Review of the Disney Game, "Eye Found It!'

I had the privilege of reviewing another game from the company Wonderforge. They have great games and toys for kids of all ages to explore. Make sure to check them out on Facebook too.

The game they sent me is called, "Eye Found It!" It is a Disney game with all wonderful Disney characters. It is for age 4+ but I have to tell you, even as an adult, I had fun playing this game so, I know you will too.

 The game board was incredibly easy to put together. It was three pieces and just like a puzzle.

Here is a full review of the game. Check it out! I just know you will want this for your kids for the holidays.

~Naila Moon

Review of Jake and the Neverland Treasure Hunt Game

Recently, the company Wonder Forge, gave me the opportunity to review the cute game of Jake and the Neverland Treasure Hunt Game.  I love games for all ages and though it would be fun to try out.

This particular game says it is for 4 year olds and up. With the smaller pieces that are in the game, I think that is a good recommendation. It is also for two players up to four. This would be good for teaching sharing.

Game play:
The game comes with 5 "treasures" that are supposed to be put around the house. The game then is played like a simple memory game. Each player gets an opportunity to turn over two doubloons. With some of the doubloons you have to use the spy glass to figure out what the item is.

If a player matches two items, then he/she turns over the timer and runs to find the "treasure", except the player can only pick up the "treasure" with the soft sword included in the game.

Issues:
As cute as this game is, I had a couple of problems with it.
The doubloons that you have to look at through the spyglass does not work. We tried bright light and dimmer light and we simply could not see the items. This would be extremely frustrating for any kid.
I suppose you could just make a regular match/memory game and that would solve the problem.

My other issue I had is all the parts. Although, the game comes with an awesome storage bag that doubles as play board, inevitably all the parts are sure to be lost. All that would be left is the soft sword and the spy glass. I guess kids could just have fun pretending with them.

Overall:
Overall, I would like this game if it was revamped a bit. As a former preschool educator and grandparent to young children. I found this game to be frustrating due to its problems which unfortunately, outweighed its cuteness. However, I would still probably give it a 3 out of 5 stars just because it could be adapted and kids would enjoy all the "pirate" stuff.

Buy on Amazon.

*J

* Jacks

Growing up was always a great time. We just simply had fun using our imagination (gasp!) and playing simple games.  One of the games I liked to play was Jacks.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacks

I had several sets in my young life. I had mostly metal sets but I did have a plastic set too. They were very cheap to buy. With my mere allowance of 50 cents (gasp again-really?) if I did not buy a knock-off Barbie or two, I bought them. 

As I had three brothers, I usually played this game by myself when I was at home. However, I did play sometimes at school. This being of course before they had metal detectors and worried about kids poking someone's eye out or worse.

The rules of the game were quite simple and unbeknown to me, a way to learn simple math. You bounced the ball and picked up a jack (onsies), bounce it again pick up two (twosies), etc. etc. If you bounced the ball more than once, then the next person played.
I suppose since I played the game by myself most of the time, then my imaginary friend must have gone next. *chuckles*

Did you ever play Jacks? What kind of children's games did you play? Tell me about it?


~Naila Moon