It’s always nice to get the family together from time to time for a game night. Whether your children are very young or in their teens, there are plenty of games you’ll be able to enjoy as a family that are jam-packed with hilarious fun. Here are our favorite family board games.
Watch Ya' Mouth Family Edition
Watch Ya’ Mouth is a hilarious mouth-guard game for the whole family. Simply form teams, place the mouth-guard into your mouth and attempt to read from the family-friendly cards. This game not only promises a good laugh, but promotes team work and communication. Suitable for ages 8 to adult.
The Awkward Family Photos Movie Line Caption Game
Use your imagination to caption 160 amazingly awkward family photos. Take your pick from 330 memorable movie lines in order to sum up the theme of each picture. The favorite caption wins the round. Perfect for age 12 to adult.
Beat The Parents Board Game
Beat The Parents brings parents and siblings together as they go head to head against one another. This fun-filled trivia game involves asking parents questions about kids stuff, and asking the kids questions that parents should know the answers to!
5 Second Rule - Just Spit it Out!
5 Second Rule is a fantastic family game that involves quick thinking and imagination. Pick a card, read the topic and then start the timer! The aim is to name 3 things associated with the topic in 5 seconds. Sound easy? It’s really not! Perfect for age 10 to adult.
Zingo
Zingo is a brilliantly funny bingo-style game for all ages. This latest edition includes an extra Zingo card so that up to 7 people can now enjoy playing all at once. Build on language and matching skills while competing against the rest of the family. A simple, yet effective family game.
Personalogy
Personalogy is a family card game that allows you to discover new and interesting things about each other. Most of the questions have been inspired by kids, making them super funny. Perfect for Thanksgiving or family occasions and appropriate for all ages.
Poop: The Game
Prepare to roar with laughter with this family-friendly card game. Poop: The Game allows each player to take turns pretend-pooping. But be careful, some of the poops might block the toilet! The first player to run out of cards wins! Silly family fun for all ages.
Melissa & Doug Suspend Game
Suspend is an exciting balance game by Melissa and Doug designed for families to work together. It includes 28 rods, a wooden base, a frame and wooden connectors. Take it in turns to figure out how to meet the individual challenge requirements while enhancing logic skills.
SWITCHEROO
Switcheroo is a quick-thinking, witty word game for the whole family. To win, players need to blurt out answers that match a Letter” and “Subject” presented to the group. The fast-paced tempo and funny subject cards will be sure to give your family a good laugh. Age 10 upwards.
Name 5
Name 5 is a simple yet hilarious family game for all ages. Select a card and name 5 things associated with the word or phrase you’ve selected. For example, can you name 5 things that make a person sneeze? Or 5 vegetables beginning with B? Family filled fun for a Friday night.
Would You Rather Board Game
Would You Rather is a hilarious family board game that allows you to expand your imaginations. Each player is presented with a dilemma, whereby they must choose between two radical scenarios. The game contains 160 question cards and is perfect for large or small families.
Rubber Band Game
The Rubber Band Game is a crazy family game where it’s important to have a good aim! Send the rubber bands flying! Each box contains 250 bands, 12 blocks and dice. There’s over 20 ways to play, so you’ll never get bored. For ages 8 to adult.
Etna Giant Inflatable Bowling Set
Everyone can have a go at scoring a strike with the Etna Giant Inflatable Bowling Set. This oversized indoor or backyard toy is great for getting the family moving around and working in teams. A free pump is included for easy setup. Simply deflate and pack away when you’re done!
Moustache Smash
In Moustache Smash, the aim of the game is to remember which moustache you’re wearing and watch out for a matching card. If it’s the same color or shape, you must smash that tash! This game requires quick thinking and an excellent memory. A family game for ages 7 to adult.
Monkeys Up
Go bananas with this silly yet educational family game. Monkeys Up allows you to compete to get the best score by switching flipping and stealing monkeys! Each monkey has a value hidden underneath its cheeky feet! The higher the value the better! Great for ages 6 upwards.
