Warming up with a hullabaloo

It’s cold out, it seems winter has bitten from the eternal popsicle of the north. So today its time to warm the kiddywinks up with a little movement.

I think a little dance to ska-ified Brown Eyed Girl, followed by a game or seven of Hullabaloo is in order. I’ve that there’s something about ska that lifts the spirits of glum munchkins, to an extent that it may well warrant inclusion when I come to penning my top tiddly-peeps tips.

Hullabaloo hails from a toy stable I highly admire, Cranium. If - as a play-pro - you’ve not yet had the pleasure grab one at your nearest convenience. We’ve not yet come across a single game they produce that hasn’t been a hit at the welikeplay HQ testing facility. Hullabaloo itself is perhaps the most played boxed game we own.

It comprises of a set of surprisingly hard to slip on shapes in different colours with different pictures on to be scattered on the foor, and a calling unit. This little machine is switched on and calls out which shape to jump/crawl/move sideways to; which you (parental participation has been mandatory round here) and all the munchkins follow. Continue following instructions until your children hit their obedience-to-electronic-voices threshold about 15 to 20 minutes later.

And the children will be warm.

Enjoy

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