| | |  | Toys | Home » » » » Pooh Candyland | | | | | | | Description: | | Winnie the Pooh comes to Candy Land! And you can, too! In this classic family board game, Pooh and his friends have planned a very special picnic in the Hundred Acre Wood. Move them along the Rainbow Path and pick up some yummy treats along the way. Pooh is preparing his specialty: honey-dipped gingerbread cookies! You | | | Features: | |
• 2 to 4 players.
• Ages 3 to 6
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 16.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 10.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 24 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 The non-Pooh version is the best first game everDec 15, 2006
We have enthusiastically played Candyland with each of our three kids. It is easily the best starting point for introducing a child to board games. Players take turns drawing from a deck and moving their pieces around the board. The cards have one or two squares of a particular color (such as red, green, yellow, etc.) and players move pieces ahead on the path to the next matching spot of the same color. No counting or reading is required. There are also special cards that can move a player ahead or behind, and they are indicated by picture of the spot on the board to which the player should move their piece. Play continues until one player reaches the end.
The Pooh version falls short in a couple of respects. As others have pointed out, the colors are not primary colors. Also, kids may be less likely in the long run sticking with a game that they might enjoy, simply because they have outgrown Pooh.
Some of my observations about the original game:
1) Most kids can probably start playing and enjoying this game before the recommended 36 months of age. If you have a child with the attention span and the desire to sit down for a 10-15 minute game, I'm pretty confident they could enjoy it.
2) Among the lessons our kids learned from Candyland: taking turns, recognizing colors, and dealing with disappointment. Luckily, the games are quick enough that it is usually possible to play multiple games in one seting. This makes it possible to keep playing until each child has had at least one win. (Very helpful for managing little egos)
3) For such a simple game, it manages to perfectly balance the possibility of changes in fortune without seeming arbitrary. The game is literally in doubt until the last card is played (one of the "special" cards might send a player back to near the start). This is great for teaching that most valuable of lessons: "NEVER give up".
4) With most simple games, it is almost impossible to get older kids to play after they reach a certin age. We have not found that to be as true with Candy Land. We've had games with an adult and kids ages 3, 6, and 9 playing together and having fun. If you have more than one kid, you know how hard this can be.
As a parent of three, I give the original game my highest recommendation. Like someone else on the Amazon review page said, buy something else with Pooh on it.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 pooh candyland gameDec 08, 2006
really fast delivery! item just as pictured. thanks so much! a really fun game to play too!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 A much-regretted purchaseFeb 21, 2006
As other reviews indicate, this board has pieces that must be inserted and removed every time the board is brought out. There are several problems with this. The first is that the cardboard inserts quickly become frayed and crushed at the bottom where they are supposed to fit into plastic clips. The clips themselves are like vices and hard to open sufficiently. There is no way small children can set this up by themselves and frankly, it can take an adult so long to get all the pieces together that the children lose interest and go off to do something else. I really can't believe that the designers of this ever tested it with real children and parents before tossing it out on an unsuspecting public.
0 of 3 found the following review helpful:
collectors itemOct 30, 2005
the colors may be hard for children, but i think parents should keep in mind this game is probably meant to be more for collectors than actual game play.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
come on daddy, let's play a game!Oct 13, 2005
we got this game for our son for his 3rd birthday and he still loves it, and he is going to be 4 next week. every night he asks us to play a game and it is always this one, and we play over and over for an hour or so. some of the colors are similar but he has not had a problem with them. over all I would say this one is a hit at our house!
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