Spontuneous Board Game: The Game Where Lyrics Come to Life
Do you love to be spontaneous? Do you love singing along to your favorite tunes? If so, then the Spontuneous Board Game is perfect for you and your family. Listen to a word, and quickly think of a song that’s themed around that word. Sing it the group to win. Winner of Mom’s Best Hot Product Award!
Googly Eyes Game
Googly Eyes is a hilarious family game that requires you to wear vision-altering goggles with several strengths of lenses. Once they’re on, you must draw pictures that your team can identify. It’s much harder than you think! A great game for ages 7 to adult.
Mini Backyard Box
If the weather is warm but there isn’t a lot to do, why not engage in some explorative play as a family? The hand made Mini Backyard Box contains coins that provide different instructions, all of which can be fulfilled in your very own garden. It also works as a camping game.
Rainy Day Personalised Children's Activity Tokens Jar
Create your own family fun using this jar of 15 gorgeous hand made wooden tokens. Each token has an activity suggestion on it, suitable for the entire family and is suitable for ages 3 to 10. They can be enjoyed by parents too! The jar can be personalized with your child’s or children’s names.
Brain Freeze
Winner of the 2016 Tillwig Toy Awards, Brain Freeze combines the best elements of popular classic strategy games. Two players or teams race against one another to correctly guess the secret sweet treat that the other player or team has chosen. A great family game for ages 5 to adult.
Over/Under - The Game of Guesstimates
How far away is Pluto? How many bricks are in the Empire State building? Take a guess and hope for the best! With over 600 questions, the aim of the game is to decide whether a guess is over or under the actual amount. A fun family guessing game for all ages.
Fibber
Fibber gives you the perfect opportunity to tell a little white lie without getting into trouble! This hilarious bluffing game is based on fibbing your way to the end without getting caught out. If you do, you’ll end up having to wear a long growing nose piece as a consequence.
Wet Head Game
Get completely soaked with the Wet Head Family Game. Wear the water container hat and take part in a game of water Russian roulette! Spin the spinner, follow the instructions and brace yourself for some hilarious water fun! It’s best to play this game outside.
Hasbro Pie Face Game
Pie Face is a hilarious and incredibly popular game for families that don’t mind making a mess. The game features a giant pie-throwing arm that could go off at any time. Score points every time you complete your turn without getting splattered.
Phone Phever Board Game
If your kids are addicted to their phones, why not incorporate phone-fun into a family game? Phone Phever features 1,200 hilarious trivia questions and interesting challenges that require some pretty impressive smartphone skills! Compatible with all smart phones.
PongCano
PongCano is a fast paced, hilarious skill game that keeps players laughing throughout. Take it in turns to bounce the ball into the PongCano volcano. But be careful, if you miss, you will need to sacrifice your gold coins! Ages: 8 to adult.
Double Ditto
Winner of the Game Of The Year Award in 2016, Double Ditto is a competitive family guessing game. You play by picking a card, reading it out loud, and then quickly writing down two answers you think other players will also write. Suitable for ages 10 to adult.
Indoor Snowball Fight
Do you love snowball fights in the winter? Why wait for the snow to fall when you can use these indoor snowballs all year round? Each ball features an expressive face for hilarious fun and is made with fleece making it soft and squishy.
Game for Fame
Game For Fame is a hilarious, easy-to-play family board game for those who seek fame and fortune. With original challenges at every turn, this unique game gives each family member the chance to showcase their talents. Great for kids and adults alike.
Hoagie
Embark on a goofy kitchen adventure as a family. This hilarious card-based game involves competing to build the biggest sandwich! Spoil the ingredients of other players in order to get the lead. Brilliant family fun for 2-4 players aged 4 upwards.
