Cranium Cariboo Game

Pros: Easy to learn. Fast game.
Cons: Suitable for a limited age group.

I had never heard of Cranium Cariboo until a friend of ours gave it to our five year old son as a gift. Before I let him open it, I gave it a quick look, and it appeared to be right up his alley, as it is a treasure hunt of sorts, and my son is...

Pros: reinforces letters, colors, numbers, shapes; treasure hunt theme; easy set up; quick gameplay
Cons: poor storage for cards, easy-to-lose bouncy balls, treasure chest jams

My daughter got Cranium Cariboo for her third birthday. It’s a fun and educational game for preschoolers that reinforces letter, number, color, and shape recognition. It’s a great way to introduce little ones to playing structured games and it’s also a ...

Pros: Fun, Teaches letters and numbers
Cons: Cards can easily get damaged

The box of Cranium Cariboo: a magical treasure hunt game, tells us that the game is a past platinum level winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio "Best Toy Award," intended for two to four players, ages three and up. At its ...

Pros: Children enjoy it. Easy to set-up/play. Encourages basic color, shape, number, letter recognition.
Cons: Occasionally two balls lodge within one door. Small game cards. Choking hazard: small balls.

Cranium Cariboo A Magical Treasure Hunt Game is one of the games that I added to the preschool assortment last year. Recommended for ages 3 - 6 and intended for play between 2 - 4 players, this game offers a letter, number, color and shape ...

Pros: Encourages abstract thinking, short games, easy to play
Cons: Add-on set required to keep interest beyond preschool (currently free)

My three year old and I often struggle with activates to do together. We have a meeting ground of building toys and art projects. Otherwise she prefers random imaginative games of make believe that I have trouble getting into. There are only so many ...

Pros: Educational, teaches matching, has beginner and advanced options
Cons: Small cards, too easy to see where the treasure balls are

In a never-ending quest to promote family togetherness, we often have spontaneous “Family Nights”, where everyone (two adults, one six-and-a-half-year-old girl and one three-and-a-half-year-old boy) gets together to plan the night. Everyone has a say in ...

Pros: Great and fun way to reinforce colors, shapes, numbers and taking turns.
Cons: Some durability issues but still worth the little bit of money for this one!

We received this game for our three year olds birthday. He also got the typical board games - Chutes And Ladders and Candyland. This is by far his favorite. By far! Every single day it is pulled out. And so far neither of us, his parents, have ...

Pros: Great for siblings 3-5, easy to understand, quick playing time, stresses cooperation over competition
Cons: Not too challenging for kids over 4, minor issues with treasure balls

My only regret is that I bought Cariboo on sale for $15 at Christmas and left it in the closet because we had too much stuff wrapped! So during a summer rainstorm we dragged out this Cranium game for ages 3 and up for my 5-year-old with no inkling of the ...

Pros: Teaches letters, numbers, shapes, and colors easily.
Cons: You can see the "hidden" balls if at the right angle, may be addictive!

I purchased this for my son for his third birthday last month after family game night was reinstated a few months ago. After purchasing two other Cranium games for the adults, I saw an advertisement in the game boxes for this game. My son, who loves to ...

Pros: A fun game for preschoolers with a little (but not too much) competition
Cons: Will it last? Little opportunity to play game in different ways

I'll admit I love most of the Cranium games I've played, but I almost discounted this one based on its age recommendation - and I'm glad I didn't. The game carries a "3 and up" age recommendation, and I've been burned by ratings like that before ...

Pros: quick, colorful, there is no clear winner
Cons: needs interchangeable cards, balls sometime difficult to get in the holes

It’s often difficult to find a game for preschoolers that my daughter and I both enjoy. Either the game lasts way too long for me to get any enjoyment out of it, or my daughter puts so much stake in winning that she cries if she appears to be behind ...

Pros: entertaining, educational
Cons: pieces easy to lose...especially the bouncy balls

This game comes with game "board" (it's not really a board...it's contained in the bottom of the box), key, (6) different colored bouncy balls, and cards. We have the expanded version that grows with your children. It comes with extra more advanced ...

Pros: Easy to play, fun and inviting learning
Cons: I wish it had a bigger game board

This is perhaps one of the best games on the market right now. Not only is it not annoying and time consuming like Candyland or Chutes and Ladders, it's educational. My boys (ages 3 and 5) have been playing this game for the past year and love it. They ...

Pros: Educational and inexpensive.
Cons: Cards for doors when changed can bend easily.

Cariboo is another great Cranium game for the youngest in your family. Cariboo is for ages 3+ and has two levels of difficulty. So for the beginner you have a set of cards and then you have a set of cards for the advanced. Cariboo is a game that works ...

Pros: Teaches shapes, numbers, and colors, non-competitive fun
Cons: parts aren't appropriate for age child the game is for.

The idea of the Cranium Cariboo Game is to help a young (around Kindergarten age)child learn colors, shapes, and numbers. The children take turns drawing a card, then finding the appropriate door to open with a key. If there is a ball inside, they remove ...