Hasbro coined the term, "Family Game Night," and while we don't love that Hasbro is lacking eco-friendly game options, we do 100% agree that family game night is an excellent plan. Regular family game nights help your family create tradition and build memories. Family game night can be fun and educational at the same time, teaching both little ones and older kids skills related to patience, perseverance and teamwork. Game night can help you relax after a long day, allows you to have great conversations with your family and best of all, offers an alternative to all that screen time kids get nowadays. Plus, game night is for everyone. There are plenty of games for younger and older kids. If you want to play a more advanced game, you can always create teams, mixing younger kids in with older players. At our house we usually play a short game each weeknight night and longer, more in-depth games on weekend evenings. Some of our favorite games include Yahtzee, Cranium, Apples to Apples, Name 5 and many others, but unfortunately, these games are missing an important eco-friendly component. If it's green games you're looking for, you have to look hard, because they're rare. Lucky for you, we've rounded up some of our favorite eco-minded game ideas below. Check them out, then schedule your own family game night ASAP.
Green Themed Games by eeboo
eeboo offers a number of eco-friendly games for all ages. eeboo games are plastic-free and made with recycled materials and non-toxic inks. Beyond being made with safe materials, many eeboo game focus on teaching little ones about green issues, with themes surrounding gardening, science and nature. Note that eeboo games are best for younger children.
Save the Planet with Earthopoly
Earthopoly manages to celebrate the planet while capturing the classic fun of Monopoly. In Earthopoly players try to become earth champions by becoming the caretakers of wondrous locations around the planet and then increase the property value by collecting Carbon Credits and trading them in for Clean Air. If you waste energy or take long showers you pay a fine and instead of being tossed in jail, luck might just throw you in the landfill. This board game is made with recyclable paper and vegetable oil-based ink. The game playing tokens are super unique and because they’re all made by nature, they vary based on availability. For example, various playing tokens have included a lima bean or giant corn purchased through a local grocer, bamboo ring and a piece of natural crystal.
Family-appropriate Game of Thrones
If the weather is nice, you can always move family game night outside with a rousing game of V:King. V:King, in the past known also as Kubb, is a game you play outdoors, on your lawn, that involves using battle axes to topple your opponent’s Shields in order to claim victory, and of course, the crown. V:King is based on a centuries old Swedish viking game and it’s not only fun, but will get your whole family moving, something we here in America could use more of. Age, strength and speed don’t matter in this game, as a mixture of luck, skill and strategy result in the champion team. + V:King offers an eco-friendly version of this fun game, made with northern hardwoods sourced from a local supplier to decrease transportation emmissions. The game is also paint, glue, chemical and toxic-stain free, plus comes in a sturdy cotton canvas storage bag printed with environmentally friendly, non-phthalate, non-PVC Plastisol ink. To avoid excess packaging V:King comes in a custom recycled cardboard box. Learn the rules of V:King and then set your sights on the crown.
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