Cranium Balloon Lagoon

Cranium Balloon Lagoon - This is great fun for a family with young kids. Our 6 year old got this for Christmas and we all played with her and our 8 year old. The good thing about this game is that everyone has an equal chnace of winning...even our 6 year old.

Great fun for age 3+ - This was a present for my 5 year old and he loves it. Interestingly my 3 year old also loves it and spends far more time playing it on his own and with us. He can easily assemble the set and manage all the pieces. So, I wouldn t go by the 5+ rating on the box - it is easily managed by younger children.

Great game for all the family. - We bought this for our granddaughter and all the family like it .It s great fun.

Great family game - I bought this for my four year old as we had Cranium Hullabaloo (also fantastic) and I thought I d just give it a shot. I m really pleased I did as it quickly became his favourite board game.The game is incredibly simple, but it s also fun for us (the parents) and his older brother to play. All you have to do is move your playing piece around the board according to what the spinner/timer in the middle dictates. There are four options. First up is Frog Pond where you ll be flipping frogs from their lilly pads into their pot - like a frog based version of tiddlywinks. Next is Tumble tides where you use a button to spin four parts of a picture to match a whole picture you re given. Third is the Snack hut where you roll 6 dice to try and get as many matching foods as you can. Last is Letter Pond, here you pick a word from a flip-book and then use a magnetic rod to try and fish the correct letters out of the pond. With each game you win balloons to add to your playing piece, and the first to fill their piece wins.Games last about 15 minutes which is about perfect for holding their attention.The best bit for me though is that even though the games are educational and fun, they are very simple, and, as they are all to some degree luck based, my 4 year old has as much chance of winning as my 6 year old - essential for mums and dads who always end up consoling the little one with other games:)

• Cranium game
• develops counting, matching and spelling skills
• Age guidance 5 years +