April 26th, 2023
Childhood Nostalgia Edition
When you want to go back to the good ol’ days, here are some classic board games we all brought out when indoor recess struck.Hi-Ho! Cherry-O (2-4 players)
If you were the kid who never actually learned how to play the game—and just ate the pieces—this one’s for you. The goal of Hi-Ho! Cherry-O is to collect ten cherries from your individual trees into your bucket. Taking turns that continue clockwise, every player must spin the action wheel in the middle. Perform the action that your spin lands on, and the play continues to the next person.Spin Actions:
- Numbers 1-4: Depending on the number you land on, you will pick that many cherries from your tree.
- Bird or Dog. Take 2 cherries from your bucket and put them back onto your tree.
- Spilled Bucket. Remove all your cherries from your bucket and put them back onto your tree.
The average online price from Amazon is $15.00 (with free returns!)
—Ariel Rutten, Games Editor
Elefun
Have you ever sat back and wondered to yourself, what was that game called where the elephant blew butterflies out of his trunk? Maybe you weren’t thinking that, but if you were, do I have the answer for you! Elefun is “the butterfly catchin’” game by Hasbro. In this game, one fills up the elephant’s trunk with the little butterflies and flips the switch by the elephant’s tail. This turns the little fan on, and the butterflies start flying out of the trunk. Each player then has to catch as many butterflies as possible. (You can even grab them from off the floor!) Once all of the butterflies are released from the elephant’s trunk, everyone must stop grabbing butterflies and total the number they have caught. (Catching those little butterflies is harder than you think!) The person with the most butterflies wins a token! The individual who wins three tokens wins the game. Yet no game is a good one without a little twist. The twist in this game is the special blue butterfly! The person who catches this butterfly automatically wins the token no matter the number of butterflies others catch. The game allows 2 to 4 players and is available for ages 3 and up. Although this game is meant for a younger audience, it can be fun for almost all ages. I definitely have fond memories of running around the living room playing it and would absolutely play it now. Who wouldn’t want to feel like a kid again?
Have you ever sat back and wondered to yourself, what was that game called where the elephant blew butterflies out of his trunk? Maybe you weren’t thinking that, but if you were, do I have the answer for you! Elefun is “the butterfly catchin’” game by Hasbro. In this game, one fills up the elephant’s trunk with the little butterflies and flips the switch by the elephant’s tail. This turns the little fan on, and the butterflies start flying out of the trunk. Each player then has to catch as many butterflies as possible. (You can even grab them from off the floor!) Once all of the butterflies are released from the elephant’s trunk, everyone must stop grabbing butterflies and total the number they have caught. (Catching those little butterflies is harder than you think!) The person with the most butterflies wins a token! The individual who wins three tokens wins the game. Yet no game is a good one without a little twist. The twist in this game is the special blue butterfly! The person who catches this butterfly automatically wins the token no matter the number of butterflies others catch. The game allows 2 to 4 players and is available for ages 3 and up. Although this game is meant for a younger audience, it can be fun for almost all ages. I definitely have fond memories of running around the living room playing it and would absolutely play it now. Who wouldn’t want to feel like a kid again?—Emma Krueger
Let’s Go Fishing (1-4 players) 
This game is very easy and doesn’t require much effort to leave you with hours of enjoyment. This fun activity requires you to use plastic fishing rods with magnets attached to catch the little multi-colored fish while their mouths snap open and close as the little plastic pond they’re in spins. The goal is to catch as many fish as possible before the other player can. To make things more challenging, players can choose to catch only fish of a single color. I personally started playing this game around the time it was released in 2006. It has left many generations of kids, including me, with fond memories. I rate this game a 7/10 simply because over the years it got pretty repetitive (seeing as I am no longer a child). This game can be purchased on Amazon for around $8-10 and even includes free returns just in case you somehow aren’t satisfied with your hours of mechanical fishing.
This game is very easy and doesn’t require much effort to leave you with hours of enjoyment. This fun activity requires you to use plastic fishing rods with magnets attached to catch the little multi-colored fish while their mouths snap open and close as the little plastic pond they’re in spins. The goal is to catch as many fish as possible before the other player can. To make things more challenging, players can choose to catch only fish of a single color. I personally started playing this game around the time it was released in 2006. It has left many generations of kids, including me, with fond memories. I rate this game a 7/10 simply because over the years it got pretty repetitive (seeing as I am no longer a child). This game can be purchased on Amazon for around $8-10 and even includes free returns just in case you somehow aren’t satisfied with your hours of mechanical fishing.—Jasmine Puls