Happy Feet Two, Feeding Frenzy Game

Be the first to collect your color cubes as they vibrate and jump off the game base.

My first reaction upon flipping the switch to make Erik the penguin move was "WOW! What a racket!" The plastic game base is about 10.25" in diameter. The plastic ice cubes are hollow, have five sides (one side is open), and measure about 7/8" square. There are 24 cubes of four different colors each - blue, green, yellow and orange - six of each color. The penguin is made of hard plastic, takes 3 AA batteries and when you turn him on he REALLY vibrates.

Object:

Be the first to collect all of the ice cubes of your color.

Set up:

Place the game playing surface (piece of cardboard) inside the game base. Place this on a flat surface and put the penguin on the game base. Assign each person a color of ice cubes and each player places all of his ice cubes on the game base.

Play:

Push the button on the penguin to turn him on. As he vibrates and randomly moves around the game base the ice cubes will jump up and eventually out of the game base. Each time one of your color cubes jumps out, grab it and put it next to you. If the other players' cubes jump out and you can grab them before the owner does, you can put them back in the game base and they will have to wait for them to jump out again. The person who collects all of their color of ice cubes first is the winner.

Try this:

• Place the ice cubes on the playing surface, open side up. Ask the player to pick up each cube and turn it in-hand to flip the open side to the bottom before placing on the game surface during set-up.
• Play alone and try to predict which cube color will be the last to jump off. Place all the cubes on the base during set up. As the cubes jump out, sort them into piles by color. Did you predict the right color?
• Set a timer for a short amount of time, such as 2 minutes. Place all the ice cubes on the game base and turn on the penguin. Put the ice cubes back onto the playing surface as fast as they jump out. Can you keep up the pace?
• Set up the game and turn on the penguin. Name each ice cube color as it jumps out until all are out of the base.
• Work on visual discrimination, eye-hand coordination, manual dexterity, in-hand manipulation, socialization skills, motor planning, speed, process skills, executive functioning skills, play and leisure exploration and participation
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•  In the box: Plastic game base, game playing surface, penguin, 24 ice cubes
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