Splat

When our kids were little we bought a game called "Splat".  It was a lot of fun and real easy to play, even for the little kids.

Anyway, we had one of the grandkids stay with us recently.  He wanted to do something with us so we opened up the game cupboard and let him pick one.  He picked Splat.

The original stuff to make "bugs" with was long gone so we got out the Play-Dooh and set to making several game pieces each so we could start.  

The rules say the youngest goes first, which was perfectly okay with this young man.  So he rolled the die and off we went.

We had to help him be a little less enthusiastic about rolling the die, after he had to retrieve it from the floor a few times.  But otherwise, he did really well.  He knew his numbers well enough to be able to know what he'd rolled.  He knew his colors, too. We had to help him count out his moves sometimes, he often would miss squares or forget to start counting at the right place.  But he did really well.  And the game is designed to be fairly quick, so young people don't lose interest.

His favorite part of the game, of course, was when he'd get to splat a bug.  He loved that, even when it was his own bug he had to squish.  He was a real good sport about that.

He won the first game.  Grandma won the second game.  We all had fun.  It was a good time.  We might have to get that one out again.  He really enjoyed it.