Fun and Games Giveaway: Clothespins! from Briarpatch
It is DAY TWO of “It’s All Fun and Games” week at Mom Most Traveled!
Everyday from Monday until Friday I will be offering a new giveaway for a family friendly game!
Today I have another brand new game to share with you from Briarpatch!
We like Briarpatch for their educational, fun games, and for their use of eco-friendly materials in their games and puzzles!
Boardgames are fun, but they are also an important way for parents to bond with their children. Besides providing a platform for quality time focused on your child, games help children learn social skills. Important things like taking turns, waiting, and patience can be practiced while playing a game.
Many games also teach academic skills. The new Clothespins! Game from Briarpatch is a fun way for children to learn how to match patterns, group like objects, perform simple addition, and practice counting.
In Clothespins!, the object of the game is to score the most points by completing your clothesline with three or more “matching” items from the cards you are dealt.
You can “match” items by having three-of-a-kind (like three shirts), or three or more different clothing items with the same pattern (like a polka dot shirt, shorts, and pants).
My son matched an argyle bikini top with an argyle t-shirt:
To complete the clothesline, you need a “finishing pole” card!
There is also the option of using “bird cards” to swipe laundry from another player, or switch items on different clotheslines. (Included in the game are rules for playing WITHOUT using the bird cards, in case you want to play with a younger child who might be upset by such “unfairness”!)
The Clothespins! Game ends when one player completes all three of their clotheslines.
To win the game, players count the cards that they have played and score points, while deducting points for any cards still left in hand. The player with the most points wins!
Each Clothespins! Game comes with 4 game boards, 66 playing cards that feature 12 finishing poles, 49 laundry cards and 5 mischievous birds.
The Clothespins! Game is best suited for for 2 to 4 players ages 5 and older.
Win The Clothespins! Game from Briarpatch!
To enter, comment here telling me about your FAVORITE game when you were a child! (I really liked a balance game we had called Topple!).
One winner will be chosen at random.
This giveaway will close on Tuesday, September 23, 12 midnight.
Winner will be contacted by email (if you remember to leave your contact info!).
*Congrats to MaryBeth I! MaryBeth’s favorite games were Candyland, Clue, and Monopoly! (The classics, in my opinion!) She blogs at Blogmania !*
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16 September 2008, 2:40 pm
When I was a kid, I was addicted to Monopoly!
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16 September 2008, 2:51 pm
candyland was always my favoirte!
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16 September 2008, 2:51 pm
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16 September 2008, 2:51 pm
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16 September 2008, 4:24 pm
We played a game called ‘In the pond, out the pond’. You had to jump on either side of a hose when someone called ‘in the pond!’ or ‘out the pond!’ The goal was to try and trick the jumpers: If you jumped in instead of out, or vice versa, you were out - we loved it!
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16 September 2008, 4:25 pm
I’m subscribed via email:)
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16 September 2008, 4:25 pm
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16 September 2008, 6:31 pm
my most favorite game was trouble. I can remember playing it down the shore with my mom and sister while on vacation.
17 September 2008, 3:32 am
My favorite game was called concentration. I also Liked operation too though.
17 September 2008, 4:14 am
My favorite board game from when I was a child was Careers. Do you remember that one?
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17 September 2008, 4:15 am
Your button is already on my sidebar. ;P
Thanks for the cool kid-friendly giveaways!!
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17 September 2008, 4:30 am
My favorite game as a kid was always Life… i still have it if I could just get someone to play!
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17 September 2008, 4:30 am
I’m a subscriber too!
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17 September 2008, 4:30 am
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17 September 2008, 6:26 am
Hello, I think the Briarpatch games are all so wonderful! One game that brings back fun memories is the game
“Mousetrap!” Please enter me in your delightful drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
17 September 2008, 6:27 am
I am subscribed via your newsletter. Thanks, Cindi
17 September 2008, 11:23 am
My favorite game was Pictionary!
17 September 2008, 3:43 pm
I liked Perfection and don’t spill the Beans.
17 September 2008, 5:55 pm
We loved mouse trap. thanks
17 September 2008, 9:08 pm
The Game of Lifel is what I remember.