I SPY Find It Fast Game
I SPY Find It Fast from Briarpatch is a matching dice and card game for the whole family. Inspired by the traditional ‘I Spy’ game, this version promotes hand-eye coordination and quick thinking. Perfect for travel or camping due to its easy-to-store packaging. Suitable for ages 6 to adult.
Split Decision
Do you consider yourself to be the ultimate decision maker of the family? Split Decision is a fast, fun trivia game that presents challenging questions that require quick thinking. Complete the challenges in record time to win. Suitable for ages 12 to adult.
Rooster Race
Rooster Race is an educational yet hilarious game for the whole family. Players compete with cards by guessing whether theirs are higher or lower than the previous card in order to gain corn! Whoever has the most corn wins the game. Ages 5 to adult.
Lawn Dominoes
Take the traditional game of dominoes to the next level with these large scale lawn dominoes! Perfect for outdoor family fun, each domino measures at 3.5×7 inches and can be customized with colors of your choice. Suitable for all ages.
Bean Bag Toss
Enjoy some classic family fun with this home made bean bag toss. Perfect for the garden, beach or bbqs! Line up in teams and see who has the best aim! Each corn hole can be custom made with colors, themes and patterns of your choice.
Qwixx
Quixx is a dice game with a difference. Each decision needs to be made quickly and is crucial to the game outcome. Roll the dice as rapidly as possible to score points and cross off numbers while competing against your opponents. A competitive, hilarious game for families.
Animal Action
If your family have big imaginations, then Animal Action could be for you! Pick a coin and look at the animal or verb printed onto it. Take it in turns to act out the animal while the rest of the family guess what you are. Perfect for children and adults of all ages.
The Game of Life Electronic Banking
Based on the classic board game, the latest edition of The Game Of Life takes the challenge to a new level. This electronic banking game ditches the paper cash and allows for a more realistic gaming experience. Move through life and see what it has in store for you!
The Allowance Game
The Allowance Game combines laughter with responsibility as it teaches children all about saving, handling and spending money. The fast paced action game presents challenges while helping kids learn about counting and subtracting. A fun game for families to play together.
Sumoku
Stretch your brain while having heaps of fun with the Sumoku game. As a cross-word style puzzle game, Sumoku challenges up to 8 players to connect rows and columns using numeracy skills such as multiplication. A fun game for ages 8 to adult.
Melissa & Doug Travel Hangman
Hangman is a classic game of guessing words by using letter elimination. Now, Melissa and Doug have created a fun, excitement-filled travel hangman game that the whole family can enjoy. Perfect for trips and holidays, or for long car journeys.
Hot Potato Electronic Musical Passing Game
Enjoy some wild, energetic fun with the Hot Potato Electronic Musical Passing Game. Toss the potato around the room as fast as you can. But watch out, you don’t want to be left holding it when the music stops! For ages 4 to adult.
Egg Relay Race Game
An egg relay race is a classic, simple game that anyone can play. Now, you can get together in the back yard and have an egg relay race without any mess. This set includes 6 color coded wooden spoons and pretend-eggs for the most hilarious fun.
SKIP BO Card Game
Skip-Bo is a sequencing card game that’s bound to have you in fits of laughter. You must use skill and strategy to create sequencing stacks of cards in ascending order. But be careful, the Skip Bo Wild Card can throw the whole thing out of whack! A fun family game.
Uno Attack Game
Uno Attack combines the familiar fun of classic UNO with frenzied, hilarious excitement. The electronic dispenser is the key to this games fast paced tempo. Receive your cards and play as quickly as possible, matching numbers and colors to win the game.
Nature Scavenger Hunt Game
This adorable nature Scavenger Hunt game is perfect for groups of children that need something to do in the summer. Simply purchase the template, print it out and follow the instructions. Each card you print will contain a unique and fun nature trail activity for the whole family.
