Besides fabulous giveaways and spotlight reviews, I wanted to bring my readers additional gifts they may want to consider for the holidays or anytime! This post brings together some of the cool games for kids you could give as gifts!
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Name of Product: Family Talk
Price of Product: $9.99 
Where product can be purchased: www.aroundthetablegames.com or at retailers nearest you http://www.aroundthetablegames.com/retail-locations.php
Description of Product: Engage your families in colorful conversations with this award winning set of 100 portable conversation questions. Simply pick a card, ask the question and get a surprising and often hilarious glimpse into the hearts and minds of family members. Diverse topics reveal surprising answers, even from hard-to-talk-to teens. The games ultra-portability allows families to play in the car, at the dinner table, on vacation or at a party! Great gift idea! 100 cards per deck. Ages 3+
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Name of Product: Funny Phone™ Early Listening Game by Learning Resources®
Price of Product: $34.99
Where product can be purchased: The product can be purchased at specialty toy stores or online at www.learningresources.com or direct to product:
http://www.learningresources.com/product/parents/shop+by+category/electronic+toys/electronic+toys/funny+phone–8482-+early+listening+game.do?search=basic&keyword=funny+phone&sortby=bestSellers&page=1&
Description of Product: Calling all jokesters! The Funny Phone Early Listening Game gets players of all ages giggling. Dial a number and listen as Funny Phone tells you what the next game is. With over 300 challenges—tongue twisters, singing, drawing, acting and more—Funny Phone is full of surprises and you’ll never play the same game twice. Once you’ve won, you can dial a secret phone number to hear a victory message! Features automatic shut-off, adjustable volume and break-away safety cord. Requires 3 AA batteries, not included. AC adapter available separately. Ages 4 and up.
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Name of Product: Backseat Drawing Junior 
Price of Product: $19.99
Where product can be purchased: Specialty toy stores, http://www.hearthsong.com/productform.asp and www.otb-games.com
Description of Product: Players race to identify drawings – but, the artist doesn’t know what he or she is drawing! The artist can only follow the instructions given by a director. For example, a director might tell the artist to draw a square,and then add a triangle on top. Is it a tree or a house? The director needsto tell the artist how big the shapes need to be. Get the picture? Laughter erupts as players attempt to follow instructions and to guess what the
pictures might be. For 4 to 8 players, ages 7 to adult
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Name of Product: Word On The Street
Price of Product: $24.99
Where product can be purchased: Borders, Barnes & Noble Specialty, Calendar Club, Fred Meyer or www.otb-games.com
Description of Product: On each turn, one team flips over a category card. Then, before the time runs out, they must agree on a word that fits into that category and pull each letter of that word one lane closer to their side of the street. But, if they don’t get it off the street, the other team might pull it back. The first team to pull eight letters off the street wins the game! For 2-8 players, ages 12 to adult
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Name of Product: Littlest Pet Shop Go Fish Card Game 
Price of Product: $5.99
Where product can be purchased: Online and at retailers nationwide
Description of Product: “Do you have any dogs?” “Go Fish!” The classic card-matching game Go Fish can now be played with 13 of your favorite Littlest Pet Shop friends, including fishes, monkeys, rabbits, and more. Players ask each other questions to find matching pairs of pets. If the player doesn’t have the pet that was asked for they “go fish” in the card deck. The player with the most matching Littlest Pet Shop friends wins!
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Name of Product: Teen Talk
Price of Product: $7.99
Where product can be purchased: www.aroundthetablegames.com or at retailers nearest you http://www.aroundthetablegames.com/retail-locations.php
Description of Product: A Fun way to REALLY get to know your friends! Created BY TEENS FOR TEENS! This set of 50 diverse questions is sure to spark some colorful conversations among teens! The cool carabiner clip attaches to backpacks, sports bags or overnight bags for fun conversations anytime! Ages: Teens WINNER of Dr. Toy’s BEST VACATION PRODUCT 2009
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Name of Product: Les Mess 
Price of Product: $19.95, including shipping and handling
Where product can be purchased: http://www.lesmess.com/
Description of Product: Les Mess, organizing cards for kids (ages 5-12), will help get their room and your house organized and clutter-free. Shuffle the cards, pick one and do what is on the card. Each card has a time limit on it. If you finish in time you get a prize (Mom and Dad do this part), and there are cards with ideas of great prizes. These prizes do not bring more clutter into the house. These organizing cards teach children to put things away, what to keep and what to toss. They will learn through getting organized, how to sort and will create a habit of picking up every day. After all, isn’t teaching our kids how to be organized and clutter-free a part of being a parent…and sometimes learning should be fun too! It’s NOT just a game, it’s a way of life.
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Name of Product: Pictureka Card Game
Price of Product: $5.99
Where product can be purchased: online and at retailers nationwide
Description of Product: Quick, find the stinky things! Families can experience their favorite Pictureka characters including the penguin, donkey and caveman in a whole new way with the Pictureka card game. With the same zany find it fast, find it fun of the board game, the card game has players searching at an even faster pace. Whether on-the-go or for Family Game Night, Pictureka card game takes players on wacky missions they’ll never expect.
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Name of Product: Buddy Talk
Price of Product: $7.99 
Where product can be purchased: www.aroundthetablegames.com or at retailers nearest you http://www.aroundthetablegames.com/retail-locations.php
Description of Product: A Fun way to get your friends talking! Created BY KIDS FOR KIDS! Buddy Talk is rapidly becoming the rage for both boy and girl BFFs. Find out a ton about your friends at the bus stop, during recess or at a sleepover. Just draw a card, read one of the 50 cool questions and let the fun begin! Perfect gift for kids and their buddies! Ages 7+ WINNER of Dr. Toy’s BEST VACATION PRODUCT 2009
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Name of Product: Crazy Old Fish War Game
Price of Product: $5.99
Where product can be purchased: online and at retailers nationwide
Description of Product: Crazy Old Fish War combines the best parts of four favorite card games – Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Go Fish, and War – into one fast, exciting card game for families. Be the first player to get rid of all the cards in your hand by matching, going “fish” or declaring “war” on each turn. Use the “crazy eight” cards to switch the color of the card sequence, but watch out for Old Mermaids (similar to Old Maids) as these cards have special powers. Kids will have fun playing this new game that shuffles four card game classics into one deck.
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Name of Product: Monopoly Deal Card Game 
Price of Product: $6.99
Where product can be purchased: online at at retailers nationwide
Description of Product: The Monopoly Deal Card Game introduces all of the fun of owning and building the iconic properties of the classic Monopoly board game – from Baltic to Boardwalk – but adss on-the-fly real estate negotiations to game play. Beware of the Debt Collector, Forced Deal, and Deal Breaker cards, which allow players to “steal” cards and can reverse a player’s fortune in an instant. Be sure to “bank” money in personal accounts to buy up properties and collect three complete color property sets to win the game.
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I received samples of the above-mentioned products in consideration of the posting of this gift guide.
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This is great! I was just looking at these games at Walmart today wondering if they would be good Christmas gifts for my nieces and nephews. Your review was just what I needed! Thanks, Nicole.