Thank you!
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17 September 2008, 9:09 pm
I am subscribed by email.
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17 September 2008, 9:13 pm
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18 September 2008, 2:26 pm
how fun!! Charlotte loves games. My favorite game as a child was Hi Ho Cherry O. It was a counting game, but it must have done me good, because I can still remember playing!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
trisha
19 September 2008, 1:03 pm
Definitely Monopoly.
19 September 2008, 1:10 pm
I remember it was called “Go to the Head of the Class”
19 September 2008, 1:13 pm
Trouble was my favorite.
19 September 2008, 1:35 pm
I LOVED Candyland. cdziuba@aol.com
19 September 2008, 1:40 pm
My favorite game was Sorry, I loved telling my brother Sorry!, hehe.
19 September 2008, 2:34 pm
Candyland was the best!
19 September 2008, 3:13 pm
Best game was Ants in the Pants! Have 4 little sisters and skill was all you needed.
19 September 2008, 3:20 pm
Monopoly. I loved it.
19 September 2008, 3:21 pm
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19 September 2008, 3:57 pm
I loved Connect 4 when I was a kid! Thanks for the chance!
19 September 2008, 4:02 pm
I am also a subscriber!
19 September 2008, 5:14 pm
Chess
19 September 2008, 5:22 pm
My favorite game was hi ho cherrio
I loved it.
19 September 2008, 5:26 pm
I liked Sorry!
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19 September 2008, 5:27 pm
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19 September 2008, 6:02 pm
My favorite was 5 card poker. I know as a child I shouldn’t been playing. But money talks! lol
19 September 2008, 6:25 pm
Candyland was my favorite game when I was young all those goodies yum!
19 September 2008, 6:51 pm
monopoly
19 September 2008, 7:08 pm
favorite game was life and kismet
19 September 2008, 7:38 pm
I remember playing Candyland and Chutes & Ladders. Thanks for the chance to win your great giveaway!
19 September 2008, 8:09 pm
as annoying as it was, i loved operation!
19 September 2008, 8:10 pm
My favorite childhood game was The Game of Life.
19 September 2008, 8:30 pm
I voted for you at the Dottie Awards.
19 September 2008, 8:51 pm
monopoly
19 September 2008, 10:07 pm
Stock Market
20 September 2008, 12:05 am
Battling tops was a great game the whole family played. I also liked Roc Em’ Soc Em’ Roberts.
20 September 2008, 12:28 am
Gauntlet for the NES
20 September 2008, 1:31 am
I used to love to play Chinese checkers.
20 September 2008, 1:49 am
We loved playing a game called Trouble.
20 September 2008, 9:32 am
My youngest would like this game. My favorite game as a child was Sorry.
20 September 2008, 9:56 am
Loved CHutes and ladders!
20 September 2008, 9:56 am
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20 September 2008, 9:57 am
am a subscriber…thanks again
20 September 2008, 12:03 pm
I liked Chutes and Ladders.
20 September 2008, 2:58 pm
Spit - played with a regular deck of cards
20 September 2008, 3:12 pm
When I was young we would play Monopoly, we would sest it up and leave it up for days, playing every day !
20 September 2008, 5:25 pm
I loved Trouble, Operation, Twister, and Clue! I’d love to win this for my son!
20 September 2008, 7:17 pm
My favorite was Candyland.
20 September 2008, 7:40 pm
Monopoly definitely.
21 September 2008, 12:34 am
Uncle Wiggly was an all time favotite
21 September 2008, 12:47 am
My favorite game as a kid was Life. I loved playing games as a kid!
21 September 2008, 1:11 am
Simon, Zim Zam, Clue, Operation, Go Fish. But playing any games with your best buddies was always fun! : )
21 September 2008, 1:21 am
monopoly.
21 September 2008, 2:37 am
I loved Candyland, Clue and Monopoly.
21 September 2008, 2:39 am
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21 September 2008, 3:06 am
My favorite game was probably Monopoly.
21 September 2008, 3:06 am
Trouble was mine.
