There are plenty of entertainment and educational games for children today. But playing them alone is boring, so parents are used. We decided to find games and puzzles that children will not be bored to play alone. And then the parents will catch up!
Puzzle games
"Castle of Riddles"
Price: from 1400 rubles
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Age: from 3 years old
What's the point: This is a classic educational puzzle game for kids that focuses on logic and strategic thinking. The kid is offered parts made of wood and a picture book - using it he must assemble a castle. The puzzle has 3 levels of difficulty, but if it is difficult for a child to assemble a figure on his own, you can see the answers.
Jenga
Price: from 1000 rubles
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Age: from 6 years old
What is the essence: We are more accustomed to presenting this game as a team game - with friends. In fact, this puzzle can be played alone. The principle is quite simple: a tower is built from flat wooden blocks - the direction of laying alternates at each level. The player must pull out one bar at a time from any part of the tower and place it on top. The goal is not to let the structure fall apart for as long as possible.
Rubik's Cube
Price: from 50 rubles
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Age: from 5 years old
What is the essence: A puzzle known to today's parents and even parents of parents. Despite the fact that the Rubik's cube was invented in 1974, it is still popular today. Modern children are happy to try to assemble a cube by color.
Today the cube has a ton of variations. In addition to the classic look (a plastic cube 3 * 3 * 3 with rotating faces), cubes have appeared in which you need to collect not colors, but their images or shapes are not cubic, but a volumetric triangle.
"Hedgehog in a cage"
Price: from 800 rubles
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Age: from 5 years old
What is the point: This puzzle has recently become especially popular, not only among children, but also among adults (so it will be interesting for parents too).
The bottom line is as follows: there is a cylindrical structure (cage), inside which there is a wooden ball with spikes (hedgehog), the task is to get the ball out of the cage. Manufacturers have different age restrictions - some offer lightweight puzzle versions for children from 5 years old, and some options will seem difficult even for adults.
Video effect puzzles
Price:
from 700 rubles
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Age: from 14 years old
What's the point: Jigsaw puzzles are a classic puzzle game that can keep kids busy for hours, and sometimes for days. But a mosaic in the classical form would be too simple. Today manufacturers come up with a huge number of modified options (as with the Rubik's cube). For example, video-effect puzzles. For them, you need to download a special application to your smartphone or tablet. The child still collects a picture from many elements, and then directs the screen of the gadget with the application at it (as if taking a photo), thanks to which the picture "comes to life" and turns into animation.
Table games
"Feed the bear"
Price:
from 800 rubles
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Age: from 3 years old
What is the point: Everything is as simple as possible here. The child is given a volumetric design of a bear cub, which needs to be fed through a special hole using a spoon and tokens depicting different dishes.
You can choose from products of different colors: rice, potatoes, carrots, strawberries, lettuce, blueberries.
You can play in three different ways. But for playing alone, only two are suitable. The first option - the child throws a dice, on the edges of which products are depicted, what product falls out - that is what the baby feeds the bear. On two sides, instead of pictures with food, a bear is drawn: on one - cheerful, on the other - sad. There is a cube with a funny bear, the child feeds him with any product, if with a sad one, he puts the product aside. The game ends when all products run out.
The second option is a memory game. The child lays out in front of him all the food cards, but turned upside down. Then opens any two. If the pictures coincide, he feeds the bear with one, and takes the second for himself. If not, it turns them over and remembers what and where it is. The game ends when the child finds all pairs of products.
"Jackal: The Archipelago"
Price:
from 1200 rubles
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Age: From 6 years old
What is the essence: This is a classic board game that a child can play alone or in a company. The participant plays as a pirate, moving around the playing field (uncharted island). The task is to find the treasure of the old captain Jackal, passing small tests that will occur on each cell, and then drag this treasure to your ship, fighting other pirates. A child can play as several pirates at the same time if he wants to play alone.
"Crime scene"
Price:
from 1800 rubles
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Age: 12+
Children will be especially interested in playing this game, because the gadget is partially involved in it. The player is a forensic expert who must solve a crime that happened in the city. During the investigation, you can navigate the areas, interview witnesses, find and analyze evidence, and seek help from specialists - a doctor, hacker, scientist and forensic scientist.
In order to track and build your path, scan maps with tasks and evidence, you will need a special application that you need to download to your gadget.
"Friday"
Price:
from 1500 rubles
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Age: From 13 years old
What's the point: "Friday" is strictly a solo game. It was invented by the famous developer of board games Friedman Frize based on the work of Daniel Defoe "Robinson Crusoe".
There are three decks of cards in the game: the first is the player's deck, the second is the hazard cards that the player has to overcome, and the third is the aging deck. Each turn, the player takes a card from the hazard deck and tries to pick up a card from his deck that will interrupt it. If you manage to kill the danger, the player takes the card for himself, if not, he loses points and this card. The task is to pass all the tests and leave the island safe and sound.
Experiment kits
"Colored candles"
Price:
from 700 rubles
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Age: from 10 years old
What is the essence: This kit contains three sets of substances for carrying out three experiments: creating colored paraffin candles, obtaining candles with a luminescence effect and creating a liquid candle with a colored flame.
All experiments can be carried out at home, but subject to safety precautions and under the supervision of parents. The kit contains detailed instructions.
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