Looking for some fun games for family game night? Playing games with family including little kids can be such a special time of making memories! Here are 15 of our favorite games to play with our little kids.
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Trucks Matching Game
My boys LOVE trucks and LOVE matching so this is a perfect fit for them. They love matching the different types of trucks including monster trucks, ice cream trucks, construction equipment, and more!
The Trucks Matching game is for ages 3+ and can be played alone or with up to 4 players. As an only child, I’ve always loved matching games since they can be played alone when desired.
Gaming Grocery Go Karts
This game is so fun!! Grocery Go Karts is for ages 4 and up and is such a hoot! It’s more than just going around the board with a grocery Go Kart, the wheels are wobbly and you have to keep stacking items in your tiny wobbly cart without them falling out in order to win!
Guess Who? Animals and People
This is even cooler than regular Guess Who? since it has people and animals!!
Hungry Hungry Hippos Dino Edition
Hungry Hungry Hippos is a game I fondly remember playing in my grandparent’s basement with my cousins when I was a little kid. As an adult, I totally get now why they preferred we play in the basement family room instead of the living room where all the adults were, it’s a bit lout!
The Dino Edition is a fun twist on the traditional Hungry Hungry Hippos with dinosaurs instead of hippos and let me tell ya, they’re just as hungry!
Found It!
The Found It! game is so fun, especially for littles. It is for ages 4-7 but our 3-year-old twins love it as well. It’s great to be able to go from room to room and find what the card says to find. It helps kids think about objects in different ways and categorize things that they find, as well as gives them some exercise running around looking for things.
We have the Indoors version but there is also an on-the-go version, outdoors version, and a combo pack with indoors and on-the-go.
Shut the Box
This is a game that I hadn’t heard of until recently but my husband grew up playing it. Our kids love it and it helps them work on addition even though they are just 3, 3, and 5. One of our 3 year olds even likes to play it on his own which is really sweet.
Monopoly Junior
A Monopoly game that won’t take days to complete! This Monopoly Junior game is a great introduction to the game in an easy to understand way. Kids as young as 5 can play though honestly, my twins were able to play it when they were 4 and loved it!
There are many different Monopoly Junior versions to pick from, this is just a fav of ours!
Zingo Bingo
The Zingo Bingo game is so fun and great for kids of all ages. This game helps kids learn how to match up different basic images and see the name of the object spelled out below it. Even my 3-year-old twins can play this one together without anyone helping them.
Race to the Treasure
Our 5-year-old got this for Christmas and he LOVES it!! His little brothers love to play it with him as well. It’s a neat game of working together and trying to get to the treasure before the Ogre gets it!
Tall Tales
Tall Tales is a really neat game with 5 different ways to play and a great way to use your imagination to create an endless amount of tall tales!!
Let’s Go Fishin’
A classic game that has been loved for decades, Let’s Go Fishin’ is fun for all ages. This is a great game that can even be played on your own if you want to practice or with up to 4 players. Our kids love seeing it go around and around and catching the fish with their hands. With how young they are we allow it at this point.
This particular version even comes with a pack of playing cards for even more fun!
Candy Land
Candy Land is another classic game that I remember playing and loving when I was little! I have to say, my oldest got this for Christmas and it’s not as robust as the version I had from the 1990s, and the game board looks a little different. It’s still a lot of fun though and has the same basic rules. It’s great for helping kids learn to take turns, learn their colors, counting, and being ok with the fact they may have to go all the way back to near the beginning depending on the card they draw.
Mr Bucket
Another classic one here. I didn’t grow up playing this one but my kids got it for Christmas and LOVE it! It’s great because it contains their already designated colors, as I’ve written in other posts, so they don’t fight over the balls that shoot out.
Trouble
Trouble is another classic that I grew up playing and always really enjoyed. I love that the die stays in place and doesn’t get tossed around like in most games. One caveat though, when our twins were newly 3 we had to take this game off a shelf they could reach because they’d just put the pieces on their fingers and walk around touching each other with them. All in all that was fine, though they tended to upset each other by doing this, but I was afraid they’d lose pieces! Other than that issue, this is a very fun game and easy to understand even for littles.
Update: now that the twins are almost 4, they love playing this game and no longer put the pieces on their fingers. Yay!
Connect 4
Looking for a classic game of strategy and attention to detail that your kids will love? Get them Connect 4! It says it’s for ages 6+ but my twins have been playing it since they were 4 years old and absolutely love it!
As a mom of identical twins and a son two years older, I have gained invaluable experience in the realm, and chaos, of parenting. With a Master's Degree and Education Specialist Degree in School Psychology, I spent years as a school psychologist, helping children navigate through their educational and emotional challenges. Now as a stay at home mom and professional blogger, I combine my areas of expertise to help you in your parenting journey.