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Monkey Tree

Remove sticks carefully without making the monkeys fall.

Age 4–8 10 min Easy

Game description

Colored sticks support monkeys inside the tree. Players remove sticks in turn and try to keep the monkeys from falling. The game builds planning, gentle force, and tolerance of uncertainty.

Game pieces

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  1. Tree frame – Board game for kids
  2. Colored sticks – Board game for kids
  3. Monkey pieces – Board game for kids
  4. 4

How to Play

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  1. 1Build the tree. Each player gets 8 monkeys of one color – Board game for kids
  2. 2On your turn, roll both dice: the color die and the number die – Board game for kids
  3. 3Your color? Hang that many monkeys on the tree. Each monkey holds on… – Board game for kids
  4. 4Another player's color? Take one monkey of that color off the tree – Board game for kids
  5. 5A joker? Hang your monkeys by the number die, and take off one… – Board game for kids
  6. 6The first player with all 8 monkeys hanging on the tree wins! – Board game for kids

Make It Easier

Use fewer monkeys and let the child choose any stick.

Make It More Challenging

Require color matching and predict how many monkeys may fall.

Skills Practiced

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