I SPY….A Game The Whole Family Can Enjoy!
Until second grade, I lived in a historic house with horrible TV reception. The only channel that was fuzz-free was PBS. But we were never bored. Instead of watching TV after dinner, we would spend time together as a family playing games. I loved those family game nights, and I think they are one of the reasons why my memories of those years are incredibly happy.
Game Nights are a fun and low-cost way to spend some quality time with your kids. So turn off the TV, put down the Blackberry, and let your cellphone go to voicemail….it’s time to make some happy memories!
I recently had the chance to review “I Spy Private Eye” ($24.99 at www.briarpatch.com or $22 at Amazon). Many children’s games are incredibly boring to adults, but I Spy Private Eye is actually challenging. And that’s what makes it fun!
To play, you place nine picture blocks into the Jumbler, shake up the blocks and open the lid. You only have 30 seconds to memorize the I SPY pictures on the blocks before they are hidden from view. Then you pick an I SPY picture card and score points by finding the images that match the blocks.
Playing this game is like a workout for your brain. If you don’t want to be completely trounced by your kids, you’ll actually need to concentrate. But you don’t have to take my word for it. I Spy Private Eye won the Fall 2008 National Parenting Center Seal of Approval.
Here is what The National Parenting Center has to say about I Spy Private Eye:
“A nearly perfect marriage of mental challenge and fun, the I Spy series continues to rack up Seal after Seal. This game enhances memorization skills, something we could all use no matter what the age. Private Eye manages to keep the mental gears spinning while providing a great sense of accomplishment for tackling the challenges of each round. The skill of visual memorization are a muscle that needs exercise and, trust us, this one is a workout, and a heck of a lot of fun.”
WIN IT:
Briarpatch Games is giving one lucky Mamanista reader a chance to win this fabulous family game. For a chance to win I SPY Private Eye, check out the other I SPY Games available at Briarpatch, and leave a comment on this post by 11:59pm on September 25, 2008 letting us know which other I SPY Game you’d be interested in trying.
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My kids LOVE I Spy and the spooky night game sounds fun!
tuesdayef (at)aol dot com
The bingo looks like fun too. I’m always looking for games the 3 & 5 yr old can play.
I spy Bingo game
jceko77@yahoo.com
the I Spy Spooky Night would be perfect to play at our halloween party!
thanks!
moore.g@insideconnect.net
What a selection of “I Spy” games they carry!
The “I Spy Spooky Night” would be fun for our family. Please enter me in your fun giveaway drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
I would love to try the I Spy Preschool Game. My baby is about to turn three and i’m so ready to introduce her to the world of games!!
The I spy Eagle eye game looks like it would be fun. We enjoy the I spy books.
my daughter loves the I Spy books. I’d love to get the I Spy Preschool game.
I think the I Spy Bingo game looks like a lot of fun. They have such great games. Thank you!
For my little spooky girl (she loves to be scared!) I would pick I Spy Spooky Night.
jenniferaugust @ yahoo.com
My 5 year old loves playing I Spy, so I’d love to enter to win this for her. I also think the I Spy Bingo looks like an awesome game. I’m thinking we’ll have to add it to our collection too one way or another.
Thanks for the entry!
RebekahC
littleminx@cox.net
The I Spy Seeing Doubles game looks like fun!!
I Spy Spooky Nights sounds like a lot of fun Would make great entertainment during a Halloween party!
Oh I think the I Spy Memory Game would be a great brain exercise, plus fun at the same time!
We have I Spy Seeing Doubles and really enjoy it. I think I’d love to try any of the I Spy games, but Spooky Night sounds like a lot of fun leading up to Halloween — it might be a fun tradition to get it out every year in October!
I Spy Spooky Night sounds like fun!
Thank you!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I Spy Eagle Eye
I spy Spooky Night! Perfect for Halloween coming up!
legacyofbrutalitysa{AT}gmail.com
The kids would enjoy I Spy Spooky Night
This game sounds so fun!!!! I also think I’m going to buy the Animal Soup game I think my son would love it!
spooky night :)
I Spy Spooky Night looks cool!
