Card Games!

[deird_lj]

I now know how to play Snap! with a three year old.


What happens is, you all sit in a circle (on cushions - the cushions are very important), and Mummy turns a card over and says "four cats". And then Alex turns over a card and says "one bus". And then Auntie Maz turns over a card and says "nine hot-air balloons". And then Daddy turns over a card and says "four cats".

And everyone gasps! Four cats! And Mummy has a four cats card too! Quick! Get ready!

And you all put your hands up, and get ready, and at exactly the same time you all hit the carpet and yell "Snap!"

...and then Daddy collects up all of his cards, and all of Mummy's cards, and the game starts again, with Daddy playing first.


(And Baby Josh gurgles away on his mat, because he's too little to play.)


It was extremely fun.

Comments

[immer-am-lesen.livejournal.com]

so no-one/everyone wins?
Nice game.
Looking back, I think I used to be let win (grammar?)at cards...hmmm...but I'm sure I was that good!

[deird1]

Well, technically there is a winner, but they win entirely by chance...

[immer-am-lesen.livejournal.com]

But if you allllll say snap at the same time...it seems like nobody wins?
What are the rules of snap again? I haven't played kiddie cardgames in so long...if you say 'snap' you win the card or something, right?

[deird1]

The way we were playing it with Alex, the person who put down the matching card got to take the other person's pile.

So winning was pretty much a matter of having a good set of cards in front of you.

[immer-am-lesen.livejournal.com]

Ah, so it's not down to speed, just luck. Good way to play it with littlies. :-)