The Aujourd’hui c’est mercredi collection from Moulin Roty offers an imaginative and vibrant range of games and toys, many specifically designed as travel games for kids. From Mikado to Guess who, Battleship to Connect 4, the range features many of the ‘classics’, perfect for keeping little ones occupied during long road trips, on holidays or out at dinner.
Tangram
The range of travel games for kids includes Tangram, an old-fashioned puzzle of Chinese origin. Test your creativity by using the seven puzzle pieces to create different silhouette shapes.
Mikado
The Mikado game of Pick-up sticks contains 41 giant sticks, ideal for little hands to manage and play. Pick up as many sticks as possible without disturbing the bundle and if another stick is disrupted while you are building your haul, the game moves to the next player.
Juggling balls
Learn an art and entertain friends with the Aujourd’hui c’est mercredi Juggling balls. The set contains three, gorgeous soft balls in a gold and silver pattern. Ideal for building agility and hand-eye co-ordination, the soft juggling balls can also be used to teach basic catching and throwing skills.
The Happy Families game is an ideal travel game for kids featuring 36 gorgeously illustrated cards. A matching and memorising game, the set contains 4 characters Lisette, Achilles, Loulou the dog and Maou the cat who in turns are pirates, firefighters, superheroes, Indians, policemen, magicians, cowboys, and knights.
Can you guess who you are? The timeless games of Guess Who where players place an identity card into the headband and ask the other players a series of questions to guess which character they are. This classic game will provide hours of fun for all ages and the game’s convenient packaging makes it perfect for keeping children entertained when travelling.
Connect four
The Aujourd’hui c’est mercredi, 4 in a row game is a beautiful re-imagining of the classic Connect 4 game. Made from high quality material, this wooden Connect 4 game is great for developing observation skills, critical thinking, and strategising.
Beach toys
The range also features a selection of beach toys including a bucket beach set and dinosaur beach toys. The bucket beach set features beautiful vibrant colours and contains everything you need for building magnificent sandcastles, including a bucket with built-in sieve, a shovel, rake, and watering can. This adorable little set will provide hours of fun by the seaside.
The dinosaur beach toys set contains 9 different moulds perfect for little archaeologists to create dinosaur skeletons in the sand.
Battleship game
You can’t sink my ship! The battleship set game from Aujourd’hui c’est mercredi is magnetic making it a wonderfully convenient travel game for kids. Guess where your opponent’s ships are located and be the first to bomb all their ships out of the water. Great for developing numeracy skills as well as strategic thinking, this fun game will provide hours of competitive entertainment.
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‘Yippee! Today is Wednesday, anything goes …’ In France, lucky children get Wednesday afternoons off to play.
Aujourd’hui c’est Mercredi is a set of games that can be used to entertain children on their days off school, or on school holidays. They are inspired by games of the 1950s, but have been given a modern take and enlarged to be more accessible to children.