MindWare LineUp
MindWare LineUp is a comical crime game that’s perfect for showcasing your memory skills. Move your piece through the board and stop at each of six crime scenes. Study the picture, because you’ll need to remember it for identification at the station! Perfect for age 8 to adult.
Doodle Jump Family Game
The famous smartphone app Doodle Jump is now a 3D board game! Roll the dice and try jumping to the top. Take risks while avoiding monster and UFO attacks along the way. Be careful not to fall all the way to the bottom! A fun family game for ages 8 to adult.
Melissa & Doug Family Road Trip Box Of Questions
Melissa and Doug have constructed a brilliant, hilarious game perfect for long road trips. The Box Of Questions includes 45 conversation starters, 25 quiz cards, 10 instruction cards and 6 paper maps. Get to know each other in a whole new way!
Topple
Topple is a fun family game of skill and risk taking. Score points by completing rows and stacking pieces. Be careful though, the more you add, the more it sways, and you don’t want the tower to topple over! Includes 48 colorful pieces. Suitable for ages 6 up to adulthood.
Spikeball Road To Victory Kit
Spikeball was made famous by the hit tv show Shark Tank and has proven popular ever since. It is a 2 on 2 game with similar rules to volleyball. Simply smack the ball down onto the net so it ricochets up at your opponents. A great outdoor game that keeps families active.
Silly Street
Silly Street consists of a giant 40 inch puzzle board, 55 hilarious cards and 4 solid wood game pieces. With these features, you can engage in many types of play – dramatic, cooperative, competitive or interpretive. Winner of the Best Family Fun Tillywig Toy Award.
Yeti in My Spaghetti Game
Yeti In My Spaghetti is a silly family game that all ages can have a go at playing. Simply place the noodles across the top of the bowl and sit yeti on top. Then take it in turns to remove the noodles without letting the yeti fall! Ideal for 2 or more players.
Riddle Moo This
Riddle Moo This is a silly memory game that enhances reasoning skills and vocabulary. Work out riddles as a family and make use of the 4 animal sound buzzers when you know the answer! Perfect for young children and adults alike.
Toysmith Sack Race Game Set
Sack races never get old. Now you can enjoy playing this classic racing game in your own back yard. Simply climb inside the colored sack, grab the handles and race against your family by jumping forwards to the finish mark. Hilarious, timeless fun.
Lipless
Lipless is side-splitting fun for the entire family. With over 200 lip-twisting phrases, your aim is to try to pronounce them wearing a lipless mouth-opener. Be quick though! Your team need to guess what you’re saying before the sand timer runs out.
Joe Name It
Joe Name It is a hilarious family game where the aim is to prove you’re smarter than the ‘average Joe’. Test your knowledge by drawing a category card and filling in the blanks. This game includes 200 category cards, 1 die and rules of play.
Schmovie
Use your imagination and win trophies for making up funny movie titles. Schmovie is about creativity rather than trivia knowledge, as the aim of the game is to convince the group your movie title is real. Perfect for ages 8 to adult.
Bubble Talk Board Game
Bubble Talk enables you to match funny pictures with even funnier captions. The person assigned the role of ‘judge’ draws a picture card and picks a player. The player then selects one of 300 hilarious captions. The player who makes the judge laugh the most wins that round.
Don't Say It!
Influence your team to say a word without giving them the most obvious clues. Explain the word on the selected card, but avoid the list of associated words listed for that category. A brilliant and hilarious communication game that brings families closer together.
Telestrations
Telestrations is a fun drawing game for the whole family. Each player is assigned a word that they have to draw. Some are simple, and some are hilariously hard. This brilliantly straight forward game includes 1700 words and 8 eraser sketch boards.
Electronic Catch Phrase
The Electronic Catch Phrase game is a family guessing game featuring hilarious well known catch-phrases. Simply choose from 5 categories: Fun & Games, Entertainment, Everyday Life, The World and Variety. Then guess the phrase by watching the game unit screen!
