Four year old children love to learn, play and use their imaginations. That’s why games make great gifts! Looking for the very best games for 4 year olds? Here are our top picks, all tried and tested by our expert panel of kids. Can’t give the present in person? No problem – we can gift-wrap and send direct!
Top Tried & Tested Games
- Kaboom Zoo – Tick, Tick… BOOM!
- Feed Fuzzy – Colours & Counting
- Memory Match – Where Things Belong
- The Game of Leaps and Tumbles
- Snap Fit – Exercise Card Game
- Climbing Critters – Stacking Game
- Easy Cheesy – Watch out for the Mouse
- Stink Bug – Early Learning Game
- Fish & Spell Game
- Peek-A-Boo Zoo – Spot the Animal
1 Kaboom Zoo – Tick, Tick… BOOM! , £19.99 £19.99
Race to complete the puzzle before the board pops up – tense!
Fast paced and frantic, this entertaining game is about placing blocks to create an animal face before the board goes POP! Work together or head to head, roll the wooden blocks until you get the right piece, then place it on the grid – but act quickly… If you take too long, the spring-loaded board will pop up with a bang!
2 Feed Fuzzy – Colours & Counting , £16.99 £16.99
Roll the dice, then feed wooden acorns to the fluffy chipmunk
Fuzzy the Chipmunk is hungry for acorns! Take it in turns to roll the chunky die to generate a colour and a number from one to three. Count out the right acorns from your stash, then push them into Fuzzy’s mouth. His chubby cheeks stretch out just like a real chipmunk.
3 Memory Match – Where Things Belong , £9.99 £9.99
Test your memory and match the objects to their locations
Which of these three objects lives at the beach… Suitcase, Seashell or Stethoscope? In this brilliant memory game, roll the wooden dice and flip over the tiles as you search for objects that match your location. From the park to the airport, there are lots of familiar things to spot!
4 The Game of Leaps and Tumbles , £14.99 £14.99
Race around the board, naming animals & avoiding slippery spots
Roll the dice and move your play piece, looking out for adventure spots… Zoom up the elephants trunk, swing with the monkey into the trees or splash down the waterfall with a beaver! Land on a star to complete a fun challenge, like naming farm animals, insects, pets and more.
5 Snap Fit – Exercise Card Game , £7.99 £7.99
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Exciting card game to get you up and moving
This cool keep-fit card game is a new twist on a classic. Players take turns laying their cards and watching out for a match, calling out ‘Snap Fit!’ when they see one. Each other player must then perform the crazy action for ten seconds. Hopscotch, frog jumps, patting your head while rubbing your tummy – you name it, you’ll do it!
6 Climbing Critters – Stacking Game , £12.99 £12.99
Lovely wooden set with iconic Aussie animals to stack
From an emu and a sugar glider to a kookaburra and a Tasmanian devil, take turns piling the wooden pieces – but be careful not to send them tumbling down! Balance the creatures in a perilous pile to win. The set even includes twelve identification cards for a separate matching game.
7 Easy Cheesy – Watch Out for the Mouse , £17.99 £17.99
Suspense-filled game collecting cheese slices, but don’t get nibbled!
Nibbles the mouse is hiding… but where could he be? Spin the 14cm cheese wheel, then choose a hole and carefully poke your finger inside. If you’re lucky, you’ll gain a slice and a point. Choose wrong and the mouse will give your finger a nibble!
8 Stink Bug – Early Learning Game , £11.99 £11.99
Colourful matching game for two to four players
Flip tiles to discover shapes and colours, then keep the pairs you find – but look out for sneaky insects! Some are helpful, some not so much… From Stink Bugs to Butterflies, each has a different function. An engaging game for little ones – unbe-leaf-ably fun!
9 Fish & Spell Game , £19.99 £19.99
Catch letters with a rod to make the word first
Select one of the 100 word cards, then use your sticky rod to catch the fish-shaped tiles! Race to find the right letters before your opponent and assemble them on your answer board. The first to ten words is the winner! From ‘moon’ and ‘cow’ to ‘family’ and ‘jaguar’, each card has a picture and translations in French, Spanish and Italian.
10 Peek-A-Boo Zoo – Spot the Animal , £14.99 £14.99
Peek behind the doors to figure out the animal
An animal has escaped from the zoo – and it’s your job to figure out which one! Roll the dice and move your token around the wooden board. If you land on a peek-a-boo door, lift it up and take a secret peek! Could it be the lion? What about the giraffe, or the lemur? With 16 possible escapees, you’ll have to use your skills of deduction to figure it out.
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