Family Fun Game - Flickin' Chicken

Flickin' Chicken is fun and easy to bring with you anywhere. My son and I loved playing it today despite the freezing temps.

How to play: Players take turns flicking their rubber chicken at a target disc that's been thrown into the open. The target disc has a bonus spot on one side and a penalty spot on the other. Players try to land any part of their chicken on the target in as few flicks as possible. The player with the lowest score after nine rounds wins. We LOVED IT!

BTW I kicked his butt! Purchase

Black Friday Deal - Fun Family Game - Cornhole Shootout

 To Purchase

The 411:

Spent a cold Saturday playing Cornhole Shootout with my son and had the best time.

Thankfully the rules made it easy for us to score as two who honestly had terrible aim or maybe it was our coats getting in the way.

Look at all these pieces

You get points many different ways. Staying on the board, getting the beanbag in the hoop, the hole or both. 21 points and the winner was HIM! Damn it.

We found it fun!

He was off his game system and feeling competitive even without being on his Xbox and I was happy to spend time with him. 

The only problem we had was the set up. It took my daughter and I about 40 minutes to put the two boards together. It could have been the instructions or the fact that there were a few poles that were tagged incorrectly. It could also be that the diagram instructions mentioned letter E poles but there were no letter Es in the bunch or in the included in descriptions. We were confused and almost gave up until we looked at the box and used critical thinking skills to put it together. 

Now that we have done it once it will be much easier the next time. It was summer or I had more space in the house I would leave them together so we could play whenever we want but there is a duffle bag to store all the pieces which means you can take them anywhere or leave it in your trunk for the next time you head to friends, the park or the beach. 

Well worth the hassle of figuring out how to put it together. 

Highest Honor in the Toy Industry     Cornhole Shootout ($79.99 for 2-4 players ages 6+), the action game that combines two of the most popular played sports into one recreational competition, has now gained one of the most prestigious nominations in the toy industry.   David Beker, president of ABetter Design Company, makers of Cornhole Shootout, said, “It’s amazing to be recognized by the Toy Association. It’s very satisfying to be acknowledged for all the hard work, painstaking details, and effort that went into the design, manufacturing and marketing that makes Cornhole Shootout such an excellent product. All of us at ABetter Design Company could not be prouder about this nomination. This is like the Academy Awards for toys.”   As a finalist in the T.O.T.Y. Outdoor Product Category, Cornhole Shootout will be highlighted and celebrated at events and exhibits as one of the top toys of the year while awaiting the T.O.T.Y. awards ceremony, held during the Toy Industry’s International Toy Fair in New York City, February 28-March 4, 2025.   The first thought for the product was the brainstorm of inventor Martin Lombardini. He pitched it to Matt Nuccio, president of Design Edge, Inc., the family owned and operated Long Island, NY-based toy invention company, who then brought the idea to ABetter Design Company. The concept was developed eagerly by Beker and his team, along with Design Edge, and the product quickly entered the manufacturing process. In less than nine months, Cornhole Shootout went from idea to widespread availability. In that brief time, Cornhole Shootout has been heralded by toy testers, parenting organizations and critics for its innovation, durability, portability and play value. The game has prominent listing and prime ranking from its surging Amazon sales. Cornhole Shootout was recently named a 2024 Toy Insider Winner and earned the Mom’s Choice Gold Award, National Parenting Publications of America (NAPPA) Seal of Approval, and 2024 Top Product Honor from Family Choice... and now T.O.T.Y. Finalist!   How to play Cornhole Shootout   To play Cornhole Shootout, the setup is like traditional cornhole, and each team has four beanbags, with two players per team taking turns tossing them. However, in Cornhole Shootout players can take aim and can choose to shoot into elevated hoops that are strategically placed on the cornhole-style board. Points are earned by landing beanbags on different targets, with 1 point for staying on the platform, 2 for the hoop, 3 for the hole, and 5 for both. The game ends when one team reaches exactly 21 points, and points cancel out if both teams score in the same round. With precision and teamwork, teams can dominate the court and the board in a cool new twist on classic games.   Beker explained, “With the backboard, we added a small margin of error for higher scoring and younger players to have success playing the game.”   Cornhole Shootout is assembled from fitting lightweight PVC pipes and stretching durable nylon canvases. The game includes two game boards, two basketball hoop structures, and eight bean bags (four red, four blue). After the game, the product is easily dismantled and can be stored for portability in the included canvas tote to be brought to the next BBQ, yard game event or beach party.   History of Success ABetter Design Company knows a little about successful takes on active play. The company also markets Bank-A-Ball, the world’s most advanced trickshot basketball set. Bank-A-Ball ($29.99 for ages 4+) is the adjustable angle basketball backboard and rim that hooks atop a standard-sized door to turn any room into a playground. Bank-A-Ball is not a regular mini hoop. Bank-A-Ball is a sturdy, 6-position segmented backboard with a 7-position spring-loaded adjustable, collapsible rim. It revolutionizes the trickshot possibilities with a whole new angle(s). Two new additions to the ABetter Design product line will be introduced in Spring 2025.

Fuzzy Wubbles Are Adorable But What The Heck?

 

We reviewed Fuzzy Wubbles and while I think they are adorable and I love the fuzzy squishy feeling I was concerned about the lubing of the toy. Has there ever been a toy that required lubing that was an adult toy? Hmmmmm moving on.

We received a T Rex and a cute Narwhal. Both come with a stuffy, a small, straw like apparatus and a packet of petroleum jelly. Hmmm. We think they were easy to blow up, the air stayed inside them unlike other reviews we had read and they are so fun to squeeze. It feels like a big stress ball to us. I

My 15 year old was the one who pointed out how weird it was that the insertion hole was in the “private” area of the animals. I hadn’t even thought about it but the moment she said it, I was suddenly uncomfortable. 

With all that said, once they were blown up, I thought they were really cute, we used them as pillows while we reviewed the Tom and Jerry Nutcracker movie and thought they were so comfy.

Our review