I’m always looking for games that my children can play together, since they are a wide range of ages. They’re going to love I Spy Private Eye and the scrambled word one. Thanks
I like the I Spy Memory Game!
The I Spy Bingo Game would be fun! My daughter loves to play these type of games, thanks so much for the opportunity!
furygirl3132[at]comcast[dot]net
With Halloween coming up, no question, I Spy Spooky Nights.
quentin loves i spy and i like the spooky night also
petteytiffany@yahoo.com
My daughters would love to play this game with my husband and I.
We love board games. Me and the hubby have game night once a week and soon Lucian can play with us. We’d love to try the I Spy Preschool Game as well. :)
We love games. Nice prize.
I Spy Memory Game 15th Anniversary Edition looks like fun
I like I Spy Spooky Night, especially this time of year.
I Spy Bingo looks fun.
the i spy spooky nights looks neat, heck they all do especiallly for those who play games with the kids- we have game night once a week where all gets shut off- and doorbell gets shut off- its just family time
My son loves these. He would love to try the I Spy Seeing Doubles Game.
The I Spy! Preschool game would be perfect for us.
I would love to try I Spy Eagle Eye.
We like the clothespin game. It’s fun :)
I spy spooky night would be a hit in our house
I Spy Spooky Night!
gkstratos@yahoo.com
I Spy Seeing Doubles would be fun.
I Spy Spooky Night and I Spy Word Scramble look like fun.
The I Spy Eagle eye game sounds like fun.
We love I Spy at our house. The I Spy Go Fish game looks good.
I would like to try the I spy Spooky night as Halloween is coming up. All of them sound like fun.
How funny — I had just looked at one of the I Spy games earlier this morning. The I Spy Memory Game is one that I would love to try, and play with my kids who would no dount not only love it, but be great at it! Thank you for the chance to win!
I like the
I Spy Bingo Game
driven873@hotmail.com
My son loves I Spy and besides this game I think he would enjoy the I Spy Memory Game 15th Anniversary Edition.
I like the I Spy 15th ann memory game.
I Spy Bingo is cute
I Spy Bingo Game is fun.
I Spy Spooky Night-Just in time for fall and Halloween!
eagle game
I Spy games are just wonderful. We’d also like to try the I Spy Spooky Night game. Thanks so much for this giveaway.
I Spy Holiday
I spy bingo
I spy bingo or I spy memory
I think the I Spy Spooky Night sounds cool. Thanks for the chance.
The “I Spy Spooky Night” game.
My kids would like this game. I Spy Spooky Night looks fun.
I Spy Bingo for sure…thanks!
I spy bingo looks like fun for the whole family.
I Spy Travel Game looks fun!
The Eye Spy seeing doubles game looks fun!
The Bingo game!
The I Spy Eagle Eye for me. Thanks for the chance to win this great prize!
The I Spy Travel Game looks awesome!
I Spy Memory Game, cute. I’d love to win for my son!
I would love to try the I SPY PRESCHOOL game. So pick me please my girls would love it!
I’m also interested in the I Spy Eagle Eye Game
I Spy Spooky night.
the I Spy Preschool Game so my younger son could play too would be great as would the I Spy Memory Game since that is a skill we are working on right now.
The I Spy Memory Game would be great fun for my kids!
It is great timing for I Spy Spooky Night! We love Halloween at our house and this would be a great game to play at our party.
I would like to try the travel I-Spy game.
I would love to try this game, and the spooky night one
I Spy Spooky Night sounds good, thanks for the giveaway!
I Spy Bingo sounds fun!
I Spy Travel Game
i spy spooky night. nice contest.
I Spy Eagle Eye! Thank you!
I Spy Spooky Nights
They all look like they’d be a big hit! i guess i’d pic the i spy bingo!
i spy spooky night
Thank you for having this! I would love to win this to play with my 3 children. I grew up playing lots of games as well. I also like the I Spy 3 D. Looks like lots of fun. Thank you!
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
I Spy Bingo :)
I Spy Spooky Night sounds like something all my children would like
i spy bingo.
I would love to try the i spy travel game. What fun!
