For some unknown reason we seem to only play Jenga when we go away on holiday – it gets the kids very excited, maybe that’s why. Once your kids can hold their hands steady Jenga is a great game to play as a family. When they are really little it helps to have an adult involved to straighten the tower in between turns or remind them that taking the side block out of the bottom row probably isn’t a good idea.
The basic idea on the game is that you start with a tower of rectangular blocks placed 3-across in alternate directions for each row. Each player must remove a block using one hand and place it on the top of the tower without knocking it over. The looser is the person who makes the tower fall. Some blocks are easier to move than others so as the tower grows it becoming increasingly difficult to find removable blocks – and the tower becomes wobblier each time as well.
This game is also fun for teenagers or adults to play without the kids involved. The pieces are wooden so it can effectively last for ever.
