You can’t beat family games over the holidays! During Thanksgiving and Christmas, we gather with family and friends for feasting and entertainment. With kids of all ages (and grownups too) looking for something fun to do after dinner, having a few tried and tested games to hand it a must. A great family game should be easy for the younger ones to understand and follow, clever enough to keep those tricky teenagers entertained, and one that Grandma can join in with too.
Our Wicked Uncle elves try all our games to make sure they pass the “great for families” stress test. From silly scavenger hunts to brainy puzzles, here our selection of the very best family games for the holidays.
Best games for Thanksgiving and Christmas:
- Freeze Dance
- MindTrap Game
- Liar Liar!
- Burger Balance
- The Upside Down Challenge
- Dance Charades
- Stinky Pig
- Who Am I?
- Monkey Around
- Scavenger Hunt
1 Freeze Dance , $21.99 $21.99
Fun Musical Game!
A modern spin on the classic musical statues! Simply pop the music on and when the Penguin says FREEZE make sure you are the first one to stop. And when Chilly says the floor is lava, race to climb on anything to be first off the floor! It’s a guaranteed hit from toddlers to grandparents!
2 MindTrap Game , $19.99 $19.99
Riddles, Brain-Teasers and More!
This competitive card game features more than 500 brainteasers, puzzles and riddles. Challenge your friends and family by answering lateral thinking questions. Prove your the smartest by collecting 10 cards first. It’s not about what you know, it’s about how you think,
3 Liar! Liar! – Pants on Fire! , $29.99 $29.99
Who’s been telling lies?
Put your lying skills to the test with this silly card game! Roll the dice to select a ‘fact’ from a card. Each card has three ‘facts’ — two are true, and the other one is completely and utterly made-up. Slap on your best poker face because it’s your job to convince your opponents that you’re telling the truth! Who’s the better liar u002du002d grandma or dad? Perfect for 2-8 players, or you can divide up into teams.
4 Burger Balance – Relish the challenge! , $19.99 $19.99
Flame-grilled game of daring and balance!
Take turns to stack burger fillings in this quirky wooden game of balance. This whimsical wooden game contains 40 colorful pieces to stack. Slot each piece into the burger, building outwards – but don’t topple it over! Work together to build a crazy take-away tower or use crafty stacking techniques to set up your friends for failure – fantastic fun!
5 The Upside Down Challenge , $33.99 $33.99
Turning your world upside down… literally!
Discover the world upside down in this hilarious family game! Simply put the goggles on and everything will be flipped upside down, from here you’ll be tasked to complete lots of challenges! A brilliant game for the whole family to play over the festive season!
6 Dance Charades , $29.99 $29.99
Get Your Groove On!
This new and fun version of charades will get you up and dancing in now time! Play the 40 second song clips to get your groove on, the other players then have to try and guess which dance moves your attempting! Will you do the robot, tornado or wipe the counter? You can even connect to Alexa or Google Assistant to play your favorite tunes!
7 Stinky Pig Game , $16.99 $16.99
That’ll do, pig…
Thanksgiving is traditionally about turkeys, but why not add a pig this year? Stinky Pig is an extremely silly twist on Hot Potato. Poke his belly to make him sing and then roll the die to see which way to pass him. Move quickly because you don’t want to be left holding him when he farts! If he farts on you, you must take a token. The player with the fewest tokens at the end wins. Suitable for 2+ players, but the more the merrier… and the stinkier!
8 Who Am I? , $14.99 $14.99
Classic Guessing Game
Am I a fish? Am I a movie star? or am I an animal? This modern spin on the classic guessing game, includes 100 name cards, 100 object cards and 6 wacky headbands. Simply pop the headband on, gather clues and guess who you are!
9 Monkey Around , $21.99 $21.99
Wiggle & Giggle Game
It’s time to go bananas! This silly game encourages kids and parents to carry out simple tasks together to collect points. Move up the board by hopping, spinning and jumping whilst tossing the funny banana-shaped beanbag between you!
10 Scavenger Hunt , $17.99 $17.99
Search the house for hidden treasure
Ideal for a wacky winter night indoors, this fast-paced game will send your family all over the house in search of random objects. Spin the spinner, pick a card, and then go, go, go! Rummage around for a shiny necklace, a paperclip, or a hat. But be quick because you’ve only got two minutes to grab what you need! Hours of belly-laughing fun.
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What do you get when you combine a Christmas tree with an iPad? A pineapple!