21 September 2008, 3:35 am
Uno
21 September 2008, 2:06 pm
I always loved Monopoly and Life
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21 September 2008, 6:44 pm
chutes and ladders,have you on my sidebar
21 September 2008, 8:06 pm
Monopoly!
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21 September 2008, 8:07 pm
I stumbled the post ~ My favorite game was always, and still is Monopoly!
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21 September 2008, 8:19 pm
Thank you for having this! This looks like so much fun. As a young child my favorite games was Chutes and Ladders and eventually grew into Risk. We played lots of games as a kid. thank you!
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22 September 2008, 12:14 am
UNO
22 September 2008, 2:11 am
Monopoly and Scrabble were and still are my favorites. I can’t say which one I love more because I love them both so much. Thank you!
22 September 2008, 2:11 am
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22 September 2008, 4:40 am
My sisters and I would always play Monopoly.
22 September 2008, 4:41 am
Hide and go Seek!
22 September 2008, 11:43 am
I enjoyed playing monopoly with my sister
22 September 2008, 11:52 am
Life was my fav.
22 September 2008, 2:46 pm
Candyland. I wish I still had my old game with the original art–it was so much neater than the “new” version.
22 September 2008, 4:06 pm
I really like the Ispy games. My son loves Ispy!
22 September 2008, 4:13 pm
My most favorite game was trouble, thanks!!!
22 September 2008, 4:14 pm
My favorite game was one called ‘Probe’. I played that game almost every day!
22 September 2008, 4:14 pm
We subscribe too.
22 September 2008, 4:16 pm
Clue was my childhood favorite and still is a huge favorite of mine!
22 September 2008, 5:15 pm
My favorite games when I was little were Trouble, Candyland and Life.
22 September 2008, 7:54 pm
Chutes and Ladders!
22 September 2008, 8:47 pm
My favorite was Monopoly!
22 September 2008, 9:01 pm
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22 September 2008, 9:54 pm
I loved Candyland.
22 September 2008, 10:42 pm
fave game was called “batu seremban”…it’s basically a game that used five small cloth bags filled with rice or beans, and it’s a tossing and catching game —great for hand-eye coordination!
22 September 2008, 11:44 pm
Monopoly was always my favorite.
23 September 2008, 1:44 am
My favorite was candyland
23 September 2008, 2:09 am
CLUE, still is, ty!
23 September 2008, 2:40 am
I had a Camp Granada board game — the object was to collect bugs and you wheeled a bus with a broken part around the board to get them.
23 September 2008, 2:48 am
I loved Candyland!! I love playing it with my children now
23 September 2008, 3:17 am
My favorite game was crokinole.
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23 September 2008, 3:49 am
I loved Mousetrap. One piece goes missing & the game is shot, though.
Thanks for the giveaway!
23 September 2008, 5:03 am
I loved playing Clue as a kid. It was my all time favorite. Life was a close second.
23 September 2008, 6:05 am
Chinese Checkers was my favorite.
23 September 2008, 11:22 am
Monopoly was my favorite as a child
23 September 2008, 12:14 pm
I was addicted to Trouble - I loved to pop the dice in the middle of the board.
23 September 2008, 12:35 pm
Life
23 September 2008, 12:52 pm
I loved Operation!!
23 September 2008, 12:52 pm
I used to spend hours playing Careers with my cousins.
23 September 2008, 1:41 pm
My brother and I played “Pay Day” constantly. I haven’t thought about it our played it in years. Thanks for the memory jolter.
23 September 2008, 2:56 pm
We played OPERATION!!!
23 September 2008, 8:07 pm
Candyland
23 September 2008, 8:11 pm
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23 September 2008, 10:02 pm
Trivial pursuit
24 September 2008, 2:50 am
Candyland without a doubt!
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24 September 2008, 3:19 am
I loved Candy Land when I was little.
24 September 2008, 3:44 am
candyland
24 September 2008, 4:40 am
I really liked Uno. Thanks!
24 September 2008, 5:09 am
I liked Monopoly
24 September 2008, 5:10 am
I put your button on my blog.
24 September 2008, 5:10 am
I subscribed.
24 September 2008, 6:59 am
I loved Scrabble!
24 September 2008, 7:00 am
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