With the summer just around the corner (apparently) we have started to do bits and pieces in the garden, to get it ready for summer BBQ’s and lots of outdoor play. We are lucky enough to have 2 areas in the garden – a lawn for football and picnics and a decked area for eating. We also have a fabulous playhouse which the children actually use all year round, but will be perfect this summer, for all sorts of fun and games. As well as this, we have the usual motley collection of garden toys – a slide, a double swing set, a sandpit/paddling pool and endless footballs. We knew we wanted something new this year, especially with the baby due in June, so that the older children can hopefully get outside and have a lot of fun while we are caught up in the newborn feeding and nappy haze! That’s where Big Game Hunters came in, sending us a rather fabulous Giant Connect 4 game for the garden.
As this is one of the childrens favourite board games, I knew they would love a full sized version they could play outdoors. I wasn’t wrong.
As soon as it arrived, we got it set up – which takes 5 minutes. Everything simply slots together as in the board game version, and the counters stack on the sides for easy storage. I feel this stack could do with some sort of guard or enclosure, as they do fall off quite easily. Once you are set up, it’s game on!
Despite the fact that he can’t reach the top, Max loves joining in too, and trying to catch the counters as they fall down. He also quite likes to open the sliding shutter at the bottom so all the counters fall out mid game….oops!
This game has been used so much already, despite the fact that the warmer weather hasn’t really found us yet. I’m sure you all know how to play – but for those who don’t, you simply choose a colour, take it in turns to drop them into the board and try to form a line of 4 in a row, at the same time trying to stop your opponent from doing the same. It’s great for teaching children sequencing and strategy, as well as turn taking. If you have friends over for dinner you could form teams and play that way too.
The Giant Connect 4 game is durable, weatherproof and strong, so it can be left outside all year round. It doesn’t take up nearly as much space as you might expect either – as it is narrow it can easily be pushed back against a fence to free up room in the garden when not in use. Priced at £189.99 it isn’t the cheapest garden toy on the market, but equally it is by no means the most expensive either. It won’t wear out after one season, the children will never really grow out of it, and it is just heaps of fun all year round. If you had enough room indoors, it could easily become an inside toy during the winter months. Big Game Hunters also offer other giant classic games for the garden, such as Snakes and Ladders and Pick up Sticks, so there really is something for everyone.
Is this something you can see yourself buying for the garden?
We had one of these in the reception class I used to work in. Ive seen them in pubs too but would never think to buy one for home- but really why not? So much fun!!
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I think these are great fun, very durable and hard wearing.
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Loved Connect 4 as a kid, must get one for my niece she would love it!
I’ve often thought of having this for Coombe Mill but worried the pieces would get lost. Can you buy them separately?
Great fun! I loved connect 4 when I was younger. Looks like they’ll be much fun in the garden this Summer with a giant one 🙂
Wow! This looks amazing. What a great garden game, that you can use all year round.
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Oh wow, this is awesome! My kids would absolutely LOVE it. They’ve just got into the normal-sized version, it would blow their minds if we got them this.
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We had one of these at our wedding for the kids and they loved it! Would love one at home in our garden! great fun x
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I love Connect 4, what a great outdoor toy for a family. Love that you can all get involved in it #triedtested
Hayley (@hayleyfromhome) recently posted…Duplo Lego Fun from House of Fraser
This one would definitely be for me … can’t really use my 6-month-old as an excuse to buy yet though! #TriedTested
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This looks really good fun Kate, though at £190 it definitely isn’t something we’d buy ourselves. I think it would be well placed in a games room at a camp site or on a complex of holiday cottages perhaps. I can see adults getting quite competitive at a garden BBQ after a beer or two!
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That looks awesome – love a bit of connect 4, so it’d probably blow my mind to have a giant version!
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These are great, there’s one in the playground at school and it’s a children magnet
spicers1976 recently posted…Being Creative With Maped Helix
Oh my, my boys would love this! There is one at the local country park and they love playing with it there
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We have been playing Giant Connect Four this week too. So much fun and I can’t wait for it to become a regular at our family BBq’s #TriedTested
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This looks AWESOME! Mine have recently discovered connect 4 so I can only imagine they would love this!
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My girls have played with a similar version of this before – great fun! We’d love to have one in our garden!
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I would love one of these, but think we’d need a wooden one so it was heavier and less likely to blow away in the gusts we get round our house. I do need to get some garden storage first though – then it means the OH won’t get annoyed when I turn up with things like this in it! The National Herb Centre near us has one of these ,and N loved it
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Oh i love this ,my two would love it to keep them busy on a summers day x
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I love this game. I need to remember it for the summer. #TriedandTested
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