which involves one individual in the team taking their turn at acting out, drawing, humming, sculpting from clay, the clue that is on their clue card. The Cranium game comes with the game board, 600 Carnium cards including many different subjects, a ten sided Cranium dice, a tub of Cranium clay, a timer, drawing pads, pencils and four Cranium pieces. Cranium was named the 2001 toy of the year by the Toy Industry Association so it’s definitely not a new game but I have to say that it’s one of the best games i’ve played in my time!

Cranium is one of those games like Monopoly that you can find in just about any retail store anywhere, but as always if you can’t find it you can pick up a game from Amazon.com!

dragging, no touching involved and since the bag is netted the sand and cigarette butts (YUCK!) go right through the holes and your child doesn’t end up with a bag full of trash at the end of the day! The Treasure Hunter is also a great toy for indoor play on rainy days as it comes with a set of 10 coins , an hour glass and instructions on how to play indoor treasure hunter which consists of racing to see who gets the most treasure in their basket! Treasure hunter is designed for children aged 3ys+ and the basket measures 11"W x 9" H.

Treasure Hunters by Haba is next to impossible to find in local retail stores; however, you can find it at Oompa.com !

world domination, by occupying countries with your "troops" and rolling the dice to attack and conquer other neighboring countries occupied by other players. Each player is furnished with a card at the beginning of the game with their "mission" and the first player to succeed in their mission is the winner. The only thing you should know about Risk is that it is a LONG game, plan on playing for at least two hours - yet another reason why younger players don’t do well with this game.

Risk is available practically anywhere that you can find games; however, picking it up from your local Target and getting the bookshelf version will save you a buck or two, failing that you can order it from Target via Amazon!

1 princess piece that is moved around the board by each player on their turn, 1 pea, 4 bed sets, 1 game board, 1 dice and game instructions. This game also has an advanced version included in the instructions for slightly older children who are easily bored by the basic version of the game. The game is recommended for children ages 3yrs+.

The Sleepy Princess and the Pea is available from a few online retailers including Amazon.com; however, I have not yet seen it available in retail stores but if you are going to try and locate this one in your local retail stores I recommend trying the smaller specialty toy shops first!

stacking pyramid game; however they are also great when used as just building toys! The stacking game is recommended for 2-4 players and from ages 4yrs and up because of the size of some of the smaller pieces. This fun game designed by Klaus Miltenberger contains 29 wooden animals, on dice and a set of instructions on how to play the game!

The stacking animals game from Haba is available from OOmpa.com for just under $18. I haven’t been able to find this one anywhere else as of yet; although I have located a few knock offs at various online retailers.