Melissa & Doug Travel Hangman
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Toys and Games Reviews of Melissa & Doug Travel Hangman
Customer Review: Keep this in the emergency bag
Summary: 5 Stars
This toy has absolutely saved us this Christmas.
We had a four-day trip planned, but an unexpected snowstorm snowed us in for more than 2 extra days.
Now, I have little boys. And for the most part, they are self-entertaining. For a while, we cut snowflakes. They read for a while. They made ramps out of books for their Hot Wheels cars and Bakugans to sail over. They got antsy, and I threatened to make them start writing their thank-you notes, so they drew pictures. We got out in the snow. We thawed out. We shoveled out the car a few times... and we played Hangman.
This version has been played with for at least 3 hours, non-consecutively, on this trip by my six-year-old. He will wheedle anybody into playing with him. He's a good enough speller/reader to make it fun, and his favorite is when you give him the lines for the first words in a Christmas song he knows. This has saved me, because (of course) he is not the only person who wants my attention. So his job is the erasing and flipping over all the blocks job after every game, which lets me handle other things as they arise.
The hangman game board is made of wood, with sturdy bungee cords holding the tiles on the board, a section of white board, and a white board marker. High quality; fun for little people to use; self-contained. I suppose the board could be used to clobber a brother, but no other part of the toy could function as weaponry (a plus in long-car-drive situations.)
I am going to keep it in the emergency bag in the car. This toy saved my week.
Customer Review: A Toy That Your Child Will Play Over and Over Again!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great toy that is very well made and is not something that is played only once or twice and that is it. Our grandchildren love this and want to play it all the time even though we bought it almost two years ago. It looks and plays as though it is still brand new. They love to play the game and it only took several minutes to explain the game to them in the beginning. It is a great toy that would make a great gift and very inexpensive that will be well loved by all kids (even older kids like us 55+). We buy a lot of Melissa & Doug toys because they are well made, very inexpensive for today's world and last virtually forever for our grandchildren. We have 10 grandchildren so the toys are played with alot and we have never been sorry buying any of their toys. I will say this has been a big winner in the eyes of our children as they like hands on and continuous action which this Hangman Game does and is a very good teaching tool. Buy it as you will find like us it is great for all who receive it!!!Customer Review: Terrific Version for Travel or Home
Summary: 5 Stars
Melissa & Doug know just how to make things special for kids and easy for parents. This version of Hangman is great in that there are no pieces to go missing and it's easy to pass back and forth between parent and child or child and child. All of the pieces are attached with a type of rubber band that allow you to flip the letter or body part over but they never come off. The erasable pen stays clipped to the side and has a built in eraser in the pen tip.
You can do this with a beginning reader's sight words and spelling words. You can choose vocabulary words for test studying for an older student or just free play. And there is something pleasing about the sound the tiles make when they are flipped over and make their 'thwack' noise.
Lot's of fun for a beginning reader to just about any elementary age child. Durable, fun to look at and versatile.
Customer Review: Really fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this for my almost 8 year old son to take on a long airplane trip. We just got it last night and he LOVES it! I was really surprised, because he's much more into video games and if it even remotely smells of something educational...he's out! :) He didn't want to stop playing this, however. I think the wooden blocks that you have to flip over for the letters and "hangman" are what makes it so fun. Even my 2 year old got in on it by helping us to flip over the pieces. Another review asked what the difference was between this and a pen and paper...well...duh...the fun blocks and dry erase marker are what make it cool. Plus it seems like it's really well made, as most Melissa and Doug items are. I definitely reccommend it!Customer Review: Fun learning game
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great game. The frugal person in me, thought ummm just use a paper and pen. But I am so glad I sprung for it. My daughter knows her ABC's but it is hard for her to visualize all of the letters. This game is really nice in that it provides a visual so that the player can look at the letters and see which ones they have already been used as well as have them all laid out to pick from. We have fun playing it...I usually have her start out guessing which vowels and then we move to the consonants. I don't have any problem with the elastic being too tight. I also like that elastic holds the pen in place for storage instead of a clip that can easily pop the pen out.