149.9
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3. Everyone is an architect – two people and three buildings
The two-person and three-player "Build" game allows you and your children to become architects, work together to complete the task as quickly as possible, and operate the crane to successfully build the building components. In addition to becoming a competitor for children, you can also form a team with them to test the tacit understanding between parents and children, and further promote parent-child relationships and affection!
Preparation time:
1. First separate the task cards into 3 colors, and turn over the top one each;
2. Divide the building accessories into two groups evenly;
3. Each person gets a headband, a boom arm and a hook. After assembly, put the headband on the forehead.
4. Divide into two teams, each team has 1 – 2 people. If the number of people on both sides is not the same, team 1 with 2 people needs to tie their own and their teammates’ booms to the same hook.
How to play:
After everyone wears the headband, you can start timing. According to the requirements of the task card, use hooks to build the construction accessories into the pattern on the task. No hands are allowed during the process.
When one team completes the task, the timer is paused and the other team checks whether the building is the same as the one on the task card.
• Situation 1: Consistent with the task card
After successful completion, the task card can be taken away and the next task card is revealed. At this time, you can push down the building accessories with your hands and complete the next task again.
• Scenario 2: Inconsistent with the task card
You need to continue to use the hook to assemble and adjust until you think it is complete and let the other party check it again.
• Scenario 3: Both teams assemble the same building, but the other team completes it first
If the opponent completes the same task card earlier than you, you can only knock down your own accessories and start over to complete another task card.
Victory conditions:
The team with the fastest 20 points wins.
Advanced gameplay:
In addition to getting 20 points by fighting fast, you can also change the victory conditions, such as the team that gets higher points within the time limit wins. In order to increase the diversity of the game, you can also choose the cooperation mode, hang everyone's crane arms on the same hook, work together with the children to complete the task, and test your tacit understanding!
Thoughts after playing:
It is not easy to use the hook on your forehead to assemble the building on the task card, it will test your determination!
If you play in cooperative mode, it requires everyone's cooperation and tacit understanding. Sometimes you will get stuck and fail to complete the same task.
For families, Two Persons Three Buildings is a game that tests communication. In addition to enjoying the game with their children, parents can also take this opportunity to teach them the importance of cooperation and communication.
Suitable for: 8 years old +
Number of players: 1 – 4 people
Purchase price: HK$280
