Hasbro Littlest Pet Shop Game :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Fun for both the kids and adults

2007-12-06
This is a good game for children ages 3 and up. The pet game pieces are cute and immediately attracted my daughter's interest. It helped to teach her to count out spaces on the board and take turns in play. The objective is easy to learn but also requires a bit of strategy, because landing on some spaces allows you to take a game piece from your opponents, and young players learn that they must collect colors they don't already have in order to win. It can be difficult for kids this age to learn that they, too, must give up one of their pieces from time to time as part of the game, and that's a helpful learning experience for playing other games and seeing the benefits of sharing, in general. Most importantly, I actually enjoy playing this game with my daughter. I snore my way through some of the others, but this one manages to be fast paced enough to interest adults without being too complicated for kids. Now that my daughter is older, we add our own twists on the rules to make it more complicated.

Pet Shop Game is Great

2007-09-28
The toy is as wonderful as we thought it would be. We love all Littlest Petshop Merchandise but this one especially, since it came with a game, and four new pets!

Donation to Toys for Tots

2007-05-23
We bought the game for my niece, then found out she had one already! We decided to take it to one of the organizations we support at the holidays, so I hope some child was very pleased.

I saw the game at my niece's house later. It is very cute for those little kids who are really into the Pet Shop creatures.

Fun for younger children

2007-03-27
I bought this game several months ago for my six-year-old daughter who is a Littlest Pet aficionado. She loved the pets that came with it, and though she enjoyed playing with it a few times with us, she seldom takes it down anymore. When I invite her to play it, she prefers the Littlest Pet jigsaw puzzles instead. I believe that the game is too simplistic for her. It is a very basic spin-the-wheel and move-the number-of-spaces format, with a couple of special exceptions when you land on certain spaces.

I think this game may be better suited for younger children such as toddlers learning to count and play cooperatively with others. For those children, this game could teach valuable skills in a fun way. There are no pieces to swallow and the game components are fairly sturdy cardboard. The adorable four pets add to your child's collection, too!

We Love It!

2007-03-21
My four year old daughter is a huge Littlest Pet Shop fan and this game is just perfect for her! Its easy to play and fun!! Its a quick game so its good for somewhat short attention spans. My husband and I enjoy playing it with her!! I think it would be great for a boy or girl!

Mom of a Toddler

2008-01-12
This is such a fun game. There are four Little Pet Shop animals, that are the actual size of the
ones you purchase in the store. My daughter gets hours of play from this board game, and she
is 3. I was so happy to find it at Amazon, and at a very good price. Something different to do
when we can't get outside during the colder days.

Cute game for kids

2007-12-30
This is a very cute game, especially if your child is into the Littlest Pet Shop Pets. Very simple and straight forward. Games can last between 5-15 minutes. Rules are a little confusing on the first read, but after looking at it a second time you can figure it out. A good way to interact with your children and turn off the TV.

Fun quick game

2007-12-28
I bought this game for my 6-year-old girl. She loves it. It has the benefit of having 4 full sized Pet Shop animals as game pieces that can be played with in her Pet Shop nooks. This is a fast paced game that doesn't take forever to play (yea!). I don't think that this would be for children much older than 7 or so though.

Boring

2007-12-26
My children (age 4 and 3) received this game as a gift. They were, of course, initially intruiged by the figurines. But after playing the game once they were bored. They still like the little pets but the game holds no interest for them, even though it is still new. Don't waste your money.

Lots of fun!

2007-12-16
My six year old loves this game. It is also fun to play becaus eit has large pieces. It teaches counting and colors. As an adult, I even had fun! The rules are simple for young children.

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