=) melanie
http://melaniescrafts.blogspot.com
melanieadey at hotmail dot com
The Ispy spooky nights looks fun. My son loves Ispy and he also loves all things spooky!
I Spy Monster Workshop. thanks for the contest.
We’d love to try I Spy Go Fish.
I Spy Spooky Nights looks like fun.
I Spy Spooky nights looks fun. thanks for the chance, justicecw@hotmail.com
I Spy Spooky Night looks perfect for my 4 yr old, he loves i spy and with Halloween around the corner, this would be fun!!
Im a subscriber too :)
The I Spy Preschool game would be perfect for us.
My dh and I are super interested in playing DaVinci’s Challenge ourselves!
I spy bingo game
I Spy Spooky nights
the I Spy Travel Game because my husband’s family lives over 500 miles away and we usually drive
i wanna try i spy seeing doubles
My son loves the I Spy Spooky Nights
I would love to try the I Spy Preschool Game. Thanks!
I would like to try the I spy bingo game with some of my students
I spy spooky night
I Spy Spooky Night would be perfect for this time of year! We love I Spy games! Thanks for the giveaway!
braaisjo at gmail dot com
my daughter would love the I spy 123 puzzle
the I Spy Spooky Night would be perfect
I Spy Eagle Eye Game sounds like a fun challenge!
I think the “I Spy GO FISH Card Game” would be super fun for my son and I…Thats a game I loved as a kid! :D
I spy spooky night
The I Spy Preschool game
I would pick I Spy Spooky Night.
I Spy Spooky nights sounds like fun
I Spy Bingo looks fun! Thanks!
I Spy Bingo looks like a game that my kids would love.
Great review!
What a great idea for a game!! I think I would prefer the I Spy Travel Game most, but they are all wonderful!
My kids love scary stuff so I would go with I Spy Spooky Night!
My kids love the Animal Soup game, and I think that the clothespin game looks fun.
I Spy Spooky Night looks fun!
My dd LOVES anything from the I Spy series. The I Spy Spooky Mansion is her favorite, so I am very happy to see there is a memory game to match!
my kids love i spy
I would love to try the I Spy Preschool Game.
nice
I Spy Preschool Game
The I spy Eagle eye game looks fun
My favorite is the I Spy Bingo Game!
I Spy Seeing Doubles looks like a perfect game for me to play with my granddaughter.
dlcwin[at]gmail[dot]com
I think the I Spy Pre School is neat, but they all are.
Thanks for the contest !
We would like to try the I Spy Spooky Night game.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo.com
i spy eagle
I’d like to try I Spy Bingo
Thanks for the giveaway!
My granddaughter who is only 3 just LOVES to play bingo.
Thanks for this great contest and prize!
I think my kids would really like the I SPY Bingo game.
I spy spooky night
I love the I Spy Go Fish :)
I Spy Word Scramble
This looks like a great game. I also like the I Spy Bingo game.
I would love to try I Spy Spooky Night! It looks like it would be a lot of fun to play! Thank you!
I Spy Spooky Night looks like it would be a fun game.
I Spy Bingo games sounds like fun.
I Spy 3D looks fun too!
I Spy Spooky Night looks really fun and Halloween is my daughter’s favorite holiday so I know she would love it.
I’d like to try the I Spy Spooky Night Game!
The I Spy Spooky Night game looks interesting ;)
I Spy Holiday :)
we would like to try the bingo :)
PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY :)
I have been considering buying the I Spy Memory Game for my grandchildren for Christmas. With four ages 8 and under the I Spy series is fabulous for being able to include them all in the fun.
Thanks for the contest.
My kids would love I Spy Spooky Night.
This looks great,I would love to bring the rest of the family into my game obsession !
=)
Thanks !
The A Little Golden Book Go Fish Card Game looks fun.
I would love the preschool version
Would love to have this game for our weekly family game night.
I would love to try the I Spy Travel Game!
The I Spy Travel Game would be great for vacation.
My kids could use this on long car drives.
I Spy Memory Game for the Grandparents. I spy Private Eye looks good for the kids.
I would heart the preschool version.
My son loves I spy I hope we win
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