Word On The Street
Winner of the 2010 Mensa Favorite Brainy Games Award, Word On The Street is a team vs team family game. Suitable for 2-8 players, the aim is to create words that’ll pull the letters to their side of the board. A fun cooperative game for ages 12 to adult.
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14 DIY Family Games for Kids and Adults
DIY Personalised Monopoly Board Game
Monopoly never gets old. The tactical real estate game has reinvented itself many times before. But now you can personalize your very own Monopoly board with properties and names that are applicable to you and your family! All you need is an old Monopoly set to get started.
DIY Lawn Scrabble
Reinvent the game of Scrabble by creating your own giant lawn scrabble. The pieces are surprisingly easy to make from leftover wood and a few coats of paint. Follow the instructions and get the family outside to play this classic word and spelling game.
DIY Marble Toss Game
Marble Toss is a game that involves good hand-eye coordination, communication and team work. To make your own outdoor marble toss, all you need is to print the attachment, and use any old wood you have laying around to construct the base. A fun family game that’ll last the test of time.
DIY Guess Who
Guess Who is a timeless family guessing game that requires good descriptive skills and guess work. Create your own personalized Guess Who game featuring friends and family for hilarious imaginative fun. This is a game for all ages and abilities.
Flamingo Ring Toss
Flamingo Ring Toss is a simple Ring Toss game that you can make yourself. Ring toss is a fun way of improving hand-eye coordination while getting the whole family outside playing together. Follow the DIY instructions to get going. Perfect for any age up to adult.
Dunk Bucket
Drench your parents or get dunked yourself! The dunk bucket is a hilarious family game suitable for outdoor play. Follow these DIY instructions and fill your bucket with anything from freezing cold water to home made slime! A great game for a hot summers day.
DIY Dart Board
If you’re looking for a game that brings the whole family together, why not create your own DIY dart board? Customize it any way you want, with pictures or words, and work together in teams to score the most points!
DIY Brown bag bounce
If you’re looking to create a simple DIY game from everyday household objects then Brown Bag Bounce could be for you. All you need is some paper bags and bouncy balls. Take it in turns bouncing the ball strategically into specific bags to score points!
Holiday Bingo Game
Holiday Bingo is a Christmas themed Bingo game that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Print the free PDF and stick each Christmas themed picture to pieces of card. Follow the instructions to create the customized dice. Perfect for all age groups and abilities.
Snowman Bowling
Snowman Bowling couldn’t be more straight forward. Craft your snowmen themed skittles from old toilet rolls and set them up in the hallway or garden for a brilliant bowling game. Each snowman can have a different expression and can be designed and made by children of all ages.
Lawn Twister
Twister is a hilarious, highly physical game that requires you to bend and stretch in a variety of awkward directions. Now you can create an outdoor lawn twister using spray paints! Follow the instructions and get the whole family over for a fun-filled afternoon.
Oversized Pick Up Sticks
Pick up sticks is a fun, classic game that goes back decades. The aim is to remove each stick without triggering the rest to topple. Create your own giant outdoor pick up sticks set using everyday household materials and scraps of wood and sanding paper. A simple, effective and fun game for all.
DIY Yard Yahtzee
Yahtzee is a classic dice throwing game that’s fun for the whole family. Now you can take that fun to a new level by creating your own DIY oversized yard Yahtzee. Craft giant dice using the thorough instructions and invite the whole family over for a game.
DIY Backyard Kerplunk
Create an oversized, DIY Kerplunk for your back yard. This hilarious game involves removing sticks one by one, ensuring that you don’t trigger the balls to drop! A fun filled family game, perfect for summer days outdoors. Simply follow the instructions to construct one for yourself.
DIY Lawn Dominoes
Dominoes is a classic game that never seem to get old. Now you can take dominoes to the next level by creating your very own giant lawn set. All you need is wood, paint, glue and a good saw. Follow the instructions and get the whole family over for a game.
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