Games & Puzzles

Vivid Imaginations Silly Spaghetti Game

PRODUCT: Vivid Imaginations Silly Spaghetti Game

DESCRIPTION: A 2-4 player game to untangle your spaghetti and wind it on to your fork. Consists of 1 x folding board, 1 x plastic clip-on bracket, 4 x spaghetti strings, 4 x plastic forks, 4 x plastic spoons, 1 x dice, and an instructions leaflet. Suitable for children aged 4 years upwards.

GOOD POINTS: This is a really fun game which your child will never tire of. The game consists of a spaghetti gameboard with a twirling spoon and fork at each corner in differing colours. Each of the matching colour spaghetti strings is tied through the bottom of the board and around the central prong of the corresponding fork.

There is a certain amount of assembly required before the game can start, although this is simple to do following the instructions. To set the game up, each child chooses a fork, and takes the matching colour string of spahetti and holds it up over the board. Players then drop their spaghetti onto the middle of the board at the same time. Food pieces are then randomly inserted into holes in the plate of spaghetti. Stickers of various toppings are provided for your child to stick onto the food pieces, including meatballs, mushrooms, onions, peppers and tomatoes.

To play, each player rolls the dice and removes one of whichever food piece is indicated by the dice. The aim is for the player to remove the pieces that help loosen their spaghetti without untangling the opponents' strings. Once a food piece has been removed, all the players have the chance to turn their forks until their string becomes tight again. The winner is the first player to wind up all of their spaghetti on their fork.

BAD POINTS: It takes time to initially set up the game, and the strings can get easily tangled when put away.

PRICE: £9.99