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I have wonderful memories of playing cards as a young child.\u00a0 I was captivated as a 4-year-old when I first learned to play Fish. The way my older cousin shuffled the deck seemed like magic.\u00a0 And then there was the overwhelming anticipation followed by horror if I unknowingly selected the Old Maid from the person next to me.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t get rid of her fast enough.\u00a0 Whether you have preschoolers or teens at home, here are 6 simple card games that everybody loves .<\/p>\n
OLD MAID<\/span><\/p>\n Prep a standard deck of cards by removing one queen card and shuffling the deck. Deal out all the cards to all the players until there are none left. Players remove the pairs in their hands. The dealer fans out his cards in his hands and offers his hand to the player on his left. That player selects one and adds it to her own hand. Any matches are removed. The process continues around and around the circle until everything is paired up except the queen. Whoever is left with it at the end of the game is the Old Maid!<\/p>\n GO FISH<\/span><\/p>\n The goal here is to get four of a kind. Deal out seven cards to each player. If you have seven or more players, use five cards a piece. Put the remaining cards in a deck in the center. Player 1 picks any other player to ask if he has the card she\u2019s looking for – e.g., \u201cDo you have any threes?\u201d Hand over the cards if you’ve got them or tell the person to \u201cGo Fish\u201d for a card in the pile. As soon as you find four of a kind, put them face up on the table. Whoever runs out of cards first is the winner.<\/p>\n WAR<\/span><\/p>\n This game of luck can be totally addictive for kids. Divide the deck evenly among the two players. Each player turns over the top card on her deck at the same time. Whoever has the higher card takes both cards and puts them at the bottom of her stack. If the cards are the same, then it\u2019s war! Each player counts out three cards (face down) and the next card is shown. Whoever has the higher card wins all the cards.<\/p>\n UNO \/CRAZY EIGHTS<\/span><\/p>\n This game, played with UNO cards or a standard pack of playing cards, has one goofy twist: eights\u00a0rule! Deal seven cards out to each person in a two-player game, or five cards for games with three or four players. The remaining cards go in a draw pile, and one card is turned over to start the play pile. The player to the dealer’s left must match the card’s number\u00a0or<\/em>\u00a0suit from the face-up pile. A player who does not have a match may play an eight and change the suit to anything they wish. A player who has neither a match nor an eight must draw until he gets a card that can be played. The first to discard all their cards wins.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2022\/11\/Screenshot-2022-11-17-at-3.22.44-PM.